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Easy on the Eyes
03:49
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Hey, don't I know you? Aren't you a friend of a friend
I befriended or at least pretended to
When I was at school?
You must've been a late bloomer
'Cause now we're in the same room
And I just can't concentrate
You grew up and snuck up on me and
I just don't know
How you got so
Easy on the eyes
Heavy on my mind
Did I pass you by en route to my ordinary life?
Well that mistake was mine
Made when I was young but not so wise
Oh, when'd ya get so easy on the eyes?
I never really got to know you
That's the kind of mistake that you make
When you're distracted and only attracted to
Girls that are cruel
I guess everybody grows up
And babe, I really oughta warn ya
It's hard not to take advice
Hard not to look more than twice
I just don't know
how you got so
Easy on the eyes
Heavy on my mind
Did I pass you by en route to my ordinary life?
Well that mistake was mine
Made when I was young but not so wise
Oh, when'd ya get so easy on the eyes?
In middle school, babe, me and you
We redefined the word invisible
No one knew me, even you missed all the longing stares
Like a fool, I wasted time on being shy and thinking I
was aiming high when really, babe
I should have aimed at you
I just don't know
how you got so
Easy on the eyes
Heavy on my mind
Did I pass you by en route to my ordinary life?
Well that mistake was mine
Made when I was young but not so wise
Oh, when'd ya get so
Easy on the eyes
Heavy on my mind
Did I pass you by en route to my ordinary life?
Well that mistake was mine
Made when I was young but not so wise
Oh, when'd ya get so easy on the eyes?
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2. |
Down to See Me
03:49
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I never had a reason to fear the end of me
And all the time I thought to myself, why should I care?
Life goes on and on and on for a while and then you’re gone
Every child o’ God is supposed to make it there
If there is a heaven waiting
Somebody be sure to save my soul
I’ll keep laughin’ as I go down the path you call the low road
And wait to see if there’s a toll
Oh, Lord, Lordy, Lordy, Lord
When You get tired of being ignored
Just come on down to see me
Just come on down to see me
I've heard of many, many, many miracles
Thought I have not seen, I have struggled to believe
But I can't remember if or when
You took me to your home again
And laid me down upon your bed
Oh, Lord, Lordy, Lordy, Lord
When You get tired of being ignored
Just come on down to see me
Just come on down to see me
Ain't no trouble to walk
When you're walking alone
Here's a truth that comes hard
No matter who you are
There's a long way home
Come on, yeah
Hey Lord
Hey Lord
Lord
Hey Lord
When You get tired of being ignored
Just come on down to see me
Come on down to see me
Come on down to see me
Just come on down to see me
Just come on
Come on
Come on down to see me
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3. |
Cry Wolf
03:49
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Whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa
Whoa, oh
Take a walk in my shoes
'Cause when your feet bruise
Just give them right back, yeah
I'm talking to you
So make an excuse
For a full-out attack
You never know
You make the rules up as you go
You say you don't, no, no
You know I don't believe you
Whoa, so
Cry wolf once again, my darling
Weep them crocodile tears
You think it's fine
I got half a mind
To turn around and cover my ears
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
I don't bother to fight
'Cause I know that I'm right
But you're impossible to withstand
So I turn out the lights
And tell you goodnight
And wake up a weaker man
Won't fold again
That temper's heating up my skin
Those tears are your win-win
And I've been slowly fading
But I've had it up to here
Cry wolf once again, my darling
Weep them crocodile tears
You think it's fine
I got half a mind
To turn around and cover my ears
You can pinch yourself baby
I promise you that this is real
You can blame yourself for
Any cold shoulder you feel
You can ask yourself why
You can tell me goodbye
You can do what you please
Or get down on your knees
But it's only a matter of time
'Til people get wise
Get wise, yeah
Cry wolf once again, my darling
Weep them crocodile tears
You think it's fine
I got half a mind
To turn around and cover my ears
Cry wolf once again
Weep, just weep, now
'Cause I got half a mind
To turn around
To turn around
To turn around and cover my ears
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Cover my ears
Cover my ears
Cover my ears
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4. |
No Heaven
03:42
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Sweeter sin, I begin watching you fall over yourself
Stumbling apologies filled with every lie you can tell
It’s not right – what we do – I can see him watching you
Yet again, we pretend that we’re just friends, hold it in,
Like it’s not love, try and fake it, I can take it if you can take it
(No Heaven) There’s no heaven without you
(No Heaven) I can’t keep on going this way
(No Heaven) If there’s one thing I’ve learned
)It’s that the first impression is usually true
there’s no heaven without you
Baby, you should
Run like hell, I can tell his bed is like a prison cell
But I can be what you need and make a promise never to tell
Listen good, mind my words, this is not what you deserve
So honey, let me make it good, love you like I know I could
We’ll run away or we could stay – I’ll be by you either way
(No Heaven) There’s no heaven without you
(No Heaven) I can’t keep on going this way
(No Heaven) If there’s one thing I’ve learned
)It’s that the first impression is usually true
there’s no heaven without you
All my life
by my side
I am a thief if that’s what is needed
to keep you here tonight
(No Heaven) There’s no heaven without you
(No Heaven) I can’t keep on going this way
(No Heaven) If there’s one thing I’ve learned
It's that there's no heaven
no heaven
no heaven
no, no, no, no
(No Heaven) There’s no heaven without you
(No Heaven) I can’t keep on going this way
(No Heaven) If there’s one thing I’ve learned
)It’s that the first impression is usually true
there’s no heaven without you
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5. |
Strung Out
05:06
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I'm not to blame if my features were made
to show anger more quickly than joy
It's all that I can do to act like a man
when inside I still feel like a boy
And they've taken away all my toys
It's the set of my jaw that suggests I'm distraught
when I'm really just trying to try
To pretend for an hour or two there's a power
to make me feel more than alive
Make me do more than simply survive
Lately I'm reaching out
Tracing my days in the lines on my face
I get spun around
I swear I was young yesterday
I get too strung out
There's never a winner in any of these games that I play
I look at my day, and I work for my pay,
and admit with my back to the wall
That I'd throw in the rag to go back and play tag
with old friends I can barely recall
All the new ones don't know me at all
So let's get in a fight, forget who was right,
let's forget what we're arguing for
Then you throw a high five and you feel so alive
that your heart gets as big as the whole outdoors
and your feet never reach to the floor
Lately I'm reaching out
Tracing my days in the lines on my face
I get spun around
I swear I was young yesterday
I get too strung out
There's never an answer, it's always just something to say
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