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Years of Longing
02:58
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Years of Longing
She’s in my mind, my sense memory
Chills up my spine - every twitch a trigger
Thinkin of a girl - used to know -
has no idea - how high it goes
(inst)
She’s in my mind - wish she could see how we could be - no one else gets her the way i do -
years of longing - have to be true
She’s in my mind, wish I could put her in my heart
Years of longing - maybe too far away
(solo - G# 2nd time thru)
Thinking of her and she has no idea
Saw her walk by - and she looked right thru
I’m not surprised, but i’m devastated -
years of longing - maybe too far away
Years of longing - maybe too far away.
(solo)
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Glow
03:33
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Glow
Steam on windows, dinners with wine daring to look, then averting my eyes
Closed but warm, open but cold - I try not to stare, I envy them so
But they glow, so
On my way to your light, you glow and i’m drawn to your side
Could be anyone, but it’s you, tonight it’s you
You glow and i can’t help myself, Come what may
You glow and I’m so far from home, I know I lost my way
So far away…
Every time i feel so dark, you glow and i’m drawn to your light
Despite my will, the feeling persists,
that you’re all and i’m nothing, here at your door
You glow, so
You glow and i can’t help myself, Come what may
You glow and I’m so far from home, I know I lost my way
You glow, so
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Best Minds
03:05
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Best Minds
The best minds - make the best mistakes -
Count your blessings 1-2-3-4-5-6-7
Meet at a round table - no one is square -
No one is right - count me, angel count me - angel
The best minds of a generation - have agreed in principal
But agree on nothing - so let go of everything
Count me, angel count me - angel
The best minds bringing a solution - they all sign 7-6-5-4-3-2-
Meet at a round table - no one is there - no one is right
Count me, angel count me
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No View
02:56
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No View
There is no place - like behind the line
Like under the rails - like through that door that you walk by
There is no place - like being away
Kissed for the first time
There is no love - like shelter in winter
As walls will crumble - leave us scattering like ants
There is no place - there is no mind
There are questions - like Icarus, like Einstein, like you
||: There is no one true love
That asks nothing - that breathes in all our wants
Returning needs and never wants to fly away :||
There is no view - separate from the one who views
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Take a Miracle
02:37
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Take a Miracle
Girl don’t know what she wants - has learned not to say
Boy thinks maybe means maybe - Well, maybe someday
I can’t hear you anymore - I listen but your words confuse (me)
I’ll say that I don’t understand - and that is true
Do you understand you? I want to…
Girl don’t know what she wants - afraid to ask
Boy wants maybe to mean maybe - a dance on broken glass
I can’t see you with my eyes - emotions make me blind
All my resolve just up and go -
I don’t don’t understand you I want to
Oooh - take a miracle
Boy thinks he knows what he wants - Thinks love can save him
Hopes she is the answer - maybe so, maybe no
I can’t hear you or see you - but I thought I could feel you
Wanted you to feel me - I don’t understand you - I want to
Oooh - take a miracle
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6. |
Clouds and Rain
04:01
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Clouds and Rain
First song of the set and you broke a string
First drop of rain - come on, sun
Life gave you lemons, but you made me laugh
Now all I can see is fun
First dance of the night - where have you been?
First drop of rain, first spot of sun
Old friends find new ways to meet
The sun is blinding this time
Clouds and rain
Changing weather, so much to feel
There was rain, but the clouds are parting
I try to see what I want to see
Got a short time, i'll choose happy
Clouds and rain
Last dance of the night - where did you go?
Last drop of rain - last flake of snow
My feet were aching - but now they’re new
Hoping to dance with you
Clouds and rain
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I Will Not Die
02:57
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I will not die
Sit down at the table across from you,
the wine warms me to whatever comes
And I let the cool wind cool and I’m still warm inside
Let frost bite, I will not die
Stay up all night with me
Your smile warms my foolish frozen heart to whatever goes
And I let you walk wherever you want to
Step on me, I will not die
I’m warm inside I will not die
When the morning comes and the spell breaks
We look at eachother and go our natural ways
And the cool cruel wind bestill my heart
Let love bite, I will not die
I’m warm inside I will not die (2x)
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All and Nothing
04:05
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All and Nothing
And there it is - sunlight comin’ thru the trees - this moment winks at you
If you choose, you can keep running or get down on your knees
(inst)
Hearin cars speed by - and children play -and fans spread heat in the wintertime
I can ignore all of it - or i could tune you in like a radio
It’s all and nothing - all and nothing
It’s all and nothing - at the same time
We are all and nothing - that is all
And this moment - told me to write this song - and dance this dance - that is all
It’s all and nothing - all and nothing
Inst and chorus:
F / / / Bb / / / Gm / / / F / / /
Verse:
F / / / Bb / / / Gm / / / Eb / / /
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9. |
Things Fall Apart
03:43
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Things Fall Apart
She woke up one day and said it has run its course for us
Things fall apart she said, are you ok?
No ground underneath, she’s leaving
Waking up alone today - and remembering the last days
Flood of thoughts regrets and guilt, my heart runs foul,
black blood choking veins, can it be over now
Things fall apart she said, are you ok?
Don’t want to believe that it’s over
I don’t know where to start,
hope my mind’s on speaking terms with my heart
(guitar section)
Try to push the pain aside - things fall apart
Things fall apart she said, are you ok -
make peace with yourself the only way -
No medicine will ease the pain and nothing will distract,
it’s up to you (to make the peace)
I don’t know where to start, I hope my mind’s on speaking terms with my heart, (things fall apart)
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Something About
03:56
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Something About
Had your number and I never forgot - finally got to use it, so here I am
I saw you dancin and i couldn’t lose - i am shy, but here I go
Something about your eyes - something about your style - something about your charming smile - and I couldn’t stop
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You had my number from the very first time
not sure you knew - but there it is
Days went by - we danced one time to odd meters such awkward angels
Something about that night - had me stumblin inside - and
I gave away all my light - and I couldn’t stop Something about (2x)
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Had your number - but i couldn’t reach - the button to send, the button to end - so here i hang
I’m hearing chords that won’t resolve -
suspended between closed doors
Something about your way - seemed to speak only to me - but it wasn’t what you meant to say Something about (2x)
And i just couldn’t stop, And i just couldn’t go away
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New Kind of Sugar
03:34
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New Kind of Sugar
After the thrill, in the pale, depleted
Waking up to less than you hoped
What to do, with the bones
When all the time has been killed
Restless for a new kind of sugar
Restless, always seeking, always needing
When there’s no place to go - ‘cept in your mind
What do you play with - to satisfy
When the scene hasn’t changed - but you have
Where do you go - to find that place
Restless for a new kind of sugar
Restless, always seeking, always needing
Always looking forward and looking back
I was distracted - and now it’s over
And I’m still here - reaching for something - to end this empty feeling
Restless for a new kind of sugar
Restless, always seeking, always needing
{: G / Em / F / / / G / Em / Am / / / :} D7 (transition)
{: G C / / / Am / / / G C / / / Am / / / F / / / :}
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12. |
Where Were You
05:27
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Where were you
Waking up - watch myself responding
Watching for - everything - awake and curious
Waking up, underwater - light filters thru the waves
Waking up, under my own spell - aware but I can’t break it
Where were you, when i had to - carry the piano across the river during a typhoon - where were you when i was sick, the cat was sick too, and all the other nightmares also came true On the weekend - when all my thoughts turned blue - where the hell were you
Waking up, by your side, slip away a little more each day
Waking up - see you go - reaching out, but moving slow
Waking up, just a dream, help me breathe
Waking up under my own spell - aware but i can’t break it
Where were you when i had to drink alone -
just to sleep cos they turned off the heat and the roof kept leakin -
I lost my phone, i lost my way - lost my keys, an awful day
On the weekend - when all my thoughts turned blue (inst)
What we are is what we see and what we read - so we choose
Where we go is what we grieve and what we need - do we open or do we close
From here, where we go - up to us if we want to know
From here, where we go - is what we grieve and what we need,
can you see me anymore, can you see me anymore
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birds may bite Seattle, Washington
Scott Adams is a Seattle based musician/multi-instrumentalist. He has composed for full orchestra, musical theater and written anthems for an imaginary country. He has released three birds may bite albums. When not writing or performing, he teaches music lessons. ... more
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