LYRICS
"In my pick up truck
I race and rattle along . . . "
FIELDS OF CORN
FIELDS OF CORN Marlon O'Reilly vocals
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in my pick up truck I race and rattle along
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a dusty gravel road, there's a travel clock
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glued to the dashboard, it reads one o'clock
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as the world goes by fields of corn
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and the thunder heads litter the sky
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the smell of rain is carried on the wind
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through fields of corn
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against the windshield the first rain showers
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slip and slide, the wipers don't work
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but the sun shines and the thunderheads
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litter the sky as the smell of rain
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is carried on the wind through
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fields of corn, carried on the wind
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and the sun shines high above
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and it shines, carried on the wind through
fields of corn
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and if it's not one thing, then it's another
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and time won't stand still it only moves on
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as the smell of rain is carried on the wind
through fields of corn, oh shine on
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hmmm shine on
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1995
BEEN GOOD Warren Stanyer vocals
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haven’t always been good
haven’t done things that I should
you know i would if I only could
haven’t always been good
regrets I’ve had a few
I never intended to be such a fool
and if they turn back the hands of time
I’ll be the first to get in line
I haven’t always been good
I haven’t done things that I should
you know I would if I could
haven’t always been good
everyday is a brand new start
I do my best to do my part
but if I get a little out of my mind
don’t think of me as unkind
and you could say you don’t
want me around
I understand I know I should
I haven’t always tried to be good
I haven’t always been good
I haven’t done things like I should
you know I would if I could
I haven’t always been good
been good been good been good
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1998
STOP PLAYING CHICKEN Larry Marciano vocals
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I get this crazy feeling in my heart
every time I lay my eye on you
like a rooster who needs to crow
I’m all feathers with no where to go
you’ve got skin I love to touch
goose bumps and tenderness but it really
gets to be too much ‘cause lately
all you do is tease
I’m on my knees baby begging you please
stop playing chicken
who do ya think your kiddin’
stop playing chicken with my heart x 2
take it away boys . . .
I’ll give you time to sit on it
just give our love a chance and see how
well we fit meanwhile I won’t count
my chicks till they hatch until then
I’m begging you please
stop playing chicken
who do ya think your kiddin’
stop playing chicken with my heart x 2
you’re not the only hen in the house
here we go
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1998
SUMMER RAIN Warren Stanyer vocals
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the rain is a welcome change from the dust and heat
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the clouds squeeze the sunlight from the sky
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we take shelter underneath the trees
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a strand of hair falls gently across your face
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I can no longer resist your lips
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in the summer rain
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this is our first kiss all days before led to this
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my heart is beating like a drum
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I can no longer resist your lips
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to you I surrender
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in the summer rain
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the setting sun gives the clouds a golden crown
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as the rain slips through the leaves
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while falling at our feet like seeds
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your love is lifting me up higher
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in the summer rain
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how I dreamed of this moment with you
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to have and to hold
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each and every day in almost every way
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I give my love to you, only you
in the summer rain
this is our first kiss, all days before led to this
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my heart is beating like a drum
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I can no longer resist you lips
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to you surrender, in the summer raind
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in the summer rain, in the summer rain
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in the summer rain, in the summer rain
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2010
THERE'S SOMETHING IN ME Marlon O'Reilly vocals
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I'm gettin' my chance to shine
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but not without the fear of falling
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it comes maybe once in a lifetime
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this moment when you risk it all
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I feel myself losing control
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but at the same time I'm free
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what I make what I take
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what I've got to give
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I hear a voice deep in my soul
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there's something in me
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that makes me believe
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somehow I've known all along
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but's only now that I see
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nothing can stop this feeling
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nothing can me away from where I belong
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and I feel myself losing control
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but at the same time I'm free
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what I make what I take
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what I've got to give
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I hear a voice deep in my soul
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there's something in me
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that makes me believe
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there's something in me ya
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that makes me believe
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hmmm ya, come on
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I'm lookin' back to a time
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when I turned away and did not answer the call no
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instead I ignored the very thing I was searching for
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I was searching
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what I make what I take
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what I've got to give
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I hear a voice deep in my soul
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there's something in me
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that makes me believe
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there's something in me
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that makes me believe
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oh ya hmmm, there's something
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ya there's something in me
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2010
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A REASON TO STAY Marlon O'Reilly vocals
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whoo ho, I'm beginning to see things that aren't there
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I'm wound so tight there's no end in sight
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It will only be a matter of time
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just when I can't wait to get away
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I find a reason to stay
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you took me by surprise I didn't realize
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you had a look in your eye
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I couldn't wait to get away but you gave me
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a reason to stay
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nothin' lasts forever so this must pass
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I can never lose hope it will only be a matter of time
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just when I can't wait to get away
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I find a reason to stay
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you took me by surprise I didn't realize
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you had a look in your eye
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I couldn't wait to get away but you gave me
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a reason to stay
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I've tried to hard to hold it all back
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when you're running out of room
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there's no rules and after all that I've been through
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I hope I can be who you see in me
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just when I can't wait to get away
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I find a reason to stay
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I couldn't wait to get away
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you took me by surprise I didn't realize
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you had a look in your eye
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I couldn't wait to get away but you gave me
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a reason to stay, a reason to stay
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who hoo, hmmm, a reason to stay
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baby, you're my reason to stay
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2010
IN A HEARTBEAT Marlon O"Reilly vocals
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I was dying to say something
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but you made it clear you didn't need to hear
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what I didn't need to say
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I don't know how I let it slip away
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but to see you now breakdown and cry I ask why
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baby please stay
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I would take it all back I'm a careless fool
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who loves only you, I would take it all back
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in heart beat, I would take it all back
in a heartbeat
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I'm a careless fool who loves only you
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baby please stay, how can I be me without you
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if you leave my world will turn black
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I would take it all back I'm a careless fool
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who loves only you, I would take it all back
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in heartbeat, I would take it all back
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in heartbeat
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I'm a careless fool who loves only you
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in a heartbeat, hmmm, I would take it all back
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I would take it all back in a heartbeat baby
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2012
YOU'RE EVERYWHERE Marlon O'Reilly vocals
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half a world away from home
I feel your presence everywhere
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the sights and sounds it all seem so real
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half a world and you're everywhere
you're everywhere
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the wind carries the scent of your hair
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and in the shadows hide the memories
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locked away until now, you feel so near
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half a world away from home
I feel your presence everywhere
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the sights and sounds it all seem so real
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half a world and you're everywhere
you're everywhere
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ya ya ya, I step into the bright sunlight
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and look towards the sea
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and I feel so close, you feel so near
you feel so near
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half a world away from home
I feel your presence everywhere
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the sights and sounds it all seem so real, so real
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and if I could make this moment last forever
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it still wouldn't be long enough
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everywhere, you're everywhere, everywhere
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you're everywhere, whoo who, everywhere
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whoo who everywhere
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2011
NEVER STAND ALONE Marlon O'Reilly vocals
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none of us should yield
to the forces who believe
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they're the only voice
I'll kick my chair from the table
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and stand by your side
we'll be shoulder to shoulder
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what ever is to come in our lives
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at any moment our lives can change
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so swiftly and suddenly
all that's left is uncertainty
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no you'll never stand alone
I'm ready to commit to the end
some way somehow we'll make it through
we'll be shoulder to shoulder
in the things we do
although my heart aches for your sanctuary
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I know there's only so much I can do
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no you'll never stand alone
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I'm ready, ready to commit to the end
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no you'll never stand alone
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I'm ready, ready to commit to the end
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no matter the fear, what ever is to come
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shoulder to shoulder I will be there
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no you'll never stand alone
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2009
TRUE TO MYSELF Marlon O'Reilly vocals
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if I'm true myself I might discover my
inner light and if I find this beautiful place
I'll surrender to it's embrace
hmmm, ya ya ya
and now somethings seems out of reach
like three tangerines on a slot machine
but I have the choice to live with regret
or have the courage to make the bet
if I'm true myself I might discover my
inner light and if I find this beautiful place
I might surrender to it's embrace ya
ya ya ya if I'm true to myself
hmmm, I'm walkin' down the road alone
there's signs to tell me where to go
there's no light that burns quite like mine
there's only one chance to let it shine
hmmm, let it shine
and every time I try to be some thing
that ain't me it all falls apart
when I listen to the song in my heart
it shines, shines, shines shine
if I'm true myself I might discover my
inner light and if I find this beautiful place
I'll surrender to it's embrace
I'll surrender to it's embrace
oh to it's embrace, if I'm true myself
if I'm true to myself, if I'm true to myself
if I'm true to myself, oh whoa if I'm true
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DAY TO NIGHT Warren Stanyer vocals
there’s a point of light
as day gives in to the night
it’s a time to let go
of all these things I can’t control
as day gives into the night
it’s a time to let it go
I tried to run from my fears
but it always found me
alone in the rain
I keep step with the change
for nothing ventured nothing’s gained
as day gives in to the night
it’s a time to let go
as day gives in to the night
it’s a time let go
of all these things I can’t control
everyone is unique
and I’m no different
we all need to find a place
to let go of all these things
we can’t control
as day gives in to the night
it’s a time to let go
as day gives in to the night
it’s a time let go
of all these things I can’t control
of all these things I can’t control
of all these things I can’t control
I’m gonna fly
I’m gonna fly
just watch what I try
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2010
DOWN THE ROAD Marlon O'Reilly vocals
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journey starts out set foot one day
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down the road come what may
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lookin' for truth so hard to find
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gotta ease my restless mind
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it keeps comin' around
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I'm going on down the road
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it keeps comin' around
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I'm goin' down the road
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desert skies shinin' bright
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moonlight guidin' me tonight
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milestones click crickets wail
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all part of my wanderin' tale
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it keeps comin' round and I'm going on
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down the road
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it keeps comin' round and I'm going on down
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down the road ya I'm going down the road
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nowhere to go but I'm movin' fast
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I'm a vagabond but not the last
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driftin' on from town to town
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or will it keep me hangin' round
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it keeps comin' round I'm going on
down the road
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it keeps comin' round I'm going on
down the road
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it keeps comin' round I'm going
down the road
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it keeps comin' round, comin' around
I'm going down the road
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1998
LOVE Marlon O'Reilly vocals
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love came to me in a very simple way
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it came on a day when I had nothing better to do
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there wasn't a bright light there wasn't a wind
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I felt I was in the middle of everything
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you must've done a whole lot of soul searching
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you must've studied a great deal
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who can imagine all those night so alone
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love fills the day and melts my worries away
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it picks me up when I'm down on my luck
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didn't use a compass or a chart of the stars
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love can find you wherever you are
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you must've done a whole lot of soul searching
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you must've studied a great deal
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who can imagine all those night so alone
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even now you must be holding back
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those tears of all these years
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and if there was advice parlay to you
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don't work to hard and give love
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a chance to find you, don't work to hard
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and give love a chance to find you
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give love a chance to find you
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give love a chance, don't work to hard
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and give love a chance to find you
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2009
STAND ON MY OWN Marlon O'Reilly vocals
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darkness need no always be feared
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it's also a place to hide, I've been there
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I'm not sure who you think you are
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but you're lost and that must really hurt
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I've been there, I've been there crying alone
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wishing away the pain
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you're laughing at me 'cause I'm different
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I'm laughing at you 'cause you're all the same
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you say I'm ugly I have no friends
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you push and shove me to the edge
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I don't know where you think this is going
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but you're goin' know, I believe in myself
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I can stand on my own
I'm not weak or afraid to speak out
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I don't where you think this is going
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but you're goin' know
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I'll stand on my own, stand on my own
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and when you come to the end
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and you're lookin' for somewhere to hide
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I know a place you can go
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I believe in myself, I can stand on my own
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I'm not weak or afraid to speak out
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I don't where you think this is going
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but you're goin' know
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I'll stand on my own, stand on my own
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there will always be someone trying to
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test your will and bring you down
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but if I can do it so can you
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stand on my own, stand on my own
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we can stand on our own, together
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2013
WHO YOU COULD BECOME Kyler England vocals
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I hear a voice coming from the forest
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there's no doubt it's calling out for me
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from here on in nothing will ever be the same
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are you willing to give up who you are for
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who you could become
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I'm running so fast my heart's on fire
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while the glare of the sun bleaches the sky
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suddenly I stumble falling I cry out
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are you willing to give up who you are for
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who you could become
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afraid and alone in the unknown
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give up who you are
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for who you could become
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memories and sunlight filter through
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emerald trees I'm trembling
but I'm no longer fearful
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are you willing to give up who you are for
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who you could become
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afraid and alone in the unknown
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give up who you are
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every now and then I'm reminded
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not to leave roads untravelled
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tomorrow is never promised no no no
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are you willing to give up who you are for
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who you could become
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afraid and alone in the unknown
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give up who you are for
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who you could become
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don't give up don't give up on
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who you could become
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don't give up don't give up
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every now and then I'm reminded
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not to leave that road untaken
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2011
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WHERE I'M BOUND Kyler England vocals
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knowing that it's time to leave
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doesn't make it any easier to do
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I step past patches of snow on the stairs
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the light from the window fades as
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I stand and wonder where I'm bound
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on a cold grey november day
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I hear the soles of my shoes
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breaking the frozen ground
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turn my collar to the wind
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put your memory behind me
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I'm walking away I'm falling away
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never knowing
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each night is like the one before
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darkness surrounds me my fear blinds me
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I'm searching for the light
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on a cold grey november day
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I hear the soles of my shoes
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breaking the frozen ground
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turn my collar to the wind
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put your memory behind me
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I'm walking away I'm falling away
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never knowing where I'm bound
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cold cold grey where I'm bound
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off in the distance a familiar sound
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an echo of laughter my heart beating faster
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hearts don't break they tear open
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why did you promise forever?
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love fades away on this dark lonely street
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I won't fear tomorrow
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on a cold grey november day
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I hear the soles of my shoes
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breaking the frozen ground
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turn my collar to the wind
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put your memory behind me
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I'm walking away I'm falling away
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never knowing where I'm bound
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cold cold grey where I'm bound
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cold and grey where I'm bound
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cold and grey where I'm bound
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cold cold grey where I'm bound
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where I'm bound cold and grey
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cold and grey
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2011
LOVED LIKE THIS Kyler England vocals
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paying attention like always do
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I stepped and did this crazy dance
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shaking my shoe, hanging my head
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and feeling like such a fool
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I look to the window and there you are
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and you've got that look in your eye
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oh I don't remember when
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I've been loved like this
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the sun rises higher
the moon and the stars
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shine so much brighter
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you bring heat to the fire and
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I don't remember when
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I've been loved like this
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I barely had time to get
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my socks and shoes off
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before your arms are around me
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laughing we nearly fall to the floor
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and I think to myself
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oh I don't remember when
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I've been loved like this
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the sun rises higher
the moon and the stars
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shine so much brighter
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you bring heat to the fire and
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I don't remember when
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I've been loved like this
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what have I been doing all this time
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I'm gonna give you all that I am
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without I'm like the city without the night
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oh I don't remember when
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I've been loved like this
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the sun rises higher
the moon and the stars
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shine so much brighter
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you bring heat to the fire and
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I don't remember when
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I've been loved like this
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I've been loved like this
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I don't remember when
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loved like this
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2008
PERFECT NIGHT Kyler England vocals
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you suddenly open the door before I have a chance
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to ring the bell, you're trying hard to be mad
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but there's a playful look in your eye
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and when you take me in your loving arms
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squeeze daylight out of me
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you make make me feel like it's a
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perfect night, perfect night
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you lead my by the hand and take to the room
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where boundaries don't exist
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I'm so lost in your love I'm in so deep
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there's no way out
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when you take me in your loving arms
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squeeze daylight out of me
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you make make me feel
when you hold me tight
you make me feel like it's a
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perfect night, ya perfect night
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who knows if this will last forever
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gonna take my time lay it on the line
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I don't want to let go
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you make me feel so right
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when you take me in your loving arms
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squeeze daylight out of me
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you make make me feel
when you hold me tight
you make me feel like it's a
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perfect night, like it's a perfect night
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hey you make me feel, you make me feel
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like it's a perfect night
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baby a perfect night
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1998
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TOUCHING THE VOID Warren Stanyer vocals
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travelled to a far away country
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dreamed of climbing where others haven't
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even though friends have not returned
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I feel inspired by the courage to give
only their best I was to young to realize
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that I'd be touching the void oh ya
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touching the void
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early morning sunlight lit up
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the reds and greens of my tent
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it would take the afternoon sun
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to really make me warm again
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I climbed through the overhanging
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rock snow and ice
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this cold steep world was making me
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stronger but taking me closer to
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touching the void, touching the void
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before long there I was just below
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the great summit so fearless
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I had become there was no need
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for the heat of the sun
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down below the copper green lakes
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lay beneath my final test
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over 7000' to descend into
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the heartache, pain, the loneliness of
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touching the void, touching the void
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the fall came suddenly silently endlessly
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before I knew I was falling to fast
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no breath to scream there was no fear
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there was nothing
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until I woke to a burning pain
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I knew then I was
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touching the void, touching the void
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touching the void, touching the void
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1998
QUESTION OF BALANCE Warren Stanyer vocals
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there was a twitch in my neck
a chill down my spine
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order and anarchy are no longer sublime
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now was the time, forget control and go
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I couldn't move so a I crumbled and fell
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born, married, injured then died that's what
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went through my mind as I went through the air
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white points of light flash in front of me
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the sky and the sun looked
so warm and fluorescent
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my hands are to big I can't get a grip
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I feel as hollow as the deepest cave
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na na na na na na na na
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it's a question of balance
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these dreams and these fears
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it's a question of reckoning
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it's a question of balance
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what happened to my blocks of confidence
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they're falling away at my feet
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and sending my higher, higher
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born, married, injured then died that's what
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went through my mind
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born, married, injured then died that's what
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went through my mind
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born, married, injured then died
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born, married, injured then died
that's what went through my mind
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as I went through the air
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it's a question of balance
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these dreams and these fears
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it's a question of reckoning
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it's a question, question, question
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it's a question of balance
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these dreams and these fears
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it's a question of reckoning
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it's a question of balance
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1998
HELI BLUES Paul Hookham vocals
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well the dream was to heli ski
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did my best to save the money
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finally laid down the fee
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I know there's no guarantee, no guarantee
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well I'm not the type to complain
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don't mind a little rain
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but it's just not the same
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'cause powder is the name of the game
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well I put in the miles to get me the smiles
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but I'm sitting down here waiting
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for the skies to clear
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moby's bowl and dildo
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downy and mollock
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franks and fang, nobby and chivas
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puke and joes, roseberry and porcupine
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are buried deep in a low
no sign of it letting go
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well I put in the miles to get me the smiles
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but I'm sitting down here in those
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low riding, I said low riding no flying
heli blues
it went something like this, it don't look good
say the guides, don't look at me says the pilot
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I haven't even had my coffee yet and besides
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the guides are making me grumpy
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it don't look good, ah low riding, no flying
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heli blues
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I say low riding, no flying, heli blues
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moby's bowl and dildo, downy and mollock
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franks and fang, nobby and chivas
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puke and joes, roseberry and porcupine
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ah mercy, we all know it's a waiting game
but I'm getting delirious in this rain
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I need the pow, pow baby, deep deep pow
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well I put in the miles to get me the smiles
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but I'm sitting down here in those
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low riding say no flying
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heli blues
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ah low riding, no flying
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heli blues
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2002
CLOSE MY EYES Paul Hookham vocals
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I can close my eyes and see you
I can put my head on the pillow and feel you
but this empty space has no place in my heart
this empty space is tearing it apart
oh how I long for your touch
and hear your laughter echo down the hall
oh how I long for your touch
and hear your laughter echo down the hall
one moment and I’m fine and the next
I’m losing my mind and time time heals all
but time takes it sweet time
oh how I long for your touch
and hear your laughter echo down the hall
oh how I long for your touch
and hear your laughter echo down the hall
lal lal la la la la la la la la la la
and everything gonna be all right
everything is gonna be just fine
I can close my eyes
I can close my eyes
I can close my eyes
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2019
HE FELT LOVED
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minding my own business
when the world came crashing down
it was like an explosion
that never made a sound
it was all the things that you dread
was it spreading through his head
and how much time?
we’ll fight to the end
he felt loved
he felt loved
who knows when the end will be
all I know is what I see
the last look, the last breath
don’t know how long it took
he felt loved
he felt loved
​
2020
A FAR CRY Marlon O'Reilly vocals
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fire fills the sky
who can tell the children why
life is lost in the blink of an eye
who can tell the children why
broken walls are the colour of bones
broken walls destroy more than homes
and in the night I hear a cry
cry cry I hear a far cry
cry cry I hear a far cry
anxious eyes hide as the sun melts the moon
running for the school but it’s the first to go
hearts are racing as the first on scene
stumble through the rubble afraid
of what they’ll see suddenly someone
screams, in coming!
cry cry I hear a far cry
there’s no water to wash bloody hands
in the silence a small group share a cigarette
no one wants to be the first
to lay their guns down
victory is when a body is pulled
from the debris
cry cry I hear a far cry
cry cry I hear a far cry, cry
who can tell the children
​
2015
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GIVE TO GET Kyle Castellani vocals
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all right, we’ve got two hands
lets put them together
one to give and one to receive
don’t need to change the world
do a little thing with a big heart
got to give to get
I’ve got to give to get what I want
I need to constantly look for opportunity
to make a better day for someone other than me
well helping don’t hurt it’s a necessity
I stay alert ready to act unselfishly
no need for divinity just do it willfully
don’t need to change the world
do a little thing with a big heart
got to give to get
fear is the enemy that seeks the lonely
but we have the ability
to overcome our vulnerability
there’s no mystery
who could disagree
that helping don’t hurt
all right we’ve got to hands
let’s put them together
one to give and one to receive
don’t need to change the world
do a little thing with a big heart
got to give to get
got to give to get
​
I’ll never look down on anyone
unless I’m helping them up
hey brother hey sister
lend me a hand
and help to stand
all right we’ve got to hands
let’s put them together
helping don’t hurt
don’t need to change the world
do a little thing with a big heart
got to give to get, don’t need to change the world
​
2013
PILL IN MY POCKET Sam Tuten vocals
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when you’re always burning ya
​
you stop feeling the heat
but the flame and the fire scream
​
when you’re always burning
​
a rough cut king believing
​
in no one or nothing
​
can’t trust myself that’s why there’s
​
a bottle opener on my key ring
a hammer in my hand
​
and a pill in my pocket
I never got my monies worth
​
but I got more than I bargained for
​
I never knew I could fly so high with
a hammer in my hand
​
and a pill in my pocket
I never got my monies worth
​
but I got more than I bargained for
​
when the leve broke
​
and the waters crashed in
​
I was swept away but felt no pain
​
when the leve broke
​
any reason is a good reason
​
if it gets you what you want
​
I never knew I could fly so high
without a hammer in my hand
and a pill in my pocket
I never got my monies worth
but I got more than I bargained for
fly, I could fly
a pill in my pocket
I could fly, fly
​
2021
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NEVER TO LATE Rory Sullivan vocals
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mississippi’s burning
hate the colour of fire
ain’t no one going to win
hate the colour of fire
a darkness unfolds
at the crossroads
nightriders march in robes
do you stand in their way
or do you say, come what may
the song of the river
is heard by everyone
it’s never to late, never to late
to make it right
the river flows, but under heavy skies
it can rise and be so swiftly running
you ask how do you stop
what’s coming
the song of the river is heard by everyone
can’t out run a gun
from his arms they took his son
where the law, well there ain’t none
from his arms they took his son
the song of the river is heard by everyone
it’s never to late, never to late
to make it right
don’t give up the fight
one day is going to come
that day is own it’s way
never to late to make it right
never never give up the fight
never to late to make it right
​
2021
IT'S NOT THE WAND Paul Hookham vocals
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when it comes to the lovin' game
​
I can't claim to have a name
​
but I have learned a thing or two
​
and I'm going to share them with you
​
don't need to be her best
​
just give her something she won't forget
​
it's not the wand, it's the magician
​
hear me out
​
the magic is all in the touch
​
not to much but hmmm just enough
​
love like a diamond
​
a diamond in the rough
​
don't need to be her best
​
just give her something she won't forget
​
it's not the wand, it's the magician
​
sometimes she wants a little tenderness
​
other times we're in the wilderness
​
some of my favourite times
​
are when I take her to her happiness
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don't need to be her best
​
just give her something she won't forget
​
well all her friends are going to want to know
​
what did he do first and how did it go
​
and tell me girl does the man like it slow
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and what was playing on the radio
​
don't need to be her best
​
just give her something she won't forget
​
I feel what you feel so let it all go
​
I said let it all go
​
don't need to be her best
​
just give her something she won't forget
​
it's not the wand, it's the magician
​
it's not the wand, it's the magician
​
2021
​
IN YOUR ARMS Kyle Castellani vocals
waiting for the red eye
and the only thing open
is a vending machine
I met a kind lady
and over bad coffee
we talked and talked
about everything and nothing
she reminds me of you
I’m strong with the world at my feet
you gave me roots so I could fly
your sacrifice made me who I am
when I’m in your arms I know I’m home
it was through the years
that I saw you try and hide your tears
but that day in the garden
you knew I was there
yet still called me to your arms
I’m strong with the world at my feet
you gave me roots so I could fly
your sacrifice made me who I am
when I’m in your arms . . .
I’m strong with the world at my feet
you gave me roots so I could fly
your sacrifice made me who I am
when I’m in your arms
I know I’m home
​
2021
GET IT RIGHT Rory Sullivan vocals
​
I know a little bit about something
​
but not enough to know anything
​
but that doesn’t stop me, oh no ‘cause
​
I’ve got an answer for everything
​
if practice makes perfect
​
but no one is perfect
​
then I’ll learn to live with my regrets
​
always keeping my mind set & knowing that
​
it helps to have an answer for everything
​
and every now and then I’m right
​
it don’t happen enough in this life
​
that’s why it makes me high
​
when I get it right
​
some say I have success
​
written all over me, others say
​
I’m as far as I’m going to go
​
little do they know
​
I’ve been to the mountain
climbed above where the birds fly
just to hear the words of the wise, I heard,
​
be your best, at the worst of times
get it right when it counts
​
it don’t happen enough in this life
​
that’s why it makes me high
when I get it right
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2019
IF I FALL Kara Hesse vocals
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if I fall and you know I will
​
when I cry will you say it's all right
​
will you lift the pain from my soul
​
if I fall
​
sometimes my best isn't good enough
​
well I ask then, what the hell is?
​
I've travelled roads so dark and desperate
​
that I've never found my way back home
​
If I fall and you know I will
​
when I cry will you say it's all right
​
will you lift the pain from my soul
​
baby if I fall
​
if I fall babe
​
the pain is warm and so familiar
​
space and time are wrapped up in light
​
there's a mountain ahead so full of danger
​
tell me if I fall oh if I fall
​
if I fall and I will, if I fall and I will
​
will you lift the pain from my soul baby
​
if I fall and you know I will
​
when I cry will you say it's all right
​
will you lift the pain from my soul
​
if I fall, if I fall baby, if I fall baby
​
if I fall
​
*Marlon's version, bridge*
​
and if shadows are cast
​
I will reach for you
​
2016
CARRY ME Kyle Castellani vocals
​
the power of the memory makes time
a little more bearable
it helps to ease my mind
from something so terrible
the future has a sad refrain
but you’ll be here always
the power of the memory will carry me
the power of the memory
pictures can only say so much
while the heart remembers everything, everything
I don’t always want to go there
but I can’t resist the sights or the sounds
I want to feel you surround me
I want to feel you surround me
the power of the memory will carry me
the power of the memory carry me, carry me
the pain comes on like a heavy wave
I try to be brave but the pull is so strong
and I’m growing weak
the power of the memory will carry me
the power of the memory will carry me
I have this feeling you’ll be here always
the power of the memory, carry me, carry me
carry me, carry me, carry me, carry me . . .
the power of the memory, ohh, carry me
​
2013
RUNNING Marlon O"Reilly vocals
​
(am radio dialogue recorded live, Kelowna fire.)​
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I can barely see the sun
​
through the yellow sky
​
no chance of significant rain
​
better chance of lightening again
​
there's a state of emergency
​
from the valleys to the high country
​
the streets and homes everything is empty
​
but not the hearts of our community
​
you may only get a moments notice
​
before the fire comes through your front door
​
better grab what you can and
​
when it's time to give up the fight
​
and run for your lives! running, running
​
hmmmm, running, running!
​
you may only get a moments notice
​
before the fire comes through your front door
​
better grab what you can and
​
when it's time give up the fight
​
and run for lives! I'm running
​
but I'm coming back
​
oh, running, running for your lives
​
running, running for your lives
​
oh, you gotta get out now
​
anyway you can
​
every woman child and man
​
gotta get out now, gotta get out now
​
gotta get out now, gotta get out now
​
2003
THERE WAS A TIME Marlon O'Reilly vocals
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your words of goodbye brought a darkness
​
I couldn't escape forever vanishing
​
I promised myself to make the best of everything
​
a promise I didn't always keep
​
but now I stand tall
no matter the odds I'm above it all
​
there was a time
​
my body and my mind feel so strong
​
there was a time
​
I don't remember when the pain was forgotten
​
or how my dream survived
​
looking back now at those lonely yesterdays
​
they made me who I am
​
'cause now I stand tall
no matter the odds I stand tall
​
there was a time, there was a time
​
when I would run only to have it come undone
​
nowhere to hide all I saw was you
​
no will to fight so I cried
​
'cause now I stand tall
​
no matter the odds I'm above it all
​
there was a time, there was a time
​
there was a time
​
'cause now I stand tall
​
1996
​
BE IN LOVE Marlon O'Reilly vocals
​
if love was a simple thing
then we’d all be in love
so many times I hide my heart
saying never again
you make me tremble
your touch so gentle
I was lost now I’m found and I want to be in love
if love was a simple thing
then who needs the stars?
in my arms, tender tight and warm
there will come no harm
you make me tremble
your touch so gentle
I was lost now I’m found and I want to be in love
your kiss is always on my lips
and everything you bring out in me
I’ll give back to you
hmmm if was a simple thing
if was a simple thing
oh oh oh oh oh oh be in love
oh oh oh oh oh oh be in love
oh oh oh oh oh oh be in love
who ho your kiss is always on my lips
​
2017
HONEY IN THE MORNING Kyle Castellan vocals
​
I wake up every morning like everyone else
slip on my trousers and off to work I go
but not before I say hello good morning
to my girl who makes the sweetest honey of them all
my boss man he yells and screams
put it here, no, put it there, what’s wrong with you?
it’s only half way to quitting time and
I’ve barely made a dime but waiting at home is
honey in the morning, honey at night
never seen a woman shine so bright
now the lunch room has it’s own idiot-sycronies
and it can hurt like a brain freeze
there’s no need for a fitness program
because everyone’s dodging their responsibilities
jumping to conclusions, running down the boss
and pushing their luck
but my girl knows how to beautify
with loving so sweet
it makes the moon cry
honey in morning, honey at night
never seen a woman shine so bright
well I love love love, love my girl
honey in the morning, honey at night
never seen a woman shine so bright
honey in the morning, honey at night
​
2018
​
COME HOME SOON Marlon O'Reilly vocals
​
took my baby to the airport
waved goodbye with a tear in my eye
baby baby won’t please come home soon
late at night I’m home alone
come on honey won’t you pick up the phone
‘cause I need to hear the sound
of your sweet voice telling me that
everything is going to be all right
come on honey let’s not fight
you’ll be in my dreams tonight
just do your best to come home soon
the next day and everyday
that you’re so far away
everything seems to go so very wrong
the car broke down and the dog’s in jail
and I ain’t got no dough for bail
baby baby won’t you please come home soon
tell me baby everything is going to be all right
come on honey let’s no fight
just do your best to come home soon
everything will be all right
come on honey let’s no fight
you’ll be in my dreams tonight
just do your best to come home soon
mailman doesn’t come around
the kids next door aint’ makin’ no sound
baby baby won’t you please come home soon
I’m near the end of what i can take
any longer and I might make the mistake
of looking for another lonely heart
everything will be all right
come on honey let’s no fight
you’ll be in my dreams tonight
just do your best to come home soon
everything will be all right
come on honey let’s no fight
you’ll be in my dreams tonight
just do your best to come home soon
hey ya hey ya baby come home soon
baby baby won’t you please come home soon
baby baby won’t you please come home soon
baby baby won’t you please come home soon
come on home
​
1995
I SEE YOU Cat vocals
​
I always felt my heart would be strong enough
​
if you didn't come home from what you love
​
my heart would be strong enough
​
every time I go outside
​
there's some one who looks like you
​
another with the same name
​
I smile I cry what is there left to do?
​
every time I see you, every time I see you
​
every time I see you
​
the horizon is never as close
​
as I need it to be
​
endure the pain it has to pass
​
how long can it last?
​
beyond the clouds the sky is blue
​
every time I see you, every time I see you
​
endure the pain it has to pass
​
how long can it last?
​
beyond the clouds the sky is blue
​
every time I see you, every time I see you
​
every time I see you
​
I can't face another day
​
every time I see you, every time I see you
​
every time I see you, I see you
​
2010
CAN'T ALWAYS TAKE Marlon O'Reilly vocals
​
ancient lands and ceremony tell the story
of the girl who became and eagle and
flew out to sea
​
then came the day when the eagle did return
​
bringing with her the spirit of the bear, the seal
​
and the whale and the winds and the rains
and the tides, the village erupted into a
​
carnival and dance
men wore women's clothes
​
while others shyly stole kisses
before the wind and the rains and the tides
​
then the eagle flew overhead
and proclaimed these words
​
show respect to your brothers and sisters
​
all creatures great and small
​
and the wind and the rains and the tides
​
ya, the wind and the rains and the tides
​
if you want to survive
you gotta show some respect
​
to all creatures great and small
​
to your brothers and sisters sons and daughters
​
you can't always take you gotta learn to give back
​
you can't always take you gotta learn to give back
​
we are, we are one, you and i
​
you can't always take you gotta learn to give back
​
you can't always take you gotta learn to give back
​
you can't always take you gotta learn to give back
​
you can't always take you gotta learn to give back
​
we are, we are one, you and I
​
we are, we are one, you and I, you and I
​
1997
THE LESS I TALK
​
most folks would agree
I’m a little careless but a decent man
I care about the kids I care about the land
ya I’m not afraid to make a stand
now sometimes I get so mad
I’m so bent man I could freak
but just as I’m feeling the heat
I bite my tongue and turn the other cheek
it’s not always easy to turn my back
and walk walk away
but the less I talk
the more I seem to say
now all good things
to those who wait
flying off the handle only
proves I’ve peaked
so just as I’m feeling the squeeze
I bite my tongue and
turn the other cheek
it’s not always easy to turn
your back and walk walk away
but the less I talk the more I seem to say
the less I talk the more I say
the more I talk the less I say
1998
DO IT ALL
​
when I was young I made so many mistakes
it wasn’t just innocence lost along the way
and outcomes carried consequences
that far out weighed what I was willing to pay
and if I had to do it all again
I wouldn’t change a thing
I’d jump right back in
like the time hitching a ride
said she was going to dive off the cliffs
above the lake the water is cold but it’ll be fun
you really should come
the late day sun lit up the sky
as we climbed higher
she put her hand in mine and said,
“people do this all the time
but only those who have lost their minds . . . ”
I’d do it all do it all again
I’d jump right back in cold water on my skin
I’d jump right back in cold water on my skin
she said goodbye as easily as she said hi
her laughter and touch still caress my skin
wherever she is she’s always on my mind
as I climb higher and higher and
if I had to do it all again
I wouldn’t change a thing
I’d jump right back in
I’d jump right back in cold water on my skin
I’d jump right back in cold water on my skin
​
2013
ROLL ALONG
​
inside a heavy metal heart
a fire blazes bright
racing through the chill
of the desert night
silver wheels
in the moonlight
they’re so tall
everything is small
jack rabbits run
with their heels
high in the air
there’s bones buried nearby
barefoot she stands
her skin sparkling with sand
a destination
shimmers in the air
faces bare
risk only a stare
roll along roll on
silver wheels
in the moonlight
roll along roll on
silver wheels
in the moonlight
roll along
just like lost souls
lost not only to forever
but who’s stories are untold
the soul weeps
as the dreamer sleeps
dawn glows in the distance
and the eye is set upon the
rose coloured sky
roll along roll on
silver wheels
in the moonlight
roll along roll on
silver wheels
in the moonlight
roll along
​
2020
LET ME LAY IT ON YOU
​
he don’t live
anywhere
gotta keep
those wheels rolling
he’s looking
for that something more
playing the devil’s music
wondering why he got
all the good stuff
listen, here comes the train
hey man that ain’t no train
that’s sonny boy singing
he’s singing that song
come out on the porch mama
feel the velvet wind
on our skin
come out on the porch mama
let me lay it on you
we don’t have to keep it tight
the man ain’t nowhere in sight
come out on the porch mama
let me lay it on you
come out on the porch mama
let me lay it on you
we don’t have to keep it tight
lets loose our minds
and find ourselves
lost in the night
while our hearts take flight
now poor mama wakes
to a still quiet morning
sonny boy well he’s nowhere in sight
headed to the next saturday night
playing the devil’s music and wondering
why he got all the good stuff
come out on the porch mama
let me lay it on you
feel the velvet wind
on our skin
we don’t have to keep it tight
come out on the porch mama
and let me lay it on you
​
2020
CARRY IT ON
​
when all is said and done
take me to the river my friend
wrap me tight and let me go
cause the river is home
life is like the river son
his father used to say
and his father before him
it’s always been that way
you rise you fall, you cry you crawl
you carry it on so keep the love strong
and carry it on
set me free and carry it on
set me free and carry it on my son
wrap me tight and let me go
keep the love strong
and carry it on
set me free and carry it on
set me free and carry it on
you carry it on
oh my son I’m not afraid but wrap me tight
in the years to come the son will see
there’s so much more than just a memory
when the love is strong
you rise, you fall, you cry, you crawl
you carry it on, you carry it on
keep the love strong and carry it on
take me to the river let me go
the river is where I now belong
so wrap me tight and let me go
let me go wrap me tight
​
2020
LONG WAY HOME
​
on a quest for the truth
you best beware ‘cause
it has a way of changing everything
but any thoughts of leaving it behind
hey man, that ain’t happening
I may walk alone but
I’m taking the long way home
​
I'm taking the long way home
now if the truth be told then
it means being bold
and taking off the blindfold
and when your eyes see the light
you’ll realize holy shit it’s all fool’s gold
I may walk alone but
I’m taking the long way home
​
I'm taking the long way home
and if I’m going to find the truth well
I need to read between the lines
the truth ain’t for the feint of heart and
but I believe it can set you free
I may walk alone
but I’m taking the long way home
I may walk alone
but I’m taking the long way home
the closer some get to the truth
the less they want to believe it
​
2018
MY BAD
​
all communications down
don’t recognize this town
can’t help but hear
a voice near and clear
my bad
not what I had planned
my bad
just like a hurricane
my bad
will it ever be the same
my bad
you don’t need to tell me
my bad
the sky is black and empty
as far as the eye can see
you don’t need to tell me
I am to blame
just like a hurricane
I am in the aftermath
light shines on our path
that will always be
yours and mine
my bad
as far as the eye can see
you don’t need to tell me
my bad
not what I had planned
my bad
once again
just like a hurricane
my bad
will it ever be the same
my bad
​
2021
BE WITH THE ONE
​
oh love is blind, that’s all right I'll know them
when I see them
love can happen that’s what the stars are for
but love never did come
knocking on my door
looking for the one who’s looking for me
why is it so hard to be with the one who’s
looking for me
hmmm, their eyes will light up when they smile
and I'll be like a puppet on string
reaching out my arms to hold them so tight
the ones that want me
well I don’t want them
the ones that I want
well they don’t want me
looking for the one who’s looking for me
why is it so hard to be with the one who’s
looking for me
hmmmm, their going to have
there own way of walking chicaboom boom
my heart skips a beat knowing their kisses
are going to be sweet
anything can happen at any time
love is blind but I’ll know her when I see them
looking for the one who’s looking for me
why is it so hard to be
looking for the one
who’s looking for me
why is it so hard to be
with the one who’s
looking for me
​
2016
Hello.
MY KINDA CRAZY
​
you’re my kinda crazy
you know I’m talking about the hot springs
you said there’s a time and place for everything
then you made the night sing
here comes that feeling from deep within
here it comes again and again
you’re my kinda crazy
who could forget Yosemite
star gazing atop the stone king
that’s what you called it
then you made the night sing
here comes that feeling from deep within
you’re my kinda crazy
a dream like lady
who came out of the clear blue sky
and took my heart on a wild joyride
you’re my kinda crazy . . . hold me tight
you’re my kinda crazy
when we woke to the waves crashing
the sunrise was so amazing
then you made the morning sing
here comes that feeling from deep within
here it comes again and again
you’re my kinda crazy
a dream like lady
who came out of the clear blue sky
and took my heart on a wild joyride
you’re my kinda crazy
squeeze me tight
my kinda crazy
​
2019
FEELINGS OF LOVE
​
like so many I’ve walked alone
my heart heavy and a future unknown
a soul crying out
feelings of love
is all I have for you
I could be a poor man
spending my sweet hours
thinking of you
feeling of love
real love shines from the light
in your eyes
I take off my mask and say goodbye
to the past
feelings of love
is all I have for you
I could be a poor man
spending my sweet hours
thinking of you
we can let the world go its own way
shadows fade from the light
in your eyes shadows fade
from the light in your eyes
I could be a poor man
spending all of my sweet hours
thinking of you
I never felt so alive
so alive thinking of you
feelings of love
is all I have for you
I could be a poor man
spending my sweet hours
thinking of you feelings of love
​
2021
DON'T MAKE ME WAIT
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we were lovers from the start
nothing could keep us apart
and in the madness you had
second thoughts
but let me remind you baby I say
who in their right mind is going to stop
when the engines running so hot hot hot
who’s gonna stop when the engines running
hot hot hot, hot hot hot
baby you need to appreciate
that’s it’s a fool who’s late
for my love
and it’s a mistake to hesitate
don’t make me wait
don’t make me, make me wait
who in their right mind is going to stop
when the engines running so hot hot hot
who’s gonna stop when the engines running
hot hot hot. hot hot hot, hot hot hot
who’s going to stop
don’t hesitate don’t make the mistake
and it’s a fool who’s late for love
don’t make me wait, don’t make me wait . . .
now my heart is open to our fate
from this day to the pearly gates
don’t hesitate, don’t make the mistake
it’s a fool who’s late for love
don’t make wait, don’t make me wait
​
2002
THE WILL OF ONE
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the will of one who’s intent is true
gets the eye of another
who says, “I’ll walk with you.”
now two walk as one
on a path to unify in for the long run
the march has begun and the fight will be won
step by step they go out of their way
to stand and demand to those responsible
it’s time to be accountable
now the two stand in a park
before the flags of the world
hoping to reach the minds
of those who ignored the warning signs
hmmm, so much damage that time can’t unwind
the world sometimes takes more than it gives
souls will be lost but all have the right to life
this is the long run all from the will
the will of one
now 10 walk as one then 20, 30 and more
together they stand before the flags of the world
from the power in our numbers
a voice deep like thunder
against the power that only sees
bank account numbers change can happen
all from the will of one
​
2019
YOU HAVE MY HEART
​
I love it when you speak your mind
tell me everything
you have my heart
I know when
to leave you alone
when the moment is your own
you have my heart
I take it slow waiting only for
the right time to kiss you
under the love tree
just you and me
the king and his queen
to have and to hold
you have my heart
under the love tree
just you and me
my arms will always be
open wide an everlasting
light from deep inside
soul meets soul
when we kiss
under the love tree
just you and me
you have my heart
​
2019
RUN WITH THE ROLLING THUNDER
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above all else hold high
the promise to be mindful
when walking in the steps
of those who were
fearless and vulnerable
clear eyed and
always on guard
I’m ready to defend all
I run with the rolling thunder
let my heart and body go
run with the rolling thunder
from all those who came before
run with the rolling thunder
howl with the wolfs at the door
run with the rolling thunder
a seeker who finds
what it is they’re meant to be
the wind catches my imagination
and bright as ever shines the sun
the road less travelled
is to near and far to easy
I run with the rolling thunder
let my heart and body go
howl with the wolfs at the door
run with the rolling thunder
let my mind and body go
run with the rolling thunder
​
2019
THROW OUR SOULS TO THE WIND
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you said it best
when we hit the I-5
the road never looked
so good
ya roger that brother
ain’t nothing like this time
ain’t gonna be the same
throw our souls to the wind
gonna ride where it takes us
everything we know
comes from everywhere we’ve been
throw our souls to the wind
however it goes
you can have that moment
that moment
we’ll go where you can’t get to
born and raised
always reaching higher
settle for our best
and keepin’ it real
throw our souls to the wind
we’re gonna ride to the end
​
2021
WE GO ONE, WE GO ALL
​
come out on the street
there’s nothing to fear
come out on the street
we’re all here
we go one
we go all
come out on the street
raise our voices
let them roar
for a free and fair
democracy
we’re all here
there’s nothing to fear
we go one
we go all
come together friends
stop stop stop the violence
come together friends
stop stop stop the violence
come out on the street
there’s nothing to fear
we’re all here
we go one
we go all
​
2021
BLACK TUSK
be honest be expressive
