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LYRICS

"In my pick up truck
I race and rattle along . . . "

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FIELDS OF CORN
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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2020

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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 

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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

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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

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2013

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PILL IN MY POCKET        Sam Tuten vocals

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when you’re always burning ya

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you stop feeling the heat

 

but the flame and the fire scream

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when you’re always burning

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a rough cut king believing

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in no one or nothing

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can’t trust myself that’s why there’s

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a bottle opener on my key ring

  

a hammer in my hand

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and a pill in my pocket 

  

I never got my monies worth

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but I got more than I bargained for

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I never knew I could fly so high with

 

a hammer in my hand

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and a pill in my pocket

    

I never got my monies worth

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but I got more than I bargained for

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when the leve broke

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and the waters crashed in

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I was swept away but felt no pain

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when the leve broke

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any reason is a good reason

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if it gets you what you want

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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

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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

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2021

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IT'S NOT THE WAND       Paul Hookham vocals

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when it comes to the lovin' game

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I can't claim to have a name

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but I have learned a thing or two

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and I'm going to share them with you

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don't need to be her best

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just give her something she won't forget

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it's not the wand, it's the magician

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hear me out

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the magic is all in the touch

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not to much but hmmm just enough

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love like a diamond

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a diamond in the rough

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don't need to be her best

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just give her something she won't forget

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it's not the wand, it's the magician

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sometimes she wants a little tenderness

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other times we're in the wilderness

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some of my favourite times

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are when I take her to her happiness

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don't need to be her best

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just give her something she won't forget

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well all her friends are going to want to know

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what did he do first and how did it go

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and tell me girl does the man like it slow

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and what was playing on the radio

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don't need to be her best

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just give her something she won't forget

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I feel what you feel so let it all go

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I said let it all go

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don't need to be her best

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just give her something she won't forget

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it's not the wand, it's the magician

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it's not the wand, it's the magician

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2021

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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

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GET IT RIGHT                   Rory Sullivan vocals

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I know a little bit about something

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but not enough to know anything

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but that doesn’t stop me, oh no ‘cause

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I’ve got an answer for everything 

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if practice makes perfect

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but no one is perfect

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then I’ll learn to live with my regrets

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always keeping my mind set & knowing that

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it helps to have an answer for everything

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and every now and then I’m right

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it don’t happen enough in this life

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that’s why it makes me high

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when I get it right 

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some say I have success

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written all over me, others say

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I’m as far as I’m going to go

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little do they know

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I’ve been to the mountain

 

climbed above where the birds fly

 

just to hear the words of the wise, I heard,

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be your best, at the worst of times

 

get it right when it counts

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it don’t happen enough in this life

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that’s why it makes me high

 

when I get it right

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2019

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IF I FALL                      Kara Hesse vocals

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if I fall and you know I will

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when I cry will you say it's all right

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will you lift the pain from my soul

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if I fall

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sometimes my best isn't good enough

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well I ask then, what the hell is?

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I've travelled roads so dark and desperate

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that I've never found my way back home

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If I fall and you know I will

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when I cry will you say it's all right

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will you lift the pain from my soul

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baby if I fall

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if I fall babe

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the pain is warm and so familiar

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space and time are wrapped up in light

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there's a mountain ahead so full of danger

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tell me if I fall oh if I fall

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if I fall and I will, if I fall and I will

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will you lift the pain from my soul baby

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if I fall and you know I will

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when I cry will you say it's all right

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will you lift the pain from my soul

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if I fall, if I fall baby, if I fall baby

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if I fall

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*Marlon's version, bridge*

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and if shadows are cast

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I will reach for you

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2016

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CARRY ME                                  Kyle Castellani vocals

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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

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RUNNING                       Marlon O"Reilly vocals

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(am radio dialogue recorded live, Kelowna fire.)​

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I can barely see the sun

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through the yellow sky

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no chance of significant rain

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better chance of lightening again

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there's a state of emergency

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from the valleys to the high country

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the streets and homes everything is empty

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but not the hearts of our community

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you may only get a moments notice

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before the fire comes through your front door

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better grab what you can and

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when it's time to give up the fight

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and run for your lives! running, running

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hmmmm, running, running!

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you may only get a moments notice

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before the fire comes through your front door

​

better grab what you can and

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when it's time give up the fight

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and run for lives! I'm running 

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but I'm coming back

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oh, running, running for your lives

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running, running for your lives

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oh, you gotta get out now

​

anyway you can

​

every woman child and man

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gotta get out now, gotta get out now

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gotta get out now, gotta get out now

​

2003

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THERE WAS A TIME              Marlon O'Reilly vocals

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your words of goodbye brought a darkness

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I couldn't escape forever vanishing

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I promised myself to make the best of everything

​

a promise I didn't always keep

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but now I stand tall

 

no matter the odds I'm above it all

​

there was a time

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my body and my mind feel so strong

​

there was a time

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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

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'cause now I stand tall

 

no matter the odds I stand tall

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there was a time, there was a time

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when I would run only to have it come undone

​

nowhere to hide all I saw was you

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no will to fight so I cried

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'cause now I stand tall

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no matter the odds I'm above it all

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there was a time, there was a time

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there was a time

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'cause now I stand tall

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1996

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BE IN LOVE                      Marlon O'Reilly vocals

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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

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2017

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HONEY IN THE MORNING         Kyle Castellan vocals

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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

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2018

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COME HOME SOON            Marlon O'Reilly vocals

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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

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1995

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I SEE YOU                                 Cat vocals

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I always felt my heart would be strong enough

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if you didn't come home from what you love

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my heart would be strong enough

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every time I go outside

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there's some one who looks like you

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another with the same name

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I smile I cry what is there left to do?

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every time I see you, every time I see you

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every time I see you

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the horizon is never as close

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as I need it to be

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endure the pain it has to pass

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how long can it last?

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beyond the clouds the sky is blue

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every time I see you, every time I see you

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endure the pain it has to pass

​

how long can it last?

​

beyond the clouds the sky is blue

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every time I see you, every time I see you

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every time I see you

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I can't face another day

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every time I see you, every time I see you

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every time I see you, I see you

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2010

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CAN'T ALWAYS TAKE          Marlon O'Reilly vocals

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ancient lands and ceremony tell the story

 

of the girl who became and eagle and

 

flew out to sea

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then came the day when the eagle did return

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bringing with her the spirit of the bear, the seal

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and the whale and the winds and the rains

 

and the tides, the village erupted into a

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carnival and dance

 

men wore women's clothes

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while others shyly stole kisses

 

before the wind and the rains and the tides

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then the eagle flew overhead

 

and proclaimed these words

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show respect to your brothers and sisters

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all creatures great and small

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and the wind and the rains and the tides

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ya, the wind and the rains and the tides

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if you want to survive

 

you gotta show some respect

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to all creatures great and small

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to your brothers and sisters sons and daughters

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you can't always take you gotta learn to give back

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you can't always take you gotta learn to give back

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we are, we are one, you and i 

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you can't always take you gotta learn to give back

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you can't always take you gotta learn to give back

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you can't always take you gotta learn to give back

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you can't always take you gotta learn to give back

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we are, we are one, you and I

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we are, we are one, you and I, you and I

​

1997

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THE LESS I TALK

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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

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DO IT ALL

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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

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2013

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ROLL ALONG

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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 

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2020

ROLL ALONG TRAIN

LET ME LAY IT ON YOU

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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

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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

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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

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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 

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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

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MY BAD

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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

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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

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MY KINDA CRAZY

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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

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2019

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FEELINGS OF LOVE

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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

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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

​

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

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2019

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YOU HAVE MY HEART

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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

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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

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2019

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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

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