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The quick sand man (the quicksand man)
dwells on things that don't last (the quicksand man)
and now he can't move on (the quicksand man)
now he's sinking into the past (the quicksand man)
and so the pattern goes (the quicksand man)
matching shoes and matching tie (the quicksand man)
the very same (the quicksand man)
he'll be wearing when he dies (the quicksand man)
oh, oh no
he never will forget
the things he should have done
and the things he still regrets
the quicksand man (the quicksand man)
he remembered everyone (the quicksand man)
from the minute he was born (the quicksand man)
till the day his death was done (the quicksand man)
and those people that he knew (the quicksand man)
he'd forgotten all their names (the quicksand man)
but he sure did worry (the quicksand man)
that they still knew his (the quicksand man)
oh, oh no
he never will forget
the things he should have done
and the things he still regrets
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all my friends have gone to china
and baby without you, you know I'd try to
a place that's good and far as anywhere
we all try to love and be loved
but when things go wrong it's not enough
to sit around and watch it all go down
china, china, just gimmie an excuse
to fly down there next week
and become somebody new
everybody's getting tongue tied
in saying what they want to say
instead they'd rather up and fly away
when did life become a movie?
and when did I mine stuck on pause?
and everybody's turned off their tvs
china, china, just gimmie an excuse
to fly down there next week
and become somebody new
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My Own
03:31
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the feeling stays for a moment
a girl that you once knew
love burns away
but the fire stays
and the flame it surrounds you
when all the lights go down
and all the clothes come off
everyone loves everyone
and they make sure that it's known
and it's okay to worry that you'll always be alone
love me love me,
kiss me kiss me,
don't leave me alone
and when I wake up in the morning,
I'll know that you're my own
when all the guns are shot
and the messengers are dead
the chase goes on but the ammo's gone
and the culprit gets away
that's why the good guys never win
that's why the bad guys never die
that's why
the clown's gotta cry
that's why your life will pass you buy
love me love me,
kiss me kiss me,
don't leave me alone
and when I wake up in the morning,
I'll know that you're my own
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the was a dark sky over the canyon
where everyone came to gather
to look up at the cloudburst
and the things that didn't matter
when the ground began to shatter
nobody noticed it
resolutely were their eyes
so transfixed upon the sky
and observing all life's changes
like droplets in the rain
while they were drowning in their canyon
flooding out beneath them
and soaking up the water
into their heart and souls
as the weight of what was past
became to heavy and too vast
as you stare into oblivion
(the more it becomes you)
nothing looks the way its been
(again and again)
so don't try to to change the future into
what the past might have been
and the wind keeps on howling
(blow away this misery)
as the howling keeps on fowling
(and wash my soul clean)
and now and then
you start to hear
the cries of the howl
that lays the canyon bare
and in the wake of Armageddon
the recession of the water
was a tide to bring us freedom
from illusions of the past
and some of us were frightened
clinging to what we knew
to drag along the old world
into what was born anew
as you stare into oblivion
(the more it becomes you)
nothing looks the way its been
(again and again)
so don't try to to change the future into
what the past might have been
and the wind keeps on howling
(blow away this misery)
as the howling keeps on fowling
(and wash my soul clean)
and now and then
you start to hear
the cries of the howl
that lays the canyon bare
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There are things about this world
that you wont ever know
and there is something about this time in my life
that makes me feel them so
all the things I wish I'd said
and what I wish I'd done
keep chasing ever faster
no matter where I run
and you will break your heart
and justify it to yourself
and you will wonder all about
the things you went without
some people spend a lifetime
searching for the past
and still more of us out there
live in what doesn't last
and if you never want it to change
then you wont change like people change
and you will break your heart
and justify it to yourself
and you will wonder all about
the things you went without
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Overflow
02:57
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I could talk to you all day sometimes
and wish the world away
other days we fight and you stay silent
but as I know you more and more there's a goodness at your core
that people sometimes seem to leave behind
the ability to love something completely
to give yourself away so helplessly
it's a purity you find inside the depths of your soul
a love that makes me feel like I am whole
and a heart can only feel so much
I sometimes feel about to overflow
and there's so much more, I wish that I could say to you
to be the man I wish that you could know
in a better world this thing would make you strong
but everything around you seems to tell you that you're wrong
but the force inside that draws me to the force inside of you
makes me selfishly so glad you feel it too
the thing you try to push away so often
the feelings that you feel need be controlled
a love that shines so honestly for what it is you need
that comes about and never ever leaves
and a heart can only feel so much
I sometimes feel about to overflow
and there's so much more, I wish that I could say to you
to be the man I wish that you could know
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Becoming Cosmopolitan
04:31
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Woman Who Loves Me
02:47
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I gotta get back to the woman who love me
and I'll make her love me again and again
the tears she been crying have already happened
so all I can hope for is making her smile
oooo the woman who loves me
oooo the woman who loves me
yesterday went by too fast
tomorrow's not soon enough
no matter how soon I try to make myself happy
something always comes and tries to distract me
if I'm careful enough I'll be something I'm not
so I gotta get back to the woman who loves me
oooo the woman who loves me
oooo the woman who loves me
yesterday went by too fast
tomorrow's not soon enough
oooo the woman who loves me
oooo the woman who loves me
yesterday went by too fast
tomorrow's not soon enough
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The Lonely One
04:30
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snapshot, left in time
the past becomes a memory
nostalgia builds its family tree
captain, turn me on
a vessel that she'd have to drag
sail around my body bag
oooo I coulda been the lonely one
oooo I coulda been the lonely one
oooo I coulda been the lonely one
oooo I coulda been the lonely one
simple, words at first
draw me into what you say
then take my heart and run away
the signs all point to nowhere
directions lead around
to somewhere that I'd like to be
again and again, this place is me
oooo I coulda been the lonely one
oooo I coulda been the lonely one
oooo I coulda been the lonely one
oooo I coulda been the lonely one
make me wait around
(make my) problems become trival
I'll kiss your lips when I see them around
around your hips now here we go
oooo I coulda been the lonely one
oooo I coulda been the lonely one
oooo I coulda been the lonely one
oooo I coulda been the lonely one
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What the Winners Do
03:00
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I'm gonna get a good job in the city
I'm gonna buy a big screen tv
I'm gonna make a lot of friends and forget their names
'cause they don't mean much to me
I'm gonna make you call me baby
I'm gonna fuck you everyday
and then I'll meet another girl and I'll give her a whirl
until you catch me running away
and if the money don't make you feel good
then the drugs will do just fine
if I'm gonna do what the winners do
and put myself ahead of you
I'm gonna steal a hundred million
and buy some properties
and then I'll rent them out to those without
the wealth I got for me
and no one will ever love me
in the way I love myself
and I'll never love another
in the way that I love myself
and if the money don't make you feel good
then the drugs will do just fine
if I'm gonna do what the winners do
and put myself ahead of you
and then I'll donate a bunch to charity
and I'll get a few tax breaks
and change the world as I see fit
with decisions that I make
and if the money don't make you feel good
then the drugs will do just fine
if I'm gonna do what the winners do
and put myself ahead of you
if I'm gonna do what the winners do
and put myself ahead of you
yeah I'm gonna do what the winners do
and put myself ahead of you
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12. |
That Sinking Feeling
03:17
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I can't say the things that I want to say to you
and I can't give you anything that I wanted to
from you I'm always taking
and now my heart is breaking
and I'm feeling much older now
I'm no longer acting the way you deserve me to act
I'm worried I'll lose you if I can't get my old self back
I'm drowning in nostalgia
of things I didn't do
and I hardly talk to you
I'm afraid of losing you
I'm afraid that I will do
something to destroy
this love that we enjoy
I'm worried you'll think that I'm simply just holding you back
you'll find someone new with the courage you feel that I lack
I worry that we'll break up
and never ever make up
and I'll be alone again
I'm guilty of taking from everyone what I can take
I fill myself up with the kindness of people I love
and someday they might realize
the man I really am
and then I'll just start anew
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The quick sand man (the quicksand man)
dwells on things that don't last (the quicksand man)
and now he can't move on (the quicksand man)
now he's sinking into the past (the quicksand man)
and so the pattern goes (the quicksand man)
matching shoes and matching tie (the quicksand man)
the very same (the quicksand man)
he'll be wearing when he dies (the quicksand man)
man, oh man
he never will forget
the things he should have done
and the things he still regrets
the quicksand man (the quicksand man)
he remembered everyone (the quicksand man)
from the minute he was born (the quicksand man)
till the day his death was done (the quicksand man)
and those people that he knew (the quicksand man)
he'd forgotten all their names (the quicksand man)
but he sure did worry (the quicksand man)
that they still knew his (the quicksand man)
man, oh man
he never will forget
the things he should have done
and the things he still regrets
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14. |
Phonecall to Heaven
03:13
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I wanna die in my sleep
I wanna die in peace
'cause that way I'll go
embracing it's release
I wanna wake up dead
or have my death befall
decisions you don't make
are the easiest of all
you never make peace with the world,
the world makes peace with you
you never get to finish life
you just gotta make it through
when god was good
he gave everybody cause
he said that everybody should
obey one simple law, he said:
you gotta do good
you gotta figure out what that means
and wait a couple thousand years
to see if you were right
you'll never take a piece out of the world
the world takes a piece out of you
you'll never get to finish life
you just gotta make it through
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Connor Leary Toronto, Ontario
Connor Leary is a 20something guy living in Toronto, Ontario. He may or may not be employed, but I bet he'd rather not be.
He makes all kinds of music, and some of it ends up poppy. That's what goes here.
www.facebook.com/connorlearymusic
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