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High Flier (2020 Remix)
03:19
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Once I saw a cat fall down
All the way down to the ground
It rose to climb the building side
The boat pulled out
An old man cried
Full moon sound will fill your ears
The boat sails on
And disappears
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Snapper
03:41
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daffodilly petals are in bloom
the moment you walk into the room
and each time that i ask you to come in
your head puts my head into a spin
reaching unknown destinations tonight
ride with me i'll take you out of sight
confusion rules where once was sane
patterns in my brain spell out your name
t
his could be coming just in time
love you so much it blows my mind
ride with me i'll take you out of sight
©1992 Parker, BMI
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Lyman Bostock
05:01
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Begging with a borrowed hand again
Burning bridges, swimming rivers
Building and breaking and fixing things
You can never run from the devils in you
But you can beat a path to my door
When the running gets the better of you
Rest yourself a while, sit a spell
And you know that tomorrow is a new day
It's all in how you harvest me
It's all in how you harvest me
It's all in how you harvest me
It's up to you, how you harvest me
Betting on a borrowed hand again
Desert sands in your barren palm
Your rivers dried out into the seas
Brother, don't you curse my name
I haven't made peace with parts of my past
Or with those ghosts with halos round their eyes
And you hope that tomorrow is a new day
It's all in how you harvest me
It's all in how you harvest me
It's all in how you harvest me
It's up to you, how you harvest me
It's all in how you harvest me
It's all in how you harvest me
It's all in how you harvest me
It's up to you, how you harvest me
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Jaded Jean
03:49
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If you could see like jaded jean
You wouldn't have a need for dreams
Like jaded jean in her jaded scene
She's planting seeds
A garden queen
You can find her at home almost every night
Writing letters on sheets of white
Or jade green
From her garden stream
She's consciously falling asleep
Jaded jean
Would you believe
Her father's at home
Watching the clocks
While mommy's alone
And would you believe
In all of these things
If you could see
Like jaded jean
If you could work out everything
And fill the holes the ashes bring
You wouldn't have a need for dreams
Like jaded jean
In her jaded scene
The stories come before she falls asleep
She draws the people she wants to meet
They live in houses filled with schemes
The sun rises up
And floods her streams
Would you believe
Her father's at home
Watching the clocks
While mommy's alone
And would you believe
In all of these things
If you could see
Like jaded jean
If you could be like jaded jean
You wouldn't have a need for dreams
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Never thought that you'd feel so sad
Never wanted anything you had
And its time that you learned to see
It's enough to just believe
We all will pass this way
No one makes us stay
If there's any way to make it good
I think that you should
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When I Feel
05:28
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When I feel
I want to touch
When I do
I do too much
When I go
I go too far
What I want
I want more
I'm going to last a lifetime
I'm feeling frail dead afraid
Trapped, earthbound
peace flew away
Arm in a sling
my broken wing
This day is gone
thistle in my palm
I'm going to last a lifetime
Greet the new day
feel a new way
Figure time
with math of mine
I glow and flow
I frost the glass
Feel electric
big and blasting
Hobo a train
I can't fail
Boxcar free
chug down the rails
Ride on wheels
learn and yearn
I'm on fire feel me burn
I'm going to last a lifetime
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Drop down and see it fall away
Climb up catch what they say
Drop down and be there fall away
Get up race you to the day
The only way
Get a little closer to the tone
Vibrate for everyone you know
When you stop you've never been away
Get up race you to the day
The only way
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Firecracker
04:44
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I believe in colors
So bright and full
So extreme
I believe in light
Florescent, candle
And the sun
It's not enough
To not be afraid of electricity
You've got to believe
You've got to believe
Give me your hums, your drums
Your drones and moans and
All the riches of your Gold Coast
Give me your wings, your web
Give me your heart and head
Give me your smoke ghost
The past is past, the future's best
I'm standing here
Ready for anything that comes
You and me will not
Go down in history
We'll just be disappeared and drowned
But, there's a lot of freedom out there
And I'm just trying for my piece
Oh, you've got to believe
You've got to believe
Show me your wrist, your lips, your kiss
Your needs and knees
Show me what you fear most
Show me your ankle, show me your elbow
Show me your anger
Show me your smoke ghost
Show me
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Nothing to believe in
Nothing worth seeing
It's ok
The dunes are frozen
Throw rocks in the ocean
The waves are astounding
The heart keeps on pounding
It's ok
Your arms are golden
Your sunlights are broken
When night is falling
You hear me calling
Can you tell me how to see
Can you tell me how to look
I can't find my way inside
I haven't read the book
It's ok
The sunrise ocean bender
The sunrise ocean bender
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Tadpoles, based in Hoboken, NJ, disbanded in 2000 after releasing 4 critically acclaimed studio albums, 1 live album and 1 E.P. all on their own Bakery Records label (except for their last studio album, Whirlaway, which was released on Australia's Camera Obscura Records.) The group was formed by vocalist/guitarist, Todd Parker and original drummer, Michael Kite Audino in New York City in 1990. ... more
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