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Snapper
03:41
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©1992 Parker, BMI
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
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Umbrella Smile
03:18
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©1994 Parker, BMI
just wondering
its alright to light this fire here
just wandering around
colliding senses
would you like to see
umbrella smiles
that last for a million years
just wondering
its alright to see your memories
just wandering around
colliding senses
would you like to be
umbrella smiling
through the darkest seas
come on
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3. |
Blossom
02:53
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©1992 Parker, BMI
hallucinate your mind in time
let it float away
hallucinate that you are mine
let it float away
all along you were wrong
you let it float away
hallucinate it won't be long
let it float away
away
away
away
away
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4. |
The Ride
04:20
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©1992 Parker, BMI
i woke up dead and you were there
there you were on my bed
telling me the sun was blue
and there wasn't anything else to do
we took the sled and got the tree
for christmas day you and me
it was big and shiny like a million story airplane standing on its side
we got on and took a ride
the captain said you better hide
no one knows where we're going to
no one knows what we're gonna do
we flew past jupiter
we flew past mars
our friends drove by us in their cars
you didn't care neither did i
on this ride we're going to fly
lets do it for the ride
go along for the ride
its a day and nighttime trip
i think i think we're going to flip
look out for the twists
there's one we almost missed
look out for the twists
there's one we almost missed
its a day and nighttime trip
i think i think we're gonna flip
its a day and nighttime trip
i think i think we're gonna flip
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©1996 Parker / Max, BMI
Dropped out 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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Nazareth
05:35
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©1996 Parker, BMI
Nazareth
you're taking my mind
you're taking my money
you're taking your time
Nazareth
you're baking my mind
you're making me funny
you're making me blind
Nazareth
you're just like a train
thats going insane
thats leaving today
Nazareth
can you spare me a dime
i wanna get high
if i can't i might cry
Nazareth
c'mon make me a deal
i wanna feel real
for that i would kill
Nazareth
i love all your lights
they really shine bright mon
you're right out of sight
Nazareth
i'll take you to bed
a dream in my head
until i am dead
Nazareth
you're taking my mind
you're taking my money
you're taking your time
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©1992 Parker, BMI
Ride the world around the sun with me
Pack all your things
Your ticket to ecstacy
Ride the world around the sun
Checking it out you're gonna have fun
Ride the world around the sun with me
Check it out and see what you can be
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©1996 Parker / Max / N. Kramer, BMI
Aren't you tired of coming down
You want to float not be around
Aren't you tired
Aren't you tired
Aren't you tired like really wired
His name appeared in lights that day
Her neon dress began to fray
Don't you know what its like
Don't let it be an oversight
When you're lazy lying on some grass
Following all the dusty paths
You watch the sky slide past your face
When morning comes you've won the race
Then parachute land on the floor
You hit the ground feeling sore
Your knees buckle but you give it more
Step inside your first balloon
Blow it up and make it bloom
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Know Your Ghosts
04:21
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©1997 N. Kramer / Max, BMI
I used to see the truth inside of what you said
Instead of thinking you're a kid
But those days seem so far away
I can only vaguely remember
High tides, low tides come and gone
Two more mooncalves torn asunder
Save me a whistle in eighteen years
Or don't; its all the same to me
Know your ghosts and you will never be alone
Never be alone never be alone
Know your ghosts
Know your ghosts and you will never be alone
Never be alone never be alone
Know your ghosts
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Jaded Jean
03:49
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©1998 Parker/Max, BMI
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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Rainbowmaker
05:46
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©1998 N. Kramer, BMI
Rainbows have a way of knowing
And welcoming the light
Flying its flag
Rainbows have a way of showing
And teaching about light
Naming all the colors
Water with its peace with time
Can block and bend the ligh
t
I want to be that water
I am a rainbow chaser
I want to get that pot
Of gold at the end
I want to see the way
I want to know the way
Sailing on the waves
Floating in the waves
Feeling a part of time
Feeling all of the time
I want to be a rainbowmaker
I want to be a prism-man
I want to show my colors
I want a sky, each star an eye
Mirroring me back my man
Shining on me, shining me
I want to be, be understood
And I want, want to be heard
I want to be cared about
I want to be a rainbowmaker
To refract a tiny piece
Of all the distance of light
I want to be a rainbowmaker
I want to be a prism-man
I want to show you my colors
I want to see the way
I want to know the way
Sailing on the waves
Floating in the waves
Feeling a part of time
Feeling all of the time
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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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Judas, This Is Jesus
03:03
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Judas, This Is Jesus
It's raining Silver
Help Me
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You're driving in your car
Not going very far
A sunday sunny drive
Feels good to be alive
Your friends are in the back
Ask you where you're at
Some take the wrong turn
The moonlight tavern burns
At the bottom of the hill
A wooden house is filled
You've got to climb the stairs
Your friends are unaware
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Whirlaway (single mix)
04:28
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From temperate climes, through rain, set sail
Ribbons of water, they sparkle and spangle
In the coming sun, falling through liquid streets
Into the jungle and out of the rain
Steal into dreamtiger eyes and slowly leave behind
Domino days of time, inches of distance
Slip past the double-edged sword of building
The cost of building more, or of just maintaining
Feel the dreamtigers prowling free and easy
But ribbons of memory still tumble and tangle
And turn into questions, "Can your friends trust you now?"
Only dreamtigers never have a need to change
In time, as night declines, fleeting and fading
Ribbons of laughter, they jingle and jangle
And all the dream-tigers retreat back into the trees
With green, smiling eyes, at the coming of the day
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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 Hoboken, New Jersey
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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