1. |
Hello Beautiful
01:29
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hello beautiful
hey I am beautiful
i figured I’d just call and sing this song to you
every thought in my head
every single thing you do
is like a dream
like a dream of home
i got my children to remind me of what’s real
like my heart and your name in my throat
at the top of the ferris wheel
my life in someone else’s hands
on that bloody tilt-a-whirl
like a dream
like a dream of home
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2. |
Ashes to Ashes
03:31
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when i call you baby you whisper my name
and when i sing the sweet notes
you give me everything
i curse my skin for coming in between us
every glorious mistake has led me here
so turned on by the things i fear
i curse my skin for coming in between us.
ashes to ashes
all fall down
tell me you love me
without a sound
i'll sing the sweet notes
and you let me in
raven-haired beauty
you are my friend
well i am not lost i am exactly where i am
i'm not waiting for nothin'... not money, love or jesus
all i want is here in the atmosphere... between us
ashes to ashes
all fall down
tell me you love me
without a sound
i'll sing the sweet notes
and you let me in
raven-haired beauty
you are my friend.
i am not gone i am exactly where you are...
not waitin for nothin'
ashes to ashes
all fall down
tell me you love me
without a sound
i'll sing the sweet notes
and you let me in
raven-haired beauty
you are my friend
you are
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3. |
Romeo's Barbershop
03:47
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romeo’s got a place at the end of my street
he talks like a preacher until the faithful sleep
spins the sinners round and counts to three
ratboy climbs up into number four
he says make me look like a movie star
give me one good reason i should get up in the morning
drag my weary bones out in the open
sha la la la la sha la la
how’s the weather in hollywood?
yeah put it in a song
dream until you come back down
all the way down
all the way down
could be king street and it could be mars
nothin’ but spaceships and rusted cars
from california to the steel mill fire
sha la la la sha la la
sha la la la sha la la
how’s the weather in hollywood?
yeah put it in a song
dream until you come back down
all the way down
all the way down
low-fi radio smothering heat
i’m looking through the window from across the street
into a room full of true of true believers
like circus freaks at the revival
yeah
how’s the weather in hollywood?
yeah put it in a song
dream until you come back down
all the way down
all the way down
dream until you come back down
dream until you come back down
all the way down
sha la la la sha la la
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4. |
Good Enough For Me
04:09
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it’s been a long and twisted highway from where we started out.
the map blew out the window ten miles outta town...
you and me we took turns drivin' and we got each other lost.
but we never been afraid to turn around
and get back to where we got off
no
my love's just a little rusty,
she runs a little rough
my dreams in the dust just up ahead,
maybe that's close enough...
we can stop chasin' down the future,
it's always just outta reach...
if this ain't the place we're lookin' for...
it's good enough for me
it's good enough for me
i was hell-bent when i met you, bound for nowhere fast
you saved me from my mission and i love you just for that
now the roads end ain't so far away and we don't need to pack
it's you and me in this old car, your name tattoed on my back
my love's just a little rusty,
she runs a little bit rough
my dreams in the dust just up ahead,
maybe that's close enough...
we can stop chasin' down the future,
it's always just outta reach...
if this ain't the place we're lookin' for...
it's good enough for me
yeah
it's good enough for me
yeah
you throw me the key
you slide across the seat
all the way over... yeah, right here next to me
my love's just a little rusty,
she runs a little bit rough
my dreams in the dust just up ahead,
maybe that's close enough...
we can stop chasin' down the future,
it's always just outta reach...
if this ain't the place we're lookin' for...
it's good enough for me
yeah
it's good enough for me
yeah my love's just a little rusty,
she runs a little bit rough
my dreams in the dust just up ahead,
maybe that's close enough...
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5. |
'Til Forever Is Over
03:42
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i will lay down my heart beside you
and let all my weaknesses show
walk circles in the long grass around you
you spinnin' in the middle real slow
draw a long, lazy curve with my fingers
down your back so strong and white
and pretend we can lie here forever
we are nothin' but shadow and light
lay down your heart beside me
here in the warmth of the sun
close your eyes and stay here forever
till forever is over is done
now it's hard to hold on to a moment
when it keeps movin' further away
now the wind blows a little bit colder
and the sky turns a little more grey
lay down your heart beside me
here in the warmth of the sun
close your eyes and stay here forever
till forever is over is done
lay down your heart beside me
here in the warmth of the sun
close your eyes and stay here forever
till forever is over is done
now i can't shine a light on the future
but i'm ready for whatever comes
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6. |
I Am Here With You
03:44
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mornin on the go-train
face against the glass
men and women sleeping
underneath the overpass
red leaf falling
winter in the air
mindful of the future
everybody wants to get somewhere
and i am here with you
yeah i am here with you
rain on the sidewalk
hearts hung out to dry
preacher on the corner
moon in the sky
there's bones in the holy ground
angels in the concrete
saints among the street-kids
a thousand little tragedies
and i am here with you
yeah i am here with you
there's candle in my window
blanket in my yard
my sweet rosemary jean
counting blessings and shooting stars
everybody's trying to get somewhere
and i am here with you
yeah i am here with you
yeah i am here with you
yeah i am here with you
i am here with you
i am here with you
i am here
i'm right here
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7. |
Ain't Broken Yet
03:47
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i'm in one piece one shattered piece
but yeah i'm alright
i've been cracked whole
my battered soul is still in the fight
live and learn, crash and burn, the sculptor's hands
the twists and turns, the twists and turns
here i am alive and well
i dragged these ragged bones hellthrough
sometimes pain is heaven-sent
if beautiful is chipped and bent
i'm as beautiful as a man can get
and i ain't broken yet
love left and all she left me was the things she couldn't take
my heart my weary heart can't get a break
live and learn, crash and burn, the sculptor's hands
the twists and turns, the twists and turns
here i am alive and well
i dragged these ragged bones through hell
sometimes pain is heaven-sent
if beautiful is chipped and bent
i'm as beautiful as a man can get
and i ain't broken yet
shattered, battered, chipped and broken, suffocated, nearly chokin'
try again? you must be jokin'
you must be jokin' you must be
here i am alive and well
i dragged these ragged bones through hell
sometimes pain is heaven-sent
if beautiful is chipped and bent
i'm as beautiful as a man can get
i ain't broken
here i am alive and well
i dragged these ragged bones through hell
sometimes pain is heaven-sent
if beautiful is chipped and bent
i'm as beautiful as a man can get
i ain't broken yet
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8. |
I Don't Walk Alone
03:37
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i left my small town and my family
for the big wide world of promises and compromise
i chased after the money down the road to fortune and shame
somehow i never quite arrived
i guess a man ain't a man until he cries
well i made every mistake that a man can make
most of 'em two of three times
now trouble's always open and the light is always on
and i took that sign to "nowhere" as a sign
that it all adds up to nothin' nothin' but a lie
yeah i'm so tired of runnin' i don't want to run no more
want to see those smilin' faces at my own front door
when i found forgiveness it was just a steppin' stone
on a road that goes around and around
i don't walk alone
ah now look at you and me baby
how'd we ever come so far
you know i wouldn't have dared to dream this
it's a million miles from june
to us sittin' in this kitchen
livin' like we are
yeah i'm so tired of runnin' i don't want to run no more
i wannna see those smilin' faces at my own front door
when i found forgiveness it was just a steppin' stone
on a road that goes around and around
i don't walk alone
i realized tonight
i feel different inside
i ain't a river or an island
yeah i'm so tired of runnin' i don't want to run no more
i wannna see those smilin' faces at my own front door
when i found forgiveness it was just a steppin' stone
on a road that goes around and around
i don't walk alone
when i found forgiveness
it was just a stepping stone
i don't walk alone
no i don't walk alone
i don't walk alone
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9. |
Broke Down Train
04:07
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my daddy raised me not to beg for nothing
never look back and to stand my ground
to be a man is to never show fear
and I faked my way from there to here
you were raised not to ask no questions
bite your tongue and bide your time
i don’t need you waiting in the kitchen
i don’t want you to tow the line
no
won’t get nowhere standing there cryin’
moanin’ and wailin’ in the pouring rain
can’t get nothing through the eye of a needle
but you might get to heaven on a broke down train
oh yeah
now you ain’t waiting for a knight in shinin’ armour
and I don’t need you to rescue me
but if you want love i’m right there with ya
let’s start with the truth and see where it leads
now i’m done waiting for my life to get perfect
i’m not lying in a bed of regret
i’ve come too far and cried too hard
and i ain’t ready to give up yet
no
won’t get there nowhere standing here cryin’
moanin’ and wailin’ in the pouring rain
can’t get nothing through the eye of needle
but you might get to heaven on a broke down train
yeah
maybe i thought it would be too much work
to change my old fashioned ways
i must have believed that I could never make a promise
to love somebody every single day
yeah we won’t get nowhere standing here cryin’
moanin’ and wailin’ in the pouring rain
can’t get nothing through the eye of needle
but you might get to heaven on a broke down train
you might get to heaven on a broke down train
you might get to heaven on a broke down train
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10. |
Goodbye Calgary
03:47
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a small room above the harbour
i was warned about this place
goodbye victoria
i won’t forget your face
another god forsaken canadian town
it’s just a little acid rain
baby coming down
ain’t nothing for us to stay sober about
i’m sick of this highway
and i am tired of these hotel rooms
i’m just as scared of where this road could take me
as what it leads back to
we are ghosts in all these places
where you came to get away from me
ten seasons come and gone
goodbye calgary
you were the girl on the beach
you were the sun, a wave that came to me
came to me
i’m 46 and i am 14
this peasant shirt these bare feet
yeah I know where hope lies
a hundred frozen miles from kingston...
hello mercury or montreal
you have got be the sweetest audience of all
sky full of restless air
you’re the girl on the beach
with a wave that came to me
you’re the girl on the beach
with a wave that came to me
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11. |
No Wonder
02:43
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five o’clock in the morning
long way home
you, dancing in the headlights
i’m still as a stone
this small perfect heart
weathered and plain
just another good luck charm
hangin’ on a chain
red sun in the desert
red moon in the dark
out to the stars and back
like a walk in the park
you send me letters and unfinished songs...
salt spring island
forget me not
girls in the river at kispiox
it’s no wonder i am gone
i got me a cowboy hat
to keep out the rain
twenty seven tattoos
so you can see my pain
ten thousand angels
to carry me home
salt spring island forget me not
girls in the river at kispiox
it’s no wonder i am
it’s no wonder i am
it’s no wonder i am gone
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12. |
12 Moons
04:50
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drive me to some distant solar system
i'll sing in the back seat of your car
i'm the last one to recognize the irony
of a black hole swallowing a shooting star
it pains me to spin through this killing blue
i can only wait here for you
twelve moons of jupiter
no sign of the sun
orbit is graceful as
a monkey with a gun
it pains me to spin through this killing blue
i can only wait here
i am not your bloody supernova
burning like a billion suns
i am not your bloody supernova
if you lose the invisible light
will you x-ray my soul
i know how to use my fist
i don't know what this heart is for
i don't know what this heart is for
it pains me to spin through this killing blue
i can only wait here
i can only wait here
i can only wait here
for you
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Rob Lamothe Ontario
The Toronto Star says I am ‘a mercurial artist who slides effortlessly from rustic roots music to soulful country pop to full-blown rock balladry’. Works for me!
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