Here Comes the Summer
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La la la la
La la la la
La la la
La la la la la
All lies and no forgiveness
Blue skies and lazy rivers
Thought I’d search for answers
In the sun
Here comes the summer
Thought I’d never see the day
Yeah yeah yeah
Here comes the summer
Here comes what may
Yeah yeah yeah
Sure enough the day surrenders
To the stars and the night
With regret and a touch of sadness
I’m heading for the light
Here comes the summer
Thought I’d never see the day
Here comes the summer
Here comes what may
You could learn to love
You could learn to hate
You could learn to be yourself
Or you could run away
Yeah yeah yeah
Here comes the summer
Thought I’d never see the day
Here comes the summer
Here comes what may
All lies and no forgiveness
Blue skies and lazy rivers
Thought I’d search for answers
In the sun
Take Me to the Morning
Take me to the morning
Take me to the morning
Take me to the morning
With your smile
La la la la la
Clear eyes and a cool head
A deep breath and no regrets
Maybe just a few
Thousand
Was that you
Underneath the setting sun
On the horizon
La la la la la
A whisky romance
On a dark December day
Never got the chance
To walk that way
I’ll take another breath
And I’ll die another day
Die another day
Die another day
Die another day
Take me to the morning
Take me to the morning
Take me to the morning
With your smile
La la la la la
Now There are No Yesterdays
It all came flooding back to me
Like the breaking of a dam
No longer stranger to the memories
But still unsure of who I am
But now there are no yesterdays
And tomorrow’s not worth thinking about at all
Just a suitcase in a hallway
And a ticket to ride
Here comes love and all her graces
With a certain kind of style
Wasn’t sure if I could face it
Hadn’t seen her in a while
But now there are no yesterdays
And tomorrow’s not worth thinking about at all
Just a suitcase in a hallway
And a ticket to ride
Before the bitter hand of winter
Takes its icy hold
I’m not looking to the future
It’s already bought and sold
But now there are no yesterdays
And tomorrow’s not worth thinking about at all
Just a suitcase in a hallway
And a ticket to ride
Borderline
Borderline
Cold to the sound
Satellites are buzzing overhead
Tell you what the weather’s like
Or kill you in your bed
Vaporized
In the middle of a strange dream
I do my shopping online
Better get here on time
A little whisky from the west coast
A T-shirt from Vietnam
I can see the sand
Don’t worry baby
Don’t you worry about a thing
Papa’s gonna buy you
A diamond ring
But all the jewels are sharp to touch
And in the end you don’t learn much
Ain’t that what you said
They’ll kill you in your bed
They’ll kill you in your bed
Big big city
Getting bigger every day
But I can see the sand
Heading our way
Freedom isn’t something
You could ever handle
Did you go to the show
Was it all that you thought it would be
I can see the sand
It’s a fait accompli
I can see the sand
Burying me
Borderline
Cold to the sound
Borderline
Cold to the sound
Cold Beer Sunset
Cold beer sunset
Blue sky sunrise
White sand shoreline
Washing away the lies
Washing away the lies
You get in your car and you drive
A thousand miles away
You didn’t want to go
But you really couldn’t stay
Now everything’s easy
Everything’s hard
Everything’s open
If you’re holding all the cards
If you’re holding all the cards
And when all is said and done
There’s a game to be played
And no one’s ever on
No one’s ever won
If there’s a line to be toed
You better put your foot down
One thing you need to know
No one wants you around
With your small town memories
And your big city dreams
Like a song on a juke box
A few beers in the afternoon
Yeah you remember the tune
You remember the tune
With your small town memories
And your big city dreams
Cold beer sunset
Blue sky sunrise
White sand shoreline
Washing away the lies
Washing away the lies
Washing away the lies
Washing away the lies
Washing away the lies
Hold On To Living Now
You’ve been cold
You got warm again
You’ve been down
You got up again
You’ve been broke
And then you earned it again
You lost a love
And then you found it again
Hold on
Hold on to living now
Hold on
Hold on to living now
Hold on
Hold on to living now
You don’t wanna be dead
You don’t wanna be dead
When everyone else has given up on you
Don’t give up on yourself
When you think that this world may be done with you
You may well surprise yourself
Hold on
Hold on to living now
Hold on
Hold on to living now
Hold on
Hold on to living now
You don’t wanna be dead
You don’t wanna be dead
You set your sights
And though your aim may be true
Horizons can shift on you
And the road that takes you home
May not be the one you knew
Hold on
Hold on to living now
Hold on
Hold on to living now
Hold on
Hold on to living now
Hold on
Hold on to living now
Hold on
Hold on to living now
Hold on
Hold on to living now
Hold on
Hold on to living now
Hold on
Hold on to living now
Hold on
Hold on to living now
Cold-Hearted Sinner
Maybe you’ll win some
You’ll lose a few more
You know what it’s like at the bottom
Cos you’ve been there before
And a cold-hearted sinner
Shouldn’t ask for it all
Where are the lovers
To answer the call
God loves a trier
Pities a fool
Does God love the romance
Of bending the rules
And a cold-hearted sinner
Shouldn’t ask for it all
Bring on the lovers
To answer the call
Here comes the morning
Well before time
Do you wish your regrets
Could pay for your crimes
Mmm mmm mm
Mmm mmm mm
Mmm mmm mm
A cold-hearted sinner
Shouldn’t ask for it all
Long live the lovers
Who answer the call
If you’ve got the morning
I’ve got the time
Let’s take what we get
Lay it all on the line
A cold-hearted sinner
Shouldn’t ask for it all
God bless the lovers
Who answer the call
Mmm mmm mm
Mmm mmm mm
Mmm mmm mm
Don’t Cry For Me
Don’t cry for me
I’m not worthy of your tears
But it would be fine
If you were to smile
Just a little
At the breaking of the day
When the sun comes up
And you get another chance
To do the dance
Again
When the grass is green
And the sky is blue
And you’re with me
And I’m with you
Again
My work is done here
My foolish days are at an end
My work is done here
Well I’m counting on the joys of spring
And a simple twisted string on a guitar
Maybe a piano somewhere
Maybe a piano somewhere
Or a dark foreboding cello
And a sweet sympathetic violin
Maybe a piano somewhere
Don’t cry for me
I’m not worthy of your tears
But it would be fine
If you were to smile
Just a little
Just a little
All the Doors are Closing Now
All the doors are closing now
Closing now
All the doors are closing now
And the streets ain’t what they seem to be
Like a dream within a dream
Within a dream within a dream
Get you where you really need to be
Like a dream within a dream
Within a dream within a dream
Get you where you really need to be
This ain’t your game
This ain’t your race
You gotta be some other place
This ain’t your game
This ain’t your race
You gotta be some other place
All the doors are closing now
All the doors are closing now
All the doors are closing now
All the doors are closing now
All the doors are closing now
All the doors are closing now
Still A Rock Star In Your Bedroom
Still a rock star in your bedroom
With the door closed
No one coming in
Playing to the four walls
It’s a magic show just for you
And any spirits passing through
There’s a world outside your window
That you could be living in
And the California sunshine
Ain’t just a dream
It’s a fucking nightmare
It’s a fucking nightmare
And you were wrong
And I was wrong
And she was wrong
And they were wrong
Hell
Everyone was wrong
And when the sun went down
On the circumstances
All you had was a song
And the California sunshine
Ain’t just a dream
Ain’t just a dream
You took the train to looneyville
It wasn’t all that strange
Straight-laced and dependable
Might be more deranged
And right there at your fingertips
Was the answer to it all
Your straight-laced little fingertips
But you never made the call
Still a rock star in your bedroom
With the door closed
No one coming in
No one coming in
The River
I see you
You’re in my eyes
Though I wish it wasn’t so
With the freedom to love
You chose to hate
From the cradle to the grave
The river runs around me now
Smoothing out the rocks
The river runs right through me now
Finding her way to the sea
There’s nothing as uncertain
As a young man’s dreams
Not knowing what the future holds
Unsure of what to believe
And there’s nothing as unchangeable
As an old man’s regrets
And there’s no fool like an old fool
With the words unsaid
The river runs around me now
Smoothing out the rocks
The river runs right through me now
Finding her way to the sea
You were born and you will die
Nothing certain in between
And you may ask the reason why
But you may not get an answer
The river runs around me now
Smoothing out the rocks
The river runs right through me now
Finding her way to the sea
Big Sleep Coming
Big sleep coming
Big sleep coming down the tracks
There won’t be no coming back
When that big sleep coming
I’m gonna do my best
Not to fall in love with these streets
Cos I know that they won’t fall in love with me
They won’t ever fall in love with me
They won’t ever fall in love with me
I’m gonna lie down underneath
A cherry blossom tree
She way prettier than me
As pretty as can be
And I will not be thinking
About the sound of the sea
And she will not be thinking
She will not be thinking about me
And she won’t ever fall in love with me
She won’t ever fall in love with me
Big sleep coming
Big sleep coming down the tracks
There won’t be no coming back
When that big sleep coming
The Lights Of The City
You thought you had it all worked out
Your hopeful eyes
Not an ounce of doubt
A spring in your step
And a lightness of touch
Skin so fresh
Maybe trusting too much
Well that’s the way it’s meant to be
You’re a part of nature’s symphony
But now the lights of the city
Don’t seem so pretty
Anymore
You played your part
You took your turn
Choices made
Bridges burned
Now the nights are dark
And deathly cold
You can’t deny you're feeling old
And the lights of the city
Don’t seem so pretty
Anymore
It’s nearly time to leave the stage
And all the half-forgotten roles you played
Standing ovations not commonplace now
Nothing but a lonely bow
And the lights of the city
Don’t seem so pretty
Anymore
Yeah, the lights of the city
Don’t seem so pretty
Anymore
Welcome to the Sunlight
Welcome to the sunlight
Falling off the mountainside
Welcome to the bounty of the rain
God forbid you might have to endure
A little pain
I can give you something good
To take it all away
Will you ever find
The ladder to the heavens that you need so bad
Eternally condemned
Not to climb a single rung
Could you see a chink of light
In the darkest of the darkest skies
Might you catch a rising hope
From the depths of your despair
I’m grateful for the morning
And the laughter I might hear again
I’m grateful for the darkness
So I might see the stars
I might see the stars
I might see the stars
She Come To The Door
She come to the door
Like she care about me
Come to the door
Like she care about me
Come to the door
Like she care about me
Come to the door
Like she care about me
She come to the door
Open your eyes
Open your eyes
And see
Some people are having fun
Some people are having fun
Is there anything wrong with that
She come to the door
Like she care about me
Come to the door
Like she care about me
Come to the door
Like she care about me
Come to the door
Like she care about me
She come to the door
Bup ba ba da da la la la
La la la
Go Tell The Future
Go tell the mountain
It’s not high enough
Go tell the snow
It should have melted long ago
Go tell the blue sky
She’s not pretty anymore
Like she don’t already know
Go tell the future
To go fuck itself
It’s too late for all that now
It’s too late for all that now
Go tell the preacher
He ain’t nothing
He ain’t nothing much at all
And all of those words ain’t worth repeating
Just a bunch of letters
Stuck together
And that’s all
Go tell the future
To go fuck itself
It’s too late for all that now
It’s too late for all that now
It’s too late for all that now
It’s too late for all that now
Go tell that girl
That she’s so pretty
Maybe the prettiest of all
Go tell that girl
Not to change a single thing
This is my song
And I can say whatever I want
This is my song
And I can say whatever I want
Go tell the future
To go fuck itself
It’s too late for all that now
It’s too late for all that now
It’s too late for all that now
It’s too late for all that now