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My Song
02:38
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My Song
I want to sing my song…I want to see you smile
I want to sing a song for you…I want to see you smile
I want to sing a song for you…Won’t you sing along?
Won’t you sing my song?
I want to sing my song…I want to see you smile
I want to sing a song for you…I want to see you smile
I want to sing a song for you…Won’t you sing along?
Won’t you sing my song?
I want to feel some sun…Shining down on me
I want to feel the sunshine…erase this misery
I want to feel some sunshine…and some sweet harmony
Won’t you sing with me?
Na na na…
Na na na…
I want to dance and twirl…I want to shake my head
I want to dance and twirl and raise my arms and shake my head
I want to spin in circles…yeah, yeah, yeah
Won’t you sing my song?
I want to sing my song…I want to see you smile
I want to sing a song for you…I want to see you smile
I want to sing a song for you…Won’t you sing along?
Won’t you sing my song?
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Transparency
03:09
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Transparency
Where’s your heart when you’re staring at the dark
And you’ve got no place to call your own
There’s no place like home…No, there’s no place like home
To make you feel all alone
Transparency you’ve got nothing on me
That I did not supply
Transparency more than you can see
Mama, please don’t cry
Work until the job is done, hide behind the setting sun
Substance, class, and style
Two days is long enough to disappoint the ones you love
Sit back and think for awhile
Transparency you’ve got nothing on me
That I did not supply
Transparency more than you can see
Mama, please don’t cry
Transparency you’ve got nothing on me
That I did not supply
Transparency more than you can see
Mama, please don’t cry
Mama, please don’t cry
Where’s your heart when you’re staring at the dark
And you’ve got no place to call your own
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Someday Soon
Someday soon you’re gonna feel happiness
No more hate and bitterness
Only love and tenderness
Someday soon you’re gonna solve the mystery
And see things differently
Embrace brand new beliefs…Someday soon
You can fill a heart up with a smile
Trust yourself to try it for awhile
Someday soon love’s gonna fill up every room
Wash away the fear and gloom
Burst alive like summer’s bloom
Someday soon it’s gonna be a brand new day
With a sweet smelling bouquet
So you can shed away malaise…Someday soon
Trust yourself to strike a brand new chord
One day you won’t miss me anymore
Someday soon you’re gonna feel just like new
And everything you do
Will cleanse away the blue… Someday soon
Someday soon
Someday soon
Someday soon
Someday soon
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4. |
Where Are You Now?
04:37
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Where Are You Now?
Two weeks of waiting in the El Pueblo Motel
Except for the game show hosts and a bible, I’m all by myself
Game show hosts and a bible
White bread and cheese is all I’ve eaten for seven days
What I wouldn’t give to go out for a bucket of beer and a steak
A bucket of beer and a steak
I miss seeing kids playing across the street in the park
Only so many times I can read this damn postcard again
Where are you now? Where are you now, my friend?
You put me on a southbound bus and said you’d see me soon
The note you sent read, “Meet me at the El Pueblo and get a room.”
El Pueblo and get a room
Maybe this is truly it and the devil’s out to meet us
Think I’ll walk myself to the mart and get a can of peaches
Where are you now? Where are you now, my friend?
You said, just another score and we could turn these frowns around
But one more grift, one more town’s gonna turn me upside down
I can’t take me another day of living in this skin
Where are you now? Where are you now, my friend?
Two weeks of waiting in the El Pueblo Motel
The cockroach in the bathroom sink is my own living hell
My own living hell
I think it’s time that I packed my bag to leave this bungalow
Climb into a taxi cab and I’m on the road again
Where are you now? Where are you now, my friend?
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Careful What You Do
07:03
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Careful What You Do
The sun is shining brightly, shining on you
Smiling on your garden flowers, and they’re all in bloom
Maybe mama wasn’t crazy, be careful what you do
Be careful what you do
Be careful what you do
There’s a heavy burden weighing, will we make it through
Where are all the happy faces, they all withdrew
Better mind your distance darling, be careful what you do
Be careful what you do
Be careful what you do
Talk amongst yourselves now people
Talk amongst yourselves
Walk along the fence now honey
Walk along the fence
I’m not feeling like myself…
Is there a doctor present?
I’m not feeling like myself…
Careful what you wish for darling, it all might come true
Is that boy beyond the fence a bother, is he making you blue
Is this your fate now honey, is it absolute
Cover up your face and worry, in every pursuit
Careful what you wish for darling, be careful what you do
Be careful what you do
Be careful what you do
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It's Still Me
03:22
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It’s Still Me
Just when I thought that every piece was finally straight inside my head
And all of the loose ends in my life were cinched up tightly once again
I’m asking questions, double-guessing, repossessing all those insecurities
That used to eat at me, tell me can this really be
Some days I put on clothes I used to wear a long time ago
Then it’s a new dress or anybody’s guess at all
But it’s still me
It’s still me inside this skin you see
It’s me
Yeah, it’s still me
People think they’ve figured out who I am without a doubt
They stare at me and still can’t see I’m more than the person they think about
Some days I’m dressing up in fragile, temporary make-up
Other times I’m tough as nails pounded in a wall
But it’s still me
It’s still me inside this skin you see
It’s me
Yeah, it’s still me
There’s a million fractured elements that don’t add up to me
Just when I thought I had every code and key to every bit of me
A brand new face appears and volunteers to tip up the galaxy
Some days I walk along to a drumbeat from a different song
Then I flick my wrist and just like this everything has changed…
But it’s still me
It’s still me inside this skin you see
It’s me
Yeah, it’s still me
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Alex Blum and the Roadside Quartet Kelso, Washington
Alex Blum and the Roadside Quartet is a hybrid band from western part of Washington State in the USA. With a broad palette
and hints of a retro sound, they utilize elements of rock, country, blues, rockabilly, folk, R&B, and pop.
•Alex Blum – Vocals
•Ted Clark – Drums and backing vocals
•Peter Jansen – Guitars
•Douglas Blum – Bass and backing vocals
•Patrick Storedahl – Guitars and backing vocals
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