1. |
Rolling
02:31
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You’ve got to roll with the punches
You’ve got to roll on a dime
You’ve got to roll if you’re coming with me
Gotta roll out gotta be on time
We got to roll down the highway
Set the cruise control and watch the line
Don’t watch the phone cause were going my way
Rolling on to a better time
We got to roll all together
We got roll if you like it or not
That heavy load would be a feather
If everybody give a little then nobody gotta give a lot
If you’re gonna roll another number
You got to roll the windows down
Or maybe wait ‘til were in the country
We can’t get caught in this little town
Sometimes you roll just like a boulder
Sometimes you roll like a stone instead
If you keep on rolling you’re gonna get older
Roll long enough you roll over dead
So we got to roll all together
We got roll if you like it or not
That heavy load would be a feather
If everybody give a little then nobody gotta give a lot
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2. |
The Real Thing
03:13
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Give me something real
Give me something true
Give me something I can feel
Give me some of you
Give me something flesh
Give me something bone
I can’t hold you to my chest
Through the telephone
I’m through with the telephone
I can’t stand a poor connection
Can’t hold your hand through the screen
I don’t want your reflection
I just want the real thing
You got something easy
You got something pure
You don’t have to tease me honey
Give me some of yours
Give it to me straight
I’ll take it unadorned
I been through your roses honey
I don’t mind the thorns
I don’t mind the thorns
I can’t stand a poor connection
Can’t hold your hand through the screen
I don’t want your reflection
I just want the real thing
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3. |
Vulnerable
03:08
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You think resistance
Makes you seem so strong
You keep your distance
Then wonder why we don’t get along
I gotta tell you, I gotta tell you
There’s a better way
I gotta tell you, I gotta tell you
I just gotta say
Sometimes your meekness
Isn’t a weakness
Sometimes a whisper says it all
It’s hard to get close when
You won’t show emotion
It takes a whole lot of trust to fall
So you’ve got to be vulnerable
You try so hard to
Stay against the wall
I think part of your heart’s due
For an overhaul
I gotta tell you, I gotta tell you
You’re gonna have to open up
There’s no such thing as close enough
Sometimes your meekness
Isn’t a weakness
Sometimes a whisper says it all
It’s hard to get close when
You won’t show emotion
It takes a whole lot of trust to fall
So you’ve got to be vulnerable
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4. |
It Was You
03:41
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Who held me when I was aching?
Who dried the tears I bled?
Who was it when I was shaking
That sat by the bed
Their hand on my head?
Who was it when I was breaking
That came and made the mend?
When everybody was faking
And playing pretend
I had friend
Someone
Someone came and refilled me
Someone came and they healed me
Someone carried me through
Someone pulled the veil and revealed me
It was you
When all the waters were rising
Who found the higher ground?
Who stared out toward the horizon?
Who followed the sound
Back homeward bound
Who blew the wind
That sailed me back in?
Someone
Someone came and refilled me
Someone came and they healed me
Someone carried me through
Someone pulled the veil and revealed me
It was you
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5. |
In Between
03:26
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After you’re through laughing but before you start to cry
Felt like it weren’t lasting so you gave it one last try
And now the worst has happened, but you haven’t said goodbye
Ain’t it mean, the in-between?
Once the day is done for but before the sun goes out
After you were unsure but before you have your doubts
Venom fills your tongue but just before your lungs can shout
You come clean in the in between
Just below the rubber but just above the ground
Ain’t it just like water to take you where you’re bound
Once you’ve lost your traction before the crashing sound
Of machines you’re in between
Once the summer’s over before the leaves have changed
Got rid of the sofa but you haven’t rearranged
Once you’re clean and sober the normal feels so strange
It’s obscene the in between
After the conception but before the veil is torn
After disconnection but before you leave this form
After last inspection but before you’ve been reborn
It’s serene the in between
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6. |
Dammit
04:09
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You can’t see the forest for the branches
You can’t see the ocean from the bottom of the wave
You can’t see the glory from the trenches
You can’t see tomorrow from today
I can’t tell the hour from the minute
I can’t tell the weekend from the middle of the week
It’s sure hard to see it when you’re way down in it
It’s sure hard to beat it when it makes you feel a little weak
It’s hard to see the surface
From the bottom
It’s hard to know your purpose
Ain’t it true
Some folks say to smoke ‘em
If you’ve got ‘em
Dammit if you don’t
Damned if you do
I always try to see the thistle for the flower
I try to see the shower as a break from the heat
I try to whistle straight through the sour
Yeah the pill tastes bitter but I ‘ll tell you that it tastes sweet
I said it’s hard to see the surface
From the bottom
It’s hard to know your purpose
Ain’t it true
Some folks say to smoke ‘em
If you’ve got ‘em
Dammit if you don’t
Damned if you do
It’s hard to keep a secret but not to tell a lie
It’s hard to believe it when you’re barely getting by
It’s hard to know the answer when the questions never said
It’s hard to be a dancer baby when you’re living in your head
Now you can’t see the future and you can’t keep the past
All the winners are just lucky losers baby nothing ever lasts
It’s hard to see the surface
From the bottom
It’s hard to know your purpose
Ain’t it true
Some folks say to smoke ‘em
If you’ve got ‘em
Dammit if you don’t
Damned if you do
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7. |
Empty
03:29
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I am a cloud once it has fallen
I am the tank the engine is stallin’
I am the words of ex-lovers callin’
I am down and I am crawling
I’ll say it simply
I have been draining
I am empty
But now it’s raining
I am the place we used to go
I am the light that doesn’t glow
I am the brawler after the blow
I am the venue after the show
I’ll say it simply
I have been draining
I am empty
But now it’s raining
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Stop looking behind
You will not find
Anything there
Stop looking ahead
Be here instead
This is the prayer:
Now is the treasure you seek
Here is the place you can keep
Everything else is a guess
Now is place you exist
Here’s where the present persists
Pounding away in your chest
Don’t guess what’s to come
That ain’t no fun
That ain’t no fair
Don’t put yesterday
On the replay
You were just there
Now is the treasure you seek
Here is the place you can keep
Everything else is a guess
Now is the place you exist
Here’s where the present persists
Pounding away in your chest
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9. |
In Your Eyes
03:13
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You’ve got the witch’s brew
You’ve got the diamond skies
You’ve got pacific blue
Shining in your eyes
You may not realize it’s in your eyes
You may not realize it’s in your eyes
You’ve got the avalanche
You’ve got the hurricane
You’ve got the olive branch
You’ve got the flame
Tell me when you blink
What is it you see?
And how do you think
It comes to be?
You may not realize it’s in your eyes
You may not realize it’s in your eyes
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10. |
Passing Through
02:29
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There’s just no way around it I’m sure
I can either enjoy or endure
Time keeps passing
Nothing lasts for more
Than a moment the miracle’s asking for
Nothing
I’m just something
Passing through
There ain’t no way but through it I know
Life just gives you the one way to go
Every waking minute feels a dream
I’m not taking it for what it seems lately
I feel
I’m not quite real
Just passing through
I might not be
just a body
with a view
I’m more a vibration
A truck in a station
Passing through
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11. |
Always
02:32
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You’ve got a smile I can taste
While I’m away it’s a waste
Honey, you’ve got the stuff
I hope that I’ve got enough
Will you love me always
Always
Always
You’ve got a color I can hear
There’s never been another I’ve held so dear
Honey you’ve got the stuff
I hope that I’ve got enough
Will you love me always
Always
Always
Honey you’ve got a touch that feels like light
Honey you’ve got too much and that’s alright
Darling I’m just a nerve
Firing all night
Lost in your curve
Always
Always
Always
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12. |
Being Alive
02:55
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You’re inhaling you’re releasing
You’re not failing if you’re breathing
Tell me what more
Are you here for
Than being alive?
If you’re hearing you are feeling
If you’re fearing you’re not healing
Tell me what more
Can you ask for?
You have arrived
Tell me what more
Are you here for
Than being alive?
Tell me what more
Can you ask for?
You have arrived
Tell me what more
Are you here for
Than being alive?
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