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Thank You and Goodnight
01:22
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Come On By
03:55
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Looking over the window ledge
all the streets look clear from here
Grab your bags and punch the clock
and wait forever for the lift
Reach your car and drive a block
before you realize you left your soul back there
but there's no turning back to get it, is there?
It's not so bad, you tell yourself again
You're still alive. and so am I my Friend
So come on by, we'll get the neighbors high
Staring at the unmade bed
you wonder why you even came here
Find your clothes and find the door
with clumsy fingers turn the bolt
Reach your car and drive a block
before you realize you left your soul back there
and there's no turning back to get it, is there?
It's not so bad, you tell yourself again
You're still alive. and so am I my Friend
So come on by, we'll get the neighbors high
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When you open your mouth and let the words fall down
have you ever thought to let the truth come out
or has that ever occurred to you
Do you get high in the spotlight
when you get up on that stage at night
oh I bet you do
All the tricks that you play on the minds
of these people you call your friends
So good to keep around, so long as you can use them
And all the smiles you put on your face,
just to make it through the night and pretend
So nice when you benefit, but the devil when you're through
They could have cast you for the greatest fake of all time
but you choose to play the part on your own
and you know all the lines
All the thing that you say, i can't decide
if it's fact or if it's fiction
Because you've been caught in some lies you can't defend
I can see in your eyes you're aware
that I've been on to you
So what's the point in charades when you know I can see right through
They could have cast you for the greatest fake of all time
but you choose to play the part on your own
and you know all the lines
But what do I know
But what I've been told
And I don't know if I can tell the difference anymore
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4. |
Missing
03:25
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I spent my summers at the door of the bar
watching all the patrons,W marching in, in single file
I learned to tell apart the ones with armor from the ones with hearts
but those were few and far between
if you had any sense you weren't a part of this scene
and let me tell you, you weren't missing out on anything
and let me tell you, you weren't missing out on anything
I closed it down again, time to go it's 3 a.m.
and it's a long way back to home, but I never mind going alone
Back there I'd fall asleep, just as the sun would hit my feet
when I could dream of better days
before I got old and dreamt my life away
and let me tell you I was missing out on everything
and let me tell you I was missing out on everything
'cause I was a fool
I was a young fool
and I didn't know any better
'cause I was a fool
I was a young fool
and I didn't know any better
and I still don't
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5. |
Getting Through
03:32
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When I close my eyes, and I bang my head
I half expect these walls to be padded
When I hold myself, and I won't let go
I'm afraid I'll find my hands are bound
and without a sound
I'll carry on through
but am I awake, am I awake
When my tongue is tied, and I don't say a word
I only assume it doesn't change a thing
When I speak, it goes unheard
yet I cast my vote, but maybe I'm just crazy
So without a sound
I'll carry on through
but am I awake, am I awake
I'll keep getting through
'til I get through to you
I'll keep getting through
'til I get through to you
Am I getting through?
getting through to you
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6. |
Wait
04:07
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How do you know when it's safe again
what's the tell for when the demons are gone away
Does someone need to come around
just to make sure your feet are still on the ground
I know how we've been before
never easy to tell if I should leave you alone
So wait...wait for me
before you do anything
wait... wait for me
before you do anything
What seems to be the rush with you my friend
why can't you hang around like the rest of us
Does someone need to check your head
just to make sure it's not hanging in the clouds
I know how you've been before
never easy to tell if you are leaving us alone for good
So wait...wait for me
before you do anything
wait... wait for me
before you do anything
And I will save you if I can
if you let me be your Superman
I will save you if I can
if you let me be your Superman
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Spoiler Alert
03:48
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Duran Duran dies in the end
and Christopher Tracy doesn't last
What's the lesson to be drawn
all depends how time is passed
So what's a little tragedy
so long as it's not you or me
everything will turn out fine
But everything that seems okay
can suddenly be taken away
and someone always ends up left behind
Capa set the sun on fire
just like Donnie sacrificed
sometimes you have to lose yourself
to leave someone to carry on
So what's a little tragedy
so long as it's not you or me
everything will turn out fine
But everything that seems okay
can suddenly be taken away
and someone always ends up left behind
and I don't mean to be the one to give it away
but I don't think I'd be the one to take the plane
So what's a little tragedy
so long as it's not you or me
everything will turn out fine
But everything that seems okay
can suddenly be taken away
and someone always ends up left behind
So what's a little tragedy
so long as it's not you or me
everything will turn out fine
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8. |
Benediction
04:37
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You're gonna find out the hard way
you're not gonna find out from your friends
'cause you'd have chased them all away
with all the bad things you say
behind their backs and it's gonna come back
to haunt you
I hope you get to where you're going
and I hope it works out for you
but I hope you know what you're doing
and I hope it feels good while you're
screwing everyone who helped you
get to where you are now
and I hope you know that all the
damage that you've done is done for good
but I still love you
So let's sing this benediction and say goodbye
and forget about attrition from all the lies
this time we had together made us grow
but we've grown apart for now and that's okay
so I bid adieu to you tonight my friend
so that I might say hello to you again
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Richard Parsons Decatur, Georgia
Regardless of what style of music it’s laid over, it’s his voice that will win your heart. It is strong, soulful, honest,
and delivers, whether on record or on stage.
“a voice that drapes his lyrics with an extra coating of soul”
-Denton Poteet – Little Advances
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