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1. |
She Likes to Smile
05:10
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She likes to smile
Once in while, we pull the curtains back
You tell me something
I never knew
Even now, as the years go by
There’s still some things
You haven’t said
Chorus
She’s not as wild as she thinks
Still unpredictable in many ways
She likes to smile when she drinks
Still unpredictable in many ways
Now I find as I’m wondering
I like mystery
And the unknown
Take the sad with the beautiful
I’ll take nothing
That isn’t shown
Chorus
I’m not as wild as she thinks
Still unpredictable in many ways
I like to smile when she drinks
Still unpredictable in many ways
Some girls cry
When the rain comes down
Lay there hiding
Under the bed
She loves to laugh
When I’m waking up
Find her dancing
Over my head
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2. |
Elements
03:22
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Elements
Though we’re alone
Cold and outside
Still I can hardly see
The moon in your eyes
A tear and a smile
The elements that make you breathe
Oh lazy me
Oh lazy me
Though you talk slow
When you explain
Still I can’t understand
The things that I need
To live and to learn
To become a good loving man
Oh halfwit me
Oh halfwit me
The elements of love
The elements of life
Never made much sense to me
So how do I find
A woman to love
So footloose and fancy free
Oh silly me
Oh silly me
Oh lazy me
Oh lazy me
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3. |
Talking
03:40
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Talking
What if I was wrong
Only you so right
Would it take so long
Would it take so long
To see me as I do
A crazy lovesick fool
It didn’t take too long
It didn’t take too long
In loving you I swear
You’ll find no compare
It’ll take too long
It’ll take too long
So stand right up to me
And in my eyes you’ll see
That I would wait for long
That I would wait for long
Just 20 more hours
20 more smiles
20 more minutes
20 more miles
20 more sorry’s
nuff’s been said
20 more reasons
in your head
And in this cascade of emotions
While we were just there talking
It’s the same old thing to me
Verse 2
From wanting just to please
To setting things at ease
Shouldn’t take so long
Shouldn’t take so long
From compromises made
To kisses in the shade
Didn’t’ take too long
Didn’t take too long
Just 10 more hours
10 more smiles
10 more minutes
10 more miles
10 more sorry’s
nuff’s been said
10 more reasons
in your head
And in this cascade of emotions
While we were just there talking
It’s the same old thing to me
In loving you I swear
You’ll find no compare
It’ll take too long
It’ll take too long
So stand right up to me
And in my eyes you’ll see
That I would wait for long
That I would wait for long
Just 1 more hour
1 more smile
1 more minute
1 more mile
1 more sorry
nuff’s been said
1 more reason
in your head
And in this cascade of emotions
While we were just there talking
It’s the same old thing to me
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4. |
When She Cries
03:41
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When She Cries
When she cries
I crumble into myself
Where she lies
I lie too
When she’s down
There’s no breaking her empty stare
Or to find why inside that I fall in love with you
Sometimes it’s hard
To believe in the purest things
Like the sun
Make gold the rain
Rest assure
Having faith in such human things
Is more that a lost hope that you’re still in love with me
In troubled times
Try to hold onto what is near
Let it be me
Or someone new
Solemnly
I send a message of silent prayer
Roll to sleep by the dawn and the prophet comes to you
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5. |
Splendor
04:27
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While I’m waiting
Chorus
Don’t (don’t)
Put me down (down)
Cause it hurts (hurts)
Too much (much)
While I’m waiting
For your splendor
And your touch
Don’t (don’t)
Push me aside (side)
When I’m trying (I try)
To be your guy (guy)
And I’m waiting
For your splendor
And your touch
Verse
I’ve been accused
Of making no sense
But to my defense
I say your wrong
How can you blame
This sensible man
With both his hands
Trying to reach you
CHORUS
Verse
You say my time
Moves without hands
Swims between sands
waiting for no one
Apparently
I’ve hurt you before
Right at this door
Denying to need you
CHORUS
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6. |
Take This Guitar
02:21
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Take This Guitar
If in this life you’re not prepared
You best go home and stay right there
But if the truth is you’re for real
Than walk with me and make a deal
I got this guitar I love to play
It brings me heaven and hell each day
And I’m tired of living and fooling around
I got to put this guitar down
It’s only fair that I should tell
How long that I was under it’s spell
I tasted the beauty, I drank all the wine
I hit the steel right on time
I’ve seen much dancing and singing and tears
I haven’t called a place home in years
So now I’m dying by living this way
Please take this guitar from me today
Some people live their life other ways
Doing the same thing in all of their days
If I give you this guitar you best take it fast
And live every day like it was your last
You’ll have the life of a king and a slave
You’ll know the mind of a sinner and saint
So if you’re ready without delay
Please take this guitar from me today
So now young man listen and learn
Don’t get a head to hot to burn
For in the end without a sound
You too like me will put it down
But if you leave good things to chance
You could enjoy the world’s greatest romance
Though I still love to sing and play
Please take this guitar from me today
Please take this guitar from me today
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7. |
In This Life
03:44
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In This Life
In this life
You can have fun sometimes
But life ain’t all playful rhymes and so
You got to be cruel
Well I’m a man
I got to do what I can
To stray from the master plan and so
I got to be cruel
Bridge
I know it’s hard sometimes
To stare right in the face of hate
But if you stare down on the ground
You’ll be a disgrace
For bygones to be
To drift away naturally
Our first step is honesty and so
You got to be cruel
Solo
If troubled with me
The sadness in your eyes, see
Can silence eternity and so
You got to be cruel
Bridge
It’s just a step over the edge
Of right or wrong
You can’t ignore or hide yourself
Because it takes too long
In this life
Some people don’t understand
Honest goodwill to man
And so
You got to be cruel
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8. |
Missing You Too Much
03:50
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Missing You too Much
CHORUS
Cause I’m missing you too much
And all I do is think about
The way we used to touch
Each other’s emotions
Still I can’t make white from grey
Our departing still a mystery
And the things I’d never say
I say them over and over and over again
VERSE
You were a part of
Hard life and true love
Alone I never could guess
That I’d be missing
The kind a sweet thing
You brought to my emptiness
CHORUS
VERSE
Heartaches and Heartbreaks
Ten thousand mistakes
I made when I was your man
My luscious lifestyle
Moving too fast while
I was losing a friend
CHORUS
BRIDGE
I never thought as I would age
How easy life can change
From time to time
And of the sentiments that pass
Emotions that don’t last
And keep you far and away
CHORUS
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10. |
B-Ware
04:24
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B-WARE
Beware
Or just be prepared
Cause changes come so fast
Changes come so fast
Changes come so fast
This world as you know it won’t last
Be smart
Know the workings of a poor heart
Know the hundred points of view
The hundred points of view
The hundred points of view
Before the man comes to take you
Solo
Be kind
Don’t forget that you care for
Just let go of your no good ways
Your no good ways
Your no good ways
And live all these golden days
Be high
Let yourself always question why
Know your freedoms at any cost
Your freedoms at any cost
Your freedoms at any cost
Prepare to pay for what is lost
Solo
Beware
Or just be prepared
Cause changes come so fast
Changes come so fast
Changes come so fast
This world as you know it won’t last
Beware
Or just be prepared
Beware
Or just be prepared…
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11. |
Come Home
02:24
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Come home
Baby come home with me
Baby come home with me
You can be my queen
I give you everything
I own
Come home, come home
Buy you clothes and things
Perfumes, diamond rings
You can be my girl
All over the world
Come home, come home, come home
Say yes
That you’ll be mine all mine
Say no
To all the other guys
Say please
I’m talking straight to you
What more can I do-o-o-o
Baby come home with me
Baby come home with me
You can by my bride
Forever by my side
If you
Come home, come home
SOLOS
Say yes
Say I’m your only love
Say no
To all of the above
Say maybe
And I’m a happy man
Can’t you underst-a-and
Baby come home with me
Baby come home with me
You can be my queen
I give you everything
I own
Come home, come home
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12. |
What She Do
03:08
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What She Do
Verse
What she what she do
Behind my back I can’t speak it
What she what she do
Behind my back I can’t speak it
What she what she do-o-o
It matters much to me
It’s why she weeps
And why she’s in misery
Bridge
It’s a battle cry
It’s the sound of your voice when you don’t care if you end up dead
It’s a relief sigh
When you end up waking instead
Verse
When she when she speaks
Her words grow thin and thinner
When she when she speaks
Her words grow thin and thinner
When she when she spe-e-eaks
It’s painful just to see
She’s falling fast
Falling away from me
What she what she do
It hurts me just to think it
What she what she do
It hurts me just to think it
What she what she do-o-oo
That puts her mind at ease
It why I leave
And why she will grieve for me
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13. |
Bank Of The River
02:41
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Bank of the River
I brought the money
I brought the credit card
I brought the car that you painted blue
I brought everything to the bank of the river
Once you told me the news
I took the house keys
And the jewelry box
And all the letters that I wrote to you
I took everything to the bank of the river
Once you told me the news
Bridge
I went so crazy
I even killed your one-eyed cat
But just like you baby
She came running back
I took the satin sheets
Off the antique bed
That now felt torn in two
I took everything to the bank of the river
Once you told me the news
Bridge
I went so crazy
I even killed your one-eyed cat
But just like you baby
She kept talking back
I took the diamond ring
And the wedding vows
That I was to read to you
I took everything to the bank of the river
Once you told me the news
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14. |
Someday
04:06
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Someday
Pull the covers over my head
I’m still dreaming
Of someday when you’ll be mine
Why do I have to be so scared
Of that someday
Someday when you’ll be mine
I guess in all the waiting
We forget just how long
Got tired anticipating
All the things that could go wrong
Take it one step at a time
Until that someday
Someday when you’ll be mine
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Jonny Meyers Queens, New York
Jonny Meyers is a prodigal son of Queens, NY. While a life in music brought Jonny around the world, the borough never left his soul, and now he’s back writing songs closer to the source. Jonny's large catalog includes eight albums of critically acclaimed songs drawing from blues, rock, soul, reggae, ska and country. Take a deep dive and you might find yourself humming new choruses for days. ... more
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