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I’ve been writing down funny things that you say
As you’re getting bigger and I’m going grey
And though I don’t catch them all
They’ll be good company
On a day when I need a smile
Can we make every day a Saturday, covered in chocolate
Can we move turtles away, where they’ll be safe from traffic
I called you by name on the day you were born
Cried out to you on the way to the hospital room
Please remember that fact when you think that I’m crazy
For worrying about you, for never letting go of you
Can we make every day a Saturday, covered in chocolate
Can we move turtles away, where they are safe from traffic
Can we make tomorrow stay a day away, Just close your eyes
I will keep monsters away, so you’ll be safe, As you’re sleeping darling
Gonna keep writing down funny things that you say
As you’re growing up and I’m going gray
And though I don’t catch them all
I realize someday they’ll be good company to me
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Dandelion
02:42
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Slow bird, keep your eyes on another place
This will pass like the wind underneath your wings
Dandelion I wish that I knew your name
The silver lines you must have to find
To grow in rain, cut down again
Who decided that you weren’t beautiful
And that you had to go
Spare change inside a paper cup
It is slowly adding up to a greyhound bus
And somewhere warm, where little acorns
Can grow into big trees, and heal up their skinned knees
Dandelion I wish that I knew your name, I knew your name
The silver lines you must have to find
To grow in rain, only to be cut down again
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3. |
A Hundred Caravans
03:36
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I am calling to remind you what you mean to me
You’re the one who calms the waves in all my stormy seas
Taking root inside my forest when I couldn’t even see the trees
Planting flag after flag in the frozen ground
All the times I ran for shelter it was you I found
Should have left so many times
But you never even turned around
It would take a hundred caravans to carry the weight of my love
It would take a hundred foot crane a hard hat and work gloves
It would take you
Maybe with time I can make it up to you
Sing you songs every time you’re feeling blue
And when you’re sick, I can nurse you back to you
It would take a hundred caravans to carry the weight of my love
It would take a hundred foot crane a hard hat and work gloves
You couldn’t get me to leave ya with a cavalry of sherman tanks
You couldn’t get me to trade you for absolutely anything
It would take you
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King Midas
03:21
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Does your heart glow in the dark
Or do you hear static love
Does it ring up bells in your chest
Like an alarm
Does your will stay with you still
Directing each movement
Do you fight the pull of the heart
Or is it the opposite
Do not be like King Midas
Find your gold in the trees
Hidden amongst the leaves
Keep it inside a summer breeze
It’s always going by us
Shimmering on a lake
The road that you never take
Don’t keep it inside a padlocked safe
Do you eyes play with the lights
Like a kaleidoscope
Do you actively try to forget
Everything you think you know
And those objects made out of velvet
Are they alive
Or hollow by design
Did you fall for that trick
One too many times
Oh once you are a painter
All the colors spill out
Do not be like King Midas
Find your gold in the trees
Hidden amongst the leaves
Keep it inside a summer breeze
It’s always going by us
Shimmering on a lake
The road that you never take
Settling for a safer way
Do not be like King Midas
Find your gold in the trees
Hidden amongst the leaves
Keep it inside a summer breeze
It’s always going by us
Shimmering on a lake
The road that we never take
Settling for a safer place
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Grandmas Plants
03:56
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Hey kid
This isn’t Hollywood
It ain’t some Vegas show
Where people cheer and scream
This town
This is the realist shit
Won’t know you stepped in it
Until the day you leave
And if Mom
Somehow avoids the pills
Gives you a chance at life
And you stay off of the streets
Someday go buy an old Cadillac
And pull the cloth top back
Then keep chasing your dreams
Poor hearts still beat the same
As every star on the walk of fame
So go to sleep wake up
And keep going
Love is not an avalanche
Just water it like Grandma’s plants
Go to sleep wake up
And keep fighting
I could see that something special
Was cooking itself up well
You would outgrow this
So when I seemed distant
And cold at times
Just know that didn’t want to give you something to miss
Poor hearts still beat the same
As every star on the walk of fame
So go to sleep wake up
And keep going
Love is not an avalanche
Just water it like Grandma’s plants
Go to sleep wake up
And keep fighting
Hey kid good job on getting out
Couldn’t be more proud
They got your name in the papers
And you’re hometown
It is not a debt
There’s nothing to pay back
Just stay where ever it suits ya
Poor hearts still beat the same
As every star on the walk of fame
So go to sleep wake up
And keep going
Love is not an avalanche
Just water it like Grandma’s plants
Go to sleep wake up
And keep fighting
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Stand
03:27
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I’m a young boy, I am fearless
In my grandmothers garden
There are clothes hung that a breeze blows
The air is alive
And my father’s there, with my brothers
And the smell of grass
Fills up my nose
When I couldn’t sit down anymore, that’s when I’d stand
Like a jailbreak we’d run out the door, as fast as we can
Follow a path that leads back to a shed
And an old classic car
And if you see a wide open field
Then you’ve gone too far
And my father’s there, with my brothers
And the wildest of flowers
Fill up my lungs
When we couldn’t sit down anymore, that’s when we’d stand
Like a jailbreak we’d run out that door, as fast as we can
And my father’s there, with my mother
And they’re holding hands
Forever
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Go Easy On Me
03:29
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I was a sad kiss at best
Trying every piece to fill the hole in my chest
And you’d throw these one liners down
Like it's good to be king
While you’re holding the crown
I’ve had a couple bad dreams come true
So go easy on me
I’ll go easy on you
We’re jumping up and over the wall
How did we both grow up so tall
How did I ever used to hate you
Ain’t that the craziest part of it all
I’ve had a couple bad dreams come true
So go easy on me
I’ll go easy on you
And now I got a few good dreams too
About what I wanna chase
It's all possible too
I was a sad kiss at best
But you were the piece to fill the hole in my chest
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Small World
03:55
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It was a lonely Saturday night
I lost some heart during all my free time
There is smoke in the ashtray and a drink on the table
Its my big tent revival
And everything is where it should be, I fill the ice cube trays when I leave
‘Fore I sing for my supper, like a local Sinatra
Cause I never liked airplanes
And if you got some free time
I’ve uncovered some secrets about love
I just keep my hands in my coat now, I just do my best to protect myself
Everything’s just better in a small world
Stay out of the headlines, keep your hands in the dirt
Be careful with all your time, everyone gets a turn
When you tune out some of the days
And let yourself get carried away
You might realize that, there were never monsters under your bed
And if you got some free time
I’ve uncovered some secrets about love
I just keep my hands in my coat now, I just do my best to protect myself
Everything’s just better in a small world
Stay out of the headlines, keep your hands in the dirt
Be careful with all your time, everyone gets a turn
We all get a turn
We all get a turn
We all get a turn
We all get a turn
We all
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9. |
Fly Over Country
03:17
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I can hear the voice of my grandmother
She used to sing at a little church
In some speed trap town you’ve never heard of
Its where I learned to be a bird
Don’t call us fly over country
Cause you don’t know where I’m from
And you don’t know why I’m here
Don’t call us fly over country
Cause you don’t know where I’m from
Let’s both be here while we’re here
And we’ll be gone when we’re gone
My little feet ran on this dock
After long days in the sun, picking rocks
My Dad would shine headlights on the lake
As the water cooled our body aches
Don’t call us fly over country
Cause you don’t know where I’m from
And you don’t know why I’m here
Don’t call us fly over country
Cause you don’t know where I’m from
Let’s both be here while we’re here
And we’ll be gone when we’re gone
And here’s the spot where we’d play catch
Sipping on Mountain Dew
And smelling lilacs
And it doesn’t look much like it now
But that electric fence used to hurt like hell
Don’t call us fly over country
Cause you don’t know where I’m from
And you don’t know why I’m here
Don’t call us fly over country
Cause you don’t know where I’m from
Let’s both be here while we’re here
And we’ll be gone when we’re gone
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God's Waiting Room
03:19
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Hope I made it, maybe my name is on that list
After you miss
They’re on the H’s so we’ll know soon I guess
Feeling lighter than a feather either way
I’m okay
Tell the children that I’ll watch them each day
Here in God’s waiting room
I am here now so I’ve lost all track of time
It’s not a thing here in the land of the divine
There’s a train set in the lobby you’d have liked
It had those edges just like ours once upon a time
Here in God’s waiting room
Here in God’s waiting room
Hope you make it so we can see each other again
That all our fears were just castles made of sand
I lose the details of your voices
Bit by bit I’m losing it
But your faces are forever in my mind
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Michael Shynes Minneapolis, Minnesota
"Musically, I'm in love. His light, accessible, passionate sound is one that had me hitting the repeat button on one song for almost an hour." -Rebecca Cicione A & R Columbia Records
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