1. |
Nobody else
02:25
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My baby told me she'd go off to touch the sky
but I didn't know how far she'd fly
She left a letter saying thank you for the ride
and that's the day honey
the day I died
'Cause I don't want nobody else
No I don't need nobody else
Prayed on my knees she'd be back by morning light
but the damn sun slept in for the night
Now I walk around with all this ice in my veins
and baby nothing won't melt the pain away
'Cause I don't want nobody else
No I don't need nobody else
They try to help me say I need some summer love
but they don’t know I don’t wanna shake it off
My wild child left me with this broken heart
that’s how I'll keep it cause it’s all I got
that’s how I'll keep it cause it’s all I got
'Cause I don't want nobody else
No I don't need nobody else
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2. |
Off she goes
03:09
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Off she goes
riding down the street
driving with her bare feet
Palm trees in her eyes
and some old dream by her seat
Off she goes
so happy she could burst
some bloody coins in her purse
They will buy her some time
but she's gotta finish it first
She takes a look in the mirror
at them cigarette burns
they're starting to fade away
The sky is clearer
and the grass looks greener today
She plays the whole scene back in her head
double checks if she left behind some trace
The lines she practiced
will wipe the guilt off her face
Off she goes
whistling hollywood tunes
with her open sunroof
Her hair is all tangled and stained
but finally loose
Off she goes
some street dogs on her tail
they keep barking like hell
There ain't nothing in her trunk boys
just look the other way
It's been fifteen years from the last time
she had such fun she thought she'd actually die
Now she did what she did
'cause nobody else even tried
She wrote "wild and free" on the dashboard
where his picture used to grin
but if she makes it out west
she just might start again
Now if she makes it out west
she'll finally start again
Off she goes
wild and free
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3. |
It should have been you
02:42
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Both of her sons were born with nothing to lose
no chains attached, no righteous path to choose
Dragging around a curse like holy ghosts
taking their turns burning along the coast
It should have been you
It should have been you
It should have been you
Shameful and lost, they bear their cross for years
the shadows they fought were dropped from their mother's tears
Like hounds they smelled her fear across the land
they found them in blood and a shovel in each of their hands
It should have been you
It should have been you
It should have been you
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4. |
Alright
02:39
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I can hear the wind
carry an old song
I can feel the sunshine
resting on my bones
I'm burning all these photographs
that have kept me in hide
Don't know about no future
but I know I'm still alive
Now this boat is going down
in a great horrific sound
but baby if you hold me tonight
maybe we'll make it alright
I can count the stars
they're shining so bright
and I love the way your eyes
are glowing tonight
If only these photographs
would burn while they're wet
We're almost in the clear now
but baby just not yet
'Cause this boat is going down
in a great horrific sound
but baby if you hold me tonight
maybe we'll make it alright
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5. |
Oh Celia
03:23
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Oh Celia
we've got a train to catch
Leave it all behind us
at last
Been waiting all my life
on this station deck
I still got your teeth marks
on my neck
Oh Celia
it's almost half past eight
but where's your ticket baby
we're gonna be late
Oh Celia
I don't see your suitcase
Why are you looking at me
with that face?
I can't wait to get my
hands around your hips
and to taste your lipstick
on my lips
Girl the night I met you
you were the coolest thing
with your velvet gloves
hiding your ring
The jukebox was broken
we had no music that night
but they're so many songs
you and I could write
Oh Celia
it's almost half past eight
but where's your ticket baby
we're gonna be late
Oh Celia
I can't see your suitcase
Why are you looking at me
with that face?
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6. |
Flowers on rooftops
04:23
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I know you hear me when I talk
you're the one who'd always walk the walk
Sick and tired of listening to these clowns
I get so bored when you're not around
We need a little time, just me and you
so many things we've gotta do
We can walk on clouds with ice cream cones
or go catch the tide without any clothes
Dance to a beat from another world
make love to the song of the morning birds
Keep acting like we'll never pay
no happy ends, no judgment days
no happy ends, no judgment days
Your heartbeat's steady, that's what they say
that you'll gonna wake up one of these days
The nurses say it's all now up to Him
but you know I don't believe in no boogieman
So I sing to an empty sky with a foot in hell
Throwing pennies down this wishing well
Flowers on rooftops baby girl
and I'll wait for you by the end of the world
I'll wait for you by the end of the world
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7. |
1986
02:28
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I just want to find out what I know
I've been hiding from this darkness in my soul
These memories seem a thousand years old
This room has been so quiet and so cold
Sometimes my dreams and nightmares taste the same
and I wake up in the night and I scream your name
I can’t stand the sound of my own cries
but I'll spit on your grave when you die
I'll spit on your grave when you die
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8. |
Keep it dark
03:31
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I know it’s getting dark
darker every day
and your weary heart
still aches in every way
Sometimes you got to stop
just stop and take a breath
we're going too damn fast
soon there'll be nothing left
Pour some honey baby
quench my flaming soul
'cause I've been falling lately
deep down this rabbit hole
and I've been calling for you
to reach and pull me out
'cause I've been liking it here
and it’s kind of freaking me out
You see I always loved the sunrise
it warmed my cold heart
but ever since the night fell
some things just fell apart
I could hear my nightmare running
fading into time
crumbling like a coward
in the face of denial
Now please don’t tell this to no one
but when this is finally gone
you'll go wear that thing i like on
and I'll bring up some void along
I think I'll keep it dark
I think I'll keep it dark
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9. |
Silencio
03:14
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Remember when the rain began to fall
no one thought it would ever stop at all
It started with the greatest sound you've heard
a million explosions, a million beautiful words
But all of sudden, the deepest silence fell
and nothing ever felt the same again
nothing really happened ever again
Remember when the sky was painted red
the angels bled just like the old man said
The children laughed and played holding hands
kings and queens were hanging through the land
But all of a sudden, the deepest silence fell
and nothing ever felt the same again
nothing really happened ever again
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Acoustic folk & rock'n'roll solo project by Jimmy Tsoukalas (Junkheart/The Bad Habits)
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