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Balancing Act
03:49
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I had a name
I was born in a field
You don’t hear much from me
But I’m waiting in the grass
I am short and I’m long
I get picked last
Somebody taught me
It’ll be over soon
Really make it all last
And the wind keeps blowing by
It’s so old and so new
Is there only one sky?
Look at the stars
Does it make you feel big?
Wanna wonder with you
What makes life so huge
It’s a balancing act and I wonder
Are we doin’ it right?
I broke the tether
And I told myself I
Could fix it anyday
But the scale goes up and down
And I’m teetering by
Losing pound by pound
So look at the stars
Does it make you feel big?
Wanna wonder with you
What makes life so huge
It’s a balancing act and I wonder
Are we doin’ it right?
It’s the only thing that
Can keep me in line
You and that bright sky
It’s a balancing act and I wonder
Are we doin’ it right?
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2. |
The Weather
04:29
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See you when the sky is pink
In a year or two or maybe an hour
The sun’s trying hard to rise
And I’m wilting like a flower
My soul is hovering in front of my face
I tense and twist with the land
You say the roads are paved with gold
But I think they just sprayed ‘em with sand
We gotta say something
Nothin’ ain’t much better
If we gotta say something
“What’s wrong with the weather?”
I’m not going out there no more
It’s just you and me these walls
Baby don’t you say “I’m getting free”
Cuz I’ll pull you down to a crawl
And we’ll while the hours with sweet nothings
In a haze of liquor and fear
Cuz’ if we ain’t getting out of here
We’ll die saying “Winter is here”
We gotta say something
Nothin’ ain’t much better
If we gotta say something
“What’s wrong with the weather?”
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3. |
Keepin' Clean
03:48
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No noise in the sky
No fuel to fry
It’s quiet on my street
For once I can hear my feet
Did we rinse it away?
All the riots and plays
I’m too scared to ask
For everything to come back
I’m keepin’ clean
Don’t touch me
I’m all I need
Cuz I know where I been
No fog in the air
No more grease in my hair
Nothin’s bogging me down
Except my worry for my town
I’m keepin’ clean
Don’t touch me
I’m all I need
Cuz I know where I been
It comes from my love
I know the skies opened up
To show the kindness of strangers
So I’m keepin’ clean
Cuz I know where I been
So I’m taking time
Cuz my presence is a crime
I’m all I need
Cuz I know where I been
So I’m keepin’ clean
I’m keepin’ clean
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4. |
Tomorrow Breaks My Heart
03:24
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Another plan warps in time ‘til I don’t even recognize
Where it began - I was so sure that I was seeing through clear eyes
We took a walk and talked about the people that had passed us by
Like a day of rain, a day of sun, a day of anything
They pass us by
Tomorrow brings a new day but it breaks my heart to this day
I’ll tell you everything that you need to know when I know
I hope you stay
I knew a girl, she trusted everyone like they were Jesus Christ
She took a fall and landed among liars and users
She remembered all their names, she remembered everything
She never thought, she’d wipe ‘em clean
But they passed her by
Tomorrow brings a new day but it breaks my heart to this day
I’ll tell you everything that you need to know when I know
So I hope you stay
Maybe when we’re older we can tell who loved us by the ones who stand beside us still
Tomorrow brings a new day but it breaks my heart to this day
I’ll tell you everything that you need to know when I know
Tomorrow brings a new day but it breaks my heart to this day
I’ll tell you everything that you need to know when I know
I hope you stay
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Ugly Duckling
05:02
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I been thinking of all the different kinds of love
Of all the forsaken who never find what they look for
But we’ve been around longer than we ever knew
I am yours, I am your ugly duckling
Once I saw us swimming in the pool of time
We’ve been around
We got stirred up with all these different kinds of souls
Always facing up but never knowing which way to go
But we’ve been around longer than we ever knew
I am yours, I am your ugly duckling
[Instrumental]
We’ve been around longer than we ever knew
I am yours, I am your ugly duckling
When I’m with you I grow into something I never knew
When time runs out my love, we’ll never have to say goodbye
Cuz once I saw us swimming and kicking in the pool of time
We’ve been around
Hmm mmm mmm
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