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Yonder Is A Mountain
04:25
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Yonder is a mountain
Yonder is the sea
I'm down by the river
That will carry you to me
I feel the day come closer
Soon you will be here
Soon I'll see my troubles
And my worries disappear
I dream of you, my darling
Each night of the year
I dream you're lying next to me
And whisper in my ear
Tell me that you need me
Just like I need you
That you'll love me when it rains
And when the skies are blue
When I wake up
Time to break up
Such a doggone shame
Every morning
I let her go and it's
Driving me insane
I would climb this mountain
I would build a shrine
I would give my life
To make you come to me in time
And I'd swim every ocean
Time and time again
I'd do all it takes
To bring this yearning to an end
So, tell me what you're asking
Tell me what's your claim
I am at your mercy, darling
This is not a game
Please send me a message
Please gimme a sign
I'm beggin' on my knees
Release this poor heart of mine
Can't you hear me
Call you near me
Come and ease my pain
I'm on the brink
And I start to think
That all my love's in vain
Come to me, come here close
Come to me, I need you most
Come to me, step inside
Stay with me tonight
Come to me, come here for good
Come to me, just like you should
Come to me, stay inside
We will be ALRIGHT
Or I will keep on waitin'
Till my days are done
Waitin' as we go
In endless circles 'round the sun
And, no, it won't be easy
Yes, it will be tough
'Cause all is never all
And good is never good enough
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2. |
Stay A Little Longer
02:52
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Stay a little longer, baby
Don't you leave just now
Stay a little longer, baby
Take your time
I don't wanna turn this upside down
Coming a long way being friends
But there's a certain magic every time when you're around
Makes me think that we might take a chance
Stay a little longer, baby
Don't you leave just now
Stay a little longer, baby
Take your time
Tell me if I'm thinking out too loud
Opening up undiscovered ground
That I know we both could live so easily without
Then again there's so much to be found
Think of all the laughs we'd have the world on a string
Think of all the times we danced until the morning
Let's just try
Stay a little longer, baby
Don't you leave just now
Stay a little longer, baby
Let's just try
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The Unmasked Joker
03:35
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I must have had my head in dreams while the times have changed
It feels like I lost my part while the world was rearranged
Every morning I lie in bed there's so much empty space
There's something missing, something big that I just can't replace
Baby baby, where've you gone
I miss you bad, I feel alone
Baby baby, where've you gone
I'm begging you now, please come home
Where have all the wise words gone I used to have in store
And those jokes fall back on me from the walls since you don't laugh anymore
When I come home late at night there's noone else to talk
And it breaks my heart I turn around go for another walk
I used to play tricks on you
I had an ace in the hole when we were playing cards
And all this time I thought you knew
That the unmasked joker was the King of Hearts
Baby baby, where've you gone
I miss you bad, I feel alone
Baby baby, where've you gone
I'm begging you now, please come home
Some friends have called me on the phone they think I'm going insane
Sending postcards to myself and sign them with your name
They say I should take a break go on holidays
But I know your ghost would haunt my soul in any goddamn place
Baby baby, where've you gone
I miss you bad, I feel alone
Baby baby, where've you gone
I'm begging you now, please come home
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Lucky Guy
03:15
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New Year's Eve in bed with a song in my head
Everybody's out and having fun
Up here I'm the only one
Restless soul caught in frozen bones
I would love to leave but I'm not allowed
The classic fear of missing out
Scenes of the past year are flashing by
Randomly across my inner eye
A hundred different faces talk to me and all the while
I trade those first world problems for a smile
I'm a lucky guy
Full moon high up in the sky
Has been lighting up the rooftops and the trees
For a million centuries
Looking out all over town
Somehow I still can't seem to understand
Just how a year comes to an end
How's it even possible we're living here
On this rocky thing wrapped in an atmosphere
I should stop to think and start to take it all in stride
Leave those first world problems far behind
I'm a lucky guy
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5. |
Good Dreamer
03:19
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Trying to get a hold of your life on polaroid
Everything in bits and bytes gets you annoyed
Silly old typewriter is your best friend
The sun will shine brighter in your homeland
You're such a good dreamer
Yes you are, yes you are
Such a good dreamer
Yes you are
Even though I hardly know your name
I must say sometimes I think I'm the same
Been holding out here for such a long time
To balance ain't easy
Now you can go so go now, give it a try
There's noone to please here
You're such a good dreamer
Yes you are, yes you are
Such a good dreamer
Yes you are
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6. |
You & The Universe
03:37
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I look on open fields, hear the engine's sound
The rattle of the wheels that carry me around
For miles and miles on rails I'm rolling
Outside the window pane, towns are passing by
They all look the same in the grey morning twilight
When everyone's at home still sleeping
And I know to move on is to leave behind
As a new day comes to open up the blinds
But with all my restless body, soul & mind
I belong with you & the universe
I left before you woke, didn't make a sound
Didn't leave a note cause the words could not be found
I'm sorry I couldn't give a reason
Now I'm sure you think I'm wrong, you think I was meant to stay
But how could I hold on when the feeling's gone away
You'll be fine though now it don't seem easy
When the evening comes I will be very far
In a town that's closer to the Northern Star
And I will sing this song in a dark and noisy bar
But I'll sing for you & the universe
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7. |
Over For Tea
04:22
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You used to come over for tea
But in fact you came over for me
Oh my, those days are long gone
When I took you with me upstairs
The floor of my bedroom is where
I played you my favourite songs
Yes it's true, I guess you knew just what it meant to me
Given that I could never win your heart with bravery
But I knew just how to make you feel free
A childhood on cemetery walls
We'd stay out 'till my mother called
And come home with dirt in our hair
And the church bells high over our heads
Together we'd go see the dead
That was our take on truth or dare
And all I'm left with now are hazy photographs
In yellow raincoats walking down the garden path
Your hair was golden my brown eyes were holding on to you
I just hope that you're fine
Oh, I wish that I could tell you once again tonight
Some things that went down later on they were not right
But here's to you, forever on my mind
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8. |
Broken Spare Parts
03:16
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Checking in, baggage drop
Under my skin it's building up
A premonition, a superstition
I don't wanna fly, I don't get to hide today
Stand in line, take a shot
Boarding time, buckle up
Safety instructions while I'm watching
The pattern of the stripes all changing in the light on the runway
Speeding up, we're taking off
It's just a job, such a bluff!
Prepare for commotion way over the ocean
All the others sleep I'm straight up in my seat awake
It's dawning on me
The itch in my guts
This plane is made off
Broken spare parts
Tell me, Love
Love, how long
Can we go on
On like this?
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Fireworks
03:31
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It's Friday night, everyone's going out
The whole city's full of sound
You hardly dare to go outside
But everybody's got to go tonight
There's ice-cream stands, there's people all around
You know every face in town
You say Hello but walk away
You know what they were gonna say
Let's go see the fireworks
So beautiful up on the hillside
You wish you had a place to be alone
A seat upon a wall of stones
To rest from your life on the run
And glimpse into the setting sun
Yes you have felt this way before
A state of mind so insecure
As if the devil was in your throat
The devil knows what this is for
And in your brain must be a hole
The more you think the less you know
In a few weeks you will be long gone
You'll be long gone, long gone
And here they come the fireworks
In bloom up in the deep blue city sky
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The times will not get easier just 'cause you know they're gonna last
Once the days went by so slowly now the weeks are rushing past
You run behind the time it's such an everyday malaise
You hope it's not gonna stay this way, you hope it's just a phase
Sometimes you feel it in the morning when the percolator steams
You've paved your way to boredom when you sacrificed your dreams
For some nine to five distraction and a bigger salary
Always on the go, always on the leave
Come the day you find yourself with an invisible disease
Smothered by a bunch of self-fulfilling prophecies
And you need someone who knows you well, you need someone who cares
And you run to your lover and your lover says:
Hey Darling, where've you been so long?
And you say:
Oh, honey, I love you so but I think there's something wrong
I feel my heart is being choked and my good spirits are all gone
And she pats your back and strokes your hair and takes you in her arms
And says: Oh don't you worry, baby, it's just a false alarm
Come the day you wake from a stabbing pain within your heart
You think: This is the end! Or is it just the start?
And you need someone to help you now, you need someone who cares
And you run to the doctor and the doctor says:
Hey Darling, where've you been so long?
And you say:
I think I had a heart attack, Doc, will I soon be gone?
And he sends you through the X-ray and he says: There's nothing wrong!
But how can you trust a doctor when you know so well yourself
Another state of mind defines another state of health, yeah yeah
(Fade out)
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11. |
When The Rain Comes
02:57
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When the rain comes
I'll be standing there
I'll have the waters
Flush me anywhere
When the rain comes
There'll be nothing left of me
When the clouds burst
When the sirens call
I will leave from here
Once and for all
When the clouds burst
I will drift towards the sea
Tell the ones who want to track me down
I'll never put my feet on solid ground
I have spent my life
Only looking for
A little peace of mind
I want nothing more
I have spent my life
Waiting endlessly
But I can see a place
When I close my eyes
Call it nowhereland
Call it paradise
I can see a place
Where I can really feel free
When the time has come to give up
I will let the waters do the job
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