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The Truth about Mary
03:19
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No one knows the truth about Mary
No one knows the trouble she's seen
No one said the truth isn't scary
No one knows the truth about Mary
Look Mary laughing at us
She says life is worth living
Look at Mary taking chances
What do you say Mary
Mary says let me stay in bed
Mary says let it rain on my head
But Mary loves the sun
She wants to know everyone
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2. |
Brown and Striped Bird
03:51
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Brown and striped bird
Have you even heard
That pretty song you sing
Boy, it makes my ears ring
Chirping from so high
In that great expanse of sky
Oh, you pretty piece of pie
Do what you gotta do, pretty bird, and fly
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Hey Little Scorpio
04:47
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Hey little Scorpio
How'd you get so smart
Ain't nothin' gonna please you
But you're so cute I wanna squeeze you
So much chocolate and orange juice
Cannot be too good for you
Turn into a dog
Going for a jog
Through the bog
To visit your friend the frog
How'd you like a postcard
I sure would like a postcard
How'd you like a little autumn leaf
I sure would like a little autumn leaf
bon jour comme ça
I'd love to sing you to sleep ...
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4. |
The Eclipse
03:46
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Hello my little ghost
Come to visit me again
You've not been gone too long
I wonder where you went
While you were away
I found gold
But it's not for me
This story's old
I thought the blue skies had just come
I thought to seek comfort in autumn
And it seems like the rain gets in
Seems like it's not been fixed since time knows when
And the little boy comes
He's made his way
Here's the little boy
Come to stay
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5. |
The Cherished Lodger
05:13
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Transplanted in me
Concentrated and solvent to see
Immersed and bleeding in and out me
Concentrated bottled and sealed
I've rearranged and razed the bed
But hid my loyalty beneath
Still my cherished lodger remains
My rooms are crowded with emptiness
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6. |
Rainy Saturday Morning
04:00
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Early
Late
Still growing rust
Slowness
Haste
Still merge with dust
A simple measurement of time
While weather dictates paradigm
The latent promise in a Saturday
Though veiled in showers of pouring rain
Holds greater bounds of potency
Than the fairest of all Sundays can
Learn to accept disgrace willingly
Surrender humbly
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7. |
Wave Me Down
04:17
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If I could speak my mind
And stand beside you
If I could let my loose ends unwind ...
I won't stop for nothing
You can't make me stop for nothing
I tell you now to go
For I don't love you, but that you've always known
Disappointment on my dreams
Demon heat embraces me
Wave me down with semaphore flags
If I could speak my mind
And stand beside you
I'd try to cope with the undertow
For I still love you, but that you've always known
Disappointment on my dreams
Demon heat embraces me
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Come on back in the autumn
You can wear my sweaters
Come on back when I need you most
And we'll drink a little wine
Come on back in the winter time
Come on back, the hot chocolate's fine
Come on back when I need you most
And we'll drink a little wine
Come on back in the spring time
Come on back for roses and rainy sunshine
Come on back when I need you most
And we'll drink a little wine
Come on back in the summer time
We'll pick tomatoes right off the vine
Come on back when I need you most
And we'll drink a little wine
Come on back in the morning
Hot coffee with the honey right in there
Come on back when I need you most
We'll hang up the hammock
Right in the clean laundry
And we'll drink a little wine
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9. |
The Last Day of the Year
03:05
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Oh time that was so dear
It's the last day of the year
I'm so glad to see it gone
Everyone familiar, strange
Went through some big life change
Every single one I know
Some big ol' change did undergo this year
Change comes slow and hard
So pay heed and do regard
Every little thing you feel
Every little thing is real somehow
Slow train, the doors are wide
Whistle blows and everyone must ride
Everybody must ride
To each last friend of mine
I toast and drink red wine
Further now we're intertwined
The pain and love is all enshrined in this year
The wind's whistling through the pines
I'm eager now and it smells so fine
Winds of change please fill my sail
I pray that true love shall prevail in me
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10. |
You are My Friend
03:11
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I've been wanting to talk to you my friend
There's something I need to tell you
We've been through so much and I was there for you
And now you're doing fine
Now I don't want to embarrass you
But I just want to put you up on this pedestal
'Cause I'm so proud of you
I'm so proud of you
It seems that things are now the other way around
And you are here for me
And though I'm down
I'm still proud of you
Because you are my friend
You are my friend
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11. |
You are (not) Free
04:57
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The glimmering sun you've seen
All the places you have been
And all things you've been shown
Keep with you alone
Behind me stay - you must
In a haven for the dust
Where from my factories
All the rust is free
No one joins me for long
Nothing ever done is wrong
For all your trying it will never be just
And all that you're buying is fleeting as lust
Do the owls know or care of your campaign
Do the angels believe in your pain
With deeds all in a book
Where no one may ever look
What have books preserved
Anything each one deserved?
Of the bones and skulls you've found
Only I know their sound
You will be bones too
Who'll sing songs of you
No one joins me for long
Nothing ever done is wrong
Soon who will care about sides of a coin
Soon, the old bones it will be time to join
Has your hand left a mark, has your blood left a stain
Do the angels believe in your pain
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Matthew Sanborn Madison, Wisconsin
Matthew Sanborn is a musician & songwriter in Madison, Wisconsin. Long before he ever knew he'd be a musician, his first love was music. After decades of off again-on again times, it has become a long term relationship.
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