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"I Wanna Go Home, Don't You?"
i've got a lot to give
but nothing you would value
you won't let me live
you let the work destroy you
why did we have to come to this place
where the people just let you fall flat on your face
the world does not forgive
weakness and uncertainty
we are all we have
to fight the sickness and the pain
why did we have to
come to this place
where the people just let you fall
flat on your face
and the water's so cold
the sky is so grey
i wanna go home
i wanna go home
i wanna go home, don't you
i wanna go home, don't you
the water's so cold
the sky is so grey
i wanna go home, don't you
i wanna go home, don't you
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2. |
The Purple Ghost
03:32
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"The Purple Ghost"
bathed in purple light
the ghost is back tonight
remind me how
to dream a better life
haunt the skies of my youth
now it's gone
days do bleed
life washes away
watch the years free fall
out of my hands
did we think life would unfold
just like we planned
bathed in purple light
the ghost is back tonight
he's tired as hell
and spoiling for a fight
in the hall of the know-it-all
the dunce is king
so be my queen
and watch this fire go out
i know it isn't me you're thinking of
and i'm sorry if you're falling out of love
i wanna hear from you i do things right
but i know i made mistakes that night
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"My Love Will Shine on You"
turn this car around
you'll never leave this town
you could drive straight through
dark clouds still follow you
that's me when the stars fall
and me in the rain
with you before sunrise
in pleasure and pain
don't catch your death of cold
on streets paved with gold
my love will shine on you
those dark clouds aren't the only friends you got
that's me when the stars fall
and me in the rain
with you before sunrise
in pleasure and pain
my love will shine on you
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Drowning
04:40
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"Drowning"
dearborn is the place
we guard our shores
our mortars rule the waves
with oil fields under sands
we fossilize skies
our dreams drive model t’s
and it all seemed so easy
by the numbers
when we walked the beach
and the sun can still be shining
while you're drowning
next to me
when you look around
you see things
that aren't there anymore
the kisses at your party
while we're running
from our memories, please
and it all seemed so easy
by the numbers
when we walked the beach
and the stars can still grant wishes
while you’re drowning
next to me
you’re drowning next to me
when i first saw you
i was tongue-tied
but now i'm needing
your life line
when you look around
you see things
that aren't there anymore
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5. |
Stay a Little While
04:00
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"Stay a Little While"
you miss her when she's gone
you miss her when she's there
you miss her with your eyes
you miss her everywhere you look tonight
please don't talk
if you see me on the sydney bridge
please don't walk
up to me when i'm near the edge
you're missing how it felt
when fingers stretched out for your hand
don't say you've given up
i need you more than you need me
my heart will stop
beating
without you
stay a little while
please stay a little while
stay another night and another and another and another
it took time and memory
everything you meant to me
to pack up all our skeletons
and put them into boxes
stay a little while
please stay a little while
stay another night and another and another and another
you miss her when she smiles
you miss her when her tears make rain
you miss her honesty
and even when she lies to save your face
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6. |
Ponies/Poppies
04:14
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"Ponies/Poppies"
blood red poppies dot the ground
fallen soldiers all around
nothing but trench poetry to read
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"She Said, It's Me or the Hindenburg"
got this thing i want to tell you
that's been weighing on my mind
i am broken i'm a liar
i'm a monumental waste of time
airships take flight
dirigibles in the night
airships take flight
dirigibles in the night
she said, it's me or the Hindenburg,
me or the Hindenburg, she said
she said, it's me or the Hindenburg,
me or the Hindenburg, she said
and if that doesn't scare you
why don't you try this on for size
i'm a fifty-headed hydra
with just one set of x-ray eyes
that see all things
that see through you
but are blind to all the bad things
that i do
airships take flight
dirigibles in the night
airships take flight
dirigibles in the night
she said, it's me or the Hindenburg
me or the Hindenburg, she said
she said, it's me or the Hindenburg
me or the Hindenburg, she said
tough love surrounds her
she's letting me flounder
i can't float around her
when i'm feeling like lead
she said, it's me or the Hindenburg
me or the Hindenburg, she said
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8. |
Angry Muppets
03:08
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"Angry Muppets"
two angry muppets
in a balcony
throwing shade on a world
we can't stand to be
the sky is falling
and the rain is too
but whenever you're near
life's too good to be true
and i don't know why
you're not sweet on another guy
and i don't know why
do angry muppets
know they got it good
if they knew they're puppets
then they prolly should
will we be happy
there might be a chance
throw that frog a banjo
watch the morons dance
and i don't know why
you are sweet on this sour guy
i don't know why
just maybe
you're an angry muppet too
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9. |
Mars 1948
03:34
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"Mars 1948"
heavy hands
in your wake
half alive
at gravity's gate
red rock rise
promethean fall
take my tears
as you go, go
sister star
shooting slow
burn the bridge
melt the snow
pain birds fill
cherbourg sky
mars weeps
one last goodbye
don't leave me like this
don't leave me like this
don't leave me like this
don't leave me like this
foreign lands
bring no relief
i'm growing wise
without belief
red rock rise
promethean fall
we're just dust
after all, all
don't leave me like this
don't leave me like this
don't leave me like this
don't leave me like this
don't
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10. |
Quarantine Love Song
03:26
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"Quarantine Love Song"
good friday comes
good friday goes
another day
in workout clothes
speak three harsh words
then take them back
another verbal
heart attack
but it's not hard at all to see
what's good for you is good for me
let's fall in love in quarantine
I dream of space
a place to be
where sunlight guides us
through the trees
a simple life
resilient heart
we've never been
so far apart
but it's not hard for us to see
what's good for you is good for me
let's fall in love in quarantine
it's not hard at all to see
what's good for you is good for me
let's fall in love in quarantine
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11. |
Oh, Life
04:04
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"Oh, Life"
oh, life
looks like it's time to go
your curtain falls
on this one man show
did you see the fox
dart across the field
please, just take me with you
remind me how to feel
'cos I can't stop turning fear
into something real
if the fear takes hold
then it won't let go
don't let it in, don't let it in
if the fear takes hold
then it won't let go
don't let it in, don't let it
oh, life
your summer came and went
thanks for all the pictures
that you sent
can I get this one
enlarged
because I want the good times to be
in charge
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The Quiet Canon Lugano, Switzerland
Born in and raised around Kansas City, MO, The Quiet Canon played in Milwaukee bands Heathrow, The Virgins, and Very
Important People; and in San Antonio bands The Mirror Sisters and The Macaroni Club. He currently lives in Lugano, Switzerland.
Men at Work's Greg Ham inspired The Quiet Canon to play the flute beginning in sixth grade. However, The Quiet Canon doesn't play flute much anymore.
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