1. |
fake flowers
03:13
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Summer sets on us
As our youth turns into dust
Now all I’m thinking of
Is to lose always to love?
Small town Saturday
When I first saw your face
But who were we to know?
How a heart follows a ghost
Will I hold you
Will I know to
Because I’m afraid I might just fall through
& every hour
Overpowers
To lay me down fake flowers
Teenage homesick lies
We were so terrified
Car drove off the road
All at once, & all up in smoke
Summer sets on us
As our youth turns into dust
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2. |
anywhere you go
03:32
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I was empty, killing time
Half awake in florescent light
Bored & broken, falling down
Too many reasons to leave this town
Too many reasons to leave this town
You were lonely, out of reach
Been that way since seventeen
Said your family thinks you died
Nothing to lose when you’re left behind
Nothing to lose when you’re left behind
If we never come back home
I’ll follow you anywhere you go
From Montreal down to Mexico
I’ll follow you anywhere you go
I’ll follow you anywhere you go
Pack your suitcase, fuck our friends
Doubt they’ll miss us in the end
Headlights flashing through the sky
Felt so perfect I could cry
Felt so perfect I could cry
We could be anybody
An old car, a little money
It doesn’t matter I swear
Anywhere I don’t care
If we never make it home
I’ll follow you anywhere you go
From Tel Aviv ‘cross to Tokyo
I’ll follow you anywhere you go
I’ll follow you anywhere you go
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3. |
christian scientist
03:23
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We met beneath the setting of the sun
& you laughed when I said that I hated everyone
But your pickup line was “what’s the time” & thats how we begun
Beneath the setting of the sun
All at once well all of it was true
& I can’t remember falling ’til I fell for you
“Annie? Hi I’m Andy, h-h-how do you do?”
All of it was true
Let me love you, let me try
Let me hold you, by my side
There’s nothing left to lose when you are always left behind
Let me love you tonight
Everything in the past was now before
Christian Scientists, well I don’t live there anymore
As I turned to leave you danced with me across the kitchen floor
The past was now before
& the moon’s sinking under the stars
You walked me home even though I said it was far
Try to memorize your eyes with every passing car
Sinking under the stars
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4. |
pass me by
02:33
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I was born by the edge of town
& I swore I’d be somewhere long gone by now
But every morning begins the same
Just another day older with a different name
No I never really could explain
Cause I wait for the end
Then do it over again
But I won’t mess it up this time
You won’t pass me by
From the moment I saw your face
Small town summer on a Saturday
Every word I said was true
Spent my life chasing what was passing through
No I never met someone like you
By the night I walked you home
I’d follow you anywhere you go
Cause I was tired, wearing thin
Forever waiting for something to happen
& when I see you tomorrow
“Free Fallin’” Silverado
Every memory, regret & why
Was before you & I
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5. |
except (for you)
03:22
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Andy this morning
We’ll wait for the sky
Beautiful boring
& barely alive
If it’s now or never
Stop & say its all true
& hold me here forever
Because I couldn’t fall for anyone
Except for you
Andy this evening
We’ll tremble through town
Shotgun this feeling
Then turn me around
As our silent summer weakens
Honey I’ll fade out of view
& if any other reasons
Pass you by, know there’s only you, only you
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6. |
borderline
04:22
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Summer sets on the border
Between you & yesterday
All that once was in order
Is a lie I cannot say
Civil twilight, TV laughter
Shadows shaking on the wall
If there’s only “ever after”
I’ll surrender to it all
When you spoke of September
As we parked along the shore
Well the one thing I remember
I can’t remember anymore
Through the water on the window
I wrote our names & watched them fall
If the past could seem to let go
I’ll surrender to it all
Summer sets on the border
Of a small town Saturday
Just a kid on a corner
The first time I saw your face
Cigarettes & pink confetti
August air & alcohol
If I end up just a memory
I’ll surrender to it all
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7. |
acceptance letter
02:52
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Annie opens up the door
With a letter lying on the floor
Tells me to “just go ahead…
There’s so much that I wish I said”
& I read
We congratulate…
We’re pleased to say…
Class of 23…
Sincerely,
Annie, was it all a lie?
From the first morning to the final night
Did you ever not pretend?
If you were leaving here by summers end
For a friend
When I told you
That I loved you too
Did you say it to me
Sincerely?
Nowhere dreamer, here to stay
Everyone still tries to run away
Unbeliever, what could’ve been
But I swear I’d do it all again
Annie, as I write this now
I hope someday, I hope somehow
But tomorrow will be yesterday
& there’s nothing I can do or say
So I’ll wait
Because in another life
Both you & I
Aren’t a memory
Sincerely.
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8. |
afterthought
03:48
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So is this how it ends? A wave in the night
As you’re driving in your car
Left at the bend, then two taillights
Shrinking slowly in
The dark, the dark
Take me back to the start
Before, before
All the lies that we swore
When there’s so much to say
But it won’t matter anyway
No you’re not, you’re not
Ever my afterthought
As I look behind, at your face glowing red
I fake a smile just a little too hard
& run every line of words that you said
Hits me flying through
When I saw you at the party, when you asked me for the time
When you held me in the morning, when you kissed me in the night
When I’m crying in the doorway, when I’m begging please don’t go
When you’re driving down the highway, when I never even know
So is this how it ends? Halfway from home
I guess they say it happens that far
Followed the bend right off the road
Sirens ringing in
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9. |
only you
02:52
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Sunday morning & I’m walking
Wasted Garden Avenue
Last night I remember nothing
Except only you
Oh my my like a hurricane
Oh la la when you call my name
Only you
Ouu ouu wee how you held my heart
Oh my god then I fell apart
Only you
Said she was moving to the city
& there was nothing I could say
Why does everything look pretty
Before it goes away
Now when you change your number
Now when you move away
I’ll be right here waiting
Counting down the days
When you can’t remember
When you can’t recall
That soft September
I’ll tell it all
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10. |
(over now)
04:00
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Over now
All this time
It played in my mind
So different somehow
Yesterday
Before the dawn
Was almost gone
It seemed so far away
Summers end
Windows down
I’d turn it around
& do it over again
Only love
& endless lines
Could leave you behind
When I should’ve
& I guess you called my bluff
No I’m never good enough
Years ago
Take my heart
Back to the start
& follow a ghost
Memories of
You & I
A wave in the night
The end up above
Everything we swore
Don’t know anymore
After the surrender
Before forever
Everything we swore
Over now
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11. |
afterall
03:22
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Summer sets again
At the start of the end
Of who we were back when
Summer sets again
Every time I tried to run away
Every lie I cried to make you stay
Every one before I can’t recall
There was only you after all
The years pass on by
One by one, out of sight
Still there was you & I
The years passed on by
& my voice it breaks
As I let you go let you go
& my heart it aches
For what we’ll never know never know
& all my mistakes
& our former hope former hope
Now my hand it shakes
As I’m coming home coming home
Every time I tried to run away
Every lie I cried to make you stay
Every one before I can’t recall
There was only you after all
Every fleeting feeling long ago
Every dreaming meaning on my own
Every one before someday will fall
There was only you after all
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12. |
before you & i
03:33
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Before the end of a small town summer
Before I waved goodbye
Before we stood under streetlight cover
Liars for the very last time
Before I joked that you’ll soon forget me
Before you said don’t go
Before we drove in your brothers Chevy
For hours without coming home
For hours without coming home
Now I wait & wonder is there only one?
Are our days all numbered down to none?
After all this time & after all we tried
Before our hope went hiding & before you & I
Before the sound of a Sunday morning
Before our overnights
Before the future finds out its warnings
Were suckers falling for a fight
Before you said “hey there I’m sorry…”
Before that Saturday
Before I saw you at the party
Before I’d throw it all away
Before I’d throw it all away
Before the years & the words I’m writing
Before I moved to town
Before I saw you stand up smiling
Before I’d turn it all around
Before I’d turn it all around
Before I’d turn it all around
Before I’d turn it all around
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13. |
unbelievers
03:34
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She was standing at the bar
Leather jacket on her arm
Classic country, last call, sang
“Oh forever after all”
“Oh forever after all”
Well you know
There’s nowhere left to go
Except for right back home
All at once in a blur
Unbelievers
And I asked her for the time
She said “that’s your only line?”
Just like then I took the fall and
Now forever after all
Now forever after all
Every year that got away
Every lie was true
But somewhere, somehow, someday
I knew there was only, only me and you
Cake and tinsel on the stairs
Children hiding under chairs
A piece of paper from city hall says
For forever after all
For forever after all
For forever after all
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14. |
never love another
04:10
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When I saw you at the party, drinking coke & wine
When I finally got the courage to ask you for the time
In between all of the glances & when I start to stutter
Well I knew when I first saw you I’d never love another
Well I knew when I first saw you I’d never love another
When you stepped into my car & we sang Petty til the light
When I held you in the morning, & kissed you in the night
All the days turned into weeks & months turned into summers
& I whispered in the darkness “I’ll never love another”
& I whispered in the darkness “I’ll never love another”
When the autumn air blows colder & winter brings the snow
When you’re crying in the doorway & I’m begging please don’t go
You said “I never meant to hurt you, or ever make you suffer
But I know that if I leave now I’ll never love another
But I know that if I leave now I’ll never love another”
When we’re standing at the alter reading out our vows
When we said we weren’t believers but we did it anyhow
All the ones that came before us, we said that we were tougher
& we promised to be true, to never love another
& we promised to be true, to never love another
When the bills are never-ending with jobs & a home
When I felt her small foot kicking we would ever be alone
& if two can become one then a father & a mother
I remember we both told her “I’ll never love another”
I remember we both told her “I’ll never love another”
When my mind & friends are leaving, & my hair has all turned grey
When a machine keeps my heart beating there’s one last thing I’ll say
I was never sure of much but I was certain like no other
That I knew when I first saw you I’d never love another
That I knew when I first saw you I’d never love another
That I knew when I first saw you I’d never love another
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15. |
more less
03:03
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16. |
small town story
04:53
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Everyone will tell you, but
Everyone will stay
Dreaming of another
& somewhere far away
Somehow in September
Somehow you can find
That nothing lasts forever
Beginners every time
Before you & I
Way back in the summer
Way back at the end
Dancing in the kitchen
Ditching all our friends
You were always hoping
You were killing time
In-between a moment
The story of your life
Before you & I
Tomorrow, I will be waiting
Tomorrow, always & aching
Tomorrow, I will be yours anywhere you go
For every tomorrow
If nothing’s ever certain
If nothing’s up above
And memory’s a picture
To lose is to have loved
Always on the run and
Always on my mind
Circling the sun in
The story of my life
Before you & I
Though my days are numbered
Though my time is nearly done
Well I’ll never have to wonder
You will always be the one
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