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The Weather
03:41
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The Weather – Words and music by Phil Klahn
When I was a young man, I couldn't understand half the things that I said
Had a storm in my heart, thunder in my ears, and gray clouds in my head
When I was a young man I just couldn't understand, it was all about the weather
It was all about the weather
Well, I turned on the tube to hear some good news, but it only served to depress
There was murder and mischief in my hometown, and the rest of the world was a mess
Well, I turned on the tube but the only good news, was all about the weather
It was all about the weather
How are you doing my friend?
It's good to see you again
Nice weather we've been having
Do you think it will rain?
Have there been many changes?
When did I see you last?
Well, I really must be going now
How the time goes by so fast
Well, I wrote down this tune because the fire still burns like a warm wind in my soul
And the more I try to embrace it, the more it makes me whole
Well, I wrote down this tune, but I found very soon
It was all about the weather
It was all about the weather
It was all about the weather
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2. |
Misty Rain
04:42
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Misty Rain – Words and music by Phil Klahn
Standing in the misty rain
As the cold drifts into Spring
Standing in the misty rain
With my heart dangled by a string
I want to get closer than I ever did before
Because I love you, Ooo
I want to get closer, just a little bit closer
As we’re standing the misty rain
Standing in the misty rain
How I long to set my heart free
Standing in the misty rain
Feel the warmth of you standing next to me
I want to get closer than I ever did before
Because I love you, it's true
It's true, yes it’s true
I want to get closer, just a little bit closer
As we’re standing in the misty rain
Dressing in layers safe on the sidelines
All of the players dreaming of headlines
Barely a whisper, wishing that we were
Standing in the misty rain
Standing in the misty rain
(Feel my heartbeat, sheltered within)
Standing in the misty rain
(And a slow, soft breath of wind)
I want to get closer, just a little bit closer
As we’re standing in the misty rain
I want to get closer, you want get to closer
As we’re standing in the misty rain
I want to get closer, just a little bit closer
I want to get closer, just a little bit closer
I want to get closer, you want to get closer
As we’re standing in the misty rain
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Sleeping Giant
05:19
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Sleeping Giant – Words and music by Phil Klahn
Like a pinnacle she is
Breathes the ocean air
She fills her pockets full of sand
She will remember this place
Stole her spirit away
And laid it back into her hands
Don’t wake the sleeping giant
Don’t face the beast within
Don’t wake the sleeping giant
On a Big Island, I swear I heard
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Through a fish-eye lens, I’ll see you there
In the garden I'm dreaming of
Like a parachute she opens
Just in the nick of time
She fills the canvas overhead
I will remember her face, her face
Stole my thoughts away
Like the note she never read
Don’t wake the sleeping giant
Don’t face the beast within
Don’t wake the sleeping giant
On a Big Island, I swear I heard
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Through a fish-eye lens, I’ll see you there
In the garden I'm dreaming of
<Interlude>
Don’t wake the sleeping giant
On a Big Island, I swear I heard
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Through a fish-eye lens, I’ll see you there
In the garden I'm dreaming of
In the garden I'm dreaming of
Oh, In the garden, yeah
Don’t wake the sleeping giant
Don’t wake the sleeping giant
Don’t wake the sleeping giant
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4. |
That Could Have Been Me
05:21
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That Could Have Been Me – Words and music by Phil Klahn
Good luck with the gridlock
And the tick, tock as the time just rolls away
Get back on track, but the fact
is that ain't really your parade
There's so many tears in that loving cup
I don't know if I'll ever really measure up
That could have been me
Walking blind to the blessings
That could have been me
Full of doubt and second guessings
That could have been me
Slow to pick up on the lessons
All the shoulda, coulda, woulda, oughta been,
That could have been me
Give back all the kickbacks and the knick-knacks
You swore you needed to be happy
It's all fine, by design and in time
You find you're rolling down a road long and lovely
There's so many tears in that loving cup
I don't know if I'll ever really measure up
That could have been me
Giving heed to the dangers
That could have been me
Making friends out of strangers
That could have been me
Rolling with the changes
That seem to ebb and flow, and come and go
for you and me, you know,
That could have been me
Break: Oooh, Aaah
That could have been me
Giving heed to the danger
That could have been me
Making friends out of strangers
That could have been me
Rolling with the changes
All the shoulda, coulda, woulda, oughta been,
Shoulda, coulda, woulda, oughta been,
Shoulda, coulda, woulda, oughta been,
That could have been me
That could have been me
That could have been me
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5. |
Better Part of Me
05:11
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The Better Part of Me – Words and music by Phil Klahn
My thoughts sad and lonely
Your eyes light the way
Am I the one and only
Can you
Take me to a vista that I never hoped to see
Ordinary places that now have no hold on me
Capturing the pictures of a new reality
Tearing down the posters of my adolescency
I know time will tell the tale
To all who walk this trail
Of hope and empathy
The better part of me
Trust is often frail
and intuitions fail
Take the chance, you'll see
The better part of me
My words, soft and somber
Your ears catch the fire
In this test of honor
Will I
Tell you of the vision that I never dared to dream
Ordinary faces that I have no memory
Holding out the pictures of different destiny
Tearing up the pieces of my animosity
I know time will tell the tale
To all who walk this trail
Of hope and empathy
The better part of me
Trust is often frail
and intuitions fail
Take the chance, you'll see
The better part of me
My thoughts sad and lonely
Your eyes
I know time will tell the tale
To all who walk this trail
Of hope and empathy
The better part of me
Trust is often frail
and intuitions fail
But look inside, you'll see
The better part of me
Good intentions fail
And innocence is frail
Take the chance, you'll see
The better part, better part
The better part of me
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Boulevard
05:06
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Boulevard – Words and music by Phil Klahn
In these days of instant celebrity
Whatever has to be, between you and me
You’ve got the look, the personality
All things forward, never looking back
You can do anything
You’re one of the beautiful people
One of the beautiful people
You can say anything
You’re one of the beautiful spoken people
One of the beautiful people
In this world…
Into my head, into the heart of me
Out of the depths of integrity
I read the book, saw the movie
Sang along with the soundtrack
I would do anything
To be one of the beautiful people
One of the beautiful people
I would say anything
To be one of the beautiful spoken people
One of the beautiful people
In this world of ours we’re just ordinary people
On a boulevard of dreams
And we play the part of ordinary people
Because nothing’s what it seems
On the boulevard
You can do anything
You're one of the beautiful people
One of the beautiful people
You can say anything
You're one of the beautiful spoken people
One of the beautiful people
In this world of ours we're just ordinary people
On a boulevard of dreams
And we play the part of ordinary people
Because nothing’s what it seems
On the Boulevard...
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7. |
Always and Never
03:52
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Always and Never – Words and music by Phil Klahn
Always and never are such useful words
When you’re trying to win an argument
Or desperate to be heard
Always and Never
No taking, no giving
‘cause you never listen and I’m always
Living in my own little world
Moon and sun and stars in orbit around me
Always and never are such simple notions
When you want to tell someone
The depth of your emotion
Always and never
Words straight from the heart
Like I’ll always love you and we'll never
Part of my own little world
Endless days and nights revolving around you
That's the way two hearts become one
Ageless and infinite
Far beyond the grasp of my simple mind
Part of our own little world
Moon and sun and stars orbit around us
That's the way two hearts become one
Always and never
Always and never
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Back Alleys
04:33
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Back Alleys – Words and music by Phil Klahn
There’s moment in time, with an air of clarity
When you say “The world is mine”, in complete sincerity
And you believe it’s true, your head split open
With the things you’ll do, if they’d only let you
Innocence and honesty falling through the cracks
Ignorance and apathy racing down the track
When you travel the back alleys
No one sees your shadow
No one wonders why
When you hide in the dark alleys
No one hears the lie
It’s a point of endless pride, my one claim to fame
A sign an ocean wide, my birthright, my name
And I believe it’s true, my heart wide open
And when the train is due, I’ll jump right in
Searching through the residue
Sifting through ashes
Resurrected dreams come true
Rising from the ashes
Innocence and honesty falling through the cracks
Ignorance and apathy racing down the track
When you travel the back alleys
No one sees your shadow
No one wonders why
When you hide in the dark alleys
No one hears you
Rising from the ashes
Now, it’s time to choose
Sifting through the ashes
I win, we lose, You win, we lose
Ya we lose, ya we lose
When you travel the back alleys
No one sees your shadow
Ya we lose
When you travel the back alleys
No one wonders why
Ya we lose
When you travel the back alleys
No one hears the lie
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Every Love Song
05:09
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Every Love Song – Words and music by Phil Klahn
Every love song makes her cry
Every note and word
Everyone who left her high and dry
Every love song makes her cry
Every line she's heard
Are broken dreams and promises and lives
For her the shadows still remain
The memories and the pain
I did not recognize the way
For now she’s in a different space
And so far from this place
I feel it tearing her away
Every love song in the air
Stirs a memory
Faded by the passing of the years
Every love song that she hears
Is washed away in time
Lost within a streaming flood of tears
And I, I’m in a pauper’s role
And praying she'll be whole
Somehow she'll find herself one day
‘Cause trust is just a fairy tale
A message I can’t sell
What are the magic words to say?
Every love song makes her cry
Every line she's heard
Are broken dreams and promises and lives
Every love song makes her cry
Every note and word
Everyone who left her high and dry
For her the shadows still remain
The memories and the pain
I did not recognize the way
For now she’s in a different space
And so far from this place
I feel it tearing her away
Every love song makes her cry
Every note and word
Everyone who left her high and dry
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Less and Less
04:36
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Less and Less – Words and music by Phil Klahn
Cold nights, full days
Who knows what will matter?
Life aimlessly patters if you haven't got a goal
So you find out, toil late,
Play hours that you can't count
You're pouring your heart out and still nobody is sold
Well, can you tell me why?
Half of what I feel is meaningless
Like the border of success
Nobody understands a dream
Well, can you tell me why?
Half our lives we dream our fantasies
To see them battered to their knees
Only inflation gets the best
'cause half is less and less
Knocked down, just when
Success would have been yours
The future's a downpour, they're so far ahead of you
But you learn fast, but your licks
Are nothing but replays
You're playing what they play 'cause you can't make something new
Well, can you tell me why?
Half of what I feel is meaningless
Like the border of success
Nobody understands a dream
Well, can you tell me why?
Half our lives we dream our fantasies
To see them battered to their knees
Only inflation gets the best
'cause half is less and less
Less and less, less and less
Now no one tells me
That my dream could come true
That's something they tell you so the world won't seem that bad
But who cares? Not me! The future's my pleasure
And measure by measure, my life's story will be had
Well, can you tell me why?
Half of what I feel is meaningless
Like the border of success
Nobody understands a dream
Well, can you tell me why?
Half our lives we dream our fantasies
To see them battered to their knees
Only inflation gets the best
'cause half is less and less
And what I feel is meaningless
Like the border of success
Nobody understands a dream
Well, can you tell me why?
Half our lives we dream our fantasies
Time again they’re battered to their knees
Only inflation gets the best
'cause half is less and less
Less and less, less and less
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Unbearable Realization of Requited Love – Words and music by Phil Klahn
Now, this day is like the last
And I know this, too, shall pass
Nothing I can see
‘Cause I know that things like this
Don’t happen to people like me
Now you tell me this is real
But I know the way I feel
This just cannot be
‘Cause I know that things like this
Don’t happen to people like me
Surrender
You want me to surrender
This fallen tree returned to the land
Forever
I’m thinking ‘bout forever
What’s wrong with me
Healed with the touch of your hand
Somehow, we survived the flood
And if I can’t call this love
What else can it be?
Yet, I know that things like this
Don’t happen to people like me
No, this can’t happen to me
This just can’t be happening
No, this can’t happen to me
‘cause I’m a liver, I’m a giver, and I’m waiting for you
This can’t happen to me
This just can’t be happening
No, this won’t happen to me
No, this can’t happen to me
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The Door
05:40
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The Door – Words and music by Phil Klahn
Life brings us so many changes
The less said, the more is heard
And all through the days of fire, smoke and haze
The laughter is inferred
Undersold, left out in the cold
Storied and old, like “Roman Holiday”
There’s a time for letting go and a time for getting on
Does it take a higher place to see what’s beyond?
If it’s happiness you seek, but it’s emptiness you find
It’s so hard to understand, it’s your heart on the line
Tell the truth, if you may
And await the reply
Let the hurt flow away
In the blink of an eye
Life, it can be such strangeness
The winners who don’t think they’ve won
And we, who are clever, will not be so forever
Still desperate to hang on
I held mine, frozen in time
Only to find the mourner passed away
There’s a time for giving in and a time for getting out
With no written guarantee, can you live with the doubt?
If it’s happiness you seek, but it’s emptiness you find
It’s so easy to believe that the whole world is blind
To the truth, I confess
I won’t say anymore
You can see for yourself
Now you stand
Welcome to the door, come on in.
Tell the truth, if you may and await the reply
Let the hurt flow away in the blink of an eye
To the truth, I confess, I won’t say anymore
You can see for yourself, welcome to the door, come on in
You know you can come on in
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