1. |
Beverly Said
03:23
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Beverly said, I don't remember your name
Beverly said, can you hand me my cane?
Beverly said, it's alright just the same
Just let me dance
Beverly said, I signed on the line
Beverly said, I hope y'know what I signed
Beverly said, it's alright, it's alright
Just let me dance
Beverly said, when I was a little girl
Beverly said, in a tutu I would swirl
Beverly said, when I was a little girl
They let me dance
I may see you, later on
If I do see you at all
Just let me dance
Beverly said, Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw
Beverly said, little Ricky and Lucille Ball
Beverly said, I don't remember at all
Just let me dance
Beverly said, in my suitcase you will find
Beverly said, everything I left behind
Beverly said, for my journey when its time
I wanna dance
Just let me dance, said Beverly…
Just let me dance, said Beverly…
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2. |
Keep An Open Mind
04:02
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Some single word, some switch inside
Brightens it up, brightens it up
You keep it close, you understand
Now lighten it up, lighten it up
No one gets hurt, no one will mind
Let it come out, let it come out
A winter chill, a summer sun
Take a deep breath
Keep an open mind
Keep an open mind
Keep an open mind
A sorry state, it's country-wide
Let it go out, let it go out
A mannequin for president
Keep him in style, keep him in style
A lightning rod, a power line
A thought for a day, a thought for a day
A surface scratch, a circus act
Let it go by
Keep an open mind
Keep an open mind
Keep an open mind
The daily grind, the morning sun
The news of the day, the news of the day
A simple fact, opinions fly
A bird on a wire, a bird on a wire
A telegram, a telephone
Call it a day, call it a day
It's closing time, closer now
Dark before dawn
Keep an open mind
Keep an open mind
Keep an open mind
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3. |
Shangri-La Blues
03:50
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You got forty pounds of pressure inside your head today
'Cause the path to paradise is just a false hideaway
Do we really want to know the unspoken truth
Eternal expectations, dried up the fountain/youth
A tough pill to swallow is bitter, never smooth
When the natural world order
Has a case of the Shangri-La Blues
Shangri-La Blues
Then utopia is not for you
There's an eden on earth you learn as a young man
Up through the mountain pass, forever a happy land
Valley of hope, frozen in time
I never did seem to find it, not for lack of tryin'
Too far to see past the horizon line
When the natural world order
Has a case of the Shangri-La Blues
Shangri-La Blues
Then utopia is not for you
The old crow's just an old crow lookin' on down
From up on high, from the steeple to the town
Could this be the place we all should forever be?
Well, don't you believe it with any certainty
Where nothing means nothing 'cept love and harmony
When the natural world order
Has a case of the Shangri-La Blues
Shangri-La Blues
Then utopia is not for you
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Well, I ride on a mail train, babe, can't buy a thrill
Well, I've been up all night, babe, leaning on a window sill
Well, if I die on top of the hill
Well, if I don't make it, you know my baby will
Don't the moon look good, Mama, shining through the trees
Don't the brakeman look good, Mama, flagging down the Double-E
Don't the sun look good going down over the sea
But don't my gal look fine when she's coming after me
The wintertime is coming, the windows are filled with frost
I went to tell everybody but I could not get across
I want to be your lover, baby, I don't want to be your boss
Don't say I never warned you when your train gets lost
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5. |
Bound For Glory
04:01
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You called her plain, I see her different,
It’s just a label, you shouldn’t have to choose
But there’s two sides of the coin in her mind
Are you bound for glory, or bound to lose?
She doesn’t know you quite like I do
You’re just a creature of another kind
Raised by a family with a history
Long and profane and unrefined
Yet she wants to rise next to your side
With the morning coffee just waitin' to brew
But there’s two sides of the coin in her mind
Are you bound for glory, or bound to lose?
If was king I’d pull some strings
But you have to realize
I’d put in a good word if I was so sure
You wouldn’t blow it this time
She believes the good things, knows the difference
Between love and war, that’s clear to see
Why wouldn’t any man not take a chance
When it looks just about guaranteed?
So maybe one day you’ll hit the number
And wouldn’t you know it? It’ll be no use
You’ll be standing on the corner, just looking around
In every direction, just looking for clues
Are you bound for glory, or bound to lose?
Are you bound for glory, or bound to lose?
Are you bound for glory, or bound to lose?
Are you bound for glory, or bound to lose?
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Burning, burning, burning from the inside out
Burning, burning, burning from the inside out
Burning, burning, burning from the inside out
Burning, burning, burning from the inside out
I was just getting comfortable with shooting the breeze
I was just getting used to how it used to be
But now deep down in my bones feels like it's a million degrees
Mmmmm... I'm burning
No reason to engage with a fool
A fire can't burn without any fuel
Whatever happened to the civilized world?
Mmmmm... it's burning
Burning, burning, burning from the inside out
Burning, burning, burning from the inside out
Burning, burning, burning from the inside out
Burning, burning, burning from the inside out
Left my home when I was seventeen, moved up to New York town
At twenty-one I was having fun just rambling all around
But I couldn't be late at twenty-eight to walk next to that wedding gown
Mmmmm... I was burning
Looked for a ladder I wouldn't have to climb
Faked it 'til I maked it, I half-baked it half the time
I'm just trying to take a simple path to town
Why must everything be a workaround?
Take your foot off the pedal, baby, let my cruise control do the rest
I'll be your BMW, baby, if you'll be my GPS
You used a little too much force on me, baby, but you helped me out of a traffic jam, I guess
Mmmmm... I was burning
Burning, burning, burning from the inside out
Burning, burning, burning from the inside out
Burning, burning, burning from the inside out
Burning, burning, burning from the inside out
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It was in the spring one sunny day
My good gal left me, Lord, she went away
Now she’s gone but I don’t worry
'Cause I’m sittin' on top of the world
She called me up from down in El Paso
Said come back, Daddy, Lord, I need you so
Now she’s gone but I don’t worry
'Cause I’m sittin' on top of the world
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Show me a woman a man can trust
Now she’s gone but I don’t worry
'Cause I’m sittin' on top of the world
You don’t like my peaches, don’t you shake my tree
Get out of my orchard, let my peaches be
Now she’s gone but I don’t worry
'Cause I’m sittin' on top of the world
Don’t you come here running, holding out your hand
I’ll get me a woman like you got your man
Now she’s gone but I don’t worry
'Cause I’m sittin' on top of the world
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8. |
Where The Heart Is
04:37
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C'mon in and have a seat
I found this cushion on the street
A shot of Comfort for some heat
This is not how I started
I had a girl she was my wife
She left me here in this afterlife
With this box here as my home
But it ain't a home where the heart is
The die is cast they used to say
It may be clever but it's still cliche
I don't believe it anyway
Every mile's uncharted
What you see ain't what you get
The things I see ain't happened yet
If I were you I'd place my bet on the dear departed
'Cause this ain't a home where the heart is
Awkward moments
With perfect strangers
Under a bridge at the end of town
I am waiting
For my fortune to rain on me
But it's only the water that's trickling down
When you can't run from the flood
Your ideas land in the mud
There's desperation in your blood
And you can't get started
She was my girl she was my wife
She left me here in this afterlife
So welcome to my home
But it ain't a home where the heart is
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9. |
There's A World
04:13
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There's a world you're living in
No one else has your part
All God's children in the wind
Take it in and blow hard
Look around it, have you found it
Walking down the avenue?
See what it brings, could be good things
In the air for you
We are leaving, we are gone
Come with us to all alone
Never worry, never moan
We will leave you all alone
In the mountains, in the cities
You can see the dream
Look around you, has it found you?
Is it what it seems?
There's a world you're living in
No one else has your part
All God's children in the wind
Take it in and blow hard
There's a world you're living in
No one else has your part
All God's children in the wind
Take it in and blow hard
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10. |
Crooked Man
03:52
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A crack in the door, let the light in
To every place where you and I been
Lonely man, con man, now what will it be?
Is that what you want people to see ?
I was cut and dry, simple and plain,
With my head up high, even in the rain
What little I knew about you now I despise
No debt can accrue if you open your eyes
Welcome to my world, can I get a hand?
Help me understand
Is every man just a crooked man?
Is every man just a crooked man?
Take a look at yourself
I was tired of waiting on you,
Change the ways, and the damage you do
The Liberty Bell in downtown Philly
Is going through hell, lookin' downright silly
That's how I feel, how far you fell,
So my friend, c'est la vie and farewell
Is every man just a crooked man?
Is every man just a crooked man?
Take a look at yourself
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11. |
Up Above
04:28
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Our friends use to go to the quarry on the weekend
You and I were the only ones who swam out to the deep end
We’d sit around and talk about hope and love
Or the lack thereof
On a night with a big moon shining up above
Back then we burned so bright and I held you close
Not holding anything back, I suppose
Those days turned into years with you next to me
Sometimes cool or warm, like the wind through the trees
We’d sit around and talk about hope and love
Or the lack thereof
On a night with a big moon shining up above
Then you wrote me one time and tried to say goodbye
But I won your heart back before the ink could dry
If I could choose one place to take my last breath in
It would be where I could see your face and the sun settin’
And one more time we'd talk about hope and love
Or the lack thereof
On a night with a big moon shining up above
Yeah, we’d sit around and talk about hope and love
Or the lack thereof
On a night with a big moon shining
On a night with a big moon shining
On a night with a big moon shining up above
Up above
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The Old Part of Town Baltimore, Maryland
Matt Douglass & Sam Nitzberg collaborated on an EP in 2012, "Grayest Hits." Looking for a vehicle for their catalog of originals, they formed the band and recorded their first CD early in 2015. The current lineup features Steve Raskin (drums), Dave Frieman (bass), & Brian Whaley (violin). Former members Marc Wexler, Kurt Hammond, Davis Shingleton, and Pat Sheridan also appear on these recordings.. ... more
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