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Gone and Back Again
04:22
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In the season when we walked
When the leaves were falling off
The sky above so crystal clear
Like our feelings, oh so dear
But like the leaves on those trees
Our time would not be spared
In all the seasons past since then
I’ve thought of you, my one true friend
I’ve thought of you and what we shared
Of all the things I left back there
But like the leaves on those trees
Our time would not be spared
Solo
Did you know we’d end up here
Did you know we’d end up here
Did you think we disappeared
Did you think we disappeared
Right now I see heaven in your eyes
I must be dead
Like the leaves on those trees
We’re gone and back again
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2. |
Song of the Firefly
03:55
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Like catching a memory
A flash and it’s gone
Forget all your enemies
Forget all that’s wrong
They’re coming around again
Must be summertime
To light up the night again
Song of the firefly
Through twinkling explosions
A lightning bug stares
You try to control him
He don’t seem to care
They’re coming around again
Must be summertime
To light up the sky again
Song of the firefly
Childhoods and green grass
Hot, sticky air
Innocent feelings
Innocent prayers
The wind blows so gently
The day disappears
As twilight approaches
So go my fears
They’re coming around again
Must be summertime
To light up the night again
Song of the firefly
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3. |
Diamond In The Sky
03:35
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Oh how I long for those warm soft breezes
The hot dogs, the popcorn, the beer, and the peanuts
Some seasons we lost, yeah we took quite a beating
But came back the next year to win what a feeling
And I’ll miss how you taught me to love this game
And I’ll miss how you taught me to pitch, not to aim
How no two innings are ever the same
How the game’s never over as long as you play
And it still isn’t over ya know
Cuz there’s a diamond in the sky
Where they’ll play for you and I
Where the lights they shine so bright
Where we’ll root all through the night
That little league game where the scouts came down
But I couldn’t find the strike zone and ran from the mound
As I cried like a babe, you said son there’s no hurry
Your grace under pressure will come, don’t you worry
You’re the goat one day but the next day redeemed
You can pick yourself up and move on from defeat
Yeah your failure just lasts ‘til your next at bat
And life can be hard, but as simple as that
And it never is over ya know
Cuz there’s a diamond in the sky
Where you’ll pitch to me this time
Where the sun it shines so bright
Where you’ll throw only strikes
There’s a diamond in the sky
Where they’ll play for you and I
Where the lights they shine so bright
Where we’ll root all through the night
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4. |
Burning a Horse
04:35
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All this death and destruction
All the ashes in embers have died
Sitting softly’s a sickness
We can amplify the places we hide
Cracks are growing in Graceland
All my madrigal secrets and signs
Every promise a victim
Every knowing nod hollow with lies
Trace a rose, eaten in course
Disappear, burning a horse
Hold a clear, beaten by force
Light a tear, burning a horse
Fate is hidden in hillsides
Buried deep beneath silicone signs
I will never surrender
To those playmates with alcohol eyes
Trace a rose, eaten in course
Disappear, burning a horse
Hold a clear, beaten by force
Light a tear, burning a horse
You are everything always
You are handwritten notes on the door
You are early on Fridays
You are fires in winters of war
Trace a rose, eaten in course
Disappear, burning a horse
Hold a clear, beaten by force
Light a tear, burning a horse
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5. |
Flowers On The Moon
03:45
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Flowers on the moon
Born into this we boldly go
Into the future where the rainbows glow
To a world of wonders
To a heaven sewn
By the work of earthlings
By the hands of Job
Flying cars
And Life on Mars
A Peaceful universe
Green machines
And tambourines
And songs of our re birth
No poverty or hunger
Goodbye to hell on earth
hello to flowers on the moon
hello to flowers on the moon
We are here now
We have become
The luminaries that will seed our souls
That make us bloom
That make us bold
Just like the flowers
On our heavenly home
Flying cars
And Life on Mars
A Peaceful universe
Green machines
And tambourines
And songs of our re birth
No poverty or hunger
Goodbye to hell on earth
So Freeze my body and my mind when I die
And don’t dare wake me until the time is right
No press allowed to enter
Just you by candlelight
Don’t want no cure pursued
Cause this now is nothing new
I just want to walk with you
through flowers on the moon
flowers on the moon
flying cars and life on mars
dream machines and tambourines
and me and you
through flowers on the moon
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6. |
Further
05:03
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Send another signal to the spheres
A beacon to your resonating peer
An echo through the centuries
The now and then, the in between
A message from your time here, where, and when
And you fly
Further on to find
And you roam
Further to your home
To the sound that only you can hear
To the crown you reach for, but you fear
To the siren, to the call
The beating heart of one and all
Beyond the safety of your harbor here
And you fly
Further on to find
And you roam
Further to your home
solo
To the power only you can wield
Through the infinite magnetic field
It’s the dharma of the sun
Burning bright until it’s done
To live again as something new and dear
And you fly
Farther on to find
And you roam
Further to your home
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7. |
Don't Forget Me
03:27
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sun goes down through the hills in faith
trees sway in a way that’s true
our home town is a warm embrace
I’m not alone I watch the days with you
don't forget me
when they take me
don't forget me when i'm gone
i surrendered to your love so tender
i will be forever in your arms
i don't know how the four winds blow
i don't know enough to say
but when they do i know that i'll miss you
when they carry me away
don't forget me
when they take me
don't forget me when i'm gone
i surrendered to your love so tender
i will be forever in your arms
I will be forever in your arms
I will be forever in your arms
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Sugar Man
03:00
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Sugar Man
Won't ya hurry
Cause I'm tired of these scenes
For a blue coin
Won't ya bring back
All those colors to my dreams
Silver magic ships, you carry
Jumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane
Sugar Man
Met a false friend
On a lonely, dusty road
Lost my heart
When I found it
It had turned to dead, black coal
Silver magic ships, you carry
Jumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane
Sugar Man
Sugar Man
You're the answer
That makes my questions disappear
Sugar Man
Cause I'm weary
Of all those double games I hear
Silver magic ships, you carry
Jumpers, coke, sweet Mary Jane
Sugar Man
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9. |
Me and Jim
04:31
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I woke up late one night with a voice inside my head
An alien was standing right beside my bed
He shook my hand and said hello my name is Jim
We walked into my den and there I sat with him
We both had tea and crumpets and talked of outer space
I asked him if there was a difference in our race
He said no one here gets out alive
He said we both live and then we die
I was invited to go up with Jim to space
And in his flying saucer, we went on our way
We jumped to light speed and it all began to blur
The universe before us so gorgeous in starlight bursts
But no one here gets out alive
We all live and then we die
This close encounter of the fifth kind was my birth
The wisdom that Jim gave me was infinite in worth
We visit often and we laugh so hard it hurts
The divine comedy is the same in space as earth
Because no one here gets out alive
We all live and then we die
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10. |
Beautiful My Daughter
04:03
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Beautiful my daughter, such a gorgeous smiling face
Filled with so much wonder, so much joy, and so much grace
This world I brought you into, such a dark and scary place
Filled with so much sorrow, so much pain, so much disgrace
Oh it’s a hateful world
it’s a jealous world
it’s a cold and ugly world
it’s a vicious world
it’s a violent world
it’s a wicked wicked world
Beautiful my daughter, you know this is not the case
Filled with so much love and so much light is the human race
This world you bring me into through the warmth of your embrace
Filled with so much laughter, you show me this magic place
oh It’s a caring world
It’s a peaceful world
It’s a very giving world
oh it’s a prescious world
it’s a fruitful world
it’s a blessed blessed world
And when I tuck you into bed at night
And I pull you close to say
That I feel so blessed to be by your side
For another golden day
Then you look at me with your eyes so bright
And I know it’s gonna be okay
I see all the soldiers
hear the bullets flying round
You see all the flowers
hear the humming birds zoom round
i see it’s almost over
yes the wreckage of this land
you see a four leaf clover
and a fate that’s beyond man
oh It’s a foolish world
It’s a hopeless world
It’s a godforsaken world
But it’s a brilliant world
It’s an awesome world
It’s a whole and perfect world
Yes it’s a seething world
It’s a bloody world
It’s a wicked wicked world
But it’s a loving world
It’s a joyous world
It’s a blessed blessed world
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11. |
It Goes On
03:22
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Why and how and when and now
Here and there and everywhere
I know
And so it goes
So far, so close
Just out of reach
A bit too deep
No truth to find
Just living blind
And on, and on, and on
Who and what and when in doubt
Up and down and all around
I know
And so it goes
So far, so close
Just out of reach
A bit too deep
No truth to find
Just living blind
And on, and on, and on
Solo
And so it goes
So far, so close
Just out of reach
A bit too deep
No truth to find
Just living blind
And on, and on, and on
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Neil Nathan New York, New York
"Impressive." Vinyl District
"A warm, soulful voice, full of longing." Magnet
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"A good time." Huffington Post
"A talent that cuts to & through the heart." Philadelphia Daily News
"A profound steward of great American folk-rock music." - Indie Band Guru
"There are few out there with this combo of energy & soulful songwriting, Matthew Sweet & Jeff Tweedy qualify." Powerpopaholic
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