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It'll be through with me before I'm through with it
Let the outside air in

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since this is a bit on the dead side, I aim to revive the thread albeit with no connection to the last lyrics. If you have issue with that, sue me :lol:

Standing on the moon
Where talk is cheap and vision true
Standing on the moon
But I would rather be with you

Somewhere in San Francisco
On a back porch in July
Just looking up to Heaven
At this crescent in the sky, in the sky
Son, this ain't a dream no more, it's the real thing

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Raise your eyes to a moonless sky
and try to wish upon a rising star.
Search all you want for her blessing
but you won't find her sparkling there.
Now cast your eyes to a part of the sky
where nothing but darkness unfolds
and watch as all around you
she reveals the brilliance of secrets untold.
Don't hurt people, and don't take their stuff.

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I've known the secret for a week or two
Nobody knows, just we two
Kick out the jams motherfuckers.

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I'm with you my love
The light's shining through on you.
Yes, I'm with you my love
It's the morning and just we two.
I'll stay with you darling now
I'll stay with you till my seas are dried up.
I keep it all together for the sake of the kids.

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I wish I was a fisherman
Tumbling on the seas
Far away from dry land
And its bitter memories
Casting out my sweet line
With abandonment and love
No ceiling bearing down on me
Save the starry sky above
With light in my head
You in my arms
Matt playing like an evil motherfucker w/ rhythm with a capital MPLAEMWR.

- bubba

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Brandy used to watch his eyes
When he told his sailor stories
She could feel the ocean fall and rise
When she saw his raging glory
But he had always told the truth, lord, he was an honest man
And Brandy does her best to understand
Let the outside air in

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I can't feel you anymore
I can't even touch the books you've read
Every time I crawl past your door
I been wishin' I was somebody else instead
Down the highway, down the tracks
Down the road to ecstasy
I followed you beneath the stars
Hounded by your memory
And all your ragin' glory
Son, this ain't a dream no more, it's the real thing

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I'm giving you a longing look
Everyday, everyday, everyday I write the book

Chapter One we didn't really get along
Chapter Two I think I fell in love with you
You said you'd stand by me in the middle of Chapter Three
But you were up to your old tricks in Chapters Four, Five and Six
Kick out the jams motherfuckers.

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I live one day at a time
I dream one dream at a time
Yesterday's dead and tomorrow is blind
And I live one day at a time
Matt playing like an evil motherfucker w/ rhythm with a capital MPLAEMWR.

- bubba

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So while you’re here enjoy the view
Keep on doing what you do
So hold on tight we'll muddle through
One day at a time...One day at a time
Son, this ain't a dream no more, it's the real thing

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Now the time has come (Time)
There's no place to run (Time)
I might get burned up by the sun (Time)
But I had my fun (Time)
I've been loved and put aside (Time)
I've been crushed by the tumbling tide (Time)
And my soul has been psychedelicized (Time)

Now the time has come (Time)
There are things to realize (Time)
Time has come today (Time)
Time has come today (Time)

Time (x11)
Kick out the jams motherfuckers.

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Comes a time when the blind man takes your hand
Says, "Don't you see?
Gotta make it somehow on the dreams you still believe
Don't give it up, you got an empty cup
That only love can fill, only love can fill"

Been walkin' all mornin', went walkin' all night
I can't see much difference between the dark and light
And I feel the wind and I taste the rain
Never in my mind to cause so much pain

Comes a time when the blind man takes your hand
Says, "Don't you see?
Gotta make it somehow on the dreams you still believe
Don't give it up, you got an empty cup
Only love can fill, only love can fill"

Son, this ain't a dream no more, it's the real thing

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Did she wake you up to tell you that
It was only a change of plan?
Dream up, dream up, let me fill your cup
With the promise of a man.
I keep it all together for the sake of the kids.

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Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
If your cup is full may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men
Son, this ain't a dream no more, it's the real thing

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From the lips without passion to the lips with a kiss
There's nothing of your love that I'll ever miss
The stain on my notebook remains all that is left
Of the memory of late nights and coffee in bed
Of the memory of late nights and coffee in bed
Matt playing like an evil motherfucker w/ rhythm with a capital MPLAEMWR.

- bubba

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Starfish and coffee
Maple syrup and jam
Butterscotch clouds, a tangerine
And a side order of ham
If you set your mind free, baby
Maybe you'd understand
Starfish and coffee
Maple syrup and jam
Kick out the jams motherfuckers.

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Well, I discovered that this life that was gettin' to me
Is not really mine (Free your mind and your ass will follow)
If it were mine, I would have fun all of the time
I'm very disgruntled now
Now, I want a way out, now
I have to find a way
I have to find some way out
Free your mind and your ass will follow
Son, this ain't a dream no more, it's the real thing

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Markalanbishop wrote:Starfish and coffee
Maple syrup and jam
Butterscotch clouds, a tangerine
And a side order of ham
If you set your mind free, baby
Maybe you'd understand
Starfish and coffee
Maple syrup and jam
huge kudos on going with something from Sign O' the Times, one of my favorite albums ever, period
Son, this ain't a dream no more, it's the real thing

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If you can just get your mind together
Then come on across to me
We'll hold hands and then we'll watch the sunrise
From the bottom of the sea

But first, are you experienced?
Have you ever been experienced?

Not necessarily stoned, but beautiful
Kick out the jams motherfuckers.

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Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties
Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise
While Rubin sits like Buddha in a ten-foot cell
An innocent man in a living hell
That's the story of the Hurricane
But it won't be over till they clear his name
And give him back the time he's done
Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world
Son, this ain't a dream no more, it's the real thing

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Well I'm sittin' over here on Parchman Farm
Well I'm sittin' over here on Parchman Farm
Well I'm sittin' over here on Parchman Farm
And I ain't never done no man no harm

Well I'm gonna be here for the rest of my life
I'm gonna be on this farm for my natural life
Well I'm a gonna be here for the rest of my life
And all I did was shoot my wife


**Mose Allison version--there are a million others
Kick out the jams motherfuckers.

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I don't know where life will lead me
But I know where I've been
I can't say what life will show me
But I know what I've seen

Tried my hand
At love and friendship
But all that is passed and gone
This little boy is moving on

Sitting here in limbo
Waiting for the tide to flow
Sitting here in limbo
Knowing that I have to go

Son, this ain't a dream no more, it's the real thing

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Sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll away
Everyone needs a friend, everyone needs a fuck

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Ahhh, people ask me questions, lost in confusion
Well, I tell them there's no problem, only solutions
Well, they shake their heads and they look at me as if I've lost my mind
I tell them there's no hurry, I'm just sitting here doing time

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go

Son, this ain't a dream no more, it's the real thing

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Out on the streets, that's where we'll meet
You make the night, I always cross the line
Tightened our belts, abused ourselves
Get in our way, we'll put you on your shelf
“Excited people get on daddy’s nerves.” - M. Cooley

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At the dark end of the street
That's where we always meet
Hiding in shadows where we don't belong
Living in darkness, to right our wrong
Son, this ain't a dream no more, it's the real thing

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Something held me down it made me make a promise
That I wouldnt tell if the truth forgets about us
Saying it now comes easily
After finding out how you've been using me
“Excited people get on daddy’s nerves.” - M. Cooley

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'My friends feel it's their appointed duty
They keep trying to tell me
All you want to do is use me
But my answer, yeah to all that use me stuff
I want to spread the news
That if it feels this good getting used
You just keep on using me
Until you use me up
Until you use me up
Kick out the jams motherfuckers.

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Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today.
I want to be a part of it, New York, New York.
These vagabond shoes, are longing to stray
Right through the very heart of it, New York, New York.

I wanna wake up, In a city that doesn't sleep.
And find I'm king of the hill, top of the heap.

These little town blues, are melting away.
I'll make a brand new start of it, in old New York.

If I can make it there,
I'll make it anywhere.
It's up to you, New York, New York.
Son, this ain't a dream no more, it's the real thing

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