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My Sleeping Beauty
04:18
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How is it the sun can shine when the rain comes pouring down?
8 vivid colors fall in line
I wonder if you still care as they cascade from the sky
Does Sleeping Beauty still catch your eye?
Now you're standing on the side of the road
afraid you might get wet
Did you decide to play it safe?
You once let me in, you once let me near you
You think that I can't, but I really can hear you
So won't you talk to me while I've got all the time in the world?
Dancing in plain view
seems to do nothing for you
even if I were your dream come true
What were your reasons for
starting up the next world war?
Your bullets never pacified
You once let me in
You once let me near you
You think that I can't
but I really can hear you
So won't you talk to me
while I've got all the time in the world
We were once intoxicating
could hardly catch our breath
Now you're body's next to mine
but it seems your spirits left
You once let me in
You once let me near you
You think that I can't
but I really can hear you
So won't you talk to me
while I've got all the time in the world
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2. |
Please
04:40
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Please don't say you need a tragedy
I've heard this one before
The sound of silence comes before
the slamming of the door
Hang my head so I don't see you
Close both eyes and fade through
Justify why I'm still standing here
waiting on another of your tragedies
Please don't ruin this fine moment
It shouldn't have to end
I know you're used to darkness
I've seen your sun go out
Hang my head so I don't see you
Close both eyes and fade through
Justify why I'm still standing here
waiting on another of your tragedies
“Stand up and take it like a man”
Well, that is what you told me
I stood strong no matter what you sold me
Now I'm not listening anymore
Hang my head so I don't see you
Close both eyes and fade through
Justify why I'm still standing here
waiting on another of your tragedies
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3. |
85th and Nowhere
03:11
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I can't know the thing you don't say
I listen hard and watch each move that reflects the traps you've laid
I want to love you as I listen
but all I hear are snowflakes falling in NY
I want to wish it all away, but I only wish the 6 Train wouldn't stall once a day
And tho I used to hate that I hate this part where you're breaking my heart even more.
I can't believe I had to chase you down the street
just to hear you blame the things you saw in me
I wish I was sitting in that cafe' in NY wondering how I'd pay my rent
And tho I used to hate that I hate this part where you're breaking my heart even more
Down in to your arms
down into the alarms that go off in your head
telling you to run now, this can't go on now
why must you destroy everything that you see
every good thing that happens to be
I used to hate the rats and the mice
and all those sleepless city nights
I hate the cold, my runny nose and overpriced cigarettes
But I'd give anything, for just one of those things
'cause I hate you for breaking my heart even more
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4. |
Nevermind
02:27
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Woke up in last night's make-up
wearing last night's dress
never mind the drama
never mind the mess
You were the first in line
and the last to go
Where you'd stop no one knows
So you told some lies to get you by
convinced you'd make it through the night
Never mind the details
Never mind the fight
It was one thing to remember
but better to forget
the night you fell in love
the night you wish you'd never met
Oh, never mind
Now you search your world to find all you've left behind
you can't stand the memories and the memories can't stand you
wrapped in unforgiving sheets and even your two pillows weep
never mind the consolation
never mind the desperation
never mind
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5. |
Pretty
04:58
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Sometimes all I've got is “pretty”
When all else seems to fail
Sometimes all I've got is “pretty”
when words just up and leave me
Sometimes all you lack is kindness
when things you've done turn to blindness
So I sit and feel the burns from your words
as you sit and you say you don't need me
You don't need me
Feel my breath, feel my hands, feel my heart leave me
as you sit and you say you don't need me
Should have run
should have known
just believed what they say about those you say they love and then leave you
Could have run
could have turned
but I didn't so I learned that sometimes all you get is “pretty”
that sometimes all that's left is "pretty"
Sometimes all I've got is "pretty" when all else seems to fail
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6. |
1,000 Kisses
03:05
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If I could kiss you a thousand times
find your heart and mind
Caressing you I get swept away
by letting you stay in my arms
Your charm suggests “this could be something”
I confess, it's all or nothing
nothing less
Now that I've told you can I still hold you tonite?
Throw my arms 'round you tonite
light a candle and dim the light
Hold you close to me
I've told you everything
time will tell the rest but let me still suggest that
This could be something
I confess, it's all or nothing
nothing less
Now that I've told you can I still hold you tonite?
Promise you that every time
you search my soul you will find
as long as you stay true
I'll be true to you
So put your mind to rest
and let my touch suggest that
This could be something
I confess, it's all or nothing
nothing less
Now that I've told you can I still hold you tonite?
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Michele Ari Clearwater, Florida
Having written and recorded alongside renowned guitarist and songwriter, John Ashton, of The Psychedelic Furs fame New Page, (2022) her 5th solo release features Furs alum and friends providing the musical landscape that takes her “heart on your sleeve” lyrics and emotionally impactful vocals into the stratosphere embracing her late 70s/early 80s Punk /Glam/New Wave influences ... more
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