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You Might Be Wrong
05:11
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Did it ever occur to you
That the things people say aren’t always true
If our love has turned to tragedy
Baby, you know you didn’t hear it from me
Rumors, lies, parts of the truth
Add up to nothing between me and you
Backstabbin’ business goin’ round
So be careful who you listen to
Chorus:
I don’t mean to interrupt your brave new world
But we’ve known each other much too long
Did it ever occur to you
Did it ever occur to you that you might be wrong?
I remember how it used to be
The very definition of a bittersweet memory
If you don’t know me by now
I’d try to reach you but I don’t know how
So-called friends playing games
And what they’re doin’ is a brutal shame
C’mon baby, it’s not too late to communicate (let’s communicate)
(Chorus)
Ain’t layin’ no blame on you
You know we all do what we have to do just to survive
But there’s no way of gettin’ through
When I can’t look you in the eye
(Chorus)
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2. |
Tuesday Morning
05:51
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Well, I’m sure you’ve got a pretty name
‘Cause I’ve picked out a dozen in my mind for you
The lion has been pitifully slain
Stumble past the light is all I can ever do
I see you 45 seconds a week
How can I work on my technique
The bus comes charging up the street
And I’m over before I’ve begun
So my Monday night disease
Is Monday night war strategies
Come Tuesday morning all of these
Burn up under the angry sun
In the mirror there I stand
Waiting to take you to the promised land
But just when I hold out my hand
You always disappear, always disappear
Through Wednesday I’m in heaven
By Friday I’m in a flask
My Excellency vetoes any question I would ask
So my Monday night disease
Is Monday night war strategies
Come Tuesday morning all of these
Burn up under another angry sun
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3. |
Sensitive People
05:20
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He’s got a new girl now
You can’t bring yourself to say her name
You’ve been praying she’ll walk off a bridge
Or meet the king of Spain
Dreaming of high school payback stories
In your suburban blaze of glory and you’re
Ooh...
(Chorus)
Newly lonely girl
These things happen to sensitive people, you know
It won’t be so bad
These things happen, these things happen
And you know what they’ll say when they see you this way
Big girls don’t cry
Made up and man bait on
I guess we all do what we have to do
But that second bottle of wine
You know it’s not helping you (but it’s helping me)
As a friend let me relate it
Joan of Arc was overrated, still you’re
Ooh...
(Chorus)
Take off that blindfold
Put out that final cigarette
You’re not the only one
With scars and regrets
It will hurt but time will heal over
Oh god it hurts but time will heal over
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4. |
Lie to Me
04:11
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I didn’t ask you for your honest opinion
I just need a couple of words to put me on cloud nine
I’m used to looking in the mirror to get my smile
But it’s easier to think about myself
When I’m comparing me to everybody else
(Chorus)
So just lie to me
Sing me an easy song
Lie to me
‘Cause I never want to be wrong
Please not another ambiguous question
I’m running in the same old circles
I’m running out of time
I’m used to looking out the window to get my smile
But it’s easier to turn and walk away
When everything is just a shade of gray
(Chorus)
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5. |
Your Perfect Record
05:09
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Everybody knows about your perfect record
Nobody’s ever been able to pin a single thing on you
Your sentences end with a catwalk veteran’s smile
The elliptic confusion of losing never puts you on trial
But what nobody sees
I’m running as fast as I can
From everything I’m supposed to be
When I do wrong, I just rationalize it away
Everybody knows about your perfect record
Everybody wants to break off a little piece of the chosen one
Can’t let the people sense any lack of confidence
As far as they know it’s just another bright sunshiny day
As long as I keep on running, can’t stop running, keep on running
When I do wrong
When I’m not that strong I just rationalize it away
I know that I can’t stop running, time is running out
Walking with my head down along an empty beach
I feel a shadow, a shadow I can’t see
Somewhere else in the world a tired old man
Sits in his kitchen and pours himself a drink and watches the ice melt away
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6. |
Redemption
04:21
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The years have been cruel to you
You felt the weight of every step you took
Blind, confused and self-abused
But there is a brighter way
Today you will know the truth
You don’t have to hide anymore
All the hurt is a price that you've already paid
(Chorus)
Long night is over, time for redemption
Peace is waiting, claim the redemption
Is anybody listening?
The story is in your hands
You’re free to feel the straining in your soul
The curtains are coming down
To reveal a brighter way
Today you will know the truth
You don’t have to hide anymore
All this pain, all the longing and sorrow
You will hear the words
‘Cause your life is calling
All the love is a choice that you’ve already made
(Chorus)
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7. |
Colors of Love
04:13
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He didn’t want to dine alone
She just couldn’t help getting involved
Every good boy and every good girl
Does fine with a puzzle to solve
(Now shall we play ourselves a game)
Just one rule to know
(Intrigue by any other name)
Don’t let your hunger show
(Don’t be left standing in the rain)
Defend the queen at any cost
Any gambit and any loss
Then you find that you’re
Wearing the colors of love
When it’s only convenience
Or a genteel mistrust
(And if it’s always just the same)
Might as well hedge your bets
Nothing ventured and no regrets
But still you’re
Wearing the colors of love
Wearing the colors of love
Wearing the colors
Wearing the colors of love
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8. |
Love Yourself
05:15
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Well, you didn’t have time for consequences
So now it’s time to mend your fences
Well, love can be so cruel
When it’s your turn to play the fool
There’s no time for understanding
‘Cause it’s always feast or famine
Lovin’ may be easy
(But love is never free)
There’s no time for learning
Gotta deal with the yearning
Some people take the hurting
(Can’t stand being alone)
Wait by the phone
For someone to call and tell you you’re alive
Feeling like no one
Until you’re somebody’s someone
Only makes you cry
(Chorus)
Before you give your heart to someone else
You better learn how to love yourself (better learn how to love yourself)
Before you give your heart to someone else
You better learn how to love yourself
In a world where it’s always rainin’
And the pain don’t need explainin’
Love can make you crazy
(Make you lose your sanity)
Well, sometimes it’s best to lie low
Take your time and go slow
‘Cause there are places out there, you know
(Worse than being alone)
Trapped in a home
Where a private hell awaits you every day
More than you bargained for
But you can be sure
You can’t wish your world away
(Chorus)
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9. |
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My people
You know we got to get ready
Yes, people
You know I said we got to get ready
Living in the book of dreams
Ain’t so easy as it seems
Well, we’ve been forty years in the desert
But you know we’ll reach the promised land
Well, it’s good to see you my brother
It’s good to see you my brother
It’s been a long time coming
Well, it’s good to see you my brother
It’s good to see you again
It’s good to see you my brother
It’s good to see you my brother
It’s been a long time coming
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10. |
Living in a Cave
05:18
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Knock
Apartment 212
A room to yourself
Half naked all day, it’s a hundred degrees
You let no one in
Not even the air
Stale cigarettes choking out the breeze
No sun in your sky
It’s a comfortable fit
You’re six deep in it
Stares of the strangers make you scared to be alive
No way to get dope
No one helps you cope
And more infomercials tonight
But there’s a world outside your window
That you’re too scared to think about
And you say there’s no place to go
One day you’ll wake up and find out
That you’ve been
Living in a cave for 20 years
Living in a cave for 20 years
You’ve been living in a cave for 20 years
Living in a cave for 20 years
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11. |
In the Afternoon
06:33
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Toying with my Szechuan takeout
Waiting by the gas station phone
Waiting for his Cadillac to drive by
Waiting for the girl to be alone
Merengue on the TV
Coladas by the pool
Well, it’s said and done in a couple of hazy hours
But I couldn’t pay for anything in this room
But no one knows what we do in the afternoon
He never gives her pleasure
Been minding the store too long
Thought he could buy her like a Picasso
But the young girl’s urges run too strong
She says that no one knows the real Elyse
She needs a drink, a shrink and a form of release
But it must be so tough
When too much is never enough
But no one knows what we do in the afternoon
She’s my Rapunzel in the garrets
And I’m just playing that part
Chains of gold around her ankles
Icicles around her heart
Well, I guess we’re doomed for each other
We’d hang the moon for each other
Occasionally
When it fills a vacancy
No one knows what we do
Only me and you
No one knows what we do in the afternoon
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Trembles of Fortune Elgin, Illinois
Trembles of Fortune is the working name of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Geoff Thevenot. The T of F style is a mix of jazzy 70s rock and soul and cerebral 80s pop - influences include (among others) Steely Dan, Todd Rundgren, Boz Scaggs and Joe Jackson. ... more
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