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Welcome To The World
03:16
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welcome to the world
(it’s a mighty fine world)
and we have so many places here to see
welcome to the world
(we can make it our world)
and we can live here together, you and me
we can have some fun
(if we clean up when we’re done)
but today it seems a pity to stay in
windmills caress the sky above
(and you’ll always have my love)
no matter where you go or where you’ve been
I’ve been waiting to show you
I feel so lucky to know you
I hope this world won’t outgrow you, oh you
Take my hand, walk with me through this land
welcome to the world
(it’s a mighty fine world)
and we have so many places here to see (here to see)
welcome to the world
(we can make it our world)
we can all live here forever, happily
we can make it our world
no more drowning in sorrow
we found the brighter tomorrow
such golden days can’t be borrowed, oh no
take my hand...
welcome to the world
(it’s a very pretty world)
though the beauty may be getting hard to find
but someday when you’re grown
(well I hope you will be shown)
a world where you have faith in human kind
welcome to the world
welcome to the world..
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Old New Kid In Town
03:05
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nobody knows your name
but everybody knows your pain
we’ve all lived it through
everybody’s paid the price
everybody sacrificed
we know what to do
when you started causing trouble
you didn’t know
but you know this next one’s double
it’s time to go
you moved again
now you’re the old new kid in town
it all begins
now you’re the old new kid in town
you started at another school
and you were everybody’s fool
but where did you go?
but now they all know you’re name
but do they play you’re game
are they friend or foe?
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Another Casualty
03:41
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tell me so, oh tell me so
run it down before you go
we both know that something’s wrong
and short goodbyes can take so long
I’m holding up my head
above all the things we said
and everywhere we go
it’s like a july snow
falling all around
you’re here and gone again
turn off turn on again
words that I’ll never say
haunt my mind every day
I watched your phoenix rise
and make ashes of my skies
whats left of you and me
another casualty
tell me so, oh tell me so
worse for wear, the scars still show
and time is kind to those who wait
but my heart showed itself way too late
and I’m holding up my head
above all the things we said
and everywhere we go
we feel the july snow
falling all around
the day has dawned again
and we’ll soldier on again
and some old used-to-be
will sink into the sea
you burn the bridge I cross
I count it as a loss
and you won’t count on me
I’m another casualty
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4. |
You Remember Me
05:12
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They say no one should call on you
Unless She's your permission to
But me, I just came anyway
I couldn't care less what you say
'Cause I know you from long before
You hid behind a stained glass door
And walked around
And looked your old friends up and down
But anyway, I thought I'd come give you a look
At where you're from and let you know
I still recall what a child you are underneath it all
You remember me the funny way I cry
The funny way I sit there when someone says goodbye
The funny way I wind up lost when someone sets me free
Why sure, you remember me
Well, I won't take up your whole day
I've said about all I have to say
I guess I'll be moving on
I know you'll be glad to see me gone
Tonight is our last night in town
So don't worry 'bout me hanging around
Tomorrow night it's Calgary
And you'll be good and rid of me
You remember me the funny way I cry
The funny way I sit there when someone says goodbye
The funny way I wind up lost when someone sets me free
Why sure, you remember me
But anyway, I thought I'd come give you a look
At where you're from and let you know
I still recall what a child you are underneath it all
You remember me the funny way I cry
The funny way I sit there when someone says goodbye
The funny way I wind up lost when someone sets me free
Why sure, you remember me
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5. |
Where We Belong
03:55
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feeling so down
head in the ground
can’t hear a sound (can’t hear a sound)
if I were you
if you were me
how would it be (how would it be)
tired of running races
circling useless places
but if the fates allow
we’ll bid them farewell for now
we’re going back to the place we used to know
now we’re going back home again
now we’re going back to the place we used to know
now we’re going back where we belong
safe from the pain
of crying in vain
and puddles of rain (puddles of rain)
fell in too deep
I felt like a creep
watching you sleep (watching you sleep)
longing for gentle faces
we’re ready to slow our paces
don’t worry ‘bout why or how
we live in the here and now
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6. |
Waiting For A Sign
05:19
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caged inside a wounded soul
watch me run, I’m on a roll
birds of prey above my head
I think of everything you said
but I still listen through the wire
I’m dancing in your friendly fire
and it’s all mistaken by design
I never meant to be unkind
so misleading
watch me bleeding
I’m waiting for a sign
I’m waiting for a sign
I’m waiting for a sign
I think that I can make it up this time
screaming into future’s past
wonder if this thing will last
tripping fairies in your bed
left me hanging by a thread
you jump ahead, I hesitate
I know you tried to set me straight
and I lost you in the by and by
gone with the wind, my empty sky
keep repeating
watch me bleeding
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7. |
Tell Me A Story
04:26
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we gotta keep movin’ on
can’t concern ourselves with yesterday
said it’s alright and day turns to night anyway
is there somewhere that I belong?
another place where I can sing my songs again
when nobody’s listening
hey! tell me a story
of seven maids and cabbages and kings
and help me take my mind of some things
hey! tell me a story
that makes me wonder where the treasure’s hid
the kind of story I heard when I was a kid
I need somebody to hold me tight
when life gets sad and blue and oh, so lonesome
I let myself get hurt ‘til I feel numb
is there something that I did wrong?
seems like nobody wants to hear those songs again
and the winter’s creeping in
(winter’s creeping in)
hey! tell me a story
about the kids with the wolf at their door
the kind of story they don’t tell anymore
hey! tell me a story
one that will make us laugh ‘til we cry
tell me the story about you and i
so I beg, daddy long legs (yes, I beg of you)
come and dance for me a while
make it pure, keep it simple (tell me a story or two)
leave me with more than a smile (tell me a story or two)
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Lightning In Bottles
04:31
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running in circles
catching lightning in bottles
lost in my mind like a child
can't put this wild fire out
can't help but bleedin'
and holdin' my heart while it's beatin'
its only my world that you're stealin'
don't wanna stop it now
falling stars still shine
ooo it's all up to you
and i'll be a fool
if you want it that way
ooo i'm breaking the rules
it's all i can do
to get you to stay
there's nothing behind me
but glimpses of you to remind me
who knew that darkness was blinding
and keeping me under your spell
falling stars still shine
ooo it's all up to you
and i'll be a fool
if you want it that way
ooo i'm breaking the rules
it's all i can do
to get you to stay
falling stars still shine
ooo it's all up to you
and i'll be a fool
if you want it that way
ooo i'm breaking the rules
it's all i can do
to get you to stay
ooo to get you to stay
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Coming up on another sound
I felt too young for this old town
Jaded love wears a thorny crown
Don't it make your blue eyes brown
CHORUS:
There by the light of the living room
I watched it all go down
Somebody always speaks too soon
Whenever you come 'round
I've been waiting for someone to show me the way
There by the light of the living room
I felt you slipping away
I was warmed by your gentle touch
Tell me, did I surrender too much
I kept my promise through day and night
I used to know what was wrong or right
CHORUS:
There by the light of the living room
I watched it all go down
Somebody always speaks too soon
Whenever you come 'round
I've been waiting for someone to show me the way
There by the light of the living room
You had to ruin my day
When I woke up you were crying
bitter tears that made me feel like dying
Is it too late to kiss and make up
We've been together too long to break up
CHORUS:
There by the light of the living room
I watched it all go down
Somebody always speaks too soon
Whenever you come 'round
I've been waiting for someone to show me the way
There by the light of the living room
I felt you slipping away
There by the light of the living room
I watched it all go down
Somebody always speaks too soon
Whenever you come 'round
I've been waiting
I'll be waiting until the end of time
Here by the light of the living room
I'm going out of my mind
(There by the light of the living room)
'Said I'm going out of my mind
(There by the light of the living room)
I'm going out of my mind
(There by the light of the living room)
I'm going out of my mind
(There by the light of the living room)
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10. |
Saying Goodbye
05:29
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PART I:
here on this mortal coil
we shared a little time
savior you were a friend of mine
gaze in the watchful eyes
of the beholder
I was in the frontline
you were over my shoulder
wanted to be assured
of your intensions with me
I’m on the diving board
springing for sanity
smile for the crowd
as you shake my hand
and now you’re sitting in with another band
can I feel your arms around me
as I struggle for a breath and sigh
do you believe in a life hereafter
can we really ever say goodbye
my insecurity might be the death of me
and I’’ll rewrite these lines into infinity
and the midnight wind
whispers through your hair
saying goodnight noises everywhere
and there’s a feeling that enshrouds me
as I glimpse your spirit passing by
I’ve never been afraid of dying
tell me, are we really saying goodbye
PART II:
never knew where to go
you were everybody’s foe
where have you been
Now you’re all better now
it didn’t matter anyhow
it’s time to begin
When you started causing trouble
You didn’t know
and you know this next one’s double
it’s time to go
But I still listen through the wire
I’m dancing in your friendly fire...
Doors will slam and rooms will spin
Hearts will break and break again
PART III:
As all the lives you’ve spoken
fade from recent memory
I’m still a different kind of broken
and you have no use for me
PART I REPRISE:
We ventured way too far
off the charted course
stumbled into bed
fresh off some high horse
We sugarcoat it all
if our friends ask questions
lay the blame on my bad sense of direction
So let’s put up a fight
for another night
this stream of consciousness
sure feels alright
I can find some comfort
in a world turned colder
when I’m in the front line
and you’re over my shoulder
Second chances for second guesses
buy us time until we die
our lives shift around other people’s messes
to pay the bills before we’re saying goodbye
Welcome to the world...
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The Lunar Laugh Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The Lunar Laugh were an Indie Pop band based in Oklahoma City. The group intertwines their modern pop and rock song structures with hooks heavily under the influence of powerpop masterworks of the 60s and 70s.
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