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Long Gone Days
02:52
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Down the old highway in a beat-up car
Just to find our way to where we are
And if I could I would go back again
To long gone days we thought would never end
We'd stay up all night
Our hopes were high
There's been dark and light
But we got by
And if I could I would go back again
To long gone days we thought would never end
Time goes by too fast
But the good times last
Even when they’re gone
Playing here with you is everything
It's all that’s ever been when I hear you sing
And if I could I would go back again
To long gone days we thought would never end
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Bleak Dreams
02:52
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Getting straight isn't easy anymore
I swear it was before but I'm not sure
The hardest part is getting out of bed
Forget the things they said and move on
You can't move ahead if you've got nowhere to go
Bleak dreams are coming true
If you asked I wouldn't even know
How many years ago that it was
There's a light that cuts right through the dark
The ancient inner spark that always shines
You can't move ahead if you've got nowhere to go
Bleak dreams are coming true
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Walls and Bridges
03:11
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You don't love what you won't fight for
You don't love what you won't defend
In the end it's all we have
There is room for walls and bridges
There is a bridge you wouldn't cross over
There is a bridge that you would burn down
And try not to make a sound as you run away
There is room for walls and bridges
There are so many walls between you and me
Why don't we tear them down?
Only then we'll see
Let's raise a toast to all of the good things
Then throw the glass against the wall
It's last call
There is room for walls and bridges
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The Ghost of a Rose
03:13
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Do you ever think that you might be wrong
That the anger in your heart is misplaced
Do you feel power at your fingertips
That you can’t find otherwise
Are you sad
We are missing something
Try to hide it but it shows
The ghost of a rose
I look in the mirror and my face is blank
It's so hard to come to terms with mistakes
Aiming at the other
At least I think I am
Finding out the hardest truth
That it’s me
We are missing something
Try to hide it but it shows
The ghost of a rose
All the theaters
On the city's busy streets
Are empty now
We are missing something
Try to hide it but it shows
The ghost of a rose
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A Moveable Feast
02:38
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Instrumental
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Things Aren't So Bad
02:36
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So many ways to say things today
But never less to say
So many ways to live life with love
But it's easier to hate
Why are you so angry all the time?
I promise things aren't so bad
So many things there are to learn
So much life to live
There is no need to close yourself off
Take when you can give
Why are you so angry all the time?
I promise things aren't so bad
So much freedom for everyone
To make their dreams reality
There is a world at our fingertips
But it isn't real
It amplifies the worst in ourselves
Until we forget how to feel
Why are you so angry all the time?
I promise things aren't so bad
I promise things aren't so bad
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Alone
03:28
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Now my blind eye sees
But it only gets me so far
You're lovely with such ease
Like a faded, fallen star
Still I can’t replace
All this time I waste
Knocking at your door
Just to feel this alone
I feel overused
Like a good thing that’s gone bad
I don’t mean to be confused
You're just all I ever had
Still I can’t replace
All this time I waste
Knocking at your door
Just to feel this alone
Please don’t stop the show
I just have to know
If I'm doing what I should
I messed up my lines
I do it every time
But I try to make it good
Still I can’t replace
All this time I waste
Knocking at your door
Just to feel this alone
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The Wheels
02:57
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Nobody promised it would be easy
Here on the edge of life
We're never young
Don't be surprised to find
At any time
The wheels can fall off
Beware of comforts
They can destroy you
You may wake up one day
And find they're gone
Don't be surprised to find
At any time
The wheels can fall off
When life is hard
Only then you'll find
The person that you are
Deep inside
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Chesterton's Last Words
04:33
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Why choose to be ugly when you can be beautiful
Who would trade their smile for a scowl
It’s not so bad
There’s a choice between light and dark
Everyone must choose his side
You may say that there are shades of gray
And you are right
But there cannot be a gray at all
Without black and white
There's a choice between light and dark
Everyone must choose his side
The only way
To move ahead
Is to love like a child
Aren't you glad that you have every day that you’re alive
It is not always the easiest
But it’s worth the fight
There's a choice between light and dark
Everyone must choose his side
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10. |
Our End is Come
01:15
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Erik Ritland Saint Paul
One of the last great American songwriters in the tradition of Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, William James, G.K. Chesterton, Jeff Tweedy, and Jim Varney.
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