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Catching Leaves
03:18
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i spent the afternoon trying to catch leaves
before they could fall to the ground
couldn’t predict where they’d go in the breeze
got tired of chasing them down
running in circles for lightning to strike
begging the mailman to come
tempting you to get that look in your eye
when should i give up
it’s the way that the world turns
without reason why
the way that the world turns
there’s no need to try
the way that the world turns
from June to July
the way that the world turns
there’s no reason why
i spent the afternoon trying to catch leaves
sat on a bench and one fell on my knee
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2. |
Heat Lightning
04:14
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Here in the attic, where the floorboards creak
There’s too much static, I can’t hear you whisper-speak
I try to stay clean, but get covered in dust
Everything between us, any moment could completely combust
There’s another bolt of heat lightning
When things get hot, they start igniting
Is it worth the fighting?
Is it worth the pain?
Gotta try to cool down without summer rain
Picking through the boxes, now a childhood gone
Tug-of-war with memories makes it hard to keep moving on
I feel the friction between me and you
The storm in the distance, any moment, is about to blow through
There’s another bolt of heat lightning
When things get hot, they start igniting
Is it worth the fighting?
Is it worth the pain?
Gotta try to cool down in the summer...
Every time, I think things are gonna change,
but every time it’s more of the same
We’ve been going at it for way too long
that we can’t even act our age
Every time, i think things are gonna change,
but we just end up calling names
(we) Can’t seem to let go of yesterday
We should have never come back, should have never come back
There’s another bolt of heat lightning
When things get hot, they start igniting
Is it worth the fighting?
Is it worth the pain?
Gotta try to cool down in the summer...
try to cool down without summer (rain)
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3. |
Come Home To
04:13
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It takes all my effort just to open up that door in the morning
Even as i’m leaving I have visions of the moment when i come walking back in
Waiting in the rain on the railroad platform with a hundred other me’s
Picturing myself across the tracks where i’ll come back eventually
Hey…
You’re the only one I want to come home to
You’re the one i’m running to see
You’re the only one I want to come home to
Your little hands reaching out for me
Life doesn't give you reasons for the way it never turns out how you plan
Even when you reach the summit of the highest peak, the ground can shift where you stand
After all these years in a fine career, i thought this is where I’d wanna be
But the ground at my feet swirls around and I see, I ain’t doing this for me
Hey…
You’re the only one I want to come home to
You’re the one i’m running to see
You’re the only one I want to come home to
Your little hands reaching out for me
See everybody pretends, but we know not what we do
everybody pretends, but we know not what we do
and when you learn to speak, i know your first words will be:
“where were you?…”
But…
You’re the only one I want to come home to
You’re the one i’m running to see
You’re the only one I want to come home to
Your little hands reaching out for me
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Harvest Moon
05:34
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Come a little bit closer
Hear what I have to say
Just like children sleeping
We could dream this night away
But there's a full moon risin'
Let's go dancing in the light
We know where the music's playin'
Let's go out and feel the night
Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon.
When we were strangers
I watched you from afar
When we were lovers
I loved you with all my heart
But now it's getting late
And the moon is climbing high
I want to celebrate
See it shining in your eye
Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon
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5. |
You're Wrong
02:54
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I've seen the world turn bad into good
I've seen whole lives restarted
I've seen it work out the way that it should
until we died of boredom
but once you settle in, they come and smash your windows in
they drag you back down stairs and throw you out on the street,
and laugh as they change the locks
So tell me everything’s fine, everything's just fine
i think you're wrong, i think you're wrong
So tell me it'll get better, just give it some time
i think you're wrong, i think you're wrong
There's always someone to trample upon
there's always someone worse off
we get ahead by leaving others behind
ch-ch-ch-choking on our dust
and once you settle in, they come and smash your windows in
you turned your back for a year and a half, now all of your shit is gone
So tell me everything's fine, everything's just fine
i think you're wrong, i think you're wrong
So tell me it'll get better, just give it some time
i think you're wrong, i think you're wrong
just stay on guard
just stay on guard
just stay on guard
So tell me everything's fine, everything's just fine
i think you're wrong, i think you're wrong
So tell me it'll get better, just give it some time
i think you're wrong, i think you're wrong
i think you're wrong, i think you're wrong
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6. |
Somebody Else's Fault
03:18
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Don’t want to get out of bed today
Cause even when I am awake, I dream
It’s warm here, you just don’t move while everything changes
It never was meant to be this way
But I say to myself, “what could I do”
Look at them, they pull the strings and
I’m dancing for strangers
(when) Everything feels like somebody else’s fault
(it) Leaves you believing: you’re better off alone
A criminal in shackles, tied down, holed up,
Inside another holding cell I wait
Blame me for circumstance and forces of nature
(when) Everything feels like somebody else’s fault
(it) Leaves you believing: you’re better off alone
I’ve been released into the wild
I have been thrown a thousand miles
Why does it always seem that nothing works out,
Nothing turns out right,
You give what you get
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7. |
Make Me Cry
04:30
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Batter up, would you tell me which way i’m supposed to swing
Wrap it up, cause i’m not supposed to say that sort of thing
It’s bad enough, i think there’s no one out there like me
But times are tough, and i got so much more to say
I’m giving up, trying to be the thing i never think i’ll be
I’m putting back, everything that’s laid down right in front of me
Fair enough, i think that someone out there likes me
So curtains up, cause i’m ready to begin for real
I know i left you sobbing on the floor
You can beg and plead until your knees are sore
Baby, life can be so cruel i know and turn you on your head
But still i’m moving on, i’m moving out
and this time what i say is what i mean
I couldn’t have loved any more
I wish i’d known this before
But i know we can’t take back our trash
we’ve thrown it all away
baby, it’s your turn to make me cry
Now times have changed and i should be singing all apologies
My mistake, but making mistakes is my philosophy
i know you thought that you knew everything about me
Well, me too, but the truth does not stand still my dear
i know i left you coming back for more
and you can curse at me until your lips are sore
Baby, life can be so cruel i know and turn you on your head
But still i’m getting gone, i’m getting out
and this time what i say is what i mean
I couldn’t have loved any more
I wish i’d known this before
But i know we can’t take back our trash
we’ve thrown it all away
baby, it’s your turn to make me cry
Yes, I know i left you sobbing on the floor
and you can ask me what the hell this all was for
Baby, life can be so cruel i know and turn you on your head
But still i’m turning loose, i’m coming out
and this time what i say is what i say and what i say is what i mean
I couldn’t have loved any more
I wish i’d known this before
But i know we can’t take back our trash
we’ve thrown it all away
baby, it’s your turn to wake me up
I’ll let you overtake me
baby, it’s your turn to make me cry
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8. |
How To Fight Loneliness
03:24
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How to fight loneliness: smile all the time
Shine your teeth till meaningless, and sharpen them with lies
And whatever’s going down, will follow you around,
That’s how you fight loneliness
You laugh at every joke
Drag your blanket blindly, and fill your heart with smoke
And the first thing that you want, will be the last thing you ever need
That’s how you fight it
Just smile all the time
Just smile all the time
Just smile all the time
Just smile all the time
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It's Gonna Rain Today
05:11
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You wrapped your car around tree
I bet you didn’t feel a thing
Over your stone the dark clouds crowd
It’s gonna rain today, mmm, it’s gonna rain
The teachers’ faces haven’t changed
These friends I haven’t seen in years
Ashamed I haven’t found the words...
We used to laugh I remember we used to sing
And now I tell them where I live,
and they tell me where they work,
maybe there was
Never really anything between us,
or maybe people just change
It’s gonna rain today, mmm, it’s gonna rain
It’s been nice talking to you; you’re not even here
We’ve likely never talked this long
I barely knew you – I’m sorry...
It’s gonna rain today, mmm, it’s gonna rain
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Simple Words
02:38
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These simple words get stuck on my tongue
I only say them under the gun
We will regret this all when it’s done
They’re simple words we say
And I’ll never hear you say,
I’ll never hear you say them
These words I long to say,
Words I’ll never hear you say to me
Just how much of me left do you have?
I bet I’d fill up half of your glass
We will regret this all when it’s past
They’re simple words we say
And I’ll never hear you say,
I’ll never hear you say them
These words I long to say,
Words I’ll never hear you say to me
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11. |
Just Another Daydream
03:17
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I’m caught up in the moment
It’s happened once before
I’m held there for a moment, never more
We stroll along together
Skipping seashells all along the shore
Each moment more momentous than before
You’re picking all the flowers
I say, whatever for
And that old smile turns to face me
Flinging daisies overhead… (why bother)
I’m caught up in the moment
It’s happened once before
I hold you for a moment, never more
You never seem to notice
Just what I’m waiting for
For that lone day when you come calling
Singing, Baby, take my hand… (oh bother)
I’m caught up in a daydream
I’ve dreamed it all before
(but) I’m frozen in the moment, just staring at the floor
I wish that I could tell you, what my heart has in store
I’ll need another daydream, what’s one more
(just another daydream)
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12. |
Dindi
06:09
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Sky, so vast is the sky,
with far away clouds just wandering by
Where do they go? Oh I don't know, don't know
Wind that speaks to the leaves,
telling stories that no one believes
Stories of love, belong to you and to me
Oh, Dindi, if I only had words I would say
all the beautiful things that I see
when you're with me, oh my Dindi
Oh Dindi, like the song of the wind in the trees,
that's how my heart is singing Dindi,
happy Dindi, when you're with me
I love you more each day, yes I do,
I'd let you go away, if you take me with you
Don't you know, Dindi,
I'd be running and searching for you
like a river that can't find the sea,
that would be me without you, Dindi
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13. |
Goodnight
02:56
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this is where i say i have to leave you
this is when we’ve both run out of time
this is how we fake a happy ending
so we part our ways and say goodnight
yesterday was only ours to borrow
you and i would watch the morning rise
and when night fell you were still beside me
i recall the way you'd say goodnight
i’ll be gone and dreaming on the ocean
while another’s sure to cross your sight
look above, for when the moonlight finds you
i hope you can hear me say... goodnight
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Lower down the mast, Sailing out to sea
The sun is setting fast behind us
Silver shades and beer, just like a movie star
Side to side, you play your cavaquinho
sky blue sky blue sky
Everyone we know has come to meet us here
Leaving all the world behind us
Throwing arms around, swaying with the wind
Side to side, you play your cavaquinho
sky blue sky blue sky
Slowing down the tide, breathing deep the air
The sun is rising fast behind us
Your voice comes in waves, gentle on the breeze
Worlds collide, you play your cavaquinho
sky blue sky blue sky
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Avi Wisnia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"a great voice, great songs, an exciting stage presence. he plays piano like he was born to it." Check out the new album Catching Leaves OUT NOW! Find it in the merch store
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