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Getting Older
02:52
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I suspect I'm getting older
Older and older still
The body aches in novel ways
And I'm not even over the hill
I don't think I'm over the hill?
Life is full of options
But you don't always get your way
Do the math, choose your path
But you can't pick how you decay
No you don't pick how you decay
I know this world isn't fair
But we're all aging every day
Some try to hide
from the hands of time
But it's gunna grab you either way
Might as well enjoy your stay
I've been thinking about the future
Not about fantasy
Less flying cars, less trips to Mars
And more about RRSP's
Versus Tax Free Savings
I know I'm getting older
Older than I was before
Aim for grace, embrace the gray
Enjoy what life has in store
And live a life worth living for
Live a life worth living for
Live a life worth living for
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2. |
2 Dumb 2 Quit
04:07
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Too dumb to quit
Too restless to not
Fumble on the fallacy
Of sunken costs
Too tired to write
Too restless to not
Hum a new tune
Let it get caught
I'm a workhorse put out to pasture
Grazing on my greens, move a little faster
Just a tortoise chasing the hare
Take it slow and steady, get there when we get there
See what was built
Survey the land
A world of song
Carved of your hand
Know what you do
And understand why
If it feels true
Do it with pride
I'm a workhorse put out to pasture
Grazing on my greens, chew a little faster
Just a tortoise chasing the hare
Take it slow and steady, get there when we get there
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3. |
Days Like Today
04:40
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Sittin' here in my backyard
Sittin' here with my guitar
It's been a while
Since I've had the time
'Cause it goes away
It goes away
Days like today
Days like today
Sittin' here in my backyard
Countin' the clouds
Cool in the shade
And I can see
What I need to see
Before it goes away
It goes away
Days like today
Days like today
They go away
They go away
Days like today
Days like today
Sittin' here where I'm sitting
Sitting here where I've sat before
I take a breath
And let my body rest
As it goes away
It goes away
Days like today
Days like today
Days like today
Days like today
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4. |
The Crusader's Call
04:08
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Am I the star of my own story
From my own point of view
How I long to be the hero
But some days I'm the villain too
I don't always feel so brave
Staring danger in the face
Behind every movement made
The risks are there to take
Anyone can be a hero
Nominate the nobodies
Find the quiet in the riot
Pick up rubble in the streets
Rebuild the world with our dignity
There's ashes in our hair
There's oceans at our feet
There's work left to be done
Work that'll never be complete
Anyone can be a hero
Nominate the nobodies
Find the quiet in the riot
Pick up rubble in the streets
Rebuild the world with our dignity
Rebuild the world with our dignity
Rebuild the world
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5. |
Here With You
03:20
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When we become birds
We need not always fly
Rest our wings in a pond
A pocket of the sky
Here With You
I'm Falling
Here With You
I'm Falling
We will not build our nest
High in branches of the trees
If we hatch our eggs
We can run them to the reeds
The world's moving faster
But we're standing still
No moment lasts forever
No matter might or will
Here with you
I'm falling
Here With You
I'm Falling
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6. |
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Dancing by the light of the refinery
Let the burnoff eat the flame
Betting our future in a fantasy
Our lives for someone's gain
Empty roads
Nowhere left to go
We keep on driving
Aimless wandering
Look outside
Where mountains used to stand
Where empty pits remain
Empty’s in demand
Take and take and don’t you dare ask why
Dancing by the light of the refinery
Let the burnoff eat the flame
Money in the place of missing memories
Our lives for someone's gain
Built a home
But didn’t want to pay
We set it up on sand
Watched it wash away
The world burns
Brighter every day
It’s slipping through out hands
What else could we say?
Left with nothing after all we’ve had
Dancing by the light of the refinery
Let the burnoff eat the flame
Betting our future in a fantasy
Our lives for someone's gain
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7. |
Origami
03:54
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I brought you into this world
My joy, my only friend
Generations lost before you
Lest the bloodline end
To tell you all my stories
To teach you all my words
Laugh with you much longer
Than any joke is worth
But you can't talk to me anymore
You can't talk to me anymore
I was folding proteins
Like origami in my hands
Creasing the paper
Into things I understand
Your life will not be perfect
But you're perfect by design
Every struggle in my life
Lost in the light of your eyes
But you can't talk to me anymore
You can't talk to me anymore
Please don't be ashamed
To see me as I am
Know that I am gone
Know who I am
Past my final days
Beyond my final breath
Remember me but once a year
On the Day of the Dead
Don't think of irritations
Let disappointment leave your mind
Just know I loved you
As I'm sure you did in kind
You can't talk to me
You can't talk to me anymore
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8. |
Cooking For Two
01:29
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The pan is clean and the stove is cold
Stewed chilis with sourdough
Looks like I'm having dinner on my own
But I keep cooking for two
I tell myself that you're okay
That maybe you're just running late
Keep forgetting that you've gone away
And I keep cooking for two
I keep waiting for you
I've got baked beets and a can of spam
Cottage cheese and red onion jam
And yet I'm eating all alone again
Oh, I keep cooking for two
So there's leftovers waiting for you
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9. |
We Used To Have Fun
03:29
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Logging on to the party
Everyone is there
It's so good to see your face
Wish we could share the same air
We used to have fun
We used to have fun
But something's changed
We used to have fun
We used to have fun
Things don't feel the same
Spill a drink and soak it up
But our jokes stay dry
Punchlines linger in the room
Can't seem to land them this time
Are we getting older?
Or did the whole world age?
Are we getting colder?
Living in this cage?
We used to have fun
We used to have fun
So tell me how you're really doing
Are you holding up okay?
When the world we know makes a turn
What words can we say?
We used to have fun
We used to have fun
But something's changed
We used to have fun
We used to have fun
Things don't feel the same
Logging off of the party
No one else is near
It was good to see your face
My god, what a year
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10. |
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Tomorrow I'm gunna get up at dawn
With the birds catching worms in my lawn
I gotta get up, so why delay
Tomorrow's gunna be different from today
Tomorrow I'm gunna chase the sun
Turn like a flower til the day is done
Collect myself like a bouquet
Tomorrow's gunna be different from today
I say these words & roll my eyes
I doubt myself half the time
Don't let these thoughts get in my way
When every day, feels the same
pick up on the smallest change
The subtleties of the wonderfully mundane
'Cause tomorrow's gunna be different from today
Tomorrow might be worse than I thought
Might not get to do the things I ought
Hope I'm wrong, but either way
Tomorrow's gunna be different from today
Tomorrow's gunna be different from today
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11. |
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Dancing by the light of the refinery
Let the burnoff eat the flame
Betting our future in a fantasy
Our lives for someone's gain
Empty roads
Nowhere left to go
We keep on driving
Aimless wandering
Look outside
Where mountains used to stand
Where empty pits remain
Empty’s in demand
Take and take and don’t you dare ask why
Dancing by the light of the refinery
Let the burnoff eat the flame
Money in the place of missing memories
Our lives for someone's gain
Built a home
But didn’t want to pay
We set it up on sand
Watched it wash away
The world burns
Brighter every day
It’s slipping through out hands
What else could we say?
Left with nothing after all we’ve had
Dancing by the light of the refinery
Let the burnoff eat the flame
Betting our future in a fantasy
Our lives for someone's gain
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