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Now
02:45
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Now you're singing a song and
Now you're listening to me
Sing songs
Now
Bob your head
Now
Now you're drawing a line and
Now you're colouring it in
Draw lines
Now
Colour in
Now
How are you today?
How do you feel?
How do you feel now that you've found a way to forget about forgetting about now?
Now you're ready to go and
Now you're tying up your shoes
Ready
Now
Tying shoes
Now
Now you're walking along and
Now you're looking at the sky
Left, right
Now
Shade your eyes
Now
How about today?
How do you feel?
How do you feel now that what you meant to say remains upon the tip of your tongue
You should really let it out but...
Now you're turning away and
Now you're holding it all in
Turn ways
Now
Hold it in
Now
Now you're thinking about it and
Now you're letting it all go
Think hard
Now
Let it go
Now
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2. |
Wrong Thing
03:19
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I think you know
Right from wrong
So
You're gonna have to tell
Me why
The hell you're shruggin' your shoulders
It seems to me you've got a choice
So why you gotta do the wrong thing?
Why you so bad?
Now "what you've got"
You've gotta call "what you had"
Why you gotta do the wrong thing?
I know that it's hard
And you're just tryin' to be who you are
But I think I've gotta say
That "the way you are"
Is hurting the person who I am
It seems to me you get to choose
(And just 'cause I win, it don't mean you lose)
So why you gotta do the wrong thing?
Why you so bad?
Now "what you've got"
You've gotta call "what you had"
Why you gotta do the wrong thing?
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You Are Still She
04:44
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I wrote a letter slipped it into the mailbox
I licked a stamp and watched the ship start sailing away
I sat a while and awaited reply
I hope they know that I am willing to try another way
Try another way
I thought of all the things I'd like to know
I wrote a book about the things I'm going to say
Now no one knows about the final draft
The night is just the time that should come after the day
After the day
They are still them
I am still me
We are still us
You are still she
We've always been and forever we'll be
I'm right where I wanted to be today.
I'm left with a reason to be today
And I'm smack
Smack dab in the middle of seeing what I came here to see
But you are still she
I wrote a letter slipped it into the mailbox
I licked a stamp and watched the ship start sailing away
I sat a while and awaited reply
I hope they know that I am willing to try another way
Try another way
They are still them
I am still me
We are still us
You are still she
We've always been and forever we'll be
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Ride The Wave
03:19
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I can't wait till the day that I am free
Free from today
And tomorrow
Free from the pain
and the sorrow
I want to be free
but I don't know what it takes
So I will fight for freedom with a raising of the stakes
Tomorrow I will go down to the beaches
And buy myself a surfboard.
Goin' on a surf safari
Gonna have a lot of fun
Tell everyone you know
Gonna forget my worries
Spend the day out in the sun
On California snow
I want to lie on a million miles of beach
A little umbrella in a drink within my reach
Sun's gone down so when am I gonna be free
Looks like I'm gonna have to take it into my own hands
and
Bring freedom to me
So I'll ride
The wave
Right into the grave
Please let the other swimmers know
That my life isn't worth the save
I'd like to float
Out to sea
Without a boat
To carry me
Without a life
Preserving vest
"DNR"
Across my chest
So you will know
There's no mistake
I meant to go
I meant to fall
I meant to break
I meant to slip
I meant to drown
I meant to die
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At The Bottom I'll Stop
04:10
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Today
I decided I'd start feeling better
But I've made that decision before
And though I was honest
Each time that I promised
I can't get my feet off the floor
My convictions are cluttered
And windows I've shuttered
Are holding me back from a dream
Get my foot off the brake
'Cause it's starting to make
My wheels scream
I'm at the top
Of a thousand-foot drop
I'll fly back down to the bottom
And at the bottom I'll stop
Today
My best reason for seeing tomorrow
Is counting the bruises I've got
My life-long dream is to give up the beatings
And my daily goal is to not
My addictions are mild
And my inner child
Is making a break for the door
It's the same belly-ache
But it's starting to make
My throat sore
I'm at the top
Of a thousand-foot drop
I'll fly back down to the bottom
And I hope that at the bottom I'll stop
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