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Someone To Rely On
03:05
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You waste your money on their fair weather friendships
but they don’t care they only ever criticize what you do
they never even take an interest in you don’t you see
when you wrecked your car or when you got robbed
when you moved and even while you had no job they were gone
sitting on the sidelines having their fun while you’re alone
I always felt I could be someone you relied on
regardless of the circumstance
I always felt I could be someone you relied on
come on and give me that chance
I only hang around with has-beens and wanna-bes
everybody else is only in between where it hurts
the movers and the shakers all lose their shirts in the end
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2. |
Nobody Else's Problems
04:34
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I was walking down the street just the other day
holding a piece of plastic to my ear and I could hear
my brother’s voice on the other end of the line
but there was no line and it was crazy
And I said Oh my brother where are you
he said I’m over there I said Where he said I’m here
I said Are you near he said I’ll meet you there at nine
I said Fine he said Goodbye and so did I
and it was crazy
and all I know is
I don’t need nobody else’s problems
I’m content to keep my own my own
I don’t need nobody else’s worries
I’m fine with mine singing I’m fine with mine
You know I woke up just the other day
and I turned to my right and I turned on the light
and it turned on my sight and I could see and it was crazy
And then I got up and went to the sink
and poured myself a drink and it made me think
that there was water water flowing through you and me
yes we two me and you and it’s blue and it’s clear
oh that it’s crazy
You know I’m crying tears of joy
you know I’m crying tears of joy
Like at a graduation such a strange sensation
like your grandma used to and you’re not used to tears of joy
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3. |
The Shuffle
05:29
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Well you been taking a time or two
Taking a time or two been spending it all on you
And we used to be family
We used to be family you used to sing old songs to me
But now things have changed somehow
Things have changed somehow the sun is in the south
And why did you tell me you would try
Did you tell me you would try just to keep me standing by
Oh please don’t throw away the keys
Don’t throw away the keys think of all our memories
‘Cause I’m just running out of time
Just running out of time and you’re still in your prime
And see past who I used to be
Past who I used to be ‘cause that’s ancient history
And say you’ll look me up someday
Look me up someday when you come around my way
Look me up someday
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See he was searching for the secret but it gave him the slip
And he slid for a century on the Mobius Strip
The answer he sought was on a whole different plane
And a chord rang throughout the error ridden domain
He was blinded by the light of truths he almost observed
And he slid for a century ‘round the Devil’s Curve
He wondered whether he was equal to his task
But the Magic Square assured him he need only have asked
‘Cause Light, light, is in between extremes
In a universe immersed in human dreams Light and rainbows
Singing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
He scoured the depths between his spaces and times
And he slid for a century down the Spiral of Primes
At the bottom of the chasm was infinity
And it ran right out to meet him crying my son is free
‘Cause Love Love is in between extremes
In a universe immersed in human dreams
Sing Love and rainbows
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5. |
She's So Fine
04:47
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There’s a certain breed of lady
That makes your knees grow weak
And it nearly drives you crazy
When you close your eyes for sleeping
She’s on the back of your eyelids
And you dream of what you’ll tell her
You know that she’s so fine
She’s so fine
She’s so fine it hurts you inside
Did you think your dreaming could make it all come true
Did you think your dreaming would make her come to you
Did you think your dreaming do anything but make make you blue
Well they’ve got a way about them
That’s way beyond compare
And they have a quite exclusive league
Oh is this one an angel
Or a devil more
Or a siren singing songs to the sea
You know that she’s so fine
She’s so fine
She’s so fine it hurts you inside
Inside
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6. |
There's A Girl
02:54
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There’s a girl who strikes my fancy she is the most beautiful
She is rosy she is cozy but I feel a fool
She has always acted kindly and I love the way she smiles
She’s a woman she’s a good one but am I worth her while
And I feel drawn to her a pawn to her the queen
She’s attractive and quite active in my dreams
And I feel drawn to her a pawn to her the queen
She’s attractive and quite active in my dreams
I don’t know quite how to tell her that I think she’s looking fine
Will she love me will she shove me tumbles through my mind
When I see her my eyes light up when I hear her my ears prick
When I smell her I can’t tell her but I think she’s perfect
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Torn
03:43
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There’s the words that you say and the things I perceive
They are tearing me both ways and I don’t know which to believe
There’s the way that things are and the way they could be
They are tearing me both ways and I don’t know which is for me
I no longer remember your scent
I no longer recall your embrace
I no longer remember your voice
I no longer remember your face
I don’t know I don’t know
Where am I going now
I don’t know
I am torn
There’s the way that is right and the way that is wrong
They are tearing me both ways and I don’t know if I am strong
I no longer remember your scent
I no longer recall your embrace
I no longer remember your voice
I no longer remember your face
I don’t know I don’t know
Where am I going now
Can I go there with you
I am torn I am torn
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Main Line
03:00
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I was a voyeur to a traincar graveyard
passing through the city that used to be
It’s tattooed by graffiti murals
and the scars of industry
And we are running in the bloodline
past the back doors of the world
Past the geometric buildings
and the insults that they hurled
We were riding on the main line
looking for a good sign
At the back of the world’s mind
we were riding on the main line
We’re headed to the landfill junction
and then the city in the sea
We take the path of least resistance
under the river in between
But think of what we’re overlooking
consider what we’re passing by
We’re going for the entertainment
forgetting what we’ve left behind
We were riding on the main line
looking for a good sign
At the back of the world’s mind
we were riding on the main line
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9. |
You Are Mine
04:32
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When you’re near I am free
when you’re not I don’t cry
In my mind I dream you
hold you close you are mine
you are mine
You are mine
All mine all mine
I love you and you me
for myself who am I
Arm in arm hand in hand
mouth to mouth you are mine
you are mine
You are mine
All mine all mine
I can’t stand to live without you I can’t stand to live without you
I can’t stand to live without you no more
No more
Everyday I’m with you
and we live beautifully
All day long doing chores
it’s alright I am yours
I am yours
I am yours
all yours you are mine
I can’t stand to live without you I can’t stand to live without you
I can’t stand to live without you no more
No more
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10. |
The Party
04:16
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I saw Churchill and The Mick having drinks with Cher
Bob Dylan was chillin’ with Doctor King at the top of stairs
Mother Theresa, Mona Lisa Whistler’s Mother was there
Elvis didn’t leave the building till he’d played truth or dare
Abraham and Madonna were at the bar telling jokes
When Brutus came with Judas and went right back out for smokes
Charlemagne and Alexander were just a great pair of blokes
Rosa Parks and Karl Marx were handing pamphlets to folks
And I said everybody’s gonna be there
'Cause everybody’s talking ‘bout the party you threw
Except the butcher and the baker and the catering crew
And they sent me with a message that’s directed to you they all
Want another masquerade ball
Joan of Arc remarked about Ms. Antionette’s gown
Took Gandhi and the Buddha just to calm her back down
Eric the Red came in ahead and made Columbus the clown
Scheherazade was killing with her tales of renown
Moses and Mandella let everybody in free
Archimedes talked to Freud who talked to Marie Curie
Cleopatra came with Stalin but she left with me
It was a party even Nostradamus couldn’t foresee
And I know you were the life of the party
Mr. Walter Disney fell on Lucille Ball
Ray Kroc and Arthur Miller were laughing way down the hall
Julius Caesar was a pleaser bringing togas for all
Tricky Dick and Benedict Arnold nearly got in a brawl
Ms. Monroe and Madame Tussaud looked so cute
Josephine made a scene and spoiled Napoleon’s suit
Langston Hughes played the blues on King John’s lute
Julie Andrews cleaned the house with Hitler hot in pursuit
Everybody’s talking ‘bout the party you threw
Even Peter, Paul, and Mary and the apostles came through
And they sent me with a message that’s directed to you
They all want another masquerade ball
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Jay Everett Band Fair Lawn, New Jersey
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That Brings People Together
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