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Sun rises and wakes me up
Gratitude pours into my cup
Life is good I think as I start to shave,
But that girl gonna' send me to an early grave
Now I love that woman and she loves me
No one finer far as I can see,
But listening to her rant and rave,
That girl gonna' send me to an early grave
Now she's cuter than a button, smarter than a whip
Got me wrapped around her finger, don't take no lip
Gets me to give after I already gave
Now that girl gonna' send me to an early grave
Oh, I got a problem I can't control
She says move, I start to roll
I know I should quit her, but I just ain't that brave
That girl gonna' send me to an early grave
Now my friends all love her, but they don't know
The wind is cold when it starts to blow
I'm just a canoe in her tidal wave
That girl gonna' send me to an early grave
Now she's cuter than a button, smarter than a whip
Got me wrapped around her finger, don't take no lip
Gets me to give after I already gave,
That girl gonna' send me to an early grave
Now she's cuter than a button, smarter than a whip
Got me wrapped around her finger, don't take no lip
Gets me to give after I already gave,
But that girl gonna' send me to an early grave
Now the doctor says I'm healthy, my heart is strong
I'll make 100 years, if I live that long
She's blasting her music, 1980's New Wave
That girl gonna' send me to an early grave
I said that girl gonna' send me to an early grave
I said that girl gonna' send me to an early grave
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Into The Past
04:32
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Two rivers crossing in the valley below
On a train out of Whitehorse with nowhere to go
The rhythm of the engines comes on like a blast
Pulls him right back into the past
She stared into the mirror that she kept upon the shelf
She had left it all behind, didn't recognize herself
But she knew she couldn't hide when they came from Belfast
She got swept right back into the past
Into the past, into the past
Into the past, into the past
He was breathing on a ventilator listening to an old church bell
Thinking of the things he'd done and they didn't sit that well The walls of time collided, now the end was coming fast Bowed his head and closed his eyes into the past
Charlotte had a habit, she couldn't shake it if she tried
She had a picture of her daughter, she held it when she cried
They found a note tied to her body, said "Now I'm free at last, I didn't have no future, so I'm going into the past."
Into the past, into the past
Into the past, into the past
Into the past, into the past
Into the past
Gonna' save myself, gonna' use my hands
Down from Alberta into Indian lands
Now there's no turning back, voodoo spell was cast
Tonight, we're going into the past
Now I know tomorrow's coming, but it seems so far away Train gets to Seattle, in another day
He remembers her voice, how her beauty seemed so vast Looking out the window into the past
Into the past, into the past
Into the past, into the past
Into the past, into the past
Into the past
into the past
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Complete Surprise
03:47
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Was about to give up, was about to give in
Giving up hope, the deadliest of sins
Was headed for the door, she looked me in the eyes
To my complete surprise
I didn't realize, I didn't have a clue
Never understood what I was supposed to do
The curtain was closing, I heard a reprise
To my complete surprise
To my complete surprise
The world keeps turning, the sun does rise
You say hello and you say goodbye
To my complete surprise
Now I've lived alone, singing my own song
Never stayed in one place too long
She came along, boy, she could harmonize
To my complete surprise
One foot follows the other I'm told
Hold onto the wheel as the story unfolds
Taught myself to swim, just as I capsized
To my complete surprise
To my complete surprise
The world keeps turning, the sun does rise
You say hello and you say goodbye
To my complete surprise
To my complete surprise
To my complete surprise
The world keeps turning, the sun does rise
You say hello and you say goodbye
To my complete surprise
To my complete surprise
To my complete surprise
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Long Ago
04:49
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Saw your face, thought it was you
Heard your voice, it cut right through
Dreams like magic, shoot out the lights
An ocean of stars, fill out the night
Then it was gone, a band of crows
Does it come back, the seeds we sow?
Not sure what happened, guess I'll never know
We were friends once, long ago
Morning comes, the darkness returns
The past like fire, so slowly it burns
That song you're singing, no, it don't sound the same Maybe we're looking for someone to blame
Then it was gone, a band of crows
Does it come back, the seeds we sow?
Not sure what happened, guess I'll never know
We were friends once, long ago
I've watched you fail, I've watched you succeed
Now I'm not sure what I really need
Why's it so hard to let it all go
We were friends once, long ago
Then it was gone, like a band of crows
Does it come back, the seeds we sow?
Not sure what happened, guess I'll never know
We were friends once, long ago
We were friends once, long ago
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The Wolves of Laredo
04:28
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The wind is up from Mexico, drifting through the Rio Grande Whistling through the bones, scattered in the sand
Old man on the horizon, nothing but a shadow
Wondering where it went, wondering where to go
The wolves of Laredo, ghosts on the plateau
Singing the songs that they learned long ago
Now they're just memory, fading into the valley below
The wolves of Laredo
He had heard the stories his grandmother handed down
Of the wolves in the Arroyos, in the hills outside of town
The old woman said, "Let's gather under the ancient moonlight."
I felt a hand shining down on me likes spirits in the night
The wolves of Laredo, ghosts on the plateau
Singing the songs that they learned long ago
Now they're just memory fading into the valley below
The wolves of Laredo
Was drafted back in '68, got a tattoo and a gun
They sent him to the jungle, to do what had to be done
He lost his soul and lost his mind, like some carrion crow Slipping through his fingers, like the wolves of Laredo
The wolves of Laredo, ghosts on the plateau
Singing the songs that they learned long ago
Now they're just memory, fading into the valley below
The wolves of Laredo
The wind is up from Mexico, blowing through the Rio Grande
Whistling through the bones, scattered in the sand
He walks along the horizon, whistling Cotton-Eyed Joe Dreaming about the past and the wolves of Laredo
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Shantallow
03:26
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Chris Murphy Santa Monica, California
Chris Murphy is an American musician, singer/songwriter \ multi-instrumentalist , composer, arranger, and producer. His music influences come from jazz, blues, country, classical, ethnic and electronic, resulting in a distinctly original and powerful voice. Cyrus Rhodes of NO DEPRESSION considers Murphy to be “one of the best songwriters in popular music unjustly flying under the radar.” ... more
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