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You were once the sun that I could count on,
Even when it rained
In your eyes I could feel the heat of yellow,
When the sky was gray
Something in the way that you were walking,
Walking through this world
You showed up and it was all decided,
Home without a word
Now hey, hey, hey, are you feeling lonely?
And hey, hey, hey, do you think about me?
‘Cause I, I, I - I’ve been thinking about you,
And wishing I still walked this world with you
You could see the faces in the flowers,
Tease the sky to blue
A little lonely out in the crowd
With the sun shining down on you
Nowdays go by when I don’t think about you,
Then amemory will cut me right in two
And I, I, I, will see your face before me,
And notice how the world is hollow without you
Now hey,hey, hey, did you find the answers?
And hey, hey, hey, did you make it through?
‘Cause I, I, I- I’m feeling short on chances,
And wishing I could walk this world with you
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Disappearing Ink
02:23
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You say I need a talking to
Well that could be but not by you
You said a lot of things, you never meant ‘em,
It’s like you talked in disappearing ink
It’s like you talked in disappearing ink
When everybody said you were inscrutable
All I saw was an open book
But then the fine print became illegible
You faded fast like disappearing ink
You faded fast like disappearing ink
Sharp, sharp scratches appear in black and white
Sharp, sharp words and too many wasted nights
Cold looks thrown around like secret signs
I guess I was crazy or just blind
Everybody said I must be jubilant
To be a candle for a flame like you
I used to think so but that was yesterday
My love has gone like disappearing ink
My love has gone like disappearing ink
My love has gone like disappearing ink
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It should have been a quiet night,
No one at the bar and the music over,
Suddenly, you walk on by,
A light in the dark, drawing me closer.
You jumped in and pulled me here,
Now the water’s deep off of my Cape Fear,
I was splashing in, a shallow pool,
Now I’m six miles out and loving you.
Hot sparks and white lies,
Shiny stories with a little left out.
Waves so wild and high,
I’m out past the breakers, out past doubt.
The shore gleams like a prize,
The moon shines bright like a midnight sun,
Cloud ships sail the skies,
And the sailor’s warning’s left unsung.
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You say that you aren’t married, ‘cause you don’t wear a ring,
You say that you don’t drink, but a bar’s your favorite hang,
You say you’ll call tomorrow, but days turn into weeks,
Now the things you say and don’t say, are killing me.
You only tell the half to me, there’s so much you leave out,
And when I ask about it, you say that doesn’t count,
While you’re telling stories, and charming this whole town,
I’m twisting in the wind, and living upside down.
Once shame on you, twice shame on me,
Nothing makes things easier than wanting to believe,
I was lost and looking backward, thinking I could see,
Now the things you say and don’t say, are killing me.
Deep down I knew better, I just thought I could win,
And I did some rearranging, of my idea of sin,
While you took my love and never said you wanted it for free,
Now the things you say and don’t say, are killing me.
Now the things you say and don’t say, are killing me
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Tall Timbers
05:18
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Tall Timbers
From Tall Timbers, came my brother and me
With nothing left, we stowed away
We sailed out on cold, cold morning
When the sky turned gray
Tied to the wind witha penny for luck
Blown like gullsacross the bay
We rolled with the hogsheads to the quay
At the Bowlby Wharf, we slept on hay
My brother found work on a tarry deck, for pretty good pay
But the Baltimore streetscan twist like snakes
Without a lamp to light your way
The trees are all cut down
They pulled the last one from the stars
I climbed above the blackbirds
Way up, beyond words
I used to see so far …
I used to see so far …
I met a man with a room, where I could stay
He was pale as the moon, and he led me astray
I knew the wrong, but I felt no harm
As the whiskey burned
There whiskey likefire and I didn’t feel a thing
Until the night was spent and gone
And in my room, I was queen for an hour
I could make the floor shake, such was my power
My brother came to see me, but it hurt his heart
So he stayed away
I hung my hopes on a high bedpost
And dreamed about a distant day
A sailor ties a bowlineone fine day
And it pulls youtight, when he sails away
Now every morning is much like another, with less to say
I got a comb with a pearl been around the Horn,
It’ll be my ship, one fine day
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Big, Big World
03:26
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Big, Big World
Each night you still love me,
And I believe it
But daylight kills the dream,
Just when I need it
And it’s a big, big world,
Not made for one
And it’s a big, big world,
Now we’re done
Spinning round, spinning round
Yeah, you and I were close,
Like sweat on skin
But when she came around,
You just let her in
Her heart was flying like mine used to do,
Her eyes were shining like mine, like mine
Well, I’ll just turn away,
So I can’t see it
And maybe soon some day,
I won’t feel it
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Oh, I can’t take my mind off of you,
I’m not trying too hard it’s true
I don’t know you very well,
But my heart is ringing like a bell
I think of you each morning, noon and night,
I’m no good at putting up a fight
It’s been so long since I have felt this way,
You look at me and I can’t turn away
Oh, lately I’ve been feeling fine,
Lately the days all spangle and shine,
That little arrow flew, it ran me right through,
And I’m hit and there’s nothing I can do
Oh, and I can’t take my mind off of you
Oh, I can’t sleep for dreaming about you,
And asking myself what would Cupid do?
When you’re near I can hardly catch my breath,
And when you’re gone, it’s like a little death
Oh, lately I’ve, been feeling fine,
Lately the days all spangle and shine
That little arrow flew, did you feel it, too?
And I can’t take my mind off of you
No, I can’t take my mind off of you
The skies are wearing six shades of blue
There’s no cloud to rain on this parade
I’m wishing for a song two hearts can make
Oh, lately I’ve been feeling fine,
Lately the days all spangle and shine
That little arrow flew, it ran me right through
And I’m hit and there’s nothing I can do
No, and I can’t take my mind off of you
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20 Words
02:02
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20 Words
I need 20 words for heartbreak
20 words for take me back
20 words for tied up in trouble
20 words for fade to black
Now if I lived a way up north
I’d know 10 words for snow
But I’m frozen out in your cold, cold south
And all I hear is no, no, no
We talked and talked til the sun came up
Talked til the sky turned gray
Only words we couldn’t find
Were words we had to say, say, say
I’ve been talking, you’ve been talking
This day away.
‘Cause liars in love do not quit
Until they get their way …
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Drive That Fast
03:45
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Driving home, the radio is broken,
I drift back to you,
Warm nights, leaning on your shoulder
Sweetest thing I knew
Well, I’m not as young as I was then,
But I’m just as much a fool
I try to leave you in the past,
But I can’t drive that fast
At a red light, I think I see you,
Near the old high school
Where we kissed in the shadows,
‘Til the dance was through
Every kiss you gave me then,
I live all over again
Thought you’d always be my friend
And I’d be here for you.
I pass an empty house,
A mailbox with your name
You left and never looked behind you
Wish I could do the same
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Seven Stars
03:11
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One star for the wheel of wonders,
Two stars for finding you
Three stars in the hall of mirrors,
Four stars the brave the few
And five stars, for the way you loved me,
Never holding back
Six stars for crazy dreams we
Wore like party hats
Now seven stars streak across the ocean,
I guess they are bound to shine for someone else
I guess things like that,never meant for keeping,
They shine so bright and then they disappear
One star for the wheel of wonders,
Two stars for leading you to
Three white stars in a field of daisies,
Four stars tattooed blue
And five stars for the holy fire,
That burned down our every night
And six stars for silver clouds,
That never polished bright
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March 16
04:45
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Climb a stony path,
Oh, shepherd, of Suleimaniyah
Forty lambs you led,
With the sun and the sun and the larks overhead.
Vows and rusted guns,
On the map, points bloom like suns,
And the pen gives way to rod,
While a dead man is playing God.
Rich man seed the wind and run for cover …
While a poor man, lose his son,
Poison and a paper flutter,
And the smell of apples, coming down.
Wake on broken glass,
And the sun on sea of black,
And the ones who could not pass,
Lie bent like, blades of grass.
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Remember This
04:55
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Remember this, I remember this,
Walking out the longest bridge
To the sound of a million summer wings,
Waiting for what the night brings
Remember this, I remember this,
The brush of an arm like a first kiss
And the slanted, yellow light on stucco walls
Then sparks, everything falls
What we want we cannot have,
But wasn’t that a time of being glad
Remember this, remember this,
Autumn heat in a year of bliss
Old foxed mirrors, crazy songs,
Looking at you just a little too long
Nothing lasts it all breaks down,
But that is just the price, of being found
Remember this, I remember this,
The things we had, things we missed
How can I find another home?
See your face wherever I go
What we want we cannot have,
But let me not forget the being glad
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Knockout Boy
04:51
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Waking at dawn to say,
It takes a rain to drive the blues away
Dark clouds rolling my way,
It takes a rain to make a sunny day
Oh, my … Oh my
Knockout Boy, you were mine
Pouring down just like wine
And if I have to go ‘cause things are not so good,
I won’t be too long just enough to find the light
Saying goodbye to you,
Is the hardest thing I’ve had to do
Driving and try not to look back,
Chased by memories down our sound track,
Oh, my … Oh, my
Where will you sleep tonight?
Won’t you send up a flare so I will know you’re all right?
Where will you sleep tonight?
Won’t you send up a prayer so I will know you’re all right?
Comes a dawning they say,
It takes the rain to drive the blues away
Dark clouds rolling my way,
It takes a rain to make a sunny day
Oh my ... Oh my.
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Sing Me A Landscape
02:57
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Sing me a landscape, paint me a song
So I can see it as you go along
I’m holding on but lonely for you
Sing me a landscape in two shades of blue
Send me the sky that you see above
The shapes of the clouds, the things that you love
The way you miss me, like I’m missing you
Color one heart in two shades of blue
The nights unfold so slowly
Do you feel it, too?
I picture you in all my dreams
Show me the world, you’re walking through
Sing me a landscape, paint me a song
So I can see it, as you go along
I’m holding on, but lonely for you
Color one heart in two shades of blue
Oh, color one heart, in two shades of blue
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Mary Battiata Arlington, Virginia
Mary Battiata & Little Pink is the ongoing alt-country, Country, Americana,twang-folk-pop project of singer-songwriter Mary Battiata (pronounced Baa-tea-ah-ta – it’s Italian). The band name is an homage to The Band’s Music From Big Pink. Other influences: Dolly Parton, Hank Williams, Hazel Dickens, George Jones, the Feelies, Aftermath and Flowers, to name a few. ... more
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