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Start With the Sun
03:20
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Even though it might burn a little
We need to take a look at my idea
Cause when you log around, there’s very little
That we can salvage here
I suggest that we might start
With the light that shines on every heart
I suggest that we might start with the sun
When you look at the clear blue sky
Please tell me just what you’ve got on your mind
Do you consider others or yourself?
Do you consider all mankind?
I suggest that we might look
To the one whose words are in the book
I suggest that we might start with the sun
When you lay your head down late at night
Do you consider all you’ve done?
If there was only one seat left to have
Do you think you’d be the one?
I suggest that we might start
With the light that shines on every heart
I suggest that we might start with the sun
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Summer Breeze
03:58
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This Old World
04:08
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Open up your eyes and tell me what you see
If you realize, won't you share the words with me
Open up your door and tell me what you find
If it's something beautiful it couldn't be one of a kind
This old world keeps spinning around
I just don't know if we can slow her down
This old world keeps moving along
I hope there's time to change her before she's gone
Open up your heart and tell me what you feel
If you think it's love, well I hope that it is real
Open up your hand and tell me what you hold
It might be our future unless this story's told
This old world keeps spinning around
I just don't know if we can slow her down
This old world keeps moving along
I hope there's time to change her before she's gone
We all know what we're doing here
And I still think there's time
We all know when we see it clear
So we should do
We should do
We should do what's right
Open up your mind and tell me what you think
You say you can speak the words but it doesn't change a thing
Then open up your soul and think about the child
'Cause if we don't repair what we have done they'll never smile
This old world keeps spinning around
I just don't know if we can slow her down
This old world keeps moving along
I hope there's time to change her before she's gone
We all know what we're doing here
And I still think there's time
We all know when we see it clear
So we should do
We should do
We should do what's right
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4. |
Wichita Lineman
02:52
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5. |
Ain't No Sunshine
02:24
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Stay Away
04:06
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I cannot see, you are invisible to me
But I can feel the repercussions of your words
I didn't see you walking through the open door
I don't know where you'll go or where you were before
It's hard to battle with an enemy unknown
I know that I could win if you were clearly shown
I cannot see you so I cannot take a swing
It's hard to tell if you are even listening
When I say
Stay away, won't you
Stay away, oh please
Stay away from me
Stay away, won't you
Stay away, oh please
Stay away from me
We probably met before, another time and place
But you don't have the balls to tell me to my face
What you'd think of me and why you'd even care
You couldn't find the words, the courage wasn't there
Stay away, won't you
Stay away, oh please
Stay away from me
Stay away, won't you
Stay away, oh please
Stay away from me
It doesn't matter if I ever come to know
Who would write these words that really aren't so
The individual will pay the debt that's due
And if you are the one, then I would say to you
Won't you
Stay away, won't you
Stay away, oh please
Stay away from me
Stay away, won't you
Stay away, oh please
Stay away from me
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Lovely Day
03:13
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8. |
Would You Believe
02:49
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What would you say if I got on a plane
Sent you a ticket for a one way train
Got in my car and drove day after day
Bought you a bus ride to meet you halfway
Would you believe
Would you believe that I'm in love with you girl
Would you believe that I am really in love
Would you believe that I'm in love with you girl
With you girl
What would you say if I dried up the rain
Captured the sunshine for you everyday
Got on a ladder and reached for the sky
Brought all the stars down for just you and I
Would you believe that I'm in love with you girl
Would you believe that I am really in love
Would you believe that I'm in love with you girl
With you girl
What if I set out alone on the sea
Without any sails, without any breeze
But managed to find my way back to you
Tell all the stories of what I've been through
Would you believe
Would you believe that I'm in love with you girl
Would you believe that I am really in love
Would you believe that I'm in love with you girl
With you girl
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9. |
Blackbird
03:12
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Thomas Reed Smith Cleveland, Ohio
“My songs are stories,” says Thomas Reed Smith. “Stories about people I know or have heard
about.”
Since 1996, he has been soaking up inspiration from the north shore of Ohio, an area populated by hard-working, hard drinking midwesterners that stubbornly ply their trades amidst the industrial buildings and bridges that lace the suburbs of Cleveland.
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