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Barstool Ghost
03:52
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Barstool ghost
she asked the barmaid one more eight ball
I drank my Jameson in one straight shot
then she said Henry you need no more
she didn’t want me I wanted her more
it was too late not to fall in love
it felt the world had suddenly stopped
I tried not staring at the floor
cause her eyes knew what I did want
- since you left there’s nothing more
the band kept playing the same old song
and slowly become a barstool ghost
a song started right in my head
full of hope and faith
then it moved into some darker place
when she left with a handsome man
the night began to fade away
I don’t remember what happened next
it dawn on me I’ll never see her again
and me and the barstool became one and the same
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2. |
Barren Road
04:10
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Barren road
it's a crazy summer
future looks blur
but I sit down
under the sun ray
I hear the silence
I feel the void
taste despondency
in every soul
-I drive on barren roads
in hope that someone
joins my road
the dawns I've missed
and those I've seen
as I was busy flirting with sins
the dreaming roads
I've driven them all
they are all nameless
deprive of
that lonesome river
couldn't sail at all
sometimes it's dry
sometimes it flows
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To the Moon and Back
04:28
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To the moon and back
your name is written in the midnight sky
your face is drawn right in my eyes
I’m searching for the words
to explain you why
I love you to the moon and back
-for my kisses dreamed
to meet your lips
beneath a showy cluster tree
I call the night to hurry up its pace
I call my angels to help me bare the days
I’m searching for a sign
to show you why
I love you to the moon and back
Now the winter’s arrived and you’re so far
though the letters you write keep me alive
I’m seeking for the words
to tell you why
I love you to the moon and back
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Muse
03:49
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Muse
sat, behind the wheel
the sun is shining on my head
I'm only thinking about her
and when I get there
that hippie dress highlights her eyes
she wears her red hair in a plat
she always wears a lovely smile
a welcome one
I know she's got another dear ones
she an't make me feel the second best
she is jealous in her funny way
but she ain't complain
she says sometimes she makes me wait
she knows that patient ain't my best
for everything has got its time
she remarks
I'm gonna drop by her tonight
I'm gonna tell her what she likes
she likes to hear it from my mouth
and then she'll be back
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Joyce
05:18
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Joyce
She's a masterpiece that no one's seen before
she's the outstanding hidden flower of this garden
we call world
she might come straight out from the hands of God
'cause no one knows where her beauty comes from
- Joyce walks along the riverside
where she drops her sorrows and her past
Sometimes life slaps our faces
sometimes we wish not to wake up to another day
sometimes our light is dim and weak
and we let shadows take over our whole being
-Joyce walks along the riverside
and the water takes her grief and troubled heart
I love her hair, her soul, her eyes
her freckles are a myriad of the brightest stars
her sweetness makes me so drunk
and I want to drink it 'till the day I die
-Joyce walks along the riverside
where she drops her sorrows and her past
she's the one who owns my soul and heart
her eyes light my path day and night
day and night
When dawn begins to fade the night
I feel her tattooed skin against mine
I beg my angels every single night
to wake up in the morning with her by my side
-Joyce walks along the riverside
and the water takes her grief and troubled heart
Joyce walks along the riverside
where she drops her sorrows and her past
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Midnight Sun
03:52
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Midnight sun
between the twilight of dawn
and the twilight of dusk
her rose of great prize we shall find
let me be the reason of your smile
and I'll meet you when the midnight sun comes up
let me be your dreams
that you'll ever have
if your days are numbered
don't drop your arms
in every breath we take
it's a golden mine
waiting to be found
in our deep minds
and I'll meet you when the midnight sun comes up
when chances are slim
and the light is dim
remember all those times
that your sunken heart
came back to life
and I'll meet you when the midnight sun comes up
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Shadow of a man
04:21
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Shadow of a man
sit and watch, light shall not pass
until the sun goes down
they are one, made of light
this is the shadow, the shadow of a man
nature withers in due time
just like the shadow owns its birth to light
balance’s needed, it’s not left or right
this is the shadow of a man
the only thing we own for sure
it casts away from ourselves
it’s our shape inside and out
that’s the shadow, the shadow of a man
-I wrote a song about a man
who lost his shadow who lost his mind
we can’t detach of what we are
it’s in my eyes it’s in your eyes
and in the depth of the mind
you’ll find the shadow, the shadow of a man
don’t mourn those things that haven’t die
they change their state but are still alive
elusive things we cannot grab
like the shadow! the shadow of a man
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So she goes
04:47
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So she goes
she couldn't feel his hands
she couldn't feel her own pounding heart
her veins were cold
and everything became slow
the bottom seems to move away
down down down endlessly
and she could not crash
by no means standing up
some things make us weak
some things make us strong
either things kill us bit by bit
and we just let it go and give in
her room is a world in which she's trapped
she strapped herself to fears and angst
solitude took over every inch of her
there's no sunrise when the day begins
and so she goes like this
amidst weeping winter leaves
stepping on binding sins
till she finds her own longed peace
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9. |
The Last Words
04:19
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The last words
Now that I can talk
I'm gonna say my last words
Now that I can talk
I'm gonna say a prologue
because I'm almost gone
you won't hear my words no more
I got to the end, where the wounds cannot be healed
-you will hear no more, my words, now everything's told
What do I can add, so far, I'm getting quite tired
Words never told before
Words that terrify my soul
Finally just words and sounds
To someone, nothing worth
Did you see it coming so?
or did you hear of what they talk?
They talked about their rake-off
I ought no explanation
They squeeze you up
Until you get quite tired
The passion has not end
But the times have already changed
-these are my last words you know, now everything is told
these are my last words you know i want talk no more
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Winter nights
04:13
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Winter nights
there's just one star
up in the sky
i see the clouds
they're about to cry
I see my love
sleeping tight
-winter nights
winter nights
don't let me die
on a winter night
the wind blows cold
right through my bones
the chimneys throw
a thick white smoke
these silent street
by which I walk
get disturbed
by my midnight stroll
I've missed the train
that takes me home
stray dogs bark
to my shuffling boots
these silent streets
by which I walk
I walk along
with midnight ghosts
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Henry Hugo Melbourne, Australia
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