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Can we make this summer last
Stretch out the hours like smoke
Like the sun I’m fevered white
If you could bathe in my heat would you let it soak
A flash of white
As you and i ascend through the clouds
I know it’s just for now
I’m leaving too much room for doubt
I gotta walk on to get gone
Leave this situation maybe I can swim the song
I’ve been asleep while you’re gliding
Swallowing days while you taste the fruit
Take me to her now
Crystal waters and her summer sun
I’m walking around in a haze
Andy’s calling from the stage
Telling me to lose myself
But I can’t find myself to lose myself
Or lose myself to find myself
I’m in pieces but I see you whole
I could soften to your glow
I’m envying those about whom nothing I know
I gotta walk on to get gone
Leave this situation maybe I can swim the song
I’ve been asleep while you’re gliding
Swallowing days while you taste the fruit
Take me to her now
Crystal waters and her summer sun
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Parade
03:58
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People on the move
And there ain’t nowhere left to groove
It’s going down
Going down
Nothing left to prove
And there ain’t no other move
It’s going down
Going down
And I stare
It won’t hurt you babe
Let me work it babe
Take it where
No one knows but you
Let’s see what we can do
Light up my life like a disco inside
With the mirrors turning ‘round
Let the fires take control as our bodies let go
And we move in deep and close
Until we go
Marching
In the parade
I don’t know what’s come over me
Bubble gum
Pink beret
Open wide
Tearing down
All the walls
Said she’s never seen me this way
Rainbow falls
Tonight we dance
Tonight we take a chance
Tonight we storm the walls
Shoot me to the moon
Cause here there ain’t no other room
And it’s going down
Going down
I’ll be dancing in the stars
She says funk that pink guitar
It’s going down
Going down
And I stare
It won’t hurt you babe
Let me work it babe
Take it where
No one knows but you
Let me show you what I can do
Light up my life like a disco inside
With the mirrors turning ‘round
Let the fires take control as our edges let go
And we move in deep and close
Until we go
Marching
In the parade
I don’t know what’s come over me
Bubble gum
Pink beret
Open wide
Tearing down
All the walls
Said she’s never seen me this way
Rainbow falls
Tonight we dance
Tonight we take a chance
Tonight we storm the walls
Parade
Hand in my hand
We go dancing
Parade
As we light up the dark
I am invincible
You can’t stop me now
And we will go
Marching
In the parade
I don’t know what’s come over me
Bubble gum
Pink beret
Open wide
Tearing down
All the walls
Said she’s never seen me this way
Rainbow falls
Tonight we dance
Tonight we take a chance
Tonight we storm the walls
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Cotton Candy Trees
03:45
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Cotton candy trees
Lucille and me
Ba ba ba
Draw me out
Into the stars
In your honeyed golden light before the dawn
Send me out
Like a shot
In a purple chariot
Flying high above the world we know
Giving time for our love to grow
Come and see the moon
Underneath the door
Trace the light that’s spilling out across the floor
To the dawn
You and me
Carried out to god in green
In a field where the flowers enfold
The two of us in a burnished gold
Now I
I am losing time to pain
And you
You are losing time to shame
But I know, if we take it slow and
Open our eyes into the
Cotton candy trees
Lucille
Let’s climb the stairs
Like we should
Going higher than we know we ever could
In a chair
Chair-o-plane
Swinging out in our own blue lane
Flying high above the world we know
Giving time for our love to grow
Leave behind
What never serves
Kiss the light n just to know what we are worth
Packing light
As we leave
Cause there is little that we need
In a field where the flowers enfold
The two of us in a burnished gold
Now I
I am losing time to pain
And you
You are losing sleep to shame
But I know, if we take it slow and
Open our eyes into the
Cotton candy trees
Lucille, Lucille step to the side
Lucille, Lucille turn, kick ‘n’ glide,
Lucille, Lucille clap, spin and twist
Lucille, Lucille well it goes like this
Brown butter floss
And blueberry chai
Bubblegum pink and sugar cream pie
I slipped outside of my mind
To stop looking for what I could not find
Trick mirror says I look so good
Trick mirror says I never could
Trick mirror won’t you let me be
Trick mirror cracked now I feel free
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Twilight
03:47
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I took to the sky and wondered why
If this is the place where I’m so high
Tell me why I can’t get by
Tell me why I can’t survive
So I’ll slip on this tried, tested second skin
So thick and heavy that it’s sure to make me him
Took the story as mine to help guide my line but I
I’m praying to a man
Who is lost in Japan
I’m praying to a man
Who is lost in Japan
Just another area code for another lost soul
Still I read your books, took your word as truth
But the gospel isn’t right, the gospel isn’t mine, the gospel’s advertised, the gospel’s pretty lights, Click, pose and prophesy
Well it sure sounds good on you
Hell it sure looked good on you
So I’ll step to the side and I’ll look again
For another with a star and a good looking skin
Maybe this one will fit, maybe this one will work
I need an anchor in the dark ‘cause I’m
I’m loose in the sky
Drifting through the twilight
I’m loose in the sky
Drifting through the twilight
I’m praying to a man
Who is lost in Japan
I’m praying to a man
Who is lost in Japan
I took to the sky and wondered why
If this is the place where I’m so high
Tell me why I can’t get by
Tell me why I can’t survive
I’m praying to a man
Who is lost in Japan
I’m praying to a man
Who is lost in Japan
I’m loose in the sky
Drifting through the twilight
I’m loose in the sky
Drifting through the twilight
She’s got me running all the time and I
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Last Diamond of Light
04:20
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It’s your hands on my face
And the garden light
That takes care of time
Loves me like paradise
Tip your head to the sky
And watch them rake up the night
Phosphorescent fire
Summer’s ending but it’s you and I
last diamond of light
They told her to give up her crystals for Jesus
But she only wore them because they pleased her
She thinks another life could be now
And because I don’t know what she means
I think it’s me who doesn’t please her
She measure her days by how fast they disappear
Can’t tell if fast is good or if fast is fear
She starts to wonder what is left of her American dream
And when her bones start to ache she will sing to me
Put your hands on my face
And the garden light
That takes care of time
Loves me like paradise
Summer is ending
She asks, can I stay the child
Must I always be burned
Trying to harness wildfire
In the front room
Shining like a dying light
All my dreams preached to me
On a colour t.v.
She measure her days by how fast they disappear
Can’t tell if fast is good or if fast is fear
She starts to wonder what is left of her American dream
And when her bones start to ache she will sing to me
Put your hands on my face
And the garden light
That takes care of time
Loves me like paradise
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1,000
03:40
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I don’t know but I’ve been told
1,000 lives will surely fold behind me
Named and loved and in this way
1,000 things and people brought to light today
Children trudging through a side blown December wind
Peeling back the sticky heat from summer rain-soaked skin
Golden Wilma in my hands like lemons in the spring
Autumn leaves stacked in the lot and the spines left in our things
Here you stand
Before me now
I see the light in you of many forms
A child, a boy, a man
Time is long
Time is short
Every minute more means that there’s one less than before
Time moves on
I don’t know but I’ve been told
1,000 lives will surely fold behind me
Name and loved and in this way
1,000 things and people brought to light today
A letter in the mail when I won’t be home til spring
A January moon pinned between the centre rings
A mouth on yours, a hand on mine, the ending of the day
The bronze light in your hair with the summer on your face
Are you real
Am I here enough to feel
I know sometimes the days are short
Can’t be stuck inside a wheel
Am I too late
Am I right on time
I want to be everything I can for you
Feel all the love I find
Give me time
I don't want nobody but you
see my mind's always stuck in a groove
wake me up 'cause I'm acting a fool
and you're my jewel
make me brand new
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Pink Yellow Moons
04:02
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I wonder why
The early morning light grows softy where it touches upon her face
I can’t say why
Time did turn upon its head and moments overlapped
I lost myself to love
Love like paper palms and beauty queens, shooting stars and the heat that seals me to you
Love like tinsel red and astro green, fireworks and a float of pink yellow moons
Me and you
I wonder why
She talks just like the movies that she says she’s never seen
Given time
I’m seeing double in the dark, my memories crumble
I lost myself to love
Love like southern waves, salted skin, timeless days and the heat that seals me to you
Love like undertow and draping golds, coffee cream and a float of pink yellow moons
Me and you
Baby be mine
Take me to the place I never knew
And i’ll bring down the moon just to look at you
In this light I see it in your eyes
Pink and yellow beams of love she can’t disguise
Baby be mine
Baby be mine
For all of time
Baby be mine
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Castle in the Sky
04:10
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Trailing purple, blue and green
In our skyward smoke screen
in the dark
You and i could go
Dancing on the hill in the dark
Just before the dawn
We’ll lean into the wind and make for the stars
Here comes our part
You’re with me now
Please don’t go leaving now
Clouds are breaking now
Can’t you see it now
We’re headed for our
Castle in the sky
Won't you bathe us in
Electric blue light
I wanna show you what I
Dream of every night
So come a little closer girl and
Plug into my mind
Come away with me
We’ll climb tower by the tiers in the dark
Can we see from here
What we lost in the fires of a shaping fear
And see what isn’t clear
You’re with me now
Please don’t go leaving now
Clouds are breaking now
Can’t you see it now
We’re headed for our
Castle in the sky
Won't you bathe us in
Electric blue light
I wanna show you what I
Dream of every night
So come a little closer girl and
Plug into my mind
Can we grow from here
My hands in yours from here
Reach the stars from here
Our hearts entwined from here
Am I wrong down here?
I’ve been too long down here
I wanna keep the wind
And reach the palace within
We’re headed for our
Castle in the sky
bathe us in electric blue light
I wanna show you what I
Dream of every night
So come a little closer girl and
Plug into my mind
We’re headed for our
Castle in the sky
Won't you bathe us in
Electric blue light
I wanna show you what I
Dream of every night
So come a little closer girl and
Plug into my mind
Trailing purple, blue and green
In our skyward smoke screen
in the dark
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Every Step of the Way
05:01
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Every time you wave
I know this ain’t goodbye
Every time you smile
I know it’s ‘cause you’re trying
To have all the things that you wanted
Shine in the hearts of your friends
You’re giving your most
and I don’t understand
Won’t you please take my hand
So I know
I’ll love you every step of the way
until forever and another day
And I won’t let you go
‘Cause I can’t stand to lose
All the joy that is you
So please stay
And even through the years
I worried about you
But standing over here
I questioned what to do
As you lit up each room that you graced
And shone in the hearts of your friends
You’re giving your most
So please if you can
Know I now understand
What you need
I’ll love you every step of the way
until forever and another day
And I’ll give up control
Forget what I know
And all I will show
Is my love
Now take my hand
I wanna help to let you know
Now I know
That you’re strong
Stronger than me
Stronger than most
But you can still let go
I’ll love you every step of the way
Until forever and another day
I’ll love you just the best that I can
Love with all the love that isn’t planned
Light it up ‘cause you burn so strong
You’re like sunshine in the storm
You’re my flower in the Spring
Shining with colours that’ll make ‘em sing
Hey!
Sing it!
Oh oh oh
Yeah yeah yeah
Oh oh oh
Yeah yeah yeah
I’ll love you every step of the way
Until forever and another day
I’ll love you with a feeling so strong
Love with a love that makes us feel we belong
Yeah yeah yeah
Oh Oh Oh
Yeah yeah yeah
Oh oh oh
I’ll love you every step of the way
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David Ward London, UK
"Imagine Jeff Buckley’s untethered falsetto with Stevie Wonder’s warm, grainy tenor...David Ward has mastered both, plus all points between. Ward is clearly a versatile and ambitious talent." Uncut
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