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Born Yesterday
04:33
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Snowflakes are coming down
Like couch pillows in the air
February’s on my doorstep
We’re packed in here pretty tight
Let’s go outside together
And roll on the snowy ground
Sure had a weird day
I’m glad to be back at home
Sometimes I wish that the world was a brand new place
And I was born yesterday
I’ll start all over and make a plan this time
It’s hard to move ahead when you’re living in the past
Here comes mid-September
Get a sharp knife from the drawer
Chop an onion on the cutting board
These voices keep screaming at me
“You should have stayed at University!
Do you understand the possibilities?
Don’t throw it away cuz it’ll be too late.”
I’ve seen the poisoned mind destroy precious things
Overindulge and lose control of who you want to be
I climbed up high on a branch
Looking down at the house from a different angle
I saw a beautiful Christmas tree
Things were better and the record played...December’s changing me
Sometimes I wish that the world was a brand new place
And I was born yesterday
I’ll start all over and make a plan this time
It’s hard to move ahead when you’re living in the past
In the morning a song came to me
I was riding my bike to work and the sun was blinding to see
I was wondering if my life was slipping beneath the cracks of eternity
Hoping one of these days the answers will be real and not a dream...
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Cincinatti
05:12
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Eden Park on the hill
We took pictures of each other
Tour ‘96, we may split
No more laughing by the tape deck
Radio tower
Swinging on the art school green
Over the Rhine we follow your lead
To downtown fancy hats and iced tea
And the Indians were forced out of the city
We can never give back their stolen freedom
Cincinnati
You’ve got brotherhood
I wonder, was it just a dream?
Cincinnati
Changes come to mind when I walk through your streets
Cincinnati
A ball glove and Redleg stripes
I waited a long time to see the Ohio river shine
In Corryville we begged to play
I did ten pullups for Dan McCabe
For every year that I’m alive
I wish Timmy Taylor never died
His deep soul vision still hangs over Vine street
Twenty-eight years is nothing but one heart beat
Cincinnati
You’ve got brotherhood
I wonder, was it just a dream?
Cincinnati
Changes come to mind when I walk through your streets
Cincinnati
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3. |
Faded Memories
03:32
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Back in Omaha I cut my teeth
In a smokey basement on Walnut street
I got a set of drums when I was fourteen
Said, “Beat those heads in and let ‘em bleed.”
I liked Ringo, I liked Charlie Watts
British Invasion bands taught me a lot
I wish I had a Delorean to go back in time
Stand by the clock tower, watch the lightning strike
All your faded memories come back to life when you play
The footlights shine on a lonely boy trying so hard to be brave
All your faded memories
All your faded memories
Remain the same
When I go home for the holidays
The streets are icy and not too safe
Family pressure, I can’t get organized
I see you’ve got your agenda, you can’t be compromised
Remember when it was easy?
Everything fell into place
It’s gonna get more complicated
With every breath that we take
All your faded memories come back to life when you play
Rosenblatt stadium, marching band in the parade
Firecracker fourth of July, John Denver on the stage
All your faded memories
All your faded memories
Are still the same
Back in Omaha I cut my teeth
Off a bicycle on Marcy Street
Popped a wheelie and hit the concrete
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You don’t believe
You don’t believe
You don’t believe anything
He will bring fish in a pail
He will bring fish in a pail
He will bring fish in a pail
Don’t try to fight him
‘Cause maybe you’ll like him
He’s all you got
You’re walking through cities
It’s not so happy when you can’t find work
Waiting for the sun, it shall fall
Waiting for the sun, it shall fall
Waiting for the sun to fall
As long as you’re staying here
They can’t try to hold you back
Your journey means everything
Don’t try to fight him
‘Cause maybe you’ll like him
He’s all you got
You’re walking through cities
It’s not so happy when you can’t find work
He will bring fish in a pail
He will bring fish in a pail
He will bring fish in a pail
The silver cup is full of wine
The silver cup is full of wine
The silver cup is full
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Too Far Gone
04:29
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I push the dirty dishes on a cart backstage
Through hallways of paintings
That show who’s graced this famous stage
Angels take up residence in the rafters above
Swaying and singing to downtown song
We found seats that reminded me
Of the Abe Lincoln crime scene
Tucked into the red velvet covered balcony
All my hopes and all my dreams
Were standing right in front of me
As I watched the band playing
I knew this is how I wanted it to be
Am I too far gone to make you still believe in me?
I need every friend I’ve got to keep my motor running
Am I happy or sad, am I staying, am I leaving?
Am I too far gone to make you still believe?
Danger has crossed my mind’s eye many times
I lay awake at night with ideas I can’t start
Hey lady, show me the targets in the trees
Will you be at the gate when they close the book on me?
Lately I feel like leaving home
And never coming back
I’m gonna drive out to Montana
By my uncle’s mountain pass
I still remember Fleecer
And the fortress that was built
Surrounded by the willow trees
On the edge of the creek
What ever happened to all the neighborhood’s poor, lost souls?
They’ll be sinking in their drinking,
‘Cause to them there’s nowhere else to go
Am I too far gone to make you still believe in me?
I need every friend I’ve got to keep my motor running
Am I happy or sad, am I staying, am I leaving?
Am I too far gone?
Too far gone...
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How’d it get so late?
With every hour brings more mistakes
I wish my mind wasn’t such a blank slate
I watched the dawn break
Heard the windows shake
I thought about everyone who cares for me
Sleeping in again
I should be hungover but I don’t feel it
I can’t remember the dreams I had last night
You cannot hide from life anymore
Gotta stop pretending and get up off the floor
There’s a tiny world in every drop of rain
If you get inside, you’ve won the race
I took a walk down the beach
The ocean seemed so out of reach
Is it true that rivers find the sea eventually?
I thought love was strong
I thought it could sort out everything that’s wrong
Over the horizon you can see the making of a storm
Now I’m here underground
The soil is caving in all around
Before you get too high
They say you’ve gotta be all the way down.
You cannot hide from life anymore
Gotta stop pretending and get up off the floor
There’s a tiny world in every drop of rain
If you get inside, you’ve won the race
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7. |
Please Don't Say
04:59
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She cries a river of tears and an ocean of sorrow
I don’t know how to calm her waters down
I want to be there for her through the rain and through the snow
January gets so cold when the wind blows
And she said...
“Please don’t say that you love me
But you’re going away
I’ll expect to be lonely honey
But you still have time to save me”
Deep down she is troubled despite all the love she gives
I’m just a broken record who thinks she’s too negative
I know she wants to try again and take another chance
But I gotta keep moving on babe where the sidewalk ends
“Please don’t say that you love me
But you’re going away
I’ll expect to be lonely honey
But you still have time to save me”
I got so much to do, I have to stop myself from calling you
You can sit and wait by the phone
But if it don’t ring, you think you’re still alone
She can’t wait another day for me to realize
She’s going to take it upon herself to help me decide
Sitting in the car, watching the ice melt
I get so damn depressed, unable to reach out
And she said...
“Please don’t say that you love me
But you’re going away
I’ll expect to be lonely honey
But you still have time to save me”
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Hard Times Detroit
03:51
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Keep your train rolling, keep your head up high
New ideas will come to you tonight
For every chain link fence that divides
There’s a brother who believes in you on the other side
Sweet lady, my woman, my child
You were right about the garden, how it grew tall and never died
I worried nothing would survive
Sunflower skyscraper makes a shower head
Pouring sunlight in the morning from the window to the bed
But it’s much too late for your green memory
And your glad tidings
Alright
The candidate at the podium says I really need your vote
I can kill every fascist full of greed and evil
Is she a symbol for the devil, or maybe the antichrist?
Shooting wolves from an airplane is how I spend my nights
Job cuts, setbacks, no money, no time
The Detroit sun beats down on the unemployment line
Street corner cheap store, weeds growing from the cracks
The hookers walk in silence right beside the railroad tracks
Waiting for someone to ask
Goodbye lady love, staying I wish I was
Think of the green moss on the farm and the big sky above
We’ll ride horses through the sandhills
Because tomorrow might never come
Tomorrow might never come
But it’s much too late to fear the unknown
If the ice caps melt we’ll be underwater
Well, it’s hard times Detroit
Your city’s in need, get your wheels spinning free
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King of Peace
04:21
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Landscaping with no money is something I hold true
I never close my mind to it, I just go outside and do it
I like to see my baby’s hands
Feed the children of the starving land
Sowing seeds in a concrete jungle
It’s not always a struggle
You spin your wheels and talk down to us
But in the end I’m the only one you trust
Taking advantage just ain’t right
Suck the soul dry
I will travel through the horizon on a wooden ship
Lord only knows my destiny
It’s where the sky and ocean meet
Who is the king and who is the queen of peace?
Take your message of good will out on the street
Quinoa and kale will cure the sick from disease
Stop the greed and you will be set free
Can I finally stand up to the man in the pulpit?
And tell him it’s not right what he’s doing
Some peoples’ God, some peoples’ fear
In one side out the other ear
I just believe in what I see
That never lies to me
Dealing with change has always been hard
Wake up tomorrow and your friends are gone
I know you like things to stay the same
Better learn something new or rearrange
She lights candles when the sun goes down
And the red wine flows all around
I wonder if she knows my longing?
To be next to her on every last dawning
Who is the king and who is the queen of peace?
Take your message of good will out on the street
Quinoa and kale will cure the sick from disease
Stop the greed and you will be set free
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10. |
Shed the City
03:00
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I don’t know where my mind’s been living
It’s probably hiding miles beneath the sea
Catching a ride on a seahorse procession
Chasing the turtles under the coral reef
It feels like I’m not really sitting at this table
Think I’m floating high above the clouds
I see a silhouette through the first class window
Blue ocean and sky are the same
It sure was a big airplane
Oh, how I wonder about everyone around me
How they stay in the fast lane
Cars swerving, mouths moving, money stacking
Light up the room with a computer screen
I’m gonna meet you in the jungles of Asia
We’ll shed the city from our bones
There are temples of worship to visit
Never again lover will you travel alone
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Matt Focht Omaha, Nebraska
Matt Focht (Faders) — the Chicago pop auteur whose music The Chicago Tribune hailed “as forward-looking and thrilling as
indie rock gets,” returns with “Weight of the City,” an ambitious new musical project that combines the hypnotizing folk of Neil Young, the collective spirit of The Band, and the guitar bliss of Big Star.
"Please Don't Say" is the tip of the spear for an album from the heart.
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