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I can't say I love you
If there's something I won't do
So I'm packing my bags now
To go to California
My wife and my six string
Are all that this boy needs
And a tank full of gasoline
To go to California
Some say that we're crazy
Got nothing to lose
You won't love me less
No matter which road I choose
You've asked me to go
So I've only one move
I don't want to leave here
'Cause I may never see home
But I won't live by my fears
California
My eyes to the west now
And a heart that won't back down
There's a heart I want back now
California
Some say that we're crazy
Got nothing to lose
You won't love me less
No matter which road I choose
You've asked me to go
So I've only one move
So hold on my darlin'
It's going to be bumpy
So buckle in tightly
And go to California
California
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Color Outside the Lines
03:50
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Crazy, that's what it must seem like
Lately, I've been thinking twice
Maybe there's more to this life
Maybe... so let's go tonight
I can't explain what I know
But you're calling my name
So I'll go
My heart knows the way
That will lead back home
I'm not about to change
What and who I am
Just to make a dime
I'll color outside the lines
Okay, we are here at breakfast
We made it at least to Texas
Our waitress has up and left us
She hates us, I guess, so let's just
throw up a wave out the window
On to the next state as fast as we go
We're testing our faith
With each and every mile
So, what will be our fate?
Who am I to say?
It's just a waste of time
I'm not about to change
What and who I am
Just to make a dime
I'll color outside the lines
And so we go on our way
To turn around, we'd still be changed
And I can't wait to see what's down this road
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I'm waking up for the first time in years
Not afraid to remind myself
Of who I am and in who I am found
It's all right
I'm making plans to get back on my feet
Don't want to be afraid no more
If I can make it right down to the street
It's all right
Yeah, it's all right
Break through all the doors
You can't seem to open
Somewhere the sun is shining
It's what you are hoping to find out
Nobody said it was easy this way
But I think that it's worth the trip
I might not be the best bang for your buck
It's all right
So what if I fall flat on my face?
The posterboy for the never-was?
Life is too short but to count my mistakes
It's all right
Yeah, it's all right
Break through all the doors
You can't seem to open
Somewhere the sun is shining
It's what you are hoping to find out
It's all right
It's all right now
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4. |
Declaration Song
03:53
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It is the sound of the passing time
The echo of the sad goodbye
It is the laughter that fades away
But to my future I look today
See, the time has come now to say goodbye
To saddle up my horse and ride
Into the sunset beyond the hill
Oh, from what I've known to what I will
It beckons me now to blindly go
To rest my faith in what I know
Not having seen now with my own eyes
But having felt here by my side
My feet may not return to stand on
The soil of my father's hands
But if I want to know what's beyond that hill
If I never go, I never will
A chance to become what I am
The one 'til now I have not been
And though I fear these changing times
If I don't seek then I'll never find
The hills may fall and the sun won't set
But to fear it all is the worst regret
The gift of life is a promised death
But it's a life that's not over yet
This life is not over yet
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5. |
Have I Found?
03:59
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Will you read me a story?
I have heard it a time or two
It's the one written for me
And I'd rather hear the words from you
I've been dreaming here lately
Of the kind of man I'd like to be
But I'm thinking that maybe
There is room here for me to be free
Have I found the way to your garden?
A long road that leads to your own heart?
Have I wished for peace after nightfall?
Have I wished for you?
Will you draw me a picture?
Will you fill it with wonderful hues?
Got a great place to hang it -
Where you put the nail all the way through
Have I found the way to your garden?
A long road that leads to your own heart?
Have I wished for peace after nightfall?
Have I wished for you?
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6. |
How Can You Hear?
03:27
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How can you hear with your ears closed?
How can you see without open eyes?
You don't even know where I'm from
But you sure had me crucified
If you listen with your heart now,
Your rhymes and all your reasons change so much
I don't even know you...
As if that makes a difference
Everybody's got something to get over now
Your bleeding comes from deep inside
Well, don't throw away your chance to be whole again
It's not over now
Can you feel the vibrations
stirring through your heartstream now?
You're in a bad situation,
But I know you can make it out
If you listen with your heart now,
Your rhymes and all your reasons turn to dust
I don't need to know you
To know it makes a difference
Everybody's got something to get over now
Your bleeding comes from deep inside
Well, don't throw away your chance to be whole again
It's not over now
Have you ever seen the light?
It's waiting for you
Have you felt that things aren't right?
It's waiting for you
Don't throw away your chance to wake
Everybody's got something to get over now
Your bleeding comes from deep inside
Well, don't throw away your chance to be whole again
It's not over now
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It's a nice day for a blue suit
I'm standing in the rain
I put it on this morning
To see you once again
It wasn't necessary
You'd love me just the same
But I wanted to see you this way
The last few years were hard now
But you've made it through
I wished the Lord would take you home
I'm sad that wish came true
I hear you're at peace now
It's what I want from you
So I'll see you sometime
Ashes to ashes we all turn to dust
Somewhere there's a heaven
Where nothing will rust
Some of us go early
Some stay long
This life's but a moment
It's here and then it's gone
It's a nice day for a black suit
Still standing in the rain
I put it on this morning
On my wedding day
I wish that you could be here
I wonder what you'd say
"How quickly they grow up!"
We're gonna throw those roses in the air
And dance the night away
We'll run out to that waiting car and quickly drive away
Into a future, one where we'll say
"How great to be alive!"
Now ashes to ashes we all turn to dust
Somewhere there's a heaven
Where nothing will rust
Some of us go early
Some stay long
This life's but a moment
It's here and then it's gone
We celebrate the good and the bad times
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8. |
Sunday Comes Again
04:21
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Sunday comes again
And you're waking up
Trying just to breathe
air into your lungs
Hoping for the best
Praying for a sign
Big hole in your chest
Wounds will heal in time
Hey now, don't dream it's over
You're left with no base to cover
Give up what you've tried so hard to be
And you'll be free again
A voice inside the wind
Calling you to move
It's not over yet
Something left to prove
Nothing left to lose
A chance to gain it all
You can live again
Alive now in your fall
Hey now, don't dream it's over
You're left with no base to cover
Give up what you've tried so hard to be
And you'll be free again
It's only your life
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9. |
Lovely Shade of You
03:19
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In many years I will reflect
The perfect afternoon
Up all night beneath the brightness
Of a Bonzy moon
The stillness of a night so rare
The Earth - it ceased to move
And in this infinite we share
A symphony for two
A world of colors bright
But I just see one hue
And I will paint all my days
A lovely shade of you
Long before this time began
Before the sun and moon
God opened up this book of life
And penned this day in June
And so to him I owe my life
My heart, my gratitude
Though being all I'd ever need
He brought me here to you
A world of colors bright
But I just see one hue
And I will paint all my days
A lovely shade of you
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Just another run of the mill day
Yeah, Just another run of the mill day
The clock is ringing, 6 am
I can't believe it came so soon
Three cups of coffee to the wind
And I can't wait until this afternoon
Just another run of the mill day
Yeah, Just another run of the mill day
You see that it's not that I hate my job
I just wish I didn't have to go
The vein in my neck's about to pop
But it's worth it to make it to the top
It's okay then for me
To turn my head back and confess
I did my best, I guess
Put your hands together
Maybe we can live forever
If we ever get the chance to leave
Just another run of the mill day
Yeah, Just another run of the mill day
The boss is reaming me again
"Wah wah wa wah" is all I hear
I wish he'd bought some stronger mints
'Cause he's burning the hair in my ears
It's okay then for me
To turn my head back and confess
I did my best, I guess
Put your hands together
Maybe we can live forever
If we ever get the chance to leave
Just another run of the mill day
Yeah, Just another run of the mill day
Oh, I dream of better days
A corner office and a raise
Then my life will be complete
That's the American way
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11. |
Wake Up
03:45
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I hear the people saying
There is nothing behind that curtain
Just a man pulling levers and switches
Running through the poppy fields
We're trying to fool ourselves
An opiate for the masses
It's time to test those words
To see what's real or misleading
Rumors quickly die away
When they have no meaning
Are you going to live this way -
Asleep and dreaming?
You've slept for far too long
Wake Up
I hear the people cursing loudly
Saying that it's just a rumor
Victims of some myth we're all trapped in
A puppet to the cruelest master
Watching all the innocent bleed
On his throne just letting it happen
It's time to test those words
To see what's real or misleading
Rumors quickly die away
When they have no meaning
Are you going to live this way -
Asleep and dreaming?
You've slept for far too long
Wake Up
It's more than just your Sunday morning
More than just a list of rules
Life is not an autopilot
That you can just set on cruise
If you want the answers
If you want the truth
You need to ask the questions
You've got nothing to lose
It's time to test those words
To see what's real or misleading
Rumors quickly die away
When they have no meaning
Are you going to live this way -
Asleep and dreaming?
You've slept for far too long
Wake Up
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12. |
Can I Wait?
04:09
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