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simple gifts
00:30
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it's a gift to be simple
it's a gift to be free
it's a gift to come out where we are to be
and when we find ourselves in a place just right
we will be in the valley of love and delight
now I'm gonna listen, okay?
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2. |
samantha
02:50
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samantha, don't run away from me now
I promise I’ll take you out after dark to the park,
we will run until our legs get sore and then go home
In the afternoon I lay beside you on the rug,
watching how the dust moves, how it settles in the sun
I study the way your breathing changes when you fall asleep
wonder where you go then, if you see me in your dreams
you were young and I was younger still the day that we first met,
I can't remember it
you don't like the vacuum cleaner but you like the TV,
when I go to school I think of how you must miss me
when we go out walking you make me feel safe and sound,
not as scared of men in cars even when they slow down
golden girl the leaves are turning and the ground smells like decay,
we’re gonna be okay
the day you left us I was so very confused,
everyone was laughing but sobbing,
we buried your body in the light of the moon
my mother told me there was a dog heaven
and I wondered if god would let me in
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tool
01:28
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she pours out like water all over your skin
and when she is gone you dry up again
when it gets cold you watch her freeze
illuminated by the glow of the tv
you cough up your love every time you feel it in your throat
you lay down your love and smother it in words you wrote
say you're a fool for her when really you are just a fool
say you’re a romantic when really you are just a tool
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henry
01:34
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henry, you are my star
you know exactly how old you are
running around in the yard
running in circles, not going far
first you were too much, now you are three much
soon you’ll be four much for me
this is where I belong
I’ll make you a sandwich and sing you a song
sometimes you sing along
and everything’s easy and nothing is wrong
first you were too much, now you are three much
soon you’ll be four much for me
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5. |
my case
02:54
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at a red light in my car, watching strangers fall in love outside the bar there’s a cool wind rising in shallow breaths and it’s gonna rain
and it doesn't help my case to know myself so well,
to know that there is no way I'll forget how it felt
on a balcony downtown with some strangers and I'm talking way too loud I don't know who lives here and all my friends are going home
and it doesn't help my case to see myself like this,
smelling like PBR and begging for a kiss,
so I call myself a car and try not to wonder where you are
cause I'm so clumsy, I can't be trusted to hold your heart
when morning comes I'll feel relieved that you're not there
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cataloochee
03:27
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driving up to cataloochee and I'm watching you watch yourself,
the shoulders have no railings and we're inches away from death
and the sun hits your face just right, you are beautiful in the light
and I am not afraid of this, of tumbling down into the abyss
driving down from cataloochee and I'm feeling it all at once,
our friends are in the backseat and the windows are open wide
and the sun hits my face just right, I am soaking in all its light
and I am not afraid of this, I keep my eyes open when we kiss
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pickup truck
02:18
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a sharp pain permeates, I'd love to stay but it’s too late
walking alone at night when the moon is full and bright
walking alone at night trying to stay out of sight
pickup truck slowing down, my eyes are fixed upon the ground
walking alone at night is a pleasure and a fright
walking alone at night makes me feel just right
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honey
01:41
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honey this feels so strange,
there’s honey collecting inside of my brain
here in your sheets where I lay,
my body is buzzing and something has changed
summer afternoons disappearing in your room,
the sun is streaming through, I'm sticky and sweet for you.
now we’re getting high in a tree,
hanging around with the birds and the bees
and my mom is calling again,
she doesn’t trust you or any of our friends
summer afternoons will be far behind us soon,
promise to be true, I’m sticky and sweet for you
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9. |
those things
03:42
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I know that I can't fill the void inside you,
and I know I can't make you feel the way the boys do
but when you kiss me, I forget about those things,
cause you know exactly what you're doing,
you are so smart and so cool
and no one that you've touched has ever gotten over you
I notice how you don't like me as much when you’re sober
and I know I will be a mess when this is over
but when you kiss me I forget about those things
cause you know exactly what you’re doing,
It’s been like this since high school
and no one that you've touched is ever getting over you
like waves washing away what I drew in the sand,
years go by and I understand
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Norris Court Madison, Wisconsin
Norris Court is Grace Olson, Cam Scheller-Suitor, Alejandra Perez and Adam Flottmeyer.
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