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Life Lessons
03:59
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Summer nights seem to last forever
City lights, burnin’ up til’ dawn
I can't say how we ever managed
But any way the history goes on
Hey, where did we go wrong
Life is gonna be short or long
(But) love was here all along
Smiling from the wings
So, catch and hold on tight
Some last for just one night
It's true, oh yeah, it's true
Unaware, way back when we got started
I said a prayer and hoped it would be strong
And my blue jeans, they were torn and tattered
In my teens I was searching for the sun
Hey, where did we go wrong
Life is gonna be short or long
(But) love was here all along
Smiling from the wings
So, catch and hold on tight
Some last for just one night
It's true, oh yeah, it's true
Every drop of rain
It's part of the plan
Every step I take
And every grain of sand
There's no doubt, we'll work it out
Hey, where did we go wrong
Life is gonna be short or long
(But) love was here all along
Smiling from the wings
So, catch and hold on tight
Some last for just one night
It's true, oh yeah, it's true oh
Oh
Yeah, it's true
(Ooh ooh ooh)
(Aah aah)
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2. |
Something To Remember
03:36
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Everybody's wants a piece of me
There's not enough to go around you'll see
Still it's one and one and one makes three
You should know
You should know
There is nobody who could take your place
Though I've searched the whole human race
Still hasn't brought us face to face
I don't know
I don't know
Every-night when I go to bed
I hear your voice whisper in my head
Give me something to remember
When the night is over
All I'll keeping is a photograph
The one you told me I should tear in half
Hardly fitting as our epitaph
Wouldn't you
Say that's true
Chorus
I can't go on
There's no one else
It takes so long
All by myself
Chorus
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3. |
Home Again
03:53
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Oh, oh to be home again
Yes, so good to be home
Back, back where my life began
Mmm so good to be home
Five hundred smiling faces standing at my door
Hide myself away now I can't take them anymore
What I've seen just makes me want to get up off the floor
And try and find my way back to how I was before
La da da da di di
La da da da di di
Hey, do you remember me
I'm the one with the dreams
Far, as far as the eye can see
Life, is not what it seems
Cuz, time takes a man and makes a child of him once more
Somewhere on his journey from the mountains to the shore
And when his time is up he takes him to the door
and brings a brand new baby to even up the score
La da da da di di
La da da da di di
Home again...
Time and again I stumble and I fall
I saw the man in black, he looked my way
As sure as I'm here I thought I heard him call
But then he turned his back and walked away
La da da da di di
La da da da di di
Home again...
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4. |
Five Mile Road
03:58
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Five miles out - five miles back
One sweet lullaby
Will we rise or will we crack
Along the way
One by one we take our turn
Down this five mike road
Some go out and don't come back
Along the way
I keep on losing your face in the crowd
What are you trying to say
Throw all the madness that's haunting you now
Away
Chorus
Five miles out - five miles back
One sweet lullaby
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5. |
Hang Your Head High
03:30
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You're down on the ground
You're up in the air
It doesn't seem to matter
You just don't care
You're down in the dirt
or up in the skies
All you can do is hang your head high
Ohhh, Yeah...
Yeah, hang your head high
You run out of time
You run out of cash
You're busting your brain
You're busting you're ass
You leap in the air
You think you can fly
You fall to the earth
But hang your head high
Chorus
It's so sad, it's so so sad
Counting all the love that you think you had
It's so sad, it's so so sad
Watching everything turn from good to bad
Chorus
I once met a girl with diamonds for eyes
She looked at me once, I was hypnotized
It's over so fast, you don't realize
And all you do is hang your head high
Chorus
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6. |
So Long Marni
03:44
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The car in front says Jesus on board
Yeah I heard he was coming back
Everybody say praise the Lord
Get us back on the right track
Oh don't turn you're back
Before this scene turns to black
From moment to moment
The critical balance remains
So long Marni
I'm so sorry
All things come to pass
Over and over nobody learns
While you were sleeping, all Paris burns
Oh with history repeating at every turn
I'm caught in the law of diminished returns
Oh don't turn you're back
Before this scene turns to black
From moment to moment
The critical balance remains
Chorus
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7. |
Vagabond
03:47
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Vagabond no shelter
Vagabond no home
Vagabond will wander
Vagabond will roam
Vagabond
Vagabond
There are times I'm certain
That the truth be known
Rolling back the curtain
All is clearly shown
Chorus
Don't be fooled by persons
Cross your path on the way
You must be quite certain
Cause the'll beg you to stay
Chorus
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Gerry Beckley Los Angeles, California
Gerry Beckley, co-founder and member of the legendary rock group America for 50 years, is a superb singer/songwriter, and a master of popular composition. Whether as the lead vocalist or in harmony on his group’s classic singles or on solo projects, there’s something in Beckley’s work that skews toward the edge. Nothing exemplifies this better than his latest album–the shimmering Carousel. ... more
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