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Keeping it out now
Keeping it in
Let it all begin
Thinking about
Thinking it through
Well it's just me and you
And I don't know if I'd call this love
It's something I'm not so very sure of
So I don't know if I'd call it at all
Sure that it's right now
Sure that it's wrong
Put it all into these songs
Feel the trust
And feel the pain
Then let it happen again
And I don't know if I'd call this love
It's something I'm not so very sure of
So I don't know if I'll call it
I don't know if I'll call it
I don't know if I'll call it at all
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Shine
04:12
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You think big thoughts
I waste my time
Still you think anything can shine
You move ahead
I fall behind
Still you think anything can shine
Do you think that it still can shine, shine, shine?
Let it go
It's too far to fall
You can't have it all
You'd run when you wouldn't crawl
Let it go
Now I'm surprised to find that you're gone
You say you love me
I play a game
Still you think anything can shine
Enough is enough
I am to blame
Still you think anything can shine
Do you think that it still can shine, shine, shine?
Let it go
It's too far to fall
You can't have it all
You'd run when you wouldn't crawl
Let it go
Now I'm surprised to find that you're gone
There's only a fire
if you let it burn
Still you think anything can shine
You knew the truth
I had to learn
Still you think anything can shine
Do you think that it still can shine, shine, shine?
Don't let it go
I'll take the fall
Try for it all
I'll run, I'll walk, I'll crawl, I'll beg
Don't let it go
'Cause I don't want to find that you're gone
Yeah
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Communion Song
03:32
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-instrumental-
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Real Rocket Man
05:47
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No one says a word as I turn to leave
The kinder ones amongst you say "He made himself naive.
He did this to himself. He led himself astray"
I wouldn't want it any other way
I wouldn't want it any other way
Tell me things but do I understand
This house was surely built on slowly shifting sand
And the reasons you should love me are the things I'll never say
I wouldn't want it any other way
I wouldn't want it any other way
'Cause up in the sky I'm a real rocket man
You tell Elton John, I'll do what I can
Playing tricks with gravity
They're so afraid that I'll hit the ground
They've got it wrong it's the other way around
I understand the things that they won't see
When you look up you'll think I'm very small
And you'll be so afraid that I might fall
If that's the price to pay
then that's the price I'll pay
I wouldn't want it any other way
I wouldn't want it any other way
There's always sun that shines above the clouds
The wind that's in my ears is always loud
So I won't have to hear the things you have to say
I wouldn't want it any other way
I wouldn't want it any other way
'Cause up in the sky I'm a real rocket man
You tell Elton John I'll do what I can
Playing tricks with gravity
They're so afraid that I'll hit the ground
They've got it wrong it's the other way around
I understand the things that they won't see
You always loved the fool up on the hill
But I can do one better than him still
If it's distance that you're after
then that's the game we'll play
I wouldn't want it any other way
I wouldn't want it any other way
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Long Distance Line
03:00
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Telephone rings
It's a long distance line
Electricity over a wire
A strangely clear voice
Plays tricks with the miles
Tries to make that distance a liar
But I'm standing in public
There's no private in public
So the words that I use aren't quite right
A certain reminder that all wishes aren't granted
There's no way I'll hold her tonight
A year to the day
is marked by the presence
of a letter that says it’s from you
I'll read it one time
and I'll read it two
to be certain what I read is true
The words on the page do their best to do justice
To the thoughts that reflect what you feel
And I'll give them credit as their magic they work
To make something so distant so real
All the calls that she'll make on that long distance line
All of the letters she'll write
are certain reminder that all wishes aren't granted
There's no way I'll hold her tonight
There's no way I'll hold her tonight
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Hush Hush Darling
03:27
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Hush hush darling
Some things change some stay the same
Can I even try to explain?
Wheels turn round and round
If you jump up you come back down
Well hush hush darlin'
Some things start and some things end
Can I even try to defend
Wheels turn round and round
If you jump up you come back down
Memphis:
I don't care how deep you sound
You talking about wheels spinning round round round
People jumping up and down
You're hurting me
I can't believe you'd even try
to get me to believe just one more lie
when all I do is cry and cry
You're hurting me
Your words mean nothing
Not to me
And your words are empty
You don't see
You don't see
You don't see
Well hush hush darlin'
Nothing's good when something's bad
Did we ever know just what we had?
Oh, what we had
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Just one cricket singing out her song
Don't fear the night, the moon will come along
Reliable, keeping her own pace
Can't believe I ever found this place
So many nights I'd wish upon
the first star that I'd see
Tonight I'm thinking just a little bit
that the stars are wishing on me
Five behind, fifty out ahead
Have a little faith that's what the good book said
You're gonna feel the pressure, you know you're gonna make the grace
Can't believe we ever found this place
So many nights I would wish upon
the first star that I'd see
Tonight I'm thinking just a little bit
the stars are wishing
They're wishing on me
So many wishes for the stars to grant on any night
What made them finally say
"I guess that this would be all right"
Once upon a time you may lose
Once upon this time is ours to choose
Give a little kiss
A little kiss for luck just in case
Can't believe we ever found this place
So many nights I would wish upon
the first star that I'd see
Tonight I'm thinking just a little bit
that the stars are wishing
stars are wishing
stars are wishing on me
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ellida Saint Paul, Minnesota
Evan Johnson is a singer-songwriter living outside (but not too far outside) St. Paul, MN
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