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Turning Mind
02:42
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From behind some silver light, in your turning mind
Oh my eyes, they never lie, but my loving never comes out right
Pull aside, cease to rely
I’m gonna put you on ice
From my side burning minds, just read between the lines
She never read the book I wrote and from my mouth she did misquote
Fell out but now she’s back on her feet and from my mouth the words repeat
From on high, my whole life the dreamers in my mind
Oh my love never dies, just seen through different eyes
Pulled aside cease to rely
Don’t show them you’re tried
Oh my style, tow the line, and come up from behind
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So Down
03:30
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Love came down, filled the streets of this old town
In my eyes, the first would be the worst try
Same sound every time we come around
Wheres mine? Try my best to be kind
So Down, made a lot of friends in town
She found out, never was a word of doubt
Oh no
Love is blind, but my eyes are open wide
Full stop, crawl my way to the top
Too high, baby’s gotta learn to fly
On my own, felt the best to be alone
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Shadow of She Was
04:08
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Took my line out of the sand
I don’t wanna make demands in love
A feeling came down from above
And found a shape, the shadow of she was
I came out for a buzz
No matter what, it was it was
Ain’t no crime for your love
I felt that way just because
All the time spent inside another dream remains to see
Walk the same line with a crutch
Hard to tell, I don’t care that much
She went out, such and such
Long ago, you know I lost my touch
Wait so long for a buzz
Still can’t find a shadow of she was
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My Old Man
04:02
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My old man was a Steely Dan fan
He liked to laugh and joke, shaved his head for a carton of smokes
Back in his day, not a lot to say
Cutting class and smoking grass, gone on his way
And you know he don’t take no advice
Cause’ he just do what he like
And it always was that way
What can you say?
When you play your own way, sometimes you pay
My best man, brought me up to jam
When we were young, filled up them lungs
And you know he don’t take no advice
Cause’ you just do what you like
And it always was that way
When you play your own way
And the dreams you had all fade
And it feels like you can’t stay so you’re on your way
9/10 and you, my friend
Followed you down to a warm and western town
and me I sang, right back to where we began
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Without Darkness
02:32
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Say it’s in the likeness
But the song remains the same
We be three good men, you’re driving insane
Put you on a pedestal, come down
When I try to sleep at night, I lie in a waking dream
Lines and notes colorize, varying a theme
From inside your mind- pure pain
Could it be you need that pain, to build what we see
Capturing the rays of light, beneath difficulty
Without Darkness, wouldn’t be no light
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Childlike
04:44
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A cold quagmire, a liar in your head
Never put the pressure on any word you said
But you’re staring back at me with a look in your eye
Born of solitude, a reflection of the night
Oh my sweet benevolence, childlike
You’re moving backwards, loosing form again
Put your money on the table, a means to no end
Oh my sweet benevolence, childlike
Born of sweet irreverence, childlike
I will no longer walk to the end of the line
I will not see you there, for I have not the time
Oh my sweet benevolence,
Oh my sweet irreverence, childlike
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Michael
05:20
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Oh my, Michael
You know its safe to say
Things have never been the same since that fateful day
When I left you for the Hill, where you met me halfway
Oh my lord, you were shaking like a leaf
Scars upon your arms from the temporary relief
The time had come for goodbyes, bittersweet
All my friends had all said to me
He’s a fixture in the mixture with a darkness underneath
Swagger in your steps, stains upon your teeth
Softly spoken, sung like a lion
Played the song for me in the living room, I’m crying
Cause’ I knew that deep inside, baby I’ve been lying
That unspoken dream that keeps you in the black
The kind that gives you one taste and never gives it back
Following you don the alley for a bag
Pulled up and pushed it back down
Walk the streets in disbelief at the freaks in this town
But you and I are different, here on hollowed ground
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All in Line
03:40
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Turn the key for the last time
You’ll never change the locks again
On your old street, a graveyard singer
Found him sleeping on the mend
In your mind, a dime still saving to keep you all in line
I came up here for the last time
To try on clothes and waste my time
Built a wall of card stock paper
And hung his notes out on the line
In my mind a voice still saying, I leave you all behind
Came below, caught me slipping
You can’t wear those shoes on ice
Say it’s sad, but it’s more like tripping
When you make your bed and roll the dice
I wish you all goodnight
In my mind a dime store saving
Catch me up, keep me in line
In a dream, your voice still saying every word you never write
I leave you all behind
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Telepathy
05:26
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In my day, they all came out to stay
Don’t you play, come around back anyway
Not much here, except for freedom and fear
Young minds, childish hearts so kind
One day, I’ll come back to stay
Telepathy, minds eye in my way
Say yeah
Pardon me, I don’t know what to say
First of May, well she don’t come like any other day
Resumé, no experience necessary
Best way for bad love gone temporary
One day, I’ll come back to stay
Telepathy, minds eye in my way
Say yeah
Goodness gracious day, full stop- catch you on your way
Blue sky gone grey, Say what you need, hear what I say
Don’t come back my way, be gone trouble- back from where you came
Play it just like it lay’s
Mind’s eye, see telepathy
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Cyrus Gengras Los Angeles, California
Cyrus Gengras makes music in Los Angeles
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