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I'll Let You In
03:23
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I'll Let You In
If you knock on my front door
I'll let you in
if you're ringing my doorbell
just ring it again
if you tap on my windowpane
just climb on in
I know what you've been seeking
I'll be your friend
all lyrics © 2014 Sub-Urban Arts Collective, LLC
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Done
04:12
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Done
well you can write yourself a letter
with a pen and ink
document every single thought
that you ever might think
you can wave your arms like hell
up and down the street
but the street never thought too much
about your stocking feet
and you can pick up all of your pins
but the needle still hems you in
until you're done
until you're done
done looking at the ground now you're looking up into the sun
until you're done
thinking about the things that you should have done
and now you're talking to me just like you talk to no one
just like you talk to no one
I might just spend this whole winter alone
locked up in my room
invite me over for dinner,
I'll bring my fork and spoon
and when that snow comes down
I'll be lying in my bed
with the shades pulled tight
and the blankets up over my head
and you can forgive all of my sins
but the devil just drags me in
until I'm done
until I'm done
done looking at the ground now I'm looking up into the sun
until I'm done
thinking about the things that I shouldn't have done
and now you're talking to me just like you talk to no one
just like you talk to no one
until you're done
all lyrics © 2014 Sub-Urban Arts Collective, LLC
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3. |
The Saw Song
03:22
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The Saw Song
genevieve, I've been working so hard
I've been counting my cards
but they don't add up right
my family, they keep talking about my self esteem
but they don't understand anything
when I speak in tongues
oh oh oh oh oh
when I saw you
when I saw you
I saw you on the road
saw you in the trunk
saw you in the back seat passed out drunk
when I saw you
when I saw you
that's when I knew
that's when I knew
christmas trees, they keep falling down on top of me
dropping needles on my sanity
I've got sap on my tongue
genevieve, I've been working so hard
standing out in my yard
waiting for you to walk on by
oh oh oh oh oh
when I saw you
when I saw you
I saw you on the road
saw you in the trunk
saw you in the back seat passed out drunk
saw you on the bus
saw you in the park
saw you walking home late after dark
when I saw you
when I saw you
that's when I knew
when I saw you
when I saw you
that's when I knew
all lyrics © 2014 Sub-Urban Arts Collective, LLC
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4. |
Shadow People
03:39
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Shadow People
I can see those tail lights for miles
flashing like a distant neon sign
she says "those aren't tail lights those are
flying shadow people coming in the night.
"shadow people coming for our lives,
sending out their scouts and their spies.
and I'll be waiting here 'til they arrive,
and everyone will know that I've been right.
"I've been right, I've been right
I'll be waiting here when they arrive.
when they arrive, oh when they arrive
I'll be waiting here when they arrive."
she goes there every single night,
every single, every single night.
people come to her see the light
and turn and walk away and laugh inside.
she's alone to see these precious things.
we'll never see the things that she's seen.
she'll be waiting there when they arrive,
and everyone will know that she's been right.
she's been right, oh she's been right
she'll waiting there when they arrive.
when they arrive, oh when they arrive
she'll be waiting there when they arrive.
when they arrive, oh when they arrive
she'll be waiting there when they arrive.
when they arrive, oh when they arrive
she'll be waiting there when they arrive.
when they arrive, oh when they arrive
she'll be waiting there when they arrive.
when they arrive, oh when they arrive
shadow people coming in the night.
all lyrics © 2014 Sub-Urban Arts Collective, LLC
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5. |
My Blue Eyed Woman
04:11
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My Blue Eyed Woman
I’m gonna take my money, gonna lay it in the ground
I’m gonna get my payday check, gonna lay it down
I’m gonna grab my blue eyed woman by the hand
Gonna give her what she needs, show I understand
We’re gonna rise up, gonna climb into the sun
We're gonna turn around, gonna smile at everyone
It’s gonna be a long time, gonna be a long time that we’re gone
I’m gonna give my blue eyed woman everything she wants
we're gonna shine 'til we're gold
all lyrics © 2014 Sub-Urban Arts Collective, LLC
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6. |
You Best Be There
04:57
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You Best Be There
I take one last look at your pictures
one last glance before they're gone
into the fire, it will consume them
just like me, they'll soon be gone
those love letters that you sent me
the words you wrote me return like ghosts
they pass right through me, like you just spoke them
the papers glow now, the fire burns
tell me that you'll be waiting
tell me you'll meet me there
when I get home, you best be waiting
when I get home, you best be there
we were young then, when you came to me
sang me your love songs, built me a home
you gave me flowers, I gave you children
we gave them all things and watched them grow
your words run right through me
like a river to the sea
like the winds blow through empty valleys
like the flames tear through autumn leaves
tell me that you'll be waiting
tell me you'll meet me there
when I get home, you best be waiting
when I get home, you best be there
all lyrics © 2014 Sub-Urban Arts Collective, LLC
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7. |
Everything Feels Better
03:44
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8. |
Waters Get High
04:46
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Waters Get High
when the sun goes down on western boulevard at night
and the street lamps turn on, drowning out the starlight
standing on the corner, iron flags fill the sky
while the children rush home to shut their eyes
and the windows are open wide
while the sirens sing out in the night
when the waters get high again
when the waters get high again
my baby won't let me in
summer swells just like a bud
and that river is rising high, better get ready for the flood
wading through your basement, the water is up to your eyes
and everything you've ever owned is washed away with the tides
and the faces on the photographs you used to hold
suffocate in mildew and mold
when the waters get high again
when the waters get high again
my baby won't let me in
all lyrics © 2014 Sub-Urban Arts Collective, LLC
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9. |
Shed Your Leaves
05:08
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Shed Your Leaves
you found a forest
growing in your chest
and your ribcage
is a raven's nest
and the sun hangs
in a hollow sky
but your branches
won't let it shine
I'll be riding
on a ferry boat tonight
coming for you
on your lonesome island
and the ravens
they crow and cry
because you're stuck there
waiting for the tide
share your oceans
share your seas
share your troubles with me
shed your branches
shed your leaves
leave your worries with me
all lyrics © 2014 Sub-Urban Arts Collective, LLC
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The Dirt and the Air and the Grass
lay down your soul: it's old, it's old
lock up the door: it's cold, it's cold
and I want it warm
I need the sun
sell all your clothes
or give them to the poor
They know your foes
they've fought your wars
and they've seen the rooms
that you're walking through
and when you wake up and the day is late
and you hear the call of names
and you keep looking for your own face
but it's not there
on the photographs
or the documents
or the television screens
and nothing
is as it seems
and nothing
is as it should be
and there's nothing left
but the dirt and the air and the grass
all lyrics © 2014 Sub-Urban Arts Collective, LLC
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11. |
Gone
04:12
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Gone
don't ask me why it feels like something's wrong
don't ask me about the meaning of my songs
I'm tired of lonely wondering
I miss the quiet thundering
when its gone
don't ask me why they turn and walk away
don't ask me why the sky is always grey
I told you i don't care anyways
what they do
when they're gone
I won't give the devil what he wants
I won't share my body or my thoughts
I can't understand the ways I've wound up in this spot
but I want to see the rivers and I want to see her ribbons
before they're gone
don't ask me what I said in my sleep
don't ask me about the content of my dreams
there ain't no point in wondering
where all these thoughts have run to
when they're gone
and if I had just one more night
I wouldn't waste it here saying goodbye
I'd head out for the sunset
and go down with my friends standing by
I won't give the devil what he wants
I won't share my body or my thoughts
I can't understand the ways I've wound up in this spot
but I want to see the rivers and I want to see her ribbons
before they're gone
all lyrics © 2014 Sub-Urban Arts Collective, LLC
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Will Phalen Chicago, Illinois
Psychedelic Folk Rock born in the American Midwest
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