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Deeper Kind of Love
02:50
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The kind of love
You have to give
Strong enough
To overcome
Callin’ me
Callin’ me
Back home
Where I wanna be
It’s unavoidable
It’s unavoidable
Deeper kind of love
Is the action right
Is the action right
We’ll jam it out
See what mama say
It’s unavoidable
It’s unavoidable
Deeper kind of love
World deals
The toughest hand
Pushing me down
Gonna rise again
Rise above
Rise above
Deeper kind of love
It’s only love
It’s only love
It’s only love
It’s only love
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2. |
All Grown Up
04:38
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Go ahead and leave
Have all the fun in the world for me
The strangest of needs
Stem from our infancy
There’s no reason why, no reason why
Just close one eye, one eye
Choking on the bit, broken by the load
We carry too many things
Down other folks’ roads
We talk like adults, then move like a child, point out all our faults, hide wounds with a smile
There’s no reason why, no reason
Just close one eye, one eye
Hold on to truth
In lieu of your youth
Your emotions will lead you the right way to go
You just cannot let them get out of control
So go ahead and leave
Have all the fun in the world for me
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3. |
Luv With ‘U’
03:07
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The letters in a word are significant
Some words have four while others have three
Well I should understand how they’re different
I was the regional champion of the spelling bee
When I spell ‘love’ I never use an ‘O’
Just L-U-V, I never end in an ‘E’
Why in the word would I ever use four
Letters when I only ever need three
Some people spell ‘love’ with an ‘O’
Well I’m a pretty good speller too
I never spell ‘love’ with an ‘O’ (oh no)
I spell ‘love’ with ‘U’
L-U-V looks right to me even
Even though you won’t find it in the dictionary
It’s a very nice thought that ‘U’ would be
Inside of a word suggesting intimacy
When I spell ‘love’ three letters wide
The ‘L’ reminds me of my left arm
And ‘V’ is like my arm on the other side
When they wrap all around ‘U’ to keep ‘U’ warm
Some people spell love with an ‘O’
Well I’m a pretty good speller too
I never spell ‘love’ with an ‘O’ (oh no)
I spell ‘love’ with ‘U’
I spell ‘love’ with ‘U’
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4. |
Dumb Down
02:53
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(Dumb down)
Every month the bills repeat
(Dumb down)
And the moon get full
(Dumb down)
If we want to get the ends to meet
(Dumb down)
We gots to push and pull
(Dumb down)
I know your time is sacred
(Dumb down)
You got lots to do
(Dumb down)
Darlin’ I don’t want to take it
(Dumb down)
I want to give it to you
When the pressure gets high
When the pressure gets high
(Dumb down)
Stop makin’ them complications
(Dumb down)
Start makin’ that love
(Dumb down)
Don’t be layin’ down stipulations
(Dumb down)
Let’s be layin’ down love
When the pressure gets high
When the pressure gets high
Don’t be tellin’ your pretty sister
Cause you know that’s wrong
But should you tire of my scruffy whiskers
She can come along
When the pressure gets high
When the pressure gets high
When the pressure gets high
When the pressure gets high
(Dumb down)
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5. |
Perfect Match
02:27
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This is the best night I ever had
I’m sure we’re a perfect match
You love physics as much as me
What a fantastic catch
You picked a perfect restaurant
Your profile said you would
There’s nothin’ more that I could want
So far so good
I can’t wait to get your clothes off
And see you in the nude
I can’t wait to get your clothes off
You got me in the mood
Oh, honey, now, I’ve been fantasizing all night long
And I can’t stand any more
I can’t wait to get your clothes off
On my living room floor (uh oh!)
I loved your profile page so much
I memorized every line
An aeronautic engineer
Who loves good food and wine
Top of your class at MIT
Your email ends dot gov
You trained a world class Frisbee dog
Baby, I’m in love
I can’t wait to get your clothes off
And see you in the nude
I can’t wait to get your clothes off
You got me in the mood (oh, yeah)
You know I’ve been fantasizing all night long
And I can’t stand any more
I can’t wait to get your clothes off
On my living room floor (like this!)
Oh, I’ve been fantasizing all night long
And I can’t stand any more
I can’t wait to get your clothes off
On my living room floor
No, I can’t wait to get your clothes off
On my living room floor
Tell you what
I’m gonna take your clothes off
I can’t wait any more
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6. |
Blood In The River
03:38
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All this gasoline pumps my heart
Burnin’ that book is a hell of a start
Out on that bayou your love will drown
Callin’ on your kin that spell is a spark
Cryin’ my love and I’m all bled out
Don’t drink the blood that’s down in the river
The devil’s throwin’ dirt in my eyes…I’m a sinner
Holy rollin’ love, is it enough
A slave man’s wage can’t buy you dinner
Don’t drink the blood that’s down in the river
The devil’s throwin’ dirt in my eyes…I’m a sinner
Kiss you on the forehead, dip you in the red
All my love layin’ on the riverbed
Down on Congo Square there’s (blood in the stone)
That’s a man’s story that (needs to be told)
His love went upstream, went down in the water
Finally in the afterlife they get to be lovers
Don’t drink the blood that’s down in the river
The devil’s throwin’ dirt in my eyes…I’m a sinner
Kiss you on the forehead, dip you in the red
All my love layin’ on the riverbed
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7. |
Miles Away From You
02:46
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Have mercy on my soul
Don’t make me beg for more
I’m more thirsty now than I’ve ever been before
Oh my good Lord
Sweat drips down my face
Have I fallen so far from grace
Have you forgotten that I built the fuckin’ place
That shelters you
Only love you got
Is your love for control
I said there’s got to be more
But who am I trying to fool
I ain’t got any
I ain’t got any
I ain’t got any
More love for you
All these childhood dreams
What I thought love would be
Seems you proved to me
That they were never true
Only love you got
Is your love for control
I said there’s got to be more
But who am I trying to fool
I ain’t got any
I ain’t got any
I ain’t got any
More love
I ain’t got any
I ain’t got any
I ain’t got any
More love for you
Oh you’ll no longer reign over me
I see the dawn approachin’
Baby, you’re not there
When the sun comes up I’ll be miles away
I’ll be miles away from you
When the sun comes up I’ll be miles away
I’ll be miles away from you
When the sun comes up I’ll be miles away
I’ll be miles away from you
When the sun comes up I’ll be miles away
I’ll be miles away from you
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8. |
Where Are We
02:22
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I like the way this feels, I like it crazy like that
A certain sense of appeal, there ain’t no turnin’ back
I hope you like this spell because you’re under it
We seem to do so well, but I’m just wonderin’
Where are we
Where are we
Where are we
Where, where
Welcome to my world, you are … around
… sensitive girl, sometimes I break down
People have ideas of how it has to be
Because the way it appeals, they keep on asking me
Where are we
Where are we
Where are we
Where, where
We’re in love
If I’m a bad idea, you know I make it good
I’m certain baby we’re gonna do it like we should
If you were playin’ true lies gonna be found out by my booboo
What it’s all about
Where are we
Where are we
Where are we
Where, where
We’re in love
Where are we
Where, where
We’re in love
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9. |
Darling Where Are You?
04:06
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One night in old New Orleans
Down on Bourbon Street
I went to a fortune teller
Here’s what she told me
She said, “Your love is out there,
Seek and you will find.”
So I went searching
For what is surely mine
Tallahassee, Chattanooga
I’ve searched the whole world through
Kansas City, Kalamazoo
Darling where are you?
New Year’s Eve in Paris
Was sure I’d find you there
From the top of the Eiffel Tower
I couldn’t see you anywhere
I combed the city
Guess that you had gone
Knew that you were waiting
So I carried on
Casablanca, Barcelona
I’ve searched the whole world through
Copenhagen, Budapest
Darling where are you?
One hot night in Cairo
Touring Pharaoh’s tomb
I got so excited
Knew I’d see you soon
I walked the desert
I waited up ‘til dawn
Still I could not find you
So I carried on
Santiago, Buenos Aires
I’ve searched the whole world through
Caledonia, Katmandu
Darling where are you?
Oh fortune teller
Did you lie to me?
I’ve been the whole world over
Where could he be?
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10. |
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I can’t seem to do a damn thing right, as you point out every day
I try and try to treat you right, but you got nothin’ good to say
I come home with my little paycheck, find my stuff out on the lawn
You’re gonna like me a whole lot better when I’m gone
You don’t like the clothes I wear, you don’t like the way I do my hair
Somehow everything I do is wrong
Well, baby, I got things to do, I can’t sit around and wait for you
You’re gonna like me a whole lot better when I’m gone
(Look out now!)
I miss the way you used to hold me
Oh, that flirting used to just drive me wild
The dreams we shared completely sold me
We both found our inner child
Now we’re just a ship that’s sinking, neither knows what the other’s thinking
Now we’ve even lost our favorite song
We don’t dance, we don’t go out, all we do is scream and shout
We’ll like us a whole lot better when we’re gone
We’ll like us a whole lot better when we’re gone
So long
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11. |
You're Only Foolin'
03:33
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I’ve got one foot out the door
I have no time
I don’t want you anymore
I’ll leave at the drop of a dime
You’re only foolin’ around
You ain’t good for my health
You’re not foolin’ this town
You’re only foolin’, foolin’ yourself
I’ve got anchors on my shoulders
I have no empathy
I don’t want this weight to make me colder
I thought you knew this was me
You’re only foolin’ around
You ain’t good for my health
You’re not foolin’ this town
You’re only foolin’
We can shoot this down, it ain’t set in stone
When we come back around there was nobody home
This is the fuel to the fool you thought I was
I’m leaving you, I’m leaving you because
You’re only foolin’ around
You ain’t good for my health
You’re not foolin’ this town
You ain’t even foolin’ yourself!
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12. |
Cora’s Song
03:27
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You know the first time I saw you
I fell in love with you
I know you don’t believe me honey, but I swear it’s true
Well, you just took my breath away
I stopped right where I stood
That picture’s etched in my mind, and it’s there for good
You always say maybe, you never say yes
But then you never say no
You want me to keep coming back here I guess
And you know I can’t let go
Here everybody calls you Kitten
But that’s just part of the game
Well you’re an Iowa sweetheart, and Cora is your name
Your job is making a fantasy
And I love it so much
My job is sitting here watching, and trying never to touch
I’ll call you Kitten out in the room
I’ll call you Cora when we’re alone
Well all I can do is rent you, honey, and I can’t never own
There ain’t no one else like you, they can’t come close
When you work that big brass pole
Well then you took me in back, and danced on my lap
And you captured my soul
I’ll always remember to tip you
And call you by your stage name
But that don’t mean I don’t love you, honey
But that don’t mean I don’t love you
But that don’t mean I don’t love you, honey, and Cora my heart’s aflame
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13. |
Dissolve
04:23
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I wore out the sweater that you gave me the winter after you left.
I worked in it, I slept in it, I walked in it. Until it dissolved into tattering thread.
I guess I never got over the way I felt with it on. I could feel your arms on me, wrapped around the wool, pressing against my skin.
(Goodbye, lovely one, maybe one day we will fly away. Goodbye, lovely one, maybe one day we will fly away, away, away.)
Some nights I’d wake up in the dark and smell you in the colors and in the center of it, holding me like you did in December before you left.
And I’d wait in the darkness, holding my breath, hoping you’d appear. A hovering apparition, a tortured vision of the love I’d lost.
(Goodbye, lovely one, maybe one day we will fly away. Goodbye, lovely one, maybe one day we will fly away, away, away.)
How many nights did I sit and watch the ice melt in my glass, slowly disappearing and dissolving until I drank it down. Absorbing the alcohol into my skin, wondering where you were and what you were doing.
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14. |
First Time
04:17
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I was out on a holiday
It was an ordinary night
Your gaze met mine
And it changed our lives
First time I saw you
I could tell
You were somebody I wanted to know
Something about you, well it worked just right
I said I wanna spend forever with you, every night
The first time I saw you, honey, I told you so
Might be the first time, but it won’t be the last
Don’t be shy babe, just give it a chance
Step into the future, forget the past
Might be the first time, but it won’t be the last
I had no idea
We were just coasting along
Suddenly sidelined we began to fall
Now I have to catch my breath when you walk through the door
Every single day I keep a-lovin’ you more
We’ve got forever, let’s go and have us a ball
Might be the first time, but it won’t be the last
Don’t be shy babe, just give it a chance
Step into the future, forget the past
Might be the first time, but it won’t be the last
Once we counted pennies, hoping for a dollar bill
These days we make something out of nothing
And babe I’ve got a feeling that we always will
Yeah I am such a sucker for the way you smile
Come sit down beside me and stay for a while
I’ve got that first time feeling and I hope it never goes away
Might be the first time, but it won’t be the last
Don’t be shy babe, just give it a chance, give it a chance
Step into the future, forget the past
Might be the first time, but it won’t be the last
Might be the first time, might be the first time
Might be the first time, but it won’t be the last
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15. |
Funk-a-Billy
04:02
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1, 2, 3, 3, 3
He liked to drink his whiskey
He liked to pack a bowl
He would tell funky stories ‘bout the godfather of soul
His name was Billy
Billy Triplett
One is just too lonely
Two just ain’t enough
Ya gotta Triplett
He’s a Jaggerbomb, he’s a water bong
He’s the reason we got so fucked up and wrote this song
It’s all for Billy
Billy Triplett
One is just too lonely
Two just ain’t enough
Ya gotta Triplett
He would crack a smile
Tell a dirty joke
He would give the best hugs
And rolled the perfect smoke
It’s funk-a-Billy
Billy Triplett
One is just too lonely
Two just ain’t enough
Ya gotta Triplett
He left Prince standing in the purple rain at Paisley Park
Just to hang out with Rob Atwood and Jamey Clark
We love you Billy
Billy Triplett
One is just too lonely
Two just ain’t enough
Ya gotta Triplett
Billy checked out early like we’ll do this song
Cause it’s three minutes thirty-three seconds long
We love you Billy
Billy Triplett
One is just too lonely
Two just ain’t enough
Ya gotta Triplett
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16. |
Singing to Myself
03:35
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I’m so lost I don’t know where to go
Stuck in a rut I’m so emotional
Since you left me been so all alone
All night long just sitting by the phone, by the phone
Why did you go and leave me
And treat me so unkind
Why couldn’t you believe me
About to lose my mind
Now I wander lonely through this town
Wind so cold the leaves are turning brown
Since you put my love up on the shelf
I just sit here singing to myself, to myself, to myself
I should have seen this coming
I do this every time
Why couldn’t I be stronger
Now that you’re not mine
Since you left me I’ve lost all my faith
I’ve turned into one hopeless case
Friends try to help, I push them all away
Maybe I just need a holiday, holiday, holiday
Maybe I’ll pack my suitcase
And jump aboard that train
No matter where it ends up
I’ll still be calling your name
Maybe you will come back to me
If you do I’ll make you so happy
There’s no need for you to be alone
I’ll still be here waiting by the phone, by the phone, by the phone, by the phone, by the phone
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Your love is driving me crazy
Your love is causing me to lose my mind
I’m not the person I used to be
Since you pushed me to insanity
I left lucidity behind
I went to take a shower
And I left on all my clothes
Tried to comb my hair
Hit my head and broke my nose
Went out for a walk
And wound up breaking all my toes
I wish that you could really see
How insane you’re making me
Well, your love is driving me crazy
Your love is causing me to lose my mind
I’m not the person I used to be
Since you pushed me to insanity
I left lucidity behind
Was driving in my car
On the wrong side of the road
Was sleeping in the bedroom
But it wasn’t my abode
Tried singing you a love song
But sounded like a toad
Like a werewolf at full moon
You’re making me acting like a loon
Your love is driving me crazy
Your love is causing me to lose my mind
I’m not the person I used to be
Since you pushed me to insanity
I left lucidity behind
I called you on the telephone
But dialed my mom instead
Was writing with a pencil
That didn’t have any lead
I made myself a sandwich
But forgot to add the bread
You’re making me look like a klutz
The doctor said I’m clinically nuts
Well, your love is driving me crazy
Your love is causing me to lose my mind
I’m not the person I used to be
Since you pushed me to insanity
I left lucidity behind
I left lucidity behind
I left lucidity behind
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18. |
Arcana
04:39
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Do you mind your lover
Talking in her sleep
Revealing all the secrets
That the darkness tries to keep
What if I would dare you
And save you from yourself
Or maybe you would care to
Be safe with someone else
As below above
This dream has been decrypted
Let’s take the veil of love
And lift it
Walking into history
Talking in our sleep
How beautiful this mystery
And the faith you had to leap
Showing you the answers
In the patterns and the clues
Floating through Arcana
Shattering the truth
As below above
This dream has been decrypted
Let’s take the veil of love
And lift it
Breaking into morning
The early rays of dawn
Waking from Arcana
This dream will linger on
As below above
This dream has been decrypted
Let’s take the veil of love
And lift it
As below above
This dream has been decrypted
Let’s take the veil of love
And lift it
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