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Joshua West - Everyone
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Coming down
With this cold
In the ground
Just like gold
Dust me off
Shine me up
Shape me in
To a sacred cup
Fill me with
Tears of joy
For every girl
Every boy
Everyone
Everyone
Its a chance
To give up
Eternal life
In a cup
Take a sip
Or pour it out
Don’t forget
What life’s about
Give your love
To live on
To live on
In everyone
Everyone
Everyone
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Standing in the shadows
Say a little prayer for the dead
All that came before us
Leaving something better instead
Think about the good times
Sing a little song while you can
Seems to me the best times
Right before we learn to understand
Kiss the sky if you dare
Hourglass is ticking, do you even care
Live a little louder, smile a little bigger
We won’t live forever
We won’t love forever
We won’t be forever
Hug a little deeper
Don’t worry it’s not cruel to be kind
Dream a little harder
Open eyes to open your mind
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Carol, turn that light low
I can’t see the open road
the sparks and shadows hammer out
some mystic kind of code
that I can’t read
lived so long in Carolina
can’t abide the cold
sometimes it settles in so deep
a frozen stranglehold
that I can’t shake
no time left to dwell on every promise
I can’t keep
but I’d like to put a few more miles
behind me ‘fore I sleep
remind myself I’m not the only
dog that’s lost its bite
and no one likes that shitty smell
of hospitals at night
but I can dream
Carol, what’s been done is done
and I can’t read your mind
the way you’re staring out that windshield
just full of never mind
I wish you’d say
all the dreams we left behind
we sold ‘em all so cheap
I’d like to put a few more miles
behind me ‘fore I sleep
set out one bright morning
with the east wind at my heels
the ancient spires cathedral
your horizon’s wild appeal
ever far
Someone turned the lights so low
I couldn’t see the dose
and you can keep on blaming me
but you can’t raise a ghost
can you now?
how we feared to cross them all
those rivers wide and deep
I’d like to put a few more miles
behind me ‘fore I sleep
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When I laid eyes on you
I didn’t know what to do
‘Cause it was a shiny, new feeling
Coming right out my seat
Watching you talk to me
It was a bubbly feeling
I thought it faded away
All of those sweet memories
That we shared a long time ago
It was a really nice
It was a really nice
It was a really nice feeling
You put me in all your plans
Even met all your friends
It was a whirling wind feeling
Having your lips on mine
Our fingers intertwined
It was a really fine feeling
I thought I’d left it behind
But it all came back to mind
The moment I saw you again
It was a really nice
Flicker of paradise
It was a really nice feeling 🎶
And when you set me free
‘Cause we wanted different things
It was a bittersweet feeling
But I was reminded today
Of all those sweet memories
When I saw you, and you saw me and smiled
And it was a really nice
It was a really nice
It may not happen twice
But memories will suffice
‘Cause it was a really nice 🎶
It was a really nice feeling
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Can’t say that I didn’t see this coming
Your reticence was one of many bad omens
Hoped it was a glitch in the algorithm
Should’ve known that we were fucking broken
I wasn’t perfectly in tune
At least I showed up
Which is more than I can say…for you
Shoulda known better, all my friends were right
I got an empty bank account, a deflated sense of pride
Too good to be true, I thought it was a good investment
I just wanted some attention not a long-term commitment
I wasn’t perfectly in tune
At least I showed up
Which is more than I can say…for you
Hell no, I ain’t responding to you
When you ask me if I’m free
On second thought, I got nothing to do
Things could go differently
I’ll never be perfectly in tune
Just show up, that’s all I’ll ever ask of you
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Back To Basics
Your either high on something
Or else your low on nothing
The winds at your back
Or the winds in your face
Your either in slow motion
Or doin the locomotion
Whichever way you run the race
It’s Time to get back to basics
It’s time to get back to basics
You sit and ponder revisions
Or making rash decisions
Either way your in the chase
Way too many divisions
And not enough definitions
Sometimes you just stand in place
It’s time get back to basics
It’s time get back to basics
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Only got one family, it’s so
Ain’t so perfect, love them even though
Lost their way in pastors,
The man they told ‘em lies
Some of them are assholes
But still I sympathize
Oh no…
Uncle Mike won’t see another week
Cancer has no mercy, things are lookin’ bleak
Uncle Tommy told me,
He hit me on Facebook
His and Daddy’s brother
Feelin’ mighty shook
Oh no…
Said you wanted cozy
Comes as no surprise
I came with depressing
Sad and sleepless nights
Lay down your head, my dear
We’re gonna be alright
Can’t carry everything
You’re gonna lose your mind
Quiet in house today, it’s so
Been a rough few weeks, we’re running low on dough
Seems that the past couple
Years have gone awry
Drums of war are beating
Lots already died
Oh no…
Left behind my folks in Caroline
Now like flies they’re droppin’, heavy on my mind
Missing all my people
Know I love them so
Wish that I could be there
I ain’t welcome though
Oh no…
Seems I’ve gone and rambled
Can’t keep my prattle straight
Trending towards confusion
Guess I’m still too late
Lay down your head, my dear
We’re gonna be alright
Can’t carry everything
You’re gonna lose your mind
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When we don’t speak
My hands will do the talking for me
In our blue world
When we can’t see
I’ll hold your body til the morning
In our blue world
Sometimes I fall into a bad dream
Where I go drifting downstream without you
Pulled under, no one there to save me
But then when I wake up the tears on my face run away
When I feel you right here in my arms
Right here in our blue world
The nighttime hums
And I can hear the ocean rolling
Deep in your sighs
When morning comes
I love to see the sun exploring
Your almond butter eyes
Sometimes I fall into a bad dream
Where I go drifting downstream without you
Pulled under, no one there to save me
But then when I wake up the tears on my face run away
When I feel you right here in my arms
Right here in our blue world
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Ornate Figures
I know consistency's the root of all good habits, baby
Why 'you never come with none?
Always pop up in the random with intentions of having fun
When I wake up in the morning without you, baby
You're forever on the run
I'm back to picking up the pieces- a fool's work is never done
No matter the best laid plans
They scatter when she rolls in
Shaking up all before her
Like an Etch-A-Sketch
All the ornate figures
Straight lines I try to build
Then every time we get together
Like an Etch-A-Sketch
It's all fallacy- the lies I tell myself about her
No, I'll never say "we're done"
Can't wait for her to come around with intentions of having fun
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Welcome to my home
I guess I should show
Show you around the place
It’s not much, you can see
Livin' in humility
I hope you’ll grant me some grace
Take a load right off your feet
And plan to stay awhile
You won’t wear out your welcome
Hanging with me in style
I had heard you were on your way
Arriving any day
They told me as much on the news
They said it’d be pretty bad
And it made me so sad
Even so I knew what to choose
See, this is not my first rodeo
Not my first time around
I believe in my abilities
To keep my feet on the ground
Now it starts to dawn on me
As this foundation breaks
It's possible that I was wrong
Ain't it hard to admit mistakes
I think you should go
For finally I know
You’re more than I bargained for
If I could do it again
Perhaps on a whim
I’d leave before the storm
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