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Just Kids
03:23
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When we were young,
When we were just kids
I used to dream about you naked in my bed
I’d see the light beams shining, the sun light beams shining
Over mountain tops of your chest
When we were young,
When we were just kids
I used to dream about you kissing me to bed
Id see the bright moon start fading,
I’d see the bright moon start fading
Id be dreaming about you until the morning I’d wait
Oh time and space
And the glory days
With shadows and egos at play
Oh magic ways of the memory game
To most unimportant but its history made.
When we were young,
When we were just kids
Banks weren’t an issue our pockets were thin
We’d leave the house to catch a movie,
Soda and chips, a cardboard box of beer
though I’d drink more than my stake
When we were young
When we were just kids
I swore to myself I’d marry you til’ death
I’d see the tide levels rise,
The tide levels rising,
I’d build a boat of timber to shelter the wake.
Oh time and space
And the difficult days
The actors and showmen at play
Oh magic ways of the memory game
I think about you daily, hope you’re doing okay.
Oh, I think about you daily, hope you’re doing okay.
Shalala.
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Black Dog, yellow morning
A trip down memory lane
It's been a long time since you’ve been happy
You know I feel the same.
Wide-eyed fury cultures
Growing in tupperware
It’s been sometime since Ive been social
Its been a long long time since Ive had charity
Do you know what I mean?
I want to know what it's like baby,
I want to know what it's like (to be received)
I want to know what it's like honey,
I want to know what it's like (to feel like you)
I want to know what it's like to be beautiful.
Black dog, yellow morning
It's always picking on me
It's been some time since I've been healthy
And overcome defeat
Black dog, smiling faces
Those little masks that we wear,
It's been sometime since I've been honest
It's been a long long time now,
Since I've had clarity
Do you know what I mean?
I want to know what it's like baby,
I want to know what it's like (to be relieved)
I want to know what it's like honey,
I want to know what it's like (to feel like you)
I want to know what it's like to be beautiful.
It's so easy to shadow a feeling with laughter,
It's so easy to cloak a dream in a smile,
It's so easy to hide my wants in a busy day,
And when that evening sun goes down,
In the nights I feel expired
Until helping hands reach on down from in my dreams.
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Birthday Cake
03:11
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Woke up today and swept the floors
I heard you weeping by the bedside
Remove the dirt, open the doors
I’m neat and tidy for new feelings.
It seems like oh, just yesterday,
When we were pushing for that ceiling
Living wild and acting free
And forgiving when it was needed.
Hopeful times and loud parades
Birthday candles on your face
Oh, what trying times..
Walked out the door into the wind
I heard you humming with the willows,
In every step of crunching snow
It’s your drumming I hear beating
The rumbling of motorcars
Is a bass line that you’ve been feeding,
The chirping birds above my head
They’re a melody that you’re swelling.
Precious time and heated rage,
Arguments for a lonely stage
Oh, what trying times..
Oh, what trying times..
Woke up today and stayed in bed
I heard you singing from the park side
A lovely tune that was your own
And I was laying there applauding
It seems like oh, just yesterday,
When we were pushing for that ceiling
Bluebird sing from beneath the skin,
No longer hide amongst the shadows.
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Tough Love
03:49
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Hey! You’re freaking out again
The world is changing, people fading in
And out again.
A mirror glass reflecting all that's known
But upside and rearranged,
You just need a friend..
Hey! You’re freaking out again,
Time keeps rolling, pressures coming on
And off again,
A ballooning glass of teardrops from her eyes,
But the glass just smiles and sighs
‘It’s days gone by’.
It's been sometime since I've been there,
The battles in my bones,
Chased away by my blues and pain
I’ve slumbered in a mould,
Owned and owed.
Hey! You’re freaking out again,
The colours changing, the wrinkles on your face
Are standing out again,
Beautiful transitions come with age,
And you look just right in every light,
It’s years gone by.
Hey! You’re freaking out again,
The world is changing, people fading in
And out again
The lofiness of mortals have a line,
And I have mine,
You’ll be fine.
The days go by.
Resilience is your stronger suit
You’re charming to the bone
You’ve chased away my blues and pain
I’m slumbered in a glow
When all the earth is yours have no fear.
When all the earth is yours have no fear..
And stand tall, Tough Love.
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Radiations
04:15
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Golden sun and a fist full of sand
On a beach with nothing but you
I felt it come true,
It started with you.
We followed our wants down a wishing well,
In hopes to find something new,
I found it in you,
Did you find something too?
You had me singing.
I, I want you.
I, I want you.
For days on end I’d be sharing my time
With radiations of you
I felt it come true,
It started with you.
Your mother caught us under comforters,
You’d explain to her I’m of worth,
All was of worth,
I started to work.
You had me singing.
I, I want you.
I, I want you.
I, I want you.
I, I want you.
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Scarecrow
02:41
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There's a whisper in the county,
A murmuring of doubt on the faces that surround me.
The horizon line is rising,
The scarecrows shadow is covering the corn.
The wells aren't running empty,
There's a flooding of the fields that has lasted most the year.
Cars are quickly fleeing,
As the scarecrow lifts his finger to the air.
Come are you are, come as you aren't.
From out behind the barnyards,
The wheat is growing rapidly and larger than the walls,
From the heads of wheat
comes a palindrome of shrieking to my ears.
The dogs are barking fiercely,
Coyotes in their dens and the crows are crying out.
And the passerine birds
Are signing songs of freedom to the mudd.
Come as you are, come as you aren't.
A melody is humming,
Song mans got his lead to the lines of the page.
There's a darkness springing forward,
From behind his back, and no resolutions made.
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Do What Fits
03:05
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Wake up, get up, get out of bed.
Ungown, dress up, let your hair hang low.
Walk out, breath in, let them flowers grow.
Take off and be feared, let your feelings show.
Don’t let the others change your point of view,
Don’t let them call you out on things that they do too.
Wake up, sleep in, or get out of bed.
Ungown, dress up, do what it is that fits.
Don’t let the others change your mind for you,
Accept the others and hope they’ll accept you too.
Ah..
Wake up, sleep in (get up) or get out of bed
Ungown, dress up (dress up)
Do what it is that fits
Do what it is that fits
Do what it is that fits
Do what it is that fits
Do what it is that fits
Do what it is that fits
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In The Hour Of My Life
03:28
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In the hour of my life
I’ll sing a song
Bright shiny cheerful tunes
In a funny poem
In the hour of my life
I’ll bring the sun
Big yellow rays of light
Make for a comfy tomb
La da da, La da da, La da da da.
La da da da, da da da.
In the hour of my life,
I’ll sing a song
Kind tender words of might
(They’re all made for you)
In the hour of my life,
I won’t beg for more
In the hour of my life,
I’ll sing with you.
La da da, La da da, La da da da.
La da da da, da da da.
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The moon has come and graced the sky
I’m feeling fine.
Whatever we do when we get off work
Will feel fine.
Just to share this dance with you, it just feels right!
I ain’t much a dancer,
But to share a couple drinks and I’m good
And I’ll gladly trek through hell and back just to share this dance with you.
Whisper in my ears sweet little nothings,
Slice of the cake, gain reign on that lightning.
Feel fine! I feel fine!
I ain't much a dancer,
But to share a couple drinks and I’m good
And I’ll gladly trek through hell and back just to share this dance with you.
And I’ll gladly trek through hell and back just to share this dance with you.
And I’ll gladly trek through hell and back just to share this dance with you.
And I’ll gladly trek through hell and back just to share this dance with you.
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Sundae Afternoon
03:44
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When you’re sad babe,
Must try and be strong.
When you get low dear,
Must carry on.
And say ‘hello’ to your dark friend,
Strike up conversations
Because in the dark there is light.
When we’re lonely,
We’re so lonely.
It seems we may forget,
The company we’ve kept in the dark.
When we’re lonely,
We’re so lonely.
We’re lonely.
We’re so lonely.
It seems we may forget,
The company we’ve kept in the dark.
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David James Allen Prince Edward, Ontario
David James Allen is a producer, graphic artist, and maker of folk and country songs including those on his new album By The Summertime. He lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
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