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1. |
Never Gonna Give It Up
03:15
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NEVER GONNA GIVE IT UP (J.Faulkner/M.J.White)
Walking this fine line
Taking my sweet time
Am I lazy or out of my mind
Peeking through closed doors
Traipsing this worn floor
It’s the same thing every time
Waiting on a siren
Someone who will call on me
Never gonna give it up
I’m waiting on lady
I’m feeling it,
Maybe I’ve seen enough
To know which way is up
With one foot on the ground
I’m still spinning
Fighting these tired eyes
Long after midnight
It’s a carousel of what when and whys
Then daylight comes creeping
As I break through this ceiling
Clearing this junkyard to own what is mine
Waiting on a siren
someone who will call on me
Never gonna give it up
I’m waiting on lady
I’m feeling it,
Maybe I’ve seen enough
To know which way is up
With one foot on the ground
I’m still spinning
I know that there is hope in the waiting
hoping that this track that I’m takings right
waiting on a siren
someone who will call on me
Never gonna give it up
I’m waiting on lady
I’m feeling it,
Maybe I’ve seen enough
To know which way is up
With one foot on the ground
I’m still spinning
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2. |
You Give Me A Reason
03:29
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YOU GIVE ME A REASON (J.Faulkner)
High above the tallest walls
I look on out past the urban sprawl
Mist covering that winter morning
My thoughts run wild and my hands are wet
My hearts beating out of my chest
I’ve got something that I’m wanting to confess
Oh I know I took for granted
And you came up empty handed
I’ve got to tell you ‘fore this day is done
You give me a reason
I’ll chase the seasons
What ever it takes
I’m coming your way
I’m done with daydreaming
You better believe it
What ever it takes
I’m coming your way
Everywhere I walk I’m caught
I see your name written on the wall
I see your shape in the cobble stones
I’m drifting back again
Your voice like a sweet melody plays in my head how could it be
I got myself into this mess this time
Oh I know I took for granted
And you came up empty handed
I’ve got to tell you ‘fore this day is done
You give me a reason
I’ll chase the seasons
What ever it takes
I’m coming your way
I’m done with daydreaming
You better believe it
What ever it takes
I’m coming your way
I guess there’s nothing wrong
With swallowing my pride cause I know
I can be so hard headed at times
Oh I know that I’m in deep
Without your love I’m incomplete
So hear me when I tell you that
You give me a reason
I’ll chase the seasons
What ever it takes
I’m coming your way
I’m done with daydreaming
You better believe it
What ever it takes
I’m coming your way
Just give me a reason
I’ll chase the seasons
What ever it takes
I’m coming your way
I’m done with daydreaming
You better believe it
What ever it takes
I’m coming your way
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3. |
Wake Me Up
03:05
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WAKE ME UP (J.Faulkner/A.Schroer)
Like a rolling, crack of thunder
You shook me with surprise
Seconds later came the lightning
Lit that morning sky
Something so big
Can never be wrong
You shook me with a whole lot of faith
This love came on so quick
You rattled my bones
There’s just one thing I got to know
Wake me up
Wake me up ‘fore you go
I remember that sweet December
Full moon on the rise
Road a winding
That old soul music
We took our sweet time
I pulled you in
I held you strong
The crash of the waves sang out like a song
Love came on quick
You rattles my bones
Still theres one thing i got to know
Wake me up
Wake me up ‘fore you go
If I fall asleep and the sun starts to creep up will you
Wake me before you go
Before you leave, won't take some time
We gonna lay right here, just for a while
Wake me up
Wake me up ‘fore you go
If I fall asleep and the sun starts to creep up will you
Wake me before you go.
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4. |
I'm Coming Home
03:38
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I’M COMING HOME (J.Faulkner)
Look at my worn out shoes
The pavement is my dance floor
And I’m carving up these sunday blues
last night, I’m still coming down
my head still hurts with ever cab that turns me down
Oh I could crawl out of my skin
Just another few more days
Until this trip will reach its end
Oh I should be winding down
I see the on the sun on the horizon
And I miss home, my family and my friends
Once again
Oh I'm coming home
Been away too long
Every cities missing something
Then you know it’s time to go
I'm coming home
The whole wide world I've roamed
Walked the streets of Tokio
But now I’m coming home
In Amsterdam, I got sky high
I drank so many beers in Brussels that I nearly missed my flight
New Orleans, Mardi Gra
In Memphis Tennessee I bought myself a second hand guitar
Vietnam, I still have a scar
I argued about politics in one of Berlins hipster bars
oh I could jump out of my skin
Every moment I'm away
I seem to miss my family and my friends again
Once Again.
Oh I'm coming home
Been away too long
Every cities missing something
Then you know it’s time to go
I'm coming home
The whole wide world I've roamed
Walked the streets of Tokio
But now I’m coming home
There’s only one place
pulling me in like a magnet
I've had the time of my life and I’ve grown
But theres longing here my friend
And I've seen it to the end
But now i know
Where I belong.
Oh I'm coming home
been away too long
When every cities missing something,
Then you know its time to go
I’m coming home
The whole wide world I've roamed
Walked the streets of Tokio
But now Im coming home
I'm coming home
Been away too long
Every cities missing something
Then you know it’s time to go
I'm coming home
The whole wide world I've roamed
New York City to Cologne
oh now I’m coming
oh now I’m coming home
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5. |
Up All Night
03:43
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UP ALL NIGHT (J.Faulkner)
I been running circles round these troubles in my head
Needless to say it’s a roller coaster ride up there
When you’re chasing that American dream
When you’re raised up from the bottom
It’s always out of reach
And its hard to make a living
When your moneys all but spend
Its hard to find direction
When the rules seem to be bend
And it seems to me that we’re just pissing in the wind
Or am I wrong?
Up all night
Its late in the city
And this cold store light
is burning my eyes
Day and night
Working round the clock
To make things right
I’m up all night
My key it pushes through that door
When you rise to your feet
My eyes are so damn heavy
And my body needs to sleep
Just four more hours till I set back into town
It’s been months, since we have had time
To sit each other down
But we're in the red,
There’s bills to pay
And I lay wide awake
Its hard to see perspective
when the nerves are ‘bout to break
Little by little we unravel
We can only lift this weight so long
Up all night
Its late in the city
And this cold store light
is burning my eyes
Day and night
Working round the clock
To make things right
I’m up all night
Most thank God its friday
While we keep the dogs at bay
Pushing through this shift
With a smile drawn on my face
Its hard to find religion
Cause Jesus he don’t stop by here no more.
Up all night
Its late in the city
And this cold store light
is burning my eyes
Day and night
Working round the clock
To make things right
I’m up all night
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6. |
It Ain't Easy
03:29
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IT AIN'T EASY (J.Faulkner/D.Anania)
Came in from out of town
My hope was up my luck was down
In the city I saw a chance
That I could grab with my two hands
This land of opportunity
It’s all you hear, its all you read
The road to joy and liberty
It was build for them, not for me
Once a proud man, I stand
a pan handle in my hand
It ain't Easy
It ain't Easy
It ain't Easy
I used to greet the day
With the light that the good Lord gave
As the heat of the midday sun
Beats down on Madison
Six hours might pay the way
For a meal and a place to stay
Flop house ain’t all it seems
Just a house full of broken dreams
No matter how hard I try
Good fortune marches by
It Ain't Easy
If Summer weren’t bad enough
Winter gonna roll around
In the bitter cold
Winter be the death of me
I aint got nothing on my back
But this world can’t you see?
In this world that we both share
Met with disdainful stares
You don’t know from where I’ve come
Yet you look at me like im no one
When kindness looks me in the eye
That’s the faith keeping me alive
It Ain't Easy
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7. |
Berlin
03:13
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BERLIN (J.Faulkner)
I once wished on an eyelash
And caught up in the wind
It floated over oceans
It floated over springs
When the clouds where out of breath
My wish it did come true
I packed my bags I took a plane
I found my way to you
And with just a dollar
I tried to buy the world
You don't need a dollar
When you got a girl
Loves you in the morning
Who loves you in the eve
A holder of your secrets
you trust her with the key
Skipping and a jumping
Oh its gonna take a whole lotta something
To shake me right out of this mood that I'm in
I’m in love with a girl from Berlin
I’m on my way home to berlin
I'll take you for my lover
I'll take you for my bride
I will stand beside you
until the day I die
If by chance we meet again
In another life
I’d simply ask the lord above
for you to be by my side
Skipping and a jumping
Oh its gonna take a whole lotta something
To shake me right out of this mood that I'm in
I’m in love with a girl from Berlin
I’m on my way home to berlin
And if by chance the day came
I’m left out in the cold
Finding it hard to win
Just like the days of old
Nothing can hold me down
Cause in time I ain’t never found
Anything like you yet
Skipping and a jumping
Oh its gonna take a whole lotta something
To shake me right out of this mood that I'm in
I’m in love with a girl from Berlin
I’m on my way home to berlin
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8. |
Lose Ourselves
03:16
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Lose Ourselves (J.Faulkner/A.Schroer)
We're scraping at the bottom
And I don't won't to play
If playing means we're chasing our tales round and round again
Ain’t nobody winning
We can't keep the pace
Life can kick so hard
But we will make it all the same
Just for once I want us to break all the rules
Just for once let’s go crazy like we used to do
We've fallen on hard times lately
But we can still get by
Falling on hard times lately
But you know that in good time
It’s gonna be Ok, Ok
It’s gonna be Ok, Ok
Let’s take a breath and loose ourselves tonight
We're counting every dollar
When we all ready know
We don't need to drape ourselves in silver or in gold
We don't need a castle
Just a little room to grow
This may be the roughest ride but we're gonna make it on our own
Once oh once, I want us to break all the rules
Just for once, let’s go crazy like we used to do
We've fallen on hard times lately
But we can still get by
Falling on hard times lately
But you know that in good time
It’s gonna be Ok, Ok
It’s gonna be Ok, Ok
Let’s take a breath and loose ourselves tonight
We can make the distance baby
Stuck between a rock and a hard place
I've become a head case
They're bleeding us for everything
We're gonna be alright
Falling on hard times lately
But you know that in good time
It’s gonna be Ok, Ok
It’s gonna be Ok, Ok
We've fallen on hard times lately
But we can still get by
Falling on hard times lately
But you know that in good time
It’s gonna be Ok, Ok
It’s gonna be Ok, Ok
Let’s take a breath and loose ourselves tonight
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9. |
House Made Of Sticks
03:21
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HOUSE MADE OF STICKS (J.Faulkner/M.J White)
Oh Oh, It ain’t easy when the wolves knocking at your door
Oh Oh, It’s wearing us thin and he’s always coming back for me
Nippin at our feet here
Take another chunk there and it can’t hold
We can build something better than this
No more living in a house made of sticks
They can huff, puff,
Try all they want
But they won’t bring us down
Oh Oh, the lines are down and our faith is busting at the seems
Oh Oh if the storm hits town, we’ll be drifting down the river deep
We dig a little bit here
We dig a little bit there and it won’t hold
We can build something better than this
No more living in a house made of sticks
They can huff, puff,
Try all they want
But they won’t bring us down
They say that if the levee breaks
Then the water swallows everything
There aint no thinking clearly when,
When you’re swimming in the deep end
Lets not take another chance of being carried away
You plant a little seed
It takes a little time
Get up off our knees
We can grow with it
We can build something better than this
No more living in a house made of sticks
They can huff, puff,
Try all they want
But they won’t bring us down
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LOST LOVE (J.Faulkner/S.Bettens)
I don't believe you want what I want
I know you love me but you fall short
And you don't know
You don't know what I need
You say you listen but the words fall
Somewhere between us there’s a lost love
And you don't know
You don't know what I need
And all along the road
We only had each other
And we danced and loved like lovers
Oh if we knew this was all we had I’m sure
I would have held you more
We closed our eyes drifted off somewhere
We settled down like we were already there
Did you know
Just how lucky I felt
And all along the road
We only had each other
And we danced and loved like lovers
Oh if we knew this was all we had I’m sure
I would have held you more
So go, if it feels right
Just one more time
Let us hold on tight
Like we only had each other
And we danced and loved like lovers
Oh if we knew this was all we had I’m sure
We only had each other
And we danced and loved like lovers
Oh if we knew this was all we had I’m sure
I would have held you more
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11. |
Ringing Them Bells
03:44
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RINGING THEM BELLS (J.Faulkner)
Tell me, Tell me
Are you alone for the night
Break me, mend me
Every things gonna be 'right
I’ll track the wolfs that are lurking
Howling outside your door
I’ll be there for you
Like I've have been there before
Praise me, Praise me
Did I get it right from the start
knead me, shape me
when we're alone in the dark
I’ll be the one that is waiting
When you walk through that door
I’ll be there for you
Like I have been there before
Saturday you'll be in lights
And everything’s gonna be right
So hike up them sleeves and let’s get down to it
Saturday you'll be in lights
Everything shiny and bright
It won't be long util they'll be ringing them bells
we’ll box up it all
Like we’ve done before
walk down the halls memories clinging to walls
Shed a small tear for the friends that we’ll leave in this place
Bid fair the well
To the church tower bells
That greeted us quarterly
Such a fuss hourly
Drive past the pub
Where we first hooked up
Now we’re on our way
Saturday we'll be in lights
And everything’s gonna be right
So hike up them sleeves and let’s get down to it
Saturday you'll be in lights
Everything shiny and bright
It won't be long util they'll be ringing them bells
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12. |
Sirens
03:40
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SIRENS (J.Faulkner)
Who do you call when the lines are down
And you’re on your own
And all around you
The City is buzzing to the sirens
Where do you go
Do you hide in the cracks
The hot pavement burns
Is the wind at your back
Does that keep you running
With the sirens
What’s that you say?
Oh the words overpower you
Dissidence grows and all but consumes you in a convoluted bizarre
Does that keep you running
From the Sirens
How did you know
That the wicked would crash
And leave but a scare
With your ticket in tact
A ticket to peace
Away from the Sirens.
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UP ALL NIGHT (J.Faulkner)
I been running circles round these troubles in my head
Needless to say it’s a roller coaster ride up there
When you’re chasing that American dream
When you’re raised up from the bottom
It’s always out of reach
And its hard to make a living
When your moneys all but spend
Its hard to find direction
When the rules seem to be bend
And it seems to me that we’re just pissing in the wind
Or am I wrong?
Up all night
Its late in the city
And this cold store light
is burning my eyes
Day and night
Working round the clock
To make things right
I’m up all night
My key it pushes through that door
When you rise to your feet
My eyes are so damn heavy
And my body needs to sleep
Just four more hours till I set back into town
It’s been months, since we have had time
To sit each other down
But we're in the red,
There’s bills to pay
And I lay wide awake
Its hard to see perspective
when the nerves are ‘bout to break
Little by little we unravel
We can only lift this weight so long
Up all night
Its late in the city
And this cold store light
is burning my eyes
Day and night
Working round the clock
To make things right
I’m up all night
Most thank God its friday
While we keep the dogs at bay
Pushing through this shift
With a smile drawn on my face
Its hard to find religion
Cause Jesus he don’t stop by here no more.
Up all night
Its late in the city
And this cold store light
is burning my eyes
Day and night
Working round the clock
To make things right
I’m up all night
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