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Get Up Blues
03:32
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I got a habit
I can't stop
I can't quit right now
and I'm a doobie down from an hour before
If you want me to I can roll a couple more
and head out
into the city
When I get up
I'm swaying like a
swaying like a palm
and now I'm speeding away
the nights and the days when we should be getting along
but I'm a suit up for flight and shoot up tonight
and never come back
never come back down
When I look up
I see right through
I see right through you now
And you can tell me to stay
that I'm wasting away
and to keep my feet on the ground
but when I get up
I can't come back down
Cuz when I get up
I can't come back, I can't come back
I can't come back down
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2. |
I Wouldn't Change You
03:27
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When I come in close up,
close enough to see myself
you know I am somewhere else
but nothing's further,
from the truth that I can see,
but everything is news to me,
what you say I disagree with
but I wouldn't change you
Can you come any closer,
close enough to read my mind
everything will change this time
for better or worse here
Level of insanity,
the look, the age, and pedigree
person I'm supposed to be, well,
I wouldn't change you
When the week is over
weekend comes I'm on my own
I will try to make it home
but no place further
The way out and the way in,
the way you're on and off again,
how it starts, the way it ends, but
I wouldn't change you
I wouldn't change you
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3. |
Time Will Tear You Up
02:41
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You can try to
hold your head up
way up high but
it's a lost cause.
If there's any
thing you wanted
I am going out for awhile
too many stops
to list for you now
Time will tell you
who you're missing
it will tell you
for how long
I feel every minute disappear
until the hours are all gone
Time will tear you up
Time will tear you up
Time will tear you up
Time will tear you up
Time will tear you up
Time will tear you up
Time will tear you up
Time will tear you up
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4. |
Mad Sun
03:44
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Saw you at the Walgreens,
waiting on our meds.
Thank you for the flowers,
for everything you said.
Western Carolina, there is no doubt,
things had fallen apart long before now.
Don't worry, I've got mad sunshine right now.
Don't worry baby, under the stars we will walk.
Hold you together when your pieces fall apart.
Don't worry now, don't worry later
Sunshine come to find you now
When it's time, songbird will sing to you
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5. |
Weekend Mode
03:25
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I'm getting ready for the weekend to come,
another hour or two and I'm done
I'm leaving here for some time alone
and easing into the silent twilight
I've got some things I'm supposed to don but I won't,
cause I'm spending my time with you in
Weekend mode, every night
all alone, by your side
I've packed up what I have stashed all around
I put the needle on my favorite song
and like the eagle I fly all night
I like the weekend cause I get so nice
I slip into it and fade out, way out
I watch the sun as it goes down and
it disappears when the world gets round
Weekend mode, every night
all alone, by your side
I packed up what I have stashed
all around
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Got a Need
02:49
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When I'm working and such
it's automated,
and I know there is stuff
happening later.
Take a moment out,
racing the race.
And come on inside
to waste the day
I feel it coming on
got a need to stay home
got a need to stay home
got a need to stay home
all alone
Whenever I plan
I intend to make it.
When the hour's at hand
I can't even fake it.
I don't need to go out
see anybody.
I can sit on my couch
and turn myself to putty
I feel it coming on
got a need to stay home
got a need to stay home
got a need to stay home
all alone
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7. |
In January
01:50
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People keep on telling me that
it's only temporary
but it happens every single time
How can I be happy here in
here in January
when there's always on my mind
Got no jobs, got no obs except
keeping stationary
eating up the news to kill the time
I've sweat out an ocean lately
in the sanctuary
peering out beneath the Chinese eyes
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8. |
Time Slipping
04:06
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Like a river honey you'll run away,
chasing the sunset on Gulf to Bay
Had it in the palm but you know
I'm too lazy now
there's nothing left to find
but yellow
peels on the
wet city street
and shining floors beneath the
shoes under your feet
Time slipping
Time slipping
Time slipping
You looked for me but I wasn't there
I fell to sleep while reading Baudelaire.
I never wanted to be involved
Why's it so hard to get your problems solved
And like the clouds that drift on
the Summer sky
the hands of the clock go faster
the years they're passing you by
Time slipping
time slipping
time slipping
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9. |
Folk Song 2
04:45
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Billy Summer Saint Petersburg, Florida
Melding the sounds of AM Gold, Power Pop, Slack Rock, New Wave, and Garage to make future
classics.
Billy has contributed to bands such as Hotel Life, Blackfish, Luxury Mane, and The Semis.
His music has been featured on major networks including HBO, SHOWTIME, ABC, CBS, The Sundance Channel and many others.
He currently writes, rips, records and resides in sunny St Petersburg, FL.
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