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Summer Song
03:07
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well as for me, I’m going
where the sun don't shine so bright
and I believe that summer
was the highlight of our lives
when you called out my name
your voice rang like bees on sugarcane
as the sound of water from the clouds
fell down and took us off the ground
was spinning round and round
oh when we were found
and as for now, I’m looking
at the silence of the rain
and how it can always
take me back again
when you called out my name
your voice cursed my birth and then it's place
I don't know how I thought of you and I
back when our thoughts were all the same
oh and how they changed
it's such a shame they made us change
now we'll float over the ground
when the wind comes around
knocks us off our feet and down to our knees
and there'll be time for us still
to enact ill wills if we please
so go tell your enemies
that the time has come to make amends
our friends are ties broken
and they lie awake
half baked and shaken
straight down to their bones
oh now they're unclothed
yeah this i know
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2. |
Place for a Ghost
03:06
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yours' is a place for a ghost to be
and you'll be a sight for these eyes to see
and we'll be the ones floating free as the sun
in the sky like the moon
when it fell and it shattered the earth
the two of us got turned to dirt
so you were right, you were right all along
oh but Maggie, come on
I can see right through your spells
and now lately you've been gone
did you think I couldn't tell
well if you're scared to be alone
then I’ll climb into your head
and we'll lay unharmed
do our best to forget, to forget
yours' is a place for a ghost to stay
seems like it was yesterday
when we said all that there was to say
and then with bodies intertwined romantically
you told all your thoughts to me
and I lingered on every word
oh but Maggie, come on
I can see right through your spells
and now lately you've been gone
did you think I couldn't tell
well if you're scared to be alone
then I’ll climb into your head
and we'll lay unharmed
do our best to forget, to forget
so give them my regards when you go
skip the time if it's slow
I’ll see you on the side
the side of the road
next to a path we know
a path we both know
and we’ll lay under lights from above
let the water rush right up
breathe it deep into our lungs
feel it soak up through our clothes
let them fade and melt away
as we both disintegrate
back to memory
cause yours' is a place for a ghost to be
and you'll be a sight for these eyes to see
and we'll be the ones floating free as the sun
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3. |
On the Move
02:50
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well I know you'll be leaving soon
yeah I know you'll be leaving soon
wait for me, oh if you would
cause I know I’ll be leaving too
when the moon is on the move
on the move
on a light-hearted whim I’ll follow you
to the lighthouse where the night shines through
all those places far and out of view
one look and then you’ll know it's true
that the moon is on the move
and so are you
now the moon is on the move
and are you, oh you’re on the move too
well I’m done, yeah I’m through
the moon can have all of you
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well we stole away into the night
leaving not a thing behind
our path to the tree line ahead
dreamt of statues made of white
something like the sight of our breath
in the morning air
you taught me things I didn't know
things located down below the thread
of the clothes we wore
but my structure's made of sand not stone
I can't stand to be alone
my head on the ground next to yours
well we left it there in the frosting air
with the morning cold and the trees all bare
wind blowing slow over shaking ground
and at night I’ll dream back to that place
of a time long gone and locked away
and I’ll wait for you there
I left before you thought to go
a choice I came to regret though
I chose the sky over ground
but you were part of where we lay
sitting standing there you'd be
lost and never found
we said goodbye without a tear
bodies shaking from the fear
and water falling down
I got up, turned and ran straight home
I can't stand to be alone
my head on the ground next to yours
well we left it there in the frosting air
with the morning cold and the trees all bare
wind blowing slow over shaking ground
and at night I’ll dream back to that place
of a time long gone and locked away
and I’ll wait for you there
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5. |
Twilight
02:30
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so lovely, if only
you could see me tonight
above me you're floating
in between, between twilight
just tell me, something
that might calm my mind
and don't leave me lonely
no more, not tonight
come closely and hold me
you said when you were mine
secrets you told me
fade in, into twilight
just tell me something
that might calm my mind
when darkness keeps forming
in between, between twilight
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6. |
Sweet September
02:35
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oh now, sweet September
you've gone from me again
left me out, I remember
it gets cold round here at night
but the moon doesn't care about wrong or rights
and the sky wouldn't dare give me its light
the ground is the only friend I have tonight
and oh now, I’ve seen her
listening to the quiet sound
of waves crash through the ocean
with a chance I just might
come around and see
you'll come around with me
and by the shoreline we'd lay
cause if I had a chance to treat you well,
i would take it in, let my body swell
burst explode on the sand in front of you
oh but all i can say is that someday I’ll go
and the moon will be lonely when it's down below
and you next to the water will cry for me
and then fireflies will fill the sky
to make up for the lack of light
but you won't find what you're looking for tonight
and oh now, I’ve seen her
listening to the quiet sound
of waves crash through the ocean
with a chance I just might come around
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out of the fire and into the cold
nobody said you had to go
out of the light and into the glow
I didn’t ask, but you should know
that i wanted you to stay a while, till the morning
I just wanted you to stay a while, oh darling
down to the coast with rain up ahead
pour over every word unsaid
swear I’m a book, a book unread
turning a page, like pulling a thread
of a sweater left beside the bed, unfolding
to unravel what’s been in your head, unspoken
I just wanted you to stay a while, till the morning
I just wanted us to stay alive, not haunted
when the light has gone away
and my head is in the ground
how my thoughts all drift away
like my heart is six feet down
and whatever does remain
well it doesn’t make a sound
oh I know I shouldn’t say
the quiet parts out loud
I just wanted you to stay a while, till the morning
when the sun rises in the sky, undaunted
I just wanted you to stay a while, till the morning
I just wanted this to stay alive, not haunted
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8. |
Low Tide
02:27
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now down by the dock where the waves unfold
there's a spot where the tide gets low
and I know you'll be there for me
yeah I know you'll be there for me
and high in the sky where the air's so cold
the sun will fall as the day gets old
the moon comes out when it's time to go
the moon sinks down beneath your soles
and I know you'll be there for me
yeah I know you'll be there for me
the rain may fall to wash you away
but patiently I know you'll wait
cause sometimes things get hazy love, oh oh oh oh
and sometimes life gets crazy love, oh oh oh oh
and sometimes I just need someone
to guide me home
and I know you'll be there for me
yeah I know you'll be there for me
the rain may fall to wash us away
but patiently I know you'll stay
hazily, I know you’ll wait
I know you’ll wait
I know you’ll wait
I know you’ll wait
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9. |
Slow Down
02:46
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down where rivers flow
my love goes
my love knows
that up in skies of blue
I’ve read through, most of you
well slow down
slow down she said
when all the words are wrote
the song is sung, note for note
and time floats on by
just stay here for a little while
it slows down
slows down for a bit
oh I coulda stayed there all night long
I woulda loved to linger on
oh I coulda stayed there all night long
I woulda loved to linger on
oh I coulda stayed there all night long
I woulda loved to linger on
oh I coulda stayed there all night long
I woulda loved to linger on
and slow down
just slow down
we’ll slow down
we’ll slow down she said
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10. |
Rain Days
02:53
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well oh yeah, we’ll let the skies decide
before we’re forced to say goodbye
farewell, we’re off to live our lives
behind such lonesome eyes
and we’ll find a place to call our own
no ghosts to haunt these hollow halls
in the windows cold with morning frost
and autumn at the door
cause I found a place oh so dear
it’s a little bit far away from here
a little bit farther we could go
make our way down to the coast
following the painted signs
wearing out the weathered spines
I was hoping you would say
I’ll be back on rainy days
so now hold onto each memory
don’t let them fade, don’t let them leave
how they’ll rearrange when the seasons change
but the thoughts all stay the same
and I found a place of so dear
it’s a little bit far away from here
a little bit farther we can go
make our way down to the coast
dig into the ground so soft
lay our heads to stare straight up
I was hoping you would say
I’ll be back on rainy days
I was hoping you would say
I’ll be back on rainy days
I was hoping you would say
I’ll be back on rainy days
I was hoping you would say
I’ll be back on rainy days
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Chris Fox & the Beasts New Jersey
Folk songs splitting time between Jersey and the Catskills.
The Beasts are but a myth; you mustn’t believe in them. They exist only in the songs, playing haunted melodies deep into the night. They do hope you’re listening...
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