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Thrive
02:28
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She stood beside me
On the windy drive
Kissed me sadly
Then she waved goodbye
But if you find her
Let her know
Just tell her I’m sorry
That she had to go
Just remind her that I’m still here
On the west coast waiting
I wear the rain like tears
When your heart has been broken
You’ll know better than to cry
Leave the words unspoken
Wear your latest disguise
And just you remind her
That I’m still here
On the west coast waiting
I wear the rain like tears
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2. |
Girlfriend
04:21
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Isn’t she fine?
Positively the sweetest
Of her kind
Really just you see her
And you’ll find
She gets that look in her eyes
And you’ve got to see that
We’re moving up and on
Yes up and up
Girl, we’re on our way
And love is here to stay
She’s the kind of girl
Who will always
Find a way
Who is always set to play
And I’m the kind of guy
Whose dreams will
Rise unashamed
Who will love you Until the end
Because you’re my Girlfriend
Isn’t she wild?
Really just the last
Word in style
Choosing you beside her
For a while
It’s goodbye fake
Goodbye hollowness
We’re moving up and on
She’s the kind of girl
Who will always
Find a way
Who is always set to play
And I’m the kind of guy
Whose dreams will
Rise unashamed
Who will love you
Until the end
Because you’re my Girlfriend
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They flutter down like fireflies
Tugging at your sleeves
Somehow rise to shame you
Bring you to your knees
Haunt your every sunrise
Everywhere you’ve been
And always walk beside you
Haunt your every dream
If love could last forever
Forever and a day
And she would wake beside you
Each and every day
Cupid held his Psyche
Naked and disarmed
Cadmus held Harmony
Forever in his arms
You’re feeling none too special
Feeling all too vague
But if you could lift your head up
Show that you’re not beat
Played out beaten
Cast down broke
Heads down defeated
Lost to all hope
They flutter down like fireflies
Tugging at your sleeves
Somehow rise to shame you
Bring you to your knees
If love could last forever
Forever and a day
And she would wake beside you
Each and every day
And the murmur of hosannas
Is never what it seems
And she would wake beside you
Know your every dream
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4. |
East Of East Delier
03:40
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Could not imagine
Where I’d seen her before
Could have only
Been in a dream
One long past
Almost forgotten
One I had when I was seventeen
I dreamt she’d come from Copenhagen
Many miles away from here
Now I know I was mistaken
She came from east of East Delier
She lays her head upon my pillow
Flings her arms across my chest
I don’t know about tomorrow
Tonight’s just fine
So hang the rest
I dreamt she’d come from Copenhagen
Many miles away from here
Now I know I was mistaken
She came from east of East Delier
Now her skin doesn’t tingle
When I touch her
Her pulse doesn’t race
Nor her heart miss a beat
I’m not so alone
It’s just that I miss her
But sometimes alone
Is just how we have to be
I dreamt she’d come from Copenhagen
Many miles away from here
Now I know I was mistaken
She came from east of East Delier
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5. |
Kelvingrove Baby
07:17
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Sometimes I used to
Fly away each night
On the wings
Of an old love song
Somehow I used to feel
That I was weak
Then I grew strong
I call your name
You call my name
Doubt among us rose
Like provincial song
Will we be strong enough
To carry on?
I’ll be waiting for you
Waiting ’til you’re sure
(Under the circus Down by the trees
Under the August sun)
If the glory of love
Will see us through
I don’t know maybe
Then you can be my
Kelvingrove Baby
If I could reach you
I would walk all night
To hold you
In the racing dawn
Someday I know
That you’ll be back
I can hear your laugh
In an old love song
You knew my name
I knew your name
Drawn to the rose
Through the crowded thorns
Will we be strong enough
To carry on?
I’ll be waiting for you
Waiting ’til you’re sure
(Under the circus
Down by the trees
Under the August sun)
If the glory of love
Will see us through
I don’t know maybe
Then you can be my
Kelvingrove Baby
Something about loving
Something about hope
And fading footsteps
Down a long-distance line
Somehow desire
Forever flickers
In her green
And cinnabar-flecked eyes
When your girl looks at you
Yes when she sighs
When she moves beside you
You want the moment
Touched with magic
And immortality
You want rain
You want soft music
And the last words to be about love
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6. |
Dial
04:12
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Chained
By the window
In case you fall
Chained by the window
In case you fall in love again
Nothing quite as sweet
Nothing quite as sweet
Kicking off your shoes
On the sand
Fingers press down hard
You know the number dial
Caller you’re divine
Change
Again tomorrow
Into a positive frame of mind
Rise above your sorrow
You never know what you might find
Nothing quite as sweet
Nothing quite as sweet
Kicking off your shoes
On the sand
Fingers press down hard
You know the number dial
Caller you’re divine
When once is a breeze
Then twice is a hurricane
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Along the flooded
Broken mansions
I did all my best to see
Her laugh in playful passion
Where once gorgeous
Phantoms glide
Among the long
Soothing shadows
She gave all her
Best in time
And wearing oils
Of hypnotic sweetness
She kissed me
With the moist part of her mouth
As lightning played on the water
Laughing she muttered a soft “damn”
Once upon a time on the Rapenburg
I’d trade all the best in life
To hold her close in a distant season
Caught beneath a Vermeer sky
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8. |
Girl From The Polders
04:08
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I was dreaming
Of a summer of content
Spent with you
You came through
Yes you came through
There was a songbird
Melodious and pure
And you were sure
You were sure
Across the water
Just so radiant in blue
When I kissed you
Just so radiant in blue
When I kissed you
You came through
You’ve got to live for yourself
You’ve got so much to live for
Through the autumn
As the leaves turn to gold
I don’t know
Come the winter
Of our ragged discontent
Well, you don’t know
There was a songbird
She threw her cadence down the hall
She asked me something
Did I love you way too much?
Or well enough?
When is enough ever enough?
You’ve got to live for yourself
You’ve got so much to live for
And yes
Back to the polders
To your own country
Across the sea
Across the devilish sea
But come the summer
Will I see you once again?
I don’t know
Back to the polders
Back to the sea
Back to the polders
I just turned to coal dust
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You were on the ice tonight
In fog
And sudden shadows
The little pearl you left behind
I kept it safe
It’s here in my pocket
Like hope
Just something I would never give up
Like all the best dreams
Sometimes you have to
You have to wake up
Sometimes the wind caresses
Like a finely-tuned lover
And some nights I find that
Distance distresses
When I’m looking for cover
I can’t pretend
That I’m not crazy about you
I climb to your room
High on a royal crescent
Hear a trombone
Caught in the heat-pipes
Blow so incessantly
Your sultry breath tastes of time
I can’t pretend
It rang through my fingers
It’s in the nature of things
The memory flickers
But the fragrance...
Yes the fragrance remains insane
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10. |
Hellespont In A Storm
04:29
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Spread your wings
Above you
You were born to fly
Away in time
I was born to love you
But I was born to lose
In love
In time
But before you go
Before you go away
Whisper to me
Whisper to me once more
Say you loved me
You loved me more
Than words can say
I looked into
Your laughing emerald eyes
They knew me too well
And tonight
We will toast to glory
Tonight I will toast to joy
In my despair
But before you go
Before you go away
Say you’ll guide me
Say you’ll guide me once more
Through the Hellespont
In a storm
Spread your wings
Above you
The time has come to fly
Away in time
Where I can’t choose to follow
I was not born to fly
Away
In time
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11. |
Twelve
03:05
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Yes I love you
Until the orchids
Forget to bloom
Yes I love you
Until the roses
Lose their perfume
Yes I love you
Until the poets
Run out of rhyme
Yes I love you
Until the twelfth of never
And, baby, you know that’s
Such a long, long time
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