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Timeless
03:27
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I saw the constant battle
between what we imagined and what was to be And I felt the angst of our fathers
and our mothers who sailed that very same sea And I looked away for too many years
And I couldnt say if I just couldnt face my fears
But I know it’s not anything new to the world
And there’s nothing so precious as you
And I struggle to find that same quickness of mind I once knew
If ever an ounce of empathy, went unused I would store it away for a while The fight is for understanding and we’re adrift in a wasteland as we shake off the miles
And I walk away as if nothings changed
The I realize that I’m not the same
Still testing the depths of what’s contained in a smile
there’s nothing thats simple about you
When you walk to the edge do you stumble and hedge like I do
Well I’m making amends and I’m grinding my lens so that I can see all I can see
And I drink to the world as I’m casting my pearls. There is nothing that I need
In a hundred years the same sun will shine
casting shadows on both the cruel and the kind
And the days that we shared are sewn into the seams
Of a fabric that stretches through time
The bed where we laid (that we made)is the song that will play in my mind
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2. |
Round And Round
03:37
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There’s people saying that its always the same
It never changes baby, aint it a shame
Round and round we go ’s the name of the game I’m stepping out of line before I go insane
I move by night and I move by day Don’t look back I’m coming your way
There’s people saying that its always the same Don’t ask me why, I’m not the one to explain Jump out of bed to get to work by nine
Waiting on the platform same train every time
Wheels turning engine burning I guess its time to go
But You’ll be back and I’ll be here
A world in motion got to get my share
Round and Round, day after day
That may work fine for you but I’m not going down that way
It’s getting easier I think I understand
But if I stumble will you give me a hand
If life’s a charade than I’m looking for clues
I’m reading everything from shakespere to the daily news
Wheels turning engine burning I guess its time to go
But You’ll be back and I’ll be here.
A world in motion got to get my share
Round and Round, it never ever ends
I might as well JUMP if I don’t change the world at least I’m setting trends
I guess there’ll never be enough time To run down every path you find
I’m gonna take you with me when I go
And where ever were going I just don’t know
But You’ll be back and I’ll be here
A world in motion got to get my share
Round and Round, day after day
That may work fine for you but I’m not going down that way
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3. |
My Heart Falls
03:46
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My love calls me when the hour is fleeting and there’s no hearts beating in the yard.
He says I may be a stranger but I don’t come in anger, Move closer that isn’t very hard
I may not be who you expect me to be Like any ship that you pass on the sea
Twilight crashes and I fall to ashes
and the coil of your comfort keeps calling for me
The county fair with all its creatures there and the simpler times we remember so well
Now its 2 trains to the city , where I saw your committee carrying on with no worries(cares) to dispell
What’s a girl(boy) like you doing in a house like this But there’s always so much to this world that we miss
I read the signs that you sent me
but my glass is still empty
So I’m filling it with rumors of your perilous kiss
My Heart falls every time
Am I blind
Am I a fool to believe that you are this kind Somewhere soon down the line
I’ll be fine.
I’m still hoping the the dream becomes real this time
I set out on your trail , My heart is my sail , my mind is the light that guides me back to the shore
I came to your castle and I brought just my intent, thus starts my descent , I guess I could have done more
I can’t change my past theres not a thing I can do
You’re breaking your own rules and thats what draws me to you Bravery’s no virtue when theres nothing to hurt you
but all the traps re-appear with the morning dew
My observant eyes are quick to surmise there is something changing in the air
I see the words in your mouth you’re heading back to the south, what am I even doing here
There’s not much will last till the end of your days
And I shouldn’t feign to consider you that way
The seasons are fleeting but I don’t feel defeated We’re all in transition what more can I say
My Heart falls every time
Am I blind
Am I a fool to believe that you are this kind Somewhere soon down the line
I’ll be fine.
I’m making the most of whatever i find
I’m making the most of whatever i find
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4. |
The Sea
04:28
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Where are your two big eyes tonite?
High up on the rooftop taking flight without my body
What are you listening to this hour?
I’m taking in the symphony of my own power
Cuz I know when I’m with you I can’t think of nothing else
I don’t know no-one else and thats alright
But it’s not. I need to see you across a crowded room
Beneath a foreign moon
I need to get away, far far far away
so I can come back to you , back to you someday
Where are your( two fine)(Grappeling) lily white legs tonight?
Climbing through the ruins of my civilized life
Who is that slung across your back?
She’s the lead, I’m the understudy tonight we’re trading back
I’m an actress she unfolded but I’ve played my part too long
Much longer than the song that goes like this - Love is all you need
I don’t understand the part of you that doesn’t understand
the part of me that slipped beneath the waves
On this sea of love we go out on in broken boats that barely float
Life is an Ocean, thats one thing it is
The rugged sailors come in and you’re watching them
They don’t see you like you see them
(There’s just so much that you can pretend)
You’re scared of the water, but you’ve given up your land
The riverfront light will be your captor tonight
But you’ve come too far not to know the world in which you stand
And If you find me an Island, I will keep it unknown
We can make our own tracks but we can always come back
At least we’ve got some place called home
Where are you stepping out my love?
Well the night air fits me like a glove if you can’t tell
I know you’re too big for any world that’s come to this
But there will come a time when you find something you miss. (you’ve missed)
In this long expected absence is there something to be learned
Or just two shipwrecked fools who yearn for the mainstream?
I got strange anticipation and all types of regret
Still I’m happy that we met
On this sea of love we go out on in broken boats that barely float
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5. |
The Dark Room
03:46
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Well I got a little bird on my shoulder who can sing the blues like you never heard
And I got my sometime lover lives just down the street she (he) adores my every word.
So why do I feel like I’m spiraling down My head is full of sounds
I used to have a little light in my eye but it left as soon as we said goodbye There was a time says my memory shrine that my world was a state of fine So go ahead , put the nails in my head
Don’t act so surprised ,these are dangerous times
Was it all just a dream I’m remembering the USA
Between the west and the east I can play the blues a thousand ways Walking down a holy street I don’t hope and I don’t speak
got reservations on the other side
I got this vintage radio with its tubes set on glow , this is the scene where i give myself the day
I think about that other time in my life when I thought that you would only get in my way
Well you only stayed a while might have been the last time I smiled Am I so broken, Can’t be on my own
Well I had a great big hole in my life but its passing by
I think I’ll take a little time and get a little high It’s worth a try By noon I’ll be crying by two I’ll be flying
I’m living and I’m dying
Won’t you take me away, I’m going to live to fight another day Yes we all had a dream but for right now a dream it will stay Fighting these new found tears counting the many years
The corner turns we’re right back here again
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6. |
The Fortunate One
03:41
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I’ve known you like a Ruby , Intercontinental beauty
I’ve seen you running with the hounds, burying everything underground I’ve seen you riding the crest of a wave
Still your fine body’ s at rest you were saved
But you threw it away
Springtime is falling and I’m left here calling your name
Calico fire lighter, Wrestling with yourself like a prize fighter
I’ve never seen you in peace, you’re locked out of solace and you don’t have the keys
Way you look, and you sound down the telephone line
were you at anytime mine?
There’s still a path between our lives
We’re oceans away and you still touch my neck with your knife
I have seen the weather , and the weather’s come to me Now I’ve got nothing at all and now , my baby I am free
All this noise till silence sets in, spirals from my cigarette and Loneliness served on everyones plate, but I’m full up, I can’t wait Made to move, There’s a time to be still and to groove.
It’s like finding your way once again
Reunion of friends
One life can’t begin before another one comes to an end
Innocence will get you nothing, nor ignorance or doctrine thumping
You’re little world seems out of place, I know that hitch in your voice , that look on your face
Sometimes love, ain’t enough it don’t fit like a glove
Over the hand that was holding us
Did I fall to the wayside of your heart?
I’m the fortunate one who was there at the very start
I have seen the weather , and the weather’s come to me
Now I’ve got nothing at all and now , and that’s some kind of freedom. my baby I am free
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Brave New World
03:56
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Well the street lamps been a flickering all night
And the sidewalks seductive when theres no-one in sight The pavement knows the ghosts of the soles of my shoes. I’ve laid down all my burdens and I’ve paid all my dues
The plans that we made I remember them well But you can’t hold me to that for this long
I’m not asking for anything I don’t already own I’m just coming in out of the storm
I feel like I’m just being born
Everybody knows me down at the canteen
Every face is familiar. This is like no other dream And to the hero’s who litter the great hall
take me at my word boys there will be no last call
And my glass is still here since the last time I left
and the strength of the potion grows more
And I drink like that hero ‘cause my enemy’s checked I feel that wind blowing through the door
I feel like I’m just being born
Oh— I had a dream I was somewhere else
and I was not myself
I had time on my hands so I sat making plans of revolutionary bands And the brave new world
I took the book of myths off the masters shelf
I imagine the future and I look at myself
A sharp knock on the door made me lose my place It’s a story I know well this is the pattern that we trace
Your silhouette fair I recognize it so well
My memory’s not worse for the years
It’s so hopeless to think we have nothing to share Your prejudice spills out on the floor
I feel like I’m just being born
feels like I’m just being born
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8. |
Can't Run Away
04:28
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My Baby she can’t sleep at night, she told me so straight faced Says it’s all the pills that the doctor gives just to keep me in the race She said i don’t know why you’re crying , just don’t be crying for me Cuz there’s misery all around this world and I’ll take mine gracefully
And you can’t run away, you just cant run away Cuz fate comes crashing through the walls
just to keep you in your place
I don’t know what I’ve done, I don’t know what to do
Gods grace must still be here even when he’s testing you
You’re righteousness is good my friend but it ain’t good enough to keep Keep you from the cold dark night nobody get’s to sleep
nobody get’s to sleep
Reports come in from out of state, there’s trouble on the wire
Right on into my home and Lord I am so tired
Death is all around and that ain’t nothing new.
How the hell do you think you got here , what the hell you gonna do
Time is all laid out like an endless flowing stream
For a moment we are swimming then we sink back into the dream
I don’t know what I’ve done, I don’t know what to do
If we all got what we deserved there’d be no me there’d be no you I put my mind to the puzzle, my hands to the task
Every time I build my house it falls with a mighty crash - again
Everybody gets to dance , but when
The band plays your favorite song
someone else comes along , and takes your love away You know the dealer’s gonna run the game
You think you know his plans , lets you win a couple hands,
then you’ll wish you never played
I don’t know what I’ve done, I don’t know what to do
We’ll never reach the sign that says You have paid your dues
You’re righteousness is good my friend but it ain’t good enough to keep
Keep you from the cold dark night nobody get’s to sleep nobody get’s to sleep
nobody get’s to sleep
nobody get’s to sleep
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9. |
Lion In The Corner
03:10
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Lion in the corner getting ready to pounce.
I’ve given all I have I can't give one more ounce. The days are long and the night are still longer
But if I do what is right I just keep getting stronger.
I’ve been given a number let them call me by name
In biblical terms this is a time for a change
I could just do what I do and let nature take course But there is no time for that got to take it by force
The battle is for the the world we were shown Though I am taking nothing home with me.
I stand on my own and I try to feel free
but what is free what is freedom
Today is the day that I make my amends.
For any I have wronged this will come to an end.
I want no burdens hanging around my neck
we all make mistakes we all have regrets
Babylon is always just a horizon away
I say what I mean and I mean what I say.
The thing with history is it's always there
you have to make peace because it don,t fight fair
The battle is for the the world we were shown Though I am taking nothing home with me.
I stand on my own and I try to feel free
but what is free what is freedom
It is in a concrete jungle I reside
With all humanity set by side.
There is the good and the bad the Ying and the Yang
you don't know pleasure if you don't know pain
I turn off the TV because it's got nothing for me
the drama is down in the streets where I breathe
The air is heavy with the toil and the sweat Make no mistakes for the futures not set
The battle is for the the world we were shown
Though I am taking nothing home with me. I stand on my own and I try to feel free
but what is free what is freedom
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10. |
Hey Jo
03:47
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Hey Jo, what’s your sign
I’ve been stuck on this freeway, your stuck on my mind But I don’t know the secret, the one that makes you mind Cuz I don’t know you like that, I don’t know you like that
Your emotions change with the tide
A feeling so real becomes one big lie
although I played your games I was just putting in my time Cuz we can both roll that way tomorrow is another day
You remind me of a girl who used to call me her own And the bottom of a bottle she used to call home But I’m no-one to judge I’ve got demons of my own And this world will reap everything it has sown
Someone showed you something good
And you took it with both hands just like you should
And there’s no chance you’ll run away even if you could You’ve been out here way too long, the battle still rages on
Hey Jo, what’s your sign
I’m here in the rat race, you’re on the edge you’re on the line Maybe there’s no turning back , you just might not have the time If life is a symphony Yours is a minor key
You remind me of a girl who used to call me her own And the bottom of a bottle she used to call home But I’m no-one to judge I’ve got demons of my own And this world will reap everything it has sown
Consider this my dear
The universe is endless and we’re both right here
this stitch of time that’s yours and mine will vanish in the air
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Johnny Unconscious And The Knockouts Tampa, Florida
Johnny Unconscious and the Knockouts is the ongoing project of songwriter/producer Johnny Unconscious. "The Knockouts" are a collection of talented singers and musicians from around the world
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