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So Happy
It's the end of a perfect night here
Without you
Everything feels just so right
yes that's true
I'm gonna take a photograph
I'll pout my lips just right
I smile for the camera
show you my pearly whites
I'll show you that I'm happy
I'm so happy
Can't you see I'm happy
So Happy I could cry
I'm so happy I could cry
Everyone we know is here
they ask about you
I tell them what they want to hear
I tell them we're both just fine
I'm gonna take a photograph
With all our old friends
I smile for the camera
This fun just never ends
I'll show you that I'm happy
I’m so happy
Can't you see I'm happy
So Happy I could cry
I'm so happy I could cry
What this picture won't let you see is
how I feel inside
The tears that roll down my face
Those aren't tears of joy
Instrumental
I'll show you that I'm happy
I'm so happy
Can't you see I'm happy
So Happy I could cry
I'm so happy I could cry
I'm so happy I could cry
I'm so happy I could cry
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Heaven In Your Eyes
03:54
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She stood barefoot, naked
in the vast open spaces
amongst the tall pines
and stared at their reflection in the water
She was ecstatic at the thought of
leaving all the things she hated
and hoped those memories
would fade like water into rain soaked clay
She floated in the aqua blue
until the moon rose in the eastern sky
She was silent and staring at the stars
Then she said,
I don't ever want to leave this place
I won't ever want to leave this place
The morning came without a whisper
as the rain drops made concentric circles
in the water and the sun climbed gently in the sky
She floated in the aqua blue
until the moon rose in the eastern sky
She was silent and staring at the stars
Then she said,
I don't ever want to leave this place
I won't ever want to leave this place
I see heaven in your eyes
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Giant Can Of Beans
03:24
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We stand in the line at the Costco
with giant cans of beans
We are proud of our purchases
We're smart, we know a deal
We mow our lawns in the summer
We rake our leaves in the fall
We blow the snow in the winter
Our yards are very neat
This is what life is like here in suburbia
There is nothing here you'll find that will disturb ya
Sometimes the neighbors kid here will perturb ya
It's boring but it's safe
We dress in business casual
We have a house by the lake
We're gonna pay off that mortgage
And finally, live our dreams
Which were, I can't recall
what we're doing here at all
I'll meet you at the mall
This is what life is like here in suburbia
There is nothing here you'll find that will disturb ya
Sometimes the neighbors kid here will perturb ya
The streetlights still glow bright
Each and every night
Though there’s nobody in sight
We’ve got our doors locked tight
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D'Lila
03:10
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I met her at the Waffle House
She had on a see-through blouse
I could see her minnie mouse tattoo
Murphreesboro Tennessee
Not too far from Nashville, we
were on our way to Bonnaroo
Oh so many bands to see
She smelled nice like patchoulli
She was born in 1983
She asked if she could ride with me
I said "sure, why not and certainly"
We were off! Her hair blew in the breeze
D'Lila (4X)
She whispered soft into my ear
So soft that I could barely hear
She touched my leg when she leaned in to talk
Told me she was up for anything
then winked and laughed and she began to sing
with the country music radio
I think I love you
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I did not come here today to die
I do not need to apologize
I did not think it would be crime
to stand on the street and bide your time
But I feel like I can't breathe though
No I can't breathe no
No I can't breathe
I feel like I can't breathe though
No I can't breathe no
No I can't breathe
I feel like I can't breathe though
No I can't breathe no
No I can't breathe
Sometimes you need to stand your ground
I'm sick of getting pushed around
Sometimes you need to draw the line
I guess it's here I'm drawing mine
But I feel like I can't breathe though
No I can't breathe no
No I can't breathe
I feel like I can't breathe though
No I can't breathe no
No I can't breathe
I feel like I can't breathe though
No I can't breathe no
No I can't breathe
If I don't get out of here alive
If I don't get a chance to say goodbye
To my wife and all my kids
Tell them that I'm doing this for them
I feel like I can't breathe though
No I can't breathe no
No I can't breathe
I feel like I can't breathe though
No I can't breathe no
No I can't breathe
I feel like I can't breathe though
No I can't breathe no
No I can't breathe
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6. |
Nights Like This
04:06
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Your eyes
Your lips
The way they look under Autumn moon
Our souls
They sing
Together and forever in perfect tune
And the world can just stop spinning
When I have you in my arms
On Nights
Like this
Each kiss
Divine
I thank my lucky stars that you are mine
My love
My dear
I know we'll be together for all
time
And the world can just stop spinning
When I have you in my arms
On Nights
Like this
Your eyes
Your lips
The way they look under Autumn moon
Our souls
They sing
Together and forever in perfect tune
And the world can just stop spinning
When I have you in my arms
On Nights
Like this
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Woodstock
04:24
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I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him "Tell me where you going?"
And this he told me
Said "I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm
gonna join in a rock and roll band
gonna camp out on the land
Try and get my soul free"
We are stardust, we are golden
And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden, back to the garden
Then can I walk beside you
I have come here to lose the smog
And I feel to be a cog in something turning
Well maybe it is just the time of year
maybe it's the time of man
And I don't know who I am
But life is for learning
We are stardust, we are golden
And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden, back to the garden
By the time we got to Woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere there was song and celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bombers
Riding shotgun in the sky
turning into butterflies
Above our nation
CHORUS
We are stardust, we are golden
And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden, back to the garden
we are golden
And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden,
back to the garden
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Imaginary Man
05:23
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My head in my hat my feet in my shoes
You can think what you want you can go where you choose
My life can change with the turn of a page
I am an imaginary man
I used to think that I had it made
the protagonist in my humble charade
scene after scene as it builds to the end
I am an imaginary man
I am an imaginary man
I am an imaginary man
You lay this love at my door
Say you've never felt like this before
I look around for my next line
Love like this is so hard to find
I wish I could cast these pages aside
I am an imaginary man
I try to escape from the pull of the past
I stand on my toes I look through the glass
I cannot explain what I need you to know
I cannot remain in this story alone
I do not know exactly what to do next
I am an imaginary man
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9. |
Making Our Way
03:49
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Hitchhiked my way from St. Augustine
I was just 19
I was making my way in the world
As I walked along the road that day
It finally sunk in that I'd never play with Coltrane
But, I was making my way in the world
I was making
I was making
I was making
my way in the world
Found my way back home
I fell in love
Too much of her, was still never enough
I was making my way in the world
I don't remember who caught the bouquet
I still remember how she looked on that day
And we were making our way in the world
Then our Daughter was born with hole in her heart
Tore our world apart
Dark clouds loomed above, year after year
Doctors and Hospitals
Fight back the tears
But we made it through that
I don't really know how
Now she's making
Now she's making
Thank god she's making her way in the world
Now I play this guitar and I sing you this song
I imagine that Coltrane’s up there playing along
We all have a story that we rarely tell
Some of it easy, some is hard as hell
But we're still making our way in the world
Yeah we’re making
We're still making
Somehow we're making our way in the world
Yeah we're making
Sometimes we're faking
But mostly we're making
Our way in the world
Our way in the world
Our way in the world
Making our way in the world
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Secrets
02:53
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I can convince myself I'm alive
Without excuses or foolish pride
Leave all my options open and cry
For all the spirits that roam my mind
And call on angels to stand by my side
When I need them to help recognize
All the trouble I find myself in
And the feelings that I've never felt
The feelings that I've never felt
There are no answers here for me to find
Only questions that seem to bind
Me to struggle with getting the help
That I need to hold onto my heart
And keep it together in some way
That allows me to be here today
And gives me the strength to say
What do you know about it anyway
What do you know about it anyway
Why do you feel so far away
Is this so different than it was yesterday
Are all of my thoughts just drifting away
It's not important to prove that you'll stay
Time to reach out and not to reach in
To bury the secrets that blanket our dreams
Of forgiveness and stillness and faith
That we've never seen face to face
That we've never seen face to face
And to get the hell out of this place
And get the hell out of this place
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Rick Vines Chicago, Illinois
Rick has an broad music sensibility that draws from Folk, Jazz, Rock and the New Orleans sound. He incorporates all of these elements into an honest and straightforward expression of extraordinary songwriting that is not over crafted. He has a warm and almost conversational delivery that can be both intimate and stark, sometimes in the same song. ... more
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