1. |
Come Around
03:17
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COME AROUND
I don’t want to be the last thing on your list
I don’t want to be the dog you drag around
I don’t want to be tied up in legal-ese
I don’t want to be hiding underground
Come Around
I need you when I need you and
I can’t be waiting for 13 days from now
Come Around
I need to feel you here inside my arms, on my tongue,
touch my chest, against my brow
You keep telling me that I’m sweet and you’re afraid
You keep telling me it’ll never leave the ground
You keep telling me right couple wrong time
You keep telling me I love you right out loud
Come Around
I love you yes I love you
but I’ve been waiting for years and now
Come Around
Now we’re left with nothing
but the when, the why, the where, the how
And I know it’s right to call off this sad old game
Clear the room, kill the lights, it all ends up just the same
Talk around it, tell some lies, bow your head down and pray
But it wasn’t in sight to know it would end this way
I don’t want to be the last thing on your list
I don’t want to be the dog you drag around
I don’t want to be tied up in legal-ese
I don’t want to be hiding underground
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2. |
Seeds
04:41
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SEEDS
Day winds down
The balcony plants begin to sway
To the sound
Of a gust that’s blown the last seeds away
Over the edge there they go
Down to the ground below
Maybe they’re now on they’re way
To a balcony some other place
And now they’re falling
This evening they’re gone, head over tails
Floating away out of sight
And now they’re soaring,
Lifted on up and along on a flight
And I need you to feel this tonight
Day winds down
I picture you and the kids out at play
Running around
Do you think of me in those little ways?
Over the edge there they go
Down to the ground below
Maybe they’re now on they’re way
To a balcony some other place
And now I’m falling
This evening it seems like that’s where I am
Clinging to a memory so tight
And now I’m soaring,
Lifted on up and along on a flight
And I need you to feel this tonight ...
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3. |
My Friends
04:52
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MY FRIENDS
Hey I’ve been thinking
With too much drinking
Great thoughts I’ll leave behind this time
Out from smoke and under dust
My folly don’t scare them much
Got my back and then they sneak attack and uh-oh
(That’s just like) My friends
They always catch me
Before a fall they let me
Know the struggles I’ve won
Then they poke a little fun
That’s just like my friends
Stumble down a moonlit road so high in September
Stop me then we stare up at the stars so splendid
The day I met you oh I found a brother
You piss me off without a second thought and uh-oh
That’s just like my friends,
They always catch me,
Before a fall they let me
Know the struggles I’ve won
Then they poke a little fun
That’s just like my friends
[SOLO]
[GANG CHORUS OUT]
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4. |
Turn The Radio On
04:56
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TURN THE RADIO ON
We turned the radio on and I said,
“Brother there’s another one
I never bothered before because it’s all been done
But how ‘bout once for fun?
Yeah, I’ll write it all down, tell the whole truth
Nothin’ but the humminest hums
We’ll invite them and see if they come (to) ...”
Turn the radio on
I want to hear it
I want to feel it
I want to turn us on
Comin’ home from school under the willow tree
Flippin’ fences, my brothers and me
Mom made sure that we never strayed too far
But Pop ... he gave us the car ...
Yeah I remember the sounds in the air
They were everywhere, they were clear
And we knew that all we had to do was
Turn the radio on
I want to hear it
I want to feel it [2x]
It’s so sweet
Walkin’ down our street
You hear it once you want to hear it again
But you’ve got to tune in
You hear it once you’ve got to hear it again
But you’ve got to tune in
All I ask is this
All I ask is ..
[CHORUS OUT]
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5. |
Terry
04:31
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TERRY
Wrote my notes on loose-leaf paper
Careful lines there to draw you in
Draft it once, twice, with everything nice, the perfect entice-
meant to mail it out before the trip that weekend
57 past the fields of gold
On my way to find out what the fall was about
Hey Terry
Come see me
You’d be amazed by the sights I’ve seen
Hey Terry
I’m weak knee-ed
I’ll be standing here when the lights go out
Funny how you seem so close now
Only hundreds of miles away
I’m learning something new everyday .. everyday I think
I should get in touch with the folks back home and
Let you know it’s not fun and games
The nights in the cold caught in the rain
[Chorus]
On you
And me
It’s all I see
Terry don’t you see now ..
Got your letter when the year was over
Just in time for me to figure things out
How your fingers felt brushing my mouth
You could have told me about the sharp pain in your chest
Holding in all your wishes and doubts
Breathe it all in, let it all out
[CHORUS OUT]
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6. |
Over My Shoulder
04:14
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OVER MY SHOULDER
I can keep a secret smothered undercover
Under covers all wet with your dew
Breezy curtains billow and hover
Keeping daylight well out of view
I’m always lookin’ over my shoulder
Waitin’ Waitin’, sinking so low
Ain’t no way to ever move forward
No way, no how, oh no oh no no no
Sneaky skaters, sweaty young handholds
Screaming, laughing, falling in love
No one asking truth be untold
But trip us up and all is undone
I’m always lookin’ over my shoulder
Waitin’ Waitin’, sinking so low
Ain’t no way to ever move forward
No way, no how, oh no oh no
I like to lie next to your shoulder
Warming up before you must go
I like to lie, really pull one over
To you, myself and all who come close
I’m always lookin’ over my shoulder
Ain’t no way to ever move forward
I’m always lookin’ over my shoulder
Waitin’ Waitin’, sinking so low
Ain’t no way to ever move forward
No way, no how, oh no oh no no no
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7. |
Loose Women & Red Wine
04:30
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LOOSE WOMEN & RED WINE
Loose women & red wine
Gonna get me in trouble tonight
Loose women & red wine
Gonna get me in trouble tonight
The warm feeling when I catch your eye
Works on me like a charm, oh my
Loose women & red wine
Gonna get me in trouble tonight
Tell me now our alibi
To rehearse for the bright daylight
Tell me now our alibi
To rehearse so we get it right
You and I know time is tight
You and I know trouble’s in sight
Loose women & red wine
Hey yeah, yeah, yeah
Hey yeah, yeah, yeah
Hey yeah, yeah, yeah
Hey yeah, yeah, yeah
Loose women & red wine
Gonna get me in trouble tonight
Loose women & red wine
Gonna get me in trouble tonight
A fiery gal is out prowlin’ alright
She needs warmth and an alibi
Loose women & red wine
Gonna get me in trouble tonight
She finds her mark with an innocent eye
She knows trouble is now in sight
She finds her mark with an innocent eye
She gets her man without a fight
He whispers low, “Everything’s all right”
She doesn’t go then again she might
Loose women & red wine
Hey yeah, yeah, yeah
Hey yeah, yeah, yeah
Hey yeah, yeah, yeah
Hey yeah, yeah, yeah
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8. |
Silhouette Reverie
05:06
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SILHOUETTE REVERIE
I don’t have your touch
But you touch me and
I can’t see you but I can
Picture the hand I won’t be holdin’ in
My hands shuffle clocks & bones
And so the story goes
This one that one
Now the one to break the dam wide open
Too late and I
Didn’t know your heart had found another
Too late and I
Saw you in silhouette reverie
Could it have been me?
Is it the fault of my dreams
That I’m adrift from you?
A bit of grace eludes me, yet again
All we need is someone to bear witness
Too late and I
Didn’t know your heart had found another
Too late and I
Saw you in silhouette reverie
I see music in your soul
A band on your finger
Are two puzzlehearts left undone?
Why do these feelings ...
Too late and I
Didn’t know your heart had found another
Too late and I
Saw you in silhouette reverie
Next to thee
Could it have been me?
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9. |
Nerve Of A Green Idea
05:40
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NERVE OF A GREEN IDEA
Left plans undone, like I knew I might
On the street cold in the quiet night
No hellos exchanged
No sweetheart deal
I’m the jittery spy
Get so close then hide
Easy to dream inside
Easy to think it’s all coming true
But I slip away
Away from a chance with you
A chance I so often lose
Drifts off and blows right down
But why slip away?
When good things are right in view?
Fortune we never knew
But I’m not walking through that door this time
Sort some junk, make a list, keep the lid on tight
Boiling over under a blue moonlight
All alone is the name for me then I see you there
Soft is the sound
Nerve of a green idea
So much farther to go
The only way that I know
But why slip away?
Away from a chance with you
I’ve still got work to do
Up on my feet and down to the road
But why slip away?
When good things are right in view
I’m standing straight and tall
And I’m walking through that door this time
Thru that door ...
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10. |
Good News
04:49
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GOOD NEWS
Kept alive by the rain
Like trees just too stubborn to ever give up
We weathered the end
Shivered and wished one another good luck
Warmed by a flame
Friends stick together with love
Talk time to time
Calling to keep in touch and such
But how do I tell you of this good news?
What’s bringing me joy will just bring you blues
How can I tell you of this good news?
When I give to her now what I once shared/gave to you
She came from above
Sweet like the spring and just in time
We drank from a cup
High on the unfolding love and wine
Yet no one compares
You’ll always have a place here inside
You’re never prepared
To hear that you’ve finally been left behind
So how do I tell you of this good news?
What’s bringing me joy will just bring you blues
How can I tell you of this good news?
When I give to her now what I once shared/gave to you
Kept alive by the rain
Like trees just too stubborn to ever give up
We weathered the end
Shivered and wished one another good luck
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My Record Player Grand Rapids, Michigan
Mark Balletto has been performing and recording as My Record Player since 2003. Based in Grand Rapids, MI via Chicago, My
Record Player recorded with the late, great Jay Bennett at his Pieholden Suite Sound studio and released the CD, Come Around, in 2004, along with numerous videos and digital downloads.
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