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Since She Left Me Behind
04:02
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Will you take a message?
You know who it’s for
Will you take a message?
And knock upon her door
Knock until she answers
If you have to knock all night
These words I want to say to her
Make sure you get 'em right
It’s taken me some distance, it’s taken me some time
I’ve needed some assistance, since she left me behind
Make sure she understands
I’ve thought the whole thing through
The words I want to say to her
I hope they will ring true
I’d follow her around the world
If I thought it’d make her mine
I’d follow her to hell and back
If that would change her mind
It’s taken me some distance, it’s taken me some time
I’ve needed some assistance, since she left me behind
It’s taken me some distance, it’s taken me some time
I’ve needed some assistance, since she left me behind
It’s taken me some distance, it’s taken me some time
I’ve needed some assistance, since she left me behind
To get her off my mind, since she left me behind
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Dominique
03:10
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Dominique why must you speak to me that way
I love the sound of your voice
But the words that you say
Are so unnerving and I’m so undeserving
Why do you treat me this way?
Dominique, I feel too weak to disagree
I try to explain but you refuse to see
My point of view so what can I do?
You overpower me
Just when I think that I might have you figured out
You go and change the rules and everything’s in doubt
If you’d only tell me what it is you want from me
I could either give it gladly or you could take it forcibly
Dominique your mystique remains intact
It’s your show you know it that’s a fact
And I can’t change it or rearrange it
Or get it back
Just when I think that I might have you figured out
You go and change the rules and everything’s in doubt
If you’d only tell me what it is you want from me
I could either give it gladly or you could take it forcibly
Dominique why must you speak to me that way
I love the sound of your voice
But the words that you say
Are so unnerving and I’m so undeserving
Why do you treat me this way, Dominique?
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3. |
Say Goodbye
03:32
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You’re moving on you’re moving up
I guess I should be glad for you
I guess that I should wish you luck
I guess I should be happy for you
Glad that I won’t see you again
Happy I don’t have to pretend - anymore
Pretend that…there’s a chance that you might love me
A chance that I might change your mind
A chance that you might see me in a different light
So instead of begging you to stay
I suppose I’ll have to say goodbye
Say goodbye, I’ll say goodbye, say goodbye, I’ll say goodbye
Say goodbye, I’ll say goodbye, say goodbye, I’ll say goodbye
You’re moving on you’re trading up
I guess I should be glad for you
I guess that I should wish you luck
I guess I should be happy for you
Instead of begging you to stay
I suppose I’ll have to say goodbye
Say goodbye, I’ll say goodbye, I’ll say goodbye, I’ll say goodbye,
I’ll say goodbye, I’ll say goodbye, I’ll say goodbye, say goodbye
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Brand New Pair of Jeans
03:17
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You and I got married
When we were just nineteen
That it wouldn’t last the summer
Someone should have seen
When I walked out that mornin’
In my jacket, jeans, and boots
That’s all that I brought with me
The rest I left with you
The easel and the canvas
The oils and the brush
I’ve learned to live without them now
I left in such a rush
Maybe I was crazy, or maybe I was blind
But I no longer felt like paintin’
I just felt like wastin’ time
You’d never know it from lookin’ in my eyes
But it wasn’t easy just to leave it all behind
Where I’m goin’, I don’t really know
What I’m lookin’ for I may never find
I headed for Miami, wound up in New Orleans
In the same pair of boots and the same faded jeans
Got a job workin’ construction
So I could still afford to drink
Like the less time I spent sober, the less I had to think
You’d never know it from lookin’ in my eyes
But it wasn’t easy just to leave it all behind
Where I’m goin’, I don’t really know
What I’m lookin’ for I may never find
I hung around just long enough
To get bored with New Orleans
Set out for the west coast
In a brand-new pair of jeans
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Do you know what it’s like to fall head over heels
For someone you can’t have do you know how that feels?
Do you know how it lingers when it seems there’s no choice
How it stabs at my heart just the sound of your voice?
Do you know what it’s like, knowing that there’s no chance
Knowing I’ll never kiss you, knowing we’ll never dance?
Do you know how it feels, knowing you’ll never hear
Words that I long to whisper, my lips at your ear?
Do you know how it hurts me to see you each day
And never be free to say what I want to say?
Do you know what it’s like to be burning inside
Unable to tell you and unable to hide?
Do you know what it’s like, knowing that there’s no chance
Knowing I’ll never kiss you, knowing we’ll never dance?
Do you know how it feels, knowing you’ll never hear
Words I long to whisper, my lips at your ear?
Do you know what it’s like to fall head over heels
For someone you can’t touch do you know how that feels?
Do you know what it’s like to be burning inside
Unable to tell you and unable to hide
Do you know what it’s like?
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A for Aimee
03:48
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Aimee I made a mistake
Letting you slip away
Is it too late to get you back?
Did we get too far off track?
Aimee I’ve been such a fool
I can’t believe the things that I do
Is it too late to start again?
Like we just met, baby let’s pretend
Cause when I see you now
I can’t believe my eyes
What was I thinking when
I let you say goodbye?
I made a mistake - I wasn’t thinking
I made a mistake - I’m not gonna lie
Cause when I see you now
I can’t believe my eyes
What was I thinking when
I let you say goodbye?
Aimee I made a mistake
Letting you slip away
Is it too late to get you back?
Did we get too far off track?
I made a mistake - I wasn’t thinking
I made a mistake - I’m not gonna lie
I made a mistake, I made a mistake, I made a mistake
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Crosstown Bus
03:41
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Moving to the city knowing that you can’t go back
Livin’ in the city tryin’ to keep your dreams intact
Life doesn’t always imitate art
You really have to work to warm your heart
And you take the crosstown bus
Cause there’s something that you’re searching for
Take the crosstown bus and find that
All the time it’s waiting at my door
Everybody wants to take you down
You can’t find a friend in this town
Please don’t give up the faith
Believe me when I say it’s not too late
If you’ll take the crosstown bus
Cause there’s something that you’re searching for
Take the crosstown bus and find that
What you wanted was waiting at my door
And she can’t believe her eyes
They’ve seen such a waste of time, time, time
And you take the crosstown bus
Cause there’s something that you’re searching for
Take the crosstown bus and find that
All the time it’s waiting at my door
Take the crosstown bus
Cause there’s something that you’re searching for
Take the crosstown bus and find that
What you wanted was waiting at my door
Take the crosstown bus, take the crosstown bus
Take the crosstown bus, take the crosstown bus
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From Now on
04:16
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Nobody looks like you do to me
Nobody else can do what you do to me
And I don’t want anybody else but you here with me
From now on
From now on it’s gonna be you and me, from now on
From this moment forward there’ll be no looking back
Where once we wandered aimlessly alone
Together we’re right on track
So put your hand in my hand this was meant to last
Loneliness and sorrow will soon be in the past
From now on it’s gonna be you and me
From now on it’s gonna be you and me, from now on
Nobody sees what you see in me
Nobody else can help me be the one I want to be
So why would I want anybody else but you here with me?
From now on
From now on it’s gonna be you and me, from now on
From this moment forward there’ll be no looking back
Where once we wandered aimlessly alone
Together we’re right on track
So put your hand in my hand this was meant to last
Loneliness and sorrow will soon be in the past
From now on it’s gonna be you and me
From now on it’s gonna be you and me, from now on
From now on it’s gonna be you and me
From now on it’s gonna be you and me
From now on it’s gonna be you and me, from now on
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Take Away
02:25
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Take away all the lies that you told to me
Take away all the dreams that once set me free
The smile on my face and the spring in my step
You can take them too
Cause if you’re leavin’ then I won’t need them
Take them with you
Take away all my cash and your diamond ring
If you can carry the house go right ahead
Take the whole damn thing
The sun in the sky and the leaves on the trees
They’re my gift to you
Cause if you’re leavin’ then I won’t need them
What good would they do?
Well, I remember the days
When I could make you laugh
And I could make you smile
But those days darlin’ haven’t been round here
In a good long while
Well, take away all the lies that you told to me
Yeah, take away all the dreams that once set me free
The smile on my face
And the spring in my step you can take them too
Cause if you’re leavin’ then I won’t need them
Take them with you
Oh, take them with you
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Dear Melinda
03:35
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Dear Melinda, I’m writing this note
To let you know just how I feel
We’ve let it drag on for so long
And it’s gone so wrong
That it just seems unreal
And if you don’t love me by now
I guess you never will
In the beginning it all seemed so easy
To get you to smile and to laugh
But lately your eyes have grown cold
And the looks that they give me cut me in half
When did our bright future become our dark past?
I wish I knew what I could say, Melinda
To make you change your mind and turn to stay
I know you’ve deceived me
I know you will leave me
But darlin’ before you go
There’s something that I have to say
Before you get away with your secret in tow
You may think that you’ve kept me fooled
But I’ve always known
I wish I knew what I could say, Melinda
To make you change your mind and turn to stay
Dear Melinda, I’m writing this note
To let you know just how I feel
We’ve let it drag on for so long
And it’s gone so wrong
That it just seems unreal
And if you don’t love me by now
I guess you never will
Dear Melinda
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11. |
As Long as You Love Me
03:59
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I’ll be whatever you need me to be, I’ll hold you tight or set you free
As long as you love me
I’ll be the one who dries your tears, in your golden years
As long as you love me
I’ll be the one who’ll make you laugh, could you imagine that?
As long as you love me
I’ll be the one to hold you late at night, I’ll love you with all of my might
As long as you love me
Because as long as you love me, I’ll have all the strength I need
They can cut me, but I won’t bleed, I’ll be satisfied
And as long as you love me
I won’t need to look anywhere else
I can just be myself if I know you’re on my side
I’ll sing your babies to sleep, for you I’ll calm the raging sea
As long as you love me
I’ll walk - I’ll walk a hundred miles, bewitched, bewildered, beguiled
As long as you love me
Because as long as you love me, I’ll have all the strength I need
They can cut me, but I won’t bleed, I’ll be satisfied
And as long as you love me
I won’t need to look anywhere else
I can just be myself if I know you’re on my side
When you are lost and all alone, I’ll come and take you home
As long as you love me
When things don’t go quite as you planned, I’ll offer you my hand
As long as you love me
As long as you love me, as long as you love me, as long as you love me
As long as you love me, as long as you love me, as long as you love me
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John Egan Providence, Rhode Island
The John Egan Band is an original rock’n’roll band from Providence, Rhode Island. Their music spans a number of genres, including Americana, Roots Rock, Singer-Songwriter, and Power-Pop. John sings and plays guitar and harmonica; Matt Thorsen plays guitar and sings backup; Pete Wingate plays bass, guitar, and mandolin; and Dan Styklunus plays drums. ... more
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