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Travel the Universe
05:21
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From the first time I laid eyes on you
I didn’t know what I might have to go through
…to get to know you
So I stood by every day and night
just to make things right for when fate might lead to
And I’d get to be with you
I’d move the sun the moon the stars and the Earth
Travel the universe for you (to get to you)
So when the stars align or the time is right
Let’s leave it behind
And have the time of our lives
Cause I can’t get you out of my mind,
and I think about you all the time
And what this world might be without you by my side
I’d move the Earth the sun and the moon
All the stars in the universe for you
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2. |
More Slowly
04:13
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You know the lines
You’ve heard the lines
You’ve seen the lines…on my face
And every time
Late, late nights
…searchin for fame
don’t take your time
cause it ain’t on your side
nor is the light of day
So when it comes to be
I can’t take it more slowly
And when it comes to life
I say give it a try (x2)
I’ve gotta get out and live mine
Shine so bright
the glaring light
the truth that lies in your faith
without a name
without blame
the light that guides your way
No reason why
You should ever try
To disappear from this pace
Cause it’s a waste of time
Cause your memory will thrive
You’re one thing that can’t be replaced
So when it comes to be
I can’t take it more slowly
And when it comes to life
I say give it a try (x2)
I’ve gotta get out and live mine
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3. |
Runaway
04:01
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You’re all alone out there on your own
Um-teen years old out there on your own
And it’s not your fault they think you’re disposable
And it’s not your fault you’re out here all alone
Little Runaway
Got nowhere to go and nothing to say
Little Runaway
Looking forward to brighter days
So you make your way to start a new life and family
But those memories’ remain when you’re out there on your own
And those memories remain when you’re out there all alone
Little Runaway
Got nowhere to go and nothing to say
Little Runaway
Looking forward to brighter days
Can’t stop Me
Can’t tame me
I’m runnin like a stray, a little runaway
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4. |
Be the Change
04:46
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When I see the sunrise on your face
And I know ya know ya been through so much pain
But then we wake to rise and start our daze
Pretending we don’t want the world to change
So be the change
So we live our lives for brighter days
Ones that ain’t filled with so much hate
Look past our differences to see how we’re the same
Look past our differences to see that we’re the change
So Be the Change
Be the Change
Be the change you want to see in the world today – Be the Change
Be the change you want to see in your life today, be the change
I know it’s hard to see a friend in my face
When all we hear about is distain
And then you see the sunrise on my face
And we hold each other with loving embrace
Be the Change
Be the Change
You can be the change you want to see in the world today – be the Change
Be the change you want to see in your life today - be the change
Be the Change
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5. |
Smile@Me
04:47
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Didn’t I try?
I did not let go.
I did not know the way to was supposed to go down.
I did not know the way to let you know now.
That I’m at the end of my rope
So now I’ve gotta say I think it’s time to go
Then you smile at me
And I can do anything
When you smile at me
So If I never let you know
Or wasn’t able to show you how
I want to let you know I’ll never let you go
And this ain’t the end of the road
Now I wanna say I’ll never let you go
Then you smile at me
And I can do most anything
When you smile at me
Smile at me, and I’ll do anything
Even if it has to slow down
It’s not the way it’s supposed to go down
It’s how we grow
Cause you’ll be around, and I’ll be around
And that’s the way it’s supposed to go down for now
Smile at me
I’ll do anything
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6. |
Sacrifice Nothing
03:22
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Hey there with your face in the screen
Take a tap to see who looks at me
look at me, look at me
just doing what this life has given me
We’re out there chasing the spotlight
Doin’ things people won’t believe here
Never knowing what tomorrow brings
We’re out there livin the high life
Doin things that people couldn’t dream, yeah
Never knowing what tomorrow brings
Sacrifice nothing
Got the influencers doin’ their thing
diamond rings all bling bling
making money out of nothing or so it might seem
Look at me, look at me
Just doing what this life has given me
We’re out there chasing the spotlight
Doin’ things people won’t believe here
Never knowing what tomorrow brings
We’re out there livin the high life
Doin things that people couldn’t dream, yeah
Never knowing what tomorrow brings
Sacrifice nothing
When you put it on the line just to take it all away
Can’t keep living life this way for nothing
So sacrifice nothing
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7. |
Route 28
04:35
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Driving down the highway
It’s getting pretty late
I’ve got the hammer down
I’m on Rt. 28
When off on the side of the road
Little dolls tied to a cross like a headstone
…or a roadside memorial
From a life on a cellphone while they’re driving down the road
…to being tied around a telephone poll
On Route 28
Where all the the trains roll by
And the cars go flyin’
One of these days
You might lose your way
On Rt. 28
Down by the riverbanks
As I try to take a break after a long night of driving ...on route 28
When some screeching tires as a car rolls by on the wrong side of the road followed by an explosion
Cause they were dozing off on Route 28
Route 28
Where all the trains roll by
And the cars go flyin’
One of these days
You might lose your way
On Rt. 28
It’s like a roadside memorial
Where someone took the time to go back and say
You were a life worth celebrating
That got lost on the side of the road
Now a place to pray on Route 28
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8. |
White Balloon
03:10
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(Geoff)
I feel so hollow
This pill is too hard to swallow
Send the white balloon in sorrow
Let it fly into tomorrow
(Jay)
Locked in a hole way down and I’m feelin low
I gotta get mine…I don’t care who ya know
I’m taking the cash real fast and if you fight back you’re catching a blast
…I’m havin’ a blast
Never thought I’d see the day
When my life would change this way
So many things I need to say
But now it’s all been thrown away
I feel so hollow
This pills too big to swallow
Send a white balloon in sorrow
Fly high into tomorrow
Never thought I’d see the day
When my life would change this way
So many things I need to say
But now it’s all been thrown away
How long it will last? I don’t know
Is it fast or slow? I don’t know
But I feel so hollow
Send a white balloon in sorrow
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9. |
Clarity
05:59
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You crept inside my mind and spun this web of lies
You made everything just right
Now peace I just cannot find
And it makes me lose my mind
Can’t feed my appetite
It doesn’t go away with just one taste
But it turns into something you crave
But it doesn’t need to be this way
Gotta get some clarity
Behind those lyin eyes is such a clever disguise
You use it time after time after time,
Line after line
And it makes me lose my mind
Can’t feed my appetite
It doesn’t go away with just one taste
But it turns into something you crave
But it doesn’t need to be this way
Gotta get some clarity
Now I see what I could not see before
Gotta get some clarity, what I could not see before
To see through the lies, to see through the disguise
To find what you can’t seem to find
Find something better from life
Clarity
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10. |
Two Sides
03:32
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You pull me out of my sleeve
As I spin ‘round the table
You drop the needle down
And I start exclaiming
I was away for a while
And now I’m back around again
The legacy lives in our song
It’ll be here long after we’re gone
And let us not forget
That some are still reelin’
One side is spinnin’ their wheels
while the other’s retreating
…there’s two sides to every story
What has become of our glory?
[REFRAIN]
….and the laser fades away
The clouds have ruined the day
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