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1. |
Peculiar Paradise
03:46
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If I lay low
Will you let me be
Close to you?
If I take time
Time to explode
Time to unwind
I can be cool
I swear I'll really try
To get close to you
[Chorus]
Every day I wake up in some sort of peculiar paradise
Like my head's all wrong
But I feel alright
Everything around me could melt away and flow into the ocean blue
And if it pulls me in
I'll float away with you
I should just run
Yeah I should hit the road
Let someone else be
Close to you
And more like you
Less like me
But I can lay low
If you let me be
Close to you
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Repeat Chorus]
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2. |
Strawberry Afternoons
03:18
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When I saw you in the morning
You were on your way to work
I bought your coffee
'Cause I liked the way you talk
It's kind of funny now to think
I know the name of your perfume
I never dreamed I'd be here lying next to you
[Chorus]
Strawberry afternoons
By your side
Where fields of flowers bloom
In your sunshine
And when we kiss
Isn't it bliss?
Strawberry afternoons
[Instrumental]
[Repeat Chorus]
One spray, two spray
Three’s too much
One spray, two spray
That's enough
One spray, two spray
Three’s too much
One spray, two spray
Quite enough
‘Cause I love you where you are
When you’re here lying in my arms
Close to my heart
[Repeat Chorus]
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3. |
Lazy Lover
04:07
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I called you up to ask you if I can come on over
I've got sunshine on my mind and I know you really know her well
I really like her too
I really like her too
Dreaming of the nights we had in Boulder, Colorado
I was a victim of despair
She was a shoulder only I know well
I really like her too
I really like her too
Some folks like their morning tea
I'm trying to keep it to the evenings
[Chorus]
No one should feel this lonely
Or undercover, undercover
So I'm gonna love her always
My lazy lover, lazy lover
There's something about her that I can't explain
Whenever I'm with her I get carried away
There's something about her that makes me feel so good
I really like her too
I really like her too
Everything is sweeter, like I've never seen the colors
Of the ocean or the trees, the people and the flowers
I love it
I really like her too
I really like her too
Some folks like their morning tea
I'm trying to keep it to the evenings
[Repeat Chorus]
Some folks
Some folks like morning tea
I'm trying
Trying to keep it to the evenings
I don't stop thinking about the way she feels
I won't stop thinking about the way she feels
[Repeat Chorus]
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4. |
Let It Go
04:11
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I was trying to do too much
Trying to make the right moves
Like so and so, such and such
Everybody else has found their groove
Oh but I haven’t found the time to spare
No umbrella, no beach chair
So I’ll pin the invitation by my bed
And I’ll wake up from dreaming I was there
[Chorus]
Don’t keep letting it all build up in your head
Let it go
Don’t stop pushing
You’re trying
You’re finding a way to let go
Sheepishly I fold my hand
Believing that I understand
The world’s not trying to bring me down
Everybody else has got their own demands
So I’ll make a little time to fill the well
Borrow your sunglasses, your umbrell
And I’ll pop my invitation in the mail
Pack up my bags
Should I feel bad if I go easy on myself?
I’ve been known to lose my cool
Historically hysterical
And I don’t know how to shake it
But you know I wish I could
[Repeat Chorus]
I’ve been known to lose my cool
Insatiably irrational
And the more I try to shake it
The more I wish I could
[Repeat Chorus]
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5. |
Let Me Know
03:50
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You turn your love on
You turn the light off
Making me wait all day
You're smoking me out
Then bringing me down
Doing this thing your way
[Chorus]
If you want to take it slow
I've got the time to take it slow
You can just change your mind
Change your mind as you go
And if you decide you want another
I will not be bothered
Darling, I can keep my cool
So how does your garden grow?
Let me know
You're standing me up
I don't give a fuck
I'm happy to drink for two
I'm in no rush
And you're sweet enough
This marshmallow fluff will do
[Repeat Chorus]
I like the shade of your trees
I like the way you sway
The way you sway
And honey when I rustle your leaves
I wonder what you say
What you say
I'd like a love of your kind
Yep, I'd like a love of your kind
[Repeat Chorus]
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6. |
Leave You Mama
04:00
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I'm gonna leave you, Mama
'Cause you treat me like a kid
When I'm done with you, Baby
I know I'll be glad I did
I'm gonna leave you, Mama
Cause you're bossing me around
And I ain't working for you, Honey
I don't need you bringing me down
[Chorus]
Come on and kiss me
Cause you're gonna miss me
Yes you will
Yes you will
You better start fishing
Cause you're gonna miss it
Yes you will
Yes you will
I'm gonna leave you, Mama
Cause we ain't even friends
And I've got news for you, Darling
When I'm ready this is gonna end
Yes it is
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Repeat Chorus]
Why?
Why, why, why, why?
Are you leaving me darling?
Why? Why? Why?
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7. |
Top of the Gulf
04:20
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Down where the water is warm
On top of the gulf
I want to take it slow
On top of the gulf
Let's explore all of these emotions
On top of the gulf
I need a moment to myself
Light up another smoke
All these couples and their babies under blue umbrellas
Have me thinking we're the real thing
And there's nothing better
Wild flowers grow and so does all the love between us
Hold on
[Chorus]
Well hold on, hold on
What's that you said?
You want to show me your
Your side of heaven
Now get back in this bed
On top of the gulf
You want to make me a daddy
On top of the gulf
I need a moment to reflect
Light up another smoke
And then another smoke
All these couples and their babies under blue umbrellas
Have me thinking we're the real thing
And there's nothing better
Wild flowers grow and so does all the love between us
Hold on
[Repeat Chorus]
Baby, when you touch me that way
Makes me want to extend my stay
When you're pushing me to crazy like this
I can't feel my fingers, my toes or my lips
[Repeat Chorus]
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8. |
Location
03:46
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All these bananas on my birthday cake
Remind me that I’m young
I feel it just like yesterday
Those days out in the sun
But I think I’ve become a child of the night
I'll blow back four more hurricanes
Then trot down to the bluffs
Watch the bridge boys with their go-go girls
Interject my genius thoughts
You know I like how it feels when I’m out of my mind
[Chorus]
If I take time to reset
Fly to location by jet
Can I land in your arms?
Don’t give up on my yet
I watched as three pink elephants
Pulled me out of bed
We floated through the stratosphere
And this is what they said
They said, “Come with us son
Be a child of the moonlight”
[Repeat Chorus]
[Bridge - Female Character]
Here in Location the air is so sweet
And it carries you to me in the scene where we meet
Come to me gently
Kiss me with care
I knew that you’d be here
I just didn’t know where
[Chorus (Duet)]
If I take time to reset
(Here in Location the air is so sweet)
Fly to Location by jet
(And it carries you to me in the scene where we meet)
Can I land in your arms?
(Come to me gently, kiss me with care)
Don’t give up on me yet
(It’s a natural allurance on an opposite pair)
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9. |
Silly Girl
04:54
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Silly girl
I'll never understand your silly ways
Why you insist on playing games
Silly girl
Silly girl
I don't understand your reasons why
You build walls between you and I
Silly girl
Only you can make me feel so terribly delightful
Like my heart is inside out
I'm bursting at the seams with all these technicolor dreams
I'm writing all these songs about
[Chorus]
At first you say you do
But now I'm feeling blue
Why do you make me choose?
Unsentimental you
At first you say you do
But now I'm feeling blue
The shit you put me through
Unsentimental you
Silly girl
Why are you filling me with hope
When the answer will be 'nope'?
Silly girl
Silly girl
I watch you meddling with power
But your decisions leave me sour
Silly girl
Only you can make me feel so terribly delightful
Like my heart is inside out
I'm bursting at the seams with all these technicolor dreams
I'm writing all these songs about
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
Only you can make me feel so terribly delightful
Like my heart is inside out
I'm bursting at the seams with all these technicolor dreams
I'm writing all these songs about
[Repeat Chorus]
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10. |
Top Tier Love
03:52
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Such a revelation
Coconut fell on my head
What a double agent
Bunking up inside my shack
Altogether sneaky
Making all the freaky last
I’ve been piña colada a lotta the time
But lately I feel like a sour lime
[Chorus]
I want to be your top tier love
If you think that you could love enough
So let me be your number one
The only one you reach for
Everything is changing and I
I just want to get on with you
Early in the morning
Things were getting pretty daft
I was cooking breakfast
You were poking holes in the raft
Somehow I think that this thing still floats
It must’ve been all of the palms I’ve smoked
[Repeat Chorus]
You could be late
(Oh no)
And I just set sail
(Oh boy)
This could be blue skies on a breeze into hell
(Good god)
So what happens next?
I may have been hexed
Now it’s all down with the ship
[Repeat Chorus]
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11. |
Moonstone
03:56
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I'm in the sky
You've mended my wings
I'm drinking vodka on an airplane
It's a long way to Brisbane
We've counted the days
We've talked through those nights
We've dreamt of a world together
And that world says we're right
I want to see you now
I want to be with you high up above
I'm coming off the ground
Coming to be with you high up above
Coming to be with you high up above
[Chorus]
This is that someday
We envisioned would come, babe
Total commitment
We're doing it the right way
Closer and closer
To closing the distance
You've made the arrangements
I've handled my business
I want to see you now
I want to see you now
I'm in the sky
Window seat, coach
And I can see it all below me now
It's all getting so close
I'm in the sky
I'm all bells and chimes
Before you I was a spaceman
In a hole, lost in time
I want to see you now
I want to be with you high up above
I'm coming off the ground
Coming to be with you high up above
Coming to be with you high up above
[Repeat Chorus]
Because I already know and love your mind
There's nowhere to go from here
But spiraling down the line
[Repeat Chorus]
I’m in the sky
You’ve mended my wings
I’m drinking vodka on an airplane
It’s a long way to Brisbane
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12. |
Losing It
03:32
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Babe, I'm afraid of
I don't really know what
But I'm losing my shit
I wish I could shake it off
If it's unattractive
The way I'm reacting
Well I'm losing my shit
And I wish I could shake it off
[Chorus]
Love me patiently and give me time to grow
'Cause I'm wanting you
More than you know
Wake up early just to kiss you out the door
'Cause I'm wanting you
More than before
Mornings are difficult
And afternoons typical
I just smoke myself out
I wish I could shake it off
And when my spirits are lifted high
I don't want to socialize
I just smoke myself out
I wish I could shake it off
[Repeat Chorus]
I don't know why I can't seem to pull myself together
Could be this president or the changing in the weather
But I find my comfort in your arms
I find my comfort in your arms
[Repeat Chorus]
Babe, I’m afraid of
I don’t really know what
But I’m losing my shit
And I wish I could shake it off
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13. |
Entangled
03:30
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Oh lord
I can feel it
When I watch you
Take a fall
Oh lord
I’m entangled
When I’m with you
I feel it all
[Chorus]
I can’t escape from the waves of emotion
That pull back and forth on our sands
When all I become is a drop in your ocean
In the moment you that reach for my hand
And there’s no need for speaking
No words will ever say
What I feel more than I understand
Entangled
Oh lord
I can feel it
When the sun shines
On your face
Oh lord
When you’re drinking
Till you’re silly
Cause you’re sad
[Chorus]
I can’t escape from the weight that you carry on your shoulders
I bare it on mine
Somehow I am you and the east is the west
When I hold you and we’re breathing in time
And I don’t know who all these sensations belong to
Is it your breath or mine that I breathe?
Entangled
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Lonely Benson Seattle, Washington
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