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1. |
Abingdon Square
03:43
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I’m standing in the middle
Of the road not taken
Surrounded by the children
I won’t know
I’m dreaming of a world
In which all love’s forsaken
This time I don’t know how
To let it go
And I know
That I’ve seen your face before
Touch and go
On your knees
You kiss the floor
Because you’re the mayor
Of Abingdon Square
For years there was a plan
For you to climb and conquer
Your strings were tightly wound
Around your smile
Your fears deceived the man
Whose life was quickly squandered
With rings and nightly kisses
Not your style
And I know
That I’ve seen your face before
Touch and go
On your knees
You kiss the floor
Because you’re the mayor
Of Abingdon Square
So I’ve been told
It’s a crime
To hang out inside your mind
Growing old
But in time
You will see beyond the line
I’m standing in the middle
Of the road not taken
Surrounded by the children
I won’t know
I’m dreaming of a world
In which all love’s forsaken
This time I know by now
To let it go
And I know
That I’ve seen your face before
Touch and go
On your knees
You kiss the floor
Because you’re the mayor
Of Abingdon Square
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2. |
Numb Yourself Inside
03:50
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Twice a day
You take your friend
The glass is now half full
Without delay
You co-depend
On tepid sunshine push and pull
You are now prescribed
Will it take your breath away
Numb yourself inside
You will love another day
When you mute your every feeling
Cuz you were taken for a ride
And you stop your heart from being
When you numb yourself inside
Reality
Or so they say
A chance to play for fame
Celebrity
She’s here to stay
Our boredom’s all we have to blame
Mr. TV Guide
Will it take your life away
Numb yourself inside
You will live another day
When you mute your every feeling
Cuz you were taken for a ride
And you stop your heart from being
When you numb yourself inside
Superhighway cell phone man
Can you hear me now
Disconnection your own plan
Ignore the love around you now
You must now subscribe
Will it take your soul away
Numb yourself inside
You will learn another day
When you mute your every feeling
Cuz you were taken for a ride
And you stop your heart from being
When you numb yourself inside
When you numb yourself inside
When you numb yourself inside
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3. |
Forever Tonight
04:23
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Low expectations
Are your key to survive
No complications
And you and I
Will get along just fine
Go on with your talking
I don’t hear a thing
Tomorrow I’m walking
But here tonight
You’re my everything
So I’ll love you forever tonight
Yes I’ll love you forever tonight
Don’t hold your breath child
To witness some great change
For you are the death child
Around my life
You cannot be arranged
So I’ll love you forever tonight
Yes I’ll love you forever tonight
Kisses in springtime
Never last into the fall
But in the meantime
Keep on running when I call
Easy to love
When it’s always hit and run
But soon comes the day
Will you love her when you’re done
All footsteps are gone now
It’s just me and me
Your scent lasted somehow
Still living in
My every memory
So I’ll love you forever tonight
Yes I’ll love you forever tonight
And I’ll love you forever tonight
Yes I’ll love you forever tonight
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4. |
Our Sun Must Set
03:09
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So long
The countdown to our last goodbye
So wrong
To never know the reason why
Still asking for a reason why
Why can’t you stay
Just one more day
A looming threat
Our sun must set
Our sun must set
You shake
Is it cuz you’re feeling pain
Wings break
And god is calling you by name
You always answer to your name
Why can’t you stay
Just one more day
A looming threat
Our sun must set
Our sun must set
Your time has come
My only son
Our time has come
Mourn now as one
Tonight
You are safe and feeling fine
You fight
Against your heaven’s sweet sunshine
Just lying under sweeet sunshine
Why can’t you stay
Just one more day
A looming threat
Our sun must set
Our sun must set
Our sun must set
Our sun must set
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5. |
So Look Away
03:12
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Standing out there
A torch to light our way
On your mind now
The passages of yesterday
Let me ask you
Have the masses understood
So look away
With a tear in your eye
Look away
With a tear in your eye
Best intentions
Will sometimes go awry
No direction
And all too soon
All hope will die
One more question
Would you leave us if you could
So look away
With a tear in your eye
Look away
With a tear in your eye
Oh oh, oh oh
Your world is spinning round
Oh oh, oh oh
How long will you be standing
Oh oh, oh oh
Your world is upside down
Oh oh, oh oh
Have you found your happy landing
All alone you
Reflect upon the sea
They invoke you
Orwellian reality
One last question
Have we lived up to all that we should
So look away
With a tear in your eye
Look away
With a tear in your eye
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6. |
Take Your Place Now
03:41
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You were going to be someone
Somebody
You were set to rule the game
Seeking fortune seeking fame
But seems you’re not the chosen one
Nobody
Has ever called you out by name
So pack it up and move to Candyland
Where restless dreams are not allowed
Aging logic holds the upper hand
Take your place now with the crowd
Maybe you could be
A ballerina
Or an artist so you thought
You claimed your soul could not be bought
Now in your suit and sipping Orangina
You lost the war you never fought
So pack it up and move to Candyland
Where restless dreams are not allowed
Aging logic holds the upper hand
Take your place now with the crowd
Salad days are over
Compromised you rush ahead
Pay the bills game over
You lost your drive
Emotions dive
Are you alive
Or dead
Now you’re living rich
And through another
You see in him who might have been
Dreaming for two is not a sin
Still deep inside you bitch
Like all the others
You start to smell the rot within
So pack it up and move to Candyand
Where restless dreams are not allowed
Aging logic holds the upper hand
Take your place now with the crowd
Take your place now with the crowd
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7. |
Gods On High
04:07
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Drama Drama
Tell us the news of the day
Drama Drama
Sell us your tabloid story
Drama Drama
Is this a game you play
Drama Drama
You pundits of plastic glory
Calling out to
All the gods on high
You’re laying low in silence
And your oceans have run dry
All good people
Looking to the sky
Wondering the where and when
The who the how and why
Diva diva
Who’s the man of the hour
Diva diva
Show us the styles you’re wearing
Diva diva
Bless us with all your power
Diva diva
Is yours a soul worth baring
Calling out to
All the gods on high
You’re laying low in silence
And your oceans have run dry
All good people
Looking to the sky
Wondering the where and when
The who the how and why
Get the children while they’re young
In your name all wars are won
We’ve been waiting
And it’s years
Where have you gone
Now a new song’s being sung
Leader leader
Feed us your diet of lies
Leader leader
Train us through fear and loathing
Leader leader
We can see through your disguise
Leader leader
McCarthy in sheep’s clothing
Calling out to
All the gods on high
You’re laying low in silence
And your oceans have run dry
All good people
Looking to the sky
Wondering the where and when
The who the how and why
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Written by: Burt Bacharach
Produced by: Randy Lee
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9. |
Angel's World
02:30
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Step into the light
Tell me what you’ve found
Not an end in sight
Sniff your way around
Every scene
All serene
You will levitate
Into the great beyond
Where you’ll appreciate
And sip from every pond
Every scene
All serene
No time for grieving
Just keep believing
You live in your angel’s world now
Spread your wings
It’s time to fly
Those you left
Will still adore you
Forty-seven stories high
It’s a brand new life before you
Step into the light
Tell me what you’ve found
Not an end in sight
Sniff your way around
Every scene
All serene
No time for grieving
Just keep believing
You live in your angel’s world now
No time for grieving
Just keep believing
You live in your angel’s world now
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10. |
Father Journeys On
02:53
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What can you say about a man
Who plays the ukulele
Who lived within a plan
Stayed loyal to his lady
No common man at all
No ordinary man
What can you say about a soul
Who gave and keeps on giving
Who recognized the role
To live now for the living
No wiser voice around
Extraordinary man
And the father journeys on
Giving life unto his son
What can you say about a boy
Still learning from the master
The journey is the joy
No need to travel faster
And muffle all the voices
That can haunt you
Late at night
And the father journeys on
Giving life unto his son
What can you say about a time
When love’s no longer breathing
What can you say in rhyme
To speak your every feeling
Will you find the words
Then to describe
And do him right
And the father journeys on
Giving life unto his son
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11. |
I Never Saw You
03:32
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You’ve got no reason to believe
A word of what I say
All the drama you have grieved
Still here with you today
But don’t let go
Can I please go back in time
Before the battle scars
When it seemed that you were mine
A gift from god was ours
So don’t let go
Cuz I never saw you
I never saw you
Give me the time to be a man
A friend is always near
Trust can be a long term plan
Erasing all you fear
So don’t let go
Cuz I never saw you
I never saw you
Till you turned away
Till you turned away
Till you turned away
I wonder where you are today
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12. |
Paris Hilton Generation
04:07
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You got all you want on your sweet sixteen
You live in your X-Box American dream
You log on to my space and you don’t know who
You’re going to be today
The past and the future they don’t mean a thing
You’re all one Paris Hilton Generation
Turn your back on it all
Living large in your self intoxication
Laugh it up as we fall
They called you a slacker
From that you can’t hide
If you had any dreams, you kept them inside
You stayed up late wondering what are Puck and Pedro doing
And lost your way the day that Cobain died
You’re all one Paris Hilton Generation
Turn your back on it all
Living large in your self intoxication
Laugh it up as we fall
You talked about love
You said it was free
You marched for the peace and cosmic harmony
But Wall Street called
And then Hanoi Jane’s aerobicizing
Now you’re cruising around in your sweet SUV
You’re all one Paris Hilton Generation
Turn your back on it all
Living large in your self intoxication
Laugh it up as we fall
We’re all one Paris Hilton Generation
Turn your back on it all
Living large in your self intoxication
Laugh it up as we fall
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13. |
The Mountain
07:14
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You
Look better through a rear view mirror
Few
the lessons you have learned
Through
You face the end with terror
True
A life is seldom earned
Lord take me to the mountain
Lord take me to the sea
Lord let me be your fountain
Lord never let me be
Speak
Whatever you are thinking
Weak
Opinions never last
Peak
In times when you’re not sinking
Bleak
This life she moves too fast
Lord take me to the mountain
Lord take me to the sea
Lord let me be your fountain
Lord never let me be
Painted castles lived inside
Did you miss out on the ride
Feed
An ego be can’t be tempered
Need
A laugh from time to time
Greed
Will I be remembered
Bleed
The memories all mine
Lord take me to the mountain
Lord take me to the sea
Lord let me be your fountain
Lord never let me be
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Steven Mark New York, New York
Blending poetic introspective lyrics, with layered instrumentations and lush vocal harmonies, Steven Mark’s songs explore
themes of isolation, mortality, regret, redemption, All set to melodies that go straight to the heart and stay inside your head.
After releasing four albums in six years, Steven Mark took a hiatus He’s now making a return to music with his new release, The Long Goodbye,
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