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Scribblers Heart
03:20
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SCRIBBLER’S HEART
MEET ME IN THE DARK DARK FOREST
PAST THE WIGGLY WORMY TREES, WHERE BOYS ARE CRYING WOLF AND BRINGING DAMSELS TO THEIR KNEES
MEET ME BY THE LEANING MOUNTAIN
WHERE THE GHOSTY STORIES GROW
AND WE WON’T HAVE TO SAY OUR NAMES CAUSE THEY’LL ALREADY KNOW
I WILL BE THERE, I WILL BE ANYWHERE
YOU WANT ME TO GO WITH YOU
MEET ME AT THE SILVER TOWER
WHEN IT RINGS THE MIDNIGHT BELL, AND IF THEY CALL US CRAZY WELL IT MAY BE…OH WELL
CH
MEET ME IN THE GOOEY CENTER
OF YOUR BRIGHT RED SCRIBBLER’S HEART
WE’LL PUT THE WORDS TOGETHER THAT THEY’LL NEVER BREAK APART
I WILL BE THERE, I WILL GO ANYWHERE
YOU WANT ME TO GO WITH YOU
I WILL BE THERE, I WILL GO ANYWHERE
SHE WANTS ME TO GO WOULDN’T YOU
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Impossible Mission
03:29
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Impossible Mission
It seemed like an impossible mission, floating over the ocean,
shoving out into nothing, standing where no one was standing.
The builders are building the buildings, the people are stopping
and staring, the city is thick like a blanket, the future is ever uncertain.
hey hey hey…what do you say. She pointed the radar gun and dared me to run
She said I dare you to run.
It seemed like an impossible mission, both here in this tiny apartment, loving like our lives were in balance, expecting nothing at all.
Chorus
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Kaleidoscope Gun
02:51
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KALEIDOSCOPE GUN
I STARED DOWN THE BARREL OF A KALEIDOSCOPE GUN
THERE WAS NOWHERE I COULD TURN, NOWHERE I COULD RUN
I COULDN’T MAKE OUT ANYTHING BEHIND THE BUTTERFLY STORM
BUT I DIDN’T REALLY FEEL LIKE WE WOULD BE IN ANY HARM
I WOKE IN A FEVER AND THE WORLD WAS UPSIDE DOWN
I SWAM IN THE SKY AND SHOT AN ARROW THROUGH THE GROUND
THERE WOULD BE 44 DAYS AND 43 NIGHTS
BEFORE JEHOVA CAME BACK TO TOUCH THE ISREALITES
I WAS COMING DOWN HARD FROM WHEREVER I WAS
STARING DOWN THE BARREL OF A KALEIDOSCOPE GUN
FROM A BUTTERFLY STORM INTO A FIREY SEA
WAS LIKE THE GATES OF INSANITY WERE POURED OUT OVER ME
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I May I May
03:10
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I may I may
Right now is waiting on the someday, feeling for an ok, staring through the heat haze.
Right now is tumbleweed and stillness, in between and hopeless, power-line and progress
Will you…I may I may
Could you…I may I may…Someday I may
Please don’t think that it was the plan, the heartache for the tin man, the ballet in the quicksand
Right now is ringing every doorbell, a circus and a seashell, an army built on farewells
Ch x2
Right now is hoping that you will be coming back
Right now is something that I have
Right now is never very long, it’s here and then it’s gone
Ch x2
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Soft Blade
03:23
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SOFT BLADE
HE BOUGHT A LONG SWORD
HAD IT FITTED WITH A SOFT BLADE
TOOK HIS MONEY TO THE DOG RUN
MADE A BUNDLE ON A GREYHOUND
BOUGHT SOME WHISKEY AND A PINK ROSE
CALLED A WOMAN THAT HE KNEW WELL
DROVE HIS MAZDA TO THE CAR WASH
FIXED HIS HAIR AND RANG THE DOORBELL
READ A POEM FROM HER NOTEBOOK
POURED SOME WHISKEY IN A TALL GLASS
TOOK HIS CLOTHES OFF ON THE FUTON
HIT THE SNOOZE ON THE ALARM CLOCK
LEFT HER SLEEPING IN THE BEDROOM
PUT HIS NECKTIE IN HIS POCKET
DRANK SOME WHISKEY FROM THE BOTTLE
SHUT THE DOOR AND DIDN’T LOCK IT
DROVE HIS MAZDA TO THE SHORELINE
FOUND A BENCH AND WATCHED THE SUN RISE
CALLED A BUDDY ON THE CELL PHONE
MADE SOME PLANS TO MEET UP LATER
REMEMBERED ALL ABOUT THE BIRTHDAY
AND THE LONG SWORD AND THE SOFT BLADE
DROVE LIKE HELL TO FIND HIS NEPHEW
THE ONE THAT LIKED TO DO KARATE
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6. |
World Is On Fire
03:14
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WORLD IS ON FIRE
SHE TURNED ON THE TV
I TURNED OFF THE TV
SHE TURNED ON THE TV
I TURNED OFF THE TV
I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW
WE SAW THE GRASS GROW
WE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW
WE WATCHED YOUR GARDEN GROW
LAAA THE WORLD IS ON FIRE
I MARSHALED THE COURAGE
SHE MARSHALED THE COURAGE
WE STUCK OUT OUR PINKIES
SWORE ON OUR MOTHERS
ALONG CAME A SPIDER
AND SAT DOWN BESIDE US
SHE LOOKED AT ME SWEETLY
THEN SMASHED IT WITH HER FIST
LAAA THE WORLD IS ON FIRE
WHATS THAT MAN DOING IN THE STREET BEATING THAT OTHER MAN WITH A BAG OF ORANGES
FUCK THIS PLACE FREAKS ME OUT
NOBODY NEEDS A DOG THAT BIG ITS GOT MORE MOUTH THAN FACE. I THINK IT’S TRYING TO BITE ME
I THINK IT’S TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING
I THINK IT’S TRYING TO FIGHT ME.
I THINK IT’S TRYING TO FIGHT ME!
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Poisoning The Pool
03:05
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Poisoning The Pool
There was an ambush in the desert they were 40 feet tall with hands like hand grenades
They blew up everything in sight when they waved goodbye
And we never saw it coming no we never saw it coming but we couldn’t turn our eyes away
Even though we knew better we just kept staring at the light
Alright Alright
That’s the way it’s gonna be now
The sky was raining poison it was poisoning the pool but everyone kept swimming
It’s the taking and the doing no matter what were losing all for the sake of winning
My best friend in Austin will tell you what it’s costing to live with your eyes closed
And if you don’t give a damn what’s happening around you the who knows
Ch
Hers’s to you…
The evidence around us is kind of overwhelming but the future is here
And there’s got to be a limit to death and destruction but the line is not clear She’s got a little baby and I don’t have a baby yet but one day I might
And I don’t know much about it but I know what I know and I know what feels right…right
Ch
That’s not the way it has to be now
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8. |
Leaving For Eugene
03:25
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LEAVING FOR EUGENE
FLO
ISN’T THAT TOO FAR TO GO
LIKE I TOLD YOU SO BUT YOU WOULDN’T LISTEN
FLO
YOU ALWAYS SAID TO TAKE IT SLOW
LIKE SOME THINGS IN LIFE ARE WORTH RESISTING
AND NOW IT SEEMS
LIKE ALL MY DREAMS HAVE PASSED ME BY
FLO
I JUST CALLED TO SAY HELLO
I’LL LET YOU GO I’M SURE YOU’RE BUSY
OH…YOU DID
I’M GLAD YOU FOUND A HOME
THAT’S GOOD FOR YOU I’M SURE IT’S PRETTY
ROSEMARY
THE LEAVES ARE GREEN
SHE SAID SHE’S LEAVING FOR EUGENE IN THE MORNING
AND I SAT AND LISTENED AND I SAID NOTHING
SHE’S SLEEPING AND I’M NOT SLEEPING
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When I Say Go
03:36
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When I Say Go
The earth is spinning and we are winning, and time is telling me I gotta go home
The earth is spinning and we are winning, and I don’t know but I don’t wanna be alone
On your mark get set remember don’t forget
All the things you said you’d hate to leave my darling if you left
On your mark ok get ready when I say
That I wish that you would stay…when I say go
My heart is racing the light keeps changing and I don’t know but I was sinking like a stone
My heart is racing the light keeps changing and I don’t know but I don’t wanna be alone
Ch
There’s a blackbird singing my ears are ringing, the city’s moving to the sound of a drum
There’s a blackbird singing my ears are ringing, the trees are screaming they don’t wanna go home
They’re about to be more beautiful 2x
Ch
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The Bringdown
04:02
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THE BRING DOWN
I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND
I WANNA BE YOUR MAN
I WISH UPON YOUR STAR
I WANNA CRASH YOUR CAR
IF I HAVE TO BABY I WILL BRING THE BRING DOWN DOWN TOWN MAYBE YOU COULD WEAR MY RING
I WANNA WIND YOU UP
I’LL FILL YOUR BIRTHDAY CUP
I DON’T WANT IT FOR FREE
I’LL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING
CH X2
IT’S JUST ANOTHER DAY WITHOUT YOU AND I’M GOING CRAZY
I WANNA SPOT YOUR STAIN
I’LL WEAR YOUR DOGGY CHAIN
GIVE ME YOUR TOTAL LOVE
I’LL LET YOU SMELL MY GLOVE
CH X2
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11. |
Everything You Want
04:16
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EVERYTHING YOU WANT
Look at me I am free
I am everything you want to be
To be…
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Billy Harvey Nashville, Tennessee
Billy has worked as a musician, accompanying Patty Griffin, Kim Richey, and The Courtyard Hounds. Produced records for
Crystal Bowersox (finalist on season nine of American Idol), Charlie Mars, Bob Schneider, and Pat Byrne (winner of the The Voice of Ireland). Without knowing it, you’ve heard his work in TV shows, commercials, movies, and even Super Bowl 50.
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