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California
03:49
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Twilight wraps around another seemless, sultry evening
It’s slowly cooling down, but all day the sun’s been screamin’
You know I love these days when it’s so easy to unwind
But when the leaves are fallin’
I can hear the southland calling
And I feel California on my mind
Nights grow longer now and hint at season’s slow, sure turning
Migrant flocks turn south and leave us earthlings with our yearnings
I love to walk and dream and think I’m some essential part
But with the great whale’s passing
I turn and head for home at last
‘Midst the sad, sweet sirens in my heart
The coming winter storm seems of some different lifetime
The woman keeps me warm and I loves her for the lifeline
The days just pass on by and the years have had their toll
And when the cold wind’s blowin’
My California bloodlines show
And I can feel her tugging at my soul
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2. |
Give It To Me
04:28
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Well, I know how you feel and I feel for you, baby
But I don’t give a damn, ‘cause you’re driving me crazy
and somehow, I think you know what I mean
‘Cause a lopsided love once nearly destroyed me
Yeah, I know you’re afraid, but don’t try to avoid me
‘Cause baby, gonna make you see…
It ain’t life unless you live it
It ain’t love if you don’t give it away to someone….
Give it to me
Yeah, when love comes and goes you’re left wondering why
And you worry sometimes if you’re doing it right
Because lately, you ain’t done nothing but cry
And you’re not sure if love is a curse or a blessing
But I’m telling you now that it’s new and refreshing
Hey baby, come on give it a try….
‘Cause it ain’t life unless you live it
It ain’t love if you don’t give it away to someone….
Give it to me
Yeah, there’re people who’re putting a price on your freedom
But I wouldn’t think you would think I would be one
Because baby, that’ll never be
‘Cause if freedom is all that you’re after
Well then, I want your love and your lips and your laughter
I don’t want you if I can’t have you free
’Cause it ain’t life unless you live it
It ain’t love if you don’t give it away to someone….
Give it to me
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Julie Ann
04:04
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Hey, Julie Ann
What we would be, what we could be
We could be burning so strong and fine,
like the heavens above
You and me, we could show all the world how to love
Julie Ann…. what we should be
We should be talkin’ and laughin’,
showing off some hidden charm, and then
We should be lying in each other’s arms again
Julie Ann
We should be dancin’ slow in some quiet cafe
toe to toe, face to face
Dreamy music or no we could easily hold
every eye in the place
We could be standing on some distant mountain at dawn, looking down on the sun
We could be ocean’s apart, yet we two would be one
Julie Ann
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No Compromise
03:47
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Don’t wanna stay home, don’t wanna go out
Simply can’t think of a single thing to do
Don’t wanna love ya, don’t wanna need ya
Ain’t gonna go on livin’ my life around you
Don’t wanna change ya, don’t wanna blame ya
Don’t wanna talk about the pain that it’s put me through
I’m not saying it’s wrong, I’m just saying so long
It’s not a thing that me or mine would do
I ain’t talkin’ ‘bout no compromise
This comes directly from the heart
If you don’t know I’ll try to tell you why we must part
I never asked you why you had to lie
I guess it’s something I should know
You broke my heart and baby that is why I let you go
If wishes came half true, I’d wish twice to love you
I’ve wanted so long to believe we’d get by somehow
Can’t waste no more time believing that you’re mine
It’s simply got to end right here, my dear, right now
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Magdalena Said
03:54
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She sang of hockey fans and barflies
Just tryin’ to scare up drinks and rent
She and her old man, they had a little money once,
but that’s done spent
So now she sadly peddles groceries
Promises bring strangers to her bed
All is fair when you’re raised on robbery
Or that is what Magdalena said
She met a man who dealt in dreamers
He said he hardly had the time
Considered him a two-bit hustler, way past his prime
The simple times are those we cherish
The hustler came to rue the life he’d led
He was a free man back in Paris
Or that is what Magdalena said
She herself, she had to ramble
On Grecian isles and red-dirt roads
She partied with the pretty people and red-neck rogues
I’m going home to California
I’m gonna sleep in my own bed
I’ll kiss a pig right out on Sunset - let me warn ya
That is what Magdalena said
I guess that as a child she went a little bit wild
With all her crazy ideas
But she knew ….. she knew she was a genius...
She knew she was a wizard at three
She knew that it was meant to be
She said she met a lonesome traveller
Out on the road to free his soul
He said he thought he’d found the answer in rock and roll
Let’s find our way back to the garden
We’ll try’n find a way to raise the dead
For we are stardust, we are golden
Or that is what Magdalena said
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Dirty Ol' River
05:34
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Some people say love is a foolish game
Some people say lovers and fools are the same
I’ve heard it said life’s hard, you got to be tough
Some people give up on love, say comfort’s enough
I say …. you get what you go for
I say ya gotta, gotta, gotta believe
Dirty ol’ river, keep on flowin’
Been a long time comin’, be a long time gone
You try to love some people throw it back in your face
You gotta know somebody you could stand to replace
This crazy woman treat love like it’s some kind of game
Drive me crazy then ask me why I’m acting this way
But it’s the moves that she makes that matter
Between good reason and none, the latter
Always makes me wish that I had her here tonight
Right by my side
Dirty ol’ river, keep on flowin’
Been a long time comin’, be a long time gone
You should be laughing, baby
And the world full of grace
Those fears you’re having, babe
They’re the same damn doubts everyone of us face
Sometimes I wonder what you see when you’re looking at love
When you let your mind wander, what are you dreamin’ of?
Are you ever just struck by the heavens above?
If you got what you wanted, hey would that be enough?
Don’t let your dreams slip away, baby
I hear the river never talks to a fool
Dirty ol’ river, keep on flowin’
Been a long time comin’, be a long time gone
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7. |
New Way of Walking
03:00
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I met someone
She like to call me ‘baby’
She comin’ to me when the day is through
I love’s her, hon
Yeah and when I hold her, hey
She feels so right, she reminds me of you
This time I’m ready to accept more love
This time I’m ready to give in
We’re going steady, except for us
There ain’t nobody that’s livin’
I got a new way of walking since I found my baby
Some find it shocking, we share a love so fine
When we get to rocking, unnh I don’t mean maybe
She’s my baby, she’s my baby, she’s mine all mine
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8. |
Forsaken Homeland
05:01
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I woke up this mornin’, I had nothing on my mind
No job to do, no thought of you, no worries, girl, no lie
I can’t quite remember when it was that I went blind
No eye for joy, survived it, boy
And I’m seeing now just fine
We can never go back to the things we used to know
We can never go back…. Forsaken Homeland
It’s no good believin’ when your faith is built on dreams
That once were shared, someone cared
And you were building memories
The times I remember, they’re over now, it seems
When love lives on and hope is gone
It gets a little hard to see
We can never go back to the things we used to know
We can never go back…. Forsaken Homeland
We can never go back to the things we used to know
We can never go back…..
The sunsets aren’t the same
The old ones weren’t this tame
But like the moth and the candle flame
I found out the hard way
My good friends, they worry, they think I might be going down
They act so assuring and try to cheer me up somehow
And just for insurance they say you might be comin’ ‘round
They don’t know you are a stranger to me now
We can never go back to the things we used to know
We can never go back…. Forsaken Homeland
We can never go back to the things we used to know
No!
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9. |
Moving to Mars
01:40
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We’re moving to Mars - there’s no other way
One step to the stars, we’re getting away
The future is ours,
we’re moving to Mars! Don’t stand in our way.
Red Dwarfs always super nova
Stars like ours don’t last forever
We may spend time on Gannymede
But when that sucker blows, we’re gonna have to leave
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10. |
Ultima Thule
03:35
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Welcome to Ultima Thule
We hope you have enjoyed the ride
Once you get to Ultima Thule
There’s nothing on the other side!
Way out past the rings of Saturn
Out beyond the clear Neptunian skies
Past poor Pluto, forgotten planet
That is where our destination lies
Onward! Through the Belts of Kuiper
Vigilance! Our rendevous is nigh
A call back home would take 12 hours for an answer
We trust and hope you’ve made your last goodbyes
Welcome to Ultima Thule
We hope you have enjoyed the ride
Once you get to Ultima Thule
There’s nothing on the other side!
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Rhythm Press
Rhythm Press is singer-songwriter-multiinstrumentalist Mike Mulhern, who currently resides on Anderson Island in Washington, USA.
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