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When You Sing
03:19
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Do you remember those nights we spent in Old Town,
And all the roads we'd stumble down,
My arm over your should with our friends,
Bar hopping through Chadwick's and Union,
Pat Troy's, Murphy's, Irish tunes and,
Ending nights at Southside 815,
I know you hated it, but I loved.
When you sing,
Without those inhibitions,
When you sing,
The night fulfilled it's mission,
I'd never change a thing about, the nights we'd sing and shout,
Cause when you sing,
To this day I still get chills beyond my,
We'd drive down along the parkway,
Headlights out and going sixty,
Young and reckless we were just so tough,
All you soc's can you hear me?
If not you'll learn to fear me!
Cause nothing in this world could ever touch me when I'd listen to her sing,
Cause when you sing,
Without those inhibitions,
When you sing,
I'd know your true intentions,
I'll always take great pleasure in,
The nights we'd share back then,
Cause when you sing,
To this day I still get chills beyond my...
Incubus to Smashing Pumpkins,
Spin Doctors, and Cherry Poppins,
Courtney Love, and Brody do it best,
Third Eye Blind into Nirvana,
Slow it down with some Jack Johnson,
Anything and everything when you'd get fired up,
And start to sing,
Without those inhibitions,
When you...
I'd know your true intentions,
I'll never change a thing about, the nights we'd sing and shout,
Cause when you sing, when you sing,
When you sing,
Without those inhibitions,
When you sing,
I'd know your true intentions,
I'll always take great pleasure in, the nights we'd share back then,
Cause when you sing,
When you sing,
When you sing
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Ubuntu
04:14
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I walked out of my car into my driveway,
Pulled out the keys...
Jumped right in for a spin around to clear my foggy head,
When I hear the blaring horn from a pickup truck,
He pulls up right beside me with,
Certain gesticulations,
Makes me wonder how we can co-exist in,
Such a divided nation, in my head I sing out,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu, yeah,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
On a trip out to L.A. one day I met,
A pretty little thing on a turbo jet,
Spoke of blessings and hit on some topics important to her,
But I just did not get,
She spent so much time just,
Trying to get her way,
Always having to walk a fine line, but if,
She knew this one thing I had to say,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu, yeah,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
It's not about who you are,
It's about all we could be,
In order to heal some scars,
We need to grow together equally,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu, yeah,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu, yeah,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
A little of me a little of you ubuntu,
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3. |
Wisconsin Fair
04:54
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This feeling never felt so good,
Like waking up just when one should,
Sensational secrets, pent up inside you could,
A season of it's own accord,
Something seldomly explored,
I think it's safe to say, that suddenly someway you would,
We hold ourselves, in higher light,
We'll live this way, and spend a night,
We'll hold onto something cause, we know it's there,
Spending our days living in,
A Wisconsin Fair,
A love that lasts is hard to find,
You know that it's a different kind,
When the world is out of place, and we're drifting out to space,
Freezing just to spend more time,
Round a town just yours and mine,
And we'll throw down all cards,
Go beyond the stars that'd be fine,
Because we held ourselves, in higher light,
We'll live this way, and spend a night,
We'll hold onto something cause, we know it's there,
Spending our days living in, a Wisconsin Fair
A Wisconsin Fair,
We'll travel the stars, and we'll go for a walk, maybe,
Find some brick walls or even have a nice talk,
About, Saturday nights and false homecoming queens,
Love me do maybe another day's schemes,
To choose my best days baby, these were the ones,
We've been through our trials some, dead gone and done,
Maybe it's nothing, that drove us insane, when,
All the world did was just seem to complain,
Sweet talks at midnight and maybe moreso, I could,
Go on forever as long as you know that we would spend our days,
Life's a phase,
We'll be, caught in a maze with our eyes in a daze,
And we'll spend our days living in,
A Wisconsin Fair
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4. |
Make Believe
04:30
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I can't believe the consequence
In the past sequence in events
What exactly is the news when it comes time for you to choose
Insanity is best when shared
So go out with your teeth all bared
Scream till you feel the rasp inside, life's most marvelous thing to confide
Why?
All you know is, make believe
All these things are, make believe
What we see is, make believe
Sense that all is, make believe
Foolish games can lead to hate
The best of it is always late
And though you know it spreads
You continue to rest your heads
Pain is what you feel in love
It's not all that sometimes a dove
Flight is overrated in passion taken for granted when in mass production
All you know is, make believe
All these things are, make believe
What we see is, make believe
Sense that all is, make believe
There are beautiful things we would all like to see
Lets take a trip as we count back from three
We can ride in the car with the wind in our hair
Jammin' to Ludakris, hands in the air
Hey, ho, hey, ho, hey, ho
And I'd like to know when it rains and it snows
Even if I'm dead from my head to my toes
With the song that you sing when nobody knows
What to expect of tomorrow
And the sense that you get with the good good feeling
Knocking you back bouncing up to the ceiling
Nothing but good happens when we make ba
Noting but good happens when we make ba
Nothing but good happens when we make believe
Make believe
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5. |
1000 Days
05:15
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Where was I wrong?
I could have been right.
But I strung along,
While you fought the good fight,
Caught up in a madness,
I was such a fool,
And with that I did miss,
My chance to solve this fickle feud,
It pulled at the heart strings and tore us apart,
And all I can ask for is just a fresh start,
If one day in time came and you could be mine,
I'd drop everything there and then on a dime,
Cause I'd rather be broken,
Than to spend 1000 days without you,
How could I be,
So very blind?
This love that we had,
Was the rarest of kinds,
It was a crazy little whirlwind,
When we started out,
But even in the end,
Exchanged I love yous with no doubts,
And through toils and troubles we spent so much time,
Trying to solve this and trying to grind,
But if life hits the brakes, what I'm trying to say,
If I'm back here with you that it's here that I'll stay,
Cause I'd rather be broken,
Than to spend 1000 days without you,
Without you,
Cause I'd rather be broken,
Than to spend 1000 days,
Without you
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Rook Richards Washington, D.C.
Hailing from Alexandria VA, Mike Richards (A Note Two Self) is a singer-songwriter that has toured the country coast to coast performing, and writing music. He is currently busy performing across the DMV and releasing his newest EP XYO featuring Love Drunk and The Other Side. ... more
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