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Afterglow
05:23
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Flames are burning down in the afterglow
I've gone up but won't come down
The bombs are come and gone, here in the afterglow
and now we have to deal with sound
Time's a funny thing, here in the afterglow
and spatial rules do not apply
hearts and heads and thoughts and deeds
are tangled in the afterglow
reality has stepped outside for a while
I am here and I’m surrounded by you
I can’t see if we're dead or alive
There’s nobody here, no one else survived
Except you and me, and that we shall see
My mind is playing tricks on me in the afterglow
I’m gullible and influenced by you
How safely can you get us out of the afterglow
Just lead the way and I’ll follow suit
I am here and I’m surrounded by you
I can’t see if we’re dead or alive
There’s nobody here, no one else survived
Except you and me, and that we shall see
Time is running out here in the afterglow
That’s ok we’ve seen all we should see
It’s funny how once you’re out of the afterglow
Don’t you find you kind of start to miss its heat
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I don’t want to be the guy who breaks things
I want to be Chaplin, the man who always lands upon his feet
Always in smile, and always with that heart upon his sleeve
oh that could be like me
I don’t want to be the guy who’s clumsy
I want to be Tarzan, swinging with the Mangani
and whenever inspired, gracefully ascend into the trees
All the little boys want to be like me
And you were there and you were everything to me
But I prepared to fail you with such certainty
So no, I won’t call, I won’t write
I won’t borrow your things
And I won’t beg, I won’t plead
I won’t make you trust me
You’d be free, you just stay away from me
I don’t want to be the guy who cannot be depended on for things
I want to be Big Ben, famous for reliability and a great song
a Neo-Gothic paragon of loyalty
And you were there and you were everything to me
But I prepared to fail you with such certainty
So no, I won’t call, I won’t write
I won’t borrow your things
And I won’t beg, I won’t plead
I won’t make you trust me
You’d be free, you just stay away from me
You will mend
Just don’t take me back again
Please
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Little Man
03:51
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Your eyes are the only thing that’s changed
A little taller, everything else the same
But your voice sounds hollow in my ear
You’re an empty shell of who you were
Once you held the future in your hands
Now you’re gonna leave it all to chance
Where you going little man
Is the dark side calling
We’ll come and get you if we can
Hold on little man
It’s so hard not to say what I wanna say
Not to worry bout you fading everyday
Give us what you can when you can
You know we’ll always be your biggest fans
I used to think that we were doing fine
Now I feel your failures like they’re mine
Where you going little man
Is the dark side calling
We’ll come and get you if we can
Hold on little man
Hold on little man
Hold on little man
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Carolina Home
03:26
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I lost my daddy in the war
I lost my home to America
I lost my heart to the girl next door
I lost my youth where I found my sword
My whole life here in this sack
Ain’t got no clothes but these on my back
Ain’t got no friends, ain’t got no map
Can’t go on, can’t ever go back
If you can’t go home
Where do you go, where do you go?
If you can’t go home
Where do you go?
Carolina home, Carolina home
See the mountains all around
They’re in my blood
They’re my kin now
Carolina took me down
I’d change my ways
But I don’t know how
My poor ma stares at the road
But she ain’t got no place to go
She hears the train whistle blow
She goes in and she close the door
If you can’t go home
Where do you go, where do you go?
If you can’t go home
Where do you go?
Carolina home
Carolina home
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Fits & Starts
04:21
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I know you love me
with half a heart, in fits and starts
You got drunk and told me
everything, wild eyed and tipsy
Told me how you don’t feel
the way she used to make you feel
Then told me how you don’t see
a future without you and me
Oh, what am I supposed to do with that
No going forward, there’s no turning back
You throw my love
around like it’s unbreakable
‘Cause I shake you up
you thought you were unshakeable
No I don’t need you
but I want you to want me like I want you
No I don’t love you
I keep telling myself so it must be true
Oh, and there’s no light in your face
You turn it on and off again
There’s no comfort where we stand
We’ll fall apart in your hands
You hold my love
balancing on your whims
I know this part
this is where we sink or swim
Don’t tell me it’s not working
I see the way you look at me
Don’t tell me I’m not worth it
Just tell me what you want from me
‘Cause there’s no light in your face
You turn it on and off again
There’s no comfort where we stand
We’ll fall apart in your hands
And there’s no winner in this race
Just broken hearts in its wake
There’s no comfort where we stand
We’ll fall apart in your hands
in your hands
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Katey Morley Toronto, Ontario
Toronto-based composer and multi-instrumentalist, Katey plays dulcimer, autoharp, keys and percussion, but it is her voice that captivates listeners and that has earned her loyal following. Soft and vulnerable for a moment, and then suddenly unleashed, it is a powerfully dynamic instrument, drawing comparisons to the likes of Linda Ronstadt, Brandi Carlyle, and Sinead O’Connor. ... more
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