1. |
Now I'm Cool
03:42
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Now I’m cool
cause I just remembered what’s good
and I feel loved,
I feel love
I’m wearing my true face
in the school.
in the party house
I’m breaking every rule.
May have a day’s worth of
hurt to burst my bubble
or a year’s worth
of crazy toil and trouble..
but
Now I’m cool
cause I just remembered what’s good
and I feel loved,
I feel love
A dancer
and I don’t need a stage.
The answer
is to own it and engage.
I don’t care if I’ll ever
be the number one,
I’m cool because I like having fun
So now I’m cool
cause I just remembered what’s good
and I feel loved,
I feel love
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2. |
Half A Life
03:30
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Half a life ago
I made a trip down
to the center of the earth.
There I found
the hope I’d need to live,
not just to justify my birth.
Oh what a magnificent ride!
Peace and strength are thriving inside
Half my life I knew it
but I didn’t have the guts to say
what was wrong
and I’d like to tell you
right now, if I may:
I have always been in love
with you.
And I know it’s the only love
that’s true
Now would you have me live half a life?
Would you have me live half a life
like I had half a clue?
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3. |
One Last Shot
03:18
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It’s worth a shot
It’s worth one last shot
for the keepers of the targets
for the cheaters in the markets
for the failures in the bedrooms
for the creepers in the darkness
It’s worth a shot
It’s worth one last shot
for the outfield players
for the off-white mailers
full of rusty razors
left by the neighbors
It’s worth a shot
It’s worth one last shot
for the slow decline
of feminine divine
in the lunch line
at Columbine
It’s worth a shot
It’s worth one last shot
It’s worth a shot
It’s worth one last shot
for the steeplechase racers
and the Hollywood waiters
the man between skyscrapers
from yesterday’s papers
It’s worth a shot
It’s worth one last shot
for the pitiful pundits
the writers of the budgets
The Ukrainian puppets,
we’re not so far from it.
It’s worth a shot
It’s worth one last shot
for the true believers
for the wide receivers
the majority leaders
and Beaver Cleaver
It’s worth a shot
It’s worth one last shot
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4. |
The Spine of Life
03:09
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Climbing up and down the spine of life.
Climbing up and down the spine of life.
Reading the line of music that makes me feel more sublime
about the ups and downs of life.
I’m too sensitive
and I have to make it work.
I have to focus
on the magic of the earth.
A man cannot grow rougher,
He’ll become a grain of sand.
Has to become a lover
of the people and the land.
Climbing up and down the spine of life.
Climbing up and down the spine of life.
Reading the line of music that makes me feel more sublime
about the ups and downs of life.
But these fires still reduce my mind to ashes.
Still and peaceful
is how the phoenix flashes
up the spine of life
up the spine of life
up the spine of life
up the spine of life
Climbing up and down the spine of life.
Climbing up and down the spine of life.
Reading the line of music that makes me feel more sublime
about the ups and downs of life.
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5. |
Rabbit
04:48
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I’ve been livin’ like a rabbit
mostly all on account of you
You know I tried to kick the habit
and start my life anew
but I’ve been
kickin’ strangers
and never speakin’ up
Just eatin’ salad
and then jumpin’ the f up
in the air
While you’ve been
diggin’ ‘round for gossip
twenty feet down
and for the sake of your good fortune
you’ve been carryin’ me around
by the foot
I’ve been livin’ like a rabbit
mostly all on account of you
You know I tried to kick the habit
and start my life anew
but I’ve been
runnin’ scared
and I’ve been feelin’ so alone
I’ve been spendin’ all my precious time
lookin’ for a home
in the ground
While you’ve been
somewhere on vacation
It’s been so long since I heard from you!
And it’s gettin’ hard to try to blame ya
for the things I used to do,
but I still do!
I’ve been livin’ like a rabbit
cause my mind is set on you.
Maybe I should break the habit
and start my life anew,
My life anew
I’ve been livin’ like a rabbit
mostly all on account of you
You know I tried to kick the habit
and start my life anew
but I’ve been
kickin’ strangers
and never speakin’ up
Just chasin’ shadows
and then jumpin’ the f up
in the air
While you’ve been
diggin’ ‘round for gossip
twenty five feet down
and for the sake of your good fortune
you’ve been carryin’ me around
by the foot
I’ve been livin’ like a rabbit
mostly all on account of you
But I’m gonna try to kick the habit
and start my life anew
I’m gonna try to kick the habit
and start my life anew
Life anew
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6. |
Sweet Mystic
04:53
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I like a song that makes me feel
like I’m some place far away
I like a song that’s an excuse for me to play
my guitar
I like a song that makes you dream
you’re in a place so bizarre
but the finest one just lets you feel
exactly. . . where you are.
Where you are
That’s where I want to be
Where you are
That’s the all in all for me,
Oh darling, can’t you see?
you’re everywhere and in the heart of me.
I like to see your pleasure burning in the sky
forever in the moon’s hollow howls
into day.
The solo trip to catch the hip of muses as they fly
is just to ease my pain so I may say
Where you are
is where I want to be
Where you are
That’s the all in all for me:
Oh my darling, can’t you see?
you’re everywhere and in the heart of me.
Oh, you are lovesick,
you sweet mystic
You sacrifice your pride to live in peace
You are hallowed
inside your darkened windows,
hours passing slower than your days.
I know you are lovesick,
you sweet mystic.
This world is all for you.
But you’d give it all away
for a touch of the baby blue
the baby blue
the baby blue
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7. |
Coming Home
04:04
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Coming home every morning
with a sagging brow
My work is done here
let me go
now to my bed
In one exact moment
I can feel,
feel what has to last
each moment till I’m dead
And I can dream now,
one foot dangling in the past
and I can sleep now
that my mind is overcast
I’m coming home
I’m coming home
at last
Riding the highways
with their pretty lights
Their poison only feeds
my happiness
my happiness.
The promised horizon
with its pretty sights
only plays upon my weakness and distress
oh my distress.
So let me dream now
one foot dangling in the past.
Let me sleep now
that my mind is overcast
I’m coming home
I’m coming home
at last
Tell my mom I’m coming home
Tell my sisters I won’t answer the phone
I’m coming home
Well, They may think,
but they don’t know
when they get there,
will they know where they go,
and they’re not alone.
I’m coming home every morning
with a sagging brow
My work is done here
let me go
now to my bed
In one exact moment
I can feel,
feel what has to last
each moment till I’m dead
I can dream now
Pushing off from my past
and I can see now
that my mind is clear at last
I’m coming home,
I’m coming home
I can dream now
Pushing off from my past
and I can see now
that my mind is clear at last
I’m coming home,
I’m coming home
from my rest
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8. |
Got To Keep It Natural
04:21
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You got to keep it
natural in this life
You got to make the choice
to carry on
You got to keep the wind
inside your sails, you know.
Got to turn your face
toward the sun.
Well, you might find your back against the wall
You might find your head on a paper doll
And you might feel shallow and small
But that’s not yourself at all!
You got to keep it
natural in your life
You got to make the choice
to carry on
You got to keep the wind
inside your sails, you know.
Got to turn your face
toward the sun.
Even when you’re feeling sad and blue
Distant family is threatening to sue
And work is just a zoo.
Here comes the stomach flu..
You got to keep it
natural in your life
You got to make the choice
to carry on
You got to keep the wind
inside your sails, my love.
Got to turn your face
toward the sun.
Whatever you do
Whatever you do
Got to keep it natural,
oh yeah
In the middle of a fight
In the grip of the failing night
just keep it natural
if you really want to
Do what you want
Be what you want, you got to
oh yeah
if you want to
Do what you want
Be what you want, you got to
oh yeah
keep it natural
oh yeah
Do what you want
Be what you want, you got to
oh yeah
if you want to
Do what you want
Be what you want, you got to
oh yeah
keep it natural
oh yeah
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9. |
No Way Through
06:42
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No way through
There’s no way through
Outside of you
Outside of you
Outside of you
Engaging in the infinite design
Engaging in the infinite design
just as a circle was a line
was a line
was a line
Only with people as my friends
Only with people as my friends
Only with people as my friends,
as my friends,
will I clean my lens
clean my lens
clean my lens
There’s no way through
There’s no way through
Outside of you
Outside of you
Outside of you
No way
through this life
No way
through this vacant night
There’s no way
to the end,
without a friend
without a friend
without a friend
I want to live to see the light,
but there’s no way.
No way through the night
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10. |
Feeling What Is There
05:30
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I’m feeling
what is there.
I’m feeling
just what is there.
When I reach out from my heart
into thin air,
I’m feeling
what is there.
Staying in the core of my heart
Here in the core of my heart.
Your emptiness won’t tear me apart,
It’s staying in the core of my heart.
No space for leaving
I can’t hold it in my mind
You’re here when I can hold you
all the time.
I look to see you approach
in a hesitant way
and from this feeling
you gently fade away.
And I’m feeling
what is there.
I’m feeling
just what is there.
When I reach out from my heart
into thin air,
I’m feeling
what is there.
No hold on me can stop the release.
No inaction can become any less brief.
No loving care becomes belief
No regal tree becomes a leaf.
And it’s easy
to get a step ahead.
These stepping stones
are how our heart is lead.
And it’s hard to be the tortoise
not the hare.
We’re quick to bail
and slow to feel what’s there.
We just go to heal
and then don’t feel what’s there.
We just go to heal
and then don’t feel what’s there.
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11. |
You Are A Youniverse
06:57
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Doing the rebel dance in an enveloping trance
I can see it’s you, love.
I ain’t a-scared to see.
Walking the tightrope blind with one hand behind
your back, love.
I know that’s how you lead.
The thrill rushing through you shows us a stranger view
than you could even know.
Cooling your mind from within your soul
when it’s on overload, with the glow
You are a universe
A whole system of stars and atoms
A path to traverse
from Earth to Mars, from Mercury to Saturn.
Hard to learn, but I knew it at first.
You are a universe.
Stillness, motion, direction and chance
Recklessness and devotion, all part of the endless dance.
In the falling snow, please let me know if I ever upset you.
Let me know which way to go when I forget you.
You are a universe
The whole thing and inside it too.
Dancing where the snow is melting,
you might inspire the stars to burst.
Hard to learn, but I knew it at first:
You are a universe.
Doing the rebel dance in an enveloping trance
I can see it’s you, love.
I ain’t a-scared to see.
Walking the tightrope blind with one behind
your back, love.
I know that’s how you lead.
The thrill rushing through you shows us a stranger view
than you could even know
Cooling your mind from within your soul
when it’s on overload with the glow
You are a universe
A whole system of atoms and stars
A path to traverse
from Mercury to Earth, from Saturn to Mars.
Hard to learn, but I knew it at first.
You are a universe.
You are a universe
I’m loving you just as you’re loving me.
In the deepest heart of every thought and action
You don’t have to speak, cause you’re not afraid to be.
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12. |
Hearts Direct
03:53
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A part of me is at war
There are things I can’t explain
I’ve said too much, I won’t say more
I won’t go on, I won’t complain.
Because I care about your ears
And I wouldn’t dare to stoke all your fears.
I won’t bring you all to tears
a salty round of beers.
Whoa
One false move and you just may forget,
become the thing on which your mind is set.
You may struggle in the bluff and lose your bet.
Till we collect what is real
Till we connect how we feel,
and you know our hearts direct
you know our hearts direct
you know our hearts direct
A part of me is at peace
I can’t alone maintain.
For our fortune’s feast
I can’t produce a single grain.
From this point of view, let be frank.
I haven’t made a single dollar
sitting in the bank.
And I do not deserve a rank.
In the final count
my number comes up blank
Save up on faith
and there is no reserve.
We never have to wait
for what our hearts deserve
for what our hearts deserve
for what our hearts deserve
Save up on bliss
no meter can detect.
Miss who you miss
and you know our hearts direct
you know our hearts direct
you know our hearts direct
Whoa
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13. |
Forest Of The
04:02
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Next time I don’t know what to say
I’m gonna put down roots in the forest of the gray
Next time I won’t hear a lovely sound
I’m gonna build my house in the forest of the frown.
Next time I can’t seem to find my place,
I’m gonna scream in pain from the forest of the face.
And when the ranger comes around
when the ranger comes around,
he’ll look the other way.
As I set my fire, no one will say me nay.
say me nay!
A penumbra all the town would see!
as I. . . . burn down the forest of the--
burn down the forest of the--
Last time I couldn’t take the shame
I set up shop in the forest of the blame.
Last time I felt so incomplete
I started cutting deals in the forest of the cheat.
And last time I regrettably regressed,
I moved my home back to the forest of request. Yes!
And when developers come around
when developers come around
they’re gonna sell it fast.
They’re all convinced that they have so much to gain
and they know the buyers are apt to think the same,
as I burn down the forest of the--
burn down the forest of the--
burn down the forest of the--
Of all false things fading in the flames,
of all the cheap and temporary claims.
the ones that burn the brightest are the dreams,
the ones with Hyde glue oozing at their seams.
Built to come apart in blazing heat
where the real and the imaginary meet.
where the real and the imaginary meet.
This time I know when to stay and when to beat,
packing up my things in the forest of defeat.
And racking my brain to find the way
from the cudgel of a haunted yesterday.
And steeling my resolve to soon break free
from my cell in the encampment of the plea.
And when I get past the guards,
I’m gonna break and run,
ignoring all their bombshells, sticks, and guns.
embracing the affronts, the pangs and stuns.
Dancing in the field of the crazy ones,
and so glad to be,
no longer burning down the--
no longer burning down the--
burning down the forest of the--
burning down the forest of the--
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14. |
Madly, My Lord
07:17
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For a second, be my advocate
Put to rest my latent fears
And tell me it’s all gonna work out all right
I don’t care if any one else hears
Help me write my dreams out by candlelight
Let me feel strong and safe
Make the hours go by a bit slower now and then
You know I don’t have the time to waste
I want to love you madly, my Lord
I want to care for you in your own abode
When in doubt I think of this
and my worries flow away,
my truer faith, my antidote
Help me up, I’m here on the cold pavement
Keep me up, I want to hear to you sing
Help me show I’m so much more than this mannequin down here
You know I don’t ask for much of anything
Just take my hand across the boundary
and grace my eyes with a haunting view
of loving rapture, bolts of pure emotion
Revelation, a bolt out of the blue
One day won’t you teach me how to fly, my love?
One day won’t you teach me how to die?
Or the depth of one true sight
shared between you and I?
Let me see you crazy it is to look back on love
when it still burns in our hearts just this way
Please let me speak just what I can to you
though my words won’t carry what I mean to say.
I want to love you madly, my Lord
I want to care for you in your own abode
When in doubt I think of this
and my worries flow away,
my truer faith, my cure, my antidote
I want to love you madly, my Lord
I want to love all your friends cruising that holy road
When in doubt I think of this
and my worries flow away,
keep close to you what you hear me say
I want to love you madly, my Lord
I want to love you madly, my Lord
Madly, my Lord
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Julian Cartwright New Jersey
Julian Cartwright is a songwriter, instrumentalist, composer and arranger based in the Philadelphia area. Instagram @julian.cartwright.songs
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