1. |
Colourblind
04:46
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Though I am never really hard to find
The stories, the choices
they're yours not mine
But right now as you're leaving this world behind
I've watched and I've waited
but came up colourblind
Angel so shiny in the deep dark night
Dignity she walks calmly
past the vacancy signs
All the hearts in ragged clothes
so beautiful in time
A storm breaks up the clouds above
to liven up the sky
It's six a.m in north New Jersey
will you take us on?
So here's a song in the morning darkness
for times long gone
Folksongs, oatmeal
my mother's smile
Baseball, red lentils
it's all been worthwhile
All our hearts in disrepair
but beautiful in time
A storm breaks thru the clouds above
to liven up the sky
It's early March in north New Jersey
will you take us on?
Here's a song for the weary hearted
and for times long gone
For times long gone
For the times they are long gone
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2. |
Signal Lights
04:50
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I followed in your tracks, dear
spinning inside out
Now I'm holding on for dear life
never coming down
We never gave a damn
for the choices to be made
We swore we'd rather die young
than live afraid
Now don't worry
cause we're flying
Don't hurry
cause there's no right or wrong
Cause lover though we falter
the world still turns
These old telegraph wires
they leave voices in the night
In all of the dark patches
sending signal lights
So give an eye or give an inch
you were never one to bend
As we push thru days of quicksand
the scuffle makes the man
But don't worry
cause we're flying
Don't hurry
cause there's no right or wrong
Cause lover as we falter
the world still turns
So don't worry
you've been dreaming
Don't hurry
they're just warning signs
Cause lover as we stumble
the world still turns
So don't worry
cause we're flying
Don't hurry
cause there's no right or wrong
Cause lover though we falter
the world still burns
Just go on dreaming ...
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3. |
The Same
03:10
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Though I never did tell no big fat lies
While I never broke word once
you broke twice
I can no longer pretend now
I could be all you want me to be
I can laugh at fortune and fame
But it always feels the same
it just always ends up that way
See I never stood up for what was right
Cause I never could figure out just what was going wrong
Never was I held at gunpoint
I was stranded high and dry in juke joints
I was just trying to stay in the game
Cause it always feels the same
Picture to freeze frame
and I always feel the same
I can no longer pretend now
that I could be all you wanted me to be
I can laugh at fortune and fame
I can finally bear the pain
But will I always feel the same?
Guess it always ends up that way
See I just always feel the same
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4. |
Mars
04:01
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Tonight I'll let these old records wash all over me
and think back on all the ways we used to make believe
For the future is here and that is that
And what we lost on our way here
we just can't get back
Cause with all the world on fire
could you ever find me again?
For all the difference it makes
oh brace yourself it just depends
On all the shots we took
Frightened by the sound of our own voices
and the souls we lost
So tell all your fine friends you'll be leaving home
They're shuffling people around saying you don't belong
Busy filling empty spaces up like baseball cards
Remaining truly unimpressed with your life on Mars
But with all the world closed down
Could we ever touch ground again?
For all the difference it makes
oh brace yourself it just depends
On the hard knocks we took
Frightened by the sound of our own voices
and the souls we lost
Cause with all the world on fire
Could you ever find me again?
For all the souls we lost
For the souls we lost
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5. |
Skipping Stones
03:51
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We're coming round the corner
Driving up the street to your house in the early morning
We're done with all the anger jealousy and hate
We killed off the good stuff brought down the town
but then we came round
Now we're done with all the lies and the dressing down
Here we are standing first in line
throwing stones down a deep dark well
Losing cards is all that we've been dealt
Now I see that you're shaking
Say you can't breathe or pay your debts no more and
How the hell can we just keep carrying on?
We're just going thru a rough night out
to find ourselves alone
We're coming from a bad bad place
Tired of Skipping Stones
We're just going on a rough night out
We just got lost
so far from home
So we're going up and down
we're spinning like a top in the golden sundown
Setting sail for the times we thought we'd lost
As we fight like wolves making deals with the heathen
What we thought was hell was just a bumpy ride
We're just going thru a rough night out
to find ourselves alone
We're coming from a bad bad place
Tired of Skipping Stones
We're just going on a rough night out
We just got lost
so far from home
Now we're coming from a dark dark place
No more Skipping Stones
We're just going on a rough night out
We just got lost
so far from home
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6. |
Lesser Things
04:12
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Now let's pretend that we had a moment
All of your life you've been been waiting for it
Let's make believe we can all stay clean
We'll let the dead stay on stay quiet
then watch the sunrise cause a riot
We're doing everything to be left behind
So let me go say Grace again
for all the folks who never had a say about anything
And while the ghosts sleep in their beds
It's O.K it's alright
They've gone down for lesser things
Everyone has their secret weakness
The heavyweight champion of the world
will make believe he can have it all
Inside the dream the dream looks different
When all is fiction then what is left
of the words in your bible?
The fateful news untold
Just let me go say Grace again
For all the souls who never had a say about anything
And while the ghosts sleep in their beds
It's alright it's OK
They've come down for lesser things
So let me go say Grace again
For all the folks who never had a say about anything
And while the ghosts sleep in their beds
It's alright it's O.K
They've all gone down for lesser things
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7. |
Take This Win
03:46
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I know this ain't the answer you've been looking for
So many questions they remain
And I know it ain't the best solution we can get
And no it will not erase all the pain
But take this win and let it slip inside
Take a moment for the open sky
So take the win and move on with your life
For battles ahead thunder and landslides
Oh brother where have all your sailors shipped off to?
On boats of wood filled with tiny holes
Oh my oh my for wisdom is it's own reward
Where service kindness is seldom shown
So take this win and let it deep inside
Take a second for the open skies
Take the win and put it in your life
All guns ablaze thunder and landslides
Take This Win
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8. |
The Circumstances
04:21
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When composure returns we circle the sky
Take a walk in the park and step outside
Have a look around
When we're ready to land to take down our flags
Lose ourselves in the darkness
Step on down from this hill we're on
I flew to the sun
I walked on it's skin
Looked back and saw the earth again
Thought of my kids
So cut me down let me out
Let me get a clearer view of what's inside the world
The Chorus Girls
So pick me up let me go
Cause I need to learn the circumstances of our lives
and the days gone by
When you find yourself all wrapped up
Nowhere to go, Nobody knows
Take a look around
Walk the streets you know
When reason returns
The people you know
will help you get back up again
Just take a look around
When I woke from my dream I was back in my bed
The sun coming thru the blinds
Now I'm holding out for better times
So cut me down let me out
Let me get a clearer view of what's inside the world
The Soldier Boys
So pick me up let me go
Cause I need to know the circumstances of our lives
The days gone by
So cut me down let me out
Let me get a clearer view of what's inside the world
The Jersey Girls
So pick me up let me go
Cause I need to know the circumstances of our lives
The days gone by
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9. |
Seven Eleven
04:07
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She don't lie 'bout the tools of her trade
When everything goes dark
she'll keep her blades so sharp
So I'll walk home and lie on the floor
Just a few minutes more
just a little stain on her chalkboard
We were quick to hurry outside
The subway stood still past the Clarence Bar and Grill
So I packed up and moved out of here
Just a few years along the line
I could hold out for the finish line
I threw it away I was over my head
I had Seven Eleven stories to tell
I was under her spell then it slipped thru my hands
I found Seven Eleven sure ways to fail
I woke up a babe in the woods
When everything goes South
the little hands to mouth
If she'd just look up she'd find me right there
Holding on for dear life I was getting used to the crazy ride
I threw it away I was over my head
I had Seven Eleven stories to tell
I was under her spell let it slip thru my hands
I found seven eleven true ways to fall
All of our blessed folk tales
We thought we'd last for sheer will
And for all that we hoped would prevail
Bow down and run for the kill
So I threw it away I was over my head
I was Seven Eleven minutes too late
I was under her spell then it slipped thru my hands
I found Seven Eleven true ways to fall
I threw it away I was over my head
I was Seven Eleven minutes too late
I was under her spell then it slipped thru my hands
I found Seven Eleven true ways to fall
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10. |
Castles
03:27
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I don't mind
I don't really mind at all
I don't mind I don't really mind
I've been waiting
I've been holding down the fort for much too long
Down and out in Bremen
In the company of strangers con men and thieves
Playing for tricks
On the sleepy boulevards that crosscut this town
It's a cliche at times
The way we find ourselves busted blown out
But I don't mind
I don't really mind at all
I don't mind I don't really mind
I've been wandering
Thru the subterranean underbelly of this urban sprawl
And whatever comes first
Office hours or falling typewriters are sure to strike me down
And all my friends
They seem to have left long ago but I take consolation from
all that have come before me
So before I go I need you to know that whatever happens I'll be OK
I'll be alright
It's just the evening tide that washes all these castles away
Till all is gone
But all is washed clean for the night
for the night
I don't mind
I don't really mind at all
I don't mind I don't really mind
As long as you love me
As long as I got a place to hide
As long as you trust me
I can take on any fight
I don't really mind at all
As long as I got a place to hide
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11. |
Sad Ghost
03:51
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Something's going on
The pieces they just don't fit together like they used to
So stop your thinking making problems
It's all just in your head
Some screws are coming loose
If you can get away with murder
These days you can get away with anything
And while you're making grand statements for all the wrong reasons
We're all just getting spooked
Just give it up
Got to open the floodgates
Sad Ghost
Yeah just let it go
Just give it up
All your family portraits
Sad Ghost, yeah
Just let it all go
Just let it all show
So when you pack up all your luggage
Tell me have you even left the room at all?
And when you look into your future
Do you see the words that are written on the wall?
Maybe I'll try to keep my distance
Keep away from trouble if that's what I need to do
Just give it up
Got to open the floodgates
Sad Ghost
yeah just let it go
Just give it up
All your family portraits
Sad Ghost, yeah
Just let it all go
Just let it all show
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Dirk Darmstaedter Hamburg, Germany
Dirk Darmstaedter is a singer, songwriter, and producer originally from northern New Jersey now living in Hamburg, Germany.
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