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Murphy's Law
04:40
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If the sky is gonna fall
Maybe it falls to me to make it up to you
I know it doesn't seem like all that much
But believe me, girl, it's all I can do
End of a tunnel or the front of a train
Either way you know there's gonna be a light at the end now, just the same
You never really know, until you play the game
Before the cards are down, the players are all the same
Your reflection in the water caught my eye
I turned around to say hello, but there was nothing there but land and sky
I guess this means I miss you, a little bit more today
Or maybe it's love, I just don't know since you went away
Anything that can go wrong will
But don't let this notion hold you still
Anything that can go wrong will
Maybe my luck is down but love will not be still
So if the sky is gonna fall
Maybe it falls to you to sing a song for me
I know that there is music in your heart
That you need to set free
Won't you sing it for me
I'm on the up and up but my luck is down
Ridin' on the rails of a freight train out of town
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Hat Full of Rabbits
03:57
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Don't you wish you had a hat full of rabbits
Something to take back all your nasty habits
Big old top hat, stylish and enchanted
Like magicians always wear
Because the magic's gone
Yeah the magic's gone
You ain't got no magic set
No X-ray specs
And you're not getting makeup sex
Tonight
Don't you wish you had some x-ray glasses
You could make a lot of money selling glasses to the masses
But you just want to see into her heart
See where it's broken, where repair might start
Because the magic's gone
Yeah the magic's gone
You ain't got no magic set
And you know what it is that you're not gonna get
Tonight
Magic eight-ball says future uncertain
Can't help but feel this ain't exactly reassurin'
All you really know is both of you are hurtin'
And nothing you can do, can bring her back to you
She's gone.
Don't you wish you had a magic wand
Whip it on out and your love come runnin' home
But you know you ain't got not magic wand
So all you can do is sing a sad old song
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Rainy Town
04:15
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Profane and profound
the sights and the sounds
out my window
in this rainy little town
There's the squealing of tires
and lovers for hire
trying to make it
through the night
On the corner's a man
playing supply and demand
he's offering pieces of heaven
but you know he is damned
Every dollar he makes
is a dozen dirty dimes
all the while he asks himself
how he isn't doing time
Do you ever get that feeling
of floating above it all?
like tonight is your night
everything's going right
you might stumble but you won't fall
Two lovers fight
each one knows that they are right
nobody gives an inch
or even tries to see the other side
Up all night telling lies
only to realize in the morning
that the love has gone
from their lover's eyes
So now I close my window
and turn out the light
the city's still wide awake
but I'm turning in for the night
You say there's no night life
here in the old rainy little town
but look around you it's everywhere
profane, and profound
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Down the Road
03:49
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Give it up
Put it away
Save it for a rainy day
If it's love, let it fly away
Walk down the road
The road you've walked a thousand times before
Maybe you find a new friend you've never met before
Round the corner, the corner you've turned a thousand times before
Maybe you find her waiting for you at your front door
Share your life with your friends
Hold their lives in your hands
Dance together spin in circles
Step for step each day, you know you know there is no right away
You just don't have to hurry up today
Walk down the road
The road you've walked a thousand times before
Maybe you find a penny
Maybe one you've spent before
A raven flies over head, you stop and wonder if you've seen that bird before
Maybe he knows where you've been, or where you'll go
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Ophelia
05:42
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Where can Ophelia run
When her nightmare turns real
So this is how it happens
Can you tell me now, can you tell me how she feels
To know, that no one knows
She feels, she feels, she feels, she feels
She's falling
Falling, like a raindrop on its way from a cloud
She's crying, crying like the wind
But for the storm, she cannot make a sound
No one seems to notice
Or maybe no one seems to care
But nobody puts two and two together
About what she'd do if she was really there
To be awake and aware
And away somewhere safe
Wake up wake up
One way or the other
This nightmare had to end
Maybe the law said suicide
But this wasn't her fauilt
Now Ophelia is gone
In the river she drowned
Ophelia is there in body
But bear in mind
That maybe she could push the thoughts away
But she could never leave the feeling behind
So she sleeps perchance to dream
One more time
You might not hear a single rain drop fall, but you hear the storm...
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Laugh
05:17
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They say shit happens
But so does love
Takes you by surprise
Like a song can sound like sign from above
And love can make you angry
Just like hard time can leave you with nothing to do but laugh
But if you're going to make it through you've got to laugh, just laugh
Every morning the sun come up
Rises in the east
Just as surely as that sun come up
Everywhere I go, I see people looking for peace
Some days it seems like it's found them
Some days it seems like it's left without a backward glance
But if you're gonna make it through you just gotta laugh
Just laugh
Every afternoon you dream away
At least you're not crying
Every time I see you smile
I know you're trying
I know you're trying
So you take what's give to you in this life
Nothing less and nothing more
And you give what you can give
Sometimes it's not enough
Or no one wants what you've got in store
When even more is asked of you
Leaving you with only half a chance
Close your eyes, throw back your head
And laugh
Just laugh
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