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Electric Blue Disguise
04:54
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What goes on behind those eyes
I wish that I could see
Through your electric blue disguise
Looking right through me
What is it that you see?
What is it that you see... in me?
What goes on inside your mind
When you look so far away
To another space and time
To another galaxy
Are you coming back?
Are you coming back... To me
If i could, I would
I would give my self to you
Tonight
If i could, I would
My angel tried and true
To see you take flight
I want to go
I want to go
I want to go... With you
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Counterfeit Love
03:56
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I'm tired of the way I'm living
Tired of trying
I know you expect me to say
I feel like I'm dying
But that's not the way it is
That's not the way I feel
I suppose you expect me to question
Whether any of this is real
If it's a counterfeit love
If it's a counterfeit hope
If it's a counterfeit faith I believe in
Then go ahead and cut the rope
It's a deep dark hole
I find myself down in
I know you expect me to say
I feel like I'm drownin'
This could all be over
The wolves are howling in the wings
And I suppose you're just gonna sit there waiting
Until the fat lady sings
Earthquakes and hurricanes got nothing to compare
to the weight and the gravity of your own despair
but what do I care?
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3. |
Don't Give Me That
03:59
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You say that you can't win
You're pinned down on the mat
You'll never be so thin
That they won't say that you're too fat
But don't give me that
You say you're not pretty
You say you're not cool
Isn’t it a pity
To be everybody's fool
Don't give me that
You are beautiful to me
You are beautiful to me
Don't give me that
You are beautiful to me
You’re a sight for all to see
Don’t give me that
You are beautiful to me
You’re a sight for the world to see
You are beautiful to me
You’re a sight for the world to see
You've gone and changed your clothes
You've gone and cut your hair
But now everybody knows
That won’t take you anywhere
Don't give me that
You are beautiful to me
You are beautiful to me
Don't give me that
You are beautiful to me
You’re a light for all to see
Don’t give me that
Take it back
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One Step Closer
04:03
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You're one step closer to your dreams
You're one step closer to he who redeems
You're one step closer now it seems
You're one step closer to your dreams
You're one step closer to the Lord
You're one step closer to his word
You're one step closer hadn't you heard?
You're one step closer to the Lord
You once were closer to the shore
Before they showed you to the door
You're not closer anymore
You're only closer to being ignored
You're one step closer to finishing the game
You're step closer to he who overcame
You're one step closer to the book of names
You're one step closer to taking the blame
You once were closer to the shore
Before they showed you to the door
You're not closer anymore
You're only closer to being ignored
You're one step closer to making the news
You're one step closer to your head in a noose
But when you're closer, what have you got to lose?
Go on and shake the dust from your shoes
You once were closer to the shore
Before they showed you to the door
You're not closer anymore
You're only closer to being ignored
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Hey Sweetheart
04:24
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Hey sweetheart, with the long black curly hair
What’s a girl like you doing way out there
Where the people stop and stare
And you don’t even care
Hey sweetheart, I know I don't know you well
But there is one thing about you I think I can tell
You're ready to ring the bell
You're ready to get the hell
Out of the middle of nowhere
Hey sweetheart, what's keeping you from running away?
From this loser town where they crush hope every day
What more can I say?
One more old cliché
In the middle of nowhere
Hey sweetheart, you got any more lemonade?
I'd like to buy a round for all these lonely hearts on parade
Yeah we know they've got it made
We got a two-drink marinade
In the middle of nowhere
I see it everywhere
So much for savoir faire
And all those millionaires
They're playing solitaire
In the middle of nowhere
Hey sweetheart, aw, who we kidding anyway?
I can't get enough of this F A Q & A
There’s no use running away
I might as well stay
In the middle of nowhere… with you...
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At the time of my passing
Will you still be asking
If I love you like before
Oh, you silly thing…
At the time of my passing
Will you still be asking
If it's you I adore
Oh, you sill thing…
Of course
At the time of this waiting
Will you still be debating
If my heart was ever yours
Oh, you silly thing…
At the time of this writing
Why am I still reciting
Those same words from long ago
Silly thing, you ought to know
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All My Tears
04:35
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When I go don’t cry for me
In my Father’s arms I’ll be
The wounds this world left on my soul
Will all be healed and I’ll be whole
Sun and moon will be replaced
With the light of Jesus’ face
And I will not be ashamed
For my saviour knows my name
It don’t matter where you bury me
I’ll be home and I’ll be free
It don’t matter where I lay
All my tears be washed away
Gold and silver blind the eye
Temporary riches lie
So come and eat from heaven’s store
Come and drink and thirst no more
So weep not for me my friend
When my time below does end
For my life belongs to Him
Who will raise the dead again
It don’t matter where you bury me
I’ll be home and I’ll be free
It don’t matter where I lay
All my tears be washed away
Am
When death comes to call on you
Who will hear now your name too?
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Bus Stop
03:47
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You're a hubcap heart
Born under a pile of cars
Another discarded part
Posing as a diamond in the rough
She's a sky-born soul
She's unsinkable
She's got just one goal
Can you figure out what it is before it's too late?
She's at the bust stop now
She's waiting for
Waiting for the 8:00
She's got tears in her eyes
And soon she'll be just another broken
Piece of you you don't recognize
Hurry boy though you slip and slide
Upon the streets of snow
Let the way you ride
Be like suicide
Let it free your soul
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9. |
Heat (I Got Some)
03:47
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Welcome Back
04:26
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Welcome back to the light
Welcome back to your life
Welcome back to what started out
as a scenic route
to find your way to
to the light
She's every broken piece of you that's missing…
Take the wheel for the ride
Take the wheel, there's no place to hide
Take the wheel and we'll start it out
Take a scenic route and we'll
Find our way through the night
She's every broken piece of you that's missing…
Welcome back to your hometown
Welcome back, hey what's got you down?
Welcome back to where you started out
All your hopes and doubts are
In their corner for the fight
She's every broken piece of you that's missing
And you're lying there dying
And you don't even know what your missing…
Don't you tell me that you're gonna run
When there's a heart here yet to be won
And we cannot be undone
By a bullet or a gun
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Chris Crabtree Kansas City, Kansas
Chris Crabtree is a Kansas City singer-songwriter originally hailing from the sagebrush plains of Texas. He released his first rock album, Counterfeit Heart, in 2015. That record served as a soundtrack to his novel, Zen and the Art of Killing Your Self, also released at the same time. His music draws from the sounds of Ryan Adams, Daniel Lanois, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, U2, and Bob Dylan. ... more
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