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The Dream
03:11
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The sunset is sinking
Down into the patio wall
And you gently mocking say
“Hey are you listening at all?”
“Oh sorry I’m just drifting
In space you know how I can be.”
“Well Major Tom I’d just
Love if you’d listen to me”
And your face in that moment
Brings up what’s still left of a dream
It’s one I keep having
But can’t understand what it means
Oh a woman with your hair
And your face leads me by the hand
Up stairs to a room where
The floors are all covered in sand
Oh and she turns around
And smiles at me
Oh and she disappears
In the midsummer heat
You see me drifting
And get mock indignant again
“Did you come here to mope or
Did you come here to talk to your friend?”
“Oh sorry I’m just tired
Is all, you know how that can be”
“Well I should be going
Take care and please get some sleep”
Oh and you turn around
And smile at me
Oh and you disappear
In the midsummer heat
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2. |
A Mirror, Dimly
02:14
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You sat down in the corner booth
And turned your eyes on me
Painting the air
Shooting the breeze
You said “Oh god it’s been so long!”
“Or at least it has for me.”
Taking a sip
I guess I agreed
But truth be told you’re never far from me
I dream of your smile
In a mirror dimly
But could I be the one
To see you face to face?
But when the evening’s emptied out
And you fumble for your keys
I don’t take the shot
To say what I mean
'Cause truth be told you’re never far from me
I dream of your smile
In a mirror dimly
But could I be the one
To see you face to face?
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3. |
When the Strings Kick In
03:19
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On the cab ride back from the bar
You put your head on your arm
And stared out of the car
At the night
And the city shining so bright
From Broadway to the stars in your eyes
And somehow all the lights
Followed you
‘Cause I gave my longing a name
And it’s your name
And I gave my longing a face
And it’s your face
So tell me what I’m missing
When I look in your eyes
So I walked you back to your door
Up stairs to the second floor
And wanted all the more
Just to say
I gave my longing a name
And it’s your name
And I gave my longing a face
And it’s your face
So tell me what I’m missing
When I look in your eyes
But every movie script ending
Has turned out to be a fake
So when the strings kicked in
I felt my heart break
‘Cause I gave my longing a name
And it’s your name
And I gave my longing a face
And it’s your face
So tell me what I’m missing
When I look in your eyes
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4. |
It Isn't Me
02:43
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And as the light declines
At the dying of the day
Something comes into view
Then hides itself away
And lying in the grass
You must know that you’re a dream
And I don’t know what you mean
And as we part again
The place we stand’s the same
But when I look at you
I can’t remember my own name
And when you close your eyes
Whose face is it you see?
Well I know it isn’t me
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5. |
Tracing the Lines
03:37
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I head out, down to the bar
Out on 29th
To a new scene, some empty dream
That I’ll have tonight
At the back of my mind
Erasing the signs
Tracing the lines
Back to you
In the dead air out on the patio
Late last night
You checked out and walked home alone
Under dim streetlight
To the back of my mind
Erasing the signs
Tracing the lines
Back to you
And the look as you walked away
And the limits to what we can say
The dead ends and prices we pay
Til it’s gone either way
I head out, down to the bar
Out on 29th
To a new scene, some empty dream
That I’ll have tonight
At the back of my mind
Erasing the signs
Tracing the lines
Back to you
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J. R. Nelson Eugene, Oregon
DIY one-man-band from the rainy Willamette Valley
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