1. |
Morning Beautiful
03:28
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Morning, Beautiful
When you wake in the morning
I have something I want to say to you
You are beautiful
You are beautiful
Good morning
Good morning
Good morning to you
Pack a dime
The sweet sunshine is
All that I could ever really want
And the day melts away
Feel it in your bones
Oh, I never ever want to go home
Good morning
Good morning
Good morning to you
When you wake in the morning
I have something I want to say to you
You are beautiful
You are beautiful
Good morning
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2. |
Jealousy
03:38
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Life can sometimes leave us wanting
Wanting the things that we do not already have
Privilege property affection
It’s never enough
I want it all
It never ends
But don’t take it too far
Come back to who you are
Jealousy happens to the best of us
Wait and see who you’ll love and who you’ll trust
Might not be what you expected
My baby she don’t love me
It’s been a while since she has even held my hand
You lost feelings or forgotten?
Are you waiting for another man?
Jealousy
Feeling it burning up in your mind
Things that may never be
Your imagination’s running wild
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3. |
Thank You
04:08
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Looks like we made it
In spite of all that waiting
Time spent anticipating
Yeah, life came and opened up a door
Now who do you think that it opened for?
Taking the time that we wanna take
We got all night let’s celebrate
If you feel good don’t hesitate to say “ooo”
I want to thank you, I want to thank you
For all that you do and all that you are
You are my shining star
I want to thank you
Thank you
How far can we take it?
You know we never fake it
Cause we are stars and we shoot for the moon
Tiger grabbed me by the tail
And leads me to her room
Taking the time that we wanna take
We got all night let’s celebrate
If you feel good don’t hesitate to say “ooo”
I want to thank you, I want to thank you
For all that you do and all that you are
You are my shining star
I want to thank you
Thank you
I want to thank you
For all that you do
And I want to thank you for being you
Because there’s only one of you
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4. |
Cold Civil War
03:49
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“Cold Civil War”
I feel so down
The weight of history’s got my head to the ground
I feel so lost
The world keeps spinning out of control
And we all get tossed
Is there any wonder that we feel this way inside?
We have such similar dreams
But live such very different lives
As we fight in this cold civil war
A black girl gets teased
Somebody grabs her hair and she says
“Bish please”
A white man is late for work
Somebody flips him off so he drives like a jerk
I’ll hold my tongue
You’re working on having your opinion
I’m working on having none
Is there any wonder that we feel this way inside?
We have such similar dreams
But live such very different lives
As we fight in this cold civil war
Left or right, black or white
It’s up to you
Make a choice
As if there’s only two sides of the truth
Take your time
Free your mind
No one can make you choose a side
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5. |
Get Better
03:56
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Get Better
Busy busy every day of the week
Dizzy dizzy try to land on my feet
I got twenty seven thousand emails to compose
My own heart is a mystery to me
It’s like a friend that I never get time to see
How you been? Are you happy?
I suppose
What if I never get better?
What if I never get better?
It’s all a lot of nothing in the end
What if I never get better?
What if I never get better?
I think I’ll pour myself one more
Again
[Some kind words at a funeral for a friend]
You tell me that my face has changed
Which is funny cause I feel the same
When I never get better
Happy happy everyone that I meet
See them glued to their phones on the street
Reality’s no good for me now
Pull up a chair to the bar
And for a few hours you can be a star
Talk talk talking until we get kicked out
[CHORUS]
It's hard to slow your roll
When you don't know where the road goes
Was I hungry, angry, lonely, tired?
Tried so hard to halt this fire
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6. |
Share My Days
04:11
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7. |
Ain't Nothing Easy
04:25
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somewhere between what you want and what you need
is a forgotten dream you let die
days just repeat
city buses on streets with bodies in seats
that just sigh
but there are thousands of ways
to make it through
each and every day
cause there ain't nothing easy
there ain't nothing easy
ain't nothing easy
that's worth fighting for
sit right down
and stay with me
a lonely soul needs some company
I was blind but now I see
time with you is the sweetest thing
in a green space we unwind
like a clock that has fallen from time
there ain't nothing easy
there ain't nothing easy
ain't nothing easy
that's worth fighting for
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8. |
The Horizon
03:56
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The Horizon
How did I get here?
Where I go there are no roads
No telephones and no zip codes
Just heavy baggage from long ago
Desolation
A million miles on this broke-down soul
She ran off and I paid the toll
With a pound of fool’s gold
Open up your eyes and see
The smoke on the horizon
If I said you didn’t burn my heart
Then I’d be lying
And I wanted you to see
The damage done to me
Picking up the pieces of what
Could and couldn’t be
Open up your eyes and see
The smoke on the horizon
Drove through the desert
Down the valley, and across the way
Through memories of the words she’d say
The messed up games she'd always play
Crashed into yesterday
[CHORUS]
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9. |
Doubt Me
03:28
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10. |
Arizona Smile
03:36
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11. |
We Could Have Had It All
04:01
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12. |
Winter Coat
04:45
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Winter Coat
Left half of my heart where you left me
Then you came and broke the final piece
Now I got a baby boy that I will probably never see
There is no end to your cruelty
Think I’ll get myself a winter coat
Seattle’s gotten pretty cold
But if it’s warm this summer then I’ll
Probably hit the road
There’ll be nothing that I’m running from
Just pretending that the good guys won
The good guys won
You came from California with a thorn in your side
Left a trail of destruction a mile wide
With your criminal convictions and your politics
Seems something simple as love just makes you sick
So go and steal yourself a winter coat
I’d give you mine but you locked the door
If it’s warm this summer then I'll probably never know
There’ll be nothing that we’re running from
We’ll be pretending that the good guys won
The good guys won
And my son
If you hear this song one day
Know your daddy loves you
And there’s nothing that could happen
That could make that change
And my son
Know that I caught you
When you were born
You came into the world
And right into my arms
Mine were the first eyes that you
looked into
Yours were sparkling like diamonds
As the sun shone through
And I knew in that moment I was proud of you
Such a beautiful boy
And there’s nothing that could happen
That could make that change
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Jesse Jay Allen Tacoma, Washington
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On Dearest Echo, Allen matches thick, ambient guitar and synthesizer with
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