1. |
Don't Wait
04:38
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Don’t Wait
Come closer young pilgrims,
Open your mind and set your spirit free,
Come along with me.
Wide-eyed and untainted,
Closer to finding all you’ve been searching for,
Oh, but there’s so much more.
No, don’t wait! No, don’t wait!
So far from your world now,
Everything’s finally coming clearly into view,
There’s a whole new you.
Young courage, old patience,
All the best things make the most of time,
So new dreams we’ll find.
No, don’t wait! No, don’t wait!
Don’t wait to find your dreams tomorrow,
No, don’t hesitate!
Don’t waste your golden years in sorrow,
No, don’t fade away!
Don’t wait! No, don’t wait!
Don’t wait to find your dreams tomorrow,
No, don’t hesitate!
Don’t waste your golden years in sorrow,
No, don’t fade away!
Don’t wait! No, don’t wait!
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2. |
No Ordinary Man
03:44
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No Ordinary Man
I caught a fast plane there,
Its shiny blue tail in the air,
Prayin’ we weren’t just another
people-filled missile,
For some terrorist scare.
Yeah, it’s such a mixed up place,
This home of the human race,
Everybody says the same thing in
different ways,
“I need a little more space“.
A pretty little gypsy girl,
Found me stoned in Amsterdam,
She said sometimes God speaks to her,
Shows her part of his master plan.
She said she saw me standing there,
With my blood red fist in the air,
She said I punched the wall and cursed
the lord above,
Because he’s so unfair.
But wait a minute, how could it be?
She wasn’t even there.
Believe me, I’m no ordinary man.
Don’t leave me, I won’t understand.
Well then she took me away,
To meet a consecrated man,
To an unknown castle in the east,
Full of people from every land.
Such an amazing space,
So many people in God’s grace,
You know it wasn’t any big surprise,
I felt a little out of place.
Visions all around me, but I didn’t,
Even get a taste.
Believe me, I’m no ordinary man.
Don’t leave me, I won’t understand.
Believe me, I’m no ordinary man.
Don’t leave me, I’m doing the best I can, I am.
Believe! Believe!
Went to see a factory,
Yeah, the biggest ever murder-machine,
The fruition of a plan by a man,
More evil than we’ve ever seen.
Yeah, he was bad on his own,
No no, but he was not alone,
He needed ordinary men to deliver,
Six million to ash and bone,
And on that road of broken dreams,
I imagined all their cries and screams,
And finally saw what it all means,
We all are on our own.
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3. |
Northern Girl
04:05
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Northern Girl
Awakened in a strange new land to find her there,
Drifting through the universe without a care,
Climbing every distant castle in the air,
Touching all the broken people in despair.
She’s my northern, she’s my northern girl.
She’s my northern, she’s my northern girl.
Shining like the sun upon a distant world,
Flowing like the sea around a perfect pearl,
Waiting for each magic moment to unfurl,
She’s my northern, she’s my northern girl.
You can’t take her away,
She won’t last very long.
Like a bird she won’t stay,
Every summer she’s gone.
Yeah, she’s gone.
She’s my northern, she’s my northern girl.
She’s my northern, she’s my northern girl.
She’s my northern, she’s my northern girl.
She’s my northern, she’s my northern girl.
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4. |
It's Only Fun
03:38
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It’s Only Fun
Vegas by plane, I ain’t got no shame,
With a harem of women ‘round me.
A weekend away for my people to play,
And let ‘em be wild and free, oh!
It’s a roll-a-the-dice, but I cheat ‘em real nice,
I know they’re gonna let me see,
Oh all their little tattoos in their
high-heeled shoes,
Pretty soon it’s one, two or three!
Can we stay this way forever?
Oh so beautiful and young.
Could it be that when all is said and done,
It’s only fun
And it’s always a show, you know, wherever I go,
‘Cause you never know who you’ll see.
And I’m a pain-in-the-ass but I got a lotta cash,
A modern anomaly, oh!
I got a house on the hill with all the latest frills,
Photos with VIP’s.
But my favorite thrill is a little blue pill,
Keep ‘em drinkin’ ‘till they drop to their knees. Oh!
Can we stay this way forever?
Oh so beautiful and young.
Could it be that when all is said and done,
It’s only fun
Can we stay this way forever?
Oh so beautiful and young.
Could it be that when all is said and done,
It’s only fun
It’s only fun
It’s only fun
It’s only fu- uh - uh - uh - uh - uh - uh - uh - uh - uh - uh - uh
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5. |
Alainia
05:14
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Alainia
She was only three when her mother moved her to the city.
It’s painted bridge fixed like lipstick on the bay.
And she never came to believe or see herself as something pretty,
And among these strangers she grew more and more afraid.
Mother sold her jewelry while Alainia wandered through the streets,
A sullied girl in open doorways begging for a toy.
Until the open-hearted look outside and hear her silent ‘please’,
They know deep inside in her mind you will find it’s her mother’s eyes she sees.
So take it slow and let your fears all go away.
Playin’ coy dressed like a boy with so little joy,
And just how much all those little slurs hurt
she wouldn’t say.
And behind this bruised facade she saw her world destroyed,
Yes it’s strange in our pain how the mind of a child still remains.
So take it slow and let your fears all go away.
Hey, Alainia let us be,
Cuz’ nothin’ stays the same in everything
we see.
Hey, Alainia set us free,
Cuz’ nothin’s wrong with you and there’s nothin’ wrong with me.
When she was nine her father came and took her far away,
At night he played guitar and helped her find her harmony.
He stood her in the mirror and whispered in
her ear “You’re Beautiful!”
In the space of a place filled with grace we can all believe.
So take it slow and let your fears all go away.
Hey, Alainia let us be,
Cuz’ nothin’ stays the same in everything
we see.
Hey, Alainia set us free, Oh so free!
Cuz’ nothin’s wrong with you and there’s nothin’ wrong with me.
Mmm, mmm, nothin’ wrong.
Mmm, mmm, nothin’ wrong.
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6. |
Through the Roof
04:17
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Through the Roof
You say you don’t want a relationship,
You just want to be related.
Well, I feel the scales are about to tip,
So don’t make it complicated.
Somehow I know this can’t be wrong,
This ‘somethin’ here between us.
Yeah, Salina, I’m too far gone,
And there’s something I must confess.
When you sat beside me,
My heart skipped right through the roof.
We both had enough pushin’ the good book,
Well, as if just knowin’s gonna set us free.
We opened our minds and took one good look,
In each other’s eyes the truth we see,
In each other’s eyes the truth we see.
Cause when you look inside me,
My heart skips right through the roof.
Takin’ time to be with uncertainty,
Not very hard to see possibility.
It’s like a big old world’s been lifted off our back,
No longer burdened down in meaning.
And so Salina, when you’re through with your jumpin’ jacks,
Well, let’s be open and free, I do agree, we all need to relax.
Just you and me beneath the tree, forget
about the past.
Cause when you lay beside me,
My heart skips right through the roof.
Right through the roof.
Through the roof.
Right through the roof.
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7. |
Life is Love
04:44
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Life Is Love
This little world, behind these doors,
Created here, tryin’ to survive.
We twist and twirl, on jangled floors,
Just waiting here, for somethin’ to arrive.
Life is love my friend,
Only love my friend.
Life is love my friend,
Just see it in you, where it begins.
Way deep inside, beneath my pride,
An endless stream of reasons, that all lead back to me.
Beyond these doors, there’s so much more,
It’s always in confusion, that we begin to see.
Life is love my friend,
Only love my friend.
Life is love my friend,
Just see it in you, where it begins.
Shadows fall deep in this well of tears,
Echo in these chambers of my never-ending fears.
I forget to see the light of day,
Dangling on these mumbled words, that all
get in the way;
Hesitation, complication, endless mental masturbation,
Final realization: no one’s stopping me but me!
Life is love my friend,
Only love my friend.
Life is love my friend,
Just see it in you, where it all begins.
Mmm, where it begins, all my friends,
And never ends, never ends.
One little person take it all in stride.
Two stand together side-by-side.
Just three liftin’ up the human race.
Nine shiny people comin’ from this place.
Eighty-one lover’s of all that’s free.
Sixty-five hundred smilin’ back at me.
Forty million faces, maybe more.
Come on now people that’s what life is for.
Love, only love, only love, only love, only love,
Life is love, mmm, only love, only love, only love, only love.
Life is love, only love, only love, only love.
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8. |
Fallen Angel
04:03
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Fallen Angel
You’re an angel on broken wing,
Tumblin’ down on me.
An angel, a fantasy,
Heaven set you free.
Golden halos crown your head,
Smilin’ softly left unsaid.
All the splendor in your song,
Where on earth do you belong?
You’re an angel on broken wing,
Tumblin’ down on me.
An angel, a fantasy,
Heaven set you free.
Smoke and mirrors fill the air,
Sunlight dancin’ through your hair.
All this wonder I can see,
Are you really here with me?
You’re an angel on broken wing,
Tumblin’ down on me.
An angel, a fantasy,
Heaven set you free,
Down on me.
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9. |
Just Another Game
03:53
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Just Another Game
Standin’ in the rain, pourin’ out in vain,
I can’t hear you as you go.
I don’t want to cry, you don’t say goodbye,
Nothing else seems apropos.
You tell me, I’m not like,
Anyone you’ve ever known.
Too late for, I’m sorry,
Nothing left but letting go.
You say I’m free, I have to disagree,
All these open strings are winding us together.
You don’t need me, but I can guarantee,
Anywhere you go it isn’t any better.
It’s just another game.
Another new disease, streaming overseas,
Takes you down before you know.
Find another town, pull your hammer down,
Nothing left way down below.
You tell me, it’s alright,
It’s just something we must do.
I tell you, in my mind,
You don’t even have a clue.
You say I’m free, I have to disagree,
All these broken dreams are blinding us together.
You don’t need me, to tell you what I see,
Anywhere you go it’s always now or never.
And just another game.
It’s never too late to try something new,
(It’s only a game)
Maybe this time we will break on through,
(It’s only a game)
Either way we’re gonna fly, high.
You say I’m free, can this really be,
When all of it is building up to - building up to - together.
You say I’m free, I have to disagree,
Everywhere I go, you follow me forever
Why can’t I see, in all of this debris?
Win or lose this time, I’m only getting better,
With just another game.
Just another game.
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10. |
Our Song is Done
04:45
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Our Song is Done
Never on time,
Every other line,
You come shinin’ through,
Brilliantly.
In this paradise,
Of our own device,
A playhouse made for two, our debut.
You’re just like me,
Novel and free,
Tasting all the day,
Savoring.
In this make believe,
I find it hard to see,
You need more than me.
So, I will rock these words and roll them tight,
And spin them on my heart.
And while you’re gone compose myself,
And find another part.
And let our music play,
In a silent sustain,
Until the day,
Our song is done.
Will there ever be,
Kisses upon these lips,
Refrain in the same key?
Only angels see,
In this melody,
Who I am to you,
And who you are to me.
So, I will rock these words and roll them tight,
And spin them on my heart.
And while you’re gone compose myself,
And find another part.
And let our music play,
In a silent sustain,
Until the day,
Our song is done.
Life is a song,
Bearing each one along,
In our warm embrace,
Harmony.
And this golden child,
With her silver smile,
Won’t let me walk away.
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Richard Adoradio Hawaii
Best known for co-writing and performing early YouTube hit, It Took Losin' You. His dynamic approach saw several acoustic vocal groups over the years, where he helped bond harmonies to originals and covers of artists like CSN&Y, The Eagles, Tom Petty, Van Morrison, Ray La Montagne and more. Powerful, heartfelt, rough on the edges, Richard delivers the message of his songs to 'get it on through'. ... more
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