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Heaven Sent
03:52
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Heaven Sent
You are Heaven sent
You are Heaven sent
You are Heaven sent
You are Heaven sent
When tears are falling
And you're so confused
And a voice keeps calling
That you can't refuse
When your heart is heavy
Beat up and bruised
Come down to the levee
And kick off your shoes
And just remember
You are Heaven sent...
When your thoughts and worries
Have all got you scared
Always in a hurry
And you get nowhere
You're your Father's own daughter
So you know I care
Come down to the water
I will pay your fare
Just remember
You are Heaven sent...
Time's going backwards
Your head's in a spin
You have to run faster
Just to get to where you've been
Why don't you just stop
Wait till it's gone
Love is just like a faucet
It turns on and on...
Just remember
You are Heaven sent...
O my angel
You are Heaven sent...
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2. |
Wishing Well
04:07
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Wishing Well
Let me steep in the wishing well deep
Till I can't remember my name
Sink my soul in the wishing well cold
Till my wild desires are tamed
I've been waiting and contemplating
The best way out of the game
Let me steep in the wishing well deep
Till I can't remember my name
Let me go in the wishing well flow
In the waters fresh from the rain
I've sung the song of the winter too long
Now I must begin once again
Count the hours and endless showers
Before I write the refrain
Let me go in the wishing well flow
In the waters fresh from the rain
And when I've dried I'll step outside
And watch the Earth turn green
The kids all dressed in their Friday best
To greet the Sabbath Queen
And when it's late and the wishing well gates
Are closed and locked from within
I'll be deep in my wishing well sleep
Soaking down to the skin
And I'll descend to where waters end
And the earth and fire begin
And when it's late and the wishing well gates
Are closed and locked from within
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3. |
Under A Lucky Moon
03:21
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Under A Lucky Moon
I was born with the first green grass
The day the very last frost had passed
You were born and the crickets whirred
It may have been the first sound you heard
I was born and the north wind died
And left a couple of clouds outside
You were born and the south wind blew
A strange and tropical sent to you
Two fish up and left the ocean
Built their own lagoon
Under a lucky moon
I was born on a half-moon night
The other half was nowhere in sight
You were born and the other half
Came out of hiding just for a laugh
Now I don't know about astrology
But somehow or other it seems to me
If we were born under a different moon
I might be singing a different tune
Two fish floating in the heavens
Springtime must be soon
Under a lucky moon
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4. |
Waiting For Elijah
04:38
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Waiting For Elijah
The moon beams
Behind the screens
Soothing dreams I'll never know
A grey street
And two feet
Lay down a beat that's soft and slow
I sit up all night waiting for Elijah
I wander with the clouds across the moon
I sit up all night waiting for Elijah
I hear he mentioned he'd be coming soon
Was it so
So long ago
The petals turned in for the night?
'Cause time takes
Our best mistakes
And holds them face up to the light
I sit up all night waiting for Elijah
I search the dark horizon for a clue
I sit up all night waiting for Elijah
I hear he promised he'd be passing through
When I can't stand
The second hand
I light a candle and I watch it burn
Then I pour the wax
On the cold hard facts
Insomniacs like me never learn
I sit up all night waiting for Elijah
I hear that some folks do this all their lives
I sit up all night waiting for Elijah
I hope I'm still awake when he arrives
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5. |
The Big Game
05:02
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The Big Game
They tested my soul and messed up my name
And invited me over to watch the big game
In the big USA
And we'll all get to play
You'll be queen for a day
At the big game
I was a quarter past twenty and never been kissed
The sweet land of plenty ought not look like this
Just 3,000 miles
Of benches and aisles
And everyone smiles
At the big game
Went back to my old playground, it sure felt strange
To see the Bird of Paradise asking for change
As the weather turned cold
And her feathers grew old
All the tickets were sold
For the big game
Ran into a girl I once knew as a virgin
Seems she'd had an affair with a plastic surgeon
With porcelain teeth
And a note underneath
Saying: Wake me up, Keith
For the big game
She sang: Love me tender, then love me hard
We can charge it all up on the good Lord's
Credit card or the phone
You're never alone
We've got CycloMassage
At the big game
I went back to the house where I first went berserk
There were thirteen clocks there and none of them worked
They just sat there and lied
As they rusted inside
Their hands were all tied
At the big game
I'm sure that they didn't intend any harm
But they sold my piano to the Salvation Army
For a song
They were banging a gong
And chanting along
At the big game
My dad sat me down, he read me his will
It felt just like school and I couldn't sit still
I just stared at my feet
'Cause our eyes couldn't meet
I cashed in my seat
For the big game
I swear that I never felt so alone
As there with my family in our family home
And the cable TV
Had a channel for me
But there's nothing to see
But the big game
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6. |
Your Presence
05:04
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Your Presence
I have felt your presence in the morning
Just before I open my eyes
As a dream dissolves like rain into the ocean
While the birds outside were singing
They went: Wake up boy you've got a job to do
And the days are getting shorter
I have felt your presence in the morning
Hovering around me giving me strength
To says my prayers and make my coffee
You wrap yourself around my body
Between my eyes and next to my heart
Reminding me of what I might be
And all that you ask for is a little bit of love
Is that asking so much
Is that asking so much
All that you ask for is a little bit of love
Is that asking so much
Is that asking so much
I have felt your presence in the evening
Another round of jammin' with the boys
Staying up late
Talking till the wee hours
Letting everything inside me
Roll and play and kick the stops out
Imagination
Wheel of fortune spin like a dervish
I have felt your presence in the evening
Underneath a big full moon like a pregnant lady
Smiling down upon me
Trying to wrap me up in silence
While the crickets cry and the dogs reply
And the cars out on the highway
And all that you ask for is a little bit of love
Is that asking so much
Is that asking so much
All that you ask for is a little bit of love
Is that asking so much
I don't believe that's asking so much
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Songs That I Learned Back In Paradise
Lie down
Take off your crown
You can only be queen for a day
Breathe deep
There's nothing like sleep
To wash the wear away
Sink low
There's nowhere to go
Dream only dreams that come true
You've done
What a million and one
Women wish they could do
Now close your eyes
These starry skies
Ask you no questions and tell you no lies
I'll sit outside
And play lullabies
And songs that I learned back in Paradise
Sandman
Moon in his hand
Showers in rusty red rain
Angels
Tinkle their bells
Along your ethereal plain
Living collage
Moving mirage
And isn't what is what it seems
Sail through
The indigo blue
Intuitive logic of dreams
Now close your eyes...
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8. |
I Believe
03:28
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I Believe
I believe
In paper planes
And soon I will be flying
I believe
That angels' wings
Crown each dandelion
And I believe in
Fairytales where knights in shining
Armor save the
Ladies fair
And I believe in you
I believe
The sunset stains
The sky the color of tomorrow
And I believe
The full moon wanes
To tell us of her sorrow
And I believe in
Picture books where trees can talk and
Dance at midnight
Silently
And I believe in you
I believe
The day will come
Before our souls' ascending
And I believe
A good love song
Doesn't need
an ending
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9. |
Here and Gone
03:19
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Here and Gone
To the highest heights
To the highest heights
O Lord won't you lift me up
Up to the highest heights
To the highest heights
To the highest heights
O Lord won't you lift me up
Up to the highest heights
To the deepest depths
To the deepest depths
O Lord won't you take me down
Down to the deepest depths
To the deepest depths
To the deepest depths
O Lord won't you take me down
Down to the deepest depths
Now and then I start to wonder
Just whose side I'm really on
And whose spell I'm going under
When I'm here and gone
I'm here and gone
To the room of rooms
To the room of rooms
O Lord won't you take me in
Into the room of rooms
To the room of rooms
To the room of rooms
O Lord won't you take me in
Into the room of rooms
To the day of days
To the day of days
O Lord won't you take me out
Out to the day of days
To the day of days
To the day of days
O Lord won't you take me out
Out to the day of days
Now and then I start to wonder...
To the highest heights
To the highest heights
O Lord won't you lift me up
Up to the highest heights
To the deepest depths
To the deepest depths
O Lord won't you take me down
Down to the deepest depths
To the room of rooms
To the room of rooms
O Lord won't you take me in
Into the room of rooms
To the day of days
To the day of days
O Lord won't you take me out
Out to the day of days
To the highest heights
To the highest heights
O Lord
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10. |
Rediscovery
03:06
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Rediscovery
Well I didn't have a nickel and I didn't have a dime
I couldn't make one either 'cause I didn't have the time
I was much too busy waiting by a corner of the sea
For some information on my rediscovery
Walking in Manhattan with my Bible in my hand
I met a prostitute she said she didn't understand
We chatted over coffee then she had someplace to be
Left me sitting waiting on my rediscovery
Finally got some sleep in an Athenian hotel
Woke at six but night or morning I couldn't tell
I asked the concierge but it was all just Greek to me
Seven hundred miles from my rediscovery
Landed in Jerusalem and walked around her slow
Everything was just where I had left it years ago
I figured it was just as good as any place to be
Takes some time adjusting to a rediscovery
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She's So Beautiful (I Can't Stand It)
She's so beautiful I can't stand it
Walking with a miracle empty-handed
She's so beautiful I can't stand it
Walking with a miracle empty-handed
I could spend a lifetime
Looking for a goldmine
Trying to make headline
Maybe meet a deadline
I could send a lifeline
Just beyond the treeline
She could make a beeline
Maybe she could be mine
She's so beautiful I can't stand it
Walking with a miracle empty-handed
She's so beautiful I can't stand it
Walking with a miracle empty-handed
I could be a farmer
Or her knight in shining armor
If she wants musicians
I can fill in that position
I'm waiting to discover
If she needs a lover
If she has another
I must be her brother
She's so beautiful I can't stand it...
Standing here beside her
Looking like a liar
There's nothing I'd deny her
But words cannot buy her
Walking on the wire
Staring at the fire
Just to satisfy her
That's my one desire
That's my one desire
She's so beautiful I can't stand it...
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Lay Down Beside Me and Weep
Go lay down your slings and arrows
Their time has passed
Go lay down your guns and rifles
In the wet green grass
Lay down beside them and weep
Lay down beside them and weep
Go lay down your fine young soldier
High up on the hill
Set him down in a simple casket
Where the air is still
Lay down beside him and weep
Lay down beside him and weep
Go lay down your precious daughter
Deep beneath the ground
Where a headstone with no inscription
May or may not be found
Lay down beside her and weep
Lay down beside her and weep
Lay down beside me and weep
Lay down beside me and weep
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13. |
Canopies
03:01
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The Elevators Israel
Since starting out in 2007, The Elevators, based in Israel, have earned their place as the No. 1 jam band east of the Mediterranean. Their original music combines humor, love, philosophy and spirituality served up in a stew of rock, soul and a little psychedelia. ... more
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