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A World That's Bigger
04:00
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"A World That’s Bigger"
We don’t know how big the world will be
When we take it slowly down the road
To the baseball field by the one-room schoolhouse
With the paint that’s peeled
And the church won’t share
The answers to the secrets in our prayers for you,
Sing them out, sing them strong,
Beat our doubt, by helping you belong to
A world that’s bigger than you and me
A world that’s bigger than the fur and the flea
A world that’s bigger than the length of a sea
A world that’s bigger than you and me and love, Virginia
We don’t know if we’ll have to break the bank
When we send you off to the school
With the best college rank
For the subjects of your choice that make you say
That the world is bigger than you and me
A world that's bigger than the fur and the flea
The world that's bigger than the length of the sea
The world that's bigger than you and me and.
The root of all heartache is a mild surprise
With these gentle words we try to calm your cries
You were born a spring baby during the last winter snow
Even Mother Nature doesn’t know
That thee world is bigger than you and me
The world is bigger than the fur and the flea
The world is bigger than the length of a sea
The world is bigger than you and me and love, Virginia
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“I Just Want to Be Your Last”
If sugar goes well with coffee like the day mixes with night
I might be a little different than you but we go together right
You treat me quite better than I’ve been treated before
I don’t want to sound trite, I just know that I know for sure
We all live with regrets
We shouldn’t care about the past
I don’t need to be your first love
I just want to be your last
You said you had to kiss a few frogs before your prince appeared
Well I’ve been waiting for you like the sun waits for clouds to clear
It’s been raining for what feels like years
And the whole time you were always near to me, but that’s how it goes when
We all live with regrets
We shouldn’t care about the past
I don’t need to be your first love
I just want to be your last, your last
Cause when I finally found you
I finally forgot my past, my past
Was just the preface before you
So when I met you I’d say, “At last…”
I use to think that love at first sight was for fools
I hope that it’s ok that I broke a few of your rules
We have all been hiding some scars under our hearts
But I’ve been told the healing ends after true love finally starts
When I first saw you, I first thought, “At last…”
We all live with regrets
We shouldn’t care about the past
I don’t need to be your first love
I just want to be your last
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Ghostwriter
04:45
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“Ghostwriter”
You don’t need that ghostwriter, you’ve got something to say
Let the words spill out of you in a suicide note
or a long-form love letter
You don’t need to sugarcoat or water down words
Bend our ears to your truth, even if it will hurt
the ones that you love
Chorus
If youth is wasted on the young,
We all have to face change together
If honey doesn’t taste as sweet to your tongue,
We can take the salt off the earth before the heavy winter
If we don’t become bitter
You don’t need to chase that sound of the Sirens' song
To the Hollywood lights, when the earth shakes that town
Will you still stand your ground?
You don’t need to hide your age, let the time turn the page on
Your Peter Pan ways, put a hook in your heart
Calm your blood boiled by rage
Chorus
If youth is wasted on the young,
We all have to face change together
If honey doesn’t taste as sweet to your tongue,
We can take the salt off the earth before the heavy winter
If we don’t become bitter
You don’t need to feel ignored, lost in the crowd
Sure it’s a great big world, your voice will be found
You don’t need that ghostwriter, you’ve got something to say
Let the words spill out of you in a suicide note, a suicide note,
or a long form love letter
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One Way Road
04:13
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"One Way Road"
Maybe there’s only one way to go
If life is just a one way road
I’d rather take it fast than too slow tonight
Maybe I’m better off being alone
But it’s scary being away from home
There’s no way to know which way is right
There’s no guarantees I’ll arrive
In the mean time it doesn’t help me
That I don’t believe in love at first sight
There’s only one way to go
There’s only one way to go
There’s only one way to go
If life’s a one way road
I never, I never even say goodbye
My friends and family don’t know why
I impulsively drive, drive, drive away
And maybe it helps me get a grasp on life
For awhile my memories that I can compile
Since the minutes add up faster than miles
But I’d better slow down
It’s only fifty-five through this tired town
I think I’ve been here before
Because I recognize all the faces
Coming out of the store
It’s like they’re looking for more
There’s only one way to go
There’s only one way to go
There’s only one way to go
If life’s a one way road
And maybe this long drive will help me
Maybe this long drive will
Help me find some way to settle down
There’s only one way to know
If I’m heading down the wrong way
On a one way road
And that’s to try to turn round…
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Little Drum
03:40
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"Little Drum"
Give me a minute, give me another minute of this time
Before the time has passed us by
Or I’ll still be thinking, I’ll still be thinking of the girl
Who had the greatest smile, and shared it with the world
That brought it to a boy, who didn’t say a word…
Tell me a story, tell me another story of your childhood
Before the cards fell down
Or I’ll still be searching, I’ll still be searching for the perfect
chords and melodies, and piece them one by one
Into a little song, that comforts us with love
Find us an hour, find us another hour to this day
And you can pick the game we’ll play
Soon we’ll be listening, soon we’ll be listening to the sound
Of a little beating heart--our little drum--can you still hum
That song your mother sung….when you were young
Chasing your sister in the sun
When you were young
Chasing your sister in the sun
Give me a minute, give me another minute of this time
To tell me a story, tell me another story of your life
When you were young
Chasing your sister in the sun,
Chasing your sister in the sun,
Like our little drum
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Damn Fine Day
03:32
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"Damn Fine Day"
I can read your eyes, I can see you’re sad
I can feel your heart beat away the bad
Bad times we’ve fallen on…
It’s like we found our lives stuck on pause
Feel an endless strain but never find the cause
Well the world can’t keep us down
Today will be a damn fine day
Today, we’ll pretend that it’s a holiday
Get dressed in your best
And dress me up in mine
We’ll make the most of the meantime
I will take you back to that summer’s day
Where we promised to never betray
Each other or those dreams we had
Let’s go out, paint the town red
Dance to your favorite songs until we crash in bed
Well the world can’t keep us down
Today will be a damn fine day
Today, we’ll pretend that it’s a holiday
Get dressed in your best
And dress me up in mine
We’ll make the most of the meantime
Even I’ll admit
There are days where I feel my spirit
Fade into the night that was once starlit
Stars array when you smile
I don’t know how I got this far
Behind the chase of a lucky star
When it’s only you I need
And the world can’t keep us down
Today will be a damn fine day
Today, we’ll pretend that it’s a holiday
Get dressed in your best
And dress me up in mine
We’ll make the most of the meantime
Stars array when you smile
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We're Not Here Anymore
03:45
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"We're Not Here Anymore"
Take your finger, point it in the air
Do you feel a presence, was your final judgment fair?
Did you hide your secrets, like a scripture untold?
See that fire burning we left out in the cold
When we're not here anymore
Take your fingers, dig deep in the ground
Did you leave a marble, or take each stone that you found?
Did you replace those bones with a current and a wave?
Did someone paint your shadow with no future left to save
When we're not here anymore
When we're not here anymore
We fear a mystery waiting, a knock that's at the door
By fingertips of rose, the man and the moon were given a chore
When we're not here anymore
Take your fingers, count minutes one by one
No, you won't go blind if you stare into the sun
There's a ghost on the sidewalk, a devil in the street
One you'll never welcome, one you're meant to meet
When we're not here anymore
When we're not here anymore
When we're not here anymore
When we're not here
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“Girl on the Mountain, Boy in the Beach”
A girl climbed the tallest mountain,
And the light from the sun in the sky
She found a juvenile traveler
He was watching the moon die, the moon die
The girl ran down the mountain
The boy lay down in the beach
Passion gave in to power
The sun and the moon never reach
Did you need a little hope this morning?
Did you need a little hope, did you cry?
A father readied a journey
A mother made up her mind
Children fleeing their country
Can you give sight to the blind, the blind?
A girl ran down the mountain
A boy lay down in the beach
Children fleeing their country
The sun and the moon never reach
Did you need a little hope this morning?
Did you need a little hope, did you cry?
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Burning Bright
03:27
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"Burning Bright"
Ain’t life strange how time promises tomorrow
But we’re a thread of gold cut without sorrow
If there’s only one star I see up in the sky on a lonely night
I’ll think of you burning bright
At the edge of a church, stain-glassed story in the distance
Shared some words of my search, the pain of your absence
If there’s only one song I sing, a closing hymn, under candlelight
I’ll think of you burning bright
I carried you like you carried me times before
Measure of your days like a maze, my feet walking through the door
If there’s only one myth I read, an epic line of an phoenix’s flight
I’ll think of you burning bright
Ain’t life strange how time promises tomorrow
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Those Shoes
03:35
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“Those Shoes”
We’ve had a rough stretch
Our tired arms are powerless
To what comes next
To what comes next
We lost a heartbeat
A secret kept between our feet
I was stepping back
I was stepping back
This pain won’t last
This pain won’t last
I know…
I’m tired, yet I can’t sleep
My mind has more than I can keep
To myself
To myself
I know there’s more that I could do
To sooth your pain and comfort you
I’m reaching out
I’m reaching out
This pain won’t last
This pain won’t last
I know…
And if we share our fears in twos
Could we have filled those shoes?
And if we share our fears in twos
Could we have filled those shoes?
We've had a rough stretch
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Mike Vial Ann Arbor, Michigan
Mike Vial is a singer-songwriter from Michigan. He drinks too much coffee, plays Heritage and Taylor guitars, teaches writing at Community High in Ann Arbor.
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