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You say "Yes" to hurt me less
Though you'd rather you said "No"
I said that "we don't have to go"
Thinking that's what you wanted to hear...
What are we really saying amidst this indirection?
It isn't really clear.
I pretend and you reply
With an act that rivals mine
And all of this pretending
Are we trying to cover our fear?
What are we really saying amidst this indirection?
It isn't really clear.
Now it's time that I must go
Though I know it hurts you so
But you smile so lovingly
You would never let me know...
Okay, let's stay then in the park
I swear I'm telling you I want to!
No, I know that I don't have to...
But I tell you, I'm happy we do.
What are we really saying amidst this indirection?
We're saying "I Love You".
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Windy Hill
02:15
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Clinging to you as we roam
Up the mossy stone
It's been so many years since we've been here
But I always feel right at home
'Cause I'll never forget our days on the Windy Hill
I fell in love with you upon the Windy Hill
Ask me now and I'll tell you "I love you still"
On the hill we first made love
And had our first big fight
And I'm certain one day, when we are both gone,
On that hill we will still burn bright.
'Cause I'll never forget our days on the Windy hill
I fell in love with you upon the Windy Hill
Ask me now and I'll tell you "I love you still"
Clinging to you as we roam
Up the mossy stone
It's been so many years since we've been there
Now I'm thinking it's time we go
'Cause I'll never forget our days...
I fell in love with you upon the Windy Hill
Ask me now and I'll tell you "I love you still"
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Nowhere To Be
03:05
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On a forest path,
Not too far from town,
I walk with you lady
And you're beautiful
Can I sing you a song?
I'm sorry did that sound wrong?
What I meant is you're beautiful.
Won't you stay with me?
And I've got nowhere to be
That's uncommon for me
And it's fun. I'll make it fun.
And I've been dreaming of you
And all we will do in the sun,
Yes the sun.
Won't you take my hand?
Listen to my voice.
Perhaps you'll understand
That we could be beautiful.
But I can listen too.
That's what lovers do.
If you want I will listen the whole day through.
And I've got nowhere to be
That's uncommon for me
And it's fun. I'll make it fun.
And I've been dreaming of you
And all we will do in the sun
Yes the sun.
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Hey Little Girl
03:39
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I made a decision when you walked through that door,
Upon the collision of our eyes across the floor,
That amidst the commotion I would buy you a beer
But you haven't a notion that I am here
I am a spectator...
Hey little girl, tell me what's going on in your mind
Hey little girl, tell me what's going on in your mind
I've been so lonely. Yes, I'm alone tonight...
In the red billiard light I study your form
But I'm wasting my night and my beer is getting warm
So my indecision I will put to an end
If I don't act a fool I'll never see you again
Oh beautiful stranger...
Hey little girl, tell me what's going on in your mind
Hey little girl, tell me what's going on in your mind
So are you lonely? Yes, I'm alone tonight...
Hey little girl, tell me what's going on in your mind
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Lover
02:23
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Lover wherever you are
Don't let that ticket be a one way trip this time
'Cause someday I'm getting on that train
I'm taking that trip of mine
And I hope our paths will meet on down the line
I don't care wherever you have been
So long as you are coming back this way again
And then I'll buy that one way trip
A seat right by your side
You can share all of the feelings that you hide
(Inst.)
But till that day I'm stuck in this old town
Each day I try and peal my feelings off the ground
Till there's that old familiar sound
rumbling all the ground
Lover, you take me away from this old town
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Meet Me Halfway
02:57
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Halfway on the walk back home
Halfway together, half alone
Halfway home there was a storm
As I finished half a poem
Half the battle is won if we'll admit we only halfway understand
Meet me halfway and today and tomorrow
Yes forever, we'll possess two truths for everything at hand
Halfway through I took a guess
And got it right on my first try
But what's the use in being right
If we can't see eye to eye?
Half the battle is won if we'll admit we only halfway understand
Meet me halfway and today and tomorrow
Yes forever, we'll possess two truths for everything at hand
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Leo Leo
02:57
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Out in a barn in Saint Clair County
Ol' Top Hat Rodgers is on a bounty
He's looking for a man about yay high
Who's been selling dame jeannes of Missouri corn whiskey
"No. I don't think I've seen him. Maybe he's on up the road.
Oh now but Leo Leo, Man, you'd better move down the line"
Now Top Hat went to talk to Charlie Birger.
He said "In your time e'er you employed this boy?"
He said "No Sir I have not, but even if I did,
Do you think I'd give him up? He sounds like
a big cheese kid - So no. I don't think I've seen him,
Maybe he's on up the road.
Oh now but Leo Leo, Man, you'd better move down the line"
Now Leo had a woman in the Bronzeville borough.
He said "Baby get ready, I'll be there tomorrow."
But by the time she packed her bags for Californai-yay
Top Hat was at her door. Here's what she had to say -
She said "No. I don't think I've seen him. Maybe he's on up the road.
Oh now but Leo Leo, Man, you'd better move down the line."
Now Leo was trapped behind an old barn door.
So Top Hat burned the barn down just to be sure.
But six months later on a Mississippi boat -
Somebody thought they saw a man wearing Leo's coat.
So no. I don't think I've seen him. Maybe he's on up the road.
Oh now but Leo Leo, Man, You'd better move down the line.
Yeah, Leo Leo Man, you'd better move down the line."
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8. |
Open All The Doors
02:44
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Sweeter it grows and hour by hour
Rich as a plum, fair as a flower
Lately have you seen that it's begun?
But I'm talking to myself
"Pretty me, but not today. Okay"
On Monday morning when I open all the doors.
Do not forget at morning light
This message pass: That I've stepped out
working on a poem I will recite.
But I'm talking to myself
"Pretty me, but not today. Okay"
On Monday morning when I open all the doors.
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Only Fifteen
02:15
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I don't know why you left
All I know if you left me
With a broken heart
Why did you do it?
Well, let's go through it
Right from the start
Going over every note I wrote to you
Trying to find out where I went wrong
I want to call and see
If you'll give me
A little clarity
Why do I take this
So seriously?
I'm only 15.
So who was it?
Was it me? Was I the one?
Or was that what I had to believe?
People tell me I'm too young to settle down.
They tell me don't expect all that much from you.
They're always saying: I should be content to run round.
But how can I love you like I do?
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The Only One Who Stays
03:39
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Do you know just what it’s like to be the only one?
Do you know just what it feels to be the only one?
The only one who stays. The only one who goes.
The only one to sing hoping to reach the end.
Can you see the time of the clock on the wall
Of the house where you grew up, it’s still been ticking?
Do you know just what you’ll do if you’re the only one?
Do you know just where you’ll go if you’re the only one?
Some birds will lead the way. The softest bed of hay.
Until you’re old and gray - into the night again.
Are you sure the blue of your eyes aren’t brown?
They’ve been changing every year, growing deeper.
Do you know just what it’s like to be the only one?
The only one who stays.
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marc maynon Richmond, California
Marc Maynon is a Bay Area Singer/Songwriter who self produces all of his releases. Each LP Marc releases has a different genre. You can never be sure what you'll get, but you can be certain it will be imbued with Marc's unique sound.
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