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I'll Let it Be
03:26
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On and on we go
Like a wheel
Like a wave as it settles
Simple, sweet, and slow
Let it float
Things get worse, things get better
I'll let you run when you're running
And if you knock I might let you come in
Like sun on a rainy day, baby
There's got to be sun somewhere
But that's not me
I'll let it be
I got love for my father
I got love for my mother
I don't know why I bother
To separate one from the other
On and on we go
Like a wheel
Like a wave as it settles
Simple, sweet, and slow
Let it float
Things get worse, things get better
I'll let you run when you're running
And if you knock I might let you come in
I'll let you run when you're running
And if you knock I might let you come in
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I Wouldn't Worry
05:49
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I wouldn't worry about love
It isn't something you can get a handle of
It's like a river that flows
If you can get to the bank, you can dip in your toes
Early air, cool morning
Start breathing again
Take the chance to set it up right
Opportunity, where have you been?
Fell in love like a gravity well
Before I could get on my feet
How will it end? too early to tell
But I paid for my seat
I wouldn't worry about love
It isn't something you can get a handle of
It's like a river that flows
If you can get to the bank, you can dip in your toes
There is no source of attention
No object in love
Where do you go when you run after the dove?
On the ground as it's flying up above
Early air, cool morning
Start breathing again
Opportunity strikes if you listen
Thoughts make a terrible friend
I wouldn't worry about love
It isn't something you can get a handle of
It's like a river that flows
If you can get to the bank, you can dip in your toes
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Turn It Around
03:02
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Gonna find another way to bring you down
Won't fool or manipulate, or turn it around
All I have to follow is your call
Never thought another world was worth my time
Calling out so quietly like a bird in a pine
Now I know and I will not forget
Taking comfort in the past
Cradle shadows disappearing fast
I'll remove the child's lie
More false promises to never die
Can't confront or run away
Take a breath and find a game to play
It's all I know
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4. |
Flower in a Gun
05:30
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I'm a simple guy
Working on myself
Putting pieces back together, everything is off the shelf
Wake up with the sun
Hit the ground and run
Barefoot on the blacktop like a flower in a gun
Typical mistakes
Looking for a break
I wanna take the easy way by riding in the wake
I gotta find my style
Stay there for a while
I won't settle for a copy but I'll settle for a smile
Memory is fine
I use it all the time
Pieces of a story come together in my mind
I make a glove that fits
I win and never quit
I end up with a better deal when I commit to it
Rhythm and the flow
Cycle in the road
Dancing with the energy I get when I don't know
Feel the in-between
Spaces as I breathe
The world that I consider is the world that I perceive
I'm a devotee
You can count on me
My life is dedicated to the blue jay in the tree
Never early, never late
Death is on my plate
Living in the present at a graduated rate
Working like a dog
Candle in the fog
Thoughts are getting heavy like a sycamore log
Pouring out the words
Drinking in the sound
Ready like a runner as the beat comes back around
Imagination rules
Empathy is cool
Everyone is swimming in an animistic pool
Listen to your voice
Use it like a toy
Play the kind of role that you create and then destroy
Seminary halls
Monastery walls
Letting go of everything is one way not to fall
Crying with a friend
Laughing in the end
Rise above the pain and separate and let it mend
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5. |
Right Down the Middle
03:07
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I'm heading for a heavy blizzard
The city lights are reflected in it
I'm in a place not far from town
But I'm not turning back around
Took a lucky step on an empty road
Took a chance in hell just to share the load
Now I'm all tied up and I count by twos
If I could find myself I'd have something to lose
With a parachute bag and the book of Job
I fall fast when I turn my pain to stone
Split right down the middle like a cattail stalk
Gotta use both sides if I'm gonna walk
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6. |
What Will You Do
02:59
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River of ideas behind one way glass
Little visions of a scene not meant to last
We float on different streams, each one falling fast
How do you know the length of days without the sun?
The sun is just a light, you say, but it's not the only one
And so it is but tell me what you'll do when it's gone
What would you say if I asked you how you spend your time?
Maybe you don't know and that's alright
I know where I spend mine
The world is just a single room behind a tiny window
That is starting now to crack along the edges
And the wind is pulling through
What will you do?
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The Other Side
06:11
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Hey little baby, don't you know my name?
Come on and dance with me
I'm not the kind of person that you've met before
But I will set you free
I've been waiting for you so long
No more distractions to hide behind
See the other side
I need you here
See the other side
I can see a little more each day
There's no one left to take the pain away
You may leave and you may stay
There's no one left to take the pain away
No one left to take the pain away
Deep down, baby, you can see the truth
That we are meant to be
Take a first step, release your fear
And baby, soon you will see
See the other side
I need you here
See the other side
I can see a little more each day
There's no one left to take the pain away
You may leave and you may stay
There's no one left to take the pain away
I can feel a little more each day
There's no one left to take the pain away
You may leave and you may stay
There's no one left to take the pain away
Don't you take my precious pain away
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Lies
Harder to speak the truth
And play the game we share
Remove yourself from the world
Eventually the truth will unfold
God
No one can save her now
She's riding a one way street
Her actions bound to repeat
The pattern revealed in the thread
No more time for this lie
I'm falling asleep faster
I fall down to the low bottomless dream
I'm falling asleep again
Days spent in a cave limit light
Limit my chances of seeing the truth
Darken my days, take them away
I'm falling asleep again
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Beyond That Door
03:49
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When you fall again
You'll see the things you've been
If you use your will
You'll see; you need no pill
I've been here before
What lies beyond that door?
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What's Real
03:43
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I won't know when the moment's gonna change
I'm staying in my lane to play the game
It's my last chance
The setting of the sun will never be the same
So i turn my senses on
Let my thoughts roll along
Open up my eyes and ears to feel what's real
Ten years ago I saw a hidden door
The sound of outer space, the horror and the play
Dove in headfirst like a little baby bird
With a shiver and a cry
There's no more time and there's no more space
Just leave behind the words that leave us blind
They wont mind
Leave your mind
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Awaken Sense
05:55
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When you feel better, you come to me
When you feel better, you come to me
I'll set you free
Let go and fall
Commit to it
You'll never have this chance again
To learn the rules
Give in to play
Faith is flying on a feather against the wind
For days in cold and stormy weather
While you dance and sing
Awaken sense
And feel your bones
And thank your friends
To know the truth
To see a sign
And take a break
And give it time
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12. |
I Don't Mind
03:26
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When summer ends
There's always a friend
Waiting there for you
Waiting there for you
Days go by, running like a child
Who never stopped to think of what was meant to be
Oh, you
You are my friend
Do what you want to do
I don't mind, I don't mind
I really don't mind
Late to bed, drinking wine instead
Nevermind the time, nevermind the time
I played my part
A little stop and start
Doesn't sound so bad
No, it doesn't sound so bad
Oh, you
You are my friend
Do what you want to do
I don't mind, I don't mind
I really don't mind
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Cooney Thatcher Greenfield, Massachusetts
Debut album "Beginner's End" out now
Cooney Thatcher's name is derived from the matronymic names
of his family which would otherwise have been lost to the patrilineal surname tradition of his culture. In his music, he strives to achieve the same; salvaging forgotten ancestry and highlighting the path from history to a living, growing, creative presence.
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