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Mister Bittersweet
04:10
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I want to tell you but i don't know how
How do I tell you that I love you
I want to tell you that I'm jealous how
You tend to want those girls to love you
Well I can't say that I agree
That they would treat you better than I
As your queen
I guess it's safe to say
That you don't think of me that way
And I, I'm unseen
Guess you'll stay my Mister Bittersweet
I'm not a failure 'cause I don't know how
To be your stunning chanticleer
I'm not a failure 'cause I'm lonely now
Though you are standing oh so near
I've been here before
I know what's waiting there behind the door
And it's not me
If we're speaking truthfully
I'd much prefer that you would know
My love, my love is free
Anyway, even if it's bittersweet
Ain't that just the way
Your pining for it every day
My God, this machine
To never know the limits of
Embracing all the different kinds of love
There can be
What is left of these empty hands
We know where our ambition lands
alone in the taste of bittersweet
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2. |
Icarus
03:53
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Now is just a place from which to begin
The heart is just a way to speak from within
And stories sung are only true
When they belong to me and you
If I want to be a star
Guess I’ll just keep on (Guess I’m asking for the Sun)
Living in my way I get so confused
Giving up the day to the heart of the muse
And many see the difference here
Is nothing more than what you hear
So when you’re knowing where you are
You’re probably heading for the sun
Reason or a rhyme can never be found
So keep up with the times ‘cause the past is gaining ground
And everything is so surreal
Do I have what it takes to heal
Though I may have come this far
Still miles and miles before the sun
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3. |
The Ghosts
00:29
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Armageddon (Come on boy, keep your head up)
Armageddon (Don't let your past turn you into dust)
Armageddon (Come on boy, keep your head up and trust)
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4. |
Armageddon
04:16
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Letting go is all it takes to save you these days
In the land of milk and honey it pays
To show yourself a little bit of grace
Even just a trace
Armageddon
Can’t come soon enough
See I got this garden
But I can’t find my love
I picked the prize ones
And all else that came up this year
Left for to spoil, soon forgotten in the soil
Too soon to be remembered one day
When I’m on my way
Chorus
Oh Armageddon (Come on boy, keep your head up)
Oh Armageddon (Don’t let your past turn you into dust)
Oh Armageddon (Come on boy, keep your head up and trust)
Can’t come soon enough
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She didn’t dwell upon tomorrow
Don’t care what’s behind that door
Another man who treads in sorrow
Another drink that’s left to pour
You can have the straight and narrow
Go ahead and take that road
Just give her wide open meadows
And winding pathways all alone
I flow, I flow, I am a sparrow
I glow, I glow, I am a rainbow
I go, I go, I am a railroad
I know, I know, I am an arrow
Straight through the heart
Anyone who ever met her
Met a little shadow too
Cast by a dark umbrella
To help forget what once she knew
You may call her an angel
But she’s fallen through and through
‘Cause someone shot a hole in heaven
And that man looked just like you
Chorus
You can make a nest to keep her
You can plant a pot of gold
Lay the tracks until the sunsets
And your hands turn grey and old
Or you can paint a little bullseye
In the center of your chest
Lift your hands up to the blue sky
And she’ll do what she does best
Chorus
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6. |
Cold Is the Grave
05:06
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Allison turned around again to heed another call
From the same old shadow
so dark and tall
She slipped out the back door
with a look in her eye
That wasn’t looking at me at all
(Pre chorus)
When you hold on to something for so long
It only weighs you down
You come to find it doesn’t make you strong
To drag yourself around
And around
(Chorus)
Cold is the grave that haunts me honey
Warm is the hand that guides
Old is the wolf that howls to be set free
Born is the man inside
True is the love that’s tried
I picked myself up off the floor
and followed her along
I knew right then that it would end
with the singing of this song
I put a photograph by the epitaph
and carried on my way
And the sun shone down that day
Pre-chorus
Chorus
I used to think she was to blame
for an appetite to die
I used to think it was worth craving
the gleam in his eye
But anyone could tell you
the lesson of it all
Is how not to heed the call
Pre-chorus
Chorus
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7. |
The Point
04:13
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All my elders told me to be patient kind and true
To the path before me
And the things I have to do
And the weight slips from my hands
On a dime
Yea the weight falls to their feet
But it's mine
There's a point on the horizon
That I try to keep my eye on
Is it sinking or rising
Or is it just standing still
I wonder if I ever will
Make it there
Gather round me children know that I am one of you
Just a singing pilgrim on a ship across the blue
And the way slips from my hands
Every time
As the day lays its demands
On the line
Chorus
Every day that I wake up is a new day in the same old skin
I can try to deny it but to fight it is the only sin
‘Cause when I try to deny it, I lost my way
Every time that I fight it, I get hell to pay
Chorus
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8. |
Good Loving
03:53
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Gimme some good lovin’, good lovin’
Some of that kiss and huggin’, kiss and huggin’
Take me out cut a ruggin’
Come back home for cuddle buggin’
Good lovin’, lovin’
Lovin’, lovin’
Lovin’, lovin’
Lovin’, lovin’
I wanna be around you want you by my side
Gimme some good lovin’, good lovin’
Some of that kiss and huggin’, kiss and huggin’
Take me out cut a ruggin’
Come back home for cuddle buggin’
Good lovin,’ lovin’
Lovin’, lovin’ (oh the day breaks into another light)
Lovin’, lovin’ (and I take my chances to get it right)
Lovin’, lovin’ (oh mistakes I know them to be my guide)
But when my head breaks down in the oversight,
I wanna be around you want you by my side dead of night
Lovin’, lovin’
Lovin’, lovin’
Lovin’, lovin’
I wanna be around you want you by my side
Good lovin’, good lovin’
Kiss and huggin’, huggin’
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9. |
The Glass of Youth
04:20
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Sometimes we put our hands together
At the end of a song
Maybe because we liked the way
It drifted along
Maybe it broke the glass of youth
Did it scald you with the burning truth
Or perhaps it was just the thing to do
Just because
But I don’t want nobody to give me applause
Not for what I’ve done
Give me 20 years to turn my head around
Drop the smoking gun
Change from who I was
Until then
I don’t want nobody’s applause
Sometimes we agree
To walk into the sea
Even when we don’t know
How to kick our feet
Or how to tell someone the truth
With the lies just dodging every tooth
And skimming the surface of the blue
Just like a fraud
Chorus
Just say it, I’m sorry, just say it
It’s too late but I’m sorry, just say it
But I don’t want nobody to give me applause
Not for what I’ve done
Give me 20 years to turn my head around
Give my ears some distance from the sound
Drop the smoking gun
Change from who I was
Until then
I don’t want nobody’s applause (Just say it, I’m sorry, just say it)
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10. |
Icarus (Reprise)
02:11
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Icarus let me in
I wanna talk man to man
I think you’ve been flying too high
Now’s a place to begin
But pair those wings with that grin
And we’ll have ourselves a goodbye
And all those stories of the light
Left you blinded in the night
Can’t see the truth from way up there
Wash your face and comb your hair
Help this old man off his chair
And we’ll face the monsters, you and I
Bring your love and fearless dare
I’ll bring my wit, take it from there
We’ll take it one step at a time
And all those stars out in the night
Are little suns shining so slight
When you look up from way down here
Icarus let me in
I know it’s much to your chagrin
That things when down the way they did
But I know you will fly again
Just keep aim on the horizon and
You’ll find a better life’s ahead
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11. |
Avalanche
03:47
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I want to write a folk song in the dirt
Right where it belongs
Right where it hurts
I want to hear the words tumbling free
Like an avalanche
all around me
I wanna know how and what it feels like to run
Beneath the storm cloud like a son of a gun
Rising just like the sun
Come on boy keep your head up
Don’t let your past turn you into dust
Come on boy keep your head up and trust
Got one foot facing round the bend
And the other one in the quick sand
It’s me and the trickster hand in hand
Once again and you’re making plans
I want to know you as distinct from my past
Because it’s so true I never learned how to
Make a good thing last unless I put me last (I just put me last)
Don’t let your past turn you into dust
Come on boy keep your head up
and trust in moving on
trust in moving on
I want to write a folk song in the dirt
Right where it belongs
Right where it hurts
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12. |
The Road to Maniwaki
05:04
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Oh, holy night
The wolves forgot about me
They left without saying goodbye
The moths are up in flames
Ain’t it a shame
That I thought I’d try
To slide away
To the other side
Goodbye mom and goodbye dad
Goodbye to all the things I had
If I wake before I die
I guess I’ll have to set this right
And find the light along the way
Shining bright illuminate
Oh in all I’ve sacrificed
I might as well be Jesus Christ
Birthing once again
Oh holy night
The road to Maniwaki
It talks to me sometimes
The fog creeps o’er the lake
And somewhere I wake
Alive for in silence
We speak and become what we dream
Goodbye mom and goodbye dad
Goodbye to all the things I had
I was looking for a guide
Now I open up and let the light
Let the light lead the way
Shining bright illuminate
And with all I’ve sacrificed
I might as well be Jesus Christ
Birthing once again
Oh holy night
Ave Marias and Hallelujahs
They never rang out in my mind
So bright and true
It’s all I knew to trust in
What I was to find
Now I know what is real
And what it takes for wounds to heal
Goodbye mom and goodbye dad
Let the light lead the way
Shining bright illuminate
Oh in all I’ve sacrificed
I might as well be Jesus Christ
Birthing once again
Oh holy night
Oh holy night
Those stars do shine bright
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Mark Lipman Boston, Massachusetts
Mark Lipman is a singer/songwriter in Boston, MA. Chances are, if you’ve ever seen Mark Lipman play, your emotions have been
stirred from the moment he opens his mouth to sing. With a voice that comes wrenching from his heart and soul, his powerful sonic presence has left quite a mark on his listeners.
www.marklipmanmusic.com
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