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Season 3
04:04
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You can't avoid the void
A time devoid of music
No showers to sing in
No feelings to sit in
You can turn on the TV
I heard you made it to season 3
This song did not come easy
Whatever happened, this used to be free
but I come home
to an empty room, the lights off
I hear a voice
won't you show your face
Let's light this lamp
in the dining room
and I'll make room for you
I head down the stairs
Another scene on the porch
I see a song in the distance
Just some thoughts on existence
You ask if I belong
you ask if I belong
I don't know if I'm strong enough
and I come home
to an empty room, the lights off
I hear a voice
won't you show your face
Let's light this lamp
in the dining room
and I'll make room,
I’ll make room,
and I’ll make room for you
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2. |
Used to Was
03:38
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My feet ain't big enough for these shoes no more
I guess I'll shuffle back on to the store
and I sure couldn't tell you who's on that record
like when all I had was music from 1954
You said you've changed, you know that I've changed too?
Now what are we supposed to do?
Things ain't quite the way they used to was
But I'm still just a gal who don't know no better
Things ain't quite the way they used to was
But she'll still have a chance if you just let her
Things ain't quite the way they used to was, just because
Things ain't quite the way they used to was
This time last year, we wanted to move in together
But that was before we knew our boundaries
And this time away made me okay to be alone
I guess I'm still learning my boundaries
I know you've changed, and I'm no longer 22
But I think we'll know just what to do
Things ain't quite the way they used to was
But I'm still just a gal who don't know no better
Things ain't quite the way they used to was
But she'll still have a chance if you just let her
Things ain't quite the way they used to was, just because
Things ain't quite the way they used to was
*All that you touch you change
All that you change, changes you
The only lasting truth is change
God is Change
All that you touch you change
All that you change, changes you
The only lasting truth is change
God is Change*
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But I'm still just a gal who don't know no better
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But she'll still have a chance if you just let her
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Things ain't quite the way they used to was
My feet ain't big enough for these shoes no more
Guess I'll shuffle back on to the store
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Montana
03:04
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We've shared so many homes
By the creek and by the home
But there's one thing that stayed the same
We were never alone
And you helped me pack my car
With some books and a bass guitar
But there's one thing you told me so
We would never be far
And when I flew out that nest
You made you're move out west
but as long as I got your phone
God will handle the rest
And that Montana sky smiled down
The day that you moved into town
And all those great mountains and parks
Are almost as big as your heart
I can't love no one without thinking
of all of the ways that you loved me before
Cause' you showed me care in way
that makes it hard to not care for those that I love
Distance makes the heart grow (2x)
Three times in size (2x)
If you're where my sun sets (2x)
I'll be your sunrise (2x)
Distance makes the heart grow (2x)
Three times in size (2x)
If you're where my sun sets (2x)
I'll be your sunrise (2x)
Distance makes the heart grow (2x)
Three times in size (2x)
If you're where my sun sets (2x)
I'll be your sunrise (2x)
And that Montana sky smiled down
The day that you moved into town
And all those great mountains and parks
Are almost as big as your heart
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4. |
Thru the Day
03:47
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If I believe I could fight it
The past could only give me a losing chance
I'll take a bet for excitement
Cause' no one knows me better when I'm relaxed
If winning was all it took
I still been playing the wrong game
I took my swing, I tried to pitch
But it all feels the same
Now I'm tired of fighting
I've played the hero one too many times
I just want you to see me
But some would insist I wear a disguise
If I can make it thru the day
Maybe I'll be strong enough to make it all go away
If I can make it thru the day
Maybe I'll be strong enough and ask you to stay
So I pick my own fights now
I've taken to rest a little bit more
And I'll wait for the new crowd
Just stand back and see what's in store
If I can make it thru the day
Maybe I'll be strong enough to make it all go away
If I can make it thru the day
Maybe I'll be strong enough and ask you to stay
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Mattijane Brooks Kalamazoo, Michigan
Bassist, Songwriter, Composer, Poet, Educator
Mattijane Brooks recommends:
Chamber-Jazz Ensemble project I played bass for.
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