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No Way Back
03:21
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Rolled into Nassau at a quarter to ten
Those flashin' lights shinin' behind me again
All of the while he stood and smiled
He took my name an threw it into the pile
You've been to Hollywood
You think you're doin' so good
No use to change or pack
Baby, there's no way back
Down on Main Street the hustlers walk in file
takin' your money with a devilish smile
They bring you down so low and love it when it hurts
You dig the grave, and they'll shovel on the dirt
All of the time you don't even know
it's not how far but how low you go
Out on the boardwalk the junkies are stacked
There's no way back
I'm down in Tulsa trying to smile
Don't expect me to be back for a while
this woman gave me love and took away my worry
Then she took my money and left in a hurry
Just when you think it's alright
you find out its all jive
No use to change or pack
Baby, there's no way back
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Bad Vibes
05:28
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The lights were dim
the smoke was thick
The piano player
was magic
The eyes were dark from across the room
In the corner sat
a new bride and groom
The small cafe
i sat all night
My eyes were growing heavy
the lights seemed bright
Its so wonderful to fall in love
I've messed up too many times
Got a cigarette in my hand
with you on my mind
Folk music plays
on an acoustic guitar
from the corner of the room
by the bar
Pictures by Picasso
upon the wall
My vision's blurry
there's people I can't see at all.
City lights
shine through the door
You're walking out
but I don't care anymore
My jacket's on
but I still feel cold
certain fortunes
just can't be told
Tarot cards
a mystic song
a woman gypsy is
reading my palm
Memories flash
like neon lights
Sad, sad stories
on a rainy night
I remember the evening
sat in wicker chair
a golden scarf
covered her hair
I was told the fortune
of the loss to come
She said "Baby, with every win
you gotta lose some"
Now I'm sitting here
in my favorite cafe
thinking of the prophecy
that came true today
Champagne on ice
a smoke or two
I'm drinking alone
at a table for two.
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3. |
Mary Lou: A Portrait
04:55
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Crystal smoke and
your mind is broken
98 miles per hour
Naked and alone
there’s no one home
Into a corner you cower
What you bought was cheap,
You can barely speak
It woulda happened one way or another
Your thoughts will flee,
you can't even read
Can you say motherfucker?
It’s not too hard.
That’s what you are. Say it.
I bet you could if you tried
Don’t try to deny it, there’s no way to hide it
Did you think I had lied?
Your uptown pad
One room aim’t bad
Can you see how youre livin'?
A disease that’s new
Did it get you too?
Heard lotsa people are givin’
Your friends, city folk
Heavy drinks and smokes
Hey, there goes another
Wrapped up in silk
Skin pale as milk
Their faces are covered
A distant thought
That you almost caught
Hey, how about that?
Is your head still together?
I couldn’t tell whether you were sleeping
or knocked out flat
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4. |
None Of These
02:26
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Why are you leaving me?
Why are you deceiving me?
Life is a bullet
Women are windows
My eyes are slowly closing
The trigger, please pull it
Break her bleak halo
For soon we must leave
or we will be imposing
Lover be careful
My heart is enameled
We now must be cautious
The game’s grown obnoxious
Let us become drunk to forget
The sum of or lives is regret
Let us become drunk to remember
None of these things last forever
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Cuban Arms
02:54
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When you left your home there in that city
You found darkness wherever you’d roam
Then you came here to this city
And found that you weren’t so alone
You came to me on Cuban heels and bruised arms
I never could turn you away
As all dreams must fade in the morning
You knew you never were here to stay
Sometimes I cry for the lonely
Sometimes no reason at all
Now I’m cryin’ ‘cuz you left me
And you’re not here for me to hold in my arms
If you ever come back to this city
Baby, you’re never alone
If you find yourself here on my doorstep
You’ve found yourself a home
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6. |
You And Me
01:45
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I know a place where the sun will frame your face
and the morning stars will shine upon your eyes
Let’s both go there and leave without a care
We’ll arrive before the moon begins to rise
my dear and see all that awaits for you and me
Sweetly smile and sigh beneath the evening sky
I know a way for us to still find yesterday
Hold me near, your breath in my ear, it's just you and me
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Drifting
03:22
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That ignorant slut couldn’t get it together
All of the times and the rest of forever
Here I stand by the side of the highway
Watching all the cars that happen to fly my way
All the skies clouds have been parted
For the one recently departed
And I’m standing here with my heart in a mess
There’s blood on my fingertips and all of the rest
Semis and flybys and exits and bye byes
Solos and no goes and cities and street signs
And all the goodbyes, all the goodbyes
I freeze in the sun and melt in the snow
I’m incompatible wherever I go
And the water constantly flows from the tips of the clouds
Blankets of raindrops and ungraspable shroud
I’m ready to drift in the fog
I’m ready to drift in the fog
I'm ready
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Hello
06:02
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Hello it’s me I’ve come to say farewell
I’ve had a lovely time as you can tell
But it’s growing late and your patience is growing old
I guess I’ll head out to someplace like Maine
Where the summers are real cool and the winters are the same
And find myself a cabin, a nice place to settle down
I cherish our time together and you I’ll never forget
Those nights of cafés filled with drinks and cigarettes
And that one time you sang a sweet song to me
Our money was scarce but our hearts were strong
For a couple of dollars we’d work all day long
And your bicycle you rode all around town
Time’s running late and there’s a long haul ahead
You can’t get stuck in the past, you gotta look ahead,
But it’s so hard to turn and start again.
Hello it’s me I’ve come to say goodbye
Maybe be someday we’ll meet when the waters aren’t so high
And we’ll swim to each other and get lost in the surf
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9. |
Miami II
02:05
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I am a passenger, don't know if i'll last here, sir
Tryin' to keep my head above the water.
But I can still see the shoreline of Miami.
I forgot your name, babe.
Everything's changed;
Nothing's the same after Miami.
Palm trees and summer rain.
Grey skies and hurricanes.
I am a passenger trying to get out of here.
And I'm never coming back;
Never coming back to Miami.
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10. |
Winter Blues
05:22
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The winter's comin' and it's startin' to get cold
I can feel it comin'; it's freezin' my soul
Summer's over and the fall is growing old
There's snow on my doorstep each time you come to my house
Don't know what you're doin' here or what it's about
Got me wonderin' and I still can't figure it out
I got the winter blues and I'm rollin' back to you
I got the winter blues and I don't know what to do
When I look in your eyes I can't keep away from you
The wind is howlin' outside my door
They've taken my soul but still they want more
What they want it for I don't know
I got the winter blues and I'm rollin' back to you
I got the winter blues and I don't know what to do
When I look in your eyes I can't keep away from you
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Aaron Lepley Austin, Texas
Aaron Lepley is a composer, performer, and educator who currently lives in Austin, TX. His music ranges from works for full orchestra, small ensembles, solo pieces, electronic music, and various hybrids thereof. He received the Master of Music in Composition from the University of South Florida and creates original compositions for advertisements, film, and multimedia art installations. ... more
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