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Lucky Man
03:47
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I'm a lucky man
I come from generations of hard working hands
Now I know sometimes
The blood off your hands shoots into your eyes
I miss the liquid glass, the northern lake shows to me.
There's reflections that no-one wants to see
There are people
Who are living every day to forget all the pain
They chase up mountains
with thirst for love, but they're lost in their booze
Self-portraits define
Distain you see in a heart breaker's eyes
It ain't bliss
A consistent state of burnout where nothing knocks you down
That's for honesty
You don't gotta' wish for better, work with what you've got
You keep your love for your family inside
It's what you've got when your dreams fall aside
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2. |
Waste Away
04:57
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Can't do it on my own
Picking up the pieces of my soul
For you
Find out where I go wrong
I'll write another song
For you
Dig me from a pit of lies
Tell me that it's gonna' be alright
You loose faith in me
When I don't believe in me
Wasting away down here
Let me fall, hold me down
So you can waste away with me
Telling you that it's alright
It's making me wanna' die
Lie to you
Running from all my fears
I'll light it up when I hide the tears
Lie to you
Dig me from a pit of lies
Tell me that it's gonna' be alright
You loose faith in me
When I don't believe in me
Wasting away down here
Let me fall, hold me down
So you can waste away with me
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3. |
True Love
04:14
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I've been carving out your place in my road
Forgetting all the highs only thinking about the lows
So tired of feeling worthless for holding onto love
I'm getting along without you when push comes to shove
I don't wanna' brush it off
I gotta' cause you never gave it a chance to fall
I can't describe true love
Probably cause we never gave it a chance at all
The shadows of my doubts are all I can be
Fighting logic with my conscience and a truth I will never see
We'll blame it on bad timing and that we're running out of luck
Timing's never perfect, luck is never free
I don't wanna' brush it off
I gotta' cause you never gave it a chance to fall
I can't describe true love
Probably cause we never gave it a chance at all
Every new life is passing on for old
Comfort's always ending and every freedom is so cold
This highway chases sorrows, I'm never knowin' what to say
If anything is meant to be, it'll happen again someday
I don't wanna' brush it off
I gotta' cause you never gave it a chance to fall
I can't describe true love
Probably cause we never gave it a chance at all
I don't wanna' brush it off
I gotta' cause you never gave it a chance to fall
I can't describe true love
Maybe cause that true love, don't exist at all
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Who I Am
04:22
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Shut myself off from those who care
Tired and need to be alone
Loosing touch of all I shared with them
I'll smile at the thought of coming home
It's a steep slope for minutes of solitude
when loved ones need a place to lean
I'm selfish; there's no room for gratitude
I'll smile at a chance to live clean
I'm back here, reminded who I am
A small town boy who's in over his head
I'm back here reminded of a history
Not perfect, who could claim it to be that way
The embrace of a kind old friend
Catching up on all I miss
The thoughts won't ever transcend
When you're heard, surroundings won't resist
I'm back here, reminded who I am
A small town boy who's in over his head
I'm back here reminded of a history
Not perfect, who could claim it to be that way
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Harmony
03:54
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Tangled in the silence of the night, diminished when the dust settles in
It's cold inside a blanket of fate, cornered by the forward parade
I'm feeling for the people who think another side is green
The life you lead is fine when you keep the water running clean
My right hand's got it's scars and the arm is burned from joint to joint
Keeps me fed and sheltered, but sometimes, brings out my weak points
I take it back for nothing the work will keep my brain alive
If it weren't for all the standing I don't know that I'd survive
My left hand's got a callus from every note I've played
I thought that it would get me by and sometimes, I wish that thought had stayed
It won't support a family and I know there's more to life than bills
A working life means nothing if you don't live off any thrills
I've wasted all my strength hoping I doing the right things
Harmony is found, knowing more than one side of your own brain
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Derek McIntyre London, Ontario
Derek McIntyre is an energetic performer and story teller who knows how to make a crowd laugh with his honest approach to sharing experience. His first release "The Basement Sessions" talks about the struggles and life lessons learned on during his first years away from home. ... more
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