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straw man
03:00
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sunshine, dancing through the orchard
and the apples on the ground
cold wind, whistling through the maples
knocks the red leaves down
I’ve been waiting all the summer long
I’ve been waiting all the summer long
straw man, standing looking lonely
like he hasn’t got a friend
hoping, hoping that the winter
puts his troubles to an end
I’ve been waiting all the summer long
I’ve been waiting all the summer long
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don't fly
02:35
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don’t go, don’t go
baby please don’t go
I’m gonna have to miss you if you do that don’t you know?
I won’t tell you that I loved you but I’ll say I woulda tried
and I don’t like to do it but I mighta compromised
if you see me when you’re leaving don’t you stop or turn to stare
I’ll be where you find me if you ever find me there
don’t fly, don’t fly
baby please don’t fly
it’s harder to be lovers when the other’s not nearby
they’ll teach you how to smile when you don’t want to, yes they will
and maybe you’ll forget about those sunsets on the hill
they’ll tell you what to do and what to wear and what to say
they’ll lie to you but maybe you’ll be better off that way
don’t wait, don’t wait
baby please don’t wait
don’t wait to share your dreams until it’s much too late
don’t go, don’t go
baby please don’t go
I’m gonna have to miss you if you do that don’t you know?
don’t fly, don’t fly
baby please don’t fly
it’s harder to be lovers when the other’s way up high
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the long winter night
02:25
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I know waiting makes it sweeter but the time goes slow
if you dream of the leaves
the birds and the bees
the grass on the ground and the bluebells all around
I’ve seen Mother Nature shining like a silver queen
the white winter snow
in the pale morning glow
the grass isn’t green but there’s ice on the mountain stream
I guess some people see the cold and dark like loneliness
but keep the warmth near
this time of the year
is beautiful too but the sky’s not quite so blue
I’ve heard happiness and sorrow both are self-assured
the black and the white
the balance of light
the long winter night is a darkness that shouldn’t be cured
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new year
02:20
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the yard was full of birds when I woke on new year’s day
ice along the river, they were singin anyway
the doves were in the dogwood with half a dozen jays
the finches sang their love songs in the snow, while I sang mine
my body didn’t know my head was full of last night’s wine
and I don’t know if I have ever felt so fine
I kissed a girl that night on the cheek when she was sleeping
curled on the couch, watched her eyes while she was dreaming
she made me wonder what about a secret’s so worth keeping
and the yard was full of birds when I woke on new year’s day
ice along the river, they were singin anyway
the doves were in the dogwood with half a dozen jays
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5. |
she says
03:40
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she says no but I think that she means something else
she says go when she hates being by herself
she says please with a forked tongue behind her teeth
there’ve been times when she’s said she’s confused
and that she doesn’t know what she wants to do
and I tell her that I don’t know just what that means
she says nobody ever really wins
she says love and she takes it back again
she says wait and there’s no reason why I can’t
there’s a certain way she looks at you
communicating things that words can’t do
but I don’t get it so I make believe that I know just what it means
she says hey it’s a bright and beautiful day
let’s go and find some shady trees and we can slip away
I’m surprised but how can I say no?
it’s like those times when she’s said she’s confused
and that she doesn’t know what she wants to do
and I can’t tell but maybe we both know just what that means
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there's a flower
02:28
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I saw her picture hangin on the wall and I thought she was pretty
I didn’t know her name so I found someone who could tell me
I went away for a year but I came back and still I remembered
I saw the braid in her hair in the snow on the 10th of December
I want to ask her what she’s dreaming of
Oh but her eyes look she’s got somebody she already loves
She looks like she could be gentle and quiet and thoughtful and kind
Her eyes are deep like the ocean and dark like a forest of pines
She doesn’t look my way and that’s probably better
She doesn’t know my name so I try to forget her
I want to tell her there’s a flower she reminds me of
oh but her eyes look like she’s got somebody she already loves
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Rosemary was here
03:05
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We can sleep in the poison ivy again
I’ve seen those apple trees a hundred times since then
can you remember how the Autumn came to an end?
We can climb in the willows by the river’s side
the water wasn’t deep, it wasn’t all that wide
can you remember when we thought your dog had died?
We can dance in the green grass in the summer shade
the birthday cake was perfect you and your mother made
can you remember all those nights I wish I could’ve stayed?
We can say we’re watching movies in the room downstairs
I used to run my fingers through your beautiful hair
can you remember all the love we’ve ever shared?
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new england snow
02:21
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Mexican love, look at that yellow moon
winter’s coming but still you left too soon
Mexican love can’t feel your smooth brown skin
I don’t think you’ll ever know the shape you’ve left me in
Mexican love can’t see your long dark hair
found a map of California, couldn’t find you there
yes I know the reasons why you’ve got to go
but those dark eyes would look so pretty in the New England snow
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