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Everything's Fine
03:28
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Everything's Fine
By Jamie Drake
I've been thinkin' bout the past
How it seems like nothin ever lasts
All the moments and the memories in my brain
Spin around to the beginning just the same
You and I were like a song
By the bridge we knew that it was wrong
By the time we had become a throwaway
We’d spent precious years rewriting shades of grey
Chorus
But I’m not gonna say it; “it’s over”
Let’s hold on for a while
Give it time, give me a minute
Maybe tomorrow we’ll find
Everything’s Fine
Should’ve known it’d never last
Sinking ships all have a torn up mast
But the comforts of tradition and routine
Were holding us together at the seams
Is there a reason to the rhyme?
Seegar said the seasons have their time
I suppose we’ll never know the purpose of
All the moments that we spend on human love
Chorus
But I’m not gonna say it; “it’s over”
Let’s hold on for a while
Give it time, give me a minute
Maybe tomorrow we’ll find
Everything’s Fine
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Redwood Tree
02:50
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Redwood Tree
Fingers moving in a certain pattern
Strings with notes to hammer out the beat
Get a pen and a piece of paper
Get a load of that mahogany
Making eyes and making guitar lines
Anticipation building; all is good
You can almost hear the notes just falling
Reverberating through that old rosewood
Chorus
Kinda like just swinging our music
Kinda like we’re dancing in the breeze
Kinda want to stay here forever
Kinda like a big redwood tree
Fallin and callin fallin callin forever
We’re like a song that ends in major key
I know we’ve said the words inside our minds but
When does it become reality?
Chorus
Kinda like just swinging our music
Kinda like we’re dancing in the breeze
Kinda want to stay here forever
Kinda like a big redwood tree
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3. |
Oh Well Oh Well
04:02
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Oh Well Oh Well
Shadow’s just a’ creepin’ by in my mind’s eye
Wondering how I ever felt so pure
Never felt I’d ever need another door
Phantom of the daylight, use to bring me life
Wondering how I never felt so insecure
Never felt I’d ever need another door
Chorus
Daylight’s wasting away
Sunset’s taking me today
Oh well oh well oh well oh well
Oh well oh well, I’m gonna be ok
Simple savior waving bye in my mind’s eye
Wishing for that sweet design, everlasting and evermore
Everything you’d ever want behind the door
But it’s the phantom of the daylight, use to bring me life
Wondering how I never felt so insecure
Never felt I’d ever need another door
Daylight’s wasting away
Sunset’s taking me today
Cross my heart and hope and pray
Sunset’s demanding me to stay
Oh well oh well oh well oh well….
Oh well oh well, gonna be ok
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Make A Spark
03:41
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Make A Spark
Why does it hurt so much to decide to be happy?
Sheltered heart and shell-shocked mind makes it difficult to unwind
I am hiding in the dark and I’m afraid to make a spark
How can I make a work of art if I’m a coward with my heart?
Made my bed when I finally said that it’s over
What I didn’t know is that life would be so damn hard
These lights go out when the fear and the doubt overtake me
Losing sight of your own heart is impossible to disregard
I am lying in the dark and I’m afraid I’ll make a spark
How can I make a work of art if I’m a coward with my heart?
I’ve been wrong before
I don’t want to be wrong again
I guess I am keeping score
What’s a girl to do?
Father time will win again
Is this the end?
I am hiding in the dark and I’m afraid I’ll make a spark
But there’s a fire in my heart
I’m crying in the dark I just want to make a spark
How can I be a work of art if I’m a coward with my heart?
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When The Tide Comes In
04:28
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When The Tide Comes In
When the tide comes in
It’s an ocean sigh
Sun and moon align
And the ties bind us here together
When the tide is high
Life is washed ashore
Leaves you wanting more
The day repeats the day before
Everything’s pulled, it’s gravitational
Everything’s forced, cuz it’s centripetal
You and I are bound together by a force
And the Earth is spinning on its course
Everybody’s looking for the source
So let’s have a little grace, when the tide comes in
When the tide is low
There’s an undertow
And it takes its toll
You gotta learn to go with the flow
Everything’s pulled, it’s gravitational
Everything’s forced, it’s centripetal
Everything’s pulled, it’s gravitational
Everything’s forced, cause it’s centripetal
You and I are bound together by a force
And the Earth is spinning on its course
Everybody’s looking for the
Everybody’s looking for the source
So let’s have a little grace
Because we’re all spinning in this race
It doesn’t matter if you’re first place
When the tide comes in
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To My Love
04:37
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To My Love
I know I’ve been a little scared
Cuz’ when I met you I was unprepared
I was a bird in a cage
Who did not know her place
So when it seems the sky will fall
I’ll pack my bags and put up walls
And if what we have is real
You know you can always appeal
To my love
To my heart
Running away
When it’s afraid
Of your love
Of your heart
Running away
If I’m to blame
We fly together to the sun
We make our music and we have our fun
Sometimes we do disagree
But you know that you can still count on me
Cuz things are different than before
And time has opened for us many doors
And even though things will change
You know that there will always be a way
To my love
To my heart
Running away
When it’s afraid
Of your love
Of your heart
Running away
If I’m to blame
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7. |
Wonder
02:07
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Wonder
Well it was dark and then you spoke and your voice created light
My tiny hands were being formed as I floated through the night
And I floated through the night
Chorus
Guess I better have a little bit of hope; I wonder
What I will become if I no longer have a wonder
There’ll never be another me, I can surely count on that
What can I be? What will I be? All depends on what I let
All depends on what I let
Chorus
Guess I better have a little bit of hope; I wonder
What I will become if I no longer have a wonder
I looked around, and then I found every gift you gave to me
What can I give? What can I give? What can I give to thee?
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8. |
Blue
03:08
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Blue
When you’re blue
All the colors are just one
And no part of you feels like having fun
And the sky turns from blue to grey
So no part of you feels like you’re ok
You can wish and hope and pray for someone
To come along and save the day
Isn’t that what Jesus came to do now?
I don’t know what to do with that
So just hide in a corner or a cave
And try to turn your mind into your slave
And just listen to all of those self helpless books
Look in the mirror and compliment your good looks
Because you can wish and hope and pray for someone
To come along and save the day
Isn’t that what Jesus came to do now?
I don’t know what to do with that
Because you can wish and hope and pray for someone
To come along and take the blame
Isn’t that what Jesus came to do now?
I don’t know what to do with that
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Allison
03:17
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Allison
Allison, for heaven’s sake
Say goodnight
And when you wake
Make the day
What you want it to be
Allison, what’s on your mind?
I hope only happy thoughts
For when you rise
You could cause a surprise
And when you wake
Make the day
What you want it to be
We make our way
We break ou way
We fake our way, possibly
With a little faith
Positive brainwave
Goes a long long way
Try and see
We make our way
We break our way
And we fake our way, possibly
With a little faith
Positive brainwave
Goes a long long way
Try and see
Try and see
Try and see
Allison, we can’t wait
For you to make our day
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Jamie Drake Los Angeles, California
One of LA's best-kept musical songwriting secrets has a new record out called NEW GIRL and will be taking it on tour soon.
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