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Girls
03:46
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She was walking down a lonely road
About a hundred million people on the same path
So there’s that
Hannah girl you gotta be strong
But you gotta bend well
New York City never paved a path
So you’re gonna trip and fall
Yeah that’s all
Girls gonna lose today
I think our feet must still be bound
But you’re up and walking around
A hundred million girls all looking at you
And putting feet on the ground
A hundred million girls, yeah that’s all
Girls gonna lose today
Girls
You know ya gonna lose it, you’re gonna lose it all
You’re bluffing and you still got the power to call
You’re so pissed, maybe you’ll win some after all
But
Girls gonna lose today
Girls
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Work to Do
03:56
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I’ve been in the sand
Avoiding all I can since you’ve been gone
It’s all been wrong
Today I came outside to a bright blue cloudless sky
That my heart can’t stand, so I went back in
All my body wants to do is sleep straight through
But you can’t give up yet
The kids deserve your best and your wife does too
She chose you
And that aint no small thing, she still wears your ring
You’ve got work to do
Today I held my breath, let the tears fall to my chest
When I thought of you, like I always do
But then I filled my lungs, thought of good times when we were young
When we laughed but held our tongues
A little smile broke through
I saw my kid smile too
I didn’t know he was there, blue eyes and wild hair
So young but so aware, I’ve got work to do
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Injustice League
03:35
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Our fears keep us safe sometimes
Keep us in at night and away from your kind
You were an ass hole Oh oh oh
You were an asshole and its changed my whole life
Betrayed and without a friend, I’m long past being saved
I’m here and I’m tired
It’s no wonder I can’t sleep, oh oh oh
Oh misery
It’s your writing on the wall
Oh it’s in my blood
Oh you’re in my blood
Glow green lantern, where is my ring
Some how my shields were down
Now you’ve infected me and you’re always on my mind
I am not alright
Oooh Its in my blood
Oooh you’re in my blood
Oooh you’ve won
Take it back, take it all back now
Undone, yeah, I’m the one that fell
Reach out, but no one gives a damn about your life
So shut down, my faith is shot to hell
Oooh Its in my blood
Oooh you’re in my blood
Oooh you’ve won
Oooh It’s clear you’ve won
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Memphis
03:24
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We bump elbows and shoulders, wear smiles and frowns, skate the homemade halfpipe on the edge of midtown. Nothing but cement to break your fall, so you stay up when you can, shut your eyes and call, “this is our town”
We got a fire inside us
Ooh, ooh, ooh
The grittiest people in the grizzliest town, the bluffs rise up but they don’t back down.
It’s this place versus everybody else. Spit out blood, take a hit in the mouth but you’re still on your feet, still on your feet in the mighty south
We got a fire inside us
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Welcome to the hurt
Welcome to the noise, welcome to Memphis, boys.
Grin and slap hands with the boys on Vance, always jay walking and barely wearing pants,
The kids riding trikes in the street are careless and free, even now I can hear them sing, This is our town
We got a fire inside us
Ooh, ooh, ooh
We got a fire inside us
Ooh, ooh, ooh
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Tears on Cue
03:14
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Ole Brandys tugging at heart strings again, she wipes dry tears on cue
She shows just a little money but not enough, she needs the rest from you
She’ll say she owns a little store about 50 miles east.
She’ll say, “come on up and you shop, you shop for free.
You folks look like the kind I can trust, and don’t worry, you can trust me.”
Ooh, she’s out there all summer
And why, someone said persistence is key
And ahh stopping wasn’t ever an option
On her knees in cuffs she insists that the joke is on me
The trouble is you’ve seen her before in a parking lot across town.
Her story back then was she lived up north and her grans at the hospital now.
She wiped her face and showed a little money but she needed the rest from you.
Eye contact and flawless act, she said, “you know, it’s rough in times like these but
You folks look like the kind I can trust, and don’t worry, you can trust me.”
Ooh, she’s out there all summer
And why, someone said persistence is key
And ahh stopping wasn’t ever an option
On her knees in cuffs she insists that the joke is on me
Ask for a raise and pay your tax
Time away from family learning to fax
Is the Joke on me
Deluxe mattress, park bench crash test
AC fans best, sweat clothes wear less
Maybe they’re tougher on the street
Ooh, she’s out there all summer
And why, someone said persistence is key
And ahh stopping wasn’t ever an option
On her knees in cuffs she insists that the joke is on me
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That Sibling Song
03:25
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Big bro taught me about that quiet cool
Big sis taught me how to fight back at school
So I taught little bro how to make people laugh
Now little sis responds to everything like that
We’ve been split up and dragged across states
But the bond through us just couldn’t be changed
I know their hearts like I know my name, it’s home
When little bro left he was not at his best
Now a little piece of him dangles over our chests
When we come together he comes alive, it’s our crew
He’s pieced back together anew
Me with his smile and big bro with his moves
Big sis with his heart and little sis, she’s the glue
So lets make a toast to the good ole days
Jumping on beds and fighting over games
Standing on the street getting splashed by the cars
It’s all a part of who we are
Nobody else knows what we’ve been through
They’re the only other people with these memories too
To my sibling crew, this ones for you
We’ve been split up and dragged across states
But the bond through us just couldn’t be changed
I know their hearts like I know my name, it’s home
So lets make a toast to the good ole days
Playing rock band, theme parks in the rain
Donuts in the morning and singing in the car
It’s all a part of who we are
Let’s make a toast to the good old days
Forget our troubles, laugh’em away
Raise up these new ones, salute to the stars
It’s all a part of who we are
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Alex da Ponte Memphis, Tennessee
It’s no easy thing to pin down something as mercurial as a memory, as fleeting as a feeling, with nothing more than mere words. To distill a life down to its essence and capture it in song. But to singer/songwriter Alex da Ponte, such an act comes naturally. Alex da Ponte is a poet’s songwriter. ... more
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