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1.23.09 – I’ve kept this section with purchasable songs and created another section for more free downloads

-Ken

 

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Apology 4:40

i just want to take it back/to how it was when we first met/how it was, remember that?/back before we were sad/all the bad things that I’ve done/they weren’t aimed at anyone/but you are not just anyone/the only one i ever loved…//..my apology…//it won’t ever be the same/but it won’t always be this way/and if there is still more to say/let us hang on one more day/if it’s really love we’ve made/then it’s love we throw away/then it’s love we throw away.

 

 

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Never The One That You Want 3:48

so clear to you/what you should do/but it’s not your’s love/it comes from above you/takes something divine/to change her mind/it’s only a matter of time now/you make her notice you somehow/she’s never the one that you want…///…it rains all day/it’s clear when you’re sleeping/you don’t have a say/who’s heart you are keeping/and out of your hands, love/but you won’t understand, love/It’s only a matter of time now/you’ll make her notice you somehow/She’s never the one that you want/She’s never the one that you want.

 

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Magnet 3:26

father, tell me more/how you met your wife/tell me more about your life../..brother hold our embrace/how sad it would be/to fight when there’s only you and me/oh, we’re getting close..//..oh we’re getting closer and closer..//..friends, lets meet again/some spot on the map/with the sun in our eyes and our wives on our laps/mother, kiss me there/there upon my head/love me again, again before you’re dead/oh, we’re getting close..//..oh we’re getting closer and closer..//..sisters, give me hope/hurry off and make a home/find a man make him yours/do not die alone/oh, we’re getting close..//..oh we’re getting closer and closer..

 

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Friends or Lovers 3:18

mysterious, i’m curious, if she still wants me/with a slow hand, a heavy heart, it makes no difference/acknowledgment is evidence it’s proof of purchase/nod your head and let me see that you still hold it/nothing moves but me and you as i walk past you/mama did you think so fast/that everything we did would last/i am nothing more than firing past your lips your hands your neck/your chest is rising up then down/i can’t tell if that’s the sound of friends or lovers..//..a patch of red on my throat, this little circle of pressure when it’s taken off your mouth prints magic/a tiny bead of sweat and lust makes for sunrise/even though i wanted you i made this true lie/everything is still, it seems, when you walk past me/mama did you think so fast/that everything we did would last/i am nothing more than firing past your lips your hands your neck/your chest is rising up then down/and i can’t tell if that’s the sound of friends or lovers..//..go ahead, make the move i’ll let you start it/there’s a place far away where no one’s guarding/break the lock, hold our hands, this is torture/closer now, and even so, it is our future/nothing moves but me and you as i walk past you/mama did you think so fast/that everything we did would last/i am nothing more than firing past your lips your hands your neck/your chest is rising up and down/and i can’t tell if that’s the sound of friends or lovers..//..[if] i am nothing more than what you know, then i am just a whore/so don’t waste your love on me so rich/cause i don’t know which one is which/..friends or lovers..

 

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Shining 4:54

i don’t think i’m done with losing/but i’m done with losing you/you were more than i could handle/what was i supposed to do?/now there’s a sun that keeps shining in my face/can you feel it in the distance/the rift between both me and you/if you had it back in second chances/what is it that you think you’d do?/is the sun there shining in your face//..it’s so bright, it’s the answer that we want/shining right in front..//i’m sure you make it with a smile/i’m confident you make it work/i’ve also learned to play those cards/to cover up just where it hurts/but the sun keeps shining in your face/i keep lying to my neighbors/i keep hiding from my friends/i know that fate keeps no promise/that i will meet you in the end/but the sun keeps shining in your face//..it’s so bright, it’s the answer that we want/shining right in front..// don’t think i’m done with losing/but i’m done with losing you/you were more than i could handle/what was i supposed to do?//..it’s so bright, it’s the answer that we want/shining right in front..

 

 

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Wonderful Day 2:14

so i’ve got to go but you really must know/i just wanted to say i had a wonderful day with you/now that it is done and we’ve had all our fun/i just wanted to say i had a wonderful day with you/i may not see you soon maybe every june/i just wanted to say i had a wonderful day with you.

 

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The Saddest Sound in the World 4:17

if you’ve been the victim of a broken heart because of love/if you know how it feels to use your laugh as a shield//..then you’ve heard the saddest sound in the world..//if your mind reels in pain from the words they wouldn’t say/if your walk is now a crawl and your lean is now a fall//..then you’ve heard the saddest sound in the world..//oh you look so strong but still you buckle/look how red your eyes and white your knuckles/still the saddest sound rings in your ear//..the steady roll down your cheeks, the frequency/ your room for weeks/that hollow sound when no one’s there/the gentle hum as you stare/..oh then you’ve heard the saddest sound in the world.

 

 

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Pornographic Audio 4:12

nevermind the steady roll of thunder on the concrete/children washed away/i don’t think they’re mindless/i’ll judge them if i want to/reward them for their good/you never criticize it/well, i think you should/yeah, i think you should/and on and on and on they go/their pornographic audio/on and on and on you go/your pornographic audio..//..you would die too for something you believed in..//i have been so callous/i have been so slight/to leave you for this reason/you’re absolutely right/nevermind the basics, what you and i both hear/let’s talk about the music/the difference is clear/so clear/and on and on and on they go/their pornographic audio/on and on and on you go/your pornographic audio..//..you would die too for something you believed in..

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Runnin’

Sometimes songs come by really fast. I wrote/recorded/finished this song in about 35 minutes. It’s short.

i’ll chase you ’round the block/i’ll chase you ’round the yard/just when you think you’ve lost me/that’s when i’ll be dropping from a tree/i’ll chase you up and down the shore/till you can’t run no more/cause i am faster than you think/be careful not to blink//ooo i am trying my best to catch you/it won’t do no good to run/i am faster than you think, baby/just try to run yeah//i’ll find you if you hide/i’ll see through your disguise/what do you think you’re running from?/i’ve got my runnin’ shoes on/i ain’t ever come in last/and i don’t need to run this fast/you see me swoopin’ like a hawk/runnin’ through you like electric shock//ooo i am trying my best to catch you/it won’t do no good to run/i am faster than you think, baby/just try to run yeah

 

 

 

 

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Far w/Michelle Macedo 3:53

i walked on water just to show/i walked through fire just to know/that i will sink, yeah i will burn/when i go up, i always come down//..far from perfect, far from good..//you gave me all that i might need/still i ache, still i bleed/you point to where i should go/but i’m still lost, i know//..far from perfect, far from good..//look at the way i walk/contrary to the way i talk/i check the door before you knock…//i went too far just to see/cause i’m a slave to jealousy/with you i play hide and seek/cause i am frail, i am weak/and when the smoke cloud clears, it’s all i can hear://..far from perfect, far from good..

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Air 5:50

 

 

 

hey, where did you run to?/i want to know/cause i want to go too/hey, why did you crawl after some answer/after it all/then, then came the darkness/then came the door/just what you came for/instead, it was a searchlight waiting for you/that’s when you broke through..//..air..//now you cover your eyes blue/don’t let them in/they won’t understand you/now time moves like shadows/dark in the sky/run past the silos/then, then came the fountain/then came the flood/he was your all/i, like canvas, am with you/hanging your colors/that’s when you burst through..//..air..

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Five Little Men 4:00

you can wish all you want/you talk till it hurts/you can make her look you right in the eyes…/you can turn every page/you can jump off the stage/you can give her that big surprise../but five little men/that she has never met/will have her heart/and five little men/no matter how long it’s been/will tear you apart…/you can flex all you want/you can bring down the house/you can lecture at length about how it feels…/you can shine all the knobs/you can tailor the yard/you can pretend that they can’t ever steal../but five little men/that she has never met/will have her heart/five little men/no matter how long it’s been/will tear you apart…///…you can row all you want/you can run marathons/you can ask her to marry you../but five little men/that she has never met/will have her heart/and five little men/no matter how long it’s been/will tear you apart/five little men/that she has never met/will tear you apart.

 

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Wake Up 4:20

i made a pact with god and it’s told/if you make her mine you can have my soul/but in my rushing state heard not what he said/but the girl you love is already dead../..so i wrote the devil with blood as a seal/just bring her back and i’ll make you a deal/he just burned my letter and laughed and instead/that the girl you love is already dead../..so i went to the ledge it’s been five years/kissed the ground made an offering with my tears/plant a seed in the soil where i softly tread/for the girl i love is already dead../..you gave me focus you gave me light/when i bled from the sun then you gave me night/lead me in the way the you would have led/you the girl i love who’s already dead../..and when all is done with this world we know/to that place you’ve shown me that’s where we’ll go/and with me i’ll carry all the books i’ve read/to the girl i love who’s already dead/wake up it’s time to go/it won’t be long now i’ll be on my way/to another place and i just can’t stay/for i made up my mind and all of me bled/for the girl i love who’s already dead/wake up it’s time to go.

 

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I’m With You Somehow 4:21

i’m here in the golden land/none of which is golden and you’re still lost in the crowd/of concrete and glass towers/june gloom and fake flowers/i still hear you clear and loud/just when i think i’m alone there’s noone around/i’ve missed the past and the now//i am with you somehow//trust comes from somewhere and it’s so hard to come by/but i trust you when you call my name/if you weren’t a dancer i know that i’d still want to follow your lead just the same/just when i thought i was falling into depths i couldn’t see myself out//i am with you somehow//if i close my i think i can be there too/and i can be just who i am/if that’s what you want/then babe let’s make some deals/it’s called heaven and that’s how it feels/just when i think i’m alone/ there’s no soul around/i’ve missed the past and the now//i am with you somehow.

 

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Alora 4:05

This is an old song — it comes off of my demo which I recorded back in 2003, but I wrote it way before that, probably in 2000. Some of the songs from that demo set start way back in 1997. Most of everything I wrote back then is archived on minidisc, the way I journaled back then. I must have about five of those things filled with failed songs and sketches. I never left Alora though.

patience sweet alora/you’re like five years younger/maybe dear alora/when you’re finished being a teenager/but even then he’ll be an old man/i guess you’ll have to pick me../..sorry quiet alora/your glances just won’t cut it/maybe dear alora/this is where you should put it/but even then he’ll be far too old/so i guess you’ll have to pick me..//..time isn’t always on your side..//..still sweet alora/you see the dark blue waters/but maybe dear alora/that man he could be your father/so even now there’s no way no how/so i guess you’ll have to pick me…//..time isn’t always on your side..//..patience sweet alora/you’re like five years younger/maybe dear alora/when you’re finished being a teenager/but even then he’ll be too old/so i guess you’ll have to pick me.

 

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Get on the Bus 4:11

From the vaults! I used to play keyboards in a band called The Half Ton Club. It was an extremely fun band to play in, and I was privigeled to have played with some really great musicians. This song was the last song on our last album, Da Capo Al Fine, where I had the opportunity to scream a chorus that makes absolutely no sense.

i got a new car/yeah it goes about forty/pulling quick on the ride/and layin’ low on the shorties/i see that look in your eye/says you’re gonna come ’round/takes a little bit of thinkin’ baby/before you’re laughing out loud//i’m stealing all your dirty socks/and i smell just like a chicken/this is where the fun begins/c’mon let’s get kickin’/if you want to know us/get on the bus//i see your magic flute/how it turns you on/like the bus ride you’re free/and i’m the fish in your pond/i see your favorite flute/and it freaks me out/sheri knows the answer/she don’t have no doubt baby/i’m stealing all your dirty socks/and i smell just like a chicken/this is where the fun begins/c’mon let’s get kickin’/if you want to know us/get on the bus//aaahhh/oh guitar/i’m stealing all your dirty socks/and i smell just like a chicken/this is where the fun begins/c’mon let’s get kickin’/if you want to know us/get on the bus.

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