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Songs I'd Never Heard
03:08
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I remember in the spring back when I had no car.
I'd walk all over town no matter how far
singing songs with simple melodies
That I'd never heard, and never will again
I sang:
Everything you give room to grow goes away.
I tried so hard to keep them in my head anyway.
The summer came. I met a girl. She became my girlfriend.
We hit a wall and in the fall I lost her in the end.
Our love was like a simple melody of a song I’d never heard
and never will again.
Everything you give room to grow goes away.
I tried so hard to keep her in my arms anyway.
Everything you give room to grow goes away.
I try so hard to keep them in my hands anyway.
The winter's here and I hear the raindrops tapping on my roof
Drumming out the year, the walks, the girl
and how they'd come and gone in simple melodies of songs I’d never heard
and never will again.
©2017 Matthew Lyle Baxter
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2. |
Too Much
04:04
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I’ve got too much, more than I need
Half the things that I own don’t even mean a thing to me
“More and more” is no strategy
To find peace of mind, its just taking a piece of me
There ain’t way around it
It’s time that I let go
I keep trying to have it all, but I know…
It’s all too much for me (Too much)
It’s all too much for me (Too much)
It’s hard to find simplicity
I keep getting caught up in this big machine
And I start to worry about everything
When I stop listening to the birds in the trees
I need some space around me
Calm the chaos in my home
This world of my creation’s overgrown.
It’s all too much for me (Too much)
It’s all too much for me (Too much)
There ain’t no way around it,
It’s time that I let go.
I need some space around me
Calm the chaos in my soul
I keep trying to have it all, but I know
It’s all too much for me (Too much)
It’s all too much for me (Too much)
I’m good with what I got, when I got what I need
I’m good with what I got, when I got what I need
I’m good with what I got, when I got what I need
I’m good with what I got, when I got what I need
©2017 Matthew Lyle Baxter
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Good Day To Die
03:11
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Things are as good as you can possibly expect.
But you keep finding being tough don’t get respect.
Weakness never comes from caring
‘Cause a loving heart is far more daring.
When you greet the day with your hand on your gun
You will quickly find you’re not the only one.
If you come looking for a fight,
Then that fight is gonna come.
You’d been better off looking for love.
If it’s good day to die, it’s a better day to live.
When you’re doing it right, there is so much more to give.
Being ready to say goodbye is really only half of it.
If it’s a good day to die, it’s a better day to live.
Now I’m not saying its not a hard run
and its very clear you are a smart one.
Nobody’s ever doubting all the trials that come your way,
But how much of its unnecessary pain?
If you can greet the world with your arms opened wide,
Take the good and bad and brave the by-and-by,
When everyone gets crazy, you won’t have to wonder why
You just look them in the eye
And tell them all that hey…
It may be a good day to die, but it’s a better day to live.
When you’re doing it right, there is so much more to give.
Being ready to say goodbye is only half of it.
If it’s a good day to die, it’s a better day to live.
I bet it’s a good day to die, but a better day to live.
If it’s good day to die, it’s a better day to live.
When you’re doing it right, there is so much more to give.
Being ready to say goodbye is really only half of it.
If it’s a good day to die, it’s a better day to live.
©2017 Matthew Lyle Baxter
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4. |
On My Own
02:40
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Shaney left us and he went to Texas
Now I'm stuck with a synthesizer bassist.
On my own, on my own again
The sun is shining and the cat needs fed
But it ain't enough to get me out of bed.
I'm on my own, on my own again
I'm a beautiful disgrace
when I've got some time to waste
And i've got no one to make me
want to keep it in line.
Baby's working out of town for days (and)
I'm at home drinking beer and eating cornflakes
On my own, on my own again
I'm a beautiful disgrace
when I've got some time to waste
And i've got no one to make me
want to keep it in line.
Cause I’m on my own again…
Empty space turns quickly into crisis
When I'm left here to my own devices
On my own, on my own again
©2017 Matthew Lyle Baxter
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5. |
Back
03:30
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Sitting on the corner.
Sipping on a soda.
Thinking how I want ya...
Back
We sure had some good times.
and we had some bad times.
They made me want those good times…
Back
Girl you know for sure
That I won't front no more
From now on you know I got your…
Back
©2017 Matthew Lyle Baxter
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6. |
Living Song
03:31
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This is a living song.
I hear it all day long
And even though I don't know all the words, I always sing along
And it's a people thing,
but not what people think.
It's just a way to get love from you and me.
I hear it in my sleep
even if I don't dream
Like the steady humming of electricity.
Beating in my heart always
Pumping through my veins
I hear it all in a living song
Beating in my heart always
Pumping through my veins
I hear it all in a living song
Oh, I feel the crescendo
even though it may not be for me.
Oh, through an open window
it floats away...
Into a living song.
We hear it all day long.
And even if you don't know all the words, always sing along.
You're in a living song.
This is a living song.
©2017 Matthew Lyle Baxter
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