Twenty Three Places
2003
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Can't believe that you're gone without a trace
I can't believe you got no tears upon your face
While mine is soaking wet
Making up for your lack I guess
Thats how it is, in love, or out of love as I sit now
Without you next to me
Wishing things that just can't be
It's all that I can do
Just sit back and watch it all fall through, yeah
It should've so good, it could've been so right
That was before the day forever died
I'm wishing on what-ifs and taking my chances
That was before the day forever died
Theres nothing left to be said
Its all been spoken
In spite of words you couldn't find for me
I guess you came out ahead
Now I'm broken into a man ashamed to show his face
Walkin away seemed so easy for you
So why's it gotta be so hard for me
To see that its over when for so long love was just you and me
Its all that I can do
Just sit back and watch it all go through
It should've been so good, It could've been so right
That was before the day forever died
I'm wishin on what-ifs, I'm taking my chances
That was before the day forever died.
Should've been so good, could've been so right
That was before the day forever died
I'm wishin on what-ifs, I'm taking my chances
That was before the day forever, the day forever died
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California’s come and gone
And now I’ve got my mind back on
The open air and you on Highway 1
And baby every since that day
Been trying to get back to that place
Where everything was right under the sun.
Marianne, Marianne, Marianne, I’m waiting
Saturday took you away
Sunday Morning brought the rain
Now cloudy skies are covering the blue
Why’d you have to disappear?
It’s not the same without you here
When everything’s reminding me of you
Marianne, Marianne, Marianne, I’m waiting
To see you again
Marianne, Marianne, Marianne, I’m waiting
To see you again
Would you come back? Won’t you come back?
‘Cuz I’m waiting, I’m waiting
Would you come back? Won’t you come back?
‘Cuz I’m waiting, I’m waiting to see you again
Marianne, Marianne, Marianne, I’m waiting
Marianne, Marianne, Marianne, I’m waiting
To see you again, To see you again
I’m waiting, I’m waiting
Marianne, Marianne, Marianne
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Windows down, the night blows in
Tap the beat on the wheel as the tires spin
Until we’re there crank the radio
We’ll join in with the songs we know
Hey, Everything’s Right
Sing Everything’s Right tonight
Hey, Everything’s Right
Sing Everything’s Right tonight
Smiles light up as we walk in
Old conversations begin again
Nostalgia’s thick as the August air
It takes us back to the time when we didn’t care- no we didn’t care
Hey, Everything’s Right
Sing Everything’s Right tonight
Hey, Everything’s Right
Sing Everything’s Right tonight
Oooh Everything’s Right
Hey, Everything’s Right
Sing Everything’s Right tonight
Hey, Everything’s Right
Sing Everything’s Right tonight
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Keep distracting me with that beauty
Leaving me wanting more
Reminding me of my duty
To lock these eyes to Yours
And I’ve never known a love so true
I want to see all of You
When green meets red and red meets blue
I want to see all of You
Sunlight dances with the distance
In her squinty eyed shoes
And i’m chasing down horizon
In hopes of being danced with too
And I’ve never known a love so true
I want to see all of You
When green meets red and red meets blue
I want to see all of You
Daylight sings all that morning air brings
And i’m lost, i’m lost, i’m lost inside you, inside you
And I’ve never known a love so true
I want to see all of You
When green meets red and red meets blue
I want to see all of You
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Never been much good on my own
So I’m trying to find somebody else
Never been good at finding much except this
Loneliness all by myself
Spotting you ain’t been easy
And what’s a boy to do
When I got this spot right beside me, baby
Waiting here just for you
So you go hide, and i’ll come seek
Maybe someday in the middle we just might meet
Because I’m counting to 100 and I promise I won’t peek
As you go hide, and i’ll come seek
How much longer will this game go on?
I guess only time will tell
‘Cuz I’d hate to hear that you’re all alone, all alone girl
Overlooked in search of someone else
So you go hide, and i’ll come seek
Maybe someday in the middle we just might meet
Because I’m counting to 100 and I promise I won’t peek
As you go hide, and i’ll come seek
Please show your face
‘Cuz I want you to be it..I want you to be it
So you go hide, and i’ll come seek
Maybe someday in the middle we just might meet
Because I’m counting to 100 and I promise I won’t peek
So you go hide, and i’ll come seek
Maybe someday in the middle we just might meet
Because I’m counting to 100 and I promise I won’t peek
As you go hide, and i’ll come seek
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I'm not made of gold
Thought I told you so
With your hopes so high
I'll tell you one more time
You'll hear me if you try
I could never be that for you
I could never be that for you
I could never take your cloudy skies and make them blue
You keep on telling me I light your day
You're hanging on to every word I say
I could never be that for you, that for you
Put it on the line
Wear it on your sleeve
It's up to me now
But I'll never make your broken heart begin to beat
I could never be that for you
I could never be that for you
I could never take your cloudy skies and make them blue
You keep on telling me I light your day
You're hanging on to every word I say
I could never be that for you, that for you
I can't be your everything
I can not make things right
I'll tell you one more time
Maybe you'll hear me if you try
I could never be that for you
I could never be that for you
I could never take your cloudy skies and make them blue
You keep on telling me I light your day
You're hanging on to every word I say
I could never be that for you, that for you
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I don't know how the stars hang
Or how there's night and then there is day
I don't know how you spoke into the black
And made it all obey
All that I know is the bleeding in my heart
And the healing in your touch
All that I know is that you gave everything
So let that be enough... it's all I know, it's all I know
I don't know how your love works
Or how you cover me in grace
I don't know how you swallow all I am
When I can't stand my taste, oh
All that I know is the bleeding in my heart
And the healing in your touch
All that I know is that you gave everything
So let that be enough... it's all I know
I can't explain the mystery,
But I know the answer
All that I know is the bleeding in my heart
And the healing in your touch
All that I know is that you gave everything
So let that be enough... it's all I know, it's all I know
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It's cold in the living room on Lindenwood
It's quiet 'round the table tonight
It's half empty in this house and this half don't know what to do
Wesley, why'd you have to leave us so soon?
We keep stumbling through the words to explain it all
We keep searching for the beauty in the dust
We keep telling ourselves that it was your time
Wesley, why can't you just be here tonight?
Glasses at the bedside
Keys are in the car
Shoes are on the staircase
And you're beating in our hearts
Wesley, why'd you have to leave us so soon?
We keep waiting for your footsteps at the back door
We keep waiting for the punchline to the joke
We keep shedding these tears and shouting at the moon
Wesley, why'd you have to leave us so soon?
Glasses at the bedside
Keys are in the car
Shoes are on the staircase
And you're beating in our hearts
Wesley, why'd you have to leave us so soon?
Wesley, why'd you have to leave us so soon?
Wesley, why'd you have to leave us?
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Falling asleep to the sound of stars shooting ‘round the moon
But I can’t watch ‘em fly tonight, baby
I’m too busy here watching you
I guess your smile is the sun’s way of lighting up what’s dark
So shine, shine, shine for me baby, it only takes a spark
Sweetness in Starlight
Sweetness til the day sighs
Sweetness in Starlight
Sweetness til the sunrise
And there’s nothing under these bright stars
That could bring this night to ruin
So hold on tightly to me baby
‘Cuz tonight’s gonna end too soon
And your touch is potent medicine
Knocks me out with just one shot
I’ve never seen such strong elixir, baby- it fixes all that I’m not
You fix all that I’m not, yeah
Sweetness in Starlight
Sweetness til the day sighs
Sweetness in Starlight
Sweetness til the sunrise
I’m holding so tightly, baby
I won’t let you go, I won’t let you go.
Sweetness in Starlight
Sweetness til the day sighs
Sweetness in Starlight
Sweetness til the sunrise
Sweetness in Starlight, Starlight, Starlight
Sweetness til the day sighs
On and on and on and on, yeah
La di da
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Lengthening shadows
Timeless days
Laughing in the sunlight
Losing our way
Grass underneath us
Sky above
We're in the middle
Surrounded by love
Let's kick off our shoes
And wade through the night
The air's so warm
The moon just right
We'll sing to the stars
And dance by their light
As we kick off our shoes
And wade through the night
When I look around
I just can't deny
Everything you
Everything I
Tracing your outline
Against the painted sky
Connecting the dots
Between you and I
So let's kick off our shoes
And wade through the night
The air's so warm
Moon’s just right
We’ll sing to the stars
And dance by their light
As we kick off our shoes
And wade through the night
We'll hike up our jeans
And get our feet wet
Maybe we'll dance until the dawn
Let's kick off our shoes
And wade through the night
The air's so warm
The moons just right
We'll sing to the stars
And dance by their light
As we kick off our shoes
And wade through…
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Stay away from me
I'll be gone soon
It's just so hard to let go once we've grabbed hold
It's nothing that you've done
You're not the only one
I'm just learning to be in twenty-three places
I'm falling off the face of the earth
Crashing into bridges I burn
I'm falling off the face of the earth
I'll be home soon
Is this how the story goes
When rubber meets the road
Waving goodbye is so hard without hello
Cause' I'm falling off the face of the earth
Crashing into bridges I burn
And I'm falling off the face of the earth
But I'll be home soon
I keep forgetting to
Keep you an arms length away
And I'm falling off the face of the earth
Crashing into bridges I burn
I'm falling off the face of the earth
But I'll be home soon
I'll be home soon
I'll be home soon