1. |
Break My Heart
01:20
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Break my heart so I can know just what it's like to be alone. My mom would ask, and I'd tell how you did the deed. Just do it now.
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2. |
Hands
03:04
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I asked father for a hand in purchasing a plot of land.
A modest home is what we chose.
A mortgage loan; we'd soon forclose.
I was blind. Plans are blind
and impossible to fail.
I woke up only to find.
My train of dreams had just derailed.
I asked Rachael for her hand
in marriage, life, a family and
got down on bended knee
inside the restaurant with glee.
Had it down. A hand-me-down
was impossible to fail.
I stood up and there I drowned
while my future fiancee set sail.
I asked mother for her hand
in comforting a broken man.
And for hours, it seemed, there I
cried endless showers.
The last goodbye.
I was blind.
Love is blind and impossible to fail.
I woke up only to find
My relationship had recently set sail.
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A graduate
I finally had the means
to do it: to live beyond my means.
Now I kick myself for it.
i got fired
amidst a tide of grief,
now i'm just tired
and losing sleep.
it's a vicious, rabid, sea.
I grew a beard
and took my old guitar
and wandered here
and slept out in my car
and i wept in the backseat.
for you were not with me.
now all i do is breathe.
I barged in
your living room and then
I began to sing and sing.
And I thanked my audience.
And i confronted you.
"i don't want you!
i don't want anything to do with you!
so leave me be i'm happy. we're happy. we're happy."
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4. |
Liliana
02:36
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Give me a break:
Of course you're married.
This screen does tell me.
Dream girl, fantasy.
"What?"
"Nothing."
"What?"
"Nothing."
"What?"
"Nothing."
Give me a break, of course you love him.
What am I to do?
He's what you fancy.
"What?"
"Nothing."
"What?"
"Nothing."
"What?"
"Nothing."
Give me a break, Liliana,
and please take off your scarf.
It's distracting.
"What?"
"Nothing."
"What?"
"Nothing."
"What?"
"Nothing."
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5. |
Let You Go
03:36
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A border state and a freeway light.
I don't know where I'll be sleeping tonight.
Probably driving more.
Radio towers dot the land.
Satellites and the AM band:
this is my dream.
The road and the wheels scream, the wheels scream:
"You and me were meant to be
and I know I won't let you go
without a fight, alright?
I just know I won't let you go."
A mountain range and a field of grass,
The desert plains and a river pass.
This is it. The southwest
landscape is my future home,
And cross these plains, baby
I will roam.
This is my land.
I won't forget when it spoke, I mean it said:
"You and me were meant to be
and I know I won't let you go
without a fight, alright?
I just know I won't let you go."
I met a girl on the internet.
We had a date at the laundromat.
Like dirty clothes, I changed and
I couldn't wait to give her a ring.
Begrudgingly had a small wedding.
This is the dream.
A long road, my heart screams and I scream:
"You and me were meant to be
and I know I won't let you go
without a fight, alright?
I just know I won't let you go."
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6. |
The Girl I Know
01:54
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I picture you
Sitting all alone
In a nice, old-fashioned home
On the plains.
You ring a bell,
And we look in the well.
We look for some
Unexpected things.
The girl I know
Would walk with me
through the mountains.
And we’d sing
Oh lord, we’d sing
And hand in hand
We’d cross a bridge
And snow.
The girl I know.
I’d propose to you
If we were alone
In that nice old-fashioned home
On the plains.
I’d give a ring.
A simple wooden thing,
I found one day
While searching near
The well.
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7. |
Missing Your Boy
04:36
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"are you missing your boy?"
"i think so" she says.
"do you miss illinois?"
"i think not" she says.
but i think so....i think so.
i hear the irish fight.
what do you know?
i thought they were neutral.
the illini fight too.
did you know that?
i fight for you.
this song is...it's not much,
but my heart fights
for a loving touch.
this town is
is no match for
the brown of
the emerald isle's shore.
i love you
but you love him more.
"are you missing your boy?"
"yes indeed" she cries.
alone in illinois
i, sit and sigh.
i think i...i love her.
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Mayor Byrne Nashville, Tennessee
Mayor Byrne is the solo project of Kevin Moritz. He is a singer-songwriter currently residing in Nashville via Chicago.
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