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Tell It to the Bees
03:10
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Someone’s draped the hive in black
and no one’s sleeping well tonight
now that bad news has come
There’s a thing that won’t be said
A truth I’ll hold until the clouds
finally withdraw
And maybe the lie won’t help the framework to stand
But sometimes evasion is all that’s at hand
I won’t tell a soul
A brilliant space
in any case
An opportune ‘by the way’ will help to distract
Weak support collapsing from inside
The floors are sagging but
I can keep up the act
I hear the humming from outside
enough to know what it implies
Someone’s draped the hive in black
and no one’s sleeping well tonight
now that bad news has come
And if the lie won’t hold the present back
and I’m the last one between the tale and the fact
I won’t
I won’t
I won’t tell a soul
(©2005 UbikMusik, BMI)
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O Columbia
03:02
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She wakes up slowly
Hides the paper
just like yesterday
Her friends are there but cautious
A bit embarrassed
but too afraid to say
She may stumble but the weight she will throw
she'll blame on someone else
Oh, Columbia, I do love you
but less than you feel for yourself
She stands up boldly
Quick to point out
she's been wronged before
Her friends are there but silent
Too afraid to
suggest she ought to know
What did you expect would happen
when you pushed them to the floor?
Oh, Columbia, I do love you
but I’ve seen this scene before
She slaps them down with every act
Yet, she’s surprised when they swing back
A hit no one deserves, but
only she could’ve missed it coming
Oh, Columbia, I’ve been quiet
now for far too long
Oh, Columbia, I do love you
but that doesn’t mean
that I can’t see when you’re wrong
She won’t even hear me
She’ll draw the covers
and snuggle back to sleep
(©2005 UbikMusik, BMI)
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King Sham
03:21
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Look up, see the curtains are falling
Look up, that’s my name they’re all calling
It fits only too well but it’s not mine
I know it seems easy to claim it, but
it’s so and I’m here to defame it
I stepped backwards and fell
Wore this outfit until
it fits only too well but it’s not mine
and if I were somebody else
maybe he’d see the joke
or at least that it’s a waste of time
But I’m too weak to resign
Look up, see my subjects have had it
Look up, that’s my name they’re all damning
There’s a chance I can tell
Well, at least one in hell
It fits only too well but it’s not mine
Every glance you’ve taken
All the days spent shaken
Every breath is working
only to break your world
She’s a test that’s given
with the answers written
out on the back so you’ll know, King Sham
So look up, see the curtains are falling
Look up, that’s my name they’re all calling
It fits only too well but it’s not mine
King Sham
(©2002 UbikMusik, BMI)
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1985 by the Get-Gos
02:26
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I never thought I would meet up
with someone who thinks like you do
But there was something in your eyes, I admit
it got a hold of me too
and now I’ll fall from the mountain
like something you’ve forgotten
just to let you know you’re alive
And if we ever get together
I know it will be better
in 1985
While we’re living underwater
we'll see them building homes on the sun
and we’ll think back to all the times we could keep
if we had only begun
back when I gave you one more time
to see you should be mine
instead of waiting 20 years to decide
And while they’re changing the weather
you've got to know I’ll be there
in 1985
in 1985
When you see me don’t ask why
I couldn’t act more dignified
way back when in ’65
Believe me I will let you know
better than I did before
And I will fall from the mountain
like someone you’ve forgotten
just to let you know you’re alive
And I can promise that forever
you’d better know I’ll be there
in 1985
in 1985
(©2000 UbikMusik, BMI)
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Jeff Lynne
04:25
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She says it’s alright
She always knew that I’d prefer to be alone
than try to prove her wrong
Well, maybe I just might
or maybe to me it’s clear you’re determined to go
no matter what I might show
So I won’t pretend I’m even surprised
that the look of you leaving is there in your eyes
I’d have to say I could see it all along
Though I know more will just follow
I’ll take my chances tomorrow and I
will keep it all inside
You’ll never know that I
feel just like Jeff Lynne
She’s on the next flight
She calls to say she doesn’t need to run away
I could show her anything to stay
But though there’s a chance at the airport gate
well, I can just see it’s already too late
I’d have to say I could see it all along
They say I do myself in
things will pick up if I just try
Can’t they see that I
that I have tried
to be just like Jeff Lynne
Another rainy night alone
A silent tear cried on the phone
And isn’t that just why
I even try?
The feeling I get when you love me
doesn't compare to you leaving me
I will keep it all inside
you'll never know that I
that I have tried
to be just like Jeff Lynne
just like Jeff Lynne
just like Jeff Lynne
(©2002 UbikMusik, BMI)
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6. |
Pete Best (demo)
05:43
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7. |
Hey, California
04:39
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Could we both be honest here this time?
I won’t spit your name if you’ll learn mine
I’ll be fine
Got this feeling that love might have shown
but it’s clear now that I’ll have to go
Where’s all the angels in your name?
Why can’t I leave and be the same?
I’ll be fine
and it’s clear now that I’ll have to go
but there’s one thing that I’d like to know
now
And whoever said you were willing to shine
could never have seen you from behind
in a clear light
I almost believed that I’d been saved
in bed with the lie that we both made
I’ll be fine
There’s just one thing that I’d like to know
Couldn’t we both have left it alone?
You in your world and me on my own?
Hey, California
You had it in for me when I arrived
Hey, California
Now you’ll spread your freakish wings and fly
Hey, California
Sing me your sleepless lullaby
(©2002 UbikMusik, BMI)
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8. |
Super Rocket X-1
02:50
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Early morning
in Gus’ cornfield the future has arrived
Silver nitro messiah
The word is out the police are notified
You wear your face like the weather
Their palms are wet from predicting sun or rain
And though your ship is surrounded
they hear you laugh as you take to the sky again
And with these x-ray eyes
I’m sure you’ll see like before
that I’m on my way
Down at the capitol
opinion splits and debate drags on and on
While they discuss your intentions
you cut the power and neutralize the sun
And with these x-ray eyes
anyone can see this is all just for show
but I’m on my way
You wear your face like the weather
My palms are wet from predicting rain or shine
And though you’ll beg “stay together”
I know what you mean
when you say that you will serve mankind
And with these x-ray eyes
I’m sure you’ll see like before
that you’ll get your way and
anyone can see this is all just for show
but I’m on my way
(©2016 UbikMusik, BMI)
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