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Dear To Me
04:27
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DEAR TO ME
The night I met you
We boarded a subway train
A twenty minute ride
To the place where you were staying
You leaned in close
Your face next to mine
Your breath was warm
Smelled like smoke and wine
Battery Park
A building made of glass
We rode up in the elevator so fast
I didn't realize how far you would take me
But a night has consequences you can't foresee
You will be always dear to me
You will be always dear
You will be always dear to me
You will be always dear
One night turned to three, turned to four
You left your feather earring on my floor
You left strands of your hair in my bed
And on my pillow, the shape of your head
Still I thought, I was only passing through
A tourist taking pictures of the view
And when I said goodbye, it felt like I was free
But the nights have consequences you can't foresee
You will be always dear to me
You will be always dear
You will be always dear to me
You will be always dear
Some days go slow
The rain goes pouring down
Down
Some days I know
Why I let you go
Some days I don't
When it was over
You boarded a westbound plane
Said you couldn't take
A New York winter again
I turned the covers over
Ready to start anew
I didn't realize the things my heart would do
'Cause you left your feather earring in my bed
And on my pillow, the shape of your head
I didn't realize how far you'd taken me
But love has consequences you can't foresee
You will be always dear to me
You will be always dear
You will be always dear to me
You will be always dear
Always dear
(Some days I can't let you go)
Always dear
(Some days I can't let you go)
Always dear
(Some days I can't let you go)
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2. |
Rains of April
04:37
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RAINS OF APRIL
The trees on the edge of the park
Turn green around this time of year
They fly like flags in the breezes
That roll off the Atlantic Ocean
Everything I know
Has been washed out with the rains of April
I thought I was king of the world
I was just standing in the back of the photo
Oooh...
Subway faces tired
We’ve all got our headphones and our guards up
Scrolling through our phones
As we ride over the East River
You know I miss you now
And I'm never gonna see you later
And everything we had
Has been washed out with the rains of April
Oooh...
I thought our love was like
The bodega two doors down from the corner
Giving off light
Even in the darkest hours
But the neighborhood has changed
I barely recognize the photos
And the secrets we exchanged
Are lost under the East River waters
Oooh...
New York is a beautiful town
When you look at it from the back of a taxi
Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge
After midnight with your arms around me
But the greatest love is in memories
And you know those are unreliable
Faces rushing past
Just a blur now in the back of a photo
Oooh...
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3. |
You Got Through
04:30
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YOU GOT THROUGH
I was in a fortress
In the heart of Antarctica
Underneath a glacier
I made sure nobody ever saw
But somehow you found me
I don’t know how but you tracked me down
You put your arms around me
You pulled me up from underground
You are the wind I could not win against
You are the storm that broke down my best defense
Oh my heart was barricaded
Nothing could invade it
Nowhere to break into
But you got through
You started a fire
And it melted all the ice within me
But as the temperature rose higher
It ate up all the oxygen
And so I started running
Seemed like the only thing that I could do
But everywhere I went
I only found myself without you
You are the wind I could not win against
You are the storm that broke down my best defense
Oh my heart was barricaded
Nothing could invade it
Nowhere to break into
But you got through
'Cause you cut through my barbed wire
Found your way to my signal fire
And you made me feel so alive
I was hiding down in my hole
Too terrified to lose control
And you said, I wanna hold the hand inside you
I think about you sometimes
Sometimes I don’t think about you at all
I wonder if you’ve changed
If I wouldn’t recognize you anymore
All that I have left now
Are jagged shards of your memory
Still I try to piece them together
Into who you were when you were with me
You are the wind I could not win against
You are the storm that broke down my best defense
Oh my heart was barricaded
Nothing could invade it
Nowhere to break into
But you got through
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4. |
Fall Asleep
04:46
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FALL ASLEEP
I guess I'll see you around
Maybe the next time you come into town
It was nice just to some time with you
It's been a while since you came 'round
Do you still have my shirt?
The one with faded letters that didn't quite fit
You used to wear it when we went to bed
And I'd watch you fall asleep in it
Oooh
I'd watch you fall asleep
Oooh
I'd watch you fall asleep
Guess it would be hard to find
Some way back to where we fell out of time
Sing the song I knew when I was with you
And remember how it rhymed
Guess I'll eventually forget
The way I hated how you smelled like cigarettes
And how you apologized and brushed your teeth
So you could kiss me before we fell asleep
Oooh
I'd watch you fall asleep
Oooh
I'd watch you fall asleep
I'd watch you breathe
In and out
In your sleep
Your walls down
I'd watch you breathe
In and out
Up and down
Closer now
Than ever
I guess I'll see you again
Maybe someday, I don't know when
And when I do I won't recognize you
As the person I knew then
You better catch your train
Take my umbrella, in case it starts to rain
The way it did when we lay in bed
And we would fall asleep to it
Oooh
I'd watch you fall asleep
Oooh
I'd watch you fall asleep
Oooh
I'd watch you fall asleep
Oooh
I'd watch you fall asleep
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5. |
Deep in February
02:59
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DEEP IN FEBRUARY
You wake up and the sheets are freezing
People on the subway sneezing
Sun comes up, it's only teasing
Deep in February
The air you breathe, it looks like thick smoke
You'd break the ice, but the ice pick broke
Valentine's Day's just a sick joke
Deep in February
Waiting on an e-mail
Waiting on a phone call
Waiting out the long haul
In the dead of winter
Groundhog came and went back under
Promising more rain and thunder
No new songs by Stevie Wonder
Deep in February
Zero Celsius made the sign crack
Lost my glove on the 1 & 9 track
Lost your heart, I can't get mine back
Deep in February
Waiting on an e-mail
Waiting on a phone call
Waiting out the long haul
In the dead of winter
Oh, back in the fall
You used to love me
Oh, like a sunrise
On the inside of me
Oh, you said we'd always be together
Through any kind of weather
Dirty snowdrift, muddy runoff
Dark gray clouds have cut the sun off
Doing errands, putting one off
Deep in February
Six weeks now since you've departed
Trying to get the motor started
I hope you're just as a broken-hearted
Deep in February
Waiting on an e-mail
Waiting on a phone call
Waiting out the long haul
In the dead of winter
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