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Back Tomorrow
04:04
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So you're coming back tomorrow
From your trip away
I don't know how I lived here
And made it through the day
Trust me when I tell you
I only just survived
The kids all did their homework
The plants have been revived
Can't wait to see you
You're coming back
Coming back tomorrow
The hardest part was not knowing
What's coming up ahead
The days are getting shorter
It feels we'll soon be dead
I want to take more moments
To see you in the sun
To wander under treetops
To laugh and have some fun
Can't wait to see you
You're coming back
Coming back tomorrow
Can't wait to see you
You're coming back
Coming back tomorrow
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2. |
DNA
05:15
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At 5 or 6 o'clock
Before the loudness of the world takes over
The music of the birds
Takes the stage and is never the same
The sun's just coming up
Through the trees creating long shadows
People moving slow
That'll change don't we know
It's our DNA
our DNA
our DNA
We're learning as we go
Crashing rivers flow
Our moment in this expanse of time
I wouldn't mind you here
Just to have you near
Would ease my worried mind
I can't escape the signs
The follow me like a shadow
I remember where you were that night
But I'm not letting it hold me down
The fire doesn't burn eternal
But it can get us through the driving rain
Lying in the glow I wonder
Am I really so far away
From your DNA
your DNA
your DNA
You're learning as you go
Crashing rivers flow
Your moment in this expanse of time
I wouldn't mind you here
Just to have you near
Would ease my worried mind
Look up at the moon
Calling to me all this time
My hands reach out to touch
In the dark in the dead of night
My muscles relax when I hear you
Calling out to show me the way
Feet move out from beneath me
Take me back to where I came
My DNA
My DNA
My DNA
I'm learning as I go
Crashing rivers flow
My moment in this expanse of time
I wouldn't mind you here
Just to have you near
Would ease my worried mind
I wouldn't mind you here
Just to have you near
Would ease my worried mind
Would ease my worried mind
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3. |
Over Now
03:52
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Should have left you a note
Thought about it on the way out the door
Now I'm a long way from home
And I'm eating by the telephone
It's over now
It's over now
People tell me I'll be fine
But they're running out of their precious time
Hard to cut away the grime
From the steps I have to climb
It's over now
It's over now
It's seven o'clock
I should be sleeping but I'm not
Unpacking all the noise
Need to feel the strings on my voice
It's over now
It's over now
It's over now
It's over now
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4. |
Hand Grenade
03:29
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When you walk in the room
You know what I want to do
You got that look upon you
It doesn't make a difference to
You're like a hand grenade
You could use a serenade
But all I see are razor blades
And it's getting so late
All along the writings on the radio
All along you hear me on the radio
When you walk in the room
You know what I want to do
You got that look upon you
It doesn't make a difference to
You're like a hand grenade
You could use a serenade
But all I see are razor blades
And it's getting so late
All along the shoreline is lit up for you
All along I can't control myself for you
When you walk in the room
You know what I want to do
You got that look upon you
It doesn't make a difference to
You're like a hand grenade
You could use a serenade
But all I see are razor blades
And it's getting so late
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5. |
Winding River
06:50
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It was only just yesterday
It was my nineteenth birthday
I was in a basement bar room
I was drunk under the full moon
You walked me home that night
Everything just felt so right
I could have said anything at all
It was the start of a new dawn
Change comes fast
Love burns slow
Not much else
You need to know
We are on a winding river you and me
Sometimes it gets rough and hard to navigate
And it's learning as you go
Changes in the scenery
You can't forget what lies beneath
Before we knew it we were all grown
Finished school got jobs and bought a home
Went over a waterfall
We were capsized in the new dawn
Change comes fast
Love burns slow
Not much else
You need to know
We are on a winding river you and me
Sometimes it gets rough and hard to navigate
And it's learning as you go
Changes in the scenery
You can't forget what lies beneath
The kids come home from school alone
We're all handcuffed to a phone
Twenty years waking up to you
Only you can know the things that I've been through
Change comes fast
Love burns slow
Not much else
You need to know
We are on a winding river you and me
Sometimes it gets rough and hard to navigate
And it's learning as you go
Changes in the scenery
You can't forget what lies beneath
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6. |
Song For You
03:30
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I wrote a song just for you
I was laughing as I walked
Skipping as you talked
This is all that matters to me
The rain was pouring from the sky
But no we did not cry
We didn't wonder why
We stood outside and waited for the light
I love you and you love me
This is all I really need to have
The sea is blue and the land is green
I know it is and I know I can't come back
I have so many little things
Sitting all around
Just strangers to me now
Is this just a place for lost and found
I wish I had you on my ship
From here we'd sail away
We'd learn another way
We'd lay under the stars till the brand new day
I love you and you love me
This is all I really need to have
The sea is blue and the land is green
I know it is and I know I can't come back
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7. |
It All Evens Out
03:32
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Bad luck and good luck
On time and late
It all evens out in the end
But not love and anger
Or love and hate
Toward love that should always tend
Like ripples in the water
Like the bending of a page
Like laughter at a funeral
Like fear upon the stage
It'll all come full circle
It'll all come full circle
One day
Criticized or flattered
Working hard to take a break
It all evens out in the end
So when you're feeling lonely
Too many people around
Some are up when you're feeling down
Like ripples in the water
Like the bending of a page
Like laughter at a funeral
Like fear upon the stage
It'll all come full circle
It'll all come full circle
One day
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8. |
Rock Song
04:52
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Behind the wheel but there's no driver
You're thinking about something else
About how much time you have
About how much time you have
We'll try to solve some problems
But don't worry there'll be plenty left for you
I'm sorry I know that doesn't sound sincere
So turn on a good rock song
So turn on a good rock song
Behind the wheel but there's no driver
You're thinking about something else
About how much time you have
About how much time you have
We'll try to solve some problems
But don't worry there'll be plenty left for you
I'm sorry I know that doesn't sound sincere
So turn on a good rock song
So turn on a good rock song
Short and sweet
Long and deep
Hard and fast
Slow and groovy
Slow and groovy
Slow and groovy
We'll try to solve some problems
But don't worry there'll be plenty left for you
I'm sorry I know that doesn't sound sincere
So turn on a good rock song
So turn on a good rock song
Short and sweet
Long and deep
Hard and fast
Slow and groovy
Slow and groovy
Slow and groovy
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9. |
Piece of You
03:40
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I've been feeling like I'm on fire
And it's burning to the core
It's not like me to be needy
But I'm needing something more
This old house
The car I drive
My old guitar
My daily grind
I'd trade them all for you
Just a piece of you
If I go one way and you go yours
And the two ways never cross
I hope to find you in between
If it means we both get lost
This old house
The car I drive
My old guitar
My daily grind
I'd trade them all for you
Just a piece of you
I've been walking in circles lately
And getting all tied up
If I walked straight and pulled my weight
I might be good enough
This old house
The car I drive
My old guitar
My daily grind
I'd trade them all for you
Just a piece of you
It doesn't matter where I go
This craving feeling never goes
I know just what will do
A little piece of you
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10. |
Come Back To Me
06:15
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Took so many years to find love
Would we leave it all behind
Would we leave it all behind love
Took so many years to find
So I'm running over fields now
I'm jumping over fences now
I'm wondering what you feel now
After all that I've heard
I couldn't wait to see you again
Life's just not the same
Don't want this ride to end
Don't want to feel this pain or pass it on
So come back to me
Come back to me
I try not to get distracted
When you're far away from home
Cause time could stop tomorrow
And I don't want to be alone
So I'm running over fields now
I'm jumping over fences now
I'm wondering what you feel now
After all that I've heard
I couldn't wait to see you again
Life's just not the same
Don't want this ride to end
Don't want to feel this pain or pass it on
So come back to me
Come back to me
So I'm running over fields now
I'm jumping over fences now
I'm wondering what you feel now
After all that you've heard
I couldn't wait to see you again
Life's just not the same
Don't want this ride to end
Don't want to feel this pain or pass it on
So come back to me
Come back to me
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11. |
It Is What It Is
04:34
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I tell you I'm dreaming
You don't like it that way
You want to hear meaning
You want the real me to play
My mind walks a fine line
We all do sometimes
I keep going places
So hard to describe
It is what it is
Well what does that mean?
I'm different from you
And that's alright with me
When I go off alone
Seeking time to unwind
And the noise that surrounds you
Well it runs down my spine
I'm a little bit suited
To time out of mind
You are progress in action
You are cunning you are kind
It is what it is
Well what does that mean?
I'm different from you
And that's alright with me
It is what it is
Well what does that mean?
I'm different from you
And that's alright with me
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12. |
When It All Comes Around
03:30
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My love knows no bounds
But I'm a lonely man
What's going on?
What's going wrong?
O o o o o
O o o o o
My hearts been sinking low
To the shade in the pit of my soul
I know I can't let it go
But there's something I want you to know
When it all comes around
When they all leave your town
When they all let you down
I'll be waiting for you
I'll run as fast as I can
I'll try as hard as I might
I'll never give up on you
I'll never back down from a fight
O o o o o
O o o o o
My hearts been sinking low
To the shade in the pit of my soul
I know I can't let it go
But there's something I want you to know
When it all comes around
When they all leave your town
When they all let you down
I'll be waiting for you
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13. |
Trodden Path
05:45
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On a trodden path
Where the grass don't grow
Snaked across the country
Till we built the roads
People walked to places
Not that far away
Now we live to travel
A hundred miles a day
Deep inside the mirror
I can see the real soul
Look into his eyes
Boy I don't know which way to go
Now there's a storm growing over the southern skies
The north is cold but less paralyzed
We can see the place but we don't know which way to go
Our hands have reached
For the arms of a witness
But with every touch
We beg their forgiveness
Shadow glass is hiding
What goes on inside
The pictures that you paint
Need to see the light
Deep inside the mirror
You can see the real soul
Look into those eyes
But they don't know which way to go
You've never had something so safe and assured
But it's all you've ever had and you still want more
You can see the place but you don't know which way to go
There'll come a day
When you'll lose someone
I can tell you it'll be
Harder than you can even conceive
But if you know their dreams
If you gave them a listen
They can live forever
And the love will keep givin'
Now I know you're there
Like the spray from the waterfall
And I'm floating above
Where I once stood strong and tall
And I can feel it on my hands and on my face
Where I left is just a piece of space
I can see you there like the spray from the waterfall
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14. |
Winter Blues
03:22
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Cold blowing across these fields
it plays like a rotten deal
These winter blues are coming soon
And you can come so undone
Each and every one
Dancing on through
These winter blues
You feel it in your heart
The way to make me start
I hope I have you all day through
The floorboards creak and moan
The winds outside they groan
Blowing away the old for new
Time can get to be so unkind
But it's something that I don't mind
Cause I have you to pull me through
If you just don't feel this way
And you can't find the words to say
These winter blues will find me soon
You feel it in your heart
The way to make me start
I hope I have you all day through
The floorboards creak and moan
The winds outside they groan
Blowing away the old for new
Blowing away the old for new...
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15. |
Tearjerker
03:26
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When I look back through photographs
And I see all of our young faces
Smiling for the camera
Showing off our braces
It's a tearjerker
Nothing but tears
Then thirty years come rolling in
They come and go like a city fair
Memories fade into the sunset
And most do not escape there
It's a tearjerker
Nothing but tears
Fall to the floor
Rolling away
Wanted to see you
Wish you could have stayed
It's a tearjerker
Nothing but tears
Now a song comes on the radio
And I'm sitting alone in my parked car
And every word hits another chord
And I imagine where you are
Now a song comes on the radio
And I'm sitting alone in my parked car
And every word hits another chord
And I imagine where you are
It's a tearjerker
Nothing but tears
It's a tearjerker
Nothing but tears
It's a tearjerker...
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Geoff Burgess Ottawa, Ontario
Geoff Burgess is a singer-songwriter in Ottawa, Ontario, who writes songs about love, loss, time, and the natural world.
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