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Cat Stevens
03:48
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Evening star
Hanging high over my backyard
I wax poetic, it's pathetic so far -
I'm not that smart
I spent an hour in my car
With Cat Stevens on -
the only thing that can keep me calm
when it just seems like everything's wrong
wish I could call my mom
and tell her what's been going on
She'd say: "hold it now.
There's no reason to have a cow.
You could never let me down
for any reason. You can always count on me"
And I think, maybe, a moonshadow follows me
after all
I get so mad at all the misfortune I seem to attract
No, I'm so fortunate. I take that back. Things aren't that bad...
My mind goes back and forth like that
'Till I'm breaking down.
"Oh Very Young" brings me back somehow
"Father and Son" brings me back somehow
When I'm down and out, I take a vow to forget about
All the stupid shit
that I just gotta deal with
I drink and smoke and spit,
tell myself to get over it, get on with it -
I think I need a shrink
And maybe a moonshadow follows me after all
It's a wild, wild world
and I'm a child crying underneath it all
wish I could feel myself curled
next to you in a feet-pajama ball
Outside the bar, it's a pretty warm night for March
I'm blowing smoke at an evening star in the distance
when things get hard, I search for meaning in evening stars,
Cat Stevens and reading Tarot cards... what's the difference?
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Rearview
04:54
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I'm sorry, Mom
It took me so long
to grow up and now you're gone:
open road, headed home
hey, saw you called,
but I'm sorry, Paul -
I didn't pick up, but it's not my fault
I'm on the open road, headed home
It's company for now
It's comforting for now
to watch the country fading out
in my rearview, as I leave you
I wish I had
some smokes so damn bad
I'd light one up and kill the whole pack
I know it's gross... don't tell my folks
I'd roll the window down
it'd be comforting for now
I'd watch the country fading out
in my rearview as I leave you
I'm finally home
there's a light in my window
and I choke up a bit, because I know
this is just how it goes, and i'm not alone
I call your name out loud
You call my name out loud
It's comforting for now
just to hear you, to be near you
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Self-help
03:32
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I've been looking down
I've been following the ground
As I walk and wonder to myself
Hands inside my pockets,
I wander 'round the block
Time stops as far as I can tell
They say I've lost my confidence
I don't know I about that
I want to believe in self-help
But I need someone to love me all day
I need someone to love me all day
I only wanted to be someone who everybody knows is cool
I only wanted to be somewhat close to you
Wish hiding all my feelings came easier to me
It'd be easier on everyone else
But if I say I don't wanna talk,
I can tell you know I'm only fooling myself
They say I've lost my confidence
I know it's true
And I need you
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Andrew Robert Palmer Chicago, Illinois
I'm a regular guy doing a very small thing.
Chicago-based. Sometimes rock, sometimes folk.
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