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It’s been a long cold night
I’ve been dying alone
Brought to the quay of the river
It must be good knowing that you were right all along
It took a minute but it settled like a fever
She was almost enough
And he was almost true love
But eyes and hearts are feeble
I’ve been thinking of the flight of the albatross
Until falling into nothing again
Love runs fast as a bullet train
And it got me on my knees and I’m down again
If I wouldn’t know better would I let you in
Or come over with this child like feeling
Maybe I was wrong for letting it out
The child of Baudelaire in a one horse town
If I wouldn’t know better, but I’m filled with doubt
So tell me we can’t make it
And the days are nights
since the stardust died
But we ain't down on our luck now baby
Another decadent day
And a brilliant display
Of everything gone so wrong
Sinking in thoughts
Old letters and cards
From Baudelaire to Hugo
And are we losing this fight
Or are we getting this right
Or could we turn it round a little more
Love runs fast as a bullet train
And it got me on my knees and I’m down again
If I wouldn’t know better would I let you in
Or come over with this child like feeling
Maybe I was wrong for letting it out
The child of Baudelaire in a one horse town
If I wouldn’t know better, but I’m filled with doubt
So tell me we can’t make it
And her house painted blue
Every corner every room
There were images painted by her angel
It was right falling low
Not deciding where to go
We were living our life in our window
It was right falling low
Not deciding where to go
She was right, she was right about her angel
Love runs fast as a bullet train
And it got me on my knees and I’m down again
If I wouldn’t know better would I let you in
Or come over with this child like feeling
Maybe I was wrong for letting it out
The child of Baudelaire in a one horse town
If I wouldn’t know better, but I’m filled with doubt
So tell me we can’t make it
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Ocean Away
03:42
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Oh her name rings true upon my mind
Oh and her beauty and kindness makes me blind
Oh makes me blue and makes me grey
For my faith lies here and my true love lies an ocean away
Oh I met her on a dark and sad night
And while she turned it oh so bright
And left me here to say
That my faith lies here and my true love lies an ocean away
Often times I think of her name
And often times I’m tangled in shame
For I’m a fool to stay
But my faith lies here and my true love lies an ocean away
Say farewell man in the sky
I’m on the five o’clock to the other side
Soon I’ll be standing under that maple tree
And say my faith lies there and my true love lies next to me.
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The Same Again
03:14
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Here I sit by the foot end of our bed
Memories in my pockets gone from memories from my head
We lost everything, that you gave
All except one picture on which our smile never fade
As I go walkin’ by the farm sometimes to catch a glimpse of light
As the silence kills me easily and I’m stranded in the night
I cry a million river and I’ll fade out in the rain
And when I wake up, I’ll do the same again
I never thought there’d be a last goodbye
As I catch the guiding lights in the center of your eye
And London always seemed a while away
All this time you pass on by me without a word left to say
As I go walkin’ by the farm sometimes to catch a glimpse of light
As the silence kills me easily and I’m stranded in the night
And I’ll cry a million river and I’ll fade out in the rain
And when I wake up, I’ll do the same again
So go on I believe your word is true
Run out from the demons, oh and run into to the blue
For I am here, but again too late
Running for the hills and fadin’ in the rain
As I go walkin’ by the farm sometimes to catch a glimpse of light
As the silence kills me easily and I’m stranded in the night
And I cry a million river and I’ll fade out in the rain
And when I wake up, I’ll do the same again
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Forsaken by the promises
Left to rot in this town
No water in the well is holy
Take me as a fool
Play your tricks hard and cruel
For the deal has long gone down
Abandoned by her lips
Though the last kiss I forgot
Nothing in the world ever changes
It's at all times just the same
Same old faces but different names
For the deal has long gone down
And the streets are filled with evil
Nothing more than flesh and bone
And the crossroads revealed more than two crystals
She said we'll run out from nowhere
And then her eyes, they turned away
For the deal has long gone down
Now the nights are passing weary
And I'm still bleedin' out the pain
And her crystal eye visions aren't fadin'
It's been two lonely years
With the phantom of deceit
For the deal has long gone down
Come search me out in time
For all that I shall remain
The pale summer moon
And the tides rollin' in
If a new breeze be a-blowin'
I'll be sure to reach you too
Tell that a new deal has gone down
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Michael J. Benjamin Netherlands
Michael J. Benjamin is an intriguing, new, young artist. Michael is of Dutch origin but
was raised in
Sweden until the age of 16, his soulful songs express a hard-won
authority; embracing the world with an engrossing, truth-seeking style of writing which
belies his still tender years.
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