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1. |
Buildings
03:55
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Watch the lines in the middle of the highway going by
There’s nothing else to see for many miles
As the sun sets behind us and the mountains fade to dark
We’re waiting for our new life to appear
Cause we’re looking for buildings and people and lights of the city
Then we’ll know this is where we want to be (don't we)
Cause we’re looking for buildings and people and art and music playing
Then we’ll know this is where we need to be (don't we)
The prairie flows aside so swiftly it could be the ocean gliding
As we sail along
Someday we’ll stop and park the car and realize that we made it
we made it
Cause we’re looking for buildings and people and lights of the city
Then we’ll know this is where we want to be (don't we)
Cause we’re looking for buildings and people and art and music playing
Then we’ll know this is where we need to be (don't we)
Taking turns behind the wheel while the other goes to sleep
With fears and dreams unsaid we’ll never tell
Toward that place that could make us or break us two apart
Believing it’ll work out in the end
Cause we’re looking for buildings and people and restaurants and lights beside the highway
Then we’ll know this is where we want to be (don’t we)
Cause we’re looking for buildings and people and art and music playing
Then we’ll know this is where we need to be
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2. |
Season of Loss
03:48
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spring feels so far away
right now it’s grey
and every day I miss your smile
I try to find the joy
it’s just a ploy
without the boy and is the wait worthwhile?
I’m going nowhere fast
this cannot last
it’s just our past that blocks the way
Somehow I still have hope
that’s how I cope
a clichéd trope makes sense to me today
In this season of loss
Can I fathom the cost
of maintaining belief in your love?
I’m too stubborn to think
you’d be gone in a blink
when we had the faith that we had
or was that love between us
a strength we could believe or
something meager?
I’m told it just takes time
this uphill climb
to the sublime, a new lifestyle
spring feels so far away
right now it’s grey
and every day I miss your smile
In this season of loss
Can I fathom the cost
of maintaining belief in your love?
I’m too stubborn to think
you’d be gone in a blink
when we had the faith that we had
or was that love between us
strength we could believe or
something leaner
[bridge]
I swore I’d believe in you
you swore you’d never break my heart again
In this season of loss
Can I fathom the cost
of maintaining belief in your love?
I’m too stubborn to think
you’d be gone in a blink
when we had such faith
In this season of loss
Can I fathom the cost
of maintaining belief in your love?
I’m too stubborn to think
you’d be gone in a blink
when we had such faith
spring feels so far away
right now it’s grey
and every day I miss your smile
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3. |
Field of View
03:27
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I was warned
I might get into something
More than I needed to be
My friends said
“You gotta watch out for this one”
Maybe
Good advice
But I chose to ignore it
It was a chance meant to take
How would I
Know I should believe it
Heartache
Ch:
There’s not a chance in Hades
I wouldn’t take that chance with you
In the center of my field of view
It’s true and you belong there
Not so bad
Tell our friends we believe in
A love despite our mistakes
You and I
Understanding each other
Keepsakes
Bridge:
Sometimes you know
Something is right and extraordinary
And when you know
You go right on through
And break into
That rendezvous is you
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4. |
You = Spring
04:35
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It’s dark but I can’t see it
Winter but I can’t feel it
‘Cause you’re better than the sun
No cold is gonna reach me
Not when I’ve you to teach me
We two are more than 1 + 1
I feel a springtime and it’s coming from the heart
With you any time of year is fine
So warm your affection
Now it’s the right direction
For me — I don’t doubt anymore
You say we’re gonna make it
This time I believe it’s
True — I don’t doubt anymore
Faith and forgiveness of the past
Makes me sure it’s going to last
Even when we make mistakes
I trust the smile in your eyes
‘Cause you’ve made me realize
You and me are what it takes
I feel a springtime and it’s coming from the heart
With you any time of year is fine
So warm your affection
Now it’s the right direction
For me — I don’t doubt anymore
You say we’re gonna make it
This time I believe it’s
True — I don’t doubt anymore
repeat to end
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5. |
Love Is Real
02:19
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Were it not for love, oh
I still would have a friend
No more am I haunted by
The thought that it might end
I know it’s all behind me now
but I feel so insecure
but I know love is real
I can see the firelight reflecting in your eyes
And I find I think too much and now I realize
I give my whole self to you
And you give me so much more
I know, I know love is real
love is real
oh, oh
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6. |
Wonder Whys
03:56
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You're the kind of guy
Makes me wonder why
But I’m guessing I will never know
There’s a situation starting to grow
More than yesterday
I could never tell
If you wish me well
But I’m guessing and I don’t have a clue
And I have to think that neither do you
Or did you anyway?
I wish that I could understand
The thoughts behind those eyes
And realize the answer to the Whys
Chorus:
I wonder why you’re not there
And if you care
But it seems to me that you are asking too
You wonder why it’s not right
And why we fight
But inside I know the answer, so do you
Once you were that guy
Made me wonder why
You were glorious in every way
I wanted you in my life every day
But that’s over now
I wish that I could understand
The thoughts behind those eyes
And realize the answer to the Whys
Chorus:
I wonder why you’re not there
And if you care
But it seems to me that you are asking too
You wonder why it’s not right
And why we fight
But inside I know the answer, so do you
Bridge:
I could ask you
If I thought it mattered
You could tell me
If you wanted to
Chorus:
I wonder why you’re not there
And if you care
But it seems to me that you are asking too
You wonder why it’s not right
And why we fight
But inside I know the answer, so do you
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7. |
Follow
03:50
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The past is a foreign land so this was far away
When we two met by accident and jumped into the fray
He expected to meet someone else and so in fact did I
It was years ago December and the snow was falling down
We laughed and fell together and made angels on the ground
Who needs to take vacation when you’ve got the warmth of two
And soon the rest would follow
Like a downhill racing sled
It might have been predicted
Where this cold snowfall led
It was closer to a blizzard than I ever thought I’d see
We took forever vows among our friends and family
We left together for a honeymoon in sunny climes
And soon the rest would follow
Like a downhill racing sled
It might have been predicted
Where this cold snowfall led
It was snowing hard again on another winter day
I asked him where he’ d been and he didn’t want to say
His body was still here but his eyes were far away
And soon the rest would follow
Like a downhill racing sled
It might have been predicted
Where this cold snowfall led
The year turns round
the snow returns over and again
And soon the rest will follow
And soon the rest will follow
And soon the rest will follow
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8. |
Chance
03:58
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You never know which dreams will stick around
In the attic of your mind
But sometimes second chances catch you by surprise
when you’d become resigned
I would have thought it was impossible
Expecting anything at all
But the impossible can sometimes turn to real
Unexpectedly you fall
Chorus:
In the story of my life
I expect no certainty
If you told me I would laugh and disbelieve that we could be
A second chance for better memories
I never know which dreams will stick around
Always far back in my mind
I was a doubter, never thought my dream was true
I left that skeptic heart behind
Chorus
A second chance is hard to find
Chorus
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9. |
Throw Me Away
03:54
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I would do whatever it would take me
to pay penance for my sins
even if the accusations break me
on my way to breaking in
Give me just one chance to understand it
as you watch me spin out of control
so alone, I must be branded
help me, bring me back my soul
Ch:
This was not what I expected
when we bought our tickets to the show
Don’t throw them away
Don’t throw them away
Maybe there’s an encore to make it better
Maybe there’s a sequel to this play
Don’t throw me away
Don’t throw me away
vs 3
Waiting for the closing of the season
trying to find some cover from the rain
but the forecast gives no reason that
the clouds will ever change
And now the curtain call is over
There’s no delaying this I fear
It just takes one to end this story
It takes one to disappear
Bridge
I’d beg forgiveness if I knew what I had done
But maybe I should be forgiving you
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10. |
Second Heartbreak
03:40
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The second time you broke my heart
It wasn’t cause you left me
It was because I saw your pain
And tears and agony
If only I could make it go - Aaah
But I can’t and we both know
That it can only get better if we both hold on
With all the strength we have
And it’s going to get harder before we get away
Every day going by only serves to mark the time
from the second broken heart
Funny how you find that love
can break you more than anger
I always thought it made you feel
As if the world is yours
If only I could make it go — Aaah
But I can’t and we both know
That it can only get better if we both hold on
With all the strength we have
And it’s going to get harder before we get away
Every day going by only serves to mark the time
from the second broken heart
All is not lost, you know you still
Have me and I still have you and
Next to each other, we’re still strong
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Wendi Dunlap Atlanta, Georgia
Wendi is a singer / writer / artist / Renaissance woman living in Atlanta, Georgia, and formerly of Seattle, Washington.
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