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Bottle of Wine
04:15
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You poured me a glass of some cabernet
Ten dollars from the liquor store across the way
I parted my lips and took a sip
You parted yours and started on our memory trip
Back to cherry-topped sundaes on that summer day
You were just about to leave but I begged you to stay
Five minutes to make, five minutes gone
Five years later and the flavour lingers on
Chorus
Here we sit with a bottle of wine
Reminiscing as if we let the tapes rewind
Not a moment spent second guessing our choices
As the memories play to the sound of our voices
Remember that December day we planned to go out
But it was way too cold for us to even leave the house
So we dreamed of breezy beaches lying on your bed
And let the winter weather wither within our heads
'Cause all those times we talked of traveling to somewhere sunny
Never went anywhere 'cause we had no money
And as the honeymoon is coming soon I think it's funny
That I'll never get to see you in trunks.
Chorus
I met your mom and dad when I had such a fever
I shivered when I shook their hands they thought I was either
About to lose my cool or perhaps I was a junkie
But despite that, and even to this day, they still love me
I still think about all those fights we had
About something small but they got so bad
Until we made up just by talking
And we stayed up all night walking
Through the reasons that the two of us should stay together
And the things to do to make it through the nasty weather
But you and I always knew the truth
That you were never meant for me and I'm not meant for you
Chorus
Even though you told me I was free to crash on the couch
I think it's better if I head 'er 'fore the sun comes out
The bottle is empty and my throat is dry
And there's not much left to say about "You and I"
So goodbye to "You and I" 'cause now it's "Us" and "Them"
Our lives are moving forward and we can't pretend
We'll have time for each other like we did back then
But we can still make time for nights like this again
You know this meeting was to celebrate the end of a chapter
And to mark the start of one happily-ever-after
For the other what the future holds we just can't tell
But if we knew, would we go through with it? It's just as well
Chorus
I can tell you're tired by the way you're blinking your eyes
I think it's time for us to hug and say our goodbyes
This meeting was to celebrate the end of a chapter
And to mark the start of one happily-ever-after
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2. |
Blackberry Blue
03:42
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Every time that we get together
Someone phones and interrupts us whether
We stay in or whether we go all out
But that's just what this e-world's all about
Imagine if we threw it all away
And let our tech dependence end today
I'd walk to work and to your house just to say "Hi"
And if you weren't there I'd leave a note to say I stopped by
It's not that I'm a luddite but I'd
Like to think that if I should try
I could live without technology
That it's not the definition of me
You ring me up to let me know what's going down
Then I get lost while driving all over town
A text from you will wake me up the next day
But that's all right, don't need to sleep in anyway
And then I wonder how my life would go
If I was born a hundred years ago
The soul of all the songs I sing would stay the same
'Cause love and hate and confusion are things that never change
So express your love to me like this
With ones and zeros; hugs and a kiss
'Cause every day there's something new
Come with me where blackberries turn my tongue blue
Blackberry blue
Follow me into my fantasy
To see how simple the real world can be
Make believe and this dream will never end
Or face the fact that we're still plugged in
I watch TV with my phone in hand
'Cause I believe this e-world's not so bad
So just before I snuggle into bed
I check my facebook to see what you said
You express your love to me like this
With ones and zeros; hugs and a kiss
'Cause every day there's something new
Come with me where blackberries turn my tongue blue
Blackberry blue
Blackberry blue
Baby, come with me where blackberries turn my tongue blue!
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3. |
Angela
04:11
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Her name is Angela
The little silver lining in my tragic life
The one good thing I did by giving her a life
Just as mine was ending
It was twenty years ago
I didn't know much better but I guess it shows
My mom spent three days crying
Still I wouldn't change anything
She wants a business degree
She wants to travel Europe when she's twenty-three
Her love for exploration, that, she got from me
I wish that I could take her
But you see when I was her age
The story of my life was on a different page
My husband had me living trapped inside a cage
I needed to escape there
She was just curious, she was just curious
She needed to know why
She didn't know me yet, please let me show her that
I needed her to fly
I met her family last week
I thought that they would hate me but they seemed so sweet
She's a small-claims lawyer, he's a business chief
Their house was so pretty
They showed me pictures of her
Graduation, birthday parties, pictures of her
Smiling, laughing, celebrating pictures with her
Everyone seems so happy
She was just curious, she was just curious
She wanted to know why
Now as I hold her hand I see she understands
I needed her to fly
Her name is Angela
The little silver lining in my tragic life
The one good thing I did by giving her a life
When I gave her away
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4. |
Me, The Fool
03:50
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When I found out how you took me for the fool
I chose to play into the way that you think
I put my hair up, I wore my make-up
And I sang a song with a smile and a wink
You always took me out on those fancy dates
Drinking a hundred dollars down every time
I didn't know then that all of your dough then
Was funded by your double-dealing white collar crime
My life of luxury was worth the cost of all the friends I lost
They couldn't take the way I'd changed
All their stares and glares couldn't phase me because they failed to see
The careful plan that I'd arranged
Chorus
Though I suffered every time I took the looks
As you and your association cooked the books
Not that I ever thought that our love would fail
Now it seems that I've got the means to send you straight to jail
You'd send me out to buy myself pretty things
Tell me to get something real sexy to wear
You only wanted me to parade me and flaunt me
So you and your boys could sit around and just stare
Then when the years went by you started to fade
How could I measure to your nickels and dimes?
To all of your boys and all of your toys
And to the younger girls with whom you spent all your time?
So go ahead and talk your fancy talk to all your business flock
The ones who studied hard in school
I'll just sit here, yeah, they don't notice me 'cause I don't know a thing
I'll play the part as me, the fool
Chorus
Though I suffered every time I took the looks
As you and your association cooked the books
Not that I ever thought that our love would fail
Now it seems that I've got the means to send you straight to jail
Now you say you wanna leave, well, baby that's alright with me
I'll send you off with open arms: the cash, the kids, the cars, the keys, please
That sad desperation in your eyes ain't gonna make me change my mind
Let me spell it out for you one last time
You pay or I talk, I stay and you walk. You got caught the life you bought is gone
Don't you dare tell me I've got some nerve, this is the very least you deserve
Chorus
'Cause I suffered every time I took the looks
As you and your association cooked the books
Not that I ever thought that our love would fail
Now it seems that I've got the means to send you straight to jail
'Cause you broke my heart when you played me time and time
It's fair that your lifetime savings are finally mine
And it's all because you assumed I was too dense to see the truth
But that's what you'll get any time you're gonna mess with me, the fool
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5. |
Thoughts About You
02:40
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So disappointed in you
You let me down again
I've tried so hard to hate you
But I love you and I love
I gave you every last chance
I showed you all of my hands
I've tried so hard to hate you
But I love you and I hate when I have
Thoughts about you
Thoughts about you
Thoughts about you
Thoughts about you
I hoped things would work out
I disregarded my doubt
I should just have ignored you
But I trust you and I trust you
While I tried to keep cool
I came out as the fool
I should never have believed you
But I trust you and I trust you when I have
Thoughts about you
Thoughts about you
Thoughts about you
Thoughts about you
What can I say to convince me to just throw our past away
What can I do? Every time that I think I'm over you I'm having
Thoughts about you
Thoughts about you
Thoughts about you
Thoughts about you
So disappointed in you
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6. |
My Ego
03:11
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Maybe it's my ego getting the best of me
Or maybe I'm your hero and you just refuse to believe
That I'm the best thing for you since pre-sliced cheese was to the grill
Or that I'm the best thing for you since the automatic was to the kill
Or maybe it's my ego getting the best of me
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7. |
Chasing Metaphors
03:27
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How 'bout I start with a cliché
"What goes around comes around" I'll say
Pull my hair out to find a rhyme
That I haven't used a thousand times
While you take a stroll across the street
To that little place where you like to eat
You meet a man who lost his mom
Pull out a pen and write a song
I'm not implying that you don't work as hard
It's just in this respect you know I'm not as smart
As you when you do the thing you do
I could spend all day listening to you
See, I'm like the moon and you're the sun
You don't need my help to get shit done
You draw me in and I'm so completely yours
Then you keep me chasing metaphors
I'm blessed beneath the light of you but in turn I appear so dim
Still you draw me in
Now I recall everywhere I've been
And everything I have ever seen
There's not a face that I forget
Not even the faces I regret
But when I sit down to write a song
All of those memories are gone
It's like my mind goes out of town
It's like my voice won't make a sound
I'll take a walk or read a book or watch TV
To try and work some thoughts and feelings out of me
Then I find you wide awake and wired
And I can tell that you're inspired
Yeah, you saw a brightly coloured purse
And damn if you got another verse
You draw me in and I'm so completely yours
Then you keep me chasing metaphors
I'm blessed beneath the light of you but in turn I appear so dim
Still you draw me in
Baby, can I show you what I done
As I bring you over to the bridge
And like a proud papa with his son
You put my messy picture up on the fridge
Baby, can I show you what I done
I wrote this song for you
You love it and you take it to show every one
What this little girl can do
The patience and love you invest in me
Consistently bring out the best in me
Despite how it gets to the rest of me
For you I'd give my all
I know there are better words to use
For what I am trying to say to you
You come into my life and just like that
You find them all in seconds flat
You draw me in and I'm so completely yours
See I am a moth and you're the flame
The closer I get the worse the pain
Then you keep me chasing metaphors
I am the bun and you're the beef
Your words leave me stunned in disbelief
I'm blessed beneath the light of you but in turn I appear so dim
Still you draw me
You draw me
Baby you draw me in
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8. |
Bad Neighbourhood
05:46
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I'm waiting for the day to descend into dusk
That's when I'll know where to find you
'Cause you told me once and I remember
That you and your friends dig this joint for its proximity, familiarity
Tonight I've paired my shiny shoes with my rosy shades; an ambitious hue, I know
But I've got my lucky table by the bathroom door
And I'm checking you out; you, diggin' the night so young
Chorus
But it's late and I ought to go home
But it's a bad neighbourhood
But nothing ever really happens
But sometimes I wish it would
Then you could be my saviour
You could find me just in time
I wouldn't need to give no gratitude
You'd just see it in my eyes
I can see you; see your face among the crowd
And I can hear you; you know, when you're talking loud
And I feel you even when you're passing through me
And my skin still burns from your gaze when you're looking past me
You know, you told me once and I remember
How this was your haven where you could fly free
And in my fantasy you're up in the air with me
For now I sit and wait, sip my sweet escape
Chorus
My heart's racing as you cross the room my way
'Cause I know this time I'll have something good to say
Because you told me once and I remember
Or maybe it was a dream but I still believe
Any night like this that you'll see me and you'll save me
You know, I could be the one to rescue you
If you're sad or if you're lonely I could be there for you
Chorus
When you'll be my saviour
You will find me just in time
And I'll be forever faithful
And you'll be forever mine
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9. |
We Love
04:39
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When I returned from traveling and met up with my packs
You called to say you couldn't come but you would pitch in for a cab
Secretly hoping I'd reject your generosity
But I was so broke and overspent I happily agreed
Got back to our apartment and could tell that I'd been gone
Dishes piled miles high and the TV'd been left on
Picked up your sweater and the smell of you sent me in a spin
I paced the floor and waited for you to walk on in
'Cause we love, we sleep
We work, we eat
We kiss, we stare
When you returned from doing whatever it is you do
We hugged and we kissed you said "I missed you"; I said that I missed you too
Then I rambled on about all the great things I got to see
Until you decided you were bored and turned on the TV
Sometimes I picture packing up and walking out the door
Scrambling to find a place to live where I can scrape my heart up off the floor
Sometimes I wonder, what am I to you?
'Cause you're just a boy that I can call when there's nothing else to do
But we love, we sleep
We work, we eat
We kiss, we stare
We hang onto what is no longer there
We say "baby" 'cause there's nothing left to say
We say "baby" 'cause there's nothing left to say
We love, we sleep
We work, we eat
We kiss, we stare
We hang onto what is no longer there
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Lauren Joseph Montreal, Québec
Don’t let her petite stature and modest demeanor fool you. When Lauren Busheikin opens her mouth to sing, she will knock the wind out of you! Trained in both classical and jazz vocals, Busheikin’s musicality and vocal agility makes her a one-of-a-kind performer. The depth and thoughtfulness of her lyrics will touch the audience while the catchy melodies will have audiences humming along. ... more
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