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Marianne
02:56
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Old men they rule this world
Old men with hearts of sand
One heart they won't break down
and the name of the heart is Marianne
She makes this world of fear disappear
whenever she takes my hand
One heart that won't wear out
and the name of the heart is Marianne
Bridge:
Marianne is far away
running downhill she's caught in the rain
Someday I'll catch up to her
calling out her name
Although I've lost my way now
I know that she'll understand
One heart sees through all lies
the name of the heart is Marianne
Marianne
(bridge)
Old men they rule this world
Hold hearts at their command
One heart they'll never find
the name of the heart is Marianne
the name of the heart is Marianne
the name of the heart is Marianne
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2. |
In My House
03:54
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Arrow to the heart of June
Laughing at the monkey man
These are the pictures
this is the ghost of a plan
Meet you in the movie now
Meet you with your dancer's eyes
You are the true love
There is no world otherwise
I'm so glad you're in my house
I'm so glad you're in my house
Reason only goes so far
Doesn't do the trick I know
Stranded at sundown
Staring at nowhere to go
But TV always twists it around
We will own the rock of peace
With no hidden message
No demon wings to release
I'm so glad you're in my house
I'm so glad you're in my house, my house, my house
As I travel from room to room
Following hard upon your trail
There's a choir that sings your face
They say "drop that suitcase
look up Galahad
here is your Grail"
I'm so glad you're in my house
I'm so glad you're in my house
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3. |
Walk My Anger Down
03:10
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Every time I think of what you said
I see burning red
How could you dismiss me that way
You must know that you have crossed that line
one too many times
and you've gone too far
to pretend it's all in play
Next time you start into throwing
sharpened words around
Chorus:
I'm gonna walk outside (walk my anger down)
Swallow my pride (walk my anger down)
Can't discuss it now (you know I can't talk now)
But I'll come back ready to love you
Come back ready to love you
Somehow
Every time I close my eyes I see
tears in front of me
and I get that shaky feeling once again
There's no understanding in this house
only fear and doubt
and it's coming down to a question of when
I'm tired of being patronized and treated like a clown
chorus
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4. |
Lover's Touch
03:36
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Blood on the Formica looks so absurd
She should be more careful and watch her words
Now the panorama she used to see
has shrunken to a small screen
Buy a vowel or take a spin
and hope tonight he won't be mean
For better or worse now she understands
Things seem better
then he raises his hand again
And if anything's worse than his darkest nights
she doesn't need to know
Buy a novel
take to bed
and cling to the shadows of long ago
True love gone to waste
See the lines captivity can leave on a face
Well the blows themselves don't hurt so much
It's the time between
in terror of a lover's touch
Lover's touch
Mr. Moonlight
can't you do something for her?
She put her trust in you
gave herself up to you
and now she's caught on the wrong side
of the night
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5. |
The Word that Hurt You
03:27
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The word that hurt you
was a word of mine
I didn't mean to say it
though I meant it at the time
Now I'm alarmed at what I've done to you
I feel like such a brutal man
The word that hurt you
came from deep inside
I didn't want to say it
but I gave in to my pride
And now I watch you hold yourself in tight
You look so awfully black and blue
Chorus:
Wake up won't you make up
Can you forget what I said last night and kiss me
Won't you miss me
If you decide this was our last fight
Baby
I'd better be more careful from now on
Another word like that and she'll be gone
I'd better learn to keep my tongue in place
I never want to see that look on her face
The word that hurt you I can't defend
It wasn't right to say it to a true and faithful friend
And now I see the lines in your face change
You look like you have things in mind
Chorus
Now that you've climbed into your eyrie
Safely encircled, bitter as coffee
If I have no key to unlock your injury
Darling forgive me
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6. |
Any Fool
03:10
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Any fool could see what's wrong with me
Any fool could unravel such a simple riddle
Cause my feelings show although I try
to keep my outside cool
any fool could see
except for me
Any fool could just make up his mind
Any fool could run rings around these little details
But I'm always stuck where I began
A boy held back at school
Any fool could see
but no not me
All the tears that I contained
escape from me tonight
I don't know what drives this rain
but any fool could probably set me right
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7. |
Imaginary Garden
03:29
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Here comes trouble and I can't wait
I got lost--why did I hesitate?
Now I know I foundered on the rock of doubt
And in my imaginary garden
the rosebuds are peeking out
Here comes trouble and just in time
I got lost--I tried to walk a crooked line
Now I've got to reinvent the face I wear
And in my imaginary garden
the tulips are almost there
Here comes trouble and fine by me
I got lost pursuing trivial misery
Now I know it's useless to defy desire
And in my imaginary garden
the flowers are on fire
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8. |
Goodbye for Now
03:31
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I've been looking around for a truth to tell
Every "if" in my head has a different sell
And I know you must be nearly out of smiles
for the circling mind of a mixed-up child
Someday when the truth is found
Our love might be unbound
But I've got to say I don't see how
And it looks like goodbye for now
Well I wish I could turn time upon its head
and go back to a day when love wasn't dead
Cause I know when your heart beats it really swings
If I only knew how I would heal these things
Someday at the meeting place
We'll learn why we fell from grace
and we'll mend this broken vow
But it looks like goodbye for now
Who made up these crazy rules?
Why are we so easily fooled?
I could stay and pretend there was love to defend
but it's only gonna mean another day in school
Every answer comes out wrong
I don't want to string you along
It's a dark thing to do
giving up on you
and I'd rather be persuaded that our love's still strong
But I've been walking for hours in a freezing rain
And I know I can't face seeing you again
When I talk about love do I always lie
When I look in your eyes can I even cry
Someday when the truth is found
Our love might be unbound
But I've got to say I don't see how
And it looks like goodbye
looks like goodbye
looks like goodbye for now
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9. |
House of Dreams
04:18
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You and I will build a house
Build it from the inside out
Build it by the water's edge
Rest it on the riverbed
It will rise before our eyes
Stand until the day we die
House of dreams
We will build our house of stone
Leave the living trees alone
Every inch of stone we'll cover
with leaves of ivy linked like lovers
Friends will come and stand amazed
staring at the house we've raised
House of dreams
Into every room the sun will find a way
We will live there
growing like each other every day
like stone and ivy
If you'll build this house with me
we will climb the willow tree
There you'll kiss away my doubts
Kiss my heart into my mouth
Looking down we'll see the ground
where our house will sound be found
It will rise
It will rise
It will rise
House of dreams
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The Rafters Boston, Massachusetts
The Rafters were a jangle-flavored rock quartet that flourished in the Boston area from 1988 to 1993. Members were Brian Middleton (guitar & vocals), Gary Barbati (drums & vocals), Ken Pelletier (bass) and Brice Buchanan (lead guitar & vocals).
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