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Smart Boy
03:42
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Take Me Out
03:20
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TAKE ME OUT OF THIS WORLD
Sometimes my problems seem so
insurmountable that I cannot solve them
And I let depression in like
it had a reservation for a table
I let the little things whittle me down
Till there's nothing left of me to be found
And I get so wrapped up in myself
That I cannot recognize you
Standing in the tunnel with a light ready to
Take me out of this world when you put your arms around me
Take me out of this world I'm in a free fall spin
Whatever it is that makes this world
spin so crazy Is the very same thing
that makes me want to jump off at
the corner of life and death
And I hope it's not the same all Street
Where I once stood watching the rain
Falling into a little brown puddles that
Carried my reflection away from me
I got so dizzy that I called out for you
Take me out of this world when you put your arms around me
Take me out of this world I'm in a free fall spin
I wander in and out of a conscious state
But it has no flag of it's own
To wave in the face of the enemy
who is always ready to be the enemy
If only there was a way
for all of us feeling so separated
to drift together with one thought
Maybe we would not feel
like Adam when he said to Eve before the fall
Take me out of this world when you put your arms around me
Take me out of this world I'm in a free fall spin
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Just Another Record
05:04
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When Did You Figure it Out
When did you figure it out
That it was time for a change
There are some things you can’t do anything about
But this something you arranged
When did you figure it out
You can’t surrender control
Every time you don’t do it yourself
You’re gonna get left out in the cold
When did you figure it out
That you can do anything
Even with all of your doubts
You can’t erase dreams or instinct
When did you figure it out
That when the heat comes on you can’t concentrate
Too many choices with twists and turns
Have got you talking in your sleep while you’re wide awake
When did you figure it out
That it was time for a change
There are some things you can’t do anything about
But fate is something you arrange
When did you figure it out
That messages are being sent
A lifeline network’s been set up
You better sharpen up your telepathy
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Anybody Got a Heart
02:55
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I THINK WE’VE GOT A HOLDOUT
You’re out there on the street
Doing what you’ve been taught
Believing it’s survival
Without a second thought
Dressing for success
And not missing a trick
A suit and tie or a bow at the throat
To hide the scars of office politics
Bit I think we’ve got a hold out
Someone who is not joining in
I think we’ve got a hold out
Someone who is not blending in
The gears turn your mind
You’ve become a part of the machine
I can still remember you
But I miss the human being
People still love to talk
Whenever they’re together
Pour a drink to break the ice
Common ground is talking the weather
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It's The Little Things
03:57
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It's The Little Things
I am not a fool prone to flying off the handle
And I am not so bored that i have to cause a scandal
But I might punch the wall in a rage that's been growing
I keep it inside without ever knowing
I'm doing the best I can without my innocence
When I could take it in stride and use it as my defense
But it's the little things that makes me nuts
The everyday scrapes and cuts that just tear me up
I'm doing the best I can living with the bomb
Even when they alienate every you and me citizen Tom
I try to hold my tongue around joking racial bigots
But I know they've been too long drinking from a poison spigot
I find it alarming how little we show we care
It makes me stop and wonder why do we make life so unfair
Im doing the best I can to improve my attitude
Sometimes it comes easy sometimes I come unglued
I carry the world with me upon my new wrist watch TV
But it's the little things that makes me nuts
The everyday scrapes and cuts that just tear me up
It's the little things It's the little things
It's the little things that tear me up
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Livin' It Up
04:53
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Jeff Smith Virginia
Inspired and influenced by early country, blues, rock and pop
Jeff Smith writes songs and tells elongated and elliptical
stories about them. Jeff's Appalachian drawl slides in and around his guitar playing and Smith says “on a good night the stories and songs swing on top of a funky kind of country blues pop stomp”. Now residing in the swamps of Virginia, Smith performs club gigs and
concerts.
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