1. |
First Day of Forever
02:56
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Sometimes
You just have to go dark
Before you can find
The first day of forever
When you hit
Rock bottom
And have to
Climb out
Baby
Yeah, I've been there before
Just like you
And maybe
I'm still climbing out
To find that new place
Somewhere with you
Breathe in clean air
And look out
Across the world
With fresh eyes
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2. |
Blue Dress
03:39
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We met
So long ago
But I've never forgotten
How you looked
In that blue dress
Back then
Trading secrets
Sitting on
That old sofa
While I looked
Into your eyes
And your mouth
While you talked
And your legs
Two lost ships
Pausing
For no reason
But it felt good
Not knowing
Where we'd end up
Drifting through time
At the whims
Of the wind
With our faulty maps
Yeah, it was so long ago
But it feels like yesterday
You sitting next to me
In that blue dress
Trading secrets
While I looked
Into your eyes
Two lost ships
Pausing
For no reason
But it felt good
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3. |
A Memphis Girl
07:34
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I drove into Memphis
Around half past 12
Had already been driving
All day long
Took a seat
Somewhere in the back
Of this old diner
Bobby Darin
Was playing on the jukebox
Yeah, it's how I expected
Memphis to feel
I thought, while drinking my coffee
The pretty waitress
Sat down with me
In the slick yellow booth
Talking about where
I was headed
While looking into each other's eyes
Two lonely people
Not knowing exactly
Where we were going
But I had a letter
From my baby
In my pocket
Saying she wanted me
To go back home
Give it another try
The Memphis girl
Said she'd get off
In half an hour
And maybe, I'd like to rest
At her place
Across the way
Just hang out
See what happened
But I had a letter
From my baby
In my pocket
Saying she wanted me
To come back home
We'd make it all work out
Then a group of drunks
Stumbled in
And the Memphis girl
Got up to take their orders
She looked so good
To me there
But I had a letter
From my baby
In my pocket
Saying she wanted me
To come back home
Make it all work out
So I smiled as I passed
This Memphis girl
And headed to my car
Driving off into the night
Alone in the silence
Wondering
What would have happened
Had I stayed
And where I'd have ended up
But I had that letter
From my baby
In my pocket
Saying she wanted me
To come back home
Make it all work out
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4. |
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Sometimes
Life just happens
That way
When you think you know
What you want
And the wrenches are thrown
But the wheels
Are already set in motion
And you have to let go
Let life take its course
Even when it breaks
Your old heart
Or you're left
With all the could-have-beens
Stuck in your heart
Happened before
Will probably happen again
Cuz life just runs
Over all in its path
Eating you up
In slow motion
But sometimes
It seems
Life just happens
That way
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5. |
Not Good Enough
03:11
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Maybe
I've never been
Good enough
For things to work out
In the ways I wanted
I've always tried
But life
Can be complicated
And sometimes
You end up
Where you end up
For no good reason
Call it fate or bad luck
It doesn't matter
Autumn leaves
Blow across the road
And end up
where they end up
Things work out
Or they don't
None of us matter
All that much
But maybe
We can find
Some sort of freedom
Through our failures
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6. |
Just a Little Bit Longer
03:23
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When you're getting
Sucker-punched
By the past
And all the mistakes
You've made
And it seems like your luck's
All run out
It's hard not to feel
Like giving up
But there just might be
That one special person
Just waiting
To make you realize
That it's going to be alright
Just have to hang on
Yeah, baby
Hang on
Just a little bit longer
Cuz we've all been there
Somehow
When the world
Starts to seem
Like it's just no good
But there just might be
That one special person
Just waiting
To make you realize
That it's going to be alright
Just have to hang on
Yeah, baby
Hang on
Just a little bit longer
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7. |
Whatever it Takes
03:23
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Whatever it takes Baby
To make it right
I'll do it for you
And we'll find a way
To escape the darkness
The toxic traps
We both fell into
For whatever reasons
Bad luck
Followed by bad choices
Maybe the story of my life
But I've been broken down
Just so bad
Have to take the chance
To put the pieces back together
Into the places
They always
Should have been
So whatever it takes
I'll do it for you
And we'll get there baby
Whatever it takes
I'll do anything
To make it right
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8. |
My Baby, My Love
03:48
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When your reality
Catches up
With your dreams
And it's more
Than anything
You've ever thought
Would be possible
It's so damned rare
Everything
I've found
With you
My baby
My love
And our dream
Reality
Leaving the turmoil
And hatred
In those old lives
Now replaced
With our peace
And happiness
I'm never letting go
Of you, and
What we've found
Only wishing
That I had gotten out
A whole lot earlier
With you
My baby
My love
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9. |
Taste of Your Kiss
04:32
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Driving down
This lonely highway
With the taste or your kiss
Still in my mouth
Wondering where
This road will take me
And where we'll end up
Trucks roaring by
In the darkness
Driven by lone truckers
Hoping to get home
Before the sun comes up
On a brand new day
Me in my car
Driving along
With the taste of your kiss
Still in my mouth
Dreaming of some new place
Filled with peace
Love and happiness
Somewhere down
This dark two lane highway
The light in the distance
Cat curled up
On the chair
And me cooking dinner
Yeah, it just me
Driving along
With the taste of your kiss
Still in my mouth
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10. |
Never Enough
03:29
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I wish, we could turn
The last few minutes
We've shared
Into one hundred years
That we could spend
Together like this
Because
There'll never be
Enough time
For us
And one night
Or one year
Isn't going to be
Long enough
For me
To be with you
So in my mind
I'll turn
The last hundred minutes
Into one hundred new years
That we'll get to
Be together
Like this
Because
In my heart
I'll never let go
Of you, baby
And I'll treasure
Every minute
That I have with you
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Mark Hahn Tucson, Arizona
Tucson artist and writer, Mark Hahn, grew up in Detroit MI, studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and has traveled, lived and worked in many major cities across Europe and the United States. He has now settled in Tucson and spends his time focusing on varied creative projects while exploring the Sonoran Desert and the broken down mining towns that are scattered around the Southern AZ landscape. ... more
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