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Two Little Sparrows
03:49
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All my heroes
have flown away
While the blossoms
On the trees
Are bursting out
Beautiful, in the
Spring air
Followed by the hot winds
That will blow across my face
I wish I could fly away
Like in my dreams
Just a little sparrow
That no one notices
While the gravel
On the pavement
Beneath my feet
Are the only connection
I have to this earth
So I close my eyes
Fall into my dreams
Where you’re by my side
Taking off
So we can find our own place
Somewhere away
From this dirty city
If we could fly away
Like in my dreams
Just two sparrows
That no one notices
Because people make bad heroes
Never live up
To their legends
None of us
Is really all that good
Even when we do our best
But if we flew away
I'd be happy with you
Even with all the problems
I may not be any good
But for you
I'd do what I could
So I wish
We could fly away
Like in my dreams
Two little sparrows
That no one notices
Until we're gone
Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, All Rights Reserved
Chords: C, Am, Em.
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2. |
Man with a Suitcase
03:47
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Man with a suitcase
Drags it behind him
Across the road
Don't know where he's going
Where he's been
What he's got in that bag
What he can never forgive
Or what he wants to forget
A long Shadow, is cast
Behind him
It’s the crack of dawn
Suitcase slows him down to a crawl
Like a bag of sorrow
Holding him back
On his way
Before he's hit by a truck
But maybe
It'd be a blessing
To be taken out
If you don’t hear it coming
When you're struggling
To get yourself
Across that street
Across the whole country
To wherever you think
There’s someone waiting
To make you feel ok
Like you made it home
No one wants to think
About anyone else's struggles
While they’re dragging themselves
Through their own
On our way to nowhere
All with our own baggage
Like sacks of rocks
Weighing us down
Like soldiers riding on a train
Landscape and people
Passing us by
While we look back
Where have we been
What will we never forgive
Or forget
And why do we hang on
Tying to make it home
Even when we know
It doesn’t exist
But we can’t let go
Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, All Rights Reserved.
Chords: (G7,C,Am,Dm)x3,(Em,Am)x2 some variations
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3. |
1950's Movie Poster
03:50
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Arms around your waist
The streetlight plays
Off your bare shoulders
Poking out of the shadows
A clinging dress
Shows off your hips
And almost hides
The revolver in your hand
Hard luck girl
Come away with me
The crimes committed
Don’t have to haunt us anymore
It’s all
Just an abstract
Construct
At this point
Just one more heist
A stolen car, and
We’re off to start
A brand new life
We can forgive
Each other’s pasts
Feel our flesh
Fresh and new
On the run
Just you and me
Wherever that highway
Takes us
I’m more than willing
To throw it all away
For you
Let the world pass us by
It may be
Just a movie
Or maybe
It isn’t
But we’re on the run
Just you and me
Wherever that highway
Takes us
I’m more than willing
To throw it all away
For you
Let the world pass us by
It may be
Just a movie
Or maybe
It isn’t
But we’re on the run
Wherever that highway
Takes us
Just hanging on
Baby, I’m more than willing
To throw it all away
For you
Let the world pass us by
Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, All Rights Reserved.
Chords: [C(1bar), Em(1bar),Am(2bar)]x2,[Dm,Em,Dm](2bar each)
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4. |
Sunset Song
03:45
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How is it
I always forget
The hell
I've been through
When I’m driving into a sunset
Song playing in my car
Reminding me of the hurt
But who really cares, when
I just can't dredge up
All the crap
I've had thrown at me
Hard as I try
I know I've never been easy
To have in your life, but
Who were you expecting
To be there for you?
Where's the romance
In being strong and alone
When it's only the lonely
Who try to live that lie
I'd rather we both
Just shut up about it
So I can feel you in my arms
And let it go
I know I've never been easy
To have in your life, but
Who were you expecting
To be there for you?
Driving down that highway
There are choices to make
What to leave behind
What to hold onto
Or just enjoy the ride
Learn to shut up
Instead of tying myself up
In a web of words
I know I've never been easy
To have in your life, but
Who were you expecting
To be there for you?
Except for me?
I know I've never been easy
To have in your life
Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, all rights reserved.
Chords: [Dm(2beats), Am(6beats)]x3, [Em, Am, Em](2bar each) Key: Am 4/4
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5. |
Couldn't Know
03:49
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I couldn’t have known
How badly
You were going to hurt me
When I gave you my heart
I knew all the risks
And it’s really alright
Better to feel something
Instead of nothing
Braver to take that chance
Than shut yourself down
The worst that can happen
Is one more person
Trying to tear me down
While standing alone
Gave you all the ammunition
You needed
And showed you where to strike
Where I have no defenses
It’s probably all my fault
Not just dumb luck
When the same things keep happening
Over and over
Still, didn’t know
How badly
You were going to hurt me
When I gave you my heart
Nothing we did
Proves anything
There’s risk in everything
Every single action
But it’s always braver to take that chance
Than shut yourself down
The worst that can happen
Is one more person
Trying to tear me down
While standing alone
I gave you all the ammunition
You needed
And showed you where to strike
Where I have no defenses
I just couldn’t have known
How badly
You were going to hurt me
When I gave you my heart
Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, All Rights Reserved.
Chords: C,Fmaj7/C,G7
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6. |
Just Get Over It
04:00
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John came back
From fighting In iraq
Never was the same
Sitting in a dark room
Even he couldn't explain
All the things he felt and heard
His exasperated girlfriend would say
You're a grown man
Why don't you just get over it
Like if he was more a man
His PTSD would go away
Sally was a pretty girl
Diagnosed bipolar I
When the darkness hit her
It would hit her hard
Felt like she was trapped
Inside a big glass box
Separating her from the world
Wanting to run
She’d fear she'd never get out
But she could see the happy people
The ones who said they cared
Her best friend Katy
Wanted to go out meeting boys
She’d also ask
Why can't you just get over it
You'll feel better
If you put on makeup and a dress
Bobby was the shyest kid
He'd stammer when the teacher
Tried to make him talk
Rolled her eyes when the other kids would laugh
Years later, he learned
he had an extreme anxiety disorder
Made worse by all those years
Of taunts and torture
They always asked him too
Why didn't he just get over it
I guess they never realized
He always asked himself this very same question
Most of us get up
Hoping to overcome our problems
But when it’s hardwired into your brain
It’s just part of who you are
Everyone has their ups and downs
Everyone needs someone sometime
Just to listen, hear how we feel inside
And make us know we aren’t alone
Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, All Rights Reserved.
Chords: ((D,A7)x2,(Bmadd7,A7)x2)x3,(Em,A7)x2 (roughly)
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7. |
Hand in the Fire
03:49
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I'll never learn
Once burned
Twice again
Going back for more
Need to feel that burn
Know it's real
Don’t care, if it’s
Heaven or hell
Putting my hand in the fire
Once burned
Twice again
Just kiss me harder
Need to feel it
Know it’s not over
That it’s still ok
With you and me
Can't escape those flames
Or that pain
Part of being alive
Like drinking water
Putting my hand in the fire
Once burned
Twice again
Just hold me tighter
Sleeping close
In each other's arms
Breathing in
Each other's breath
[Repeat]
Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, all rights reserved.
Chords Shapes: (D,Em)X2,A,Em,A
(Capo Second Fret)
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Even though you know
Where it leads
Have to find
The reasons
To go on, while
Wild flowers bloom
And die, doesn't matter
Whether you look or don’t
Nothing dulls their beauty
Shooting up
Through the rotting leaves
Left over from a previous year
Daffodils and Wild Irises
Among the things I’d love to do
And find with you
Between the jagged rocks
And swamps
And bramble bushes
Why’s it never easy
[Repeat]
Daffodils and Wild Irises
Among the things I’d love to do
And find with you
Between the jagged rocks
And swamps
And bramble bushes
Why’s it never easy
Chords: Fmaj7, C, Dm
Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, All Rights Reserved.
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9. |
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Well, it’s been
One more year
Of hanging on
To all the beauty
And the bleakness
Mixed in with everything
For a survivor, prince or a fool
The mythology of all my lies
The things I’ve hidden behind
Because it was too hard
To accept myself
In my nakedness
While slashing out
Images
Onto blank sheets of paper
Always creating
A new set of cards
To mix up
Rearrange the tragedy
Of who I am
As if the stories
Made me something else
Other than
A survivor, prince or fool
The mythology of my lies
The things I’ve hidden behind
I’m not looking for fortunes
In the empty buckets
Of things I want to do
Don’t want to know the future
How many new failures
I must endure
Just want to be with you
So I can forget
All the things
That never mattered
To this survivor, prince and fool
The mythology of all my lies
The things I hid behind
Just want to forget myself
In your arms
Break all the mirrors
Never need to see myself
Again
While life goes on
Just want to live it
Feel it
Be with you
Not a survivor, prince or a fool
Just want to be with you
A,D,Em
Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, all rights reserved.
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10. |
Messin' Around
03:44
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Oh Baby, life’s already hard enough
So why ya always gotta
Stir up so much shit
When things just start to get better
Yeah, there’s always
All that other stuff
Hanging out
In the dark
Won’t never go away
But let it loose
For a few moments
And come mess around with me
We can get to somewhere better
Even if it’s just for now
So yeah baby, let it go
And come mess around with me
Life’s already hard enough
So why ya always gotta
Stir up so much shit
When things are getting better
We all got that darkness
hiding in our past
Tries to pull us back
But thinking better things today
Just you and me
Smiling together
Kissing in the dark
When you mess around with me
Let it all go
Just for now
Be here
And mess around a little with me
Life’s hard enough
So why ya always gotta
Stir up so much sh*t
When things could be so much better
Gotta put all that other stuff aside
Fall into each other’s arms
Into each new kiss
Mess around with me
Chords: D,A7,Gmaj7
Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, All Rights Reserved
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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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