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There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he
And then one day
A magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return
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The Takedown
02:53
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I’m taking steps to go down tonight so carve my name with a knife in the Sycamore tree
I’ve got nowhere left to go, no one left to see, nothing but the dirt underneath, my, feet
Well I got two small birds in a bush for the devil, one pushed in my hand for me,
I’ve got a hole in my heart, where it makes no sound, gonna jump out my bones and I'll dance around
Six feet down in a box in the ground,
Gonna jump out my bones and dance around
Down I’ma take meself down,
Jump down a hole where I can’t be found
My broke old heart gonna make no sound, heya~
Down I’ma take meself down,
Jump through the loops that I tied around
My feet walkin’ on air gonna make no sound, heya~
Well I’ve been around long enough to know I belong in a box in the left with the lid left on
Out to the shed then down in the ground, put me deep in a hole where I can’t be found.
Six feet down in a box in the ground,
Gonna jump out my bones and dance around
Down I’ma take meself down,
Jump down a hole where I can’t be found
My broke old heart gonna make no sound, heya~
Down I’ma take meself down,
Jump through the loops that I tied around
My feet walkin’ on air gonna make no sound, heya~
I’m gonna disappear,
Tomorrow I’m gonna feel no fear
I’m gonna disappear,
Tomorrow I’m gonna feel nooooooo fear, no no no.
I'm gonna go
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3. |
The Real Comeback
04:37
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I play along writing words in my bed, passing time while you’re sleeping in my head
Even one night is better than some night, I wish it was last night
My brain makes a pillow fort in my bed, The left side is an empty mess
And each night sleeping on your side, it just doesn’t feel right.
But I’m not afraid of the mess I made
C’mon baby we can dive into the rain clouds
and come back with a comeback this time around
Love reveals
with a turn of the wheel
That we can all heal
And we can come back real
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I crash through what was planning for a life, your heart changes and you’re nobody’s wife
And it feels like, we’re not gonna feel right, not for a long time
We grow slow like a pair of old shoes, your tear a little while you tell me the news
With a phone call, and we hit a big wall, and I’m in a free fall...
But I’m not afraid, of the mess I made
C’mon baby we can dive into the rain clouds,
and come back with a comeback this time around
Cause I know you know that
Love reveals
with a turn of the wheel
That we can all heal
And we can come back real
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Joel Reed Mankey Los Angeles, California
I'm a human who lives on earth and in my brain. I make music and love to hear other peoples music. My main focus is acoustic and traditional musics and fusions of them, but I kinda like EVERYTHING. I have a big background in audio engineering and woodworking, so I build instruments and produce records too, but this page is where I keep my ME ONLY projects. I hope you like them! ... more
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