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die&live&die&live

by James Christie Brown

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1.
Give a Little 03:26
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I'm trying not to let it show but I am knuckle-white holding this together It takes a lot of letting go but with the bungee tight we can try whatever How long, how long? (Weren't you ever coming home?) How long, how long? I'm here to let you know that in the arms of love we can lie forever, You need to let a little go and in the evermore we will dine together How long, how long? (Weren't you ever coming home?) How long, how long? (Weren't you ever coming?) Give a little, get a lot, just doesn't feel right Give a little, get a lot, just doesn't seem right But it's all right I'm using all I know but in the art of love you can learn forever I'm earning, earning so I will only know what I can hold together How long, how long? (Weren't you ever coming home?) How long, how long? (Weren't you ever coming?) Give a little, get a lot, just doesn't feel right Give a little, get a lot, just doesn't seem right But it's all right. I'm trying not to let it show but I am knuckle-white holding this together It takes a lot of letting go but with the law of love, we will win whatever How long, how long? (Weren't you ever coming home?) How long, how long? (Weren't you ever coming?) Give a little, get a lot, just doesn't feel right Give a little, get a lot, just doesn't seem right But it's all right
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More to This 03:14
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Flicking through the pages trying to find Something that will hold me steady Lining up the thoughts like they're stars in my mind Resolute that I'll be ready Searching but I'll never find it alone Trying just to hold my head up Treading, treading water, holding the phone Finding out that I'm just fed up Hold tight, hold on I'm thinking maybe there's more to this Oh you never know I'm feeling disconnected from myself Hoping there's an easy answer I wonder if the resurrection'll help I die and live and die and live, I'll take my chances Racing round the cosmic cause of it all Groping after the omega Original in everybody; the fall Is echoing ‘til re:creation Hold tight, hold on I'm thinking maybe there's more to this Oh you never know I'm getting irritated at nothing at all They cut me up in traffic - fuming The shortest fuse is prowling round on patrol He's kicking off, it's my undoing Original in everybody; the fall A downward spiral, helter-skelter I'm calling after cosmic causes in all Of this I'm searching alpha, alpha S.O.S S.O.S S.O.S
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Not Alone 02:51
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Burdened broken, not alone Weary, weak but not alone Didn't I deny your light? Didn't I delight in darkness? It's falling away now don't be afraid It's all in the way I'll hold you Come rest in my arms, I'll hold you from harm It's all in the way I’ll hold you
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Clichés 03:12
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I don't know when I'll see you again All the clichés are true when the girl's on a train away from you Sat on the tram Wearing my headphones Chin on my hand Watching the world go The other way Is where you're going I don't know when I'm sitting here hoping
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Get Away 04:30
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So say the rest and then sail away You're saying the winds that are going change, they're change are gonna change you too But you've got to forgive me for not believing I've seen the way that you’ve been deceiving all the others Turn around, turn away Get away, get away, get away, get away So I'm making up another conversation I feel the way that I'm waiting patiently doesn't fit Into the way my imagination takes me straight to a confrontation like I'm into it In fact I avoid any kind of fight and struggle, run, and squirm and hide to get away from it Turn around, turn away Get away, get away, get away, get away Won’t you be yourself? I'm having imaginary conversations as a kind of overcompensation for something else But I always seem to win these arguments when I am in them by myself Turn around, turn away Get away, get away, get away, get away
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There's a Way 02:49
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There’s a way things are supposed to be There’s a way There’s an order, a link, connection, a string and a thread that runs through all of this I had an account in the bank once and the banker asked me to withdraw it and I used up more red ink than the account was worth. I see where your wives come with you. You notice I say ‘come’ not ‘withdraw’. I see where your convention was opened by a prayer. I noticed in the prayer the clergyman announced to the almighty that the bankers were here. Well it wasn’t exactly an announcement, it was more in the nature of a warning. He didn’t tell the devil. He figured he knew where you all were, all the time anyhow. I would open my heart I would open I see by your speeches that you’re very optimistic of the business conditions of the coming year. Boy I don’t blame you. If I had your dough I’d be optimistic too…
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I Rely 03:23
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Keep it in the dark and you’re wasting Hold it to the light and you’re fading. Bye bye Keep it in the dark and you’re wasting Hold it to the light and you’re fading. Bye bye I rely, I rely on Light I rely, I rely on Light Say you’ll never lie but you’re failing Say you’re never right but you’re straining. My my Say you’ll never lie but you’re failing Say you’re never right but you’re straining. My my I rely, I rely on Light I rely, I rely on Light Living in the time that you’re wasting (there is time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven) This will never fly but you’re flailing. Fly, fly (a time to be born and a time to die) Living in the time that you’re wasting (a time to plant and a time to uproot) This will never fly but you’re flailing. Fly, fly (a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build) I rely, I rely on Light I rely, I rely on Light Looking to the sky but you’re straining Looking for the light and you’re praying. My my Living in the time that you’re wasting This will never fly but you’re flailing. Fly, fly Keep it in the dark and you’re wasting Hold it to the light and you’re fading. Bye bye Looking to the sky but you’re straining Looking for the light and you’re praying. My my

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released August 12, 2013

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