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Chalk
02:40
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where my heart was once a rock
it is softening to chalk
and i draw most every day
on the footpaths on my way to see you
where my brain was once a machine
it's a factory of dreams
that i live most every day
jumping 'cross clouds on my way to see you
i'm not quite the same, since you came along
i'm just a few shades darker and lighter
dimmer and brighter
i'm not quite the same since you came along
and i'm sure i'll change again
if you leave, my dearest friend
when i used to turn away
i smile at strangers
that i pass every day
i brighten the world on my way to see you
when i used to scream and run
now i try to sit down
and talk the tangles through
i make good use of my heart when i see you
i'm not quite the same, since you came along
i'm just a few shades darker and lighter
dimmer and brighter - inner and outer
i'm not quite the same since you came along
and i'm sure i'd change again,
should you leave, my dearest friend
cos where my heart was once a rock
it is softening to chalk.
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I'm Your Shadow
03:10
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i would follow any road you care to take
i would trace your every step
any move you dare to make, i'd do it all
and each foot would fall for you
and any turn you choose, my dear
i'll walk around each bend
any path you're on it's clear
i'm waiting at the end
but the one thing i want you to know
i'm your shadow
i will catch you, if you fall apart
i will set you right again
broken skin and bone, i'll mend
but my broken heart only restarts for you
you're the ocean that i drown in
the apple of my eye
my only, my forever, my reason why
and it's so true, my love, so plain to see
that if anyone's a fool for you
that fool - she must be me
and any turn you choose my dear...
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Fool On Me
03:04
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i'm not an easy man to marry
he said, under his breath as if i
could catch cold from his words
and it's no easy curse to carry, he assured
i've heard you've been
around my house
lurking there til i went out
stealing what you didn't think -
and you don't think - i'd miss
well, fool on me for leaving you a key
such a fool to leave the locks unchanged
fool on me for ever thinking of eternity
such a fool and such a waste
my heart's seen better days
you'd be so much better if you let it out
she said, speaking slow as if i
couldn't quite understand
if you're not careful it could get out of hand
she seems to know my every thought
every fix she has worked out
she's found ways to heal things
i never saw as wounds
well, fool on me for leaving her a key
such a fool to leave that door unchained
fool on me for ever asking what i should be
such a fool and such a waste
my heart's seen better days
well, fool on me
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Yes, Dexter.
03:55
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dexter, darling
i haven't got a lot to say
i'm happy you're smiling, despite the gloom of the day
i'm at the station
i've been waiting for those things to fall into place
with arrows and little signs that say, "yes!"
but dexter, the train, it's almost here
comes at dawn if it ever comes at all
and i'm starting to feel older
taking short breathes between long
i need you, with your rakishness
and your little sign that say... YES!
cos i'm scared of all the machines
that will crank me through their wheels
i'm scared of all the choices i must make
i'm scared of getting things wrong
scared to write this song
i'm scared of all the paths there are to take
so won't you make me one
of your little signs that say yes?
dexter, you are a rock worn thin as glass
and i am cautious as can be
where once i was fearless
but dexter, really - hang up when you want
it's early, you're only just waking up
you can't be waiting on me
with my insatiable need for those
little signs that say... little signs that say yes,
i'm scared of all the machines
that will crank me through their wheels...
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