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A little more time with my angel
Another glass of wine to be able
To draw another breath next to you
Another wounded night has fallen
Every tired mind is breaking down
Little babies gone to sleep
I don’t feel so bad
Ordinary
I don’t feel so bad
There’s no other sun shining
There’s no other sun shining
Ordinary
Do us a favor
With an ordinary kind of saviour
You want to paint the walls with the ocean
You want to look across the great blue space
But you never face your faults
You never frown at all
Ordinary
Do us a favor
With an ordinary kind of saviour
For this wasted love
Where the odds are favored
To this ordinary kind of flavor
I don’t feel so bad
Ordinary
I don’t feel so bad
I hope you let me give you what you want
What you couldn’t keep around you for too long
And if you wake up somewhere you don’t want me
At least we’ll never be ordinary
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Say The Words
03:26
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Let me see the sunrise, the morning light
I want to be a circus of energy tonight
I keep holding on
I keep holding on for you
Say the words
And you make them true
I keep holding on for you
I just keep running down this empty road
Chasing stars like a firefly with infinite hope
I keep holding on
I keep holding on for you
Say the words
And you make them true
I keep holding on for you
Don’t you get me down on love
Because you’re in my blood
Say the words
And you make them true
Say the words
I’ll come back to you
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I was up all night
Like I’d never seen the morning
It was a blue-eyed sun
April sky
You let me down
But sometimes I can’t lose anything
That’s the way I feel
Throw your arms around me
Draw the line at what you give away
You don’t need
You don’t need nothing
Say goodbye to yesterday
This is another time and place
You don’t need nothing
Throw your arms around me
You don’t make sense
But I would hold the sky up for you
Walk on fire
Or broken glass
It isn’t much
But it’s better than the way it was
That’s the way I feel
Throw your arms around me
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When You're Gone
03:05
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I want to lie in your bed
I want to wait on your steps
winter falls on my head
when you're gone
I can't wait for the end
I get tired of myself
I don't feel anything
when you're gone
I get to thinking I could never leave your side
I get to drinking because I miss the way you smile
I love you baby and I hope you never know
when you're gone
I got nowhere to go
I still hear what you say
However many miles away
It’s just another lonely day
when you're gone
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You Fool
03:56
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I will take
The casual mistake
The same restless hands
Making these plans
Fate
Time only waits
The moments won't stand
Still for the camera
Just because
You don’t know the rules
You sound like a fool
But I know what you’re after
Don’t give up
Don’t give up
Don’t give up
When the river still runs
it just
Breaks down
Just breaks down
Just breaks down
And the wheel is coming up
You spin and you fall
You fall in love
You take what you want
And leave the rest
Take what you want
And don’t be sad
don’t be sad
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East of Hollywood
04:47
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It’s not your fault
Another color for the painted wall
You’re at the window with your eyes across
The weight of the world
Yesterday
You came up empty for the second time
You threw it back because you heard a sigh
A baby’s cry
A little east of Hollywood
Because you don’t know where it is
That another day begins
You’re running out
Of things to talk about
I’m tired now
Of watching all the movies fade to black
We could have seen you but they cut it out
And left you to beg
A little east of Hollywood
Because you don’t know where it is
That another day begins
You’re running out
Of things to talk about
When silence falls
Never turn around
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Another wounded smile from the battlefield
Why won’t you help me cross?
Help me cross the bridge tonight
The morning after all this stormy weather
Just come on home
Come on home
You were dreaming baby
It’s not like your photograph
You don’t love somebody
Unless you’re satisfied
With all his angels
His devils
Don’t believe it baby
You don’t want no photograph
You’re beautiful like a rose among the weeds
You make me proud
And then you make me bleed
I’m not afraid of love so baby don’t shed no tears
Just make a choice for something you believe
Something you believe
You were dreaming baby
It’s not like your photograph
You don’t love somebody
Unless you’re satisfied
With all his angels
His devils
Don’t believe it baby
You don’t want no photograph
Photograph
It’s not like your photograph
You were dreaming
You were dreaming
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Helpless
02:54
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You don’t know which side you’re taking
You don’t know which lines you’ve crossed
There’s a way that you say nothing
So you never say it wrong
You’re a shadow and you’re falling
From the sunset to the floor
There’s a way you make predictions
About the seasons of your love
You should just be
helpless in my arms
so I never lose you at all
You know that rain is going to fall
helpless
You’re a thousand confirmations
Everything will be all right
The newest constellation
Getting settled in the sky
I can see tomorrow smiling
From a place beyond these clouds
I just want to take you with me
Give you everything you’ve gone without
You should just be
helpless in my arms
so I never lose you at all
You know that rain is going to fall
helpless
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As Good As Love
05:17
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It takes a flood to move tomorrow
A hard rain to wash it out
So you leave the window open
You can breathe for a while
You call me up to say you’re sorry
That it got so cold
I know it’s not the weather
That makes you go
Smoke in your eyes
Change your mind
Smoke in your eyes
Make you cry
Let’s go down together
Take one last stand
When I reach for you
Just put out your hand
In a life worth living
It’s a promise that you keep
To be always ready
For anything
Smoke in your eyes
Change your mind
Smoke in your eyes
Make you cry
As good as love
Turn it up too loud
Turn it up too loud
You don’t know what you found
Until you make it broken
You were born to cry
And then love a while
You don’t know what you found
You don’t know what you found
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All That Lifts You Up
03:49
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You look good up there
With the lights on your face
I saw someone that’s
Better than this place
I sing your praises
From the rooftops baby
Give me one more chance
And even if tomorrow comes
I’ll be around
To prop you up when you come down
When you come down
When all that lifts you up
Lets you down
It’s like we were never young
Sometimes the strings get cold
But you just get better
The more that you get old
So save me the last kiss
And we’ll never let it go
We’ll just be here standing by the road
With all this time
even if tomorrow comes
I’ll be around
To prop you up when you come down
When you come down
When all that lifts you up
Lets you down
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No More Questions
03:00
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I get miles of windy weather
Drinking rain until I choke
Missing time on the meter
With just half a life to go
But this light in the window
Says tomorrow I’ll be free
So no more questions
Just let it be
Wherever North comes to nothing
That’s a long way from here
I’ve been trying to tell you
That there is no in-between
But this light in the window
Says tomorrow I’ll be free
So no more questions
Just let it be
Oh
There’s a hush before I go
I came alive with the spirit
It made me
I was on the other side
Chasing after praises in the night
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Butterfly
03:32
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You tried to redeem that promise note
You barely escaped from the undertow
You know what you want
But you can’t let go
You spread your wings tonight
Butterfly
You stand at the heart of a sinking ship
Your body is tired and your brain is shit
It’s all you can do just to drink the wine
You spread your wings tonight
Butterfly
You spread your wings
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Sugarbabe
03:03
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I’m sure she’s coming back
she’s just shining up her boots
dancing through the fire
she might kick something loose
nothing is for sure
but I’m not so sure of that
I feel it my heart
whenever you’re away
I’ll never be alone
as long as I come home
to you
you’re my sugarbabe
you make me crazy
you’re so sweet it hurts
it feels too good
we could try another place
but you know it’s getting late
to be chasing all these lights
across the interstate
nothing is for sure
but I’m not so sure of that
I feel it my heart
with your hands in my lap
if not for you
there’s nothing in this world
there’s nothing in this world
you’re my sugarbabe
you make me crazy
you’re so sweet it hurts
it feels too good
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Krister Axel New York
Hi, my name is Krister Axel. I am a roots-rock veteran of the indie music scene, and I have a degree in Poetry. I am a
published lyricist, composer, and songwriter. I started playing piano in White Plains, New York because our black upright piano fascinated me and my sisters hated their piano lessons. That was in the 80's and I have never stopped writing songs.
My music blog is called CHILLFILTR.
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