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Once upon another time,
You were mine, oh, and I belonged to you
Looking up from below,
We didn't know as lovers seldom do
Softly watch our story unfold
We're living and learning,
Loving and turning to gold
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
With the best at our backs,
You turn and ask me what I'm looking for
Just know that I won't pretend
We haven't been down this road before
All we know will end with the day
We're living and learning,
Loving and turning away
We're turning away
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
And I've given you my heart
Do with it what you will
Because you'll never climb a mountain
From a windowsill
And I know that you meant well,
And I'll try to see it so
But I think it's better now
If you just go
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
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2. |
Running Barefoot
02:36
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I was running barefoot
I was unprepared
But I chased you like a dream
I'm a man
With brittle hands
But I still write you pretty things
Cause I've caught you now
I don't know how
You fell into my hands
Like a raindrop in the sand
I was running barefoot
Darling, I was scared
When you didn't run from me
Then you smiled and showed me all the sunny days
As a sad man I didn't see
I've caught you now
I don't know how
You fell into my hands
Like a raindrop in the sand
And it's not vain
For you to say
You're everything I'd never know
I just thought that you should know
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3. |
Hope You Do
03:09
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I'd throw myself right off a bridge
Just to catch your eye
Don't let my lack of confidence
Make you walk on by
Is it out of line to say you're fine?
What do you say?
It's none of my concern if you
Don't want the same
Because I want your heart
And I hope you want mine too
But it's just so hard
To tell you
Oh, I want your heart
And I hope you want mine too
But it's just so hard
To tell you
But I hope you do
I know I'm not that good looking
And that ain't no lie
But I know that you make up for it
And that is why
You and I are two peas in a pie
On a summer day
And it's none of my concern if you
Don't want the same
Because I want your heart
And I hope you want mine too
But it's just so hard
To tell you
Oh, I want your heart
And I hope you want mine too
But it's just so hard
To tell you
But I hope you do
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4. |
The Watchman (Acoustic)
04:41
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From the top of my tower
I can see our city spread below
The sun sets on the rooftops
Of the place I call home
And a charge comes with a call
From an unknown voice that only speaks to me
It whispers to my mind the unspoken words:
"Tell them what you see."
I see light
I see life
I see love
As the city sleeps beneath my watch
I find myself alone
And my heart sinks within me
As the night turns cold
A figure dressed in red raises up a sword
As his army storms the grounds
The voice comes back to ask me,
"What do you see now?"
I see pain,
I see fire,
And I see blood
There's no light,
There's no life,
And there's no love
The rising tall, the final stand
On my lips a call, and a trumpet in my hand
When it sounds, the time has come
I'll stand watch, but I'll plead with you to run
Oh, I plead with you to run
As the dust begins to settle
And the smoke has cleared
All that I can see from the top of my tower
Is a shadow of what our city used to be
But in my soul, there's a hope and a comfort
From a voice I can't ignore
Of this city, I'm The Watchman,
And I know that there's war
A new light
A new life
A new love
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5. |
All I'll See Is You
04:14
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You told me there were always blue skies coming
Well, I tried and failed to make it through the grey
And I've never been more tired but I'll keep running
'cause I've been told tomorrow brings another day
There's a whisper on the wind that keeps me going
It promises to lead the way back home
And I hope to God above that it keeps blowing
Because I don't know if I can make it on my own
And oh, the fire burns and then it dies
But the embers draw me back to what I knew
If we look back when we die at the life we left behind
I know, my dear, that all I'll see is you
There's a stranger staring at me from the mirror
He's foreign and familiar all the same
And with each passing hour it gets clearer
That soon there will be no one left to blame
And oh, the fire burns and then it dies
But the embers draw me back to what I knew
If we look back when we die at the life we left behind
I know, my dear, that all I'll see is you
Because love will take your whole life if you let it
It'll lead you straight to heaven or to hell
But I think we give the devil too much credit
For everything we're doing to ourselves
And oh, the fire burns and then it dies
But the embers draw me back to what I knew
If we look back when we die at the life we left behind
I know, my dear, that all I'll see is you
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Michael Barrow & the Tourists Provo, Utah
Michael Barrow
Mac Wright
Reed Perkins
Alessandro Improta
Zach Collier
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