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1.
A Darker Shade of Blue 03:35
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Lights are coming on in every street in town I love to sit and watch the sun go down I never knew a darker shade of blue Until I lost the sweetest thing I’d found Well, here it comes, here it comes, here it comes Cracking up while the world is cracking down I can't get my feet back on the ground If there was a way to be with you today I'd stay with you and watch the stars spin round Well, here it comes, here it comes, here it comes Back on the streets again Back in defeat again Back where the lights of love go rushing by Back on the road again Back on my own again I wish I could be where the sun is high I’d love to see you when the sun is high Wind is coming up, sends shivers down my spine Midnight’s gonna stay with me, the perfect time And all that I can do is sit and think of you And wish there was a way that I could make you mine Well, here it comes, here it comes, here it comes Back on the streets again Back in defeat again Back where the lights of love go rushing by Back on the road again Back on my own again I wish I could be where the sun is high I’d love to see you when the sun is high
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Can't Have Love 03:51
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Four AM. Lying in bed with the lights off, honey Waiting for your footsteps on the stair below And I don't know where you been or who you been with Tell the truth I don’t really want to know You give me promises That sound like lies Oh-oh If I can't have love I don't want anything from you If I can't have love, if I can't have love If I can't have love I don't want anything from you If I can't have love, if I can't have love Sometimes I think back to the good times, honey Waiting for the sun to rise and bring you home I once thought I couldn’t live without you But nights like these I would rather be alone You give me promises They sound like lies Oh-oh If I can't have love I don't want anything from you If I can't have love, if I can't have love If I can't have love I don't want anything from you If I can't have love, if I can't have love Maybe I could get down in my knees and pray Maybe I could find the words to make you stay But baby I can't take another day Oh oh If I can't have love I don't want anything from you If I can't have love, if I can't have love If I can't have love I don't want anything from you If I can't have love, if I can't have love
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Almost Over 03:38
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I remember when I was the sweetest thing you ever knew I remember when I was the storm that raged, the wind that blew I remember when I wasn't waiting for the other shoe To drop from you I remember when love was new But it's almost over Almost over Almost over Almost Every now and then I see a face of love that I once knew Every now and then I tell myself that we’ll pull through Every now and then I wonder what the hell has happened to The girl I knew Every now and then love turns blue ‘Cause it's almost over Almost over Almost over Almost Time and time again I wonder why love has to die Is there nothing I can do? Time and time again I hear you lie, telling me you’ll try But I know that I’m watching you Fade from view It's almost over Almost over Almost over Almost
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Higher 04:24
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Wrap your arms around me and close your eyes real tight Forget about the darkness that surrounds you Lock up the doors against the coming of the night Until the light of dawn once more has found you This day has brought you lower than I’ve ever seen before But take my hand and stay with me tonight And I will take you Higher than the storm that rages in the dark Higher than the waves that drag you down Higher that the walls you build around your heart Higher Higher Slip of your troubles with that dress that you still wear Let it fall down from your shoulders to the ground Shake out the worries with the tangles in your hair Lay yourself beside me with no sound Let the fire burn low Let the dance begin Let my fingers trace the scars of love upon your skin And take you Higher than the storm that rages in the dark Higher than the waves that drag you down Higher that the walls you build around your heart Higher Higher
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Don't Fool Me 03:43
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Baby, baby, put your head upon my shoulder Close your eyes and go to sleep Sick and tired of feeling old and acting older You just had to make a leap Packed your bags while he was sleeping Walked right out the bedroom door You say that you’re leaving And you’re never going home But it don’t fool me. Drove all night to get to nowhere by the morning Watched the dawn turn night to day Flicked the headlights off and parked up by the motel Felt like nothing left to say But as you showered I was thinking Of everything you left behind You say that it’s over And you’ve nothing left to lose But it don’t fool me. ‘Cause every reason that you give me Begins and ends with nothing changed You say that you love me More than I will ever know But it don’t fool me. When I woke up you were nowhere Just a crumple in the sheet And you say that you did the right thing For my sanity But it don’t fool me No, it don’t fool me No, it don’t fool me
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On Valentine's Day 03:10
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That winter was colder far than any that I remember. Snow fell on snow and turned to ice where it lay. The girl lived above me and the last time I saw her Was two or three days before Valentine's Day. The sound of her typewriter was loud sometimes late at night And I heard her cry once or twice in the day Each morning I watched her as she walked to the telephone And shivered there talking, to who I can't say. That afternoon she played the same record endlessly Into the night - it wasn’t easy to bear. I woke the next morning to the cries of the children At a window left open to the cold morning air. We broke down the front door with the help of a passer-by The smell of the gas so strong it made our throats raw We found bread for the toddler and milk for the baby And a towel soaked with water jammed under the door They closed the doors gently on the back of the ambulance. My breath froze before me as they drove her away. A day or two later her husband came by And moved in his mistress, on Valentine's Day. I think of her now and them, and how she would talk to me, A foolish old man with my hair turned to gray. And somewhere I still have the card that I bought, Half-meaning to give her on Valentine's Day. Yes, somewhere I still have the card that I bought Half-meaning to give her on Valentine’s Day.
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How'm I Going to Get Over? 03:34
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Never knew love ‘til I heard your voice Sweet and low, singing in the wire Calling me to the ocean deep I dove in as the waves grew higher I remember every kiss, how the touch of your hand On my skin could drown me in desire Drank my fill in the sea of love Every sip I took my lips grew dryer How'm I going to get over, How'm I going to get over you? Followed you where the four winds blew To the ends of the earth and in-between Made my bed where I lay with you But my pillow was a guillotine Crossed every river I came to Burned up every single bridge I ever seen Left me here in a house of flame Putting out the fire with gasoline How’m I going to get over How’m I going to get over Hardly going to get over Feel I’m going to go under Never going to get over How’m I going to get over you?
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The Girl With No Name 03:38
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Big boots and long black hair She caught my eye as she was standing there Seemed to me she was looking for a reaction I moved closer to that perfect skin Smelled cigarettes and some weird sin I can’t deny I felt a certain animal attraction I said, I don't know if I love you But I think I'd like to know your name She said, "Listen, junior, you got big ideas But you seem a little wet behind the ears, So allow me to explain this here transaction. I don't need a lover or a ticket to ride I don’t need to know how many tears you cried All I need is a man who can give me satisfaction. And I might let you love me But I don’t need to know your name And another thing boy… If you want to love me You better get down on your knees Say a little prayer for your soul” Well, you better believe I got down on my knees And said a little prayer for my soul And it went like this... Well she showed me what the night was for But when I picked myself up off that kitchen floor She was gone and she left no forwarding instruction Well, I miss that girl and the way she moved But I guess I do feel kind of abused ‘Cause I never got a f-f-formal introduction And, I think I could have loved her But I never even knew her name Yes, I think I could have loved her But I never even knew her name She said “I’ll might let you love me But I don’t need to know your name. I’m gonna let you love me But I don’t need to know your name”.
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The Sun Still Shines 03:36
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10.
Your Ball and Chain 04:53
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Miss America 04:08
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12.
A Town With No Pity 04:21
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13.
Hundred Dollar Suit 03:58
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14.
Sunblind 04:03
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15.
You and San Francisco 07:01
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released December 21, 2014

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Sportswriters Meaford, Ontario

Showcasing the acclaimed songwriting of leading Hollywood screenwriter JOHN BROWNLOW, Sportswriters’ soulful, hook-driven power-pop draws on influences from three decades of classic pop, rock and soul -- from the Zombies and Byrds, through Bacharach, Neil Young, Elvis Costello, Squeeze, Al Green, Wilco and Blur, all the way to the stomping neo-soul of Cee-Lo Green. ... more

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