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On a silent summer evening
I can't help it
No I can't help it
I know it's out of fashion
To watch the sun go down
It’s a habit of mine
To watch the sun go down….
Pass the time away
I pass the time away
I spend my time at work
But I’ll go back some day
To watch the sun go down
It’s a habit of mine
To watch the sun go down….
Just in time…
Waves make the only sound
Waves make the only sound
The sky’s alive with light
There’s not a soul around
On a silent summer evening…
Far away in time…
To watch the sun go down
It’s a habit of mine…
To watch the sun go down…
On a silent summer evening…
Far away in time…
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2. |
Summer of Song
03:23
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We didn’t look back
Or too far ahead
No one’s being born
No one is dead
Drifting and dreaming asleep in the van
Girls will be girls whenever they can
With the boys in the band
It was a summer of song
And the radio waves played on and on…
Lyrical days
Wings on our feet
We thought we’d arrived
Where we wanted to be
Finding good fortune under scattering skies
Everything going our way
Luck on the rise
Too young to know why
It was a summer of song
And the radio waves played on and on…
Each day grew shorter
Nothing better than this
It was grand so rich
It was a summer of song
And the radio waves played on and on…
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3. |
Do You Ever Wonder?
04:31
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It's hard not to be bamboozled
Dazzled all the time
It's hard to fight confusion when you're shaking like a leaf
I'm not going to tell you everything's O.K.
When obviously it isn't
When people do the things they do
When anything can happen
I want language on my lips
Fire in my hips
I want vision in my eyes
I want to laugh until I cry
Do you ever wonder why there's pleasure in pain?
Why the small things matter?
Sometimes the big things don’t.
Do you ever wonder if you’ll see them again?
Why that sperm met that egg?
By machinery or magic
Years of patient waiting
The raising of cathedrals or the splitting of the atom
I'm not going to tell you it's hopeless
‘Cause obviously it isn't
When anything can happen like the walls of Jericho and Berlin
tumbling down...
I want music in my ears
Hope instead of fears
I can't be what I'm not
Time is all I've got
Do you ever wonder how long gratitude lasts?
Why the small things matter?
Sometimes the big things don’t.
Do you ever wonder when there’s so much stuff
Why the farmer still hasn’t enough.
Con’t…
Oh my little baby
Rock you in my arms
Soon you'll be a grown-up
To the world you will belong
Oh my little darling
Wonder in your eyes
Watching for that new star
In the sky
It was the right kiss
But on the wrong face.
It was the right time
But in the wrong place.
Do you ever wonder why there's pleasure in pain?
Do you ever wonder if you’ll see them again?
Do you ever wonder when there’s so much stuff
Do you ever wonder how long gratitude lasts?
Do you ever wonder why it’s cool to be rude?
Do you ever wonder why a song changes mood?
Do you ever wonder when the road disappears
Do you ever wonder if an ending is near?
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Act Like a Woman
03:57
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Being a woman Is not being a man
Not being lost In No Man’s Land
Stop saying you’re sorry for not being a man
For not destroying the world with the wave of your hand
So act like a woman if you can
You’ll find the way into No Man’s Land
Mothers of courage fathers afraid
Warring with weakness inner hate, outer rage
Stop saying you’re sorry for not being a man
For not destroying the world with the wave of your hand
You kept us all quiet with the strength of your lungs
Bought me a name that ended in son
So act like a woman if you can
You’ll find the way into No Man’s Land
Are you man enough to act like a woman?
Are you man enough for me?
The fighting is over but there are still scars
As you’re falling to pieces you fall in my arms
So act like a woman if you can
You’ll find the way into No Man’s Land
Are you man enough to act like a woman?
Are you man enough?
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I don’t want to feel no evil from you
Don’t monkey with my love…
I’d be a fool to stay in love
I’m walking out the door
I’m not the kind to waste the time
On here today gone tomorrow
I don’t want to feel no evil from you
Don’t monkey with my love…
Was it too much to ask of you
Love me all the way?
The birds and bees must all agree
Your love has strayed oh what sorrow
I don’t want to feel no evil from you
Don’t monkey with my love…
See no evil hear no evil
Speak no evil to me…
Some people think I want too much
But who are they to say?
They’ll never know a love so sweet
That picks you up, spins you ‘round
Knocks you off your feet
I don’t want to feel no evil from you
Don’t monkey with my love…
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6. |
Talking Through My Hat
04:05
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Move like a snail slither like a snake
Sweet nothings come easy
Never give always take
It goes without saying
And what you say goes
You move with the wind
Where ever it blows
I was talking through my hat
When I said that…
Crack the whip and hope nobody sees
Bend over backwards
Do what you please
It goes without saying
And what you say goes
Hail to the chief
The emperor without his clothes
I was talking through my hat
When I said that…
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7. |
Big Day
02:59
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Tell me something I don’t already know
Take me somewhere I don’t want to go
I think today is going to be a big day
Walk me down to the water’s edge
Get me off of this narrow ledge
I think today is going to be a big day
365 12 52
The days the months the weeks with you
365 12 52
I’m so lonesome - when I’m with you
Three little words I’ve never heard you say
Let’s do the same thing a different way
I want today to be a big day
A trip to paradise is all we need
A simple life up in the trees
Every day would be a big day
365 12 52
The days the months the weeks with you
365 12 52
I’m so lonesome - when I’m with you
Remind me why I’m still in love, I’m still in love with you
It’s going to take a while to see this through
I’m puzzled by the pieces I can’t fit with you
Remind me why I’m still in love, I’m still in love with you
Need a big day, big heart, big sun,
Love’s on the run, Love’s on the run
Need a big day, big heart, big sun,
Love’s on the run
365 12 52
The days the months the weeks with you
365 12 52
I’m so lonesome - when I’m with you
Love’s on the run – Big Day, Big heart , Big Sun - Love’s on the run…
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8. |
There Comes A Day
04:33
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As the midnight sun melts the cold says of winter
Dark endless lonely nights soon will start to fade
Cracks in the ice danger walking on the water
Climbing up from zero stepping from the shade
Sleep falls away I move out into the open
When I see my shadow I’ll no longer be afraid
Can’t stop the moon can’t stop the sun from rising higher
Here comes the spring put the past away
There comes a day…
Strong enough to see all the beauty with the sadness
Long enough to dwell in a thought so far away
Can’t feel the sun with the shades down on the window
You have to trust that the skies aren’t always grey
Underneath my feet earth begins to soften
Step off the path you will find your way
Take off your hat take off your coat and stay a little
Here comes the spring winter’s well away
There comes a day…
Here it comes.
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Memory stalks the hallway
Like an unexploded bomb
Safe as milk and dull as dust
This could go on and on
I’ve been here too long
Fighting the monster
I’ve been cleaning out our closet
And I’ve rearranged our shoes
Everything in the cookbook’s cooked
Still I’ve got the blues
It’s the same old news
Fighting the monster
Hoping for a change in the weather
Knowing that this life could be better
Torn apart then back together
Fighting the monster
I planned to say some terrible things
But love was in your voice
All my tears have turned to rust
Leaving me no choice
I’ve been here too long
Fighting the monster
Hoping for a change in the weather
Knowing that this life could be better
Torn apart then back together
Fighting the monster
Memory stalks the hallway
Like an unexploded bomb
Safe as milk and dull as dust
This could go on
On and on…
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10. |
Resurrection
03:46
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When did your life get boring?
How did you lose your way?
Everything’s in order
You need some disarray!
Here we go again
Resurrection
Back to life again
Resurrection
You used to talk for hours
About anything at all
Now you don’t even answer
When somebody calls
The things you used to live for
You left out in the cold
Only living stops you
From getting old
Here we go again
Resurrection
Come back to life again
Resurrection
Pull you from the deep
‘Cause you're walking in your sleep
Wake up wake up!
You used to sit on beaches
And watch the sun go down
Now the light is shocking
As you leave the ground
Here we go again
Resurrection
Back to life again
Resurrection
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11. |
Delicate
03:14
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I’m in a mood
A wonderful mood
I wonder if this mood will stay
I’m in a mood
A wonderful mood
Lining up my thoughts in a wonderful way
Don’t you wreck that feeling…
I’m not thinking the things I should not
I’m not consumed by any one thought
Nothing is missing, I feel so complete
I could do anything, not miss a beat
I’m in a mood
A wonderful mood
I’m working hard at learning to play
I’m in a mood
A wonderful mood
Looking at the world in a wonderful way
Don’t you wreck that feeling…
I’m taking time for time to stand still
I’ve found a space I don't need to fill
I try to hear that voice in my head
Please speak to me before I am dead
Don’t you wreck that feeling…
When all our time is gone
I hope some love has shone
Down on our lives so very short
So delicate
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12. |
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I know it's out of fashion
And a trifle uncool
But I can't help it
I'm a romantic fool
It's a habit of mine
To watch the sun go down
On Echo Beach
I watch the sun go down
From nine 'til five I have to spend my time at work
My job is very boring, I'm an office clerk
The only thing that helps me pass the time away
Is knowing I'll go back to Echo Beach some day
On a silent summer evening
The sky's alive with light
Building in the distance
Surrealistic sight
On Echo Beach
Waves make the only sound
On Echo Beach
There's not a soul around
From nine 'til five I have to spend my time at work
My job is very boring, I'm an office clerk
The only thing that helps me pass the time away
Is knowing I'll go back to Echo Beach some day
Echo Beach
Far away in time
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13. |
I Am Vertical!
03:28
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Here comes the brand new
Here comes the ground again
The furniture is too big
My feet are far away
I think of you with nothing on
And everything before me
Read the signal in my eyes
Swear the devil’s on to me
The floor falls up like gravity
I want the things I cannot have
My thoughts have lost their owners
And they’re wandering into walls
Like reckless drivers
South of the border
What goes up must come down
South of the border
Lost my way to the lost and found
Thought’s out of order
Put me on that train of events
That’s always moving forward
Where everything is hope and glory
A happy ending to this story
I am vertical
Are you ready to receive me?
Vertical get ready to receive me
I am vertical get ready
Get ready ‘cause here I come…
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Martha and the Muffins Toronto, Ontario
Described by UK critics as “one of the most innovative of their era” and that “even to this day they sound brave and fresh”, Martha and the Muffins return in 2021 with Marthology: In And Outtakes. Echo Beach was a top 10 single around the world in 1980 and earned them a Juno for Single of the Year. Since then, the band has released 7 studio albums, 3 of which they co-produced with Daniel Lanois. ... more
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