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Blue Skies
04:25
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oh we all want the day that shines its light
the city feeling unkind in the night
it takes a train to know to make a change
when trees and stones fuel my bones, well that can be arranged
there’s no one here on earth who’s gonna stop me
from getting to the place I gotta be
you can pound me in the dirt, you can wear me for a shirt
but if the sun is shining, there’s a single place for me
friday morning it’s blue skies
saturday it’s blue skies
sunday morning it’s blue skies
oh we all like to think we’re different birds
and we’ve got feathers of a different kind
but thinking ‘bout yourself with get you trouble
there’s not that many differences to find
there’s no illness here on earth that’s gonna stop me
from getting to the place you will find me
you can put me in a bed, or tell me to rest my head
leave the window open, there’s a place I gotta be
friday morning it’s blue skies
saturday it’s blue skies
sunday morning it’s blue skies
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my endless attempts to make a good joke
but it's like everytime it's in the wrong castle
then it gets so awkward so i just poke fun at myself
and that's the only way i can make you smile
now i'm alone on the dance floor with my arms like flails
I transition to awkward breakdance moves expecting myself to fail
and that's the only time i can make you smile
if i never made bad jokes in the first place and if you didn't stick around to listen
if I never drank like that and you never came to join in
If you never smiled like that and I couldn't resist it
i would try to hard to hold your hand til’… I nailed it
and that's the only time i can make you smile
all my friends are here
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Mike
03:54
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when I saw you in that hospital bed, you recognized who i was
you were so close to death, and the whole family believed
you wouldn’t pull through. they stared at me, when I said you would
with tears and blank stares, i wrote them off that day
i didn’t speak to them again, the low potassium went straight to your heart
you’re not dead, but you might as well be you were gone, when I turned 17
you’re not dead, but you might as well be you were gone, when I turned 17
well I had so much resentment, who were they to shed for someone
they didn’t care about, at least on the inside
you pulled through, just to fight your demons at home
there wasn’t enough alcohol to drown out your thoughts of dying alone
and letting everyone down, and letting everyone down
you were strong, you were full of life
but now you have no idea who I am, or what I’ve become
well I still remember what you used to be, a man, who would never die
the mystery that was you, and the family you left behind
just like they did to you, and just like me
what if I left you, in the vacant white walls of that hospital room?
would you be better off
dying alone, rather than suffering through, this hell that you call life
you’re not dead, but you might as well be
you were gone, when I turned 17
you’re not dead, but you might as well be
you were gone, when I turned 17
why’d you have to go and, leave me all alone and,
you taught me so much, like how to be a man
like how to be a man
you taught me so much
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Stay Here To Bleed
04:38
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well these cold winters and restless nights are getting to me
three feet of snow, covering up my window
getting stuck, getting stranded in this dead town
maybe I should leave but will never get around to it
this place has sucked me, well I stay here to bleed
the same old people at the same old place
with just enough money to live day to day
starting fights and friends, making love to enemies
hurtin’ words and broken bottles make up the population
this place has sucked me, well I stay here to bleed
my pride keeps me here, I can’t walk out on my family
I need them more than they need me
and if I choose to go, I won’t get very far
I’ll end up right back where I started
I’ve made a lot of wrong decisions in life
But there was nothing else to do here,
so we made the best of things for the next few years
this place has sucked me, well I stay here to bleed
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I used to feel like I was walking on eggshells, now I'm crawling on a hatchery floor
I used to see some potential in this now I'm always searching for the door
and it isn't worth the effort but I don't know how to get out
so many repercussions, and I'm cautious to a fault
If I saw a good way to get out this would be an easy task,
but it's like a game of Jenga, one wrong move and it all comes crashing down
tell me, what am I supposed to say,
every time I open my mouth your opinion's in the way,
and I 'm tired of living this way
I haven't felt this small, since I was a little child
Sent to my room solving puzzles on the floor,
and I wish this was as easy as that Patrick Roy jigsaw was
I know that we could fix this, with some communication,
but I just feel like giving up
and either way I know, we'll be back here again
Tell me, what am I supposed to say,
every time I open my mouth your opinion's in the way,
and I 'm tired of living this way
Tell me, what am I supposed to say,
every time I open my mouth your opinion's in the way,
and I 'm tired of living this way
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STEAMERS Ottawa, Ontario
Hailing from both sides of the Ottawa river, Steamers are a six-piece band that live to play folk music that is fun, loud
and earnest. We call it “power folk:” one minute a fast blast, the next minute slow and low, in both English and French.
Steamers are hard at work completing their first full length album Years to be released Spring 2015... keep your ear to the ground.
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