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Janey Caught a Hurricane
02:19
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Tired of getting blown away
Sick of being on display
Finally stopped,
Keeping quiet about
What she shouldn’t say
Chorus:
Janey caught a hurricane
Janey caught a hurricane
Rode it all the way to a different day
Nothing standing in her way
Not a thing left, to do or say
So Janey caught a hurricane
So Janey caught a hurricane
Too many stupid games
Too much senseless blame
Ain’t no time to change
Or put things back again
Janey caught a hurricane
Janey caught a hurricane
There she goes, on her own,
Last night in this town
Gonna miss sweet Janey
When she's not around
Too many late night tears
Too many haunted fears
Done with being the lonely one
Had enough of being the only one
Chorus:
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It’s really hard to admit
Easier when you call it quits
Except for all those sleepless nights
That’s as easy as it gets
Not a bridge I didn’t burn
Never looked back so I missed the turn
Forgot about all that junk I learned
Every heartache that I earned
Nice girls deserve better
Deserve better
Better than a jerk like me
Girls get fooled by love
Think it’s something from above
That eagle’s just a paper dove
On a kite string you can’t see
Nice girls deserve better
So much better
Better than a jerk like me
Some girls know which end is up
Let you know enough’s enough
Already got rid of the stupid stuff
So I’m shit out of luck
Nice girls deserve better
So much better
Better than a jerk like me
Better than a jerk like me, fade…
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Listen to Alice
03:00
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Listen to Alice
She’s the best of them all
Listen to Alice
When she speaks,
You’d best heed the call
Think with your head
Feel with your heart
Work with your hands
And don’t get smart
Use your ears more than your mouth
And listen to Alice
Chorus:
She’s got some common sense
She knows her way around
She’s got experience
She’s been up, and she’s been down
No answers can be found
Without Alice
Chorus:
Take your heart in your hands
Nothing cursed is nothing blessed
Fall apart, make amends
It’s nothing more or nothing less
Than anything you might have guessed
Listening to Alice
Chorus:
Pick yourself up
After you fall.
And listen to Alice…
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Reincarnation Requests
03:31
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I don’t know much about life
A couple of do‐overs might be nice
If we do come back again
Here is my top ten:
Be a rock, with a heart that’s hard to crack
Be forward, never look back
Be the woods, so cool and calm
If we come back, be strong
Reincarnation
Bothers me
Never quite sure
What you get is what you see
Got a funny feeling I’ve been here before
Once or twice or maybe even more
Be true when you don’t know what to do
Get lost when someone bosses you
Measure twice before you cut
(Then take a break for lunch)
If we come back be a hunch
Reincarnation
I’m so confused
I used to think I knew
Now I don’t have a clue
I recall blasts from the past
If we come back, be something that lasts
Be devoted if you dare
Get unloaded if you care
Be sure and figure out how
Forget the past, live for now
Now I’m done
That’s my top ten
What fun
To do it all again
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Murgatroyd
03:22
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I’m headed out for Murgatroyd
A strange and far‐off land
Gotta find out in Murgatroyd
Now I’m gonna understand
The spirit tells the soul
The soul tweaks the mind
I get mixed up Every time
So I’m going to Murgatroyd
The last good place on earth
Headed out for Murgatroyd
Find out what I’m worth
The false God of material things
Bites, pinches, and stings
All the weary followers
Lose everything they bring
I’m skipping out to Murgatroyd
Where I can catch my breath
And figure out the good part
And forget the rest
On my way to Murgatroyd
I guess I must be blessed
Nothing else like Murgatroyd
Murgatroyd’s the best
Remember when you lost your way
Whatever made you sing
Your emotions took control
It just wasn’t happening
When I get to Murgatroyd
I’ll give you a ring
Then you can begin to take back
Every little thing
We’re setting out for Murgatroyd
Just got to get away
Hide away in Murgatroyd
Murgatroyd’s today
Heaven’s to Murgatroyd
That’s what they always say
But me, I know better
I’m headed there today
Me, I know better
I’m headed there today
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Next Thing You Know
02:50
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Last night, you were playing the piano
So nice that we waltzed around the room
Then outside under the moonlight
Inside a great big déjà vu
Next thing you know, we’re in a field of flowers
Whirling to piano tunes
Hand in hand, not counting the hours
Running away from waking too soon
Next thing you know, we’re climbing a mountain
Get to the top, way up high
And we settle like a foggy halo
What a great place to hide
Next thing you know, we’re swimming in the ocean
Riding the crest of a wave
Then we glide inside a pack of dolphins
Swim underwater for days
Next thing you know, we lasso a tornado
And fly high above desert sands
Then touch down in the wild jungle
And monkey around the best that we can
Last night, you were playing the piano
And you said everything’s cool
Daydreaming about tomorrow
While the music fills up the room
Next thing you know, we cash in our raincheck
You know that you are what you do
All of the good and the bad stuff
It’s all too good to be true
Next thing you know…
Next thing you know…
Next thing you know…
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Green Mountain Sky
04:37
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Something laughs
Something sighs
Then it cries
Says goodbye
Under Green Mountain sky
Under Green Mountain sky
Something shifts
Something lifts
Then it falls
Off a cliff
Under Green Mountain sky
Under Green Mountain sky
You can’t go back
That’s what they say
So you’d better get it right
Then give it all away
There’s nothing like
A Green Mountain night
Something hides
Then alights
Something twinkles
And delights
Under Green Mountain Sky
Under Green Mountain sky
Something shivers
Down your spine
As the fireflies
Take their own time
Under Green Mountain sky
Under Green Mountain sky
Green Mountain sky
Holds the cool night air
Let’s you let go
All of your cares
There is nothing like
A Green Mountain night
Something grins
Takes you in
Something begins
And never ends
Under Green Mountain sky
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8. |
Circling the Drain
04:43
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I’m circling the drain
Round and round again
Washed down by the rain
Circling the drain
Moonlight
And white roses
In your garden
That encloses
My heart
We were insane
By that stonewall
Wild flights of fancy
Heading for a fall
I’m circling the drain
Round and round again
So simple and so plain
Like a picture in a frame
And the water
By the fountain
Where the old well
Overflows
Like my heart
And then the pool
In dead of winter
Full of water
That froze
Swallows
In the springtime
Have wings
To keep them flying
All the pain
Of too much thinking
Nothing to hold onto
While I’m sinking
I’m circling the drain
Going down again
Like a southbound train
Circling the drain
Circling the drain
Circling the drain
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The Ground Zero Boys New London, Connecticut
The Ground Zero Boys are a songwriting duo based in New London, Connecticut,
USA. Tom Deedy and Hugh Birdsall have
been writing songs together for the
past 3 years. Influenced by 30's Blues, 40's jazz, 50's Rock and Roll, 60's Folk Rock and Soul, they were recently featured as an emerging artist on Coast to Coast AM.
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