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Cool Electric Blue
04:02
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COOL ELECTRIC BLUE
Take me down to where the water flows
Cool electric blue
I just wanna see what I can find
When I drown myself in you
We could try to flow into a place
We’ve never been before
We could find out
What cool electric blue is for
Oh, the moon I full tonight
I could touch it, it’s so near
Oh I feel the tides pull tonight
Feels like there’s nothing to fear
Now that cool electric blue is here
Cool electric blue
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The Length of How Long
03:30
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THE LENGTH OF HOW LONG
They say there is no time like the present
But I’m waiting for something up ahead I can’t see
You say just be patient and content with what I have
But the length of how long I can’t see
Peace of mind I would love some
But my mind is in pieces
And the puzzle seems beyond me to solve
I breathe deep meditation
Get deep sleep complication
I’m avoiding medication as I dissolve
Somewhere down the line
There is someone who is mine
My heart’s desire, yeah well maybe
I just want to know
How fast this river flows
And if someday you might be my baby
Wait
A moment
How long
Is this moment?
No not
That one
There
This one here.
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We Take The Time
04:08
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WE TAKE THE TIME
Me and you girl, we do it right
Make it last all day, make it last all night
We have the time, time of our lives
We live it out loud, ‘cos it don’t come twice
Time after time
Yeah we take the time baby
And we have the inclination
We’re not about to let it just tick away
It seems so clear, when you are near
We flow with the stream, time’s just a dream
I wanna ride this river, with you forever
Flow out to sea, everything we can be
Yeah we take the time baby
And we have the inclination
We’re not about to let it just tick away
The clock is set on NOW when I’m with you
Time stands still you know that it’s true
Turn off the alarm, let the good times roll
We don’t count the days ‘cos we’re in the flow
We don’t think about time further down the line
We’re in the here and now of this magical time
This time spent with you, you know it’s the best
Best of my life, better than the rest
Yeah we take the time baby
And we have the inclination
We’re not about to let it just tick away away away away away away.
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Words
03:13
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WORDS
The day I had to leave I wanted to stay
But neither of us knew what to say
Somehow the words got stuck in the space
Between my heart and that look on your face
I know there comes a time when one of us must say
It’s time to call it quits, I guess it ends this way
The day I had to leave I wanted to stay
But neither of us knew what to say
Somehow the words got stuck in the space
Between my heart and that look on your face
I know there comes a time when one of us must go
It’s time to call it quits, I guess ah, yes I know
So often reasons are not cut, not cut and dried
Like makeup tracks made by the tears that you cried
All I want to say
Is everything that I can’t anyway
For words have choked my breath away
The more I try to speak, the less I say
The more I try to speak, the less I say
The more I try to speak, the less I say
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Miracle
04:10
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MIRACLE
Sometimes when we look at each other
All we see are broken dreams
But sometimes I swear I still see
A girl who knows what it means
To find her man, even though he ran from you
I know I can, give the best I’ve got to you
Come find your man, even though I’m far from you
I know I can, give the best I’ve got to you
Sometimes when I look into your eyes
I swear it’s like looking at myself
And sometimes when I look at myself
It’s like I’m seeing someone else
So come find your man, even though he ran from you
I know I can’t, give the best I’ve got to you
Come find your man, even though I’m far from you
I know I can’t, give the best I’ve got to you
So we let the days pass by
Heedless of time
Thinking that this will last forever
You with your miracle
You with your miracle
You with your miracle
And me – with mine.
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Luke Skyscraper James San Francisco, California
Luke Skyscraper James was the singer/guitarist with the original line up of "Fáshiön music" (1978-80)
His current band is:
"This Twisted Wreckage" with Ricky Humphrey.
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