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1. |
Cannonball (Live)
05:00
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How many days ’til next year?
I’m counting down.
I took a walk beneath this sky
Through this hopeless town.
These day dreams are whispering next to me-
I am a daydreamer
And these lonely days that end with nights,
And nights that begin those days,
Are washing me away.
I want to be shot into the blue like a Cannonball.
I want to hit every cloud on my way down.
I want to be blue-
Closer to the moon and you.
Leave this memory for me-
It’s mine and mine alone
And these scattered words you once promised me-
They crumble like stone.
There is no contrast to where these clouds
Disappear into the desperate blue
So baby, I’ll grab my things,
I’m leaving town-
You can remember me, but I’m forgetting you.
I want to be shot into the blue like a Cannonball.
I want to hit every cloud on my way down.
I want to be blue-
Closer to the moon and you.
Raise your arm above your head.
Draw a line from you to Heaven.
Dream of angels falling down and
Taking you home again.
I want to be shot into the blue like a Cannonball.
I want to hit every cloud on my way down.
I want to be blue-
Closer to the moon and you.
I’m so close but so far.
I’m so close but so far away.
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I’ve been asleep with colored portraits in my mind
Of how I wish my life would go
But then I wake to find my days have never changed-
They’re still a black and white picture show.
We all need some change sometimes
And I feel I’m behind.
I wanna be out of the rain.
I wanna be king- anything.
I wanna be something beautiful.
But I can’t change-
I can’t change!
I’m a stranger in my own home.
Welcome to the Scarborough Hotel Mr. Albert,
Mind if I take your coat?
We all need someone sometimes
And I feel I’m behind.
I wanna be out of the rain.
I wanna be king- anything.
I wanna be something beautiful.
Change, is something I need
But rainy day, you’ve got me down on my knees.
Change, is something I need.
I’ve been changing with the lights down low-
I’ve got a candle lit and a broken down radio
So, change is something that comes and goes.
The change is twisting and turning me…
Anything beautiful I could be,
I would like to make that me.
So, keep me up, don’t put me down-
I know that I can’t make it on my own.
So, keep me up, don’t put me down,
Hand me my crown
And show me love,
Show me anything
That’s gonna make me who I am
Cause I wanna be out of the rain.
We all wanna be something.
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3. |
Not Enough (Live)
04:27
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4. |
Rome Tomorrow (Live)
03:45
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She’s descending, this time into June.
I tell her just be you
Because Angel, you blend in with the sky
And stand out at night.
She keeps me waiting until mid July-
We say our last goodbye
And I’m waiting while I fade with the sun…
Waiting for you.
I will be searching Siena today- Rome tomorrow.
It’s a lifetime to wait.
I’m keeping the pain of the life I killed
And I’m judging our lives from a window sill.
The changing leaves and off colored greens
Make me change colors too.
A sunset in December alone.
Are you coming home?
She’s been dreaming little basic things
But God, she’s everything
And Angel you belong in the sky
With star lighted eyes.
I will be searching Siena today- Rome tomorrow.
It’s a lifetime to wait.
I’m keeping the pain of the life I killed
And I’m judging our lives from a window sill.
Write a letter to me everyday
And in the usual way tell me everything will be alright.
I keep saying I know–
I know it’s just love
But it’s something I need and it’s breaking me up.
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5. |
Shade (Live)
06:00
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I guess it’s easier where you are-
To stand in a place that you set for yourself.
Strip down your mind-
Forget about all the things you were told about
And let them all fall down.
She says, I might think about
The possibilities of you and me,
Together endlessly.
I said, How do you do it?
How do you hang?
How do you stand in a line back-to-back
Staring into the sun?
The first one gets burned
While the second ones alone in the shade.
Just force yourself
To look above the fact that the sky is coming down-
Nothing is coming down!
Look above your head, she says
The stars are out tonight!
My god, she says that every time.
I said, How do you do it?
How do you hang?
How do you stand in a line back-to-back
Staring into the sun?
The first one gets burned
While the second ones alone in the shade.
Fall down with me.
Come on darling,
Scrape your knees and burn.
I said, How do you do it?
How do you hang?
How do you stand in a line back-to-back
Staring into the sun?
The first one gets burned
While the second ones alone in the shade.
I said, How do you do it?
How do you hang?
How do you stand hand-in-hand
In a circle wishing you were the sun?
The first one gets burned
While second one learns,
No matter how you turn,
You cannot be alone in the shade.
I said, It’s You and Me in love
And I cannot be alone for too long
Cause I’m tired and sick of all of this.
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She packs her bags to go
To suggest that no one can stop her now.
She’s bringing all her clothes-
It’s another thing she does to calm her down.
She drives a small white car
And she’s laughing as it’s smoking up the hill.
She pulls the seat up as far as it can go
And she wants sailboats.
When it’s late, she can’t keep her eyes open
(She doesn’t even try).
I say wake up,
She says No,
Cause it’s way too late.
She is stripped by the weather.
She doesn’t care whether
She sinks or swims in this world she’s in.
She’s riding alone.
I’ve never seen such small hands
But somehow all those rings get stuck.
She’s got the kind of smile
That keeps me always thinking
About the way she talks
And how her voice gets hi on the phone.
I’m calling it dumb luck
How I treat her sometimes,
Yet all I feel is love.
I’ll give her horses.
When it’s late, she can’t keep her eyes open
(She doesn’t even try).
I say wake up,
She says No,
Cause it’s way too late.
She is stripped by the weather.
She doesn’t care whether
She sinks or swims in this world she’s in.
She’s riding alone.
When the TVs on, she won’t even answer me.
At night when we sleep,
She rolls over to my side
And I push her away
But it’s never way too long before she slides my way.
She is stripped by the weather.
She doesn’t care whether
She sinks or swims in this world she’s in.
She’s riding alone.
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7. |
Leave If I Could (Live)
04:35
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8. |
Too Strong (Live)
03:09
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We’re waking up, but man,
We’re drawing lines.
Everybody is here to put you down-
I’m only here to treat you right this time.
Around here, we sit,
Counting down one-by-one
To the end of everything-
Everything’s gone wrong.
I guess I came on too strong.
Now, the situation has awkwardly progressed for too long,
Until there is nothing between the end
And where it all began.
Be my friend
Cause the last one came and she went
To the left side of the moon
(To get as far away from you as one could be
But still not be too far away).
So, when are you coming home sweet Darlin?
Please, come home and don’t wait too long
Just because I came on too strong.
This situation has awkwardly progressed for too long,
Until there is nothing between the end
And where it all began.
Choose your road,
But you’ve got to leave late at night
Cause I don’t want to see you–
No, I don’t want to see you gone
Just because I came on too strong
Until the situation has awkwardly progressed for too long
Until there was nothing between the end
And where it all began.
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Put on a record
And play it until it runs out of time.
Take it all in
And next time we’ll listen to mine.
You’ll be fine all alone
(But it’s better with the people you know)
On lazy days in the rain,
Forgetting the pain,
And how sometimes it makes things worse for you and me.
Little TV box
Please talk to me
Because my radio is all out of batteries.
I’ve got people on my walls
(The singers of the songs)
Acting like little talking voices
Always trying to prove me wrong
And that’s not right.
All of this time, the bottom line
Is that music is making me feel so good.
Taking me back, it makes me relax
To the point where I feel incredible.
She said Wait for me
I want to hear you sing!
But all this distortion in my head
Is making my head ring.
Twice upon a time I said:
I must be king
Because nothing effects you more
Than this kind of thing.
Ain’t that right?
All of this time, the bottom line
Is that music is making me feel so good.
Taking me back, it makes me relax
To the point where I feel incredible.
Taking me back, it makes me relax
To the point where I just get so excited
To find what I hide,
That I put it away-
For me and my loved ones.
Load it up.
Take it in
To the point where I feel incredible.
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It’s not right-
It’s not fair that none of us
Are anywhere we use to be
This time last year.
Back when the rain cut into summer
And it kept us home from the little games we played-
It’s the reason that you’re leaving
And staying away.
You wrap her up in her sunshine dress
And you watch the weather change.
She might call you back
(Just to keep in touch
And ask about the rain that’s coming down).
Up she goes
But she’ll be coming down again.
I never open up
Because everything good ends.
We’re all changing.
He calls himself a cowboy
And rescues all the pretty girls.
He stops to ask direction but
Slowly he twirls around himself
And further away from home he goes.
You can tell him I miss him
But I think it’s something
He already knows.
Up he goes
But he’ll be coming down again.
I never open up
Because everything good ends.
We’re all changing.
Welcome, did you notice something different here?
Did you notice something missing here?
We’re all changing;
In the days and the nights
(When we’re thinking about
How the summers become so cold)-
We’re all thinking I might be changing.
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Rain comes pouring down
Like Feelings from a gutter.
The cold?
The cold is coming from the window-
There’s something about that town
When the sun shines bright
And morning is gone to conversation
And it’s suddenly afternoon.
With silence She fills this room
And leaves no place for worry.
Along with the day
She comes and she goes
But it’s the thing she said an hour ago.
She said, Wake up babe.
She called this day a waste.
But we are wasting time alone
When she comes and she goes away.
You’ve got sleep in both of your eyes
So run back to your dreaming.
But we are wasting time alone
When she comes and she goes.
I’ve been thinking she needs
To be by herself-
With nobody else
When she comes and she goes away.
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12. |
Stand Around (Live)
03:35
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She calls me up when I’m blue
Just to tell me, I’ve been feeling that way too.
She always ends with these apologies
But I’m happy when she remembers me
And calls with her complaints.
You talk too soft so turn it up.
I can listen and you’re never going to fade away.
We were closer back then.
What I’ve got to do
Is stop and wait for you
To call with your complaints-
We’ll never fade away.
Stop acting like you’ve got nothing to do
But stand around.
We can listen and never say goodbye
But we both know you’ve got to go.
Kerry sits in a place of her own
If she’s happy, I’m happy-
That’s all I know.
But man, I’ve been gone for way too long.
If I’m happy she’ll stay happy
And we’ll keep moving on
And I’ll still call with my complaints.
If she’s happy, I’ll be happy
And that’s really all I need so I can feel well.
Stop acting like you’ve got nothing to do
But stand around.
It’s late Sunday Evening
And we’re going to have to say goodbye
And we both know you’ve got to go.
I’ll settle where I stand-
I call this Home.
I’ll lay down where I lie
And call myself alone.
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13. |
12-Month Love (Live)
02:46
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Everybody knows you’re gone
But me, I chose to wait and see for myself.
I’ve got a picture up of you and me
And we can blow it up
Into a two-by-three foot memory
And hang it on the wall.
I love the look of me in love with you
And you, feeling the same way too.
We haven’t spoken in so long
And day-by-day it’s been dragging me on and on.
But in seven days you’ll be coming home
As if nothing has changed at all-
Nothing has changed at all.
I still love the look of me in love with you
And you, feeling the same way too
… When you hang above my head.
I love the look of you in love with me
And me, decidedly agreed.
I’ve been thinking about this 12 Month Love
But you’re gone.
Have a Merry Christmas cause you’re gone.
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14. |
Alyce Says (Live)
03:53
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It ain't easy, to watch the weather as it turns your life around.
It's the changing, that makes each thing I feel,
Feel like I'm losing my ground.
Oh, I knew she was leaving
So I sat down on the floor
And I watched her walk away.
-Alyce says that's not what you should say.
I started dreaming and I let emotion walk all over me.
It's believing that makes each word she says
Say exactly what she means.
Oh, now she's leaving and
Even though I knew she would,
I didn't think it would be today.
-Alyce says that's not what you should say.
That's not what you should say.
We'll do anything to make ourselves believe it's love.
That's not what you should say-
So I said thank you.
It's in the evening; she sees the world the way it shines down in her eyes
And in the sunrise, she paints herself a life
As it spreads across the sky.
She said she's leaving
So, I met her at the door
And told her she should stay
And Alyce says that's not what you should say.
That's not what you should say.
We'll do anything to make ourselves believe it's love.
That's not what you should say-
So I said I'm sorry!
You made me feel loved,
I made you feel loved
But this is anything but love
So I'm sorry...
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15. |
As of Late (Live)
03:56
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I’ve got little things-
They’re all little tendencies
That keep me behind.
I’ve got memories-
All the pieces that make up me;
Distant memories
That are stuck to the ceiling
And hanging above my head.
Lately, I dream I’m on fire.
She’s seen everything-
All the times when I’m drunk and rambling;
She’s seen the worst part of me.
I would take it back if I could
(Just to make her feel good again)
But this place is so cold
And I need to get warm again.
Lately, I dream I’m on fire
Or drowning in tears that I cry.
I don’t tell anyone, but I cry.
Please, take me Home to a sunnier sky.
Take me Home where I lay down goodnight.
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Tyler Stenson Portland, Oregon
Tyler Stenson is singer/songwriter in Portland whose music is elegant at its core. Twice-named Portland's "Songwriter of the Year" by the Portland Songwriters Association and recently named "Best Male Artist" at the Portland Music Awards, Stenson's music is refreshingly reminiscent of classic singer-songwriter greats such as James Taylor and Cat Stevens. ... more
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