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1. |
All Apologies
08:37
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What else should I be
All apologies
What else could I say
Everyone is gay
What else could I write
I don't have the right
What else should I be
All apologies
In the sun
In the sun I feel as one
In the sun
In the sun
Married
Buried
I wish I was like you
Easily amused
Find my nest of salt
Everything's my fault
I take all the blame
Aqua seafoam shame
Sunburn, freezer burn
Choking on the ashes of her enemy
In the sun
In the sun I feel as one
In the sun
In the sun
Married
Married
Married
Buried yeah yeah yeah
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
(REPEAT)
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2. |
I Love You
07:47
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A man carried metal
Carried gold
More than he could handle
More than he could hold
It weighed him down
To a sand shallowed grave
Where his bones were eaten
By a heatwave
While here it rains all night
And it blows a sweet breeze
Think, I'll call you up
And say, "Please, baby, please"
I love you, I love you
Yeah, I love you
Yeah, I love you
Ah, the dream machine
Makes it hard to see
If I could stand outside myself
And watch it come to me
I'd make the dream
Filter down to my fingers
And rip at the fools head
And follow your scent that lingers
'Cause I love you
Yeah, I love you
I love you
Yeah, I love you
'Til the crash
And the booming of the white bomb
Come sure, come soon
Come leave just one song
One song, one beat
One dust, one end, one for all
One stone for the marking
For the dream when it falls
When I love you
When I love you
Yeah, I love you
Oh yeah, love you
I love you
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3. |
This Flight Tonight
05:50
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Look out the left, the captain said
The lights down there, that's where we'll land
I saw a falling star burn up
Above the Las Vegas sands;
It wasn't the one that you gave to me
That night down south between the trailer;
Not the early one
That you can wish upon;
Not the northern one
That guides in the sailors
Oh star bright, star bright
You've got the lovin' that I like, all right
Turn this crazy bird around
I shouldn't have got on this flight tonight
You got the touch so gentle and sweet
But you've got that look so critical
I can't talk to you baby
I get so weak
Sometimes I think love is just mythical
Up there's a heaven
Down there's a town
Blackness everywhere and little lights shine
Blackness, blackness dragging me down
Come on light the candle in this poor heart of mine
Oh star bright, star bright
You've got the lovin' that I like, all right
Turn this crazy bird around
I shouldn't have got on this flight tonight
I'm drinking sweet champagne
Got the headphones up high
Can't numb you out
Can't drum you out of my mind
They're playing, Goodbye baby, Baby Goodbye,
Ooh, ooh, love is blind
Up go the flaps, down go the wheels
I hope you got your heat turned on baby
I hope they finally fixed your automobile
I hope it's better when we meet again baby
Star bright, star bright
You got the lovin' that I like, all right
Turn this crazy bird around
I shouldn't have got on this flight tonight
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4. |
Norwegian Wood
04:05
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I once had a girl
Or should I say
She once had me.
She showed me her room
Isn't it good?
Norwegian Wood.
She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere
I looked around and I noticed there wasn’t a chair!
I sat on the rug
Biding my time
Drinking her wine
We talked until two
And then she said, it’s time for bed.
She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh.
I told her I didn’t and crawled off to sleep in the bath
And when i awoke
I was alone
This bird had flown
So i lit a fire
Isn’t it good?
Norwegian Wood.
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5. |
Alfie
06:02
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What's it all about, Alfie?
Is it just for the moment we live?
What's it all about when you sort it out, Alfie?
Are we meant to take more than we give
Or are we meant to be kind?
And if only fools are kind, Alfie
Then I guess it's wise to be cruel
And if life belongs only to the strong, Alfie
What will you lend on an old golden rule?
As sure as I believe there's a heaven above, Alfie
I know there's something much more
Something even non-believers can believe in
I believe in love, Alfie
Without true love we just exist, Alfie
Until you find the love you've missed you're nothing, Alfie
When you walk let your heart lead the way
And you'll find love any day, Alfie
Alfie ...
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6. |
Lonely Lonely
06:39
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WATER WATER ON THE SEEDS
TO MY LEFT THEY ROSE AND LEAF
TO MY RIGHT CROSS SEVEN SEAS
HMMMM
MAYBE MAYBE THEY’LL STAY TRUE
MY SEEDS WILL CROSS AND THEN TAKE ROOT
AND LEAD YOU TO AN EMPTY ROOM
LONELY LONELY, THAT IS YOU
LONELY LONELY, THAT IS YOU
PAPER PAPER OBSOLETE
HOW WILL YOU REACH OUT TO ME
I THOUGHT YOU’D ASK ME NOT TO LEAVE
LONELY LONELY THAT IS ME
LONELY LONELY THAT IS ME
DISTANCE MAKES THE HEART GROW WEAK
SO THAT THE MOUTH CAN BARELY SPEAK
EXCEPT TO THOSE WHO HIDE THEIR NEEDS
AND I HAVE READ THE GOLDEN SEAL
THAT TELLS OF HOW THE SEEDLINGS FEEL
REMINDS MY HEART, WHAT LOVE CAN YIELD.
BY MY ONLY, THINGS ARE CLEAR
BABY BOY I’M STAYING HERE.
LONELY LONELY THAT WAS YOU.
LONELY AND SO I AM TRUE.
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7. |
Repetition
04:52
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I’d like to think
I could quit you anytime
But you’re not a cigarette
Or a glass of wine
You make the rules
And I break them every time
With my careful sentiment
Even though they’re true
Loyal to my detriment
Dedicated to a fault
From day one ‘till now
We got along somehow
Repetition feeds a habit
Repetition kills a high
A slow, sad sigh
One way to say goodbye
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8. |
Midnight Sun
04:29
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Your lips were like a red and ruby chalice
warmer than the summer night
The clouds were like an alabaster palace
rising to a snowy height
Each star it's own aurora borealis
suddenly you held me tight
I could see the midnight sun
I can't explain the silver rain that found me
or was that moonlit veil
The music of the universe around me
or was that a nightingale
And then your arms miraculously found me
suddenly the sky turned pail
I could see the midnight sun
Was there such a night?
It's a thrill I still don't quite believe
But after you were gone
there was still some stardust on my sleeve
The pain of it may dwindle to an ember
and the stars forget to shine
And we may see the meadow in December,
Icy white and crystalline
But oh my darlin’ always I'll remember
when your lips were close to mine
And I saw the Midnight Sun
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9. |
Exquisite Corpse
06:26
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Exquisite Corpse, drink the new wine
A folded page
Conceals the old line
Escape from sequence, an abstract consequence
You cannot move,
You have been defined
Yet I remain
With the first line.
I cannot leave anything behind
No longer, do I presume to intervene
I cannot move, but I can decline
I met you here, in the chalk line
There was paint in your veins
Now these sidewalk stains
A canvas of another slain
Disgust and disbelief
Could they imagine what it is
To exist as a motif
I am the GOD of repair
I am here to heal
But I condemn, my cautionary tales read like a script
I am art I believe
I am shading and perspective
But You are the living light
I am the child’s gaze of hunger
But you are the child
I’m a story someone heard
It was about you
Why do they paint me
Facing the canvas
The combinations have been deadly
I was humour, but also bigotry
I was fear, I pulled the trigger
Backed up the shots with history
We met in the air.
I am the God of repair
I am here to heal but I condemn
My cautionary tales read like a script
I am art, I believe
I am shading and perspective
But you are the living light
I am a child’s gaze of hunger
But you are the child
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10. |
One More Colour
05:06
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"Is it lasting?",
and in asking,
the sphere becomes a line
A dotted line, and to follow it, you must make a jump each time
A dotted page, a dotted hillside, a blast of dots
A blind reader, a flock of sheep, or a blast of trumpet shots
Here
All we have here is sky
All the sky is, is blue
All that blue is, is one more colour now
To measure the tower's
invisible sway
inside the moving skies
The cough of a swallow
that softly lies there
as loudly as it died
The same as the vendor
who likes to sing as loudly as he can
All he says is,
"It suits me fine,
that's the way I am"
Here
All we have here is sky
All the sky is, is blue
All that blue is, is one more colour now
Speak a little softer, work a little harder, shoot less with more care
Sing a little sweeter, and love a little longer, and soon you will be there
Here
All we have here is sky
All the sky is, sky blue
All that blue is, s
One more colour
One more colour
One more colour now
And these are some reasons, just like the seasons,
they turn and then they fly
The honkless geese 'neath the goatless ledge in
The speckless sky
The speckless sky
The speckless sky
I hear you
I hear you
I hear you
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Aimee-Jo Benoit Calgary, Alberta
Calgary musician Aimee-Jo Benoit is celebrated for her distinctive vocal style, articulate diction, and expressive phrasing. She passionately showcases Canadian songwriters in her performances, blending classic standards with contemporary hits in a fresh style. Her work honors the Jazz tradition of reinventing the repertoire. ... more
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She's haunting, unique and you will not hear anything else like her.
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I've watched them grow up, and am so impressed by their constant efforts to be transparent to their audience.
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GROOVY AS FUCK. I can't stop listening to this album and I one day hope I get to collaborate with them.
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