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1973 Overture
03:44
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I'm Waiting
02:22
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I’m Waiting
I’m waiting – I search for a sign
I’m hoping this year will be mine
As confident as I’ll ever be
The child behind – distant part of me
I wonder what I’ll find in ‘73
I’m ready – I won’t sit at home
Acceptance – new friends of my own
As confident as I’ll ever be
The child behind – distant part of me
I’ll see what I can find in ‘73
As confident as I’ll ever be
The child behind – distant part of me
I wonder what I’ll find in ‘73
I’m waiting
I’m waiting
I’m waiting
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Catholic Girl
02:41
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Catholic Girl
I’m in love with a Catholic girl
From a different street
First love, the deepest love
Every time we meet
We go dancing at night
Watch the stars, the transformer
Glowing light in her eyes
See myself – know she’s in me
Sharing all our secret thoughts
Walking in the rain
City bus, Sunday afternoon
With my Magdalene
We go dancing at night
Watch the stars, the transformer
Glowing light in her eyes
See myself – know she’s in me
When I awake
Look to the sky
I hope and pray
That our love will never die
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Sweet Fifteen
04:14
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Sweet Fifteen
“Christ your hair is a mess”
I really couldn’t care less
I’ve got to make a stand
This boy’s becoming a man
Outside the next movement’s dawning
Just over the hill
New poets, prophets and seekers
Sign me up just give me danger – I ain’t no stranger
Sweet fifteen and alive
I wonder if the world will survive
Twenty-one in ’78
But… that’s forever, oh man just too long to wait
Nineteen seventy-three
I don’t know who I’ll be
My heroes on the wall
Like them I want it all
Outside the next movement’s dawning
Just over the hill
Looking for my fathermother
Re-united cousinnephew sisterbrother
Sweet fifteen and alive
I wonder if the world will survive
Twenty-one in ’78
But… that’s forever, oh man just too long to wait
Sweet fifteen and alive
I wonder if the world will survive
Twenty-one in ’78
But… that’s forever, oh man just too long to wait
That’s forever, oh man I can’t hesitate
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Lost in the Crowd
03:15
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Lost in the Crowd
Millions of people around the center of town on Saturday, it’s Saturday
Voices so loud we’re feeling lost in the crowd – a holiday, the tourists play
Humid air rising, the rain isn’t surprising as it falls, sky turning grey
Foggiest notion, let’s get down to the ocean, then you say: “Let’s slip away”
O man it’s a circus and this crowd has no purpose, mania, pure mania
At the train station rainfall over the nation as we watch the solemn drops
I want you more, than you want me
I want you more, than you want me
But then we disagree, the possibility, the possibility
Your breath is soft and warm
Comfort from the storm, comfort from the storm
Millions of people around the center of town on Saturday, it’s Saturday
Voices so loud we’re feeling lost in the crowd – a holiday, the tourists play
I want you more, than you want me
I want you more, than you want me
I want you more, than you want me
I want you more, than you want me
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In Trouble
02:39
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In Trouble
So they took me to the station
I think I’m in trouble
I know I’m in trouble
Busted, handcuffed, knocked down, set-up
I think I’m in trouble
I know I’m in trouble
Now I’m wishing that this day was done
Only looking for a little fun
Now I’m banished from the kingdom – shut out the sun
Say goodbye to friends I’ve known
I think I’m in trouble
I know I’m in trouble
These four walls don’t feel like home
I think I’m in trouble
I know I’m in trouble
My whole world has crumbled come undone
Only looking for a little fun
Now I’m banished from the kingdom – shut out the sun
This ordeal’s never ending
I think I’m in trouble
I know I’m in trouble
House arrest but charges pending
I think I’m in trouble
I know I’m in trouble
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Jupiter Or Maybe Mars
02:36
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Jupiter or Maybe Mars
With your silent ways your secret melodies
Walking in the rain for everyone to see
Hung up on a very distant memory
On a journey to the stars
Jupiter or maybe Mars
Searching for tranquility
Songs just waiting to be free
Your songs just waiting to be free
With silent ways your secret melodies
On a late night trying to capture all you see
Fingers stretch for chords you’ve learned from memory
Songs just waiting to be free
Songs just waiting to be free
Your songs just waiting to be free
With your silent ways your secret melodies…
On a journey to the stars
Jupiter or maybe Mars
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Audrey Ramsey
03:18
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Audrey Ramsey
Audrey Ramsey seventeen
Picture postcard teenage dream
Platform shoes she’s standing tall
Knows the world and done it all
Audrey Ramsey
Audrey Ramsey
By one o’clock I’m half asleep
These afternoons offer no relief
Still I can’t but fantasize
Check out her picture – lovely eyes
Audrey Ramsey
Audrey Ramsey
She’s driving me insane
Twenty-four hours got her on my brain
When I sleep calling out her name
Audrey Ramsey
Audrey Ramsey
She’s driving me insane
Mentholated ciggies drinking cheap champagne
When I sleep calling out her name
Audrey Ramsey
Audrey Ramsey
After hours in her room
Swift undressing – sweet perfume
In the twilight afterglow
Taught me everything I know
It’s always go go go
To another party or another show
She always makes the scene
New York City cool and London’s such a scream
Audrey Ramsey
Audrey Ramsey
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The Wind Will Blow
04:03
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The Wind Will Blow
Late at night city lights are low
Shadows dance as the cheap lamps glow
Still ahead you’ve got miles to go
When you’re walking home and the streets are cold and grey
Then the new day dawns, midnight was hours away
Another death of another week
Saturday night now Sunday’s sleep
Half amazed by the hours you keep
But the wind will blow, will blow it all away
Yeah the wind will blow, will blow it all away
All the thoughts that are in your mind
In the darkness begin to shine
When you’re walking home and the streets are cold and grey
Then the new day dawns, midnight was hours away
O the wind will blow, will blow it all away
O the wind will blow, will blow it all away
Yeah, the wind will blow, will blow it all away
Will blow it all away
Will blow it all… away
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Tell Me Where You Are
04:30
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Tell Me Where You Are
Late December evening
Underneath the stars
Waiting at the bus stop
A stranger in his car
Orion shone upon you – he had you in his sights
Stood out on your doorstep
Just looking for a clue
The end is now beginning
I’m losing sight of you
Your brothers and your sisters won’t speak to anyone
Speak to me in dreams – tell me where you are
Angel morning comes – don’t leave me here alone
Speak to me in dreams – relieve your suffering
Tell me where you are
Tell me where you are
Tell me where you are
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Wanderlust
03:47
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Wanderlust
You could travel far from this place – if you want to
Paradise ain’t what it seems
Fascinated – reading books and writing poetry
A secret world no one has seen
So set a course for destinations far away now
And though the smoke and clouds you’ll fly
Out on your own be never lonely in the city
And let your dreams flower and rise
Vanquish your deepest fears inside
Oh there’s a feeling – wanderlust
And it’s a notion you can trust
For there’s a larger world outside
And now you’re going on a ride
And so the day comes Monday morning when you wake up
Your suitcase packed your ticket bought
You taste the fear but you repress it – won’t turn back now
Great to be free in ‘73
An open door to ‘74
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1973 Overture Reprise
03:59
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Leigh Gregory San Francisco, California
Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist/Occasional Poet/Occasional Artist/Cat Dad of Four.
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