1. |
Nothing Better
03:37
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It's been so quiet
with people workin
haven't seen a soul
Let's clear the tables
call friends and neighbors
get out my mixing bowl
Buy some potatoes and
get some tomatoes and
a few green vegetables
Fire up the oven and
we'll start a cuttin and
we'll have a festival
Chorus
cuz there's nothin better than being among friends
as we sit and eat and drink and laugh for hours on end
We throw in spices
like confetti
now it's half past five
The soup on simmer
the turkey basted
I see a few arrive
The chairs a fillin and
the drinks are chillin and
we all go om nom nom
We're storytellin and
we're nearly yellin and
the food keeps pilin on
Chorus
People start makin toasts
to each other and the hosts
the desserts disappear
but goodbyes are still not near
Chorus
And when the food is gone
someone picks a song
we turn the music on
and then we sing all night long
Chorus
Chorus
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2. |
Keep It Asleep
03:14
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I noticed you there some time ago
Finally, we exchange some vocabulary
My heart must think I'm running up a mountain
as I ask your name, nonchalantly
This is just the beginning
Soon I hope I'll be winning
meanwhile I know
I gotta keep
it asleep
Now we start to hang out
I meet your friends and act gentlemanly
I become more sure by the minute
while I smile and chat insouciantly
I hope that this is the way
to that glorious day
till then I know
I gotta keep
it asleep
I look for the right time
you have news while I deliberate
the news has a name and it's not mine
so I wear a mask that's dispassionate
Waiting was all for naught
I never even had a shot
so now I know
I have to keep
it asleep
If you're smart you'd say "give up"
rather than letting it persevere
well I am no magician
and cannot make things disappear
How much time will go by
until it decides to die
cuz I don't like
to have to keep
it asleep
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3. |
ImPatient
03:44
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It hurts
sometimes
but I'm fine
soon it will go away
for now I have to stay
why remind me
of my mortality
give back my energy
ooooooooooooh-ohhOHoh
Chorus
I wanna gallop and I want to leap
I wanna swim the channel in my sleep
I wanna lift a building with my hand
cuz it's a victory just to stand
It's hard
to move
but I'll improve
the worst is yet to come
when all is said and done
why remind me
of my mortality
it stole my energy
ooooooooooooh-ohhOHoh
Chorus
ooooooooooooh-ohhOHoh
ooooooooooooh-ohhOHoh
ooooooooooooh-ohhOHoh
ooooooooooooh-ohhOHoh
ooooooooooooh-ohhOHoh
ooooooooooooh-ohhOHoh
ooooooooooooh-ohhOHoh
ooooooooooooh-ohhOHoh
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4. |
Stuck
03:10
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He says, "can't you see, we can't see out"
He says, "all we learn is how to not learn"
He says, "we're just kids having a kid"
Did you hear him? I don't think we did.
Chorus
We don't need one thing to change
We need everything to stop
staying the same
There's no one person who deserves the blame
but we're stuck
year after year after year after year after year after year
He says, "don't you get it, we can't get out"
He says, "there's little left of what we left behind"
He says, "all we've done is wait since this all began"
Can you hear him? I don't think we can.
Chorus
When can he finally be free of poverty?
When will he no longer be a refugee?
When can he finally be free of poverty?
When will he no longer be a refugee?
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Lujo Connecticut
Lujo is a multi-instrumentalist/ composer/ recording artist from Maryland.
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