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I wanna be John Lennon or Kurt Cobain
I wanna be that tragic story we glorify everyday
I wanna play the most dangerous game
I wanna be John Lennon or Kurt Cobain
I wanna be John Lennon or Kurt Cobain
Janis and Jim Hendrix and the King and all those names
I wanna be among the greats
It's better to burn out than fade away
I wanna be John Lennon or Kurt Cobain
I want my songs to mean more than what I say
Give up this life for fortune and fame
I wanna be John Lennon or Kurt Cobain
I wanna keep making mistakes and find who to blame
Elliott Smith, Buckley's a myth and Morrison's strange
I wanna be just as insane
Or maybe just left out in pouring rain
I wanna be John Lennon or Kurt Cobain
I wanna hate myself and write down my pain
I wanna play on the grandest stage
Or maybe just left out in pouring rain
I wanna be John Lennon or Kurt Cobain
I want my songs to mean more than what I say
Give up this life for fortune and fame
I wanna be John Lennon or Kurt Cobain
There's five leaves left on the fruit tree
Do you miss me
Miss misery
I wanna be John Lennon or Kurt Cobain
I want my songs to mean more than what I say
Give up this life for fortune and fame
I wanna be John Lennon or Kurt Cobain
It's better to burn out than fade away
I wanna be John Lennon or Kurt Cobain
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Loved By You
03:27
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A brightly placed smile in the right situation
A beautiful girl with no hesitation
She'd swim with the sharks if they said we don't bite
We've already eaten tonight
A beacon of truth in a world full of liars
A tree full of fruit in a forest of fire
She'd fly with the birds if they said "you have wings."
We're heading down south for the spring
The poor, bitter souls
Talk in jealous tones
For they know how lucky I am
To love and be loved by you
Secrets of youth in years that are trying
Love that gets lost in the weapons your hiding
She'd run with the herd to escape from herself
She doesn't need anyone's help.
The poor, bitter souls
Talk in jealous tones
For they know how lucky I am
To love and be loved by you
The poor, bitter souls
Talk in jealous tones
For they know how lucky I am
To love and be loved by you
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See-Through Box
04:09
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You told me you got this far
Pretending you know who you are
I haven't had much luck fooling anyone, I try
I keep my secrets locked in a see-though box for you
As close as you think that you are to my heart
Still that far
I felt happy yesterday
It was the strangest thing
You'd say
You didn't say a word
Like a falling tree I didn't see
I try to lose my cool when you want me to
As close as you think that you are to my heart
Still that far
Many times I tried to offer you a little bit of truth
When it made me less than what you thought
What you thought you knew
I told you I got this far somehow, someway
I haven't had much luck knowing anything
As close as you think that you are to my heart
Still that far
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Feel
02:38
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The trees look as if they feel something real
The seas move as if they know something I don't
The leaves fall in time for snow
Oh to be the trees, seas and snow
Love gives and takes away
While the rock just is
Deep thoughts in disarray
While the sun just shines
The rain poured again today
Oh to be so purposeful and clean
Free me from yesterday
And please be kind
Believe me when I say
I lost my mind
Teach me all you know
What do you say trees, seas and snow?
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Fallen Madly
03:28
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Lose yourself today
Make a point to say to someone
I love you for all that you are
Find yourself already
You know you're in the last place that you left you
If you don't know who you are who will?
I found a woman and I've fallen madly
I found a woman who just keeps me hanging on
I'm gonna tell her that I love her in the morning
Leave your pride behind
My vanity inside
It comes out, it comes out from time to time
Afford the things you need
This upper hand of greed
it's killing you
It's killing you and it's killing me
I found a woman and I've fallen madly
I found a woman who just keeps me hanging on
I'm gonna tell her that I love her in the morning
I found a woman and I've fallen madly
I found a woman who just keeps me hanging on
I'm gonna tell her that I love her in the morning
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Pretend
02:54
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Maybe you could let me know
What I did to make you go
What I did to make you go
Maybe you could stand in line
With the rest of those who left me behind
And you can talk about the reasons why
Pretend you understand my frustration
Pretend you really care about my problems
Ain't that the decent things to do
Maybe you could speak your mind
For a change and I'll speak mine
And we can change the bottom line
Maybe you could simplify all the complicated lies
The root of our demise
Pretend you understand my frustration
Pretend you really care about my problems
Pretend you understand my frustration
Pretend you really care about my problems
Ain't that the decent things to do
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You Belong With Me
03:07
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You belong with me
We belong in a tree
Cuz' making love with you
Is all I want to do
You belong with me
We belong in the sea
Cuz' all I wanna do
Is swim around with you
You belong with me
We belong together
Together yea
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Dead Left
03:02
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A fraction of your time is spend
Waiting in a line that never ends
Open all the boxes
And close up all the shops inside your head
Your focus is out of
And your lame excuse for leaving starts a trend
Amazing what a maze we've made
And you wonder how the truth can get so lost
You're afraid to live in fear
You're afraid to recall what you forgot
And I leave you for dead
It's better if you bled
It's better if you meant what you said
So I leave you for dead
A troubled situation breads a troubled inclination to sit and watch
From those on the outside
From those who swore to God they'd stand and fight
For goodness gracious
For goodness sake is that all you've got
And I leave you for dead
It's better if you bled
It's better if you meant what you said
So I leave you for dead
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Butter and Bread
02:26
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It's all downhill till you get to the bottom
Then it's all uphill till you get to the top of the rock
There's a million ways to tell me I'm not living up to expectations
I am squandering all my opportunity
Talking all that tomfoolery
Tell me what it is you want from me my friend
Tell me what it is you think I should do instead
I may be a little crazy but it's my butter and bread
I bet one day you're gonna regret it
I bet one day I'll come to my sense
Life's so long when your're living in tenses
I think I just wrote me a life sentence
Tell me what it is you want from me my friend
Tell me what it is you think I should do instead
I may be a little crazy but it's my butter and bread
Laughter captures the general mood
Sadness strikes me from out of the blue
Down to the black and into the red
You left me for dead so you could lend me a hand
Tell me what it is you want from me my friend
Tell me what it is you think I should do instead
I may be a little crazy but it's my butter and bread
Tell me what it is you want from me my friend
Tell me what it is you think I should do instead
I may be a little crazy but it's my butter and bread
It's all downhill till you get to the bottom
Then it's all uphill till you get to the top of the rock
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Mike Cavanaugh Boston, Massachusetts
I'm a singer/songwriter from Boston who met the Lord Jesus Christ at 29. My new full length studio album 'All that I Ever Did' is set to be released Friday April 19th which will tell my story. The album title comes from a Bible verse. After the women at the well encountered Jesus, her life changed forever and she went and told everyone, "Come and see a man who told me all that I ever did." ... more
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