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Mermaids
04:03
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Into the deep through the divide in a submarine
Out of the danger to the inside of a tangerine
I dance with the mermaids in my dreams
I danced with a girl but she couldn’t take me high enough
I dance with the mermaids in my dreams
It’s you that I know
First in a lesson, then in a rhyme
Into the water I’m paralyzed
Strange how I know ya
I dance with the mermaids in my dreams
I danced with a girl but she couldn’t take me high enough
I dance with the mermaids in my dreams
Who do you ask? Who do you ask?
When something’s wrong
Who do you love? Who do you love?
When nothing’s wrong
Send me the bill for the trouble I’ve caused
All my intentions were left at the shore
Basking away, well I guess I should stay
Dinner down with my mermaids
I dance with the mermaids in my dreams
I danced with a girl but she couldn’t take me high enough
I dance with the mermaids in my dreams
Who do you ask? Who do you ask?
When something’s wrong
Who do you love? Who do you love?
When nothing’s wrong
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Fading Sun
04:53
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used to know what I’d find
now I don’t know anymore
used to know what I’d find
now I don’t know anymore
it’s changing a little
for nobody
it’s falling asleep
there’s a whole lot it’s trying to say
hey hey, hey hey….fading sun
it’s just outside
or maybe in the middle
it’s just outside
the paradigm
you can say what you wanna
what it wants is what it’s gonna turn into
hey hey, hey hey….fading sun
what it wants is in your head
what it wants is in your head
the center is ours
the planet revolves
sharing the light
it signs itself off
hey hey, hey hey….fading sun
hey hey, it got me going….fading sun
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Let’s go see what’s on the other side of this world
Let’s go see what’s on the other side of this world
We can leave this place and end up happy like we should
Let’s go see what’s on the other side of this world
You showed me what a good girl was
Now my face is in the mud
You heartbreaker, moving on
Dye me roses in your blood
Let’s go see what’s on the other side of this world
Let’s go see what’s on the other side of this world
We can leave this place and end up happy like we should
Let’s go see what’s on the other side of this world
Burn my back to color the sun
The stakes are high we’ve come undone
Sooner or later the circle is lost
Dye me roses in your blood
Let’s go see what’s on the other side of this world
Let’s go see what’s on the other side of this world
Especially if you’re curious, the rivers are gold
Let’s go see what’s on the other side of this world
Define…
The road…
Less travelled…
With your body and your soul
A kinder place fits in your hand
Got the rules at your command
Little by little concentrate
The life you have is what you make
Let’s go see what’s on the other side of this world
Let’s go see what’s on the other side of this world
We can leave this place and end up happy like we should
Let’s go see what’s on the other side of this world
Let’s go see what’s on the other side….
Let’s go see what’s on the other side….
Especially if you’re curious, the rivers are gold
Let’s go see what’s on the other side of this world
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Heart Stain
03:43
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There’s only one thing in my life
There are two things I will say before I die
Say something, something…..anything at all
Say something, something…..anything at all
Every single one of us
Changes colors of our love
Every single part of us
Changes colors….
Say something, something…..anything at all
Say something, something…..anything at all
Say something, something…..anything at all (take a crack at it anyway)
Say something, something…..anything at all
What’d you say? Did your heart stain get in the way?
Of the pain that you caused when you drifted away
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Face Like a Cloud
04:25
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I wanted just to see you in the morning
It’s a long time from the evening when I came…..
To your window with my six string hanging on….to you
Don’t you mess with me
I’ve got a face like a cloud
I’ll let you as long as you let me
It ain’t right but it’s so good when you’re inside
Sublimation’s just a pathway to the promised land
Your face is all I see, your face is all I see
Don’t you mess with me
I’ve got a face like a cloud
I’ll let you as long as you let me
Don’t you mess with me
I’ve got a face like a cloud
I’ll let you as long as you let me
Careful, careful, careful….what you wish for
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The Messenger
03:36
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There’s a man on the beach and he asks which way to go
With a book in his hand and a broken crossbow
While you’re living save your sorrow
While you’re dying save your soul
Why go home…..rock and roll
The pain you know will wash away into the voices singing along
Today is a gun
The day is a gun
Take tomorrow
Endless garden
Sad blue evening
Heavy pen
Why go home…..rock and roll
This pain you know will wash away the voices singing, beating, singing
The man on the beach turns around and nods hello
There’s a wink in his eye the beach is covered in snow
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Are You With Me?
04:52
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Are you with me or are you standing alone
Time to make amends with your own mind
Are you with me or are you standing alone
Emancipate or celebrate, but let’s move on
You had the vision in your hand
About us being in a traveling band
A dull knife cuts wider lines
You say it’s just about quitting time
Are you with me or are you standing alone
Time to make amends with your own mind
Are you with me or are you standing alone
Emancipate or celebrate, but let’s move on
Salutations seem so coy
After you told me that you wanted my boy
We reached a place that most can only dream
But are you still here with me
Are you with me or are you standing alone
Time to make amends with your own mind
Are you with me or are you standing alone
Emancipate or celebrate, let’s move on
The sooner we fall the sooner we make a safe return to grace
Salutations seem so coy
After you told me that you wanted my boy
We reached a place that most can only dream
But are you still here with me
Are you with me or are you standing alone
Time to make amends with your own mind
Are you with me or are you standing alone
Emancipate or celebrate, but let’s move on
Are you with me or are you standing alone
Time to make amends with your own mind
Are you with me or are you standing alone
Time to write the lyrics to a new song
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Sueños Gigantes
05:14
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Ending of a Dream
01:59
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I’m singing out loud, I’m rolling with the tide
I’m singing out loud, the snow is blinding white
I’ve seen my baby, she’s lost so many times
Singing out loud in the blinding hull of the night
I’m singing out loud with all my earthly possessions
I sing it out loud and they all go away
And that means I can’t get my hands on them no more mama I say
I sing it out loud and the earth falls away
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David Gergen Los Angeles, California
I write and record music by myself in my studio in Los Angeles. Sometimes they are songs, other times they are experimental instrumental tracks. Whatever the outcome may be, I am always recording.
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