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New York
04:36
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I travelled to New York
To meet my family
I did not know what to think
I stayed in the house that
My aunt and uncle built
I did not know what to say
CHORUS
Oh children, oh cousins fair
I can’t wait to see you there
We’ll sing and we’ll clap our hands
Fall down and do it again
The smells were familiar
The food it did taste so sweet
It summoned such memories
My cousin, Jonathan
Best friend, how have we just met?
Oh brother unknown to me
CHORUS
I stared out the window at
The lake and their naked feet
Daydreaming, so soft and sweet
I breathed in the air of
The country so close to sea
I drowned in the grassy green
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2. |
Emotional Machinery
05:18
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I can hear your heart
Beating in your chest
The ticking of the parts
Beneath your bones and breast
But your emotional machinery
Is so much different than mine
Different design and manufacturing
So enchanting and kind
CHORUS
Darling, I love you
But darling we’re torn apart
By our emotional machinery
By the mechanics of the human heart
I don’t claim to understand it
The intricacies big and small
Can I get a manual up in here?
Is there a manual at all?
I can feel your breath
Moving through the trees
The scent of your perfume
That brings me to my knees
But your emotional machinery
Is so much different than mine
Different design and manufacturing
So impulsive and blind
CHORUS
Damn it, I miss your hair
Damn it, I miss your eyes
And your emotional machinery
So impossible and so sublime
CHORUS
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3. |
The North Sky
03:50
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The hum of the highway
Sings such a sweet song
And the clouds in the north sky
Flash white with the lightning behind
My body it blends in
To the black ink of black night
And so soft a vision
Emerges of you in my mind
I am but a pilgrim
In a savage and strange land
But the whole earth is filled up
With such beauty when you hold my hand
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4. |
It's a Stickup!
04:54
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Listen up everyone
Put your hands in the air
Just do what, what we say
And no one dies today
It’s a stickup, against the wall
Keep those hands up, surrender all
Single file, get in line
Desperate measures for desperate times
We have lived underground
But now the day has come
To make our, our demands
And there’s no turning back
No excuses, they’re useless here
So stop that chatter, dry your tears
We have suffered silence too long
So let’s get thoughtless, get it wrong
We’ve come to open, open, open
We’ve come to open your minds
We’ve come to open, open, open
We’ve come to open your eyes
If you value your life, attempt or die
If you value your life, attempt or die
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The World's Axis
05:02
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It’s been a long life
In such a short time
I open my eyes, and I’m still amazed
I’m doing alright
I told a good friend
We were resilient
And we were stronger
Than all hell’s demons
CHORUS
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
And simple gestures
From friends and strangers
They are the axis
On which the world turns
And I find strength there
And I find hope there
And it is shelter
For a weary traveller
CHORUS
I am lost but I’m still found
Count the blessings all around
Close my eyes and I kneel down
Cross my heart as I sing aloud
CHORUS
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6. |
Just Give Up
04:35
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My darling, darling stranger
I’m enjoying our conversation
I’ve never been good at talking
And sometimes I have trouble stopping
But you are just so charming
Actually it’s kind of alarming
Don’t know how I, I found you
But my arms they belong around you
CHORUS
So why don’t we bail on this coffee shop
It’s cold out but I’ll turn the heat up
In the car that I share with my mother
Angel, let’s go get under the covers
Unemployment, it is sky high
Student loans, they make me cry
Were I wiser I’d pound the pavement but
I’d much rather prolong this engagement
CHORUS
Let’s run away, let’s just give up
On being good enough for everyone but us
I’ll bare my bones, you bare your toes
Let’s shed the clothes and lay in sweet repose
Let’s breath this air, let’s be alive
Unplug the clock, stay up all night
Let’s fall apart, let’s make some art
Let’s start to heal these broken hearts
CHORUS
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David Bergner Boulder, Colorado
I'm a songwriter, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who believes in the transformative power of music. It is my hope that in creating and sharing music from a place of personal authenticity and vulnerability that the deeper truths and intimate experiences of your own heart and life will be illumined through the miraculous alchemy of music. Thanks for listening and for your support! ... more
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