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Silver Buttons
03:31
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oh you’ve already sold your soul
but no one ever has to know
just keep it under wraps, Miss Mary Mack
keep it shut in
silver buttons
you’d trade it all for 50 cents
a chance to see the elephants
a cheap and easy thrill to do what you will
keep it shut in
silver buttons
it all amounts to nothing much
our guardian angels in their games of double dutch
and here you are in someone’s game
makes all your failures and your triumphs seem the same
so take it off and let them see
don’t be compelled to button up for privacy
with all those buttons down your back
no one suspects Miss Mary Mack
you’ve never been so high, your 4th of July
keep it shut in
silver buttons
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Ocean
03:30
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I can’t reach you
you’re miles from me now
if the ocean froze into snow
then I gladly would go
I’m committed
believe me when I say
if the ocean rose into the air
I would wander to where you are
I know you
and I’ll show you I do
Show me
you know me too
have you scanned
the horizon for me
if the ocean flows into the ground
I will always be around
empty promise
impossible goal
if the ocean goes far away
I’d be with you today
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Blue Hill Bay
03:17
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free, fly, new is the day
I’ve loosed my ties and I’ve sailed away
oh me, my, you have to stay
don’t make me cry, I’m going to Blue Hill Bay
tea time, this is the place
the paradigm of a wild goose chase
oh sea side mist on my face
don’t ask me why, I’m leaving the database
so long, fare thee well
nicely tanned from my personal hell
gone to grow out of my shell
rewind through the ol’ days
the asinine and the blazer phase
oh seek, find, view the replays
long time no see
what must you think of me
got to run, got to be free
beeline into the night
will stars align? will the whale be white?
oh keen eye, thin beam of light
don’t let me die, here’s hoping we’ll be alright
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4. |
Never Knowing
03:48
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there was a time I did not know who I was
and I realized that that was because
no one really knows just who they are or where they're goin'
and there isn't any shame in never knowin'
I was scared, I didn't know what to do
then I realized that I didn't have to choose
'cus no one really knows just what they'll do or where they're goin'
and there isn't any shame in never knowin'
I was told "you need to know what comes next"
but I realized that's not how you find success
'cus no one can read the future and who can stop the winds from blowin'?
no there isn't any sense in never growin'
here I am, I've survived up 'til today
and I think I've been living along the way
now I don't really know just who I am or where I'm goin'
and there isn't any shame in never knowin'
no I don't really know just who I am or where I'm goin'
but there isn't any shame in never knowin'
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David Voss New York, New York
David Voss is a composer, singer-songwriter, pianist, and mandolinist who lives in Brooklyn. He received his master's degree in music composition from Stony Brook University and works as a church organist and choir director.
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