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Disco Song of Love
02:42
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Growing up is losing little pieces
Chipped away like fragile figurines
Losing love to spiteful aneurysms
Innocent of the holes beneath my feet
And love goes na-na-na-na
Love will trip you to fall na-na-na-na
Love will strip you of all
Minute one, the heart is yet unbroken
Taking names, the whole world in your hands
Oozing love, industrial optimism
Innocent of the devastation planned
And love goes na-na-na-na
Love will trip you to fall
Na-na-na-na
Love will strip you of all
Heart attack from the loss of lovers gone
Take me back to the bliss of minute one
Starting over, starting over, starting over, starting over
Na-na-na-na
Love will trip you to fall
Na-na-na-no
Love will strip you of all
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Eldorado
03:30
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Again I'm squinting
My demons are back and they're so convincing
The world could end if I don't keep up my pace
And you're so patient
You're always open but never vacant
You clear a path so I can feel the space
Like a light through the black
Like a strong hand on my back
Like a cool river flows
Like a break against the cold
Like the value of gold
Eldorado, eldorado, eldorado
It's kinda silly
How something as big as New York City
Can be invisible when you're staring at your feet
And it's kinda scary
How much you mean and yet how rarely
I say I love you when we speak
Like a light through the black
Like a strong hand on my back
Like a cool river flows
Like a break against the cold
Like the value of gold
Eldorado, eldorado
And proud in my face to carry a trace of you
Your song in my voice
And more than a name you have given me a frame on which to
Build any house of my choice
Like a light through the black
Like a strong hand
Like a cool river flows
Like a break against the cold
Like the value of gold
Eldorado, eldorado, eldorado
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Stupid Crying Song
02:52
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Now you're gone
And since then everything is wrong
It's just a stupid crying song, stupid song
All night long, since you're gone
In your eyes
Life was a wonderful surprise
Now it's a stupid lonely life, stupid life
Now that I lost your eyes
And sometimes my mind goes back in time
To see you smiling in the sunshine
But now you're gone
And nothing's innocent or young
It's just a stupid crying song, this trip we're on
It's no fun, since you're gone
And sometimes at night I see you smile
By my side as though you survived
But now you're gone
And nothing's innocent or young
It's just a stupid crying song, stupid song
All night long, since you're gone
Growing old is not like anything we're told
It's just a stupid shit show, stupid show
People go and we grow old
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Honey
05:01
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Nighttime New Mexico
Flooding summer skies
I danced to your heartbeat, pressing close to stay dry
You called me honey
Spoke in lullabyes
Now I tip the neck of this sorrow 'til it's pouring out my eyes
We shaped the hollows, placed our laughter there
And now I try to replicate the tone in everyone
With yellow hair
Blue dawn in Yellowstone
Your breath even at my side
To be with you all over again, again I'd drive all night
You called me honey
Under Sweetwater skies
Now I tip the neck of this sorrow 'til it's pouring out my eyes
We shaped the hollows, placed our laughter there
And now I try to replicate the tone in everyone
With yellow -
A breakdown in Montana became a picnic spot
Alleyways of Laramie beside the railroads lots
A view of the Rockies stretching on and on and on and on and on
But where's my silver lining now that you are gone
New day New Mexico
Coffee in the sun
Could I have known by that Taos mountain that you would be the one
You called me honey
You warmed me inside
And now I'll tip the neck of this sorrow 'til it's pouring out my eyes
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Perfect
06:00
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I've been to a druid's den on a New Year's Day
And I've done Scotland on a motorbike, so how can you say
That I, I'm not perfect for you
What do I have to do?
And I can be sexy when I breathe into your ear
And when I sleep I look just like all those perfumed ads
I swear
But I, I'm not perfect for you
What do I have to do?
And on a day off, I've walked across the Brooklyn Bridge
Isn't that cool?
Just last week, I took the Staten Island Ferry
Into a breezy afternoon
I even got off, walked the crumbling docks
It's quite a view
And I could share that with you
Ever seen me when I laugh? My eyes, they shine.
You'd get to touch me anytime if you were mine
And I can sing, I'll be your nightingale
Welcoming the sun
I'll write you song after song after song, I know you'd love it
Wouldn't anyone?
But I'm not perfect for you
What do I, what do I, what do I have to do?
Na na na na, love will trip you to fall
Na na na na, love with strip you
Now you're gone and since then everything is wrong
It's just a stupid crying song
The Reflex is a lonely child waiting by the park
The Reflex is in charge of finding treasure in the dark
And watching over lucky clover isn't THIS bizarre
Every little thing the Reflex does leaves you answered
Answered with a question mark
What do I have to do?
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Mr. Plastic
04:19
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See the faces rushing by
See the sameness in their eyes
See them not seeing me
See the pieces of the whole
I connect them, make a soul
See them all part of me
'Cause I, I will be someone
I will be everyone
I will be you, I will be me
I can be anyone in history
'Cause I'm Mr. Plastic
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
See the faces of history
See the grand celebrity
See them all inside of me
See the muscles' every twitch
Hear the voices pitch their pitch
See them all becoming me
'Cause I, I will be someone
I will be everyone
I will be you, I will be me
I can be anyone in history
I will be you, I will be me
I can be anyone in history
'Cause I'm Mr. Plastic
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
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Sam Shaber Los Angeles, California
Sam Shaber hosts the IVFU podcast , available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all podcast apps.
www.ivfupodcast.com
Her solo show Sam Shaber: Life, Death & Duran Duran played to sold-out crowds in NYC, Edinburgh and Hollywood.
As a musician, Sam’s toured over 200,000 miles and released 12 albums, solo and with The Happy Problem, The Bashful, and The Good People of Planet Earth.
www.samshaber.com
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