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Ordinary Man
03:55
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Can I tell you what’s on my mind?
Of all the challenges I seem to find?
Heaven help me
I can hear the distant bells
It gets so crazy
Who will save us from ourselves?
How can I begin to apologize?
Is there room for compromise?
Have you noticed
Nothing’s easy in this life?
We just keep going
Push the barriers aside
Just an ordinary man
Trying to do the best I can
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2. |
Walking In Circles
03:56
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I’ve been thinking that it might be time
Time to finally face the truth
It seems crazy just to wait around
Just to wait around for you
When it started out
Didn’t seem so strange
I’ve always been searching
Was it in my head?
Did I dream it up?
I’m walking in circles
It's true
Maybe I was always meant to be
Meant to be a here all alone
But there’s something that I just can’t shake
Just can’t shake it from my bones
It’s been so long since I’ve
Heard your voice
But I’ll still be waiting here for you
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3. |
One More Picture Show
05:31
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One more time I’ll come around
Maybe we can go downtown?
One more picture show
Takes us where we want to go again
Brand new time and place
Rescuing the human race again
When the light begins to fade
The silver screen takes us away
When it’s done it’s time to go
I can’t wait to walk you home
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4. |
After All
03:55
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We looked ok together
A real decent song and dance
But with a little stormy weather
We didn’t stand a chance
After all we’ve said and done
And felt about each other
It’s hard to see you walk away
And leave me for another.
We didn’t need to fake it
It felt just like the real thing
It looked like we might make it
But it was just a fling
Oh! No!
Tearing us apart
Oh! No!
A few more broken hearts
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5. |
Suit Yourself
03:49
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Take a ride-suit yourself
Go downtown-suit yourself
Look around-suit yourself
Settle down-suit yourself
Get a burger and some fries
You only live once or twice
Because I’m thinking...
Just come on over
We'll have a real good time
Leave your reputation
On the edge of the night
If you let your guard down
I promise to be nice
Maybe we'll be happy
For the rest of our lives
Take it fast-suit yourself
Or go real slow-suit yourself
Turn on the lights-suit yourself
Or leave them off-suit yourself
When things go wrong don’t shoot yourself
Take a deep breath-too soon to tell
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6. |
Detroit City Way
04:40
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Hello hello
It’s time to go
If we stay here
We’ll never know
Now’s the time to believe
Let’s just see what we see
Come on now
Let's get out of this place
Come on now
Make five dollars a day
Come on now
The Detroit City way
You wait so long
To sing this song
All the angels
Sing along
We’ll leave this world behind
Let’s just see what we find
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7. |
Imagination
04:50
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Picture a Garden of Eden where
Life as we know it does not compare
People often call this Paradise
No one a beggar or millionaire
Everyone equal and all is fair
Here we’ll live for an eternity
All that I see think and do
Ah, Imagination
All this can be for me and you
Ah, Imagination
Imagination always gets in my mind
Imagination gets me
Cry me a river with tears of joy
For all of the madness that was destroyed
No more reason left to live in hate
Walk on the water or through the air
Just like a rainbow we all can share
Seasons come as soon as seasons go
I open up my eyes to see you
Open arms of mine receive you
All I want to do is love you
As Heaven holds the stars above you
By William Pilipchuk
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8. |
When
08:18
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When do we find out
What it is
That is keeping us alive?
Will the answers
Make us smile
At the perfect sense
It all makes?
Ah
It's OK
We can wait another day
It's alright
We can wait another night
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I was waiting for the sun to shine
Come and dry up all the rain
All my strength was left so far behind
Like a crazy dream
How I lost my confidence
I never could explain
I’m never going to let you down again
It was feeling like a losing game
Something I could never win
And I didn’t want to be so lame
So I pushed it down
Oh, I’m just wondering...
I was standing underneath the stars
Contemplating all that space
And I saw you shoot across the sky
And I was back again
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10. |
It's Been So Long
04:20
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I can hear the calling
Instinct runs deep
Come and spend a moment
With me
Wake from your sleeping
What do you see?
Can your eyes really be
Believed?
It’s been so long
But now it’s time
Feel the light upon you
The fresh cool breeze
We can walk forever
So free
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11. |
One Step At A Time
04:17
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Lying there in the dark
Your mind races
There’s an ache in your heart
Long lost places
Where are you going?
What will you find?
One step at a time
On your way
It's gonna be fine
Someday
There’s so much we don’t know
Pain and glory
And you’re trying to control
The whole story
All of the answers
Will come by and by
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12. |
Hands Of Time
04:51
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Where are you now?
I just keep reaching out
Thinking of the past
How do I go on?
It seems my strength is gone
But now you’re only here
In our memories
Once I had, a brother mine
Lost you to the hands of time
I know there will always be
A part of you that's part of me
What am I to do?
My head’s too full to use
My heart just weighs a ton
But every day gets better
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Rich Nelson Band Tryon, North Carolina
The new album 'Try On' is out, following albums Lucky Bounce (2022), Fret And Wail (2021), Twenty Twenty Hearing (2020) and
Ever Since Now (2018), all available here.
You can also hear it all at RichNelsonBand.com or on iTunes, Spotify, etc.
The band features Rich with Jeff Manson on bass/vocals and Rob Driscoll on drums/vocals.
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