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Is It Enough?
03:15
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I like you a lot, I might say
But I like a lot of people these days
And it's beautiful when you don't give a damn about anyone
What's the point of losing yourself
If you can't rely on anybody else
So don't tell me I'm breaking your heart if I never said anything
To pull you in
Do I make you crazy?
Do I make you blush?
Would you say I'm amazing, and is that enough?
I like you a lot and I know
Because I want to see you everywhere I go
I want to tell you the stories I swear I would never tell anyone
It's hard to pretend I don't care
Imagining your fingers in my hair
You're so beautiful when you're telling me just what I'm doing wrong
Not for long
Could I run something by you?
It's the best we can do
Would you say I inspire you to be someone new?
Who would you blame?
It's just a sign of the times that we're in
And we'll be fine if we make it out on time
Believe it or not
I've come closer than this but I've never been caught
So hold tight tonight
I'm glad I got into your head
I was nothing to run to instead
And I won't change your life I'll just turn it around for a little while
Do I make you crazy?
Do I make you blush?
Would you say I'm amazing, and is that enough?
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When I met you we both said we were bad people
I remember thinking one of us was right
There’s another empty bar where I can meet you
We never did know how to end a night
Now the lights are coming on, there’s another room til dawn
I’ve seen it all before but I don’t mind
Call me your dirty little secret
Name a time, tell me where
Break it down, before you break it
Better still, remind me why I’m here
When I met you we both felt like we were drowning
I remember learning quickly how to swim
I was never very good at sleeping sober
Or waiting for the light to come back in
Call me your dirty little secret
Name a time, tell me where
Break it down, before you break it
Better still, remind me why I’m here
In a year or two or ten
We’ll look back on these again
Tell each other and ourselves we’re doing fine
But do you ever miss those days,
Bad decisions we both made
I might, but not enough cross the line
Now the lights are coming on outside of Austin
And I'm cleaner than the stories I could share
I’m glad I could convince you it meant nothing
In time for me to realize I care
Call me your dirty little secret
Name a time, tell me where
Break it down, before you break it
Better still, remind me why I’m here
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3. |
Miss The Life
03:51
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I'm not sorry for the way I left
Won't weigh the memory with regret
Romanticize a troubled past
But I miss the life I thought I'd have
I'm not sorry that I lost my way
A different role for any day
I couldn't ever take that back
But I wish I'd known a better path
And I miss the life I thought I'd have
Lights go down on summer sand
I breathe you in and out again
I'll never falter
But I may wonder
Do you miss the life we built back then?
I'm not angry when I'm looking back
On a dozen dreams that didn't last
But after all the lights go black
I'll remember how we made it last
And I'll miss the life I thought we'd have
Seasons change, my life unfolds
And time goes on, it takes a toll
I'll never falter
But I may wonder
If I had the chance to take it back
Could I make the life I wanted last?
Or would I only miss the life I thought I'd have?
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What's wrong with misdirection?
Are your misplaced affections
So far gone that we can't go on?
You never dreamed so large but
You never fell so hard
And lost so much that you couldn't trust
Like you, like me
We could be anyone, we could be anyone
Like you, would you agree
We could be anyone, we could be anyone
What's wrong with second chances?
Are your discreet romances
Too well played to be tossed away?
I only needed time but
You wanted neon signs and brighter lights
Just to prove I liked
Liked you, like me
We could be anyone, we could be anyone
Like you, would you agree
We could be anyone, we could be anyone
History shows us no one can hold
Even the good guys fall
Nobody loses whether you choose this
Even the good guys fall
What's wrong with trying harder?
Are we too battle-scarred
Or too off track and we can't get back?
When will you have enough of
These things that build you up
But tear me down?
Can't you just be proud?
Like you, like me
We could be anyone, we could be anyone
Like you, would you agree
We could be anyone, we could be anyone
History shows us no one can hold
Even the good guys fall
Nobody loses whether you choose this
Even the good guys fall
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5. |
Move A Crowd
04:41
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I could find you in a crowd
I could meet you on the stairs
Turn the radio up loud
And pretend we're never here
I had set you in my sights
Months before you knew
I could meet you on the stairs
But the rest is up to you
You can tell me that it's right
From our corner of the room
How the music and the nights we share
Only help our bodies move in tune
You can join me in the light
Show them what we do
I could never move a crowd
Like the way I did with you
Comes a time you can't explain
Far too much to change to leave your world
If we never tried again
Even then I'm more or less your girl
So leave with me tonight
Show me what you do
I could never move a crowd
Like the way I move with you
In the morning comes the crash
And inevitable rain
Was the quiet and the calm we lack
Worth the passion and the pain?
So stay with me tonight
All the things we do
I could never more a crowd
Like the way I move with you
I could never move a crowd
Like the way I did with you
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6. |
Harder Girl
03:42
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Did you want me to show up on your doorstep
A bottle in my hand
Screaming at the windows
Make you understand
Did you want me to get mad, make a scene
Tear out of this bar we're in
Oh, that's not the way I play
Cause I know this song as well as you
I used to like them crazy, too
Before I was a harder girl
If I told you once it's twenty times
The grass is greener on my side
Living strong but loving blind
I think I'll find
A harder girl
Did you want me to tell you that I need you
In a line, or two, or four
Look over my shoulder
As I'm walking out the door
Were you better off without the talk
Before you crossed the line she's drawn
Oh, that's not the way I play
Cause I know this song as well as you
I used to like them crazy, too
Before I was a harder girl
If I told you once it's twenty times
The grass is greener on my side
Living strong but loving blind
I think I'll find
A harder girl
I think that the difference was
I wanted to save them all
While you were filling space with someone else
I can look at the brighter times
Mountains before she's mine
While you keep feeling sorry for yourself
Cause I know this song as well as you
I used to like them crazy, too
Before I was a harder girl
If I told you once it's twenty times
The grass is greener on my side
Living strong but loving blind
I think I'll find
A harder girl
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7. |
This Goodbye
04:17
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It's better the icicle melts
It's better than this
It's better they love what they have
And not what they miss
Flowers fade
Brighter than lights on your shoes
This goodbye
Was never intended for you
It's colder here inside than out
The icicle's thinned
But the harder I try to stay out
The more I gave in
Flowers fade
Brighter than light on your skin
This goodbye
Was only intended for him
Keep running around
Inside your roses
Is that what he said
I was late
Not gone, just wrong
Is that where he told you I was
It's better to leave at the door
Before he arrives
But I told you plenty before
You'll always be mine
Flowers fade
Brighter than light in our past
This goodbye
Was never intended to last
This goodbye
Was never intended for you
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8. |
Color The Air
04:14
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A clear sky tonight
The trees shape the light
I'm writing again about you
A lifetime ago we played house
Built a home
I may never know how much was true
So tell me you don't even miss me tonight
That's the bitterest thought I can bear
Tell me again, then let it rain
Color the air
I'm filling this room with my voice and a tune
I may never know how much you hear
With words paradoxically caught in my throat
I may never know when you came clear
So tell me you don't even want me tonight
That's the bitterest thought I can bear
Tell me again, then let it rain
Color the air
Sweet talk
By the fires we walked
I remember the heat
You remember the cold
Windblown
All the women I've known
Have been easy to love
But harder to hold
So tell me you don't even want me tonight
That's the bitterest thought I can bear
Tell me again, then let it rain
Color the air
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9. |
Sweetheart
03:55
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She had a forceful hand
I was her biggest fan
Every master plan she made it look so easy
It would have been so simple to impress me
But her secret's never what I hoped to find
Like a freeway ride until you hit the skids
She said 'smile pretty, make the most of it'
I'm a sweetheart, baby, til you hit that switch so you wait
I'll take my pretty hands
Make a battle plan
You can take a stand with us or you can watch me
Cuz when you raise your hands you make it harder
And every time you smile just makes it worse
Like a freeway ride until you hit the skids
She said 'smile pretty, make the most of it'
I'm a sweetheart, baby, til you hit that switch so you wait
I've got a long fuse burning with a brighter light
She said lean in, you've got another side
I'm a sweetheart, baby, til they cross that line so wait
When you raise your hands you make it harder
And every time you smile just makes it worse
Like a freeway ride until you hit the skids
She said 'smile pretty, make the most of it'
I'm a sweetheart, baby, til you hit that switch so you wait
I've got a long fuse burning with a brighter light
She said lean in, you've got another side
I'm a sweetheart, baby, til they cross that line so wait
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10. |
Fortune-Found Lover
04:45
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A fortune-found lover
I dreamed that he entered my life
And my life was a dream
Some friends in a house
And a garden that grew all year long
With tomatoes and greens
Our kittens grew fat
And our children grew tall
But we didn't grow old, not at all
We only grew younger and wiser
And stronger and then
As the years passed along
We started to thin and grow clear
As a stream in the spring
With a melting snow song
The light that shown in our faces
Reflected the light
That we built our lives on
We had sunlight to laugh by
And moonlight to dream by
And fire to sing in the cold
And candles that burned by our bed
Where we loved every night
Til each night had grown old
And after the candles burned out
We would lie side by side
And together we'd dream
A fortune-found lover
I dreamed that he entered my life
And our life was a dream
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Magen Tracy Boston, Massachusetts
Soulful vocals, poignant songwriting, and piano-driven rock with a strong dash of sleazy swagger and alt-country twang.
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