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In the space of a moment it can all come true
Like some grand revelation coming out of the blue
It can come with no warning in whatever I do
With just a look or a word or a gesture from you
And I know where I belong,
Cause we’ve been here all along
And no matter the time or the day or the year
You know we can’t go wrong
(With a look) you can show me
(With a word) you can show me
(With a gesture) you can show me something I’ve never seen
(With a look) you can take me
(With a word) you can take me
(With a gesture) you can take me places I’ve never been
I was lost, I was blind, I just hadn’t a clue
And then all of I sudden I knew just what to do
And the one thing I needed to carry me thru
Was just a look or a word or a gesture from you
Because you always shine a light
Just like the day that follows the night
And no matter the place or the time in my mind
We’re gonna be all right
(With a look) you can show me
(With a word) you can show me
(With a gesture) you can show me something I’ve never seen
(With a look) you can take me
(With a word) you can take me
(With a gesture) you can take me places I’ve never been
And you will always be the one
Just like the sky lit up by the sun
And no matter the place or the time of our lives
We’re gonna get it done
(With a look) you can show me
(With a word) you can show me
(With a gesture) you can show me something I’ve never seen
(With a look) you can take me
(With a word) you can take me
(With a gesture) you can take me places I’ve never been
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Bad Habit
04:38
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You hit me like whisky, jack me up like cocaine
You daze and confuse me, you’re my sweet Mary Jane
You’re all that I crave, I want you all of the time
But you make me do bad things, drive me out of my mind
I can’t get off you babe, no matter how hard I try
You’re just too hard to kick,
Like a bad habit, you’re my bad habit
I’ve got no will power, it’s a strength that I lack
I keep trying to leave you, but I always come back
Now I need a new doctor, got to find me a cure
Cause I can’t live without you, I know that much for sure
I just can’t quit you babe, no matter how hard I try
You’re just too hard to kick,
Like a bad habit, you’re my bad habit
I should never have started, what I’ve come to regret
I was hooked from the get-go, like that first cigarette
Now I’ve got to accept it, I just have to give in
To this condition I live with, my original sin
I just can’t quit you babe, no matter how hard I try
Though you keep hurting me, and making me cry
But if I can’t have you now, I believe I might die
You’re my bad habit
You’re my bad habit
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Extraordinary Mary
03:56
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Extraordinary Mary, she’s just as fine as she can be
She’s so beautiful it’s scary
What is she doing with me?
Extraordinary Mary, her eyes are blue as the sky
But I’m beginning to worry
Am I her only guy?
I cast about a cloud of suspicion
I keep having this strange premonition
It all just seems too good to be true
For a guy like me to end up with you…
Extraordinary Mary, what are you doing tonight?
What kind of secrets do you carry?
Will they ever come to light?
I know I don’t have any reasons to think you’re doing me wrong
But I feel you changing like the seasons
I fear we don’t have very long
I cast about a cloud of suspicion
I keep having this strange premonition
It all just seems too good to be true
For a guy like me to end up with you…
Extraordinary Mary, she’s just as fine as she can be
She’s so damn beautiful it’s scary
What is she doing to me?
What is she doing to me?
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So I may give off an impression,
I know my accent’s pretty strong
But then I haven’t really lived here all that long
And I can see the way you look at me,
I see your eyes filled with disdain
I know you can’t even pronounce my name
I am a foreign man,
Come from a distant land
And I bear wounds and scars
That I’ll never show
You haven’t been where I’ve been
You haven’t seen what I’ve seen
You’ll never understand
You don’t know what I know
Well you may see me out here working
yes I’ve been doing this for a while
I always try to make a point
To catch your eye and smile
You don’t know what it took for me to get here,
And everything I’ve sacrificed
And just how hard I’ve worked
To try and change my life
I am a refugee, who lost his family
I had to bury them not so long ago
You’ve never seen what I’ve seen
You’ve never been where I’ve been
So don’t look down on me
You don’t know what I know
And I will never be free
From all these memories
They’ll always follow me
They're everywhere I go
You’ve never seen what I’ve seen
You’ve never been where I’ve been
So don’t look down on me
You don’t know what I know
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Fool's Gold (Live)
04:16
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Well I wish I had a big house on the top of a hill
But I don’t have much money and I guess I never will
I tried a lot of different things but all of them have failed
It seems as if my ship would always sink before it sailed
There’s a pot down at the end of every rainbow so I’m told
But the only thing I ever seem to find there is fool’s gold
Fool’s gold – it shines so bright
Fool’s gold – you think it’s all right
Fool’s gold – it looks so real
Fool’s gold – but it’s the same old deal
Fool’s gold – you can throw it all way
And hope you just might come up with the real thing some day
I had a nice existence but I left it all behind
And went out on the road to seek what fortunes I could find
I dug a lot of dry holes, sunk a lot of hollow wells
But I never found a solitary thing that I could sell
Well I hope I hit the mother lode before I get too old
And get some real money instead of all this fool’s gold
Fool’s gold – it shines so bright
Fool’s gold – you think it’s all right
Fool’s gold – it looks so real
Fool’s gold – but it’s the same old deal
Fool’s gold – you can throw it all way
And hope you just might come up with the real thing some day
Well now thank you all for listening to my sorry tale of woe
And won’t you put some money in the hat before you go
And if I ever strike it rich, well you can call me then
And say, do you remember me, I knew you way back when
And I‘ll say, hey, no problem, won’t you come in from the cold
And come and join the party as we spend all this fool’s gold
Fool’s gold – it shines so bright
Fool’s gold – you think it’s all right
Fool’s gold – it looks so real
Fool’s gold – but it’s the same old deal
Fool’s gold – you can throw it all way
And hope you just might come up with the real thing some day
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It's Time to Move On
06:40
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Can you hear me? Or do you fear me?
Why won’t you come near me? Do I scare you away?
Am I crazy? Or just a little bit lazy?
It’s all a little bit hazy – like the weather today
It’s like an atom bomb exploding right inside your head
You just can’t believe the crazy things you heard they said
And now you find the situation has gone all the way…
To code red
It’s time to move on…
I don’t get it – so why should I fret it?
I oughtta just forget it - it’s nothing to me
I can’t take it – don’t know how to fake it
I’m not gonna make it – I’ll never be free
It’s like a fire alarm that just keeps ringing on and on
And that party that keeps right on swinging all night long
And the time has come when you know what you gotta do…
It’s time to move on…
It’s time to move on…
Are you ready? C’mon now hold steady
No need to get sweaty – don’t wanna look like a fool
It’s your time now – don’t wait for the sign now
It’s all gonna be fine now – you just got to stay cool
It’s that shot of truth that hits you like a ton of bricks
As it prises off your mask and exposes all your tricks
And now you have to pick yourself up off of the floor…
Before it sticks
It’s time to move on…
It’s like a fire alarm that just keeps ringing on and on and on
And the party that keeps right on swinging
All night long from to dusk to dawn
And the time has come when you know what you gotta do…
It’s time to move on…
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Chuck Brewer Pacific Grove, California
Singer-songwriter, harmonicas and sax, from Pacific Grove, CA.
My solo, original and other collaborative works are available here for streaming and/or purchase.
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