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There's imitation crab meat
And imitation fur
We said that we was happy
And then we weren't so sure
We were life
Imitating Art
Imitating everyone around
We were life
Imitating Art
Imitating someone else's sound
Seven in a minute
Or fourty-one in five
I can do Belushi
But I'm working on my jive
I'm just life
Imitating Art
Imitating everyone around
I'm just life
Imitating Art
Imitating someone else's sound
When you look in the mirror
Do you like what you find?
Close your eyes if it's clearer
Tell me what comes to mind
Is it life
Imitating Art
Imitating everyone around?
Is it life
Imitating Art
Imitating someone else's sound?
Well we're all life
Imitating Art
Imitating everyone around
I'm just life
Imitating Art
Imitating someone else's sound
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how could you be afraid
to live with the love you've made
and how could i be your saving grace
when there's nothing left to save
wont you love me like you mean it
love me like you care
love me like there's still a trace of something good in there
wont you love me like you need it
love me like it's all that you could do
wont you love me
wont you love me like you mean to
how could i hope to hide
the love that i leave inside?
and how could i be the eyes that watched
as a heart began to die?
wont you love me like you mean it?
love me like you care
love me like there's still a trace of something good in there
wont you love me like you need it
love me like it's all that you could do
wont you love me
wont you love me like you mean to?
do you remember when your heart was free
just you and me forever
do you remember when my heart was true
and every day i promised you
i'd love you like i mean it
love you like i care
love you like there's still a trace
of something good in there
wont you love me like you mean it
love me like it's all that you could do
wont you love me
wont you love me
wont you love me
wont you love me
wont you love me like you mean to
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pop the trunk
fresh cologne
double-check the address on my phone
drop my bags at your door
all that i won't carry anymore
let me in if i'm in, take me out
cause i know i don't know what i'm talking about
for all of my fear if you still want me here
let me in if i'm in, take me out
let me in if i'm in, take me out
light a fire and regroup
try to name the spider on the stoop
i am mine and mine alone
but this old house still dreams of comin' home
let me in if i'm in, take me out
cause i know i don't know what i'm talking about
for all of my fear if you still want me here
let me in if i'm in, take me out
let me in if i'm in, take me out
let me in if i'm in, take me out...
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I Know You (demo)
03:25
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3:15 AM
bus was leavin' Boise
but I had to see you then
I was overjoyed and underneath a magic groove
that made my spirit move
I know you
Yes I do
You're someone that I could hold on to
Yes it's true
Feel I've fallen for good
And every dream that I had once let go
Seems to let me know
That i know you
Yes I do
And I know you know me too
9:15 AM
you were makin' breakfast
I was short on sleep again
Some may call it reckless
But i won't regret the things
That make my spirit sing
I know you
Yes I do
You're someone that I could hold on to
Yes it's true
Feel I've fallen for good
And every dream that I had once let go
Seems to let me know
That i know you
Yes I do
And I know you know
the reasons why we said goodbye
now i know em too
it's not too late to dedicate
to what i'm sposed to do
vocation all i ever wanted
i know you
yes i do
you're someone i could've
held on to
yes its true
fear i've lost you for good
but even if its time to let you go
i will always know
that i know you
i know you
i know you
yes i do
and i know you know me too
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Some songs you gotta skip
too fast
too slow
too sappy
sometimes you take a trip
but the trip dont make you happy
life will catch you off guard
this is a beautiful place
low in the saddle
high on the trace
some songs you gotta sing
ridin shotgun with your chauffeur
blackbird spreads its wings
we've come too close to her
life will catch you off guard
this is a beautiful place
low in the saddle
high on the trace
silence from the driver's seat
shut my eyes and try to sleep
fly away on big black wings
and sing my songs again
life will catch you off guard
this is a beautiful place
low in the saddle
high on the trace
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Summer, June, in Tennessee
Out along the riverbed
We went walking through the sea
of budding berries, black and red
Summer, June, in Tennessee
Swimmin' through a field of lace
I will witness what you see
I will forget my own face
Summer, June, in Tennessee
Pour the water o'er my head
Something's placed a claim on me
Ariadne's golden thread
Summer, June, in Tennessee
Strollin' down the city street
Silhouettes and Polaroids
Paint the picture incomplete
Summer, July, 2 years later
'Couple new no parking signs
I didn't die from spider-bite
'Possum rides again...
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Robert Gay and the Alarms Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville native.
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