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This Is It
03:53
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This Is It
This is it
You’ve found yourself another
This it it, for you
I don’t mind, but still it’s hard to fight it
This war inside my head
Switching on and off the light won’t kill it
So I’m giving up instead
And just pretend I’m dead
So this is it
You’ve found yourself another
This is it, for you
This is it
There ain’t no easy lovers
This is it, for now
I know I changed of course I did, who doesn’t
So don’t tell me you’re still the same
All those lies will never close the distance
So we go our separate ways
But for you it’s me to blame
This is it
I’ve found myself another
This is it, for me
This is it
There ain’t no easy lovers
This is it, for now
I know we’ll find our way
I know we’ll find our way
I know we’ll find our way
I know we’ll find our way
This is it
Looks like we both just ache for changes
This is it
When all the rules are meant for breaking
This is it
There’s a whole lot I’ve been taking
This is it
Music & Lyrics by Reto Burrell
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2. |
Go
03:34
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GO
Life keeps you running
There’s nothing’s here to hold you, hold you back
All that you want is
Mostly found on another track
No hidden secrets
Just believe in who and what you are
Turn on the engine
And ride away
The further you go
The closer you get
To where you hope to be
Just haven’t got there yet
My lazy angel
The fat guy with wings drinking beer
Bragging ‘bout flying
Least it’s on his mind
The further you go
The closer you get
To where you hope to be
Just haven’t got there yet
Just get the monkey off your back
Get the monkey off your back
Get the monkey off your back
Get the monkey off your back, back, back
You better keep going
Keep going
Better keep going
Keep it going, going, going
Go
Music & Lyrics by Reto Burrell
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Suitcase
03:11
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Suitcase
You’re living from a suitcase
Streets keep walking away from you
A maze of your mistakes
Drown it with a drink or two
How can you say you’re fine
When all you do is whine
Just take one by one
Learn how to live, go out, have fun
I know it’s not an easy thing to do
But better than giving up on you
You’re standing by the green light
Start walking when it turns red
And wonder with surprise
As a car leaves you dead
How can you say you’re dying?
Before you started trying
So take one by one
Learn how to live, go out, have fun
I know it’s not an easy thing to do
But better than giving up on you
So now you’re finally asking why
You gotta live before you die
You’re living from a suitcase
You wonder why you fail
When all you do is wail
Take one by one
Learn how to live, go out, have fun
I know it’s not an easy thing to do
But better than giving up on you
Music & Lyrics by Reto Burrell
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4. |
Some Days
03:16
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Some Days
Here I am but who am I?
Digging holes to find the sky
I don't know which way is up
Then the changes roar like thunder
Pull me from this cloud I'm under
Suddenly it's raining luck
Here I go again
Round and round and then
Who knows what tomorrow brings?
Some days fly by without a sound
Some days you can hear for miles around
Now how 'bout you?
In Echo Park a wealthy man
Told me life ain't worth a damn
And love is worth even less
A homeless guy said “Why?”
“Don’t let it pass you by”
"Believe and you'll find success"
Here I go again
Round and round and then
Who knows what tomorrow brings?
Some days fly by without a sound
Some days you can hear for miles around
Now how 'bout you?
How ‘bout you?
How ‘bout you?
Here I go again
Round and round and then, you know
Here I go again
Round and round and then, you know
Some days, how ‘bout you
Some days, how ‘bout you
Some days
Some days
Music by Reto Burrell
Lyrics by Reto Burrell & David Campbell Jr.
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5. |
Is It True
03:11
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Is It True
Can anybody give a reason?
Can anybody here explain?
Why is nothing breathing?
And when did it change?
Is It true?
Are we just blue?
Will we undo all the things we've done wrong
Or just carry on?
Pity ain't built for watching
Hard just to look outside anymore
Stay at home, shed our skins
Behind the door
Is It true?
Are we just blue?
Will we undo all the things that are gone?
Is It true?
Are we just blue?
Will we undo all the things we've done wrong
Or just carry on
What we do best is wasting time
Standing still and acting fine
Put decisions in a line
What are we waiting for?
Are we waging our own war?
Is it true?
Tell me, is it true?
Did we get blue?
In reading the signs
Is it true?
Tell me, is it true?
Did me and you
Misread the signs
Music by Reto Burrell
Lyrics by Reto Burrell & David Campbell Jr.
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6. |
Coming Home
04:10
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Coming Home
There’s nothing better
Than coming home to you
Don’t mind the weary weather
As if I ever do
I hit the road, driving with the headlights on
All through the night after playing at a one-man-show
Smiles and cigarettes lit up the crowd
Still feel the smoke itching in my throat
There’s nothing better
Than coming home to you
There’s nothing better
Than coming home to you
Damn hotel rooms, keeping me away from sleep
As other men’s ghosts keep teasing me
Who’s that girl laying by my side?
She looks like you, but ain’t alive
There’s nothing better
Than coming home to you
There’s nothing better
Than coming home to you
Love you, miss you, love you
Here in my car, is where I feel safe and sound
Count down the miles, rolling homebound
I’m on a road that leads to you
Yeah I’m on my way, I’m on my way
There’s nothing better
Than coming home to you
There’s nothing better
Than coming home to you
Music & Lyrics by Reto Burrell
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7. |
Heart & Bones
03:21
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Heart & Bones
Break my bones and break my neck
Clear it out, forget we met
Use your words to hurt and kill
Leave me on my own
Cut off pieces make me bleed
My love for you is a disease
I’m giving my last smile to you
Use it as your own
But don’t break my heart
It’s all that’s left from you
Don’t break my heart
It’s all I have
I’m trying to catch some answers here
Will you reply or disappear?
Let me down on memory lane
Of what was or could have been
Don’t break my heart
It’s all that’s left from you
Don’t break my heart
It’s all I need
Don’t break my heart
It’s all that’s left for me
Don’t break my heart
It’s all I have
So, if this is it for you
What about me
So, if this is it for you
But what about me
But don’t break my heart
It’s all that’s left
Don’t break my heart
Don’t break my heart
Break my bones, just do it now
But don’t break my heart
Use your words to kill me slow
But don’t break my heart
Call me names, now I don’t mind
But don’t break my heart
It’s all that’s left… from you
Don’t break my heart
Music & Lyrics by Reto Burrell
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8. |
Uninvited Honesty
03:44
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Uninvited Honesty
I’m fighting back the tears
That seep into my soul
You push me to the ground
There’s nowhere left to go
All these words tell the truth
You oughta know
All you say looks blue
When you’re really talking red
Running around in circles
Repeating all you’ve said
All these words tell the truth
You oughta know
You put me into costumes
Feel way overdressed
This clown lost his smile
He couldn’t take the rest
All these words tell the truth
You oughta know
Turning ‘round and ‘round on this carousel
And we’re riding down to the wishing well
Every song I sing is a part of me
And what’s left, is uninvited honesty
I’m not here to guide your life
Or set a time to die
You stab me in the back
And just I wonder why
All these words tell the truth
You oughta know
These words tell the truth
Turning ‘round and ‘round on this carousel
And we’re riding down to the wishing well
Every song I sing is a part of me
And what’s left, is uninvited honesty
It’s time to turn the page
This picture’s way too small
Call it revolution
Paste it to the wall
My words still tell the truth
You oughta know
These words, the truth
Turning ‘round and ‘round on this carousel
And we’re riding down to the wishing well
Every song I sing is a part of me
And what’s left, is uninvited honesty
And what’s left, is uninvited honesty
And what’s left, is uninvited honesty
Music & Lyrics by Reto Burrell
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Dancing To The Rhythm Of Rain
Today’s perfect to stay in bed
Talk to no one and hide my head
Hear the rain pouring down
Singing songs for me
Don’t watch the clock, don’t care ‘bout time
Just do what I want, feel alright
I wish you were still here with me
Drinking sweet wine
Let’s keep on dancing
Dancing to the rhythm of rain
Remember all the love songs
Dancing down memory lane
To the rhythm of, rhythm of rain
How would it be, if you still were here
You’re long gone but I feel you’re near
This world just had no place for us
It took you away from me
Don’t ask if I’m still angry now
Sometimes desperate, sometimes down
Today’s my birthday
So let your love be rain for me
Let’s keep on dancing
Dancing to the rhythm of rain
Remember all our love songs
Dancing down memory lane
Keep on dancing
Dancing to the rhythm of rain
Don’t worry ‘bout the sad songs
Down memory lane
To the rhythm of, rhythm of rain
Just keep on dancing
To the rhythm of rain
We keep on dancing
Down memory lane
We’re still dancing
To the rhythm of rain
Keep on dancing
Music & Lyrics by Reto Burrell
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10. |
Dirty Little Secrets
04:39
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Dirty Little Secrets
Dig a hole
Bury all the truth
Who will know?
Wash your dirty hands
And wipe them dry on someone else’s back
That sleazy smile
Keep it deep inside
All your dirty deeds
Don’t relight
The sins are still warm
And then gone like lightning in the sky
Dirty lil’ secrets, dirty lil’ secrets
We carry around
Dirty lil’ secrets, dirty lil’ secrets
That can’t be found
Tell me how long do you think it takes
Before you spill the vows of your secrecy
Dirty lil’ secrets, dirty lil’ secrets
We carry around
Dirty lil’ secrets, dirty lil’ secrets
That can’t be found
Dirty lil’ secrets, dirty lil’ secrets
We carry around
Dirty lil’ secrets, dirty lil’ secrets
That can’t be found
Music & Lyrics by Reto Burrell
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11. |
Set It All On Fire
03:53
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Set It All On Fire
Why don’t things fit in the first place?
Is this the flavor of life?
I feel the sun on the back of my neck
But all this shit still sticks in my mind
Set it all on fire
I cried all the tears out of me
Still the sadness stays
Fighting for Rome won’t change anything
So I surrender and light a match
Set it all on fire
Set it all on fire
Set it all on fire
Set it all on fire
Set it all on fire
Set it all on fire
Music & Lyrics by Reto Burrell
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12. |
Not As Cool As L.A.
02:40
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Not As Cool As L.A.
All of the pirates haunting on Sunset
Killing for sushi and wine
Retired drunks with cinnamon smiles
Abandoned ships in decline
New in town all on your own
Not part of any scheme
You’re an original of a hundred clones
An anchor against the stream
Yeah, you’re good, you’re doing well
You got skills your songs can tell
But boy, you’re not as cool as L.A.
Gotta have swag and learn how to brag
Sell junk as if it is gold
It’s not what you are, it’s who you know
In this circus of Rock’n’Roll
Yeah, you’re good, you’re doing well
You got skills your songs can tell
But boy, you’re not so keen on L.A.
Hey boy, yeah you boy
You’re good, yeah you really are
Your songs might hit one day
You’re cool, but not as cool as L.A.
You’re not as cool as L.A.
Not as cool as L.A.
Come back another day
Music & Lyrics by Reto Burrell
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13. |
Girls & Gold
03:46
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Girls & Gold
Both of them can change
Both of them can shine
And when they’re hanging around your neck
Both of them look fine
But that ain’t always what you get
They can turn your head
They can make you spin
Sometimes I swear, this precious pair
Are more alike than twins
They’ll work you up into a sweat
Then fill you with regret
Girls and gold
Are beautiful but they can be so cold
Easy to love but hard to hold
Always chasing time
It flies when you have fun
There’s time when I have flown so high
I could have kissed the sun
Two things always pulled me down
Till you turned me around
Girls and gold
Are beautiful but they can be so cold
You showed me that we can break the mold
Easy to love but hard to hold
And now it all makes sense
The way you’ve changed my mind
And I have no defence
Your love wins every time
Two things always dragged me down
Till you turned me around
Girls and gold
Are beautiful but they can be so cold
You showed me that we can break the mold
Easy to love but hard to hold
Girls and gold
Girls and gold
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