1. |
Are You a Sailor
04:18
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Cool dark shadow
Comes in from the east
Atlantic Rain washes over me
And you are a sailor
Somewhere out at sea
Singing where are you my lovely
In your arms I'd rather be
And the summertime goes by
But I'll dream about it all the time
How can I say goodbye
When hello is always on my mind
Oooohoooo
Oooohoooo
Oooohoooo
Oooohoooo
Cool dark shadow
Carry me to sleep
Dream of my Lover
Coming home to me
Or are you a sailor
Somewhere out at sea
And when summertime goes by
I'll dream about you all the time
How can I say goodbye
When hello is so hard to find
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2. |
Tell Me a Story
04:22
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Hey Lover
I know your name
Tell me a story
Let it take all day
Cause I've got nowhere to go
No place I'd rather be
Tell me a story
I wanna see
Give me all your silver
I'll turn it into gold
A penny for a nickel
You'll get your money's worth
I've got nowhere to go
No place I'd rather be
Tell me a story ahhhh
Make me believe
Make me believe
Make me believe
I feel it something strong
I feel it something strong
When the rains come
It's gonna storm
It's gonna storm
Hey there Lover
I know your name
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3. |
When You Were Mine
03:44
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Somewhere outside of Tonopah
I happened on a sign
It reminded me of something that you said
When you were mine
We were naked in the springtime
When everything was new
In the candlelight
Romancing with the shadow in the room
When you were mine
Oh you were mine
I loved you in the dark after
The sun burnt out my eyes
Won't you come inside
I was standing in the doorway
When you changed your mind
I saw a dead coyote in the middle of the road
I carried her into the desert and I put her in a hole
Our love is like a cactus
That will never bloom
In a valley watching mountains crumble
Underneath the moon
But you were mine
Oh you were mine
I loved you in the nighttime
Long after I was blind
I must've lost my mind
Oh but nothing lasts forever
Except goodbye
Goodbye, oh goodbye
Goodbye, oh goodbye
Goodbye
But you were mine
Oh you were mine
I loved you in the dark after
The sun burnt out my eyes
Won't you come inside
Oh but nothing lasts forever
Except goodbye
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4. |
The Hunt
04:55
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I've been running through the woods, so far away from home
Ahead the trees are glowing ice, and moonlit bone
Hounds are coming after me, gonna chew off my face
I'm so tired of trying to escape
So I run to the shadow and into the wood
I don't know if it'll do any good
They're gonna catch me if I fall
Ain't got nothin' here at all to shelter me
I remember when it started, they were marching in the street
Wielding swords and arrows and a fearful yellow streak
Somebody said something that the other didn't like
In the end it made no difference who was wrong or who was right
They went charging into battle with The Misunderstood
Was like fighting with a shadow in the middle of the wood
And when I heard the footsteps I dare not make a sound
But they picked up on my scent and ran me out of town
They're hunting me down
I don't make a sound
They're hunting me down
Once upon a time in a land that's far away
I had me a lover who I sculpted out of clay
Every single curve and every labored breath
Melted back into my soul as he held me to his breast
And I think about our children who never have been born
Protected from the sorrow in their hearts from taking form
Now I hear the hounds approaching, my time is running out
As they sound out to the hunters and I know that I've been found
They're hunting me down
I don't make a sound
Now they're hunting me down
Ooooooh I'm going down
They're hunting me down
I don't make a sound
They're hunting me down
They're hunting me down
They're hunting me down
I didn't make a sound
They hunted me down
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5. |
Burn Me Down Easy
04:40
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I am an animal hungry and wild
I wander the dark
And circle the fire
You lit a match
With your hand on my back
Pulling me close
Had my heart in my throat
Now I can't go back
I want to
But when you touch my skin
I have no defense
I'm not gonna fight against it
I want to
I want to
Make me a criminal
Put me on trial
Tell me I'm guilty
Lay me out on the pyre
With a match
Put your hand on my back
Baby burn me down slow
Down to the bone
Won't you make it last
And when you touch my skin
I have no defense
Don't care about the consequences
I want to
I want to
I want to
Burn me down easy baby, take your time
Leave nothing but bone and ashes behind
Burn me down easy
Burn me down slow
Leaving nothing but smoke, ashes, and bone
Burn me down baby
Burn me down baby
Burn me
Alive
Alive
Alive
Alive
I want to yea
I want you to
I want to
Oh
Alive
Alive
Alive
I want to yea
I want you to
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6. |
Flesh and Bone
03:14
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I am an animal hungry and wild
I wander the dark
And circle the fire
You lit a match
With your hand on my back
Pulling me close
Had my heart in my throat
Now I can't go back
I want to
But when you touch my skin
I have no defense
I'm not gonna fight against it
I want to
I want to
Make me a criminal
Put me on trial
Tell me I'm guilty
Lay me out on the pyre
With a match
Put your hand on my back
Baby burn me down slow
Down to the bone
Won't you make it last
And when you touch my skin
I have no defense
Don't care about the consequences
I want to
I want to
I want to
Burn me down easy baby, take your time
Leave nothing but bone and ashes behind
Burn me down easy
Burn me down slow
Leaving nothing but smoke, ashes, and bone
Burn me down baby
Burn me down baby
Burn me
Alive
Alive
Alive
Alive
I want to yea
I want you to
I want to
Oh
Alive
Alive
Alive
I want to yea
I want you to
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7. |
Fade Into Dust
03:53
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The flame that's been lighting the darkness is dying
Her heart can no longer take it
So she closes her eyes and she hopes you'll be gone from her mind
And the night will be over
Ooooohoooooo
Coddle her naivete with your gambling eyes
And a cupful of trust
She drinks and you smile and after a while
You give into that devilish lust
Oooohoooo
Oooohoooo
There's glass on the floor and a hole in the walls
Caving in, falling around you
So you reach for the flask thinking once more, at last
Let's press pause before the movie's ended
Ooohooooo
Coddle her naivete with your gambling eyes
And a cupful of trust
She drinks and you smile and after a while
Well, you do what you will, as you must
Oooohoooo
Oooohoooo, oooohoooo
Oooohoooo, oooohoooohoooo
Oooohoooo, oooohoooo
Oooohoooo
Oooohoooooooo
Oooohoooo
Coddle her naivete with your gambling eyes
And a cupful of trust
She's gone in an hour, you'll have no more power
No there's nothing left to discuss
Just you and your drink left to smolder and sink
Disappear
And fade into dust
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Shannon Davis Massachusetts
Shannon Davis is an award winning singer-songwriter from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Davis’ latest release and debut album, Tell Me a Story, seem to be fueled by love, loss, and desire, with Davis’ haunting vocal melodies and lyrical prose painting vivid pictures in the mind of the listener. Hard copies can be purchased via ShannonDavisMusic.com. Follow her on social media @ShannonDavisMusic ... more
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