1. |
Wishing Well
04:05
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Well I've got a hell of a story to tell
Just throw your coins in my wishing well
There's no one here but me
Can see what I can see
Now I love everything and everyone
I'm one with everything under the sun
Caught up in a dream
As real as real can seem
Now I learned everything that I know
Just about one half minute ago
Born into a race
Feel the wind against my face
Now I look and suddenly I'm breaking through
The clouds and the ground's coming into view
It's only you and I
Come on let's see if we can fly
Well I've got a hell of a story to tell
(there's no one here but me)
Yeah I've got a hell of a story to tell
(there's no one here but me)
Yeah I've got a hell of a story to tell
(there's no one here but me)
Just throw your coins in my wishing well
(there's no one here but me)
Hell of a story to tell
(there's no one here but me)
Bones in my wishing well
(there's no one here)
There's no one here but me
Come on and see what we can be
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2. |
Rain or Shine
04:28
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I was out on, on the weekend
When I saw her across the deep end
And I thought I knew
And I thought I knew
I was talking, she was speechless
She was blushing, I was weakened
And I thought I knew
And I thought I knew
But heaven help a boy in love
All the way down you keep smiling
Come rain or shine, Come on
Come rain or shine, Come on
Come rain or shine, Come on
Come on
I was out on, on the weekend
When I saw her across the deep end
And I thought I knew
And I thought I knew
Where you from and ain't weird when
Stars align and no one sees it
And I thought I knew
And I thought I knew
But heaven help a boy in love
All the way down you keep smiling
Come rain or shine, Come on
Come rain or shine, Come on
Come rain or shine, Come on
Come on
Heaven help a boy in love
Heaven help a boy in love
You never know how bad you need it
Heaven help a boy in love
All the way down you've been smiling
All the way down you've been smiling
Come rain or shine, Come on
Come rain or shine, Come on
Come rain or shine, Come on
Come on
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3. |
One Sided War
02:46
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I don't even want to have a point of view
in this discussion
Never gonna have no beef with you
Don't know why you'd want it
But there is something I will say
While we're on the subject
Life doesn't always go your way
Well you better learn to love that
You're fighting in a one sided war
Can't remember what you're fighting for
Ain't nobody here keeping score
Caught up in a one sided war
I don't always know the way
So I learned how to travel
Don't always know the thing to say
So I learned not to ramble
You better watch those game you play
Cause this life ain't a gamble
And the web that you weave to deceive
Is tricked to unravel
You're fighting in a one sided war
Can't remember what you're fighting for
Ain't nobody here keeping score
Caught up in a one sided war
I never wanted to believe
I let myself be so deceived
Just too damn proud to admit my fate
It's too late, it's too late
One sided war
What you're fighting for
Ain't nobody here keeping score
You're fighting in a one sided war
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4. |
Never Learn
03:35
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I just can't let it go tonight
I just can't let it go, it just doesn't feel right
Because you and me, we were meant to be
Ain't that right
I feel a gentle rain on my back
Feel like a stinging pain like a heart attack
Now I have begun to wonder
Is this a spell I'm under
Now I get so depressed every time that I think of it
Every ounce of my self respect just dangling in the breeze
And I keep myself in check with all the weight of my intellect
But I'm losing sleep
And I guess you know
And I guess I'll never learn
The more you play fire the more you going to burn
Will I ever learn
No one can make me feel like you do
Are you really real, are you truly true
Cause you got me spinning baby
You got me spinning baby
You got me spinning around and around now
Now I get so depressed every time that I think of it
Every ounce of my self respect just dangling in the breeze
And I keep myself in check with all the weight of my intellect
But I'm losing sleep
And I guess you know
And I guess I'll never learn
The more you play fire the more you going to burn
Will I ever learn
I'm on a bus heading cross town I'm looking for you
I can't see through these tears in my eyes
I believe you're gonna leave me
And I can't see or even think straight
I'm losing sleep, I'm losing weight
I can't see around this mess no matter where I look and I look
Oh one time baby please give me something I can feel
And I guess you know
And I guess I'll never learn
The more you play fire the more you going to burn
Will I ever learn
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5. |
Voices
04:24
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Got voices in my head
Tell me where to go
Don't think I could make it my front door
Without their say so
Sometimes
I don't even notice if its them or me
I just follow where they lead
Wherever that may be
Received to be free of all responsibility
How did we get here?
Got voices in my head
Tell me where to go
I think this kind of thing happens to everybody
But how would I know
They wake me up in the morning
They tell me where to drive
Without this invaluable assistance
I'd be lucky to be alive alright
How did we get here?
How did we find our way?
Don't know if I'm even driving...
In a screaming car, like a trumpet blast
Just turn up the radio watch it all blow past
See the fading lights of your father's home
Release yourself relinquish all control
As we repeat the sins of rock and roll
I love it when they talk to me
I love it when they talk to me
System operator let me run my course
User generated check the code for the source
You know it's not me, who you gonna believe
Who you gonna believe a man or machine
How did we get here?
How did we lose our way?
Got those voices in my head
And I don't know how we gonna make back
Gonna take a blinding light to lead us back
With a fading heart and a failing pulse
Lose yourself and you might lose your soul
As we repeat the sins of rock and rock
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6. |
Believe
03:33
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Without the love you've given me
I'd be nowhere
You are the very air I breath
You are the very air
And oh, I believe in you
Oh, I believe
And oh I'll be here for you
And I'll believe
Like John the Baptist did
Just like Gandhi
Forever faithful love
You will have from me
And oh I believe in you
Oh, I believe
And oh I'll be here for you
And I'll believe
A million miles you may feel
Away my dear, alone as a star
You're deep in my heart
You know what that means
You're never too far
And I know that we will be one again
I never have a doubt
Bring down the sky
And I'll be right here
And oh I'll believe in you
Oh, I believe
And oh I'll be here for you
And I'll believe
Oh, I'll believe in you
Oh, I'll believe
Oh, I'll believe in you
I'll believe
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7. |
Think About It
04:03
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When you think about it there's nothing left here for us
This place is changing in ways I can't explain
And I'd be lying if I told you I was fine with it
Before we get too old it's time start again
There comes a time when man can't deny the truth
There comes a time when he don't need no more proof
That time is now, it's time to hit the ground
There's nothing left to wait for when you you think about it
The you think about it some bridges are better burned
Some people only want to hold you down
I hate to say it but I'm tired of always having to be the bigger man
Before I get too cold let's make another plan
There comes a time when man can't deny the truth
There comes a time when he don't need no more proof
That time is now, it's time to hit the ground
There's nothing left to wait for when you you think about it
When you think about it there's so much higher we can climb
For far too long we've been resting along the way
Overtaken by these fears we thought he had left behind
We gotta let them go and learn to love again
There comes a time when man can't deny the truth
There comes a time when he don't need no more proof
That time is now, it's time to hit the ground
There's nothing left to wait for when you you think about it
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8. |
Beggar
04:06
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I got my hand out wherever I go, I'm a beggar
They say you reap whatever you sow, must be the devil
And all I want and all I need
Is everything you promised me
And it's now or never
Tell me what's going
Cause it feels like forever
Since I been holding on here
On a corner selling my soul for whatever
Losing more than I'll ever know but I guess it's for the better
And all I want and all I need
Is everything you said you'd be
And it's now or never
Tell me what's going on
Cause it feels like forever
Since I been holding on
And it's now or never
Tell me why you're leading a lie
Why you're saying goodbye before you even tried
Some get it easy, some make it so hard
And the love you waste is gone
So take it easy, don't take it so hard
Cause the the love you make is never gone
And all I want and all I need
Is everything you said you would be
And all I want and all I need
Is everything you promised me
And it's now or never
Tell me what's going on
Cause it feels like forever
Since I been holding on
And it's now or never
Tell me why you're leading a lie
Why you're saying goodbye before you even tried
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9. |
Hangin On
04:42
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It don't make it right
It just makes it easy
Got tired of holding so tight
And grasping every meaning
Time it moves so slow
Like a cloud passing overhead
Keep hanging on
Like you don't know how long this will last
It don't make it right
But it might make us even
Lost the will to fight
Now you know the feeling
Time it moves so slow
Like a cloud passing overhead
Keep hanging on
Like you don't know how long this will last
Time it moves so fast
Like a cloud passing overhead
I keep hanging on
Cause I don't know how long this will last
Living by these fears and these stories of our past
Let them go
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10. |
Want to Know
05:01
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How did we get here?
Why'd we let it go so far?
What will be left when it's over?
And who's gonna care after all?
Don't tell me I don't want to know
Don't tell me I don't want to know
Don't tell me I don't want to know
Don't tell me I don't want to know
When you find out your world is empty
And all you've known is blown away
Who you gonna turn to?
Tell me who's going to save the day?
Don't tell me I don't want to know
Don't tell me I don't want to know
Don't tell me I don't want to know
Don't tell me I don't want to know
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11. |
Shooting Star
04:59
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They're right when they say time makes us what we are
I can feel that in my bones
But I keep looking like I'm gonna see a shooting star
Remind me what we are
Look out below I'm falling again
Where my heart goes follows streams of burning ash
Glorious before the crash
And where I land I just might sleep
Unmake my plans and carry me across the deep
They're right when they say time makes us what we are
I can feel that in my bones
But I keep looking like I'm gonna see a shooting star
Remind me what we are
Crawled my way across the vault
All that way so I might fall
Through a veil of light and dust
Alive in fire and all at once
Stripped away my skin, my flaws
What remains when all that's lost
Will I find a leap of faith
Was all it took to feel your grace
They're right when they say time makes us what we are
I can feel that in my bones
But I keep looking like I'm gonna see a shooting star
Remind me what we are
All my days all at once
All my days all at once
All my days all at once
Arrive like strains of ancient melody
I'm not sure what it means
But I know it's what I need
And finally I'm heading home
They're right when they say time makes us what we are
I can feel that in my bones
But I keep looking like I'm gonna see a shooting star
Remind me what we are
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There's no two cents about it
This outrageous world
Where angels pace anxiously
With their eyes on the interstate
Waiting for God in a flatbed truck
To crest that far
And come stir up the dust
While we look for sign in the heavens
Yeah, they wait for a sign from heaven
There's no excuses about it
We run for our lives
Scream til we're breathless
And then compromise
There's a fox in the vineyard
With his eyes on the truth
Though clever can't reach it
He creates absolutes
While he looks for a sign from heaven
Yeah, he waits on a sign from heaven
A life under these skies
And I've never seen the lights of heaven
There's no rule to be broken
No king to depose
If you want revolution
Then throw off your clothes
And go dancing naked
Through the center of town
Raise a white flag
And start marching around
Old Martin Luther
Can't have imagined all this
He's bow to his knees
For a goddess to kiss
There's millions of people
Living millions of lies
Who pay for their righteousness
With other men's lives
And they call it a sign from heaven
Yeah they call it a sign from heaven
A life under these skies
And I've never seen the lights of heaven
Follow the course
Fall into line
Fall off your horse
Fall out of time
Fall for the truth
Fall on your face
Fall through the roof
Fall out of grace
Becasue falling is, falling is...
The reason the treasure spills
and we are in love
No longer with angels
But the skin that they bare
And we tear at the earth
With claws made for demons
Somehow dreaming that love can be
Dug up from anywhere
It's a sign from heaven
That's what I call a sign from heaven
A life under these skies
And I've never seen the lights
Never seen the lights
I've only seen the lights of heaven
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Dave Quicks Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Singer/songwriter/producer Dave Quicks has been part of the Philadelphia music scene since the late 90’s, touring and
recording extensively with his bands, Princes of Babylon and BurnDown All-Stars.
Following the birth of his son, Quicks took a hiatus from performing to focus on fatherhood. In late 2018, Quicks and Tom Walling started recording his 2023 release, “Shooting Star."
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