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Victims Of Our Youth
02:54
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Once upon a time's how it begins
Doesn't matter when, it's all a game where no one wins
You set up the pieces and watch them place
Settle the score and then walk away
But it always seems to work out in the end
Cause it's hard to break a thing that doesn't bend
You lost all the sadness in your eyes
And now that it's gone, you realize...
That it's always gonna work out in the end
You can try to look ahead, or just pretend
We're something than we were then--
But you know that's not the truth
It must have been a trick
We're victims of our youth
But it's always gonna work out in the end
And right now I can't believe, or can't defend
I'm nothing more than just a friend--
But you know that's not the truth
It must have been a trick
We're victims of our youth
But it's always gonna work out in the end
Yes, it's always gonna work out in the end
Cause I must believe it works
Cause I know it has to work out
Please just make it work out in the end...
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2. |
Safe In Tomorrow
02:36
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I've always been here, that's a fact
And if you catch me, throw me back
Cause I'm not looking anymore...
Got my eyes on tomorrow
I'm safe in tomorrow
Gonna beg steal and borrow
So safe in tomorrow
Been round this block,
I've played this field
Seen all the signs, especially Yield
I can't just bury and ignore, that's for sure
And I'm not a young man anymore
Got my eyes on tomorrow
I'm safe in tomorrow
Gonna beg steal and borrow
So safe in tomorrow
And now, even when I close my eyes to see
Everything that's really going on inside my mind--
It's raw... and so easy to hide behind
Your sorrow
But you're safe in tomorrow
I'm safe in tomorrow
You're gonna love your tomorrow
And tomorrow...
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This is the first time
That you and I have been alone
And so I testify, admit that I might want you for my own
And if you listen for the song that my affection surely brings
The beat you can't ignore, the bass is right
You're plucking on my strings
Zing zing, my eardrums ring
I'm in the air right now...
And if you take my hand in yours, I'll show you how!
And so I vow to keep
The promises I'm sure to make
And if our love is deep -
That's one less vow we have to take
By now I'm sure you hear the tune
That's long been running through me head
It's always ringing, I try to sing it, but a laugh comes out instead
Ha, ha it's been so long
Since I've been this content...
I'd like to take your hand in mine, if you consent!
Somehow I've won -
The prize is a surprise
I came to realize
That life is never quite as nice
As what's before my eyes tonight
I know it's very droll
And this is our first stroll...
I think that you and I could be a thing
If you would let me try to do my thing
I think that you and I should be a thing
If you would let me try to do my thing
And I would let you try to be my Queen
Just in time, your hand's in mine
That's all I need right now
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4. |
My Advice
05:14
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For once in your life
Take care of yourself
Don’t let somebody else rule your health.
That’s your greatest wealth.
And now that you’re grown
It’s time that you’ve known
All the simple things in life are on loan.
I guess you’ll find that out on your own.
I know it’s just not the same
If you don’t learn from your own mistakes.
But sometimes that’s all that it takes.
Just don’t make it twice.
That’s my advice.
Don’t work ‘til exhaust.
Don’t wait for the frost.
Won’t do much but add to the time that you’ve lost.
That’s the gravest cost.
I know that it’s hard
But learn the guitar.
And don’t take advice from a song you hear in a bar
Cause it’s bound to leave a scar.
I know it’s just not the same
If you don’t learn from your own mistakes.
But sometimes that’s all that it takes.
Just one little vice
That’s my advice.
Now I’ve said it twice.
And that should suffice.
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Benjamin Magnuson New York, New York
Benjamin Magnuson is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. Inspired by the chamber pop movement; his music is simple, but symphonic. Complex and yet concise. Imperfectly imprecise and always honest. His music churns and flows like a crooked river that eventually leads you safely home... ... more
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