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Better
05:37
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Better:
Reaching out, touching
America in the Gulf of Mexico
dripping drops of everything that's spilled out
can't pick it up.
can't take it back.
can't cover the tracks.
can't change the facts.
It's time now,
to start doing better.
It's time now
to start being better.
Consuming us,
800 shades of lust.
I can see it in their eyes.
They never thought we'd get wise.
They can't pick it up.
can't take it back.
can't cover the tracks.
can't change the facts.
It's time now,
to start doing better.
It's time now
to start feeling better.
It's time now
to start making us better.
It's time now
to start being better.
So look away.
Don't, don't look away.
It wasn't your mistake.
Who cares what they break?
We can't pick it up.
can't take it back.
can't cover the tracks.
can't change the facts.
It's time now,
to start doing better.
It's time now
to start being better.
Reaching out, touching...
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A Way Away
04:27
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A Way Away:
Insensitive woman, thought she could try to open her legs, let some love shine in, then she pricked her finger and all she bled was grey.
And he's got nothing for her today. He's got nothing for her today...
So you put your feet in, think today's the day. My engine's runnin', revvin', ready to spin, I think that we gotta go away. A way away. A way Away. A Way Away.
In a twisted accent he comes on to you. You're not wearing your ring today. You'd like to have him for supper you think. You're barely married, barely playing the game.
And he's got nothing for her today. He's got nothing for her today...
So you put your feet in, think today's the day. My engine's runnin', revvin', ready to spin, I think that we gotta go away. A way away. A way Away. A Way Away.
(Bridge) She wore a wax strip to rip out her hair for you. She's not on your trip, she's a lot more generous and she's giving it all. I said she's giving it all, all away...all away to me.
Insensitive lover thought he could push it away. Ah, he'll work for himself he will. Tighten your belt girl, prepare to be fascinated.
And he's got nothing for her today. He's got nothing for her today...
So you put your feet in, think today's the day. My engine's runnin', revvin', ready to spin, I think that we gotta go away. A way away. A way Away. A Way Away.
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I Like Coffee!
03:28
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I Like Coffee!
Coffee, I like coffee! (2 or 3x)
Coffee & two cups of tea or maybe three,
and a spoonful of honey to make it sweet like you & me, like you & me, mmm.
Coffee, I like coffee. (2 or 3x)
Caffeine to get me out of bed,
something nice to clear my head,
a few more sips & I’ll be glad I’m not dead.
So don’t decaffeinate me, don’t make me go to rehab (2x) If you see me walking alone in the street,
I’ll be your Junco Partner if you just give me...
Sometimes, I wake up too early & then I might get a grumpy
like this one time when i was on tour with my band y’all
we were workin’ so hard every night, y’understand?
Then I woke up in Reno and I couldn’t find anywhere to caffeinated me, no, no, no but I found this man, whoa, I found this man (all dressed in black)
& he wouldn’t stop talking to me
yeah, he’d been everywhere & he had to tell me all about it, he left me no choice, he left me no choice
I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die
I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die
cuz I couldn’t get no, because I couldn’t get no,...
Coffee, I like coffee. (2 or 3x)
Coffee & two cups of tea or maybe three,
and a spoonful of honey to make it sweet like you & me, like you & me, mmm.
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Perhaps
03:20
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Let it all fall,
everything that's holding you down.
Release yourself from those chains,
everything that's causing you pain.
Perhaps you could let yourself soar.
Perhaps you could let yourself soar.
Perhaps it's good to be weightless.
Perhaps it's good we ended so soon.
Perhaps you couldn't help but hurt me.
Perhaps I grew.
And you go and you go and you go on without me
as if it's nothing, I see it's true.
Nothing really matters, at least not to you.
So perhaps I could let myself soar.
Perhaps I could let myself soar.
Perhaps it's better to be weightless.
Perhaps it's better we ended so soon.
Perhaps you couldn't help but mislead me.
Perhaps you just don't know how to be true.
I was never what you were looking for,
I never quite seemed right to you
Hey, I'm funny all over,
and there's nothing I need to prove.
So perhaps I could let myself soar.
Perhaps I could let myself soar.
Perhaps it's best to be weightless.
Perhaps it's best we ended so soon.
Perhaps you couldn't help but hurt me.
Perhaps we grew.
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Police my heart, guard my words against you,
holding my tongue, that was never my strong suit.
Say you will, say you won't, then say you will again
but darling when will you consistently be my friend?
When Will I See you Again? (x4)
Like a child, you keep questioning me "Why?"
I wait and try and wait and try
Try to help you decide which way is right
but if you get lost, I'll drive all night, all night to find you.
When Will I See you Again? (x4)
Police my art, hold me against you,
Using your mind, that was never your strong suit.
Say you will, say you won't, then say you will again
but darling when will you consistently be my friend?
When Will I See you Again? (x8)
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Jesse Maclaine Denver, Colorado
Jesse Maclaine and her bands deliver versatile, soulful music that defies categorization. Originally inspired by the music
of Frank Zappa, Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos and the magic of New Orleans, Jesse Maclaine's songs romp through the genres of singer-songwriter, jazz, rock, pop, folk, indie, avant-garde and world music.
Read more on her website! www.jessemaclaine.com
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