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Acoustically Driven

by mdr

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1.
The Best Life 06:29
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Sit on the sidelines Watch the world spin slowly by Trapped in my confines But somehow I have to try Live my best life live the change that I can be Live my best life all that I can see Live my best life live the change that I can be Live my best life I watch the t.v. They’re all dolled up and looking fine I don’t always agree What’s good for them may not be mine Live your best life live the change that you can be Live your best life all that you can see Live your best life live the change that you can be Live your best life If you leave it to fate, fate will come to your door Fate will take you down If you can create, you can create more and more Fate can’t take you down If you fold your cards, withdraw before the final hand Fate will take you down If you believe in self, rise up and make your brand Fate can’t take you down Inside every one of us Are the seeds from the past The strengths we’ve amassed Inside everyone Out of the dark haze Shrug the shroud as we shine bright Focus on my praise Shine so bright make day from night Live your best life live the change that you can be Live your best life all that you can see Live your best life live the change that you can be Live your best life
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Pura Vida 05:57
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The plane set down on your first time in a country outside North America Passed thru customs waiting for the bus The busy city roads spoke of home for people you had never known Walked through crowds living way of life Costa Rica Pura Vida Adventure in our sights Costa Rica Pura Vida Live the highlights Costa Rica Pura Vida Adventure in our sights Costa Rica Pura Vida Live the way of life In a rural town we walked around then local boys had you join Watched you playing ball in the square On a river cruise treehouse food hanging on the power chord Walked through mud staring volcano high Costa Rica Pura Vida Adventure in our sights Costa Rica Pura Vida Live the highlights Costa Rica Pura Vida Adventure in our sights Costa Rica Pura Vida Live the way of life Rain came down you went up to heights you’d never been before Only one line a strap and a hook to get you across Road blocked in an impromptu event you chilled in the sun Only one way a life and a day you it runs through their blood Bird’s fast wings a viper looks down from a hanging bridge Only one trip but more than a trip in South America Call to home he wants to go home to what he knows so well Only one week a boy and his dad they’ll grow the bond Costa Rica Pura Vida Adventure in our sights Costa Rica Pura Vida Live the highlights Costa Rica Pura Vida Adventure in our sights Costa Rica Pura Vida Live the way of life
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ink 03:52
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Lifting my sleeve seeing the colors so bright Feeling my grief knowing the end of the fight I hold you can’t hold you I hold you inside I hold you can’t hold you I hold you outside A piece of you on a piece of me Gives me peace this pic of we You’re gone Fearing and caring the lifeforce receding Crying and trying the process proceeding Wanting and needing the last breath of leaving Our life Piercing and digging the needle creating Holding and hoping the colors portraying Meaning and being the skin now displaying Our life Lifting my sleeve seeing the colors so bright Keep you with me you’re a part of my life I hold you can’t hold you I hold you inside I hold you can’t hold you I hold you outside A piece of you on a piece of me Gives me peace this pic of we You’re here (with me)
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Hold Me Softly 05:10
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And I know what you might want right now and I know what you might say You can tell me what you want right now but I say please go away You can tell me everything I need but I know I don’t need that You can tell me what you want right now and I’ll tell you please stay back Hold me softly tenderly Hold me softly please In the car you come over for an hour you come to stay It’s a night of delight just not right today So serious we just can’t miss we miss it anyway I want it not to want it even though its underway Hold me softly tenderly Hold me softly please Its time to go Don’t tell me so Tell me now Please Its time to go I hear you so Its time to go Away And I know I don’t know right now what right now means to me I want I want I want so much just what is it I need Closeness from a world apart closeness far away Deep deep down within my heart can’t come close to stay Hold me softly tenderly Hold me softly please
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All Alone Together 06:22
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When I look in your eyes I see fear and despise Who I’ve touched What I can give When I look in your eyes I see harm in disguise When you’ve been Where you live All alone together All alone apart We pass it on on and on And we touch so many lives When you look in my eyes You see shock and surprise What has transpired Who we’ve become When you look in my eyes You see a world in demise Where we’re heading When it will end All alone together All alone apart We pass it on on and on And we touch so many lives Now is the time for us to really stop and think To contemplate how we relate Choosing how we want to be Now is the time for us to really stop and think To demonstrate it’s not innate We can choose how to be This is the time to reconcile our relationships Is it our right to cage what we own what does exist When I look in your eyes I see what that implies When we are safe Where we can go When you look in my eyes You see a likely ally What we can do Who contacts who All alone together All alone apart We pass it on on and on And we touch so many lives
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Jenga 05:00
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It was time to build Time to start something new ‘Nother player in the game Shed the past with a new name Laid the blocks so firm Foundation for the life-long term Twenty levels strong Solid standing can’t go wrong Yet a piece astray How did it get this way Put the tower higher Third player a magnifier Structure wobbles now Fourth player we don’t know how Still hope for a piece Through the babel there is no peace You, pushed the block, pushed it hard Pushed too far the structure’s fallen down ignored the rules, quit the game pieces on the ground You, want to win, above anything Refuse to entertain rebuild No compromise, a bad sport Skills you cruelly wield Don’t you know we began to play every day so the blocks don’t sway Don’t you know it wasn’t fair, you don’t care, to play again Don’t you know you and me, we called it we, we had agreed Don’t you know no runner-up, I’ll clean up, pick up the game Don’t you know I can build, it’s my will, to be fulfilled Don’t you know I know the rules, been a fool, in this duel Don’t you know no need to fight, no black and white, no wrong or right Don’t you know put the game away, it can stay, for another day Don’t you know despite the pain, I remain, I’ll play again, Don’t you know I played my hand, wasn’t planned, it’s the game’s end
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Wild Eyes 02:34
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Wild eyes Behind the glass End of Loneliness Small stood tall you were a buddy an old friend Pied piper in the morning when the quiet ends Days ago nostalgic when you’re crusty and loud Comfortable, tolerant, polite, and proud Wild eyes imploring chilling over time Behind the guise of knowing infrequently to climb
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How Do I Compare 04:32
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In the cold of the night, I see you there Laughing in the breeze, holding hands Ghost of a memory, finger bare A black shroud, lifetime brand Chorus: How do I compare (x3) Just tell me how do I compare Shiver as I remember, ruthless tears Haunts my best self, through the years They metastasize, all my fear They paralyze, lay me bare Chorus: How do I compare (x3) Just tell me how do I compare Can’t you touch me, know what I am needing Don’t you see me, a black hole that’s blinding Can’t you feel me, ruined and bleeding Don’t you hear me, in pain and screaming, please
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Worlds Away 06:13
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Remember when you held me close Remember when you taught me life Remember when we laughed anyway Remember when we cried all night Chorus You’re worlds away I’m here today So far away From you You’re worlds away It’s not okay Can’t hear me say You’re worlds away I’m here today So far away From you You’re worlds away Can’t hear me say Goodbye Remember that minutes are lifetimes Remember that my heart is unbound Remember that miles are deceiving Remember that our lives are entwined CHORUS Through the glass your face so frail your voice so low but I still feel your soul
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Be Normal 06:18
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Time again, you say the words that frighten me They bind my wrists drain my mind hold me down for everything Holy scroll, the stares glare so unsparingly A pillory in the sun on display for everyone What do I do that’s so wrong Be normal, be normal, be normal Be normal, be normal, be normal Be yourself, they say then say play the game Choose the color within the lines “kid, you can do anything” Society, an old cage locked with rusted gates Stand up tall accept the fall look inside to find the key What do I do that’s so wrong Be normal, be normal, be normal Be normal, be normal, be normal Come together look around if you think then don’t make a sound Fall in line make your mother proud Watch the shows that let you know how to keep the same tempo Play the chord and not the arpeggio Read the books follow the signs pay attention to the guidelines Choose your words for another rhyme Time again, they say that I don’t play the game Change my clothes change my name I should change most everything Be myself, a rainbow when there’s no storm Choose to shine outside the lines no way I can be contained What do I do that’s so wrong
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Loving 05:18
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In a small Virginia town Racing cars and hanging out The young sister of his friend A love they did not intend Emotions became physical One day she was with child Their union not authorized They decided to cross the line They became Loving, Loving, Loving Newly married Black and White In the middle of the night Torn from their private bed Dragged them from their homestead He made bail the next day Three more she had to stay Judge ruled they leave the state They didn’t know what would await They left the state Embraced their fate Took on the weight Troubles so strange Who could explain We needed change Pictures in Life Describe their strife Husband and wife x2 A country in a divide The court did not take their side They knew they had to disobey Appeal it up all the way The highest bench then ruled Civil rights ensued Can’t be stopped by race Loving put it all in place They became Loving, Loving, Loving June 12th of every year People’s bonds can persevere We all can now celebrate Loving Day

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released April 29, 2023

mdr: acoustic & electric guitars, bass, keyboards, drum loop arrangements
Molly Sullivan: vocals
Sean Reiter: guitar solo on Jenga

All songs written by mdr

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