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Bus Stop
01:58
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I think I heard it in a movie
before I heard it was your name
I think your hair is kinda groovy
I think there's cola in my brain
I don't know how to be your woman
I don't know how to be your girl
Are we alone here at the bus stop
or am I in another world
Mmm, mmm
Your Vans are Hazel like my eyes are
you've got a funny way you walk
its like you're tall but you still feel like you're a kid tho
and this is why I know I reaally I shouldn't talk
Caught up in the feeling
Falling, slow-motion, into your arms
but then the we're stopping near the train tracks
I hear the whistle in my heart
I guess you must have missed the signal
Of your initials on my notebook-you could say
I am as subtle as a fog horn
That's why I always look away
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Zack & Kelly
01:54
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We took out your row boat
When your dad wasn’t home
And I thought you were so brave
Just Paddling free
Like we were 16
You smiled as you looked my way
Nintendo upstairs
And your brother was there
Makin fun like he would usually do
But I didn’t mind
with you by my side
In the April afternoon
We walked down my block
Kickin pebbles and rocks
By the water in the sunshine
We Went up to my room
And I wanted to kiss you
But it was the first time
We sat down on my bed
And I don’t know what I said
Something stupid coz that’s how it goes
And then as we leaned in
You crashed into my chin
And then I bonked into your nose
We were just like Zach and Kelly for a time
In the St Patricks Day Parade
I was yours and you were mine
By the time summer came
We were fading away
You started hangin out with Carrie T.
And I was over you fast
Coz it never would last
Honestly I was kinda outta your league…
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Little World
03:17
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On weeknights in your dormitory
We made up radio plays
Silly voices, improv songs
We would laugh the whole night long
But all the humor halted in your gaze
We’d get high and go out on adventures
Bring along our cameras and pens
you would sketch stuff we would find
and I would try to read your mind
To determine whether we were more than friends
Help me read this right
cause I don't know what I'll find
are you some kind of brother or a cousin
or the love of my life
I guess i don't have to know tonight
We’d get drunk on little penguin
make up characters and scenes
i'd pretend to be your boss
you'd pretend you were my lover
and my heart would thump so loud that i could scream
and when you drew me in your bedroom
Me, sitting naked in your chair
you chuckled underneath your breath
said that you'd just drawn my breast
it was hard pretending that i didn't care
help me read this right
cause i don't know what i'll find
are you some kind of sadist or my best friend
or the love of my life
i guess i don't have to know tonight
and you took me to your hometown
and I even met your folks
and we went to all the thrift stores
And had all the inside jokes
and you flirted with my roommate
and you dated my friend
and you told me all your secrets
and i kept them
so there it is wrapped up in tissue
this little world that i kept safe
where i could hide away my love
but couldn’t call it what it was
i guess i thought that i could keep you that way
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Magic!
02:21
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At our Absinthe party potluck
You brought broccoli
And Mac and cheese
its like you were speaking straight to me
and i knew
We had just met at the cafe
You were looking for a boat
to take to Europe
And I wasn’t a boat to take to Europe
But I liked you
It was just like a dream
No clouds-all stars
You were So fine to me
And before I knew
When we were kissin’ in the backyard
We locked your bike up to my fence
And we smoked
hand rolled cigarettes
and it was cold
But you sat close
And it was good
You draped your arm around my shoulder
It felt warm
And I felt older
and when we danced to M.I.A
I understood
It was just like a dream
No clouds-Just stars
You were So fine to me
And before I knew
we were kissin’ in the backyard
And when You told my cat
you spoke her language
I fell head over heels
And I knew it couldn’t last forever
But It was twenty something
Magic on wheels
You spent your last night
On my futon
I kissed you goodbye with your helmet on
& you went off to pedal around the world
And when you think about Virginia
I wonder, do you still remember
That perfect week
When I got to be your girl
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Because You are Mine
02:25
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When the day shuts its doors
When the tea has been poured
When you're worn out and heavy and tired
I will breeze in to say
That I’m glad you're okay
And I’m lucky because you are mine
When the wine is all gone
And your friends have moved on
When there’s nothing but deep lonely sighs
I will comfort your fears
And kiss off your tears
I’ll be glad to because you are mine
Don’t you fret if I’m gone
I’ll be back before long
Coz I know that your voice
Is my home
Against the weight of the world
Stands a cat and a girl
Stronger than the thickest of ties
And in the shape of your care
I will always be there
Now and ever because you are mine
When the world falls apart
I’ll be petting your heart
Now and ever because you are mine
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Summer Kind of Thing
03:35
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When I think about you
It’s those sparkles in your eyes
When I think about you
It’s the way half of your lip
Curls up when ya smile
When I think about you
It’s sunlight on your shoulders and
They’re swallowing me whole
Whoa
When I think about you
It’s a summer by your side
New swimming suits
And takin tubes down water slides
When I think about you
It’s the smell of sunscreen
Mixing with your sweat
Like a tv show
Whoa
We’ve got that summer kind of thing
It feels like hummingbirds in springtime
Like an autumn bonfire blazing til winters gone
You’ve got that summer kind of way
I’m hoping it’s real enough to stay
For more than a season
Could we last the whole year long?
When I think about you
It’s your perfect beach blonde hair
It’s meeting your friends
And knowing that means you really care
When I think about you
It’s the way you seem just slightly far away
So I move in close...
whoa
Chorus
When I think about you
It’s the way you let me down
Told me I was "celestial"
Probably the coolest girl in town
That It wasn’t me, it was you
And there was nothing I could do
-and You made the right choice
Coz you really liked boys
So when I think about you now
I think you were so brave
To let it go
And take that step to find your way
And when these words pulse
Through your speakers
I hope they fill you up with joy
For who you were
For who you are!
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Sparkle Raptor
03:25
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She's gonna chase that light
til it burns her
and everybody knows
she's a real live wire
she is gonna bite clean thru
if you hurt her
But when she cries
she makes the rainbow come alive
ooo that girl
she's a shimmer catcher
ooo that girl
she's a sparkle raptor
and the pack already knows you
so where you gonna run to now...
She's quick with a good line
She’s prism clad all the time
gotta will so wild
A tongue so sharp it'll blow your mind
brave as the night is tricky
wicked fine but humble & yet she
knows what she wants and she's gonna get it
ms. lucky 7
She's got the whole house packed
on a Tuesday
and nobody knows
sometimes she feels the most alone
when the room is full like this
but everyone is talkin thru her words
she says
how will i be seen
if i'm never heard
ooo that girl
shes a shimmer catcher
ooo that girl
she's a sparkle raptor
but she's complicated, too scared to be proud
you'd think she'd have found the mirror by now
she's quick with a good line
prism clad all the time
she's gotta will so wild
tongue so sharp it'll blow your mind
brave as the night is tricky
wicked fine but humble & yet she
knows what she wants and she's gonna get it
ms. lucky 7
she is pencil flowers etched upon the wall (that girl)
Blueberry muffin crumbs and karaoke
She is body glitter fairy rings and burned cds (that girl)
And I’m swimming in sunshine when she holds me
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Skye Zentz Norfolk, Virginia
Songwriter for the Emmy Award Winning "GreenBeats" series on WHRO, Educator at The Muse Writers Center and vanquisher of cheese plates.
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