1. |
One In A Million
04:31
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ONE IN A MILLION
(Winters,Sherman)
I can only dream what I'd like to do
And I curse the fates
When they keep me from you
They keep me
I'm as frustrated as a mad mad hatter
And all this talk of mind over matter
Well spare me baby
Even if it's true
But to see you again
I'd find any way
Jump into the car and drive
All night and day
All night and day
Work for the money until the day is done
Get back to you
I know you're one in a million
I've seen a lot
I've laughed and cried
But I'll never be happy
Never satisfied
Till you tell me
What I want to hear
We'll take the risk
Take the chances
To hell with circumstance
And I'll take you
Away from here
But to see you again...
© 2006 Drew Winters
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2. |
Digging For Diamonds
04:46
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Digging For Diamonds
(Winters, Sherman)
She lives her life through her numbers
Lucky numbers to be sure
Ages and birthdays and symbols
Lining up for one major score
She dreams of life on the Riviera
Wearing a tiara waving at the crowd
Sipping champagne and laughing
She’s rich and happy and unbowed
She’s digging for diamonds
Wading in the river panning for gold
It’s gonna take a miracle to find them
But maybe miracles are possible
He spends his days following horses
Shouting out curses as they circle around
Could be morning could be night
He can’t remember May or September
Up or down
And the voices in his head are telling him instead
Place your bets now this’ll be the one
Gonna take a miracle but you never know
Better than no chance at all
He’s digging for diamonds…
Digging for diamonds
Diamonds and gold
Digging for diamonds
This’ll be the one
What if those numbers turned into dollars
What if your ship finally came in
And if a lover would say forever
And you stay together
Do you win
And I’m digging for diamonds…
And we’re all digging for diamonds…
© 2006 Drew Winters
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3. |
All A Dream
04:24
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All A Dream
(Winters,Sherman)
I had the strangest dream
All about you and me
Out in the country
We were underneath your family tree
To you it was familiar
Like a favourite memory
And I've rarely seen you like that
So happy and carefree
It was your childhood getaway
And you knew it well
But there was something unfamiliar
Something you had to tell
And it was already getting late
As we set sail alone
I thought we were lost in the darkness
But you still found your way home
DREAM DREAM DREAM
IT'S ALL A DREAM
YES IT IS
IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT
And I've never really listened before
And I wonder if anyone pays attention anymore
And what of these dreams that play in the night
Over and over until we get it right
And then I found myself outside
Wandering in the rain
And there's a woman in a raincoat
And she's smoking away her pain
We had a conversation
In the middle of that night
She said "She doesn't really love you"
But I was ready for the fight (explain that to me)
CHORUS
Missing so many details
So many things not shown
She said "She doesn't really love you"
But I think I held my own
DREAM DREAM DREAM
IT'S ALL A DREAM
YES IT IS
IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT
IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
WE DON'T HAVE TO SEE IT THAT WAY
LIKE I'M COMING TO RESCUE YOU
© 2006 Drew Winters
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4. |
Manual Override
05:15
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Manual Override
(Winters,Sherman)
I gotta get you off this one-way street
Baby you're driving like you're half asleep
You're breathing slow, your lights are low
Wanna shake you so bad it makes me weep
When you're so automatic
Try an erratic turn
Make it left or right
Make it wrong or right
Just make your rubber burn
I will make you surrender
You never had any choice
You never had any choice
Don't stop don't wait don't think
Don't lie don't blink
Don't you hesitate
And we won't lose this interstate
You got nothing to lose, nothing to win
Spinning on cruise control
You're really in a neutral thing
And it takes a different toll
And I wouldn't lie and I won't stand by
You gotta know it's true
I will make you surrender....
Found your override
(Found your manual override)
Slip in overdrive
(Gonna slip it into overdrive)
Fueling our desire
(Fuel me up fuel me up)
Driving by wire
(Well you know you know)
Drive drive overdrive baby don't slow down
(Baby don't slow down)
Ride ride ride me baby maybe all over town
(Come on)
Call call call me baby on that little phone
(You can take me home)
Dial dial dial me baby don't leave me all alone
(Don't leave me)
I will make you surrender...
Found your override...
© 2006 Drew Winters
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5. |
Like A Blind Man
05:37
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Like A Blind Man
(Winters,Sherman)
I close my eyes when I see too much
They only hide my sense of touch
I might stumble but I don't mind
'Cause I can see you like I was blind
Well it's a simple thing
But it's everything
When I can close my eyes
And see you in my mind
And I don't stop to think
If I could or I should
But there's more to all this baby
It's just less understood
And I can picture you
Like a blind man would
I close my eyes...
What is this ancient game
Makes us like moths to a flame
Lose control of what we do
That's how it was when I saw you
And I don't stop to think
If I could or I should
But there's more to all this darlin'
It's just less understood
And I can picture you
Like a blind man would
I close my eyes...
I can still get back there
With secrets and memories shared
Such a simple thing
But to me that's everything
And I won't stop to think
If I could or I should
But there's more to all this baby
It's just less understood
And I will reach for you
Like a blind man would
And I will close my eyes...
© 2006 Drew Winters
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6. |
Human Nature
04:34
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HUMAN NATURE
(Winters,Sherman)
Sunscreen for sunshine
Umbrellas in the rain
We save ourselves from pleasure
In avoiding any pain
Moral little people
We keep ourselves repressed
Hide from the shame
We keep ourselves all dressed
Stagger with our baggage
As we march along in step
All that western luggage
It’s such a pretty set
While we envy the frenzy
Of rituals and rites
Of the gods of fertility
Dancing in the night
Careful what you say, might scare them away
Wouldn’t look too good, wonder if you should (It’s too late)
Faces in the crowd, don’t say that out loud
Keep it to yourself, worry about your health
NATURE
IT’S ONLY HUMAN NATURE
YOU CAN’T FIGHT HUMAN NATURE
Breathe, live, love, mate
(Step right up and have a go)
Sleep, eat, die, fate
(What have you got to lose?)
Our passion for irrational
Will never be fulfilled
Superstitions weaken
And still the pressures build
They’re ancient, they’re heady
Through the turning of the tides
While we batten down the hatches
They’re perverting out the sides
© 2006 Drew Winters
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7. |
If The Sky Is Falling
05:23
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If The Sky Is Falling
(Winters,Sherman)
You said goodnight
Climbed up the stairs
Into your bed
Said your prayers
In a simple world with a guiding light
All is calm and all is bright
A simple world with no jokers wild
Just ancient stories in the mind of a child
Old old stories in the mind of a child
All this time
Years in the making
But the crowds are shrinking
Pillars are shaking
And now you're facing hard choices
Do you ignore questioning voices
Who wrote the stories in that forgotten style
What would they mean in their time and trials
How could they keep them in their time and trials
And if the sky is falling
Then why is this world still revolving
It's only your sky that's falling
Falling on you
What's true is true and we can't break it
Whatever it is I'm sure it can take it
It's not hard to see which way you're leaning
Speaking the words and missing the meaning
It's not all or nothing
There's no one to blame
What if we're all one and the same
And if the sky is falling...
© 2006 Drew Winters
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8. |
How It's Done
05:17
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How It's Done
(Winters,Sherman)
I see something missing here
A silence for too long
You better find the words soon
You know where you belong
And I know it too
This law of me and you
But you've been quiet all this time
It's true
This is how it's done
If you've been wondering
This is what you say
I miss you today
This is what you do
You could say
I need you
That's how it's done
These words are not foreign to you
Try them on for size
There are always other choices
That you have yet to realize
But for words to be sung
You need breath in the lung
And the chances come and go
One by one
I want to know, I want to know
You tell me, you tell me now
That's how it's done
© 2006 Drew Winters
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9. |
Let Somebody Down
04:27
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It's so hard when you're taught to be fair
But when you get taken there ain't no justice there
So accommodating 'till there's no time to go round
You do a little favour, they take a little more
You're pulled in all directions
Is that what friends are for
You run a little faster and still feel you're losing ground
That's when you
You gotta let some
Let somebody down
Answer every phone call
Put the others first
But who's being comforted
Which ones being hurt
You get a little selfish then it all comes back around
That's when you
That's when you let some
Let somebody down
They have learned
All the words that make you feel
So sad so guilty so bad
Answer me this question
What would you do
You want to help to the whole world baby
But what about you
Who will come looking
When you end up in the lost and found
When will you
When will you let some
Let somebody down
© 2006 Drew Winters
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10. |
Wanted Man
04:43
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Wanted Man
(Winters,Sherman)
Too many times I’ve found myself here
Watching her go and waiting for my head to clear
Pulling up my courage and pushing down the fear
This kind of love is so raw
Shouldn’t be allowed to make a man wait
Gotta be illegal to reside in this state
And who am I to ever try and tempt fate
But there ought to be a law
It’s a crime
It’s a crime to leave me this way
And she breaks the law
When she comes back to me
And then she just runs away
From the touch of her hand
The brush of a kiss
I said to myself it don’t get better than this
I was a wanted man
I remember one time when her eyes went wild
And she just rolled down a grassy hill
Giggling like a child
I felt like everything I knew was suddenly on trial
And I was out of control
Then we’re alone
We’re alone and she’s on me like a cat
I think every man ought to have
A few moments like that
When she’s on top and I’m flat on my back
We were on such a roll
And I remember every moment that we stole
It’s a crime….
In a perfect world she would be my girl
But I won’t wait forever, I can’t live in the past
Ain’t it funny how the first is the only one to last
It’s a crime….
© 2006 Drew Winters
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