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About New York
03:07
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V1
He asked her about New York
Does she wanna go
Leave it all behind
But she’s heard it all before
With a side-eyed stare
She’s making up her mind
V2
He’s dreaming about New York
And a studio flat
On the lower east side
But she’s figured out the score
While she’s waited for him
She left her youth behind
Pre-chorus
And she’s always wanted to see Central Park in the early fall.
Chorus
He’s always talking about New York
She doesn’t believe him anymore
V3
He’s thinking about New York
Maybe this time next year
It will be their time
But she can’t wait anymore
and she plans to be gone
Before he'll realize
Pre-chorus
Cause she’s always wanted to see Central Park after the first snow fall.
Chorus
He always talks about New York
She doesn’t believe him anymore
Bridge
He thinks she’s packed her bags for their trip to the gulf of Mexico
She’ll be Brooklyn bound before he even gets back home
Chorus 2
He always talks about New York
But she’s not waiting anymore
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2. |
Surprised by Sunshine
02:42
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V1
She’s waking up with the daytime
She’s the prettiest part of the skyline
She surprises me with sunshine
V2
She says it all with a wink and smile
She radiates more than she can realize
She surprises me with sunshine
V3
She tells her truth in her perfect rhyme
She’s writing me into the storyline
Surprising me with sunshine
Bridge 1
Maybe this is all brand new
Maybe we’re on to something
Or maybe its apropos to nothing
V4
She says it all with a wink and smile
She radiates more than she can realize
She surprises me with sunshine
Bridge 2
Maybe this is all brand new
Maybe we’re on to something
Or maybe this is what we’ve always wanted
Maybe this is all brand new
Maybe we’re on to something
Or maybe its apropos to nothing
V5
She’s waking up with the daytime
She’s the prettiest part of the skyline
She surprises me with sunshine
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3. |
Orbits
03:41
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V1
She writes her poetry every day with her morning coffee
Alone in the cafe at a table made for two
He writes his songs in the cafe with his morning bagel
He doesn’t notice her but catches her perfume
And he finds he is writing her into his melody
Ch1
Her gravity is pulling him into her orbit
He’s spinning, turning, falling into her life
V1
He sets up everyday on the sidewalk around the corner
Alone with his guitar by the subway where she rides
She comes up the subway steps just as he starts playing
She doesn’t notice him but hears a melody she likes
And she finds she’s humming his song on her way home
Ch2
His gravity is pulling her into his orbit
She’s spinning, turning, falling into his life
Bridge
A butterfly flits its wings
And a wisp of air creates a breeze
And alters the coming tide
And it sets their orbits to collide
Ch3
Her gravity is pulling him into her orbit
He’s spinning, turning, falling into her life
His gravity is pulling her into his orbit
She’s spinning, turning, falling into his life
The universe is pulling them into their orbit
Heavenly bodies on a course to collide
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4. |
Ghosts
02:26
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V1
We are all just haunted houses
Gripped by fear and fright
Wandering every empty hallway
Every lonely night
But we are haunted by what we’ve kept
Not what we’ve left behind
You’ve got your ghosts
I’ve got mine
V2
We are all just haunted houses
Full of mysteries to pursue
Darkened hallways full of secrets
Hiding in plain view
But we are scared of what we know
Not what we think we’ll find
You’ve got your ghosts
I’ve got mine
Bridge
We are haunted houses
Lining the streets of memories
In our lonely ghost towns
Full of all our ghost stories
Outro
We’re all wandering in the night
just searching for a sign
We’re haunted by what we’ve kept
Not what we’ve left behind
You’ve got your ghosts
I’ve got mine
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5. |
the last word
03:36
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V1
I’ve been staring at the same four walls for days
Trying to find the center of myself
But I keep giving into anxiety
C1
I keep kicking against the questions
that everyone expects an answer from me
I keep staring at the blank pages
Looking for traces of me
V2
I’ve been pacing up and down these floors all night
Trying to sleep walk through my dreams
But I keep waking up to reality
C2
That I been kicking against the questions
that everyone demands an answer from me
I keep searching outside myself
for any signs of our humanity
I’ve been waiting for the last word (and the one after that)
V3
I’ve been staring in the mirror at me my whole life
Loneliness knocking at my door but
but it doesn’t scare me like it scared me before
C3
I keep knocking down all the answers
that everyone says that I should believe
I keep searching within myself
for any drop of my humanity
I’ve keep waiting for the last word (and the one after that)
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6. |
Butterfly Effect
01:42
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V1
He thought about her when he was singing
She always wondered what he was thinking
The summer his band signed they had a wedding
But now he has been in this job for a decade
V2
Everyday he finds himself wondering
How he ended up in this place he’s working
He could have swore his record was rocking
But he had to make the payments on her ring
He listens to the CD during his commute
Wonders why the label cancelled their debut
V
Now he goes to work and fakes his devotion
And hopes his boss will give him a promotion
Then he will get a raise in income
He’ll buy an app to record on his iPhone
He listens to the mp3s he’s recorded
He wonders if the guitars too distorted
C
He thought he’d live in luxury
She thought she was his destiny
Now they need a table for three at Applebees
He though it was his destiny
She thought she’d live in luxury
Now they spend their anniversary at Applebees
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David Woodard Nashville, Tennessee
David Woodard returns with GET IT GOOD, a full-length effort full of his trademark sugar-sweet melodies and harmonies. There is much more here than throwbacks to the Liverpool’s favorite sons. David influences are often on his sleeve as overtones of Fountains of Wayne, Cheap Trick, Big Star, The Rolling Stones, and even boygenius trickle from your speakers like familiar friends. ... more
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