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V1
He spent the 90s in a shirt and tie
And a sport coat when the boss came by
He sold his soul to the man every day
He was living for casual Fridays
V2
The new millennium didn’t change a thing
In his thirties every day was the same
But he kept showing up everyday
He was living for casual Fridays
Pre-chorus
He was thirty four and he thought his life was a bore
C1
Life is not as funny as he thought it would be
But he’s not lost in the monotony
He still laughs as much as he can
People point at him; he’s the last of the full grown men
V3
At thirty eight he had a family
It helped him with all the anxiety
He found his soul in self-propriety
Every day is like casual Friday
Pre-chorus
When he was forty-four his last kid was born
C1
Life is not as funny as he thought it would be
But he’s not lost in the monotony
He still laughs as much as he can
People point at him; he’s the last of the full grown men
C2
Life is so much more than he thought it would be
He has no time for the monotony
He still laughs just as much as he can
People point at him; he’s the last of the full grown men
C3
Life is so much more than he thought it would be
He has no time for the monotony
He still laughs all that he can
People wave to him; he’s the last of the full grown men
C4
Life is much more harder than he thought it would be
He needs a break from the insanity
He plays guitar just as much as he can
People cheer for him; he’s the last of the full grown men
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2. |
Get It Good
03:14
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V1
You and me we have walked a few miles
And even had to run a few times
We may have drifted across a few lines
But we found our way back just in time
C1
Let’s take a step in the right direction
Look both ways to avoid the distractions
Let’s take a walk in the neighborhood
This is how we get it good get it good get it good
V2
Won’t let them scandalize our decisions
We’re all following our own intuition
Their opinions won’t become my prison
But if they’re nice I might them you a listen
C2
Let’s take a step in the right direction
Look both ways to avoid the distractions
Let’s take a walk in the neighborhood
This is how we get it good get it good get it good
Bridge
Sometimes you get the break you’re need
Change comes just in time.
You learn what it takes to be free
You can only keep what you leave it behind
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V1
It feels like everyday is worse than before
The doomsday talking heads are just another bore
The siren screams are now the new white noise
We never notice anymore
C1
I can’t make the world a better place
I can only be kind
I can’t make the world a better place
V2
People drowning in our apathy
While we choke on our antipathy
We all want some sympathy
We all need some empathy
C2
I can’t make the world a better place
I can only be kind
I can’t make the world a better place
I can only be kind
I can only be kind
Bridge
I can’t make the world a better place
I can only be kind
I can’t make the world a better place
I can only be kind
Chorus 3
I can’t make the world a better place
I can only be kind
I can’t make the world a better place
I can only be kind
I can only be kind
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4. |
Awkward Conversations
03:23
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V1
Even after all these years
I’m not sure where we should go from here
Its not like we can just disappear
I just need to say what you need to hear
C1
Can we just lay aside,
All of our expectations
And just sit still awhile
For some awkward conversation
Verse 2
Its seems hard to know a way near
To alleviate all your fear
One thing I know is crystal clear
I’d do anything to take you there
C2
Can we just lay aside,
All of our expectations
And just sit still awhile
For some awkward conversation
C3
Can we just lay aside,
All of our expectations
And just sit still awhile
For some awkward conversation
Here we are again
In another weird situation
Can we just sit awhile
For some awkward conversations
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5. |
Flower Power in the 80s
02:40
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V1
Everybody goes to college in the 80s
The number one major is psychology
And everything runs on batteries in the 80s
You buy double Cs but it takes double A’s
C
We’re spreading flower power in the 80s
Singing swinging with the ladies
Walking, talking in the city
Flower power in the 80s
V2
Yea we always go on dates living in the 80s
But we can’t tell the fellas from the ladies
Gotta have enough money in the 80s
Not one damn thing can be bought with a penny
C
We’re spreading flower power in the 80s
Singing swinging with the ladies
Walking, talking in the city
Flower power in the 80s
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6. |
Crazy Ones
02:50
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V1
We’re like the rebels who will always take the dare
We’re shaping our destiny, on a whim and a prayer
C1
We are the crazy ones who light the fire that burns
Painting the world with colors no one else has learned
V2
Like the misfits dancing free without a care
Spinning wildly to the song no one can hear
C2
We are the crazy ones feeding the fire that burns
Painting the world with colors no one else has learned
Bridge
We’re burning bridges to light the road we’re on
Joining the revolution as a new world unfolds
C3
We are the crazy ones who feed the fire that burns
Painting the world with colors no one else has learned
We are the crazy ones
We are the crazy ones
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7. |
Riptide
02:53
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V1
Something pulls you away
When I get too close
But some magnetic force
Won’t let you go
C1
The riptide pulled you out to sea
The waves washed you back again
V2
We are drawn together
You color me in
C2
The riptide pulled you out to sea
The waves washed you back again
The ocean crash like a symphony
Until your with me again
C3
The riptide pulled you out to sea
The waves washed you back again
The ocean crash like a symphony
Until your with me again
What we call the beginning
Is also the end.
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8. |
I Used to Be Cool (2024)
02:03
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V1
I’ll tell you my worst kept secret
As if you didn’t already know
if you promise not to laugh
I’ll give you the blow by blow
C1
I used to be cool
I used to be cool
I used to be cool
I used to be cool
V2
I listened to all the right music
Held court at the mall arcade
Until they went and changed the rules
You know I was all the rage
C2
I used to be cool
I used to be cool
I wore dark sunglasses I was all the buzz
I used to be cool, I was I was
C3
I used to be cool
(Yea I used to be cool)
I used to be cool
(Don’t you know that I used to be cool)
I used to be cool
(Yea I used to be cool)
I used to be cool
(Don’t you know that I used to be cool)
I wore dark sunglasses I was all the buzz
I used to be cool, I was I was
I used to be cool
I used to be cool
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9. |
Grace Under Pressure
02:45
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V1
She plugs a machine into at the wall
And the coffee pours in no time at all
She’s out the door; A working girl
In a crazy world
C1
She feels the pain of getting older
And the changes that have thrown her
Into a life that feels so colder
Than the dreams that used to warm her
She’s positive she’s unsure
She’s grace under pressure
V2
We told her lies when she was young
You can be anything when your want
You can only be what you can be
All she really wants is to be seen
C2
She feels the pain of getting older
And the changes that have thrown her
Into a life that feels so colder
Than the dreams that used to warm her
Everything changes when you’re older
Years are fast but the days are slower
She’s holding on to what we told her
And all the promises that can hold her
She’s positive she’s unsure
She’s grace under pressure
C2
She feels the pain of getting older
And the changes that have thrown her
Into a life that feels so colder
Than the dreams that used to warm her
She’s positive she’s unsure
She’s grace under pressure
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10. |
Coming to Life
03:09
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V1
Our next trip around the sun
Is going to be a crazy one
Cause you and me are gonna leave
Everything that we think we need
V2
We’ll check it all off our bucket list
See every place that you insist
We’ll roam the coast and climb the peaks
Go any place that we can dream
Pre-Chorus
Because four walls won’t keep us here
We were meant to glide in the atmosphere
C1
We’re coming to life
We’re coming to life
We’re coming to life
Coming to life
V3
The winter didn’t leave us cold
The years have failed to make us old
If we stay or if we roam
Where we are will be our home
Pre-Chorus
Because four walls won’t keep us here
We were meant to fly in the atmosphere
C2
We’re coming to life
We’re coming to life
We’re coming to life
Coming to life
Bridge
This is the time for our big break
This is our moment to make
Four walls can’t keep us here
We were meant to soar in the atmosphere
C3
We’re coming to life
We’re coming to life
We’re coming to life
Coming to life
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11. |
Only What Love Requires
02:31
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V1
What have we become?
In this broken dance
Drawn to a cosmic hum?
A song of happenstance
C
Life’s a delicate ballet
Pulsing with fierce desire
Can we learn to speak
Only what love requires
V2
Can we learn to dance?
To the rhythm of love
C
Life’s a delicate ballet
Pulsing with fierce desire
Can we learn to speak
Only what love requires
C
Life’s a delicate ballet
Pulsing with fierce desire
Can we learn to speak
Only what love requires
V3
Is this all we are?
Singers in a choir
Can we learn to speak
Only what love requires?
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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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