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we’re standing on a plain where the ocean meets the sky
and oh, she looks so good tonight
trees blow softly in the breeze
as the low sun shatters through the leaves
the grace in her eyes is knives to my spine
and oh, she looks so good tonight
she says come and ride with me
shakespeare, cocktails, lsd
i feel the flames, i'm a child in the light
and oh, she looks so good tonight
will she take my hand and be my wife
i'm lost, you seem to be holding a light
i hold five golden rings on a clear dark night
and oh, she looks so good tonight
she’s nothing to say, no answers to give
only one life to live
now faded memoir of a distant shore
she wanted more, more, more
~more
then she says she loves me
i'm the darkness, i'm nobody
come to the fire, oh god i’m so tired
but oh, she looks so good tonight
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Fun in the Summer
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driving up to the sun
feel in perfect harmony
the flames are melting the skin off my face
and the love that shines through it
the message keep moving
i’m coping i’m losing i’m feeling i’m grieving
that gaze to stare
the fruit of the air
killing drive time up on the 101
just for fun in the summer
kill my mind and erase
what you think you want want me to be
purple wine by my side flying green into the royal blue
and the red that shines through it
you w made of a woman and one day she’ll take you
a starboard box
a muslin smock
cut the trunk let's gun down the 101
just for fun in the summer
that gaze to stare
the fruit of the air
killing drive time up on the 101
just for fun in the summer
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It Is Obvious
02:42
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Dear Betty Baby
04:14
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Song for Carol
02:34
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all days are lost all days are free
we live a perpetual dream
calm winds can become a storm
and in the morning i can be reborn
i’ve lived in perpetual spring
where everything is everything
all those years i let float in the air
chasing the nothing everywhere
your love is so rare
to hold you now that's my only prayer
i just want a little warmth
some quiet place free from harm
i was a child when the river ran dry
and all these tears turned inside
maybe i’ve still got something to give
if you take old love well i can live again
my heart beats tell me where to go
i can follow or lead when i know
i don’t mind the dust of the plow
i just want my feet planted on the ground
i’m a bit lost what’s to be found
i could use your hand in mine about now
i just wish you were around
i miss your smile and i want you in my town
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Poor Moon
03:36
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Trucker Speed
03:46
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Broken Heart
03:18
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Tennessee Whiskey
03:54
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The Observer
04:37
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glittering wax wobble shadows upon my memories
from some old christmas candle my mother gave to me
dancing together on the couch to "born to be wild"
as the dream of college slowly ages behind her
when the last star comes to pass, no highway will have us back
i'm just an observer
the one in the corner
I'm just an observer
i don't want to worry about all the changes in this town
from dust unto dust everything gets ground real down
but until the heat death we got this living situation
with some fluctuations but eventual equal equations
when the last star comes to pass, what’ll become of the past?
i'm just an observer
i remember yesterday's weather but I won't forever remember
I'm just an observer
i won't be here forever
my love turn off the screen and hold me
let's leave the city and grow real old in the country
in the milky way i’ll make you breakfast
come morning tell me once again why you love me
over fried eggs & grilled tortillas
we'll spend the day together
i'm just an observer
hold our love in our little corner
i'm just an observer~
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Molly
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chris portka Berkeley, California
i'm chris portka. i write, perform, and produce music. i also play live shows. good luck with everything.
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