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Rainbowmaker
06:50
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Rainbows have a way of knowing
And welcoming the light
Flying its flag
Rainbows have a way of showing
And teaching about light
Naming all the colors
Water with its peace with time
Can block and bend the light
I want to be that water
I am a rainbow chaser
I want to get that pot
Of gold at the end
I want to see the way
I want to know the way
Sailing on the waves
Floating in the waves
Feeling a part of time
Feeling all of the time
I want to be a rainbowmaker
I want to be a prism-man
I want to show my colors
I want a sky, each star an eye
Mirroring me back my man
Shining on me, shining me
I want to be, be understood
And I want, want to be heard
I want to be cared about
I want to be a rainbowmaker
To refract a tiny piece
Of all the distance of light
I want to be a rainbowmake
r
I want to be a prism-man
Iwant to show you my colors
I want to see the way
I want to know the way
Sailing on the waves
Floating in the waves
Feeling a part of time
Feeling all of the time
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Drop down and see it fall away
Climb up catch what they say
Drop down and be there fall away
Get up race you to the day
The only way
Get a little closer to the tone
Vibrate for everyone you know
When you stop you've never been away
Get up race you to the day
The only way
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Aren't you tired of coming down
You want to float not be around
Aren't you tired
Aren't you tired
Aren't you tired like really wired
His name appeared in lights that day
Her neon dress began to fray
Don't you know what its like
Don't let it be an oversight
When you're lazy lying on some grass
Following all the dusty paths
You watch the sky slide past your face
When morning comes you've won the race
Then parachute land on the floor
You hit the ground feeling sore
Your knees buckle but you give it more
Step inside your first balloon
Blow it up and make it bloom
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Nazareth
05:44
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Nazareth
you're taking my mind
you're taking my money
you're taking your time
Nazareth
you're baking my mind
you're making me funny
you're making me blind
Nazareth
you're just like a train
thats going insane
thats leaving today
Nazareth
can you spare me a dime
i wanna get high
if i can't i might cry
Nazareth
c'mon make me a deal
i wanna feel real
for that i would kill
Nazareth
i love all your lights
they really shine bright mon
you're right out of sight
Nazareth
i'll take you to bed
a dream in my head
until i am dead
Nazareth
you're taking my mind
you're taking my money
you're taking your time
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Ride the world around the sun with me
Pack all your things
Your ticket to ecstacy
Ride the world around the sun
Checking it out you're gonna have fun
Ride the world around the sun with me
Check it out and see what you can be
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4D
08:03
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I am the confluence of many rivers come before
And i have noted million things or more
I've seen the mighty mississippi run through my hands
I've seen you slip away and seen you come back again
The time to leave was yesterday my love
Now its today and its already too late
Guess that I am stuck here for awhile
You make me feel like thats alright
My violent mind has seen everything come true
My silent eyes have watched all I've thought was done undo
I've washed my hands in the rain from the clouds of my friends
I've seen them slip away and seen them come back again
The time to leave was yesterday my love
Now its today and its already too late
Guess that I am stuck here for awhile
You make me feel like thats alright
Once we packed that bowl we knew we couldn't lose
One ray of moonshine to chase away my blues
I know of places where I can hind my mind
I could've slipped away but I never really had the time
Guess that I am stuck here for awhile
You make me feel like that's alright
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Tadpoles Hoboken, New Jersey
Tadpoles, based in Hoboken, NJ, disbanded in 2000 after releasing 4 critically acclaimed studio albums, 1 live album and 1 E.P. all on their own Bakery Records label (except for their last studio album, Whirlaway, which was released on Australia's Camera Obscura Records.) The group was formed by vocalist/guitarist, Todd Parker and original drummer, Michael Kite Audino in New York City in 1990. ... more
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