1. |
Ghost
03:04
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I’m going away
Not long from today
Spreading my wings
That’s at least what they say
These things that I’ve done
That won’t see the sun
Are left with the dead-
Weight of my name
Chorus:
I’m a ghost, wandering around
Noone will touch me now
I’m a ghost, wandering around
Nothing can touch me now
I pass through the midst
Of all that I’ll miss
And all that I’ll be
Is a shape in the mist
These steps that I take
Will take me away
Tear me apart
From where I was made
(Chorus)
(Instrumental)
Chorus out:
I’m alone like a ghost
Unknown like a ghost
Noone will touch me
I’m alone like a ghost
And nobody knows like a ghost
That noone will see or hear
I’m just waiting on, waiting on when I’ll reappear
Oh
Noone will touch me
Nothing can touch me now
Nothing can touch me now
© Eli Moore
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2. |
I Got This
04:28
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These are different accents than I know
And where’d this lady just tell me to go?
I wasn’t listening...
It was a long flight
I had a bad night
Please, I don’t make me write my name anymore
But give me the time
And show me the stage
I’m coming alive
Check my tie, check my fly
And hell, I’m away, ‘cos
Chorus:
I got this, I’m fine
Somebody give me the mic
I got this, this I know
I got this
Baby, with my eyes closed
Squeeze me into your rules and protocols
But just tell me, was my room down this hall?
I swear they’re moving it…
Oh, a cabin party
No, take your Bacardi and go
Give a guy room for drinking alone
Throw on a shower
Look good for the ladies
We’re live for an hour!
Hope this crowd likes it loud
‘Cos that’s how we play, and
(Chorus)
(Instrumental)
(Chorus)
© Eli Moore 2016
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3. |
Smooth Sailing
03:11
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Hey, you know the words to this song
But it’s off this record from ’84
I think I must’ve met you but guess I didn’t get you
before
I like the way you c-conversate
Give and take and interested eyes
Now we’ve got this rhythm and noone’s tried to look at
the time
Chorus:
It’s gonna be smooth sailing from here
It’s gonna be smooth sailing from here
Finish up your drink and we’ll go see this city crackle
and spark
As long as we’re together I’m happy with wherever we
are
(Chorus)
(Instrumental)
There’s magic in your mind
Your thoughts are spellbinding
You’re sure then you’re shy
But if you think I’m your guy, I’ll agree
And it’s gonna be
Yeah, it’s gonna be
(Chorus)
© Eli Moore
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4. |
Woman
06:02
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There is nothing I have seen in any documentary
Or pages of art history that compares to you
The foreign lands I’ve found my feet;
the colors of an aviary;
Take-off from the window seat, don’t change my point of view,
Woman
Sailing on a midnight breeze, starry skies surrounding me
Is drifting in a lonely dream if it’s not shared with you
A weekend walk through greenery;
A sweating beer on a western beach
Won’t refresh reality half the way you do,
Woman
There’s no thought I dare to read, or concept of philosophy
No argument as challenging as what’s within your eyes
The humble soul of Socrates;
the anguished cries of Augustine;
Descartes’ quest for certainty - it’s you I’m more convicted by,
Woman
A poem put to melody, the human voice in harmony
The fullest chords my fingers squeeze can’t really kiss my ear
The moonlight dabs of Debussy;
Nat ‘King’ Cole arranged with strings;
That wavering way that Joni sings are echoes when you’re near,
Woman
I was born to love, but no thing’s enough:
True flesh and blood is the stuff
But when I see you standing there, a world in a head of hair
I hold in my hands
It’s more than I can understand
(Instrumental)
I could fall so easily into the looks you’re giving me
They’re all the proof I’d ever need
That my heart is true
You let me in your memories, and I see the man that I can be
And all that I could do
The lengths that I would go
To stay in your view
Woman, I’m in love with you
I thought I’d let you know
© Eli Moore
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5. |
Happy Landings
02:31
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Happy landings to us all
When you decide to fly
You’ll get home while I get left behind
Yesterday I saw your face
And lost all track of time
Tell me how tomorrow has arrived
Pack away your better days
To take across the sea
Take away the better part of me
As we await the dream to end
Fall out the other side
Sun will rise and melt these wings of mine
You see, you see
It’s not hard to believe
You took a hold of me that you still keep
I see, I see
That day, that sunny street
That girl I’d like to meet, right before me
About to leave
© Eli Moore
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6. |
Go
03:52
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I’ve got my ticket, to see about a girl
My baggage ‘round my shoulders
I’ll fly half-way ‘round the world
Just to know
I’ve gotta know
“You don’t how it is until you go”
Go
A lonely drifter who never got stuck in
I only back the winning team
So it’s a last minute decision
Just to go
I oughta go
The going’s pretty tough when you don’t know
Go
(Instrumental)
All the “yes”
All the “no”
All the shaking heads and hindsight down the road
Who to be when I go
What’ll I do if I don’t know?
All the highs
All the lows
All the tangled webs and critics down below
“Go the length of your hopes:
The strength will be a string unto your bow”
So here I go
Here I go
Here I go
© Eli Moore
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7. |
My Heart, Your Heart
04:07
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All the best intentions
And I can’t achieve
How I’m suppose to feel, when you see me
And I see you here
Chorus:
My heart, your heart
Are they so different now?
Wasn’t it love that we found
There in our heartbeats?
Your heart, my heart
A call and response so resounding
Was it lost in the distance, or is it still there
If we listen?
Lost in your translation
Every word I speak
Say how I’m supposed to say what I mean to
What you mean to me
(Chorus)
Listen
I can’t heal you
And you can’t free me
(Love should be enough)
(Love should be enough)
Our love should be enough for us
(Love should be enough)
Our love should be enough
(Love should be enough)
(My heart), your heart, loved
(My heart), my heart
(Your heart), your heart, loved
My heart, your heart, loved
(Are they so different?)
Are they so different now?
© Eli Moore
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8. |
Raphaëlle
01:24
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9. |
Lost In Palamos
04:42
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Chorus:
(Lost in Palamos)
Spain, not South America
(Then why use the tumbao?)
Maybe ‘cos I like it
(Welcome to Palamos)
Get me that patatas bravas, hermano
(Lost in Palamos)
Is how you find Palamos
With my singular look of a singlet, and red sanuks
I walk the plank
A seasoned tourist with my laptop bag
Set to collect the sights, after emails to write
So I pick a pretty place by the sea, and hope for a gentle
breeze
A little bit of English please…
“uh, unos beer-os?”
(Chorus)
And then I’m wont to wander down these subtle, sleepy
streets
A million previous feet on which have walked the lengths
of history
And that’s pretty neat
So I deserve a treat: two big scoops for three Euros
That leaves enough for churros
Hey, I mean, I’m working hard here...
(Chorus)
(Instrumental)
Now I’m off the face of this place-mat map
Not another “pasty” here, and I’m okay with that
This church has seen more time than my country
By centuries…
So I stop to say “hello”, and rest my leisured soul
Ay, cielos!
Santiago, guide me home
‘Cos now I’m really lost
© Eli Moore
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10. |
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Something new and beautiful has finally happened to me
Something true and mutual there might be a bright future to
We’ll see
Slowly, we’re on sacred ground
We hadn’t really found before
His holy hand has been around us
Holding us among our doubts and fears, and brought us here
To something new and beautiful that’s finally happening
One long deep and meaningful and something must have happened to me
When the sun comes beaming through I’m dreaming of how seeing you will be
Slowly we have come around
We hadn’t found ourselves before
His holy hand will still astound us
Looking back on how he shaped the years, replaced our fears
With something new and beautiful that’s finally happening
He cannot steer the stationary
He shouldn’t be a crutch we carry
I think the way he’s been preparing meets us where we are
Holding on to what we’ve got to lose
He lets us choose
This something new and beautiful that’s finally happening
(Instrumental)
He cannot steer the stationary
He shouldn’t be a crutch we carry
I think the way he’s been preparing meets us where we are
Holding on to what we’ve got to lose
He always leaves it up to us to choose
This something new and beautiful that’s finally happening
© Eli Moore
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11. |
Really Missing Mary
03:31
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The tapestry is richer with some distance
We know our strength in meeting with resistance
We need our space to see how well we fit
It’s true
Chorus:
But I’m really missing Mary
And all the faces she has for me
Wish I could be kissing Mary
Yeah, I think that I’m really missing her
There’s a bank of things I want to tell her
And a vault that’s waiting till I’m sure
Both of us have sorting out to do, it’s true
(Chorus)
I won’t know till I see her
The way it’s going to be
How it’s going to play out when she hears those words
from me
But when I’m walking with her
Will I be wondering
How long I can carry Mary’s worries?
(Instrumental)
Think about my always thinking ‘bout her
Strip away the wants I think I’ll need
Love her like the way she’s loving me
When I do
Then I’m really missing Mary
And all the graces she grabs for me
Wish I could be kissing Mary
Yeah, I think that I’m really missing
All the times I was kissing Mary, missing me
© Eli Moore
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12. |
Peter Pan
04:00
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I’m a speck in the sky I’m an ant on the ground
Like a drop in the water and a distant sound
Oh I’m so high
A trajectory
Some dotted line around the world
Skirting the edges of people and places to go
Chorus:
But with my feet on the ground
I’ll be through with all of this cruising around
Surrounding myself with reasons that keep me away from you
And with my life off the shelf
I’ll be finding myself out of Neverland
With both feet in one place and your face in my hands
No more Peter Pan
You’re the shape in the clouds and the lines in the stars
Wherever I go, baby there you are
Oh I’m so high
But I’m coming down
End of the line I started on
Switching adventures: this one’s much closer to home
(Chorus)
And with my feet on the ground
I’ll be through with all of this cruising around
Surrounding myself with reasons that keep me away from you
And with my life off the shelf
I’ll be finding myself out of Neverland
With both feet in one place and your face in my hands
No more Peter Pan
No more Peter Pan
© Eli Moore
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