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Do You Want It?
04:33
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Top floor apartment, busy city street
Alone at the summit it’s louder than you’d think
And someone’s always asking to buy me a drink
That’s just how I like it
When I bathed in the body she showered in my mind
Lost a lot of lust when she hung me on the line
Only when I sung with my lungs full of lies
She still defined it
Do you want it?
In the land of eagles (or egos*) feeding off the scene
Grinding for the business writing for the dream
I know it has a hook but I have no clue what it means
Is there money in this song?
You can teach theory but you can’t teach a feel
She revved the engine while her hands were on the wheel
So I went back home thinking all of it was real
But boy was I wrong
said “Do you want it?”
People talk say that boy will come to his senses
He’ll realize soon what he gave up
If you sit still you might find the difference
The words are enough
Do you want it?
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Fake Time
04:15
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Fake time
I know how to fake time
Just a gift that I’ve been living with my whole life
There’s a ghost here lighting off my stove
Blonde hair in the hot coil glow
Fake time
I know how to fake time
Fake time
What’s the worst it can do
I’d rather be inside a memory than here with you
When they figure it out, they’re gonna chain me all up
When they figure it out, I had a pretty good run
Fake time
I know how to fake time
Fake time
Looking in on the way it was
You really never know quite what it is ’til it comes
When it lays you out it’s gonna lock you in
You’ll never see yourself again
Fake time
I know how to fake time
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3. |
In A Daze
04:19
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Frozen commuters fight the morning rain
The leaves in October here they already changed
To the colour of the bulb among the first train
They want it to take them away
Waking in a daze with my clothes on
I think for a minute about the dream that I saw
The radio it plays along
The same country song
Last night inside of a full city bus
I felt all the people just staring at us
Like maybe we had something to say
Then our stop came
I’m just so confused can’t you tell
I love what I make but then I turn on myself
Do you feel as helpless as I?
Does art have border line?
I have a friend and he changes with time
He tuned in my guitar and he turned off the light
Like maybe I had something to play
And he sang
I heard all the poets and their words
They jumped from the pages out into the world
They turned that room on it’s head
I believed in what they said
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Blood In My Eyes
05:13
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Woke up this morning, took my time
Shook off a dream and put on my tie
Hey, hey babe I got blood in my eyes for you
Hey, hey babe I got blood in my eyes for you
Got blood in my eyes for you babe
Can’t you tell me what to do?
I went to Dartmouth, walked in a state
But love is something you just can’t escape
Hey, hey babe I got blood in my eyes for you
Hey, hey babe I got blood in my eyes for you
Got blood in my eyes for you babe
Can’t you tell me what to do?
She looked at me, shot me a smile
Said “You could be mine if you settled down a while”
Hey, hey babe I got blood in my eyes for you
Hey, hey babe I got blood in my eyes for you
Got blood in my eyes for you babe
Can’t you tell me what to do?
No, no, mama, I can’t wait
You had my heart then you slipped it away
Hey, hey babe I got blood in my eyes for you
Hey, hey babe I got blood in my eyes for you
Got blood in my eyes for you babe
Can’t you tell me what to do?
I’ll tell you something, tell you the facts
Been beat down to nothing in a heartless act
Hey, hey babe I got blood in my eyes for you
Hey, hey babe I got blood in my eyes for you
Got blood in my eyes for you babe
Can’t you tell me what to do?
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Brave New Room
05:00
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Stop the wheels and sleep a while
They say that desolation is back in style
Outside the sun is hanging low
And I could use a hand to hold
Stomping grounds now in the rearview mirror
Stomping on the pedal, hand on the gear
Do you remember back when you were mine?
I could use another try
Avenues, highways, green signs on white lines
Tail lights, always
right place, wrong time
Take a breath and have a seat
In a brave new room I am off my feet
Call the desk come the afternoon
Voice on the line sounds just like you
Break the silence turn the TV up
Unplug the cable, let the static buzz
Force a thought out of my mind
I could use another try
Avenues, highways, green signs on white lines
Tail lights, always
right place, wrong time
Walking fast now down the backstreets
I’m a blood cell in veins of concrete
I ignore the pressure in my chest
It’s so quiet now I can hear my breath
Though my desire might be in the wrong
I ain’t losing nothing that isn’t long gone
Now the sun is hanging low
And I could use a hand to hold
Avenues, highways, green signs on white lines
Tail lights, always
right place, wrong time
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In The Blue
02:56
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West Eastland Avenue
Glowing in the night
From another angle
From another sky
Behind the window
Behind the rain
Bouncing through clouds
On an airplane
Up in the blue
Right off the highway
Was right on time
Creased a twenty
For a twelve dollar ride
Spending like an actor
Acting like a fool
What’s the first impression
If it isn’t true
Who are you?
Tired faces
In cafe mirrors
Plugging laptops in
And plugging ears
Sharing pictures
Who needs to know?
They play for money
Down on Music Row
Now I know
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Pulling out hair
Pushing doors open
Running so fast
You forget where you’re going
If you sit long enough
If you close your eyes
Maybe you’ll catch the wind blowing
A self doubted curse
Your phase of the moon
A song with one verse
Distractions for you
If you try to keep still
And ignore the phone
Maybe you’ll catch the wind blowing
They say if I beg
And hold out my hands
I won’t receive
That I should demand
They say, “Take the corners
as quick as you can,
maybe you’ll catch the wind blowing”
The answer for you
Is not in your mind
You’re open to love
When you realize
The spin of the earth
Can throw around the sky
Maybe you’ll catch the wind blowing
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Forever and farewell to this town
I’m right to say they were wrong about me
I’ll hear that whistle sound
Hop a train homeward bound
When I get back on my feet
The birds will ride the wind and sing their song
White horses will parade down every street
Some will call it beautiful, but it’s more like what I’m owed
When I get back on my feet
Dry up every tear then from my eye
Stitch up every wound where I did bleed
And I will walk behind my pride, have my courage by my side
When I get back on my feet
Stay only in the gentle morning dawn
For the finest of the clouds then I will reach
And the ground I’m laying on will grow flowers when I’m gone
When I get back on my feet
When it doesn’t feel so fresh or so strange
Someday down the line when I’m free
When the plot is needed more
And I snuck out the other door
When the bars are good as closed
So I don’t know where to go
When the birds are done their song
Were they laughing at me all along?
I can still get mine
And you bet I’m gonna try
When I get back on my feet
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Eric Stephen Martin Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Eric Stephen Martin is a singer and songwriter from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Together with Rick The Loser, he owns and runs Three First Names Records.
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