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Radiate Love
01:52
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I want to radiate love
Out of my fingertips
I want to make you feel so hip
You're worthy of
We should stand in the sun
And let it all soak in
We are all children again
It has begun
Why did it take so long?
Why did we wait this long?
I want to radiate love
Out of my fingertips
I want to make you feel so hip
You're worthy of
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Your White Teeth
03:06
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In the hours and the minutes we’re alone
If my heart isn’t in it, it’ll show
My soul, it opens like a door
If it ain’t meant to be, then it's gonna close
These people you see are from a store
Each one a brand new set of clothes
Your soul is locked and what’s the code?
They can’t get in cause nobody knows
And you go out again, again and again
What do you sell ‘em?
Your white teeth?
It seems my heart is growing old
The valves and pumps are getting slow
Your age is showing too you know
But the money and the means provide a road
To keep you going out again, again and again
Will you find out how it ends it ends it all ends?
When want a stable future
You depend, depend, depend on another
Not on
Your white teeth
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Openness
05:44
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Iowa
04:14
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She was born near fields of corn in Iowa
There she stands head in hand I’m telling ya
She’s young and strong and don’t belong in Iowa
Been making plans to take a stand forever now
Her mother used to go to church, still says she does
Her father watches cable news, its what he loves
Together they’re quite a pair they never speak
Without a doubt she must get out she has to seek
A place where the people there are kind
A space where you’ll expect to find
You’ll trace the power of the mind
She’ll race to leave the lonely fields behind
In Iowa
In Iowa
There’s a place where the people there are kind
A space where you’ll expect to find
You’ll trace the power of the mind
She’ll race to leave the lonely fields behind
In Iowa
In Iowa
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In My Room
04:10
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Somebody watches me
Somebody watches me
Somebody watches me
Somebody watches me
In my room, in my room
In my room, in my room
Somebody’s listening
Somebody’s listening
Somebody’s listening
Somebody’s listening
In my room, in my room
In my room, in my room
Please just let me be
I just want to sleep
Please just let me be
I just want to sleep
In my room, in my room
In my room, in my room
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6. |
Each Day
03:18
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Hey can we talk?
Can I tell you how I’m feeling?
I know we joke
All the time but this time I’m really reeling
Suddenly I
Am getting awkward now to show you
That I’ve never been
Happier and I think that you should know too!
And when we speak
I am filled with things to ask you
The words you say, just the way
That you construe the facts
Makes me want to know you more and more
Each day
I want to know you more and more
Each day
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Anytime Soon
03:12
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Now that I’m old its easy to cry
Medical bills are piling high
When I look back I can’t deny
We should not have trusted those guys
Because
We won’t be rich anytime soon
We won’t be rich anytime soon
You won’t be rich anytime soon
The wealthy stab their knives into you
They split us up and drink from our wounds
If we’re together that’s how they’ll lose
Because
We won’t be rich anytime soon
We won’t be rich anytime soon
We won’t be rich anytime soon
We won’t be rich anytime soon
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8. |
When You're 71
02:38
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Who’s gonna love you when you’re 71?
Who’s gonna keep you feeling special and young?
Who’s gonna make you feel fine?
Who’s gonna hold you when you’re 72?
Who’s gonna talk to you when you’re feeling blue?
Who’s gonna make you feel fine?
Oh, if you know
Don’t let them go
Who’ll be your friend when you’re 73?
Who’s gonna calm you down when you’re worried?
Who’s gonna make you feel fine?
Who’ll be your friend when you’re 74?
Who’s gonna be there to open the door?
Who’s gonna make you feel fine?
Oh, if you know
Don’t let them go
Who’s gonna to love you when you’re 75?
Who’s gonna be there if you’re still alive?
Who’s gonna make you feel fine?
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Rich People Are Boring
02:57
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Rich people are boring
Their taste has me snoring
Why would anyone want to be like they are?
They're vapid and selfish
They're proud that their wealth is
A weapon to be wielded near and far
And yet we take their hands
Please help me understand
Why we tell them all of our secrets
Rich people, they play with us
Like a toy they got for christmas
They use us up till we're in debt or we all starve
And yet we take their hands
Please help me understand
Why we tell them all of our secrets
And they use ‘em all against us
Until we turn on each other
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I Know
02:09
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The road is closed
The signs say do not go further
We’re trapped, with no maps
We’ve worked ourselves into fervor
I know sometimes you know best
I know sometimes I’m a mess
I know this and I confess
I know but I’m asking please trust me
Our minds have closed
Our shrink is trying to work it out
I want to grow
‘Cause I love you, of this there’s no doubt
I know sometimes you know best
I know sometimes I’m a mess
I know this and I confess
I know but I’m asking please trust me
I know sometimes you know best
I know sometimes I’m a mess
I know this and I confess
I know but I’m asking please trust me
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11. |
Stay Positive
01:00
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12. |
Remember Us
01:25
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Please don’t you leave here
I don’t want to miss you
Please don’t you leave here
I don’t want to miss you
But if you must
Remember us
I know I won’t forget you
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Josh Leahy Chicago, Illinois
Raised in and around Midwest farmland, Josh Leahy is an American songwriter and recording artist. Influenced by mid-20th century pop and rock, classic folk and country, and turn of the century indie music, he tries to write and make songs with thoughtful lyrics. Though he many times pledged his head, heart, hands and health to his local 4-H club as a youth, Josh Leahy is now based in Chicago. ... more
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