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Always Wanting More
03:48
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The sirens wail as I head out toward the smoke
Cause my mama wanted to know what was goin' on
I'm chasin' after a story that never was ours
Cause our lives were pretty boring
I guess that's not so bad
But we were always wanting more
Gossip rags to social tags, it's all too much for me
Fake news just might be true, you never know
I'm chasin' after excitement that never was mine
Cause I need to see the light
And I'm stumbling
Always wanting more
Ghosts, spiders and vampires
Something creepin' under my bed
Keeps me up late at night
But also may be my only friend
Nothing's changin' but me
Nothin's changin' me
Nothin's changin' but me
Nothin's changin' me
And I'm still the same
We're all the same
We're all livin' stories that were told before
That ain't so bad
But we're always wanting more
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I'm Tired
04:00
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I'm tired
Tired of being the nice guy
Tired of being that last guy
Who'd let you down
I'm so tired
Tired of showing up on time
Only to feel left behind
And led around
Just one time I wanna tell you
Time I wanna tell you how I feel
Just one time I wanna show you
Time I wanna show you what's real
Tired of putting it all on the line
Tired of giving up all my time
With my nose to the grind
Oh
Tired of living in this lie
Tired of going the extra mile
I'm tired of putting on this damn smile
Oh
I'm so tired
Of pretending it's all the same
Of playing by rules that seem to change
To hold me down
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Strawberry Moon
03:20
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I wanna see the strawberry moon
I wanna enjoy roses in bloom
I don't really care about those things
I just love to be with you
I'm a man of simple taste
Kinda boring, with time to waste
But one thing gets me moving in haste
It's the chance that you and I might dance
To our favorite song that just came on
I love to be with you
The world may fall down around us
The sky may turn black and blue
Darkest days can't stop us
After all that we've been through
It's just me and you
Winter shivers, or summer heat
No one season is complete
But nothing sweeps me off my feet
Like the sight of your eyes
As they look into mine
Or the scent of your perfume
Like sweet peas in bloom
Or the sound your laughter
Here ever after
I love to be with you
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Sad and Lonely
03:19
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It must be so hard to never trust anyone
Always on guard
Must be so lonely looking over your shoulder
Waiting for your savior to fall
You must be so hard, to never let me in
Always counting every sin
Am I the only one you think up to no good?
I'm waiting for your barriers to fall
Am I just stupid? Am I naive?
Are you so sure of what's up my sleeve
Am I the devil? What is my scheme?
You look so sad and lonely to me
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Heartbreak Waltz
03:18
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I wanna dance with you
and pretend this ain't happening
As our cities burn
And people yearn for answers
I wanna hold your hand
And look into your eyes
And forget that people die
So many people die
Just because they ain't like me
I wanna dance with you
Slowly through disaster
As our fury burns
And people turn on each other
I wanna press into
The comfort of your embrace
While my mind begins to race
Why's it always gotta race
Maybe I need to face
This ain't about me
And I should start listening
I wanna dance with you
And see you for the first time
And look you in the eye
And apologize
And maybe even try
Try and make right
Try and make right
For the very first time
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Last Regret
03:54
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Yesterday’s papers don’t carry anything true
This old habit’s piling up on me and you
it’s nothing new, just something to do, here I am still jones’in for you
Can’t get the courage to tell one other we’re through
Now it’s the last cigarette
I swear I’m done for good
try and put out (quench) your memory
light and pull, pull, pull
Your my last regret
We’ve been drifting around and hanging low
Obscuring details that tell you I should go
stoked hearts, one handed roll, you lit me up good and slow
signals smoke in our eyes, you’d think we’d know
The problem with me
is a problem with you
Why can’t I just forget?
There’s a problem with you
in the pit of my heart
loving you is my finest sin - you’re my last regret
don’t need a map to find my way to wrong
Probably cause I’ve been going there for so long
my voice is gone, skipping song, still you’ll find me singing along
Even lost, there’s somethin good about being gone
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I See You
03:31
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I suppose it’s safe to say, You’re gonna love me anyway
I’ll gladly offer up the same, Let’s start there
Let’s start right there
Does it sound kinda lame, Meeting up halfway?
I can’t hear you when you pray
From here, So let’s start there
I see you, I see you
and it’s hard for me to reconcile
the person I knew With the one on display
I see you, I see you
And I only want to understand
Where you’re coming from, What you’re running from
Where we started from feels so far away
Today
Common ground is not so common now
And our certainty's just gettin' loud
Where last words win the war in our minds, But our hearts are slain
Common ground is falling out
Who said we had to play this game
I'll come your way, Will you come my way?
I see you, I see you
Is it hard for you to reconcile
The person you thought you knew With the person I am today
I see, I see you
And I'm hoping you will understand
Where I'm coming from, What I'm running from
What have we become
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Welcome Home
02:57
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Here comes the bride
She's all dressed in white
Her past is the past, at last
She's anticipating
Here comes the groom
He's gone and built a room
His blood was spilled as payment
He's anticipating
He says "I've waited a very long time
My bride, welcome home
I've waited a very long time
My bride, welcome home
Welcome home
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I Have My Doubts
04:33
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Tell me a man stepped foot on the moon, I have my doubts
Tell me God in flesh came for me and you, I have my doubts
Tell me the whole world is in on this charade, I have my doubts
Tell me nobody cares, tell me every body cares, I have my doubts
Is the baby being thrown out with the bathwater?
Are we too quick to cancel everyone?
Is it a sin to give the benefit of doubt?
I have my doubts
We have a leaders who we blindly follow, I have my doubts
We have media that make us fear tomorrow, I have my doubts
We have pandemics that are politicized, I have my doubts
We think we have it all figured out, I have my doubts
Is it possible we're all just a little right
All the while we're just a little wrong?
Is it possible your point of view is just a point of view?
I have my doubts
I have my doubts - but I'm willing to listen
I have my doubts - but I'm willing to try
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Paradox
03:29
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A paradox walk into a bar after a long day of dodgin' bullets
They say bartender pour us something strong
You have no idea what it's like to not belong
I don't know why they want us to die
But I'm told we taste good inside
Inside Their fat bellies, mixed with stuffing,
Like a turkey
Do we look like turkeys?
Turkeys don't even fly
And they got that weird neck thing swingin side to side
A paradox walk into a bar after a long day savin' lives
They say bartender pour us something light
Oh the news I had to tell that pour wife
About her husband, eating pods of tide
Like he's some kinda teenager
That's the strangest witness of a mid-life
I mean, go buy a car, or a motor bike
Why would you eat plastic and poison jelly?
But who am I to judge?
I've never eaten poison jelly
Might be the best thing I've ever tasted
Might taste like turkey
A paradox walk into a bar tied to the feet of a hippy
Who said bartender pour me something cage-free
But no vegan, I actually eat meat
I'm not who you think I be
I like to hunt and fish, and I vote conservative
I just don't like my birds in cages
I like to shoot 'em as they fly away
And even though I finished high school
I wrote a song about how I'm a fool
don't even know what paradox means
I just know I don't like turkey
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Ted Hajnasiewicz Minneapolis, Minnesota
Driven to write the perfect song, Minneapolis-born singer/songwriter Ted Hajnasiewicz performs with a magnetizing honesty
and reflective tone that speaks to the very essence of the human spirit.
Check him out here:
www.tedhtunes.com
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