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{your kind of beauty}
03:18
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Your Kind of Beauty
if night falls before you get there, let it,
log the mikes that you need to and then
forget it
every now and then you will get turned around
you'll stumble till your feet hit upon solid ground,
but, beauty, your kind of beauty
fit this perfectly
when the darkness alongside the highway seems unforgiving,
but, your face in every streetlight then the moonlight,
now, that's the living
love is greater than fear, that we know for sure,
a new day comes resplendent on another shore with
Beauty, your kind of beauty, fits this perfectly
Beauty, your kind of beauty, fit this perfectly
when the darkness alongside the highway seems unforgiving
your face in every streetlight then the moonlight,
now, that's the living
Beauty, your kind of beauty, fit this perfectly
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{loverboy}
03:18
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Loverboy
we could go stomp at the Savoy
swirl in that hot, chaotic joy
go walking out in the square
we're the only ones out here
staring up at the stars
I wanna know who you are
cause you have a universe
there inside you
and I wanna see it, now,
don't you hide it
you just might be the real McCoy,
oh yes, yes, I wanna be,
I wanna be your loverboy
go walking out in the square
we're the only ones out here
staring up at the stars
I wanna know who you are
cause you have a universe
there inside you
and I wanna see it, now,
don't you hide it
you just might be the real McCoy,
oh yes, yes, I wanna be,
I wanna be your loverboy
I wanna be your loverboy
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{valley of stars}
02:42
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Valley of Stars
Don't know why I always feel lonely
these thoughts coming and a goin'
my heart beats like a burning flame
I know I can't be the only one who,
after I call out, hears that echo
wrap around the shrouded sun
when the night falls meet me in the valley of stars
take my hand when you meet me in the valley of stars
oh, how beautiful life could be
I get so tired of barking up the wrong tree
swimming in the wrong sea
thunder rolls my soul back to me
we're Angels caught in perpetual rumination
but what about our shimmering nature?
here beneath the shrouded sun
when the night falls meet me in the valley of stars
take my hand when you meet me in the valley of stars
oh, how beautiful life could be
oh, how beautiful life could be
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{high on a mountain}
04:17
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high on a mountain
when I go out walking,
the moon gives all the light that I need
my deepest desire is to have you
right here with me
you're like a candle,
you're burning so brightly in me
I may be dreaming of you
but I'm not asleep
it was just you and me high on a mountain that day
I crossed my heart, I knew that I wanted to stay
never has been or will be another like you
all you ask is to do what you came here to do
now, I'm suddenly awestruck where the river runs into the sea
cottonwoods bend in the wind, memories pulling on me
they come like ghosts to rumble around in my head
I could slip into darkness, but I reach for your arm instead
it was just you and me high on a mountain that day
I crossed my heart, I knew that I wanted to stay
never has been or will be another like you
all you ask is to do what you came here to do
never has been or will be another like you
all you ask is to do what you came here to do
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{halcyon days}
04:00
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Halcyon Days
There is this salty sea we sail across with albatrosses
I want this to be true
cause everytime I dream this dream we soar again
and we are coming through to
Halcyon Days
the arc of morning, the blue sway,
the sky it brightens in new ways,
in those Halcyon Days
There is this single ray of light that comes, it glints and shimmers
I know this to be true
precisely as the sun's ascending and we are coming through to
Halcyon Days
the arc of morning, the blue sway,
the sky it brightens in new ways,
in those Halcyon Days
True to our hearts' desire, in Halcyon Days
Yeah, we set the world on fire, in those Halcyon Days
There is this lovely nest that floats and lilts upon the water
This is said to be true
A crested bird of brilliant color tends her callow brood
yeah, we are coming through
yeah, we are coming through
to Halcyon Days
the arc of morning, the blue sway,
the sky it brightens in new ways,
in those Halcyon Days
yeah, we are coming through
yeah, we are coming through
to Halcyon Days
the arc of morning, the blue sway,
our hearts are gladdened when you say,
here come those Halcyon Days
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{pale blue morning}
04:17
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Pale Blue Morning
another pale blue morning's coming on
I'm half awake and listening to the sound
of you here softly breathing
while the morning birds are singing
and you've slept here in my
arms the whole night through
you dreamed of Orange Blossoms
and Bougainvillea too,
and someone whispered, 'care for this' to you
you answered that sweet hummingbirds fly
in the space above your heart as you
slept there in my arms the whole night through
you couldn't be more beautiful, no, no
you couldn't be more beautiful
you couldn't be more beautiful, no, no
you couldn't be more beautiful
the moon fades from the sky the stars do, too
we're nestled in a thousand shades of blue
it's Summer in this hemisphere
and the morning light's so clear
and you've slept here in my
arms the whole night through
yes, you've slept here in my
arms the whole night through
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Virginia Cohen Portland, Oregon
Inspired by modern artists Rothko, Chagall, and Miro and poets and writers such as Rilke, Rumi, Mary Oliver, and Rachel Carson. Cohen's writing also draws upon a love of history and the natural world. Her music aspires to bring Beauty and Humanity into this fractured world. ... more
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