1. |
Don't Surprise Me
03:22
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Take another trip to the liquor store
It don't surprise me, don't surprise me
Lost the only thing you were living for
It don't surprise me, don't surprise me now
All you ever want to do is get high
All you ever want to do is get by
I fell in love with the way you were
Lost the only thing that you wanted to do
It don't surprise me, don't surprise me
Think of all the things we were living through
It don't surprise me, don't surprise me
Think about you ever single day
It don't surprise me, don't surprise me
Think of all the things I could never say
It don't surprise me, don't surprise me now
All you ever want to do is get high
All you ever want to do is get by
I fell in love with the way you were
I fell in love with the way you were
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2. |
Maybe Tomorrow
03:56
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Maybe tomorrow
Everything will change
Back to the day
When my dad gave me a name
And I won't waste my time
On things that go away
Maybe tomorrow
Will be different than today
Maybe tomorrow
The sun won't even rise
And maybe tomorrow
You'll look into my eyes
And you'll see all the things
That were never before
Maybe tomorrow
I'll be the one that you adore
Maybe tomorrow
My past will disappear
Maybe tomorrow
Finally I will hear
A voice from the sky
Saying, "Evan, it's alright"
Maybe tomorrow
Maybe tonight
These keys will lock
Every single door
And the ones that are open
Won't be open anymore
And I'll stand in the dark
Just looking at my hands
Maybe tomorrow
The rock will turn to sand
Maybe tomorrow
The sea will turn to land
Maybe tomorrow
Everything will change
But maybe tomorrow
Is such a stupid game
And I refuse to play
So don't listen when I say
That maybe tomorrow
Maybe tomorrow
Maybe tomorrow
Everything will change
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3. |
Life
03:03
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Life, life - lost for a moment
Missing my old friends
Watching the years end
Can't find a reason, can't find a rhyme
Life, life - losing the meaning
I thought I'd found healing
From standing, not kneeling
But all that was nonsense the moment I woke
Life, life - I made up my mind once
To follow a lost love
To show what I'm made of
The road fell in circles and led me back here
Life, life - gone without warning
The mist in the morning
The clouds when they're forming
All fading slowly, and ending so fast
Life, life - the little things matter
My world starts to shatter
I'm climbing a ladder
Coming and going
With angels I rise
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4. |
Long Distance
05:06
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I cannot shake the feeling that I'm all alone
My mother said "these things, they are quite natural -
"you'll probably settle in, give it a day or two"
But meanwhile I don't know what I'm gonna do
I guess time will tell
My friends all wish me well
I'm ready to begin
But I'm running from something
Long distance
They say that summers here last a week or so
Judging by their count, we don't have long to go
Clouds are rolling in, the sun is far behind
Send me a letter soon - I am standing by
I guess time will tell
My friends all wish me well
I'm ready to begin
But I'm running from something
Long distance
The sentimental blues are the perfect way
For a sentimental guy to get through the lonely day
So easy to get lost, stuck inside my mind
Meanwhile outside my doors, I am losing time
What I know now
You all made it up anyhow
So I'm ready to begin
Yeah, I'm ready for anything
I'm long distance
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5. |
Don't Fall Away
03:54
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Don't close your eyes, friend
Don't turn your back again
There's a light
That never goes out
Why lock your heart away?
Why close your eyes and say "there's no light"?
Don't fall away
Don't fall away
There's a number on your life
Maybe the world will end in fire
And then come back again
Things will change
Things always will change
So hold on to what will last
The truth remains while all things pass away
And I never could say this to your face
Don't fall away
Don't fall away
There's a number on your life
Don't fall away
Don't fall away
Things are wrong, but they'll be right
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6. |
Gone
05:20
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I never wanna open my eyes
Never wanna see the light
But I'm dying to see ya
Are you there?
I'm dying to see ya
I said that I would always be here
You said you'd come back for me
We must have been joking
I think we were joking
Now you're gone, gone, gone, gone
I hope you find a place to call home
I hope you're not alone
But I wish I was with ya
Are you still there?
I wish I was with ya
But you're gone, gone, gone, gone
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7. |
Hope
03:00
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I hope we never change
The way we are today
The music that we play
The way you say my name
I could never find
The words to explain why
I hope we never change
I hope that it's okay
The man that I became
I hope that you can see
The man inside of me
Is still the same old guy
You kissed beneath the sky
And I hope that it's okay
I hope you never change
The way you are today
And when I breathe your name
I hope you feel the same
Thought I'd never find
The words to explain why
I hope you never change
I'm still the same old guy
You kissed beneath the sky
And I hope that it's okay
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8. |
Change Your Mind
03:30
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If you want to change your mind
Go ahead and try
If you want to change your mind
I'm not asking why
I'm waiting for the day to come
I heard it's drawing near
I'm waiting for the day to come
When we all disappear
If you want to change me now
I ain't stopping you
If you want to change me now
Do what you have to do
I'm waiting for the day to come
I heard it's drawing near
I'm waiting for the day to come
I will be right here
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9. |
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I'm waiting for the train
To take me away
To the town of my father
I'm waiting for the train
To take me back
To the arms of my mother
When I first arrive
I'll run up the stairs
Like I'm a child
I'm waiting for the train
To take me away
Far from another
Mess that I have made
Far far away
Away from my lover
A fire waits for me there
A fire waits for me there
I'm waiting for the train
The way that I came
Is closed off forever
I must find a new way
I once held you close
Always remember
That I will find my way back
Wait down by the track …
I will be home
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10. |
Seventeen
04:20
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I say to myself this is not where I'm supposed to be
With the light in my eyes shining from the TV screen
There are places to go, places I've never been
There are things still to know, things I have never seen
I say to myself, "Boy, you can't think straight anymore -
"so drop everything, I'm walking out that door -
there's a world out there, and it holds so much more -
than life in my room, staring at the floor"
We won't always be seventeen
I won't always be seventeen
Across the street, the grass is always green
Oh, when you're seventeen
There's no more swing sets, no playing in the yard
And it seems growing up for me is very hard
For the child I once was is not the child I am now
And the life I once knew, took for granted - I don't know how
And I walk down the street, the sun setting right in my eyes
I'm no longer the child who thinks it's okay to cry
We won't always be seventeen
I won't always be seventeen
Across the street, the grass is always green
Oh, when you're seventeen
Oh, when you're seventeen
You're caught in the in-between
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Evan Thomas Way Portland, Oregon
You may know Evan best from his 15 years serving as the primary singer / songwriter for seminal Portland-via-Los Angeles folk-rock band The Parson Red Heads. This is his 10 years in-the-making solo project.
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