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Love is a Verb
04:52
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Somehow my baby she’s feeling all wrong
And she’s telling her lover to move along
Leave her down in the dumps
Where everyday’s a struggle for joy
I tell her
My dear I’ll do as you say
But I promise to love you from miles away
You need a bit of space
Remember these words as I leave you
Love is a verb
You just gotta do it
Do it and do it
And let it happen to you
Well I’m not without my moments of black
Where I’m feeling my spirit under attack
But as I grow older
I’m finding more tricks up my sleeve to cope with
Our love is wild and bright
And nobody loving does everything right
Still we give it a go
Girl ya gotta let go too and remember
Love is a verb
You just gotta do it
Do it and do it
And let it happen to you
And you’ll find yourself in loving
You will find yourself in loving again...
Be in love...
Love is a verb you just gotta do it do it and do it
and let it happen to you
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Rock Star
06:08
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I only walked when I should have ran
Try to feel okay doing all I can
Now I don’t want to leave the love of you
But I’ve got things to do
There’s a world out there that I long to know
And a soul in here with room to grow
Now I don’t wanna leave the love of you
But I’ve got things to do
And darling so do you
Baby you’re a rock star
Baby you’re a dream
Baby you’re a rock star
Don’t stop dreaming
Don't stop dreaming...
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Well I’ve been off away from you dear, life got hard, head got clear
I don’t drink wine but I still drink beer from time to time
Baby don’t give up on me, don’t give up on me
I’ve got my head in love with you but the state of affairs has got me too
A civil war potently brews in idle minds with no complacency
Baby don’t give up on me
I struggle these days to consume news like a never has it ever ended
Unhealing bruise making love to my ego singing do do do do do do dee
Baby don’t give up on me
And I’m sorry if it hurts as I drag you along saying it ain’t me babe no
The world is wrong, take my love for you put it all in a song instead of
Showing you directly, cause there the world can see
Baby don’t give up on me
You’re my greatest joy
I remember what it was to be a boy when I’m around you
You’re my greatest joy
Called nine one one yesterday, they said help was on it’s way
I drove by all sunny day but looking back it ain’t that clear to me
Don’t give up on me
There’s been dishes sitting in the sink for days I put them there to keep
Them out the way but everytime I walk by and I see them dishes
Sitting in the sink, all I think is they been in the way the whole time
I’m still figuring things out bout myself, write me all down
Stick me on a shelf, forget about me until I’m in hell
Then I pick me back up and I read and I remember who I am
Baby don’t give up on me
Our society’s painting pretty portraits girl of picture perfect people
In a perfect picture world but inside my big old bumbly blue brain
It’s all blurry, see I could never tell a person from a portait dear
Oh baby don’t give up on me
You’re my greatest joy
I remember what it was to be a boy when I’m around you
You’re my greatest joy
And I know we may not always talk
Sometimes you’re telling me to walk
I swing at pitches you throw a balk
Through it all I think I see
Baby don’t give up on me
I’ll be missing you all good and hard
Hoop on your waist dog in the yard
But I’ll leave you be right where you are
Cause that’s what you asked me to do
And I won’t give up on you
You’re my greatest joy
I remember what it was to be a boy when I’m around you
You’re my greatest joy
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Smilin'
08:59
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I brush my teeth like you brush your teeth
You brush your teeth smiling it’s the cutest thing
I’m trying hard to leave you be
I’m trying hard to live with me
On my own
It’s just me
I’m all afraid most the time
It’s partly yours but it’s mostly mine
I wish you’d come around but I ain’t begging dear
I’m kidding myself I know you’re not coming ‘round here
It’s just me
I do everything that I can to be
Good for you and good for me
And I think of you and all you teach
And I smile as I brush my teeth
Smilin
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5. |
Never in Your Place
07:28
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Rising in the morning sun
My first thoughts are of you
Seems to me you’re running from
You’d say you’re rambling to
But you’re never there
Hardly ever there
Mostly never there
You’re never there
The closest that I came my love
Was everyday with you
All the world we dreamed above
The one we paddled through
I did all I could to help you see
One, two, three
Breath
Breath...
Breath with me
The anxious lover haunts my soul
Always moving back through me
I do all I can to help my loves
But can never bring them back through me
Rising in the morning sun
I turn to find your face
Always here inside of me
But never in your place
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Land of Before
04:02
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Well I may not love you darling
With my hands and my whole heart
How I was cobbled up inside of you
Is only how our story starts
The pecan pies and your loving eyes
Well I don’t see them anymore
You’re out the door
To the land of before
I was ready giving sweetheart
Most my life and all my sons
And all my precious darling daughters
Well they’d look just like their mum
But you found yourself a baby boy
And i’m not dreaming anymore
You’re out the door
To the land of before
Woman I’m always going to love you
You’ll always see it in my eyes
And I’ll watch you in your lover’s arms
And I’ll let go of the prize
Cause you’re glowing with your baby boy
And where you’re free I’m never sore
I’m out the door
To the land of before
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Tappin Out
09:30
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Soup’s too hot, bread’s too cold
My mind want’s to fold, my mind wants to fold
I’m tapping out
Gonna tag myself in, in a couple of days
With a big wide shit loving smile on my face
It will be good to see you there
Don’t all the toughest men sleep, and the thinnest ones eat
Well I’m a hard working man who sits down on my ass and I rest awhile
Gotta enjoy it all sometime
However that be or else I’ll find my cell
In the eternal sleep of need to fix everything
No not me, I’m tappin out
Ain’t it funny how peace is always behind
The muck and the mud and the way out of line
When you’re out there, well you’re out there
And it sure can feel good being all by yourself
But for me that line starts to seem less like hell
And I beg, I scream, sometimes I only beat around the bush
And I’m always right back wherever I stood
In that same situation now my mind thinks that’s good
Well when you done that once, twice,
three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine times
you may find yourself saying like me I’m tappin out
So when your mind wants to fold what’s there to do
But to tap out from inside of it and forget about you
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8. |
Mind Escape
09:59
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(instrumental)
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9. |
Let It Burn
06:25
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The spirit in me knows there’s work to do
But the lover inside wants to hold her through
Every sunset moment where we’re all apart
With other flames inside our hearts
You won’t see me fighting with the fires that mold
The forms she takes into her soul
Cause I’ve got this fire of my own to tend
That burns without an end
If there’s a fire in you let it burn on through
If there’s a fire in you let it burn on through
If you have a fire in you let it burn on through
If there’s a fire in you let it burn
Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, let it burn....
It won’t do ya no good to question the flame
And it’ll only burn ya if you invite the pain
When you try to hide it or go to snuff it out
It’s always a trick candle so watch out
Do what you gotta do
Be who you’re gonna be
And love where you need to love
To be free
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10. |
Tightrope
04:30
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On a tightrope walking myself
Down the line where the line takes me
Absently telling myself it’s the only way to go
I see a goddess on the riverbank watching
Waiting for me to fall down slip in
Could she save me
Could we both tango upon each others door?
Steady, I go
Down the line
All i find is more line to walk on
Walk me down
You may find
Me, pausing for you
But my line will always make me walk on
And I will walk on
In the depths of how everything should be
My wizard cauldron never not brewing
I dissappear with my ego beside me
Forget I know the way
Feeling lost on the line that I’m walking
Turned around
Am I finished behind me?
Ghost notes in the song that she’s singing
Direct me to the way
To the place where she is calling for me
And to the me who hears her name
Oh a heavens out there waiting for me
For sticking to the way
And for walking on
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Karl Bertrand Aspen, Colorado
Karl Bertrand is a songwriter, guitarist, producer, and ski instructor currently living in Aspen, CO. He loves gigging around the taverns and hotels of the communities he lives in and believes in laughing loudly. His latest work, Soaring On Snow, shares his affinity for wintery mountain living in a buttery and playful sonic space. Thanks for listening and please enjoy :) ... more
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