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When we go home
We'll be on our own
When you wave goodbye
I'll let out in my sigh
We just might
Find a brand new home
Tonight
A place to call our own
Take flight
in the space where we belong
We're getting by
We're getting high
We're getting by
Let's get a six pack and be carried back in time
Drink em' quick
Reminisce to the days of a wish of our prime
You gave me no gift
but it made no difference
for I know that you mean well
You gave me no gift but it made no difference
for you were the gift itself
Let's get a six pack color coded in black and white
and drink em quick
It’s like having flashbacks of Parisian agoras seen through the mist
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Extra Ordinary
03:51
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Hoping you can see me through
Hoping I can show you something new
It all depends on your point of view
and the things you feel you got to live up to
Slip on your favorite shoes
We can go anywhere you like
We’ll laugh at the words to songs we write
and sing them under the pale moonlight
Won’t waste the best years of our lives
To be a cog in the wheel
Won’t sell our souls for a piece of the pie
and be extra ordinary
Working those fingers to the bone
And what's it for anyway?
When most your money goes towards the home
Feels like we’re wasting precious time
Saving those earnings for a sunny day
and you ignore the drought
But for now the sun is tucked away
and the moon is out
Won’t waste the best years of our lives
To be a cog in the wheel
Won’t sell our souls for a piece of the pie
and be extra ordinary
Won’t waste the best years of our lives
To be a cog in the wheel
Won’t sell our souls for a piece of the pie
and be extra ordinary
We don't need a plan
Live life while we can
Instead of working for the man
I'll lend a helping hand
We don't need a plan
Live life while we still can
Instead of working for the man
I'll lend a helping hand
Won’t waste the best years of our lives
To be a cog in the wheel
Won’t sell our souls for a piece of the pie
and be extra ordinary
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Lost and Found
05:11
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I don't wanna go downtown with your friends
I don't care about the latest trends
I just wanna lay in the sunshine
And listen to tunes
I don't wanna go downtown with your friends
and stay up on all the latest trends
I just wanna lay in the sunshine
The sunshine with you
Open up your heart
Take my breath away
See what you can find
Come in as you find me
Looming into my land
The wind will remind me
And tell me you understand
We got lost and found ourselves
What a trip it's been
And it's been here all along but we just now opened our eyes again
We got lost and found ourselves
What a trip it's been
And it's been here all along but we just now opened our eyes again
Savor that glass of wine
Like it's your last one
See what you can find
Begin by the pine tree
(The future behind me)
Dreaming of your home land
You'll be right beside me
With the sunshine in your hands
I don't wanna go downtown with your friends
I don't care about the latest trends
I just wanna stay in the sunshine
And listen to tunes
I don't wanna go downtown with your friends
and stay up on all the latest trends
I just wanna stay in the sunshine
The sunshine with you
We got lost and found ourselves
What a trip it's been
And it's been here all along but we just now opened our eyes again
We got lost and found ourselves
What a trip it's been
And it's been here all along but we just now opened our eyes again
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Your smile can make a day
And any day could be someone's last
Give a wave
Let em know you're there
They hit rock Bottom
A smile could keep em from ending it all
How can you stand it?
When you never learned to crawl
How can you breathe when
You're buried so far under it all
Don't be shy
Take a chance
Pass me by
Without a glance
Don't be shy
Take a chance
Pass me by
Without a glance
And how do they choose who to let in?
When all their friend's friends wanna be their friend
You can pretend it's a contest, but I see right through your game
Your smile can make a day
And any day could be someone's last
Give a wave
Let em know you're there
They hit rock Bottom
A smile could keep em from ending it all
How can you stand it?
When you never learned to crawl
How can you breathe when
You're buried so far under it all
Don't be shy
Take a chance
Pass me by
Without a glance
Don't be shy
Take a chance
Pass me by
Without a glance
And how do they choose who to let in?
When all their friend's friends wanna be their friend
You can pretend it's a contest, but I see right through your game
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Checking out
Taking my time
And all the while
You follow behind
And you ask yourself
Who you're doing it for
And you'd rather wake up
Up on the shore
I could walk away from everything and take your hand
We could drive down to Mexico and wake up in sand
Tequila sunrise warms your insides
Thinking clearly, tides and joyrides
All the way back home and then starts again
I could walk away from everything and take your hand
We could drive down to Mexico and wake up in sand
I could walk away from everything and take your hand
We could drive down to Mexico and wake up in sand
Always was, always is, always will be
Don't run and hide, look inside, one day you'll see
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Pelican Bay
06:24
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Making my way
To a place of slow motion
Time a Blue Jay
In the box we found
Here it goes so far
Far as eyes anticipate
Everything makes sense
Without time and space
Every other day
I ride to the shore
Of Pelican Bay
To Breathe by the water
No one to bear the weight
No one to set the pace
And time goes by so slow
At Pelican Bay
Making my way
To a youthful Renaissance
It's calling my name
Like a friend in a crowd
You can set the pace
There's no lines we can't cross
Everything makes sense
Without time and space
Every other day
I ride to the shore
Of Pelican Bay
To Breathe by the water
My arms can't help but sway
As I begin to taste
My fate from far away
At Pelican Bay
My time spent here
Every inch is truth
And I finally got away
From my mind out here, can't convolute
freedom without delay
Time spent here every inch is truth
And I finally got away
From my mind out here, can't convolute
freedom without delay
Every other day
I ride to the shore
Of Pelican Bay
To Breathe by the water
Every other day
I ride to the shore
Of Pelican Bay
To Breathe by the water
My arms can't help but sway
As I begin to taste
My fate from far away
At Pelican Bay
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Drawing Board
01:37
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Laugh Along the Way
03:41
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Floating down the open road
So many things are left unsaid
She tries to find her way back home but can't seem to leave her head
Living off the land and an extra loaf of mom’s banana bread
Seasons come and reasons go, I remember what you said
You said all work and no play makes a dull boy, spend some time away
From the desert to the coast we'll make the most, and laugh along the way
You said all work and no play makes a dull boy, spend some time away
From the desert to the coast we'll make the most, and laugh along the way
Camping out beside the lake in your dad's old tattered tent
A storm rolls through and rain floods in as I recall the dream I dreamt
My clothes are soaked in thoughts provoked but still I feel no discontent
Cause there ain't no place that we have to be and we don't have to pay no rent
Cause you said all work and no play makes a dull boy, spend some time away
From the desert to the coast we'll make the most, and laugh along the way
You said all work and no play makes a dull boy, spend some time away
From the desert to the coast we'll make the most, and laugh along the way
4:30 and I’m wide awake
Guess I'm up for the day
Black coffee and some give and take
I've nothing more to say
Except all work and no play makes a dull boy, spend some time away
From the desert to the coast we'll make the most, and laugh along the way
You said all work and no play makes a dull boy, spend some time away
From the desert to the coast we'll make the most, and laugh along the way
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Looking at the world through loving eyes
Gather these truths we have found
We’ll never miss a real experience for a virtual one
And the virtuous one seeks not a sound
Taking my daydreams along for the ride
Set free the burdens and leave em behind
Brushing off the rust like the dust on my desk
I don't wanna play it safe no more
I know it's time
And we'll be just fine
And there's one thing I know for sure
It's your life but you might want to start living now
Before it shows you the door
At the ego's last breath, the self will aspire
To leave you with rapture restored
Taking my daydreams along for the ride
Set free the burdens and leave em behind
Taking my daydreams along for the ride
Set free the burdens and leave em behind
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Illusions of Certainty
05:01
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You sit in the corner of your room
Smoking cigarettes and wondering what to do
Incense on the floor burn a hole straight through the carpet
And you’ve been striving for what you aspire to do
Meanwhile I’ve been-- I’ve been feeling brand new
And every time I come back here
I remember what I'm living for
To connect with the source and dissolve my illusions of certainty
Walk five miles in my shoes
Through woodlands ethereal and hazy
You sit in the corner of your room
Don't have a feeling don't have a clue
You've been listening to the same damned record since last week
Finding it hard to smile
Living in a frowning town
Burning through hours, burning through days
But don't postpone cause the time is now
And every time I come back here
I remember what I'm living for
To connect with the source and dissolve my illusions of certainty
Walk five miles in my shoes
Through woodlands ethereal and hazy
Realize
Time heals all
Realize
Adversity will fall away
Do you see?
Do you see what I see?
Can you follow your instincts?
There’s no reason to be bored
There’s no reason to be bored
When you can learn anything, go anywhere
Infinity
Is the mind
Infinity
You and I
Walk five miles in my shoes
Through woodlands ethereal and hazy
Realize
Time heals all
Realize
Adversity will fall away
You sit in the corner of your room
You quit smoking and you’re wondering what to do
Meanwhile I been-- I been thinkin’ bout you
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Openness Denver, Colorado
Openness isn’t interested in following trends, but rather seeks to explore our connection to the universe through the
timeless expression of music. Enter the recording project of Keelan McDorman: an adventure nested in the intuitive sensation of the interconnectedness of all things, and the all-pervading awareness and contentment of the present moment.
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