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Secret In This Town

by mark mathis

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1.
I am a rake - I am a wire I am a kettle on the fire I am a dragon - I am a wraith You are the lady of the lake I am an accountant - I have a wife And I have a house in central heights I am a baron - with a beautiful mistress That's my castle in the distance 'Cos there's a secret in this town And I will search until it's found There is a reason and I can't escape it There is a place - I like to go With my typewriter alone To the mystical mountains - to the source of my powers To enquire of him who knows 'Cos some days you fell normal - not magic at all In your four beige bedroom walls But there's a bat in your belfry, babe there's a ghost in your hall there is a treasure in us all 'Cos there's a secret in this town And I will search until it's found There is a reason and I can't escape it There is a ladder to the clouds There is a highway underground there is a doorway and it can't quite open
2.
will you come and hold me when i'm old and bring a couple photos of us when we were young do you have a sentimental bone for me will you play me records on the phone echo through the hallways of my convalescence home will you sleep alone there like a ghost - without me what do you want my sun - i have nothing left to give to you what do you want my moon - love is all that i can give to you we both miss the aeroplanes - she'd climb out on any wing for me and the crowds were struck silent - cos we were both violent and free blue sky meets a sea of green - and it took you just like an offering and 40 feet down it's as quiet as it can be what do you want my sun - i have nothing left to give to you what do you want my moon - love is all that i can give to you well i went into that cathedral and i burned a single candle and i have burned the whole town down if i thought that you would see - the incendiary grief burning in me
3.
you - standing on the sidewalk true - lover has gum on her shoe and i will not be lonely anymore house - shoulder width apart that we bought we lay down in our front lawn happy for the things we have you - staring at the ceiling true - you knew i was feeling so blue 'cos you wear my heart on your sleeve sail over the horizon - leave the coastline of our lives 'cos i want to be alone with you high - higher than the trees grow low- lower than their roots go i am being pulled by you please - please don't you hate me try - try and recreate me i am so very into you i wrapped you in my arms like a sweet summer morning fog and you didn't want the sun to come up i want to be the drip of the wine falling from your lips when you taste of the good life for the first time
4.
crazy 03:18
came to town to see you - catch your show and spend my money came to buy a front row - but the box was boarded up, honey how long have you been this way - working nights as a cocktail waitress how the heck do you drive in this city - how the heck do you stand this winter it's driving you - driving me - crazy what do you want me to be - i am you - you are me did you forget that growing up in the country - you wanted yourself a piece of red carpet stepping out a black limousine - i held you hand and we walked together underneath that willow tree - i could never forget did you remember what you said it's driving you - driving me - crazy what do you want me to be - i am you - you are me did you forget that i am a forest of trees - falling down - bending over in your soft breeze we're gonna stake our claim - mark it out - make it real and watch our heart swell i still dream about you - you still dream now don't you let me do you a favor - cos i'm a good lookin' man who can save ya
5.
rainbow 03:36
i know that you're searching - for the end of the rainbow better put your shoes on - you're gonna go through some storms we used to walk out in the street and hit every puddle that we'd see what has changed - is it you or is it me? everybody's talking - everyone's worrying so everyone's repeating - what they already know and i've got to tell you honey - before you give up hope you are my rainbow - you are my rainbow i miss your long hair honey - why did you cut it all off i miss your earrings - and those holes in your jeans i miss the light in your eyes - that i trusted all the time you were crazy - and so was i everybody's talking - everyone's worrying so everyone's repeating - what they already know and i've got to tell you honey - before you give up hope you are my rainbow - you are my rainbow
6.
I was rolling to the edge of the world - coming in from the deep i was bathing in radio waves - listening to you breathe i can't see you but i can feel you - pulling me close my eyes as you come into view - gravity 'cos i am a wandering star - you are the constellation i belong in passing you in the night - you are such a beautiful sight to me i was young, i was burning love - the center of your heart the first to come and the last to leave - holding you in the dark city lights and carbon monoxide - people stopped looking, people stopped dreaming pretty soon it was mixed up and i was drifting away 'cos i am a wandering star - you are the constellation i belong in passing you in the night - i would love to make everything right i would trade all my traveling days - to lay my head on your chest close my eyes and think of you - in your milky white wedding dress i can't see you but i can feel you coming to me hold my hand as we kneel at the altar - gravity 'cos i am a wandering star - you are the constellation i belong in passing you in the night - you are such a beautiful sight to me 'cos i am a wandering star - you are the constellation i belong in passing you in the night - i would love to make everything right
7.
Keep it going - through the motions coat your dry heart - with the lotion of the sense you belong here, yeah, you were born here open the window, let some light in you've got some gifts that you've been hiding ever since they didn't want you to be free But you've been off your game - for quite a while I'm gonna rattle your cage - I'm gonna rip the door right off Who told you that - would you believe that it's a lie I've set you free, it's independence day Yeah I know it's Sunday, but why don't you sleep in I've got some things that I want to speak to you again Like you were younger, my how I treasured those days You thought you lost it, and that I left you stand up and face it, you know that just isn't true your name is always on my mind
8.
Life and Death of a Rock 'n Roll Star I was looking for a revolution I was looking for a chance to start again with you my friend I was looking for a grassroots movement One that's peaceful and non-partisan do they exist But oh. what a feeling when you were driving in your car And when you were singing Nobody cared who you are I was looking for a restitution all those years in college that I spent looking for you I was looking for a long-haired groupie someone to tell me that I was important And that I wasnt alone But oh, what a feeling When you strapped on your guitar And when you were playing You could forget who you are I was looking for a new solution maybe if I went on tour again I could pretend That I was in a crowd that adored me listened closely - hung on every word mouthing them back to me But oh, what a feeling When they laid you in the ground In the summer, off a country road yeah, some say the saw you smile
9.
deliverance 04:10
hello, you are a freakshow hello, you on the backrow hello, driving on the wrong side of the road singing with your eyes closed we all listened to the radio we all rockin' to the heart of gold we all bit into the apple we all were very bad examples this is the night that your fever breaks this is the morning that your soul will awake this is the day that the lord has made you should be glad hello, you on the front row hello, you're on a tightrope hello, looking hard and trying to find a new hope - praying for the holy ghost this goes out to the hungry i hope that you can hear me tune me in on your stereo rolling down that country road this is the night that your fever breaks this is the morning that your soul will awake this is the day that the lord has made you should be glad so take this thing and hold it to your face let it disgust you taste it a breathe it in this is what used to control you now raise it above your head so all the world can witness someone destroy their sin hallelujah
10.
you grew up too fast - mississippi's arms could hold you back from being all that you could be catfish summer - silver moon - and looking for another to share your life and all that you hadn't figured out when you get that feeling in your lungs - in your lungs like you could cry out - but you don't - no you don't it's like being in love - it's like growing young illinois winter - well it got you down - and the great lakes weren't that great at all hold on november - i'm not ready for another winter - without a true and tried friendly by my side when you get that feeling in your bones - in your bones something comes alive in you when you run - when you run it's like being alone - it's like growing young there's a ghost on the piling - of my friend and he's smiling as the tide rolled in - then he was gone - yeah then he was gone he said hold onto memories that are true, but don't forget the good times ahead of you - yeah, don't forget the good life ahead of you when you get that feeling in your lungs - in your lungs like you could cry out - but you don't - no you don't it's like being in love - it's like growing young

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released November 11, 2009

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