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Time leaves you behind

by Stellan Wahlstrom Drift Band

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The paying 04:09
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First day you feel it Move down your spine You let it hold you Fill your mind Second day you're conscious Of what it is You try to define it Make it fit I paid admission Paid in advance And you pay me back in every glance When you do So are you excited It's the 18th anniversary Of the king's disappearance And I'm old enough for the memory Finally you found it A direction for the weather And I'm sure I'm guilty I was brought up to be I paid admission Paid in advance And you pay me back in every glance I paid admission Paid in advance And you pay me back in every glance Still you're there though I can't see you All quiet, sad and drunk Blessing every word with glistening drops And nothing's over till it's lost This night we're floating Where the rivers meet Where we can see the illusion Of what it's meant to be Distrust our disloyalties They're not really ours Tonight we keep our visions joined And our eyes far above I paid admission Paid in advance And you pay me back in every glance I paid admission Paid in advance And you pay me back in every glance When you do
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Being on the inside 04:24
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You took the bus down you decided to go back You saw the driver see the road In your seat you were reading about your ride When you got there Only you Come closer can you look into this room And see the light behind the glass Can you hope for it Can you remember Being on the inside Was it just the longing that made you write Was it just to fill the empty lots with some life But sometimes it's coming And oh, it's almost the same The way it comes to you like waves Take a seat now can you listen to that song Is it as good as it can be Can you hope for it Can you remember Being on the inside Out of the streets and into the houses You see them go there all the time And once you had it or at least you thought you did Before you started to look for signs Let the phone ring till you know it can be heard And hear that careful voice on the line Can you hope for it Can you remember Being on the inside Can you hope for it Can you remember Being on the inside
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Time leaves you behind 04:26
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Every morning, just once I roll the dice To see what amount of luck the day might hold Then quietly I lay me down again Wait for the day to unfold This is pure gold auto repair blocks Free cold bonded storage Of some good working days Cheap forgotten diners Under every tired bridge Paper homes scared you But it's nothing but the wind And nothing's wasted till it's undone The words only come one and one Never in pairs The floor is creaking the limits of the day Living in the frequency of the stairs You'll need solid maturity This fame won't last you Cause people are working here We're far from the center Art Deco infinity and terminal stores And you in the doorway Waiting to enter And time leaves you, time leaves you behind Time leaves you, time leaves you behind I wrap my sheets she's on my mind Her wisdom hurts me more than mine I'm confusing the issues all the time I'm not sure I love her But she's on my mind Riding a cab uptown Through empty Thanksgiving streets Unlocking my own door again But not wanting the urgency to go Never seen the city so empty Never seen it look so good As when I asked the driver to turn around And go back down looking for you And time leaves you, time leaves you behind Time leaves you, time leaves you behind Time leaves you, time leaves you behind
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Already tomorrow 03:07
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Already tomorrow You may walk through unlocked doors Already tomorrow You may sit on another side Already tomorrow You may be on your way Already tomorrow You may reach it Already tomorrow Your hands may be warm again Already tomorrow Your eyes may be calm and clean Already tomorrow You may love again Already tomorrow You may be lost and quiet Already tomorrow When the night has faded out Already tomorrow When the light has taken us up Already tomorrow You may have the rose in your hand Already tomorrow Will you be with me? Already tomorrow You may have the rose in your hand Already tomorrow Will you be with me?
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Infected 02:59
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Nothing's beneath us now How could it possibly be Everything is way past too much Your elephants make their in pass On your side of the line Break the silence with more violence My sentences are mine It's like I'm infected I can't get out of it I can't stop I can't forget I can't get out of it My drum is cold your blood is hot It's not likely to stop us What you fear I did to you I did not do It's like I'm infected I can't get out of it I can't stop I can't forget I can't get out of it I pour the water down my throat To wash away the flames Make me one of your kindest lemonades To make me nice again It's like I'm infected I can't get out of it I can't stop I can't forget I can't get out of it It's like I'm infected I can't get out of it I can't stop I can't forget I can't get out of it
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The sleeper 03:36
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Your sweet exhaustion Your quiet lust Your solid weakness Your slender trust And I'm just the sleeper In the darkest room of Manhattan Letting my body go heavy Negotiating hours Waiting for the night Your mouth like hunger Your white cotton shyness Your thin-necked fingers Around your black-eyed sadness And I'm just the sleeper In the darkest room of Manhattan Letting my body go heavy Negotiating hours Waiting for the night And I will just miss you Until you get back I believe what I see I hope it will last And I'm just the sleeper In the darkest room of Manhattan Letting my body go heavy Negotiating hours Waiting for the night
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Come faith 02:41
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I've been sleeping like an old bear Wondering if it's ever worth it to get up again But this morning I woke up to the byrds Now I'm out in the street with my thin shirt on I flash my smile all around Three buttons undone Come lightness Come warmth And please come faith On my street just now there's a model posing For some glossy magazine I stand in my window I'm playing for her She's smiling just for me Come lightness Come warmth And please come faith Please come faith And I wish for some connection Between what I feel in the morning And what I feel the morning after The morning after Now I'm walking home though the taxi's are honkin' 'Cause it's already getting light And I haven't done anything big But I'll do it some other night Come lightness Come warmth And please come faith Please come faith
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Watching TV 03:52
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I kill the lights Put another record on I can feel it coming When she's coming on I am watching TV Knowing what she did last night Being in my room with me Now her body's in black and white Viewing is easy When you know what to watch Riding is never worth it If you don't like the horse I am watching TV Knowing what she did last night Being in my room with me Now her body's in black and white I bite my jaw This is the year that everybody dies I lay me down I can't get what I want And I can't cry I am watching TV Knowing what she did last night Being in my room with me Now her body's in black and white Watching TV Knowing what she did last night Being in my room with me Now her body's in black and white
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The birthday song 02:45
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Wake up stay awake Walk out walk upright Stay close to whatever Makes you feel alright It's the words not the lines It's the hours not the time Believe me when I say I won't go away Walk safely down your own path Don't let them mess with your mind I'll be right behind you Most of the time It's the words not the lines It's the hours not the time Believe me when I say I won't go away Maybe I've just got good taste Maybe I just know what it takes A little work a little pain To pay for the gain If it hurts let it hurt At least it's something there It might make us purer It might even lead us somewhere It's the words not the lines It's the hours not the time Believe me when I say I won't go away
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Into the good night 04:59
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Soft glow of the lampshade The silent light The whispering snow outside The sparkling night Where we hide from the fear But it's alright God's awake all night Caught your slow beauty A New Year's Eve I had to count it out I couldn't leave Walk away into the night I did it though 'Cause there's still time Into the good night I walked Into the good night I walked Guilty confessions Can't keep you calm Trading your secrets Might do you harm So you wait for someone To come along And take you through Into the good night I walked Into the good night I walked Despair will come to you All along All you can do is Keep on keeping on And you do till the end Then you let go To sleep in wonder Into the good night I walked Into the good night I walked Into the good night I walked
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And I was finally sleeping 03:54
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Behind the mountains the sky was flashing with no sound Through mosquito nets the rain fell in The fan kept my stalactite shirt swinging slow Went to see the dead guy in his dreaming The frog in the shower saw me As you were to see me that night I was waiting for you at the Elvis poster place Gloves up your arms dress all in white And a big hat hiding your face You were the only one being cool in the heat Tight band of crickets and the local acrobats Made the sounds less lonely leaving our room The Plastic Parliament was showing 99 degrees And I was finally sleeping The crackers went off and then the rain came down And you stayed in your room all that day And that long dark car at the corner Was it waiting for me or for you I was too busy keeping dry To see it slowly drive away Tight band of crickets and the local acrobats Made the sounds less lonely leaving our room The Plastic Parliament was showing 99 degrees And I was finally sleeping
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Dancing 03:15
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In the darkened rooms Where I'm dreaming in your sleep In the vinyl back seats Where the light of the lights glows deep There we've been dancing you an I Yes there we've been dancing you and I In the funky kitchens Where doubt is killed Under twilight bridges Where promises are fulfilled There we've been dancing you and I Yes there we've been dancing you and I And there we will dance some day again Yes there my darling one Many times yet Yes there we will dance some day again Yes there my darling one Many times yet

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The first album by Stellan Wahlström Drift Band, recorded and mixed in New York, featuring musicians Amy Madden, Mr Ratboy, Johan Werner and others.

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released November 8, 1999

www.discogs.com/release/1988605-Stellan-Wahlstr%C3%B6m-Drift-Band-Time-Leaves-You-Behind

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Stellan Wahlstrom Drift Band Stockholm, Sweden

Modern big-city folk rock from Swedish singer-songwriter Stellan Wahlström, fomerly a member ot The Wylde Mammoths (Crypt Records).

The new album "As real as in a dream" is now released!

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