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Strange
02:57
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Strange
So I see you and I catch your eye
Can’t ignore you as the years go by
Plastic raincoat patent leather shoes
Always looking like you’re born to lose
So take it easy baby – O take it slow
I’ve no particular place to go
You wind me up it’s such a horror show
Sure is strange – O so strange
Lost among the multi-colored suits
Summer blonde but oh so black at the root
Kicking hard but you can never win
Times have changed and they won’t come back again
So take it easy baby – take it slow
I’ve no particular place to go
You want to rock but you ain’t got no roll
Sure is strange – O so strange
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2. |
Home
03:24
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Home
Outside the storm is slowly raging
Facing another night alone
Inside you measure out the moments
Can’t shake that feeling from your bones
Home is a place if you can find it
Home getting further day by day
Home where they always will accept you
Where is home? Where is home?
Looks like we’re in for nasty weather
Feels like the sun will never shine
You’d better get yourself together
Find your own comfort peace of mind
Home is a place if you can find it
Home getting further day by day
Home where they always will accept you
Where is home? Where is home?
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3. |
The Lucky Ones
03:26
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The Lucky Ones
If you are ever in doubt
Shattered and feeling worn out
Kicking your way through the thick and the thin
Time to start over again
So take a new photograph
Re-write your epitaph
Sit back and have a laugh
Send them to me
Know when the day is done
Under the dying sun
We are the lucky ones
Alive and free
Down all the days and the nights
Damn all the wrongs and the rights
Chasing your fears – facing them down
Scattered they lay on the ground
You don’t need a visa then
To prove where you may have been
Call when you need a friend
There in the end
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4. |
Summer's Gone
03:36
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Summer’s Gone
Stepping out on timeless days
We were spellbound and amazed
Ate the sweets and drank the wine
High on sugar and sunshine - sunshine
But summer’s gone - yeah summer’s gone
Slipped away before we woke up at dawn
So raise a glass - sing your song
For summer’s gone - yeah summer’s gone
Down the alleys the backways
In the sunlight’s golden age
You brought me joy then with your smile
Lying with you for awhile - for awhile
But summer’s gone - yeah summer’s gone
Slipped away before we woke up at dawn
So raise a glass - sing your song
For summer’s gone – yeah summer’s gone
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5. |
Burns A Light
03:36
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Burns A Light
Through the darkness
Burns a light that shines so bright
You and I will find our way
Though these mad days
Lean on me I’m here always
You and I will find our way
There is magic
I’ll believe if you believe
You and I will find our way
O this loneliness
Happiness I must confess
Isn’t easy to find
Try not to be so surprised
You know I’m here by your side
In this wasteland
I could never understand
All the things I have seen
To the far side
We can make it if we try
You and I will find our way
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6. |
No Resistance
03:31
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No Resistance
Ohhhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh
I’m in love no resistance
Ohhhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh
I’m in love
Skip the lights completely
Skip the lights all night long
Run the reds - hurry to me: you know
I could never let you down
Swear or wear that thorny crown
I’d never break your sacred heart
Ahhhhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh
I’m in love no resistance
Ohhhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh
I’m in love
I’ll wait for you ‘till the sunrise
I’ll set a watch all night long
I’ll see you there right before me – you know
Time has never tarnished you
Left a mark or scar on you
We’ll be together in the end
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7. |
In Everything
03:51
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In Everything
Who knows where you’ll go
Up above or down below
In everything
How high your spirit flies
Let it soar and let it rise
In everything
Said you had seen it all
Shook your fist and stood so tall
In everything
Tripwire through the door
Live forever, live no more
In everything
Waking up you’re waiting for the world to end
Looking for something to hold on to
Then you’ve got to let it all begin again
Until it feels alright
Under the pale moonlight
Who knows where you’ll go
Up above or down below
In everything
I heard your solemn cry
To the earth and sky
In everything
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8. |
Morning Rain
03:25
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Morning Rain
Stop the rain outside – stop it from falling
Monday morning rain – safe here inside
In this house that’s filled with ghosts and memories
Wishing you were here right by my side
I hear your knock at my window – at my window
But will I find - that it’s just the morning rain
Stop the rain outside – stop it from falling
Monday morning rain – safe here inside
In this house that’s filled with ghosts and memories
Wishing you were here right by my side
I hear your knock at my window – at my window
But will I find - that it’s just the morning rain
Will you come back?
Have you come back?
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9. |
No Need to Pretend
02:39
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No Need to Pretend
Why do we lie there’s no need to pretend
Why do we fight no one wins in the end
I’ll walk on by if I see you again
So I’ll let go – I will let go
I spend the day reflecting on all I knew
The good the bad everything we’ve been through
A country walk the river soft sunlight glow
I watch it flow – I watch it flow
There’s something about you – I just don’t know
Maybe one fine day – you’ll let your feelings show
Let your feelings show
Why do we lie there’s no need to pretend
Why do we fight no one wins in the end
I’ll walk on by if I see you again
So I’ll let go – I will let go
Oh no-o-o-o-o
I will let go, I will let go
No need to pretend
No need to pretend
No need to pretend
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10. |
No Direction
07:31
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No Direction
Out in the wind and the rain
Fatigued I’m walking on home
Winding my way through these streets
Far to go – miles to go
Sobering spray cuts my face
Angry the river will rise
Boots click along ancient stone
So alone – so alone
Out in the cold now with no direction
Stare in a glass at my own reflection
Stranger I see
In front of me – in front of me
Drifting through rain-soaked debris
Mud on these soaking wet jeans
Slowly I move through these streets
Seldom seen – never seen
Out in the cold now with no direction
Stare in a glass at my own reflection
Stranger I see
In front of me – in front of me
Where do you go when the lights have all gone out?
Where do you go when the streets have all cleared out?
Only yourself now to blame
No one remembers your name
Where do you go when the last light’s burning so low?
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11. |
Hit the Breaks
03:44
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Hit the Brakes
Down the dark road
Won’t you tell me where you go?
All the secrets you know
Your hiding place
Speeding so fast
You got no future – got no past
I don’t think we’re going to last
More than one day
Please hit the breaks
There’s no margin for mistakes
Before we wake
One last kiss
Through the dark trees
I am ready at ease
Bow to your pleasure please
You hold the keys
Where to begin
Always lose never win
Got you under my skin
Under my skin
Tied to the mast
Now this ship is sinking fast
Are we the drowned?
Going down
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12. |
The Moment
03:12
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The Moment
I’ve seen so many things in my time
And I’ve dreamed – hoped we could leave this behind
Is this the moment when it all ends?
Is this the moment when it begins?
I’ve seen so many things to be done
And I’ve hoped there’d be a better outcome
Is this the moment when it all ends?
Is this the moment when it begins?
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13. |
Over You
02:26
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14. |
Hand in Hand
04:22
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Hand In Hand
I can see now the rain is gone
Moon rising – reflected sky
I look out from my lonely room
To see the traffic die
I can see now the crowds have gone
In silence a quiet night
Caresses – when you’re next to me
And all the world is right
Falling down - I’ll see things your way
Hand in hand - maybe someday
Falling down – I’ll see things your way
Hand in hand – maybe someday
We’ll walk hand in hand
Like we used to do
We’ll walk hand in hand
Like we used to do
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Can’t Hide Can’t Run Away
I get a certain feeling
Somewhere deep, deep inside
And when I see her walking
The clouds go rolling by
Memory – I still recall
And when I’m not with her
I’m nowhere at all
I get a certain feeling
Somewhere deep, deep inside
I drift along her wake now
Her ever changing tides
Memory – I’ve seen it all
And when I’m not with her
I’m nowhere at all
And when I’m not with her
I’m nowhere at all
I can’t hide I can’t run away
I can’t hide I can’t run away
I get a certain feeling
Somewhere deep, deep inside
Here comes a revelation
No need to wonder why
Memory – I still recall
And when I’m not with her
I’m nowhere at all
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L&J Illuminated San Francisco, California
L&J Illuminated were formed by fellow guitarists Leigh Gregory and Jefferson Parker, both friends from the San Francisco music scene since the early 2000s. Sharing a mutual love for great songwriting and twin guitar bands, L&J have been going through material, playing an occasional live show, and choosing which song demos we’d like to record once we get into the studio. ... more
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