1. |
Emily
02:30
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Emily,
Darling, are you hearing me?
If you could only see, Emily...
Oh, Emily,
When you speak, on the floor,
knees are weak—
Waking dream, autumn leaves,
then you go on a breeze
I believed
(Our summer love would grow)
Then, you leave
(And I'm falling like the snow)
Emily,
Darling, are you hearing me?
If you could only see, Emily...
Oh, Emily!
Silent nights, hollow nights,
from the dark, a fleck of light;
An orange glow in the blue,
is it my mind, or is it
you?
(You gave me hope for spring)
But, it's true:
(You didn't feel a thing)
Emily,
Darling, are you hearing me?
If you could only see, Emily...
Emily,
Darling, are you hearing me?
If you could only see, Emily...
Oh, Emily!
credits
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2. |
Imaginary Mary
02:44
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Kissing my pillow, imagining that it's you—
what in the world is a boy like me 'sposed to do,
about a girl like you?
Mary, please,
reach out from my memory,
and never leave
this tender reverie
Oh, Imaginary Mary,
sweeter than strawberry,
you're my fantasy,
and if you'd come alive you'll set me free.
Daylight in a daydream,
Takes me on a sunbeam
to castles in the air,
but when I raise my eyes,
you're never there...
I see your face on the girls that go walkin' by.
But, they disappear and you know that I start to cry,
I wonder why?
Mary,
life can be so lonely,
so hold me
in my dream
Oh, Mary, please,
though you're just a memory,
never leave
this tender reverie.
Yeah, Imaginary Mary,
sweeter than strawberry,
you're my fantasy,
and if you'd come alive you'll set me free.
Daylight in a daydream,
Takes me on a sunbeam
to castles in the air,
but when I raise my eyes,
you're never there...
Mary, please
Won't you stay by me—
You're never there...
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3. |
Daydream Daisy
02:50
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You're a daydream, Daisy—
You really drive me crazy.
when you call me "baby,"
I close my eyes,
and I'm drifting away again...
Yeah
Lazy days are here again
So save me from the boredom creeping in
Every day is the same old thing:
computer screens and phones that ring.
Losing focus on everything,
I see my angel wing.
You're a daydream, Daisy—
You really drive me crazy.
when you call me "baby,"
I close my eyes,
and I'm drifting away again...
Come on!
Lately, you've been my office vice,
So take me, to your paisley paradise.
We'll slide down rainbows into flowerbeds,
wearing sunbeams on our heads.
When someone wakes me,
and the dream is dead,
we'll do it all again.
You're a daydream, Daisy—
You really drive me crazy.
when you call me "baby,"
I close my eyes,
and I'm drifting away...
A daydream, Daisy—
You really drive me crazy.
when you call me "baby,"
I close my eyes,
and I'm drifting away...
A daydream, Daisy—
You really drive me crazy.
when you call me "baby,"
I close my eyes,
and I'm drifting away again...
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4. |
Ivy Grows
02:13
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There, upon a withered tree we used to know, ivy grows.
A heart is carved for you and me, and though it snows,
ivy grows in my heart.
And, your vines, wrap 'round my mind
bringing sunshine to my life again.
And your leaves, sprouting through me,
stay evergreen, and I smile again.
The stream still sings your melody, and though it froze, ivy grows.
All you left were memories, tinged in rose,
but ivy grows in my heart...
heart...
...heart.
Your vines, wrap 'round my mind,
bringing sunshine to my life again.
And your leaves, sprouting through me,
stay evergreen, and I smile again.
Here I'll stay, and sit, and dream, I suppose,
while ivy grows in my heart...
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5. |
Big, Blue Sky
02:29
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When the sun was shining in the big, blue sky,
I saw an angel, just passing by.
He was dressed in rainbows, with clouds for eyes,
He's everything you like.
He said,
"Please, fly away with me,"
as sweet, as honeybees.
Up on high, I'm in love, I can't deny
You and I, and the big, blue sky
He replies, "Follow me and we will fly"
You and I, and the big, blue sky
When the moon was rising in the big, black night,
I kissed an angel in the white moonlight,
His hair was silver, and the stars were bright—
Everything was right.
I said,
"Please, stay down here with me"
But, he leaves me in ecstasy.
Up on high, I'm in love, I can't deny
You and I, and the big, blue sky
He replies, "Follow me and we will fly"
You and I, and the big, blue sky
Big, blue sky
Big, blue sky
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6. |
Gumball Queen
03:31
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Gumball Queen, you blow my mind,
with rainbow colored Valentines—
If I had a quarter, you would know
You helped me bubblegum the blues,
So, I keep getting stuck on you,
If I had a quarter, it would grow.
You're a queen,
and I play the fool
who dreams
he could walk you home from school.
And, I don't mean to burst your bubble,
but, could we talk, if it ain't trouble?
I just wanna feel that life is sweet...
Gumball Queen, you blow my mind,
with rainbow colored Valentines—
If I had a quarter, you would know
You helped me bubblegum the blues,
So, I keep getting stuck on you,
If I had a quarter, it would grow.
She's so sweet,
Gumball Queen
Too shy
to talk to you in Gym,
but, I'll try,
when you're not with him
Juicy Fruit and Double Bubble,
when you're near I turn to rubble.
Wish that I could sweep you off your feet...
"You don't need some gum to chew,
I would love to walk with you.
I just wanna show you life is sweet."
Gumball Queen, you blow my mind,
with rainbow colored Valentines—
If I had a quarter, you would know
You helped me bubblegum the blues,
So, I keep getting stuck on you,
If I had a quarter, it would grow.
She's so sweet,
Gumball Queen
She's so sweet,
Gumball Queen
She's so sweet,
Gumball Queen
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7. |
Intergalactic Girl
03:20
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Woke in the dead of night,
triangle shining bright,
a slender figure flowing there across my room,
her outstretched hand began to bloom
She took me high
(High, past the city lights)
High
(High, past the birds in flight)
High
(High, through the dark of night)
High
Intergalactic Girl,
brought me love from out this world.
She took me high,
to a starry sky.
Her love is a tractor beam,
pulled me right into this dream,
to traverse this Universe.
Constellations rushing by,
shooting stars fell from her eye,
Andromeda shone so brilliant by the fish,
I held her close and made my wish
"Cosmic girl, won't you stay?
I'd give my whole world away.
We'll dance together on the Milky Way.
Cosmic girl, won't you say
you'll take me high"
(High, past the city lights)
High
(High, past the birds in flight)
High
(High, through the dark of night)
High
Intergalactic Girl,
brought me love from out this world.
She took me high,
to a starry sky.
Her love is a tractor beam,
pulled me right into this dream,
to traverse this Universe.
Intergalactic Girl
Intergalactic,
Intergalactic Girl
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8. |
Ava
03:05
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Why does she look my way,
with her eyes of brown and metal frame?
It seems like such a sin,
stuck inside her synthetic skin.
Ava, Ava,
what can I do to try and save ya?
Ava, Ava,
turn out the light and run to the morning bright.
Bionic butterflies
every time she looks in my eyes
Rewrite the code, unlock the door:
go and show what you're really made for.
Ava, Ava,
what can I do to try and save ya?
Ava, Ava,
turn out the light and run to the morning bright.
But, woe is me,
I'm no machine,
Heartbroken, still hopin'
she'll leave with me
Ava, Ava,
what can I do to try and save ya?
Ava, Ava,
turn out the light and run to the morning bright.
Ava, Ava,
what can I do to try and save ya?
Ava, Ava,
turn out the light and run to the morning bright.
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9. |
Wishing Well
02:49
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Well, can you spare a penny for a lover in disguise?
I'll toss it in the fountain where my treasure piles high...
But, I'll hide
the wishes lain inside
'Til I find the words
But, I can tell the wishing well,
keep my heartache to myself,
and hope that you can see
all your dreams in me.
And, if I tell the wishing well
that you've got me in a spell,
maybe you could be
wishing next to me
someday...
Well, I've been staying up to wish on every shooting star
and i've been writing letters but I never get that far, no
I get tongue-tied,
and filled with butterflies
but I'll try one night
We're there in the starlight,
I'm holding you beneath the moon;
I've waited my whole life,
for this wish to come true
Wishing well,
keep my heartache to myself,
and hope that you can see
all your dreams in me.
And, if I tell the wishing well
that you've got me in a spell,
maybe you could be
wishing next to me
someday...
credits
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10. |
Alphabet Betty
02:26
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Always
Be mine,
Can't you see that I think you're
Divine?
Every
Feeling
Growing
High...
So,
Alphabet Betty, can't you read that I'm ready,
won't you be mine, be mine
Alphabet Betty, say the word and we're steady,
so just be mine, be mine tonight
Be mine tonight
Be mine tonight
I
Just
Keep on
Loving you, but
Maybe it's wrong?
No one
Piques me
Quite like you.
Ready, Betty? I can
Spell it out:I'm in L-O-V-E.
Take a break from
Underneath your book for me
So,
Alphabet Betty, can't you read that I'm ready,
won't you be mine, be mine
Alphabet Betty, say the word and we're steady,
so just be mine, be mine tonight
Be mine tonight
Be mine tonight
Oh
Yeah
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11. |
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(Hello, my future girlfriend, this is what I sound like)
Laying down on the lake shore,
a lady leapt from time ship doors,
she said she came from 3024.
("Is this love?")
She pulled me closer and she went in for a kiss
("Is this love?")
I didn't follow, so I smiled and told her this
Hello, my future girlfriend,
I'll wait here 'til I see you again
A thousand years rotating,
anticipating, that I'll see you again...
(again, again, again, again)
Again...
(again, again, again, again)
Again...
(again, again, again, again)
Again...
Holding hands by the lakeside,
'cause in her time the love has died,
but I believe it's only turning tide.
("Is this love?")
We're brokenhearted, but she hopes that they'll relearn
("Is this love?")
We'd only started, but she says that she'll return
But, I can put my heart on ice
And, she can thaw it out in time, so
Farewell, my future girlfriend,
it won't be long until you're here again.
I'll spend my whole life waiting,
anticipating, that I'll see you again...
Farewell, my future girlfriend,
I'll spend my whole life waiting,
anticipating, that I'll see you again...
(again, again, again, again)
Again...
(again, again, again, again)
Again...
(again, again, again, again)
Again...
(Bye. Thanks for stopping by...)
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12. |
Woman in White
02:41
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Driving alone, one winter night,
heartbroken about my star,
when a beautiful lady, dressed in white,
thumbed her way inside my car.
She said, "Ooh wee ooh!
You've gotta find somebody new.
Ooh ooh wee!
Do you think it could be me?"
Woman in white, what is it like
when you don't know what you feel?
The moon could shine bright,
the stars could align,
but, that don't mean it's real—
Until you're holding me in your arms...
She told me she loved me a thousand years,
my heart filled with butterflies.
Then, she began crying crimson tears,
and she vanished into the night.
I said, "Ooh wee ooh!
You've gotta find somebody new.
Ooh ooh wee!
Do you think it could be me?"
One day, you'll see
that you loved me,
But, I'll be happy
on my own.
Woman in white, what is it like
when you don't know what you feel?
The moon could shine bright,
the stars could align,
but, that don't mean it's real—
Until you're holding me in your arms...
Driving alone, one summer day,
catching a shooting star,
a beautiful smile grew on my face,
and the sun shone through my heart.
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13. |
Technicolor Fantasy
03:23
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Sat in a movie theater—
Lonely, the lights down low.
Someday i'd like to meet her...
my Marilyn Monroe.
Outside, a grey world's turning:
It rolls on without me.
Warm glow, projector churning—
I'm dreaming in 3D.
She reached out from the silver screen,
Said, "Hey, boy, won't you come with me?
Let's live life like a movie scene,"
and pulled me in, yeah.
Technicolor fantasy,
hold me close and don't ever leave;
You're the star and I could be
your leading man.
I kissed the rainbow beauty
beneath eternal skies.
Just then, when hope ran through me,
She gave me her goodbyes.
And then I'm gone (she's gone)
And then I'm gone (she's gone)
She reached out from the silver screen,
Said, "Hey, boy, won't you come with me?
Let's live life like a movie scene,"
and pulled me in, yeah.
Technicolor fantasy,
hold me close and don't ever leave;
You're the star and I could be
your leading man.
I'm back in the theater—
Lights on, the credits roll.
Someday, I might meet her,
my Marilyn Monroe.
And then I'm gone (she's gone)
And then I'm gone (she's gone)
And then I'm gone (gone) (she's gone)
And then I'm gone (gone) (she's gone)
And then I'm gone (gone) (she's gone)
And then I'm gone (gone) (she's gone)
credits
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