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“New York State of Mind”

Some folks like to get away
Take a holiday from the neighbourhood
Hop a flight to Miami Beach
Or to Hollywood
But I’m taking a Greyhound
On the Hudson River Line
I’m in a New York state of mind

I’ve seen all the movie stars
In their fancy cars and their limousines
Been high in the Rockies under the evergreens
But I know what I’m needing
And I don’t want to waste more time
I’m in a New York state of mind

It was so easy living day by day
Out of touch with the rhythm and blues
But now I need a little give and take
The New York Times, The Daily News

It comes down to reality
And it’s fine with me ’cause I’ve let it slide
Don’t care if it’s Chinatown or on Riverside
I don’t have any reasons
I’ve left them all behind
I’m in a New York state of mind

It was so easy living day by day
Out of touch with the rhythm and blues
But now I need a little give and take
The New York Times, The Daily News

I’m just taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River Line
‘Cause I’m in a New York state of mind

Glory Box

I'm so tired of playing

Playing with this bow and arrow
 Gonna give my heart away
 Leave it to the other girls to play
 For I've been a temptress too long

Just...

Give me a reason to love you
 Give me a reason to be a woman
 I just wanna be a woman

From this time, unchained
 We're all looking at a different picture
 Through this new frame of mind
 A thousand flowers could bloom
 Move over and give us some room

Give me a reason to love you
 Give me a reason to be a woman
 I just wanna be a woman

So don't you stop being a man
 Just take a little look from outside when you can
 Show a little tenderness
 No matter if you cry

Give me a reason to love you
 Give me a reason to be a woman
 It's all I wanna be is all woman

For this is the beginning of forever and ever

It's time to move over...

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"Glory Box"
 by Portishead

Song Lyrics: ‘Nite Becomes Day’

Things have been getting real heavy these days
The media the system
the people chasing pay
Somebody’s got a rifle he won’t turn the other cheek
Now its his turn

Things have been getting real hectic these days
An eye for an eye
A spade is a spade
They’re shooting him down and he’s running away
That was their turn

I believe in
The same thing that makes the night become day
Tide and the water
Sons and the daughters
Can’t hide it can’t fight it
Love
I’m a say it again

It’s the same thing that makes the moonlight
Meet up with the sunlight
Can’t fight it can’t buy it
Love… I’m a say it again

When cut deep the same blood we bleed
We’re not immune to addiction or disease
Got violent deaths in our family trees
Now it’s our turn

Things have been seeming real ready these days
From the North to the South to the East to the West
Happiness will you put it to your chest
When it’s your turn

~Citizen Cope

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