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ABlood Brothers3:13
[Verse 1] We were two kings of the railroad bridge, the summer we were ten, Cut our thumbs and pressed them tight and swore it there and then. Whatever water's coming, brother, we don't break, we bend — Two rivers from one mountain, running to one end. [Verse 2] But the valley got so cold last year, and you were always thin, You found yourself a warmer sun to wrap your winters in. I watched you cross the water where I couldn't follow you, And the river you were riding, man — it wasn't running blue. [Chorus] Hold the line, blood brother, when the river's running red, Hold the line, blood brother, when the night falls on your head. The current's soft and singing, and it calls you like a friend — But I'm standing on the bank, brother... come back to me again. [Verse 3 -] Your mother kept your room the same, your jacket on the door, The fellas at the bridge still say your name like before. They talk about the weather, how the water's high this spring — Nobody says the river's name. We don't say anything. [Chorus] [Bridge -] And I dream us on the railroad bridge, the sun on both our backs, Before the warmer sun you found... before the almanacs... You said, "It's just a season, brother — everybody swims" — But the river runs in seasons, and the seasons swallowed him. [Final Chorus] Hold the line, blood brother — but the river's running red, And the night came down so quiet on the promise that we said. Two rivers from one mountain... only one came to the end... I'll hold the line for both of us... till I see you again.
BDon't Turn the Lights Up Yet2:48
[Verse 1] The fellow with the broom is standing With his coat across his arm The drummer's putting on his glasses Like the night has done him harm You've been dancing with your girlfriends I've been talking to my shoes Now they're stacking all the tables And I've nothing left to lose [Verse 2] I can see your sister waiting With her finger on her watch I can hear the cloakroom shutter Coming down another notch If I ask you in the daylight I might never get it said So before they pull the curtain Let me ask you this instead [Chorus] Don't turn the lights up yet There's a dance we haven't had Let the drummer find his sticks again He can't be all that mad I've spent the whole night waiting Now you're smiling back at me Don't turn the lights up yet Let the last dance be [Bridge] You took your sister's coat from her And laid it on a chair You said, "He took all night to ask You can't leave him standing there" [Final Chorus] Don't turn the lights up yet There's a dance we haven't had Let the drummer find his sticks again He can't be all that mad I've spent the whole night waiting Now you're smiling back at me Don't turn the lights up yet Let the last dance be [Tag] One for the fellow with the broom One for the girl who stayed Don't turn the lights up yet There's a little more to play
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