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Crazy in Love
03:16
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They met on an aeroplane
2 weeks later they got married in Spain
So what if they couldn't make it last?
It sure was good while they were living so fast
They were crazy in love
Crazy, Crazy in Love
He was a guard at a museum
She was there she was a tourist she was just visitin'
She asked him about the art
Then for the next year you couldn't tear them apart
They were crazy in love
Crazy, Crazy in Love
Can't take your call cause they're doing it all
Her husband was a movie star
Then she fell for a rock n roll lady who played that rock n roll guitar
It all happened at his birthday party
She felt sorry for him but really she was not sorry
They were crazy in love
As hot and deadly as fire
A high voltage fever dream full of desire
An irresistible force
You think you're made of free will but you have no choice
Comes on like a hurricane
Leaves a path of destructive and whole lot of pain
A passion that cannot be denied
And people will ride it wherever it rides
So ride that crazy love
Yeah ride that crazy love
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Wanted
02:37
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You make me feel like a million dollars
No, let’s make that ten million dollars
A hundred million billion dollars
You make me feel so wanted
You make me feel like ice cream in the desert
A long weekend of what’s your pleasure
The X that marks the spot of lost Atlantian treasure
You make me feel so wanted
You make me feel like the main attraction
The cause celèbre, the center of the action
The one who always gives satisfaction
You make me feel so wanted
You make me feel like the Garden of Eden
Only without the judgment and it’s cool to eat in
The Garden of Eden with a nice place to sleep in
You make me feel so wanted
You make me feel like a million dollars
No, let’s make that ten million dollars
A hundred billion gazillion dollars
You make me feel so wanted
You make me feel so wanted
You make me feel so wanted
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Valley of False Promises
02:47
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I lose myself in the valley of false promises
Every time I look at you
The valley of false promises
A valley I yearn so badly to be true
Been living in that valley and it’s there I'll stay
For though the promises are false
They sparkle so beautiful
I'll stay in this valley with you, with you
A promise holds the promise to be true one day be true
So I'm laying in this valley of you
I'm not ready to see your promises die
So I will keep them alive, keep them alive
Peace in the valley
Rather live in that valley and that's what I'm going to do
Living in the valley of false promises
Living in the valley of false promises
Living . . . living with you
If I'm careful where I look in the valley
Everything will be okay
I've worked so hard to believe the lies
I can't let go of this promised life
Can't let go . . . no, no, no
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Goodbye, Goodbye
03:07
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You better change your ways
Before the well runs dry
Change for the better
Before it's goodbye, goodbye
Because if you keep drinking the way you're drinking
From that well of mine
It could rain till the end of time
And you'd still drink it dry
Sure you'll just move on a different well
And drink theirs down too you think
We're all fools only it will be
Soon no fool is gonna share with you
Change your ways (got to change your ways)
Will you ever change your ways
Change your ways (got to change your ways)
Will you ever change
If only you learned to be something other
Than a user of all your friends
A user of all your lovers
A user just for your ends
I hope you change your ways
Before the well runs dry
Change for the better
Before it's goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
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Never Know
02:48
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6. |
Mars
05:25
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Let’s get drunk and go to Mars
I hear it’s a good place to see the stars
Bring your own they don’t have bars
Let’s get drunk and go to Mars
It may take a year to arrive
But we’ll just get drunk all that time
I know it’s bad to drink and drive
But to Mars—I think we’ll survive
And when we’re there (when we're there)
We’re gonna tear it up (we're nowhere)
We’re gonna wear it up
We’re going to have sup-per!
And they’ll be no one there
To say quiet down, please
Or shout last call we’ll be
Left in peace under the stars of Mars
We’ll have a party like no one’s ever seen
Because on Mars there’s never been
Anything at all
Just don’t forget the alcohol
And when we’re there (when we're there)
We’re gonna tear it up (we're nowhere)
We’re gonna wear it up
We’re going to have sup-per!
And I’m going to be wondering just where the hell I am
(I'm going to Mars)
(I like Mars)
So let’s get drunk and go to Mars
I hear it’s a good place to see the stars
(can I get some yayas?)
(can I get some?)
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7. |
Away
03:43
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I’ve wanted
To go away
For so long
Let’s go away
I’ve wanted to find ourselves
A new home
One lit by an new angle
Of the sun
Let’s go away
I’ve wanted
To go away
For so long
Let’s go away
Away . . . yeah, yeah, yeah
Away . . . yeah, yeah, yeah
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8. |
Whiskey Warm
03:44
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The whiskey doesn’t warm me
Without your company
It only lies in my belly
Like a corpse on a table
The whiskey cannot warm my blood
Without you nearby
It only makes me feel
Like I’m dying
Baby I need you home
To make my whiskey warm
My whiskey warm
The whiskey cannot warm me
Without you around
So what good are all these bottles for me
If I can’t drink ’em down
The whiskey only leaves me
Cold, sick, and sober
And alone
You know it makes me feel older
Baby I need you home
To make my whiskey warm
My whiskey warm
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Slippery Jack
03:46
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He’s Slippery Jack
You don’t know who he is
Or where he’s at
Or what his business is
He’s unassuming
Like a movie extra
He fits into any scene
He might just be next to ya
For he’s keen on your weakness
He knows all your wants
He’s got your whole history
Right down to what you had for lunch
So don't try to do nothing
Keep your nose to the ground
See something don't say nothing
Cause Old Jack may come back 'round
For you . . .
Oh he's coming to get me
He's gonna murder me in my sleep
He's coming to get me
He'll take me down, down, down
He’s Slippery Jack
Yeah, slippery as all that
He’s Slippery Jack
He’s one slippery cat
So if you feel shadowed
But you couldn’t say why
Chances are you’re being followed
And Old Jack is close by . . .
One of these days
You’re gonna wake up screamin’
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10. |
Cold Soul
03:28
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All darkness
No light
When it takes hold
Of you
The cold soul
Once shrouded
The chills creep
Numb you
Of all feeling
You can’t go back
Once you’ve had
The cold soul
Starts with a shiver
Like fingers
Running up your spine
You’re paralyzed
By fear
All darkness
No light
When it takes hold
Of you
You stay stock still
It’s quite a thrill
The cold soul
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11. |
Blue Room
04:03
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I sit here in the blue room
With a beer, a cigarette
I sit here in the blue room
My friend hasn’t gotten here yet
It’s cold in here
Though summer has come
The light is low in here
Though outside there’s sun
Why do we worry
It’s going to come undone
Why do we worry
It’s going to come undone anyway
It’s coming to come undone
No matter the moon or sun
It’s gonna come undone
So baby let’s run
Baby let’s run
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Casual Fantastic Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Casual Fantastic mixes up a musical brew of original rock n roll, parlor pop, lounge punk, and country noir. Formed in 2019, the band features songwriter Josh McIlvain on guitar and vocals with Nikitas Menotiades on stand up drums (with an old suitcase for the bass drum) and backing vocals. Art by Luisa Colon. ... more
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