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Deadbeat
03:23
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Dropped out of school
We couldn't stand the boredom
Or commit to making big decisions when we were so young
A couple deadbeat kids
Us against the world, get it
Cruising with some girls, getting by
Do you have a decade to burn
I can't remember half the shit I learned
Hunger for extraordinary life
Settle for the ordinary
Staying up all night
Clinking glass on the fire escape
Talking about nothing
Way back before the future seemed so strange
Hunger for extraordinary life
Settle for the ordinary
We were born to lose
But what we lack in character
We make up in the bedroom
Laughing in the mirror
A couple deadbeat kids
Us against the world, get it
Crusing with some girls
Getting by
Do you have a decade to burn
I can't relate to half the shit I learned
Hungry for extraordinary life
Settle for the ordinary
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1999
03:49
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Candid when you sing
You look like a flag hangin in the wind
Instantly recognizable but frayed
There will come a time
Your fortunes revolve from this thing you're in
Don't wanna be a prisoner of escape
Bummed out
By this big chip on your shoulder
Hands down
It's so worth it to get over
Who do you reach for when the party stops
And the record skips at the end
Ready or not the sun comes up each morning
1999
We had some good times
I know it's been hard to squeeze
What you wanted out of life
But rent's been paid and suppers on the table
Don't believe in family,
Those things only offer strife
Don't believe that structure makes you stable
Bummed out
By that big chip on your shoulder
Hands down
It's so worth it to look over
Long hair whipping in the wind
And back to earth again
We'll always be friends
Whatever happened?
Squeezed in the backseat of your dad's Crown Vic with the cd skipping
My how the time flies feels more like slipping
1999
We had some good times
1999
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Rose Gold
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Rose Gold
You squint at your nails
You're talented
But your resources failed
Tower over everyone
To hide the lengths you've fallen
Passing out on my sofa
Freak without a flag
Cigarette broken in the pack
Of course it's just your luck
Rose Gold
Once there was no equal
But all the compliments
Heaped up like an ashtray
Clouds in your caffeine
Tell me what you think I mean
It's awful being unknown
Freak without a flag
Cigarette broken in the pack
You cough before you smoke
Rose Gold
Rose Gold
What can I do
What should I say
You don't have to stay
Why can't I leave
why should I stay
Doesn't matter anyway
Rose Gold
Rose Gold
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Strangers in Paradise
03:23
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At a seat in your kitchen
Think of you in your last position
Hunkered over a champagne flute
With your eyes bright and wild
Such concrete definitions
Confident about just what's missing.
Hop a red-eye to LA soon
Got the room in a vice
Said it's alright now it's alright
All we are is all we'll ever be
What happens on the other side we'll see
Strangers in paradise
A last-minute revision
Makes you question your own ambition
Wrapped your laughter around the trunk
Of a rough afternoon
Gonna meet all the angels as they gather at the gates of hell
Smokin out of the apple drinking from the well
Empty seat in your kitchen
Frustrated by my lack of vision
Suddenly I'm the last one left with the will or the time
But it all works out as it all should
All we are is all we'll ever be
What happens on the other side we'll see
Strangers in paradise
Strangers in paradise
Strangers in paradise
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Control
02:20
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It's 10am and your coffee's staining the counter
Stayed up all night tiny bites in your pencil lead
Outside the cold leaves cracks and your hands like leather
The faucet leaks as you weep at the last thing he said
Control it's an illusion
Control you take what you get
Control dancing along
Feeling lost in the Music
fa la la la la la la la la la la la la
It's 2am and the streets washed clean with the weather
The brick reflects your trenchcoat as you duck from the wind
Inside you pockets bits of receipt paper
Can't remember what you bought or why the print's faded
Control
It's an illusion
Control you. take what you get
Control like dancing along
Feeling lost in the music
Fa la la la la la la la la la la la la
Fa la la la la la la la la la la la la
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Somehow
03:19
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Through deadly shade of night we rode
The highway rumbled
With soft smoke
Does distance make the heart grow cold?
I caught your reflection
And pulled closer
Well you can't have whatever you want whenever you need
But you can always count on me
Stay tonight
We'll take good care
Your shattered heart, it only needs repair
Don't give up, don't turn back now
We got this far, we'll make it out somehow
Somehow
Keep on keep on keepin on
Look back it's gone
The things we did cant be undone
It was a blast, but so long
Well you can't do whatever you want whenever you please
But you can always count on me
Stay tonight
We'll take good care
Your shattered heart, it only needs repair
Don't give up, don't turn back now
We got this far, we'll make it out somehow
Somehow
Keep on keep on keeping
Keep on keep on keeping
(on and on and on)
keep on keep on keeping
(on and on)
Keep on keep on keeping on
Stay tonight
We'll take good care
This shattered heart, it only needs repair
Don't give up on us
Don't turn back your love
We got this far, we'll make it out somehow
Somehow
Stay tonight
We'll take good care
This shattered heart, it only needs repair
Don't give up, don't turn back now
We got this far, we'll make it out somehow
Somehow
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Put the Sun Away
03:05
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I've been searchin so hard
Trying to find my best
Often get distracted
Diggin through the rest
Lookin for a lullaby
to ease these achy eyes
And put the sun away
Put the sun away
Will emotion let me
Judge this true and fair
I'm no helpless victim
But I do get scared
Looking for a better way
To better ask, to better handle the weight
Of being alone and feeling comfortable
Do I need someone to hold on to?
Put the sun away
Put the sun away
Put the sun away
Put the sun away
Away away
Away away away
Away away
Can't you see I'm okay?
Cant you see I'm okay?
Put the sun away
Put the sun away
Put the sun away
Put the sun away
Away away
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Streets of Rage
03:27
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As a kid you're taught to dream
You can achieve anything
Be a brave adventurer
Or a queen or a star
but the deck's stacked so high as you grow up
Dreams get dropped by
Forgotten soldiers in the trenches of the next best thing
Sorry stories
Stoned and martyred dreams
Streets of rage
Trampled and worn
Shouting out to mend the harm
There's no quarter left here
Or room for pity or fear
The rich get richer
And the poor have no choice
Sorry stories
Stoned and martyred dreams
Streets of Rage
Trampled and torn
The crowded pavements
The hungry forms
Streets of Rage
Shackled and cursed
Shouting out to mend the hurt
Well it's in their interest to sew disinterest and seek unrest
And these harsh conditions we've come to all intersect
We know (we know)
We know (we know)
The status quo
We know (we know)
We know (we know)
Has got to go
So whatever you wanna be
Won't be so far out of reach
Like a brave adventurer
Set sail for the sun
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Dan Rico Chicago, Illinois
Dan Rico is a Brooklyn, New York based singer, songwriter and producer. He began releasing music on his own, starting with the album “Endless Love” in 2016, EPs “Nobody Knows” and “Flesh and Bone” (a tribute to Marc Bolan and T Rex) in 2017, the LP “Dreamy” in 2018, and “Basement Pop” in 2019. ... more
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