1. |
Easy Living
05:23
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We're getting through the year
Pass me a little cheer
There's always someone whose having it worse so smile for what you have
Don't try and chase it away
Don't waste another day
When you go walking remember the cold, but toss it all aside, you'll find it
Easy now, make it easy now
Don't be a fly drawn to the light in search of easy living now
I'm ready she isn't
This kind of love ain't easy living, so give it time
Find what you need inside
I'm ready she isn't
This kind of love ain't easy living so give it time
Find what you need
Easy now make it easy now
Don't be a fly drawn to the light in search of easy living now
Easy now (I'm ready she isn't)
Make it easy now (this kind of love ain't easy living so give it time)
Don't be a fly drawn to the light (find what you need inside you) in search of easy living now
(I'm ready) Easy now (she isn't)
Make it easy now (this kind of love ain't easy living so give it time)
Don't be a fly drawn to the light in search of easy living now (find what you need inside you)
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2. |
Come Along
06:58
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Flying free through memories
These old routines don't treat me like they used to do
There beneath a neon sign
Where city lights can take my mind away from you
Crawl inside a little bar
You come to grips with where you are
Cry uncle till the vibrant stars are sleeping
Quiet now
Focus now
Feel it now
You'll be alright now
Now
Quiet now
Focus now
Feel it now
You'll be alright now
Now
A distant choir sings
I'm lifted like a child again
A distant choir sings
I'm lifted like a child again
Quiet now
Focus now
Feel it now
You'll be alright now
Now
Quiet now
Focus now
Feel it now
You'll be alright now
Now
Hear the choir sing
Just like a child again (ooo ooo ooo)
Hear the choir sing
Just like a child again (ooo woo woo)
Hear the choir sing
Just like a child again (ooo ooo ooo oooooo)
Hear the choir sing
Just like a child again (ooo woo woo)
Come along be graced by choosing right
Hear a long lost whisper in the night
Are you making peace or standing still
Do you like the view below the hill
Come along be graced by choosing right
Hear a long lost whisper in the night
Are you making peace or standing still
Do you like the view below the hill (View below the hill)
Hear the choir sing (Come along be graced)
Just like a child again (I hear a long lost whisper)
Hear the choir sing (Come along be graced)
Just like a child again (I hear a long lost whisper)
Hear the choir sing (Come along be graced)
Just like a child again (I hear a long lost whisper in the night)
Hear the choir sing ( come along be graced)
Just like a child again (I hear a long lost whisper)
Hear the choir sing
Just like a child again (I hear a long lost whisper in the night)
Hear the choir sing
Just like a child again
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3. |
The Carrot
05:26
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Sometimes the chase of happiness can rob you of it's honey
You'll be left with loneliness if you don't make no money
Boy it's coming
The world ain't made for fools
Boy it's coming
The world ain't made for fools
Watch them take their swipe at you if they catch you grinnin'
Take all of your pennies saved
You're broke before beginning
It's just living
The world ain't made for fools
It's just living
You better learn it before you're old
Thrust into this world you owe and didn't buy a ticket
Praying to an emptiness just above the thicket
People rig it
The world ain't for fools
That's just living
The sweetness is all for show
This isn't said to hurt my friend deny the taste of honey
But if you are American make yourself some money
Sweet and funny
Till it runs you hot and cold
Always running
All the running takes it's toll
Hey undertaker take me as I am
I have committed no crime but my mind cannot be silenced
Have you thrown out all your punches
Did they hit you where it hurts
Paid the fee to ride but questioning its worth
(ooohooohoooo)
Seems the cost of happiness don't match the cost of living
The carrot placed by selfish men just before your quitting
It's a living
So buy up what your told
They keep grinning
Hid the cost of what they sold
Try your best to navigate this game without a slither
Find the peace of mind you need before it makes you bitter
All things wither
And some go before their time
All things wither
You have to outwit the beast of time
Hey undertaker take me as I am
I have committed no crime but my mind cannot be silenced
Have you thrown out all your punches
Did they hit you where hurts
Paid the fee to ride but questioning its worth
Hey undertaker take me as I am
I have committed no crime but my mind cannot be silenced
Have you thrown out all your punches
Did they hit you where it hurts
Paying the fee to ride but questioning its worth
(ooos)
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4. |
Sweep
05:54
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I was in my head for most of yesterday
Such a gentle rain thought I heard you say
I just live for the day where we can celebrate
We will celebrate and be swept away
Back in the place we belong
Laughing smiling
Joining together in song
All rejoicing
What a wonderful world it'd be if that were so
Just the honest truth
Watch our garden grow
All a river of gold a honeysuckle rose
Everyday and night
When your eyes are closed
Back in the place we belong
All together
Joining together in song
All rejoicing
You don't have to tell me how it feels
You don't have to tell me how it feels
You don't have to wonder what was real
You don't have to tell me how it feels
You don't have to tell me how it feels
You don't have to wonder what was real
You don't have to wonder what was real
Back in the place we belong (I was in my head for most of yesterday)
Back in the place we belong (I was in my head for most of yesterday)
Back in the place we belong (I was in my head for most of yesterday)
Back in the place we belong (I was in my head for most of yesterday)
Back in the place we belong (I was in my head for most of yesterday)
Back in the place we belong (I was in my head for most of yesterday)
You don't have to tell me how
You don't have to tell me how
You don't have to tell me how
You don't have to tell me how
You don't have to tell me how
You don't have to tell me how
You don't have to tell me how
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5. |
Rothko's Room
06:20
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(oooh ooowoowooo ooo ooooh woowoowoowoowoo)
Dressed in blue
Is it cool or is it warm for you
Are you drifting into Rothko's room
Tracing tears of gold
Do you follow how they're bought and sold
Are you waiting for the ink to dry
(ooo)
Awe surprise
Don't those lilies grip you awfully tight
Are you picturing a star filled night or does that seem played out
Nights begin again
Kandinsky is a soulful friend
Teach me how to look at music again
Through intercepting lines
Hold
Holding it all in your mind
Still
Stillness was captured in time
Hold
Holding it all in your mind
Still
Stillness was captured in time
(ooos)
Dali Rego Dumas it's the maddening world of Hieronymous Bosch
Castano's painted world of color talks
Dressed in blue
Is it cool or is it warm for you
Are you drifting into Rothko's room
Tracing a line
Cover my brush
Climbing up climbing up climbing up
Tracing a line
Cover my brush
Climbing up climbing up climbing up
Hold
Holding it all in your mind
Still
Stillness was captured in time
Hold
Holding it all in your mind
Still
Stillness was captured in time
(ooos)
Are you drifting into Rothko's room
(ooos)
Are you drifting into Rothko's room
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6. |
Throw It Out
04:22
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There's no need anymore
There's no need anymore
Just say throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
Day moves slow I wait
For what feels like a lifetime
Feeling it all reach for the pen
Try to make sense of this
Now I know don't wait
While you wrestle with wrong or right
I already know I'm letting go now
No more pain
No fear
No more nights spent with teary eyes
You gotta move on
Life must move on
There's no need anymore
There's no need anymore
Just say
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
In the sky I'm rain
Gentle falls like the river cries
I already know rain turns to snow
Move through life with grace
Everything that you leave behind isn't a loss if somethings been learned
Wrinkles upon your face
The places that you'll go
You'll see
Life ain't long but it sure is wide
Holding us close
Letting it flow
Walking my heel to toe
There's no need anymore
There's no need anymore just say
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
There's no need anymore
There's no need anymore
Just say
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
Throw it out
There's no need anymore
There's no need anymore
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7. |
Seventeen Years
05:01
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Bloomed in August
17 years
Since you left Laurie
Little birdy sing above the heavenly sky
So flowers can bloom
Angels will cry
So Laurie can hear me
So Laurie can hear me
So Laurie can
So Laurie can hear me
Once again
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Derek Engstrom Orlando, Florida
Derek Engstrom is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Central Florida. Following his long tenure as a straight-ahead jazz drummer and lead vocalist/songwriter in Orlando's premier fusion/soul group Leisure Chief, Derek now shares an exclusive look into his songwriting and composition skills on "Easy Living". ... more
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