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A good start
Means you’re half done
That’s what my dad says
Is what his dad says
Good start
Half done
I’ve got a good heart
That’s what the doc says
Is what the test showed
But it’s half done
Good heart
Half done
Good start
Half done
It was a good ride
Is what my mom says
Is what her mom said
When it was all done
Good ride
All done
Good heart
Half done
Good start
Half done
Good start
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Fully Free
04:39
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Splashing sounds surround me
Thrashing all around me
A cacophony in this chlorine sea
A half-century stands between us
Between me and all these screamers
This monopoly of the fully free
And for a moment
I'm fully free
A whistle blows, the din dims
Somebody yells "adult swim"
Suddenly, it seems it's only me
The shivering kids, wrapped in towels
They look at me
I think I hear one saying
"Look at him, Mom, look at him, Dad"
And then I'm pulled back to swimming class
Second grade
And I can see them laughing
"Look at him flail, look at him cry"
Then I paddle through a warm spot
Scale the ladder, grab my sun block
When the whistle blows, I've hit the parking lot
As they splash and soak, I'm in the Stop and Shop
By the time I'm home, it's all an afterthought
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Our Truth
05:43
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It might not be true
What I say to you
Despite what you see
You will say to me
It's OK
With it all askew
I'll declare to you
With no guarantees
You'll declare to me
It's OK
This is our truth
When the fires come
And the floods arrive
As we're overcome
And we say goodbye
Goodbye
It's OK
This is our truth
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Remember
Remember
Remember your doctor
He's only human
She's only human
He or she has judged
The benefit to you
Is greater than the risk
A side effect or two
Michael
Anita
Steven
Jeannie
Edward
Deborah
Marcus
Lisa
Richard
Linda
Stewart
Jennifer
Patrick
Susan
Vikram
Sheri
Phillip
Catherine
Ari
Suki
Daniel
Tina
Timothy
Barbara
Larry
Ruth E.
Donny
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Follower
03:49
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Go ahead
Go ahead
I’m right here
I’m right here
Right behind you
I’m your follower
After you
You’re my view
I’ll see you through
I’m right behind you
Here behind you
Right behind you
I’m your follower
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Never
04:22
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I’ll never know the neighborhoods of Paris
I’ll never learn to read or speak Chinese
Maybe I will
I’ll never suffer through a loveless marriage
I’ll never dive into the Arctic Seas
I’ll never wound the people that I cherish
Or turn away from who I want to be
Maybe you will
Maybe you won’t
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You’ve got nature
It will keep you
It will hold you
And it should take you
After me
I appreciate nature
Trees are pretty
But they won’t hold me
And they won’t soothe me
After you
So if you have to go
Won’t you go after me?
I know that you have to go
But please go after me
Although there’s no way to know
I hope you go after me
I don’t if I can go on
Won’t you go on after me?
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Portrait Mode
03:52
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You better brace yourself
You see there’s one thing all liars have in common
And you won’t believe how freakish
This child star looks now
You’ll be speechless when you hear
The reason why you’re alone
All alone
But this one weird trick
Could save your life
It’ll save your life
All alone
You’re in portrait mode
You’re in portrait mode
I’m in portrait mode
We’re in portrait mode
Well, you’ll never guess what happened
When you were biding your time
You’ll never know what really happened
When you were biding your time
All alone
You’re in portrait mode
You’re in portrait mode
I’m in portrait mode
We’re in portrait mode
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We took the road along the clove
Made it home by ten
Here we are
Here we are
Here we are again
There you are
(Here we are)
Hear alarms, see the car
Door ajar, in flames
A speeding car, I veered too far
A flimsy guardrail gave
There you are
(Here we are)
Some say there are many worlds
And we live in a multiverse
Whose branches never merge
Dividing at every turn
So there we are, arm in arm
Darkness fades to white
And here we are, arm in arm
You turn out the light
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