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Hearts
03:20
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go let the west wind blow
she's got a way of letting dreams
go passing on
while they are real
I don't wanna make you blue
but I want the best of rain and tears
and everything for you
I won't put you on
so calm down
hearts
never get wasted to the moon
I don't care
where the tears go
hearts
never get wasted to my heart
so don't go
and don't stop runnin' into the blue
I guess you gotta try and find a point of view
I won't let you down
so don't go
hearts
never get wasted to the moon
I don't care
where the tears go
hearts
she's got a way into my heart
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know why
hey
I don't know why
I don't know why
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Planet of the Blue
05:15
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stranded a thousand times
she counted the stars, she said true
love don't fail
she said you
don't doubt me
oh I wanna pretend
how passionate all the things shine
for you
only
so let's go down
to the west bay
oh let's get carried away boy
right to a distant shore
there may be an island all for you
I wanna go down to the western bay to leave with you
heading all the way up to the stars
oh and don't you know you little fool
oh it's the planet of the blue
forget all the everyday scars
tonight we might get a start
you
tide's up
you
don't stop
go let it carry you away boy
floating into to the sky
you might even get there if you try
I wanna go down to the western bay to leave with you
heading all the way right up to the stars
oh and don't you know you little fool
oh it's the planet of the blue
I wanna go down to the western bay to leave with you
reaching all the way rights up to the stars
oh and don't you know it's all for you
oh the planet of the blue
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I wonder why you're back to see me
and I wonder where you've been
and when you told me you happened to be near
you know I was afraid to ask
and I pretend
I don't care when
I spent hours again
wishing you well
oh I wish that I could
stop you
telling me about what's new
you'll tell me how wonderful you feel
and how far away you'd go
and I spent hours again
wishing you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
I oh well
oh I've heard that you were seen
wandering round this town
oh yeah, you're gonna tell me this is just a rumour
I know
you ain't been around
don't tell me lies
you don't need this guise
I'll wish you well again
because I spent hours again, oh
wishing you well
I wish you well
I wish you well
I oh well
I wish you well
I wish you well
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House of Love
04:27
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I've seen her walking
in the house of love
and she was
gonna drown
down to the will
of a beggar
in my dreams
I've seen her walking
in the house of love
it's a drag to get back
oh she doesn't care if I die
oh she knows a well paid lie
I'm really wanting her
to give me some peace of mind
oh, but her days are upside down
I see her walking
in the house of love
and there is talk (talk)
tonight
they're gonna sell her
to the richest
they gather (gather)
to buy her pride
nothing's gonna keep
my dreams from waking me up, no
they're gonna tell
me a nightmare
oh how sweaty red lights
are gonna switch her face on
how am I gonna get through the night
I'm gonna linger on
and I'm gonna be damned to, damned to, damned to see her
walking, yeah
in the house of love
and I swear
so I swear
she's got to pay for every bottle (she's got to)
so I swear
in the house of love, yeah
in the house of love, yeah
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Hearts (Instrumental)
03:15
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