Secret 'Avenues' Songs

Autumn...

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:06:00 -0400

Autumn Comes LYRICS:
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D-A-Hm-G

Spend the night out in the garden
By the surface of the water
And it gets harder and harder
As it grows colder and colder

The bars seem warm, as autumn comes
Like the leafs we fall
Into their arms

We are walking in the moonlight
We are staring into skies
We’re reflecting in the mirrors
Of each other’s eyes

It’s easy, we can’t believe it’s true
They’re just people,
They don’t know what they do

To us, when autumn comes
Like rain we fall
Into their arms

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Photo credit: Andrea Micheloni

Soon...

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:32:00 -0400

Soon LYRICS:
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Bm-G-Em-A

they called us unfair, said they did what they must
that the ends justified the means of the past

we are kind and fogiving, we tend to forget
when we’re careless and callous, we often regret it
we’re blind and naive, we are stalwart and proud
and we can’t belive what we found out

we laugh at the kings, they know what comes after
the powers are right to be scared of laughter

they know where it leads,
out of our homes and into the streets

they’ve already been told,
you rule with a fist, then die by the sword

we’re on the corners of all the streets
they’re above us and they know that
we have come wash our feet in blood
of those who came before us

we’re scared but we will hold our ground
you just have to look around
we know we’ll be crushed, we know we’ll lose
but it is our fate to choose

good-bye father, soon we’ll be together
if that is our worth, then this is how it’s measured

good-bye mother, soon we’ll be together
if that is our worth, then this is how it’s measured

good-bye love, soon we’ll be together
if that is our worth, then this is how it’s measured

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Photo credit: REUTERS/Ahmed Jadalla

We Didn’t Lie...

Wed, 27 May 2009 01:00:00 -0400

We Didn’t Lie LYRICS:
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Em7-Am-C-G-F

We didn’t lie, our friends knew where we were
They knew of what and why,
They’ve seen it all before.

The spring suprised us both, it came in unannounced
The flowers and the warmth
Arrived without a sound

And people like us are far too rare
But this scene plays our everywhere
With quite guitars and minor chords
We lost what we loved, and that’s the cost

And cities like ours forgive their best
Patios and bars will give us rest
Sidewalks and crowds will give us home
People will part and we’ll move on

And dew drops on grass will wash our feet
Scooters and cars will roam the streets
Balloons and kites will float above
Evenings and nights won’t last too long

Em7-A-Dm-G-C

And later in the summer, when the wind subsides
When the heat surrounds you

Sitting on the park bench, staring at the clouds
I will think about you

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Photo credit: misspiano

Faintly Glow...

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:55:00 -0400

Faintly Glow LYRICS:
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Em-C-G-D

Brightly the morning bathes the city in the sun
And the light falls on the thousands of lives that she knows
Yet she only lives one

Oh no, what’s wrong? is it your mind in disarray?
Where to go? What to do? And what to say?
You don’t know, so you follow and obey

And afternoons come slowly where you’re from
The moon and stars will faintly glow
But not yet shine

And words come hard when times are rough like this
The friends and family that you missed
Once upon a time

If we are not forgiven, we’re sorry that we lied
We’re no longer children wasting our time
Suddenly it matters what is bad and good
I will write you letters, like I said I would

And we will come back slowly, but we will finish strong
We will right what really, should have not been wronged
But light is just like darkness, they surround us
And look at our future it’s just like our past

It’s a matter of patience, we will wait it out
Looking for redemption that will not be found
And suddenly it’s clear why it all seems wrong
We’re not like our peers, we do not belong

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Photo credit: Stacy Michelle

Changes LYRICS:———————...

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:56:00 -0400

Changes LYRICS:
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D-A-Hm-G

People say our time is wasted
We congregate in peculiar places.
We know, the further they go,
The weight on their shoulders grows and grows.
They lie, the look in their eyes
Is something we can recognize.

Others think with a bit more power
They can change such views as ours
They try, in courts, and offices
In schools and universities
But change, comes from within
And think about it what you will

Spring time, we’re underneath the same sky
In the shadows of the same dark clouds

Rain falls on the cars and windows
of the bars, where we are safe and sound

We leave when stars come out
Street lights reflecting at our feet
These nights we often ask ourselves
Just what else do we need

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Photo credit: jah~

Over the...

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:49:00 -0400

Over the Holidays LYRICS:
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Fm-G-C-Am

They almost spilled their whiskey, toasting their achievements
But now it’s time, please kindly die
Take off your tie, it suits you fine
It’s not a crime to share your life with friends

The world is not a whore, don’t pay it
It is not a law, so don’t
Obey it any more, this is the end

Over the holidays, look both ways then cross
Pretend that you are lost

Or take it to the road, the sunset in a sea side town
The moon and clouds

The paper boats along the river bank
The random stops along the interstate
The summer breeze

The small towns barely getting by
On vintage stores and homemade pies

This land that we inherited, but squandered

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Photo credit: Greg Donikian

Behind...

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:59:00 -0500

Behind Bars LYRICS:
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Hm-F#m-D-A-Em-G

They spend too many hours behind bars
On top and often underneath them
Let’s try and figure out what it means and then
Their fate might not be ours

The wine and weed, take off the edge
Sometimes the edge is what is needed
And they regret making new friends
When their new friends have succedded

F-Em-Am-Dm

The breakdown and the fortress
Built within a week.
You hate those fuckers
They will not die in their sleep

The silence, and the phone is dead
The cord ripped out
Give it a year and you might
figure this thing out.

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Photo credit: Frederic Poirot

A Touch Too...

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:23:00 -0500

A Touch Too Much LYRICS:
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Am-C-Dm-Em

We run through the meadows
We crash through the door
There’s war in the ghettos
In suburbs there’s war

And it’s all a touch too close to home
And we think too much to ever know

How the somber eyes see the darkest night
How the somber hearts know what’s wrong and right

On the river bank we
Lay in the sand
In the shade of the trees
We understand

And it’s all a touch too close to home
And we think too much to ever know
How the somber eyes glow
How the somber hearts overflow

Fm-Am-Dm-Em

And we won’t apologize
It is just as we decided
But it’s all a touch too much
And it seems a bit misguided

But we won’t be holding back
Or pretend that we’re unhappy
But it’s all a touch too sad
and it’s all a bit too heavy

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Photo credit: ViaMoi

Rainy Evening...

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:22:55 -0500

Rainy Evening LYRICS:
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Am-Dm-Em-Am

I feel I’m losing just this fight
But not this battle
And every choice I justified
To make this better

And if that makes it hard to find
A grain of wheat in fields of barley
Then doing nothing… hardly
Makes it right

C-G-F-Am

Go beyond the city limits
Find where you belong
But a rainy evening calls for a rainy song

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Photo credit: David Pham

All The...

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:41:43 -0500

All The Best LYRICS:
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F-Em-Am

The winter will end, and so will spring
And here’s to those that of you who bring
A smile to a friend

And all the best to those of us
Who still recall the things that passed
A while after their end

Dm-Am-Em-F

And if you can’t, the city lights will guide you home
You had your fun, but in the end you’re still alone
You traced the steps of those that came before you,
Walked through doors they opened for you,
Read the notes they left upon your wall

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Photo credit: sitatof

I just bought a new microphone and it’s amazing!...

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:47:00 -0500

I just bought a new microphone and it’s amazing! Especially for the kind of one-track demos that I record. Little to no noise, the volume levels are perfect, I honestly wish I got this a year ago! I still sing off key though…

The Night LYRICS:
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Am-C-G-Dm F-Em-Am

The night, it gathers itself
at the easternmost end of horizon
It rises to task, but it falters against city lights

The cold, it longs for some rest,
it prays for the best, but it’s hopeless
So hopeless the moon hangs itself in the sky

Dm-F-Em-Am

But I am here alone,
staring throught the glass
into a city park where snow
is covering the grass

I am here alone
looking throught the window
at the frozen shapes below
welcoming the winter

The bars, they open themselves
to the ones who can’t stand, in the city,
and charge exhuberant prices as if out of spite

The stars, their small beady eyes
unblinking and wise, full of pity,
reflecting themselves upon reservoirs

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Photo credit: Yves.

Updated version with my new mic! By...

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:54:00 -0500

Updated version with my new mic!

By Grace… LYRICS:
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G-Em-C-D

By grace and the love of god, be silent
I don’t want to hear another word of this
This awfulness.

Turn off this television channel
Log off the web, let’s go and grab a drink right now
This brings me down

Things have never stayed the same and they never would
And we’ll be ok, though it’s not all good
Just look at us today, we look
Like we passed away

I have always been your friend and when you beckoned
I often came, and for the record
This is not the worst that we weathered
We’ll be fine

We’ll be fine, mistakes and losses
We’ll be fine, effects and causes

And if things do not turn out the way you hoped
Just turn around, road is long and we have found
that if you walk along, you’ll get somewhere

There’s a million lives that you can live
People will love you and forgive,
And in another Christmas’ eve, you’ll be fine

But if it all goes down from here
If we fade out and disappear
Well at least let’s grab a beer pint
And not speak of this with a clear mind

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Photo credit: ansik

Updated version with my new mic! New...

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:06:00 -0500

Updated version with my new mic!

New Age LYRICS:
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D-A-Hm-F#m

It’s harder then it was,
To look around you and see a smile.
Has it been going out of style?
Well then… well then..

You sound a bit disheveled
Did you take a nap or just wake up?
Is three PM not late enough?
I’ll call you back again in 10

Call us boring, and say our stories are dull
You don’t have to, but we like what we’ve become

In this new age,
So what if we’re not righting wrongs?
We’re painting pictures, writing songs.
Our means, our ends.

So don’t act surprised
If we act proud, and feel entitled;
We order rounds, while you’re enlightened,
We’re still your friends

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Photo credit: yewenyi

Update: Re-uploaded a new version. Silence Descends...

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:08:00 -0500

Update: Re-uploaded a new version.

Silence Descends LYRICS:
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D-A-Em
Silence descends unto a house
Empty of sounds and words
Silence reflects down the streets
In corners of all the boroughs

Silence it seems, comes like a dream
and crushes the unprepared

D-A-Em-G
It’s too much wieght on their shoulders
To be alone as they get older
As people lose their jobs and homes
To sit and think and wait their turn

But you and I, what are we doing?
Beer and wine, and late night movie
We don’t buy into this feeling
Life is hard, but it’s forgiving

Silence breaks the conversation
But it’s a cause and an occasion
To reflect on what has happened
To be compassionate and happy

To be alone, among the crowds
And feel at home

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Photo credit: Trapac

Playlist lyrics:———————————————————— G-C-Em-DI’m having...

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:24:00 -0500

Playlist lyrics:
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G-C-Em-D
I’m having people over at my place, I hope you’re here
And bring with you some beer or someone

And I will make a playlist of the songs I want to hear
In your company, I hope that you don’t mind

There’s no TV, but that’s for better, I suppose.
Who wants to see the carbombs in Iraq

Who wants to see the hurricanes and wars
I think that we have seen enough

Em-Am-D-C
We stumble home at 3am,
load up on asperin and water
Thinking we’ve done the most we can

We will wake up with the light
And we will separate the truth,
from what we though was true last night

And still the doubts linger on
In longer shadows of the morning
Oh, did we do anything wrong?

On the sunday afternoon
We walk the city reminiscing
Not realizing what we missed
But we will all find out soon

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Photo credit: Caesar Sebastian

November...

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:21:01 -0500

November Afternoons lyrics:
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Em-Am-D-G
It’s so fucken cold
The winter came early this time
You put on a coat
And I rammage the closet for mine

It dawned on me then
It’s been almost a year for us
It’s winter again
And the puddles turn into glass

And headbands turn into hats
and sneakers turn into boots
And we walk hand in hand
On November afternoons

The stock market plummet again
Our friends are out of work
And the city shivers at night
As we try to escape the cold

And the greetings turn into frowns
And suggestions turn into rules
And we’re out and about
on November afternoons

But November evenings come so early
These are times we hoped would never come

And later city lights are glowing
This was our chance and we succumb

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Photo credit: amanky

M.O.R. lyrics:———————————————————— F-Em-Am-Dm ...

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:18:00 -0400

M.O.R. lyrics:
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F-Em-Am-Dm F-Em-Am

We’re middle class and middle of the road
our time has passed us by and what
are we to do, is still not clear

The bars are full of out-of-towners
we run away, we are not cowards
we just prefer to not stay here

We’re on our last breath, we’re last in line
and first to leave them all behind
in haze of their cheap wine, and cheaper beer

We stare at the night, lit up by the tower
We stare at the sky that goes on forever
We stare in awe, at the end of the era

We don’t mind at all, we don’t really care
We stare in awe, at the end of the era

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Photo credit: The Library of Congress

LYRICS:———————————————————— D-G-C E7-Am And hey, good morning...

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:16:12 -0400

LYRICS:
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D-G-C E7-Am

And hey, good morning sleepyhead
behind us are the towns we left
in front of us the one we call our home

And hey! Good morning sunshine that is all
Behind us, everything we know
In front of us, our life unrolls

Again, it hardly matters
Just pits and ladders
We rise and fall

On this, beautiful morning
We wake up yawning
What will it hold?

And look, we revolve around the world
We believe revolves arounds us
And we’re surprised when things don’t come to pass

And yeah, we care too much to be content
But sun will rise, and snow will melt
And nothing trully bad will last

Again, it hardly matters
It’s just bits and letters
We rise and fall

On this, beautiful morning
We wake up yawning
What will it hold?

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Photo credit: sgs_1019

LYRICS:———————————————————— Dm-Am-Em-Am look at us now, our...

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:01:05 -0400

LYRICS:
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Dm-Am-Em-Am

look at us now, our city is snowing us in
our cabs are passing us by
our buses are not to be seen

A few short months and then
the spring will meet us at the crossroads
between the rain and snow storms

And after a while when my glasses no longer fog up
when I enter your house
and we’re still in love

Later in the night, somebody is yawning
But we can drink until, early in the morning

we can sleep on couches, we can sit on bar stools
while talking about, just what our lives have come to

look at us now, our city is snowing us in
our cabs are passing us by
our busses are not to be seen

And then, sirens-blare, firetrucks are sliding on ice
They don’t notice us there
oh, they’re saving lives

Come, take my hand and let’s walk,
it’s a long way back, so
Tighten your coat.

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Photo credit: carst

LYRICS:———————————————————— Am-C-F-E7Another night, the same...

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:40:00 -0500

LYRICS:
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Am-C-F-E7
Another night, the same old town
Dim basement lights, indifferent crowd
The drinks are passed around the bar
Your wasted friends not very far

And through the speakers by the door
you hear a song from long ago
You never left things where they lay
“Imagine all the people, living for today”

Dm-Em-Am
And that song that tears you apart
and ends too soon
With nostalgia ripping out your heart
that simple tune
But it’s more than just the melancholy
for the past
It’s a bruise, and bruises last

F-E7-Am
And when you look around
your friends are silent, well
they recognize

And they shy away
and look surprised but
it’s in their eyes

And if you see past their
ironic sneer, oh
They feel it too

We’re all bruised and not just you

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