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1. |
Brightest One
03:44
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Brightest One - Douglas Aldridge 2010
(verse 1)
You'll have to try
Your best to see me
You'll have to look
So very, very closely
I'm now about
To perform a feat.
So please don't turn away
Oh no, please don't leave your seat.
(Bridge 1)
As I levitate,
Off the ground.
I'm gonna have to turn gravity
Upside down
Oh no,
now that's not it
There's one more thing
I'm going to ascend to the heavens
And start disappearing.
(Chorus)
Well that's all right
No, that's ok
I will see you again
On another day
Hold me close
Try not to breathe
Where living is so easy
From the tops of trees.
(Verse 2)
When I'm gone
Baby, please don't cry.
I will see you, soon,
In another life.
Now just look
To the stars
And the brightest one
Will be
Me
For you shining down
(Bridge 2)
Life is a flash
Of the brightest light
And when it all ends
You know, it'll be all right
Now,
Don't be afraid
You know I've made my choice
And that's to choose mine
Over your voice.
(Chorus)
Well that's all right
No, that's ok
I will see you again
On another day
Hold me close
Try not to breathe
Where living is so easy
From the tops of trees.
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2. |
Young Man's Game
03:26
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Young Mans Game
Well they say,
Don't throw your life away
Cause love is just a
Young mans game
And you don't have
That much time anyway
So the doctor prescribes
Me two pills a day
I take two
Then I take two more
I take two
Walking out my door
And I take two
Laying on my floor
I take two
And I don't care anymore
Shadow's creepin' all around me
Sometimes I feel like their eyeing
Like, I just need to keep on neverminding
In the shadows, I know they want to bind me.
The light, of the sun, is so blinding
And I can't seem to keep my past behind me
And I feel like going into hiding
When I probably just need to start unwinding
Well they say,
Don't throw your life away
Cause love is just a
Young mans game
And you don't have
That much time anyway
So the doctor prescribes
Me two pills a day
I take two
Then I take two more
I take two
Walking out my door
And I take two
Laying on my floor
I take two
And I don't care anymore
Shadow's creepin' all around me
Sometimes I feel like their eyeing
Like, I just need to keep on neverminding
In the shadows, I know they want to bind me.
The light, of the sun, is so blinding
And I can't seem to keep my past behind me
And I feel like going into hiding
When I probably just need to start unwinding
And I want to
You know that I'd love to
But I,
Just can't believe
That it's true
And I want you
And I need you
But,
from the Shadow's
I can't see you
No I can't see you
No not all.
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3. |
Perfect World
02:36
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Perfect World
(Intro)
If you wish the world was all right
If you wish the world was all right
(Bridge)
And here I stand
On a pillar of sand
That I just made next to the ocean
Before the tide sets in.
And here I stand
On a pillar of sand
That I just made next to the ocean
Before the tide sets in.
(Verse 1)
I'm lost and I'm loaded up
I'm looking for my only love
In the bottom of
An empty cup
We took communion, Now we're folded up,
We're looking to the lord above.
We need total love.
Now we've sobered up.
(Bridge)
If you wish the world was all right
If you wish the world was all right
(Verse 2)
I'm lost and I'm loaded up
I'm looking for my only love
In the bottom of
An empty cup.
And here I stand
On a pillar of sand
That I just made next to the ocean
Before the tide sets in
We took communion, Now we're folded up,
We're looking to the lord above.
We need total love.
Now we've sobered up.
(Outro)
If you wish the world was all right
All you have to do, Is make believe.
If you wish the world was all right
All you have to do, Is make believe.
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4. |
The Scoot Outta Here
02:55
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The Scoot Outta Here
I'm stuck, In a hole
Right about now
And I need to find a
Loophole
So I can get out
So I can get out
I'm walking the longest line
That's ever been drawn
And I need to find myself
Or just what page I'm on
And I'm looking at the mirror image
Reflecting back at me
I'm making faces at myself
Because I love to make believe
That I just can't keep
My feet dry
I think that I might just need to reach up
And kiss the sky good bye
We see,
Serious sub makers
And we play,
Pretty polyphonic records
And we think,
That elephants are everything
We sing,
Illuminatti alliterations
I take what I want
You know I gotta take what's mine
And I know that I don't have much
But I'll give you all my time
And I love to make you laugh
'Cause I love to see you smile
And I love to watch you stroll
When I'm strolling from behind
We see,
Serious sub makers
And we play,
Pretty polyphonic records
And we think,
That elephants are everything
We sing,
Illuminatti alliterations
Black fountains,
That flow black blood
Red hearts,
That flow red floods
And blue eyes,
That bleed blue tears
And grey thoughts,
Bring grey fears
I'm stuck, In a hole
Right about now
And I need to find a
Loophole
So I can get out
So I can get out
So I can get out
So I can get out.
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5. |
Pick It Up
02:50
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Pick it up
(Chorus)
And I know this life
Is enough to make you cry
Sometimes
And you know this life
Is so much bigger
Than you and I
(Verse 1)
You told me you were
Giving it all up,
Giving it all up,
Giving it all up,
So you could see better
Through you're third eye.
But I guess that
It was a lie though,
It was a lie though,
It was a lie though,
And now I don't even
Wanna know why.
(Chorus)
And I know this life
Is enough to make you cry,
Sometimes.
And you know this life
Is so much bigger
Than you and I
(Bridge)
Come with me and you will see
Everything you thinks a dream
And you'll be sitting wondering
If it was all just make believe
Now I don't think
But sometimes drink
And smoke cigarettes
Habitually
So if I die statistically
Then maybe you'll
Remember me
Hey, walk don't run
The time has come
The last days of our earths begun
And time runs over everyone
We're stone cold sitting frozen stunned
Walk don't run
The time has come
The last days of our earths begun
And time runs over everyone.
(Verse 2)
You put it out and I was
picking it all up,
picking it all up,
picking it all up,
Every dog has his
day In this life.
And I could see Your
emotions were high though,
emotions were high though,
emotions were high though,
So I didn't even
Give it a try.
(Chorus x's 2)
And I know this life
Is enough to make you cry
Sometimes
And you know this life
Is so much bigger
Than you and I
And I know this life
Is enough to make you cry
Sometimes
And you know this life
Is so much bigger
Than you and I
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6. |
Leaving My Baby (Live)
03:40
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Leaving My Baby lyrics - Douglas Aldridge
(VERSE 1)
I woke up this morning and I put my shoes on.
Walked out my back door I gotta keep moving on.
I'm leaving my baby,
I said I'm leaving my baby,
I said I'm leaving my baby cause she never ever understood.
I packed up my things in an old gunny sack.
I strapped my guitar right across my back.
I'm leaving my baby,
I said I'm leaving my baby,
I said I'm leaving my baby cause she never ever treats me good.
(VERSE 2)
I walk down the road and I hold my thumb out.
I'm booked, I gotta go, I gotta message to shout.
I'm leaving my baby,
I said I'm leaving my baby,
I said I'm leaving my baby cause she never ever understood.
If your woman she don't love and she don't care for you.
Just take my advice here's what you got to do.
Say I'm leaving you baby,
Just say I'm leaving you baby,
Just say I'm leaving you baby cause you never ever treats me good.
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Douglas Aldridge Atlanta, Georgia
Douglas Aldridge is a passionate and eccentric American Multi-instrumentalist and Alternative, Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter residing in Atlanta, GA. Born in Miami, FL., in February 1985. Douglas's father and grandfather were both also great singers, making Douglas Aldridge a 3rd generation singer and entertainer. Douglas Aldridge grew up listening to the music of his parents and grandparents. ... more
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