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Talking To Myself

by Dallas Thornton

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1.
She said, “Boy, what you crying ‘bout?” I said, “the whole world's crying now” She said, “You gotta shake it off and shake it out Just play your love and play it loud” Well, girl I know if the whole world Could just be touched the way that you’re touching me We’d know peace So let me get you home and We make love ‘till morning Mirrors to the soul (yeah) Every day's a weekend Loving with no pretense Can't believe it's free (yeah) We’ve got to tell ‘em now Let somebody love you Won’t you let somebody in You've got to you let somebody love you? (Yeah) I said it once I'll say it again If you ain't got love you ain't got shit Don't let nobody let you down Just shake it, shake it, shake it proud And let me get you home and We make love till' morning Mirrors to the soul (yeah) Every day's a weekend Loving with no pretense Can't believe it's free (yeah) We've got to tell 'em tell 'em Let somebody love you Won’t you let somebody in You've got to you let somebody love you? (Yeah) I know it's hard when you've got nobody From a lonely point of view It's tricky tricky, buddy, life is funny First, here's what you've got to do You've got to let that somebody be you You can be super cool, boy boy But if you ain't happy what's the point? Now let me get you alone and We make love ‘till morning Mirrors to the soul (yeah) Every day's a weekend Loving with no pretense Don't you know that we can have it all? We gotta tell 'em now... Let somebody love you... And if you can't let somebody love you It doesn’t make you a fool If you can't let somebody love you You gotta let that somebody be you
2.
Ordinary girls don't walk the way she, talk the way she does she understand that girls like her don’t belong in the arms of ordinary men don't walk the way I, talk the way I do I risk a dance to chance romance or to blow my cool? I know better but… Ooh she kicked me in the heart Made a sucker want to start Running circles ‘round those ordinary fools She kicked me in the heart Made a sucker want to start Ah. She’s not an ordinary girl Ordinary Girls don't write the way she, wrong the way she is she up to something? And is that something that she’s up to, no no no no good God girl, your mind is uncurling mine, and I unwind just thinking about things I want to do with, for, and to you And I know I know better but Ooh she kicked me in the heart Made a sucker want to start Running circles ‘round those ordinary fools She kicked me in the heart Made a sucker want to start Ah. She’s not an ordinary girl Ordinary girls Would treat me much better But they ain’t half as clever And I know better but... You know you make me want to Ooh mama. Ooh mama my my my You know you make me want to Ooh mama. Ooh mama my my my She’s not an ordinary girl, mama Girl, mama my my my You know you make me want to Ooh mama. Ooh mama my my my
3.
I Wonder 04:32
Oh little brother of mine What is it that you've been trying to find? You've been walking with your heart out like you were right from the start-out Is it happiness you're trying to find? Is there a face you don't want to know? Is there a place you don't want to go? Uh huh, I think I know Ooh I wonder, Is this kind of wonder Not what you want, what you want, what you want Ooh I wonder, Is this kind of wonder Not what you want at all? Oh holy mother of mind What is it that I've been trying to find? I've been walking with my heart out like I was right from the start-out Is it happiness I'm trying to find? Is there a face I don't want to know? Is there a place I don't want to go? Uh huh, I call it home Ooh I wonder, is this kind of wonder Not what I want, what I want, what I want Ooh I wonder is this kind of slumber Not what I want at all? Taking time to fill the soul But no space can fill that whole So we chase to fit the mold But every face we face is our own Don't say I told you so Ooh I wonder, is this kind of wonder Not what we want, what we want, what we want Ooh I wonder, is this kind of slumber Not what we want at all? (oh no no no) Ooh I wonder, is this kind of wonder Not what we want, what we want, what we want Ooh I wonder, is this spell we’re under Not what we want at all? No it’s not what we want at all But we want it all We want it all
4.
Endlessly 04:25
I woke up in love And they were her eyes I was dreaming of How she undressed before mine And to love her, just to love her But I can't love a girl who's a world away I should forget her anyway But I just can't shake her face And to love her, just to love her Let go Let her go and let her know she's free For to love her is to love her endlessly Let go Let her go and get out of her way For to love her is to love her anyway But then I sneak a peek Of her cheek to cheek With another and I fade In a daydream I can't shake Oh to love her, just to love her I know, I know, I can't love a girl who's a world away For to speak of love these days Is to walk a razorblade And to love her, Just to love her Let go Let her go and let her know she's free For to love her is to love her endlessly Let her go and get out of her way For to love her is to love her anyway Let go Let her go and let her know she’s free For to love her is to love her endlessly…
5.
She’s the type of girl who’s always late She loves good books and to misbehave And she kisses with her tongue and her teeth She knows how many licks it takes A realist who believes in fate And she knows how to shut me up when I shouldn’t speak She wears her candy-colored clothes Sharper than a summer rose And she rolls like a gangster queen She said, “promise me, baby.” I said, “anything, my lady.” She said, “promise me you’ll never make me just another stupid love song.” I said, “Oh, God, gladly – I mean, I do love you madly, But I would never make you just another stupid love song No Well, she’s a broad who’s all home-grown She gets my jokes and she holds her own And she pisses like a man in the street You know there’s nothing as sexy as a beautiful mind Although her front isn’t far behind And her tail end can sometimes take the lead She sings a song and she strikes a pose Makes me come every time she goes Glory, glory, hallelujah She said, “promise me, baby.” I said, “anything, my lady.” “Promise me you’ll never make me just another stupid love song.” I said, “Oh, God, gladly – I mean, I do love you madly But baby I don’t even write those stupid love songs… No, I swear! Well, so, I played her this song But would you believe it, she looked at me with tears in her eyes So I said, “baby what’s wrong? Ah, babe…” That’s when softly, slowly, she told me: “you promised me, baby - You even called me lady – You promised me you’d never make me just another stupid love song It hurts so badly, I thought you loved me madly Why’d you have to go and make me just another stupid love song? Well? Don’t you have anything to say, babe?” … Ah, baby, this one’s not about you anyway… Ey! I know I’m in trouble now babe…
6.
Bad Idea 03:40
Two ex-lovers ain’t a free-for-all Unless you like the taste of the alcohol I’ve got my right arm wrapped around her skin And the wrong hand starts where the right begins Life is short. Youth is free. You’re far from home and you could stay with me But it’s a really really bad idea if you ask me Oh, it’s a really really bad idea if you ask me It’s a really really bad idea if you ask me But she didn’t so I wanted to agree Lord, can you blame me? I love the way, the way you smile when you touch me But it’s a really really bad idea if you ask me Yeah It’s a really really bad idea if you ask me It’s a really really bad idea … if you ask me You can reason your way out of a prison cell But you can’t buy your way out of hell And what feels right in the cool of the night Is a bit too hot for the daylight We’ve all been up, we’ve all been down We’ve all had a thought that turned us inside out If you want to make a jump you better do it quick ‘cause there’s a brief delay between your whip …and your wits And it’s a really bad idea if you ask me Oh, it’s a really really bad idea if you ask me It’s a really really bad idea if you ask me But she didn’t so I wanted to agree That’s when things got ugly I love the way, the way you smile when you touch me But it’s a really really bad idea if you ask me It’s a really really bad idea if you ask me It’s a really really bad idea It’s a really really bad idea if you ask me What more can I say? What more can I say? You can stay. But it’s a… What more can I say? What more can I say? You can stay. But it’s a really really bad idea… But, then again, I guess you didn’t ask me.
7.
Haunted 02:16
Haunted by the song Haunted by that melody of love Honey-hearted lovers speak of secret dreams And better things to do than sleep Sun shine down on me I can smell the rain on the summer street Life is too short not to fall and be in love With everything and everyone so… Look at me, stranger, look at me I can see right through you, devil may cry And I smile knowing that you long To be haunted by the song Electricity is all we are Just wrapped in a plastic sheet Let's not take our story that we tell ourselves So seriously we can't believe it Hungry-hearted love cannot fill the belly of mistrust That’s why all the pretty eyes and plastic smiles Drag silently before their feet Look at me, stranger, look at me I can see right through you, devil may cry And I smile knowing that you long To be haunted by the song
8.
Holes 04:42
Sweetest stranger wanders through the ether Sweet surrender wanders through my mind Pretty pretender plays Paris for the evening Ghost of wonder wonders, who am I? Who am I? Who am I? And who wants to know? I’m trying to find holes in my mind That keep me from keeping away from you I’m trying to find holes in my life That keep me from keeping away from you Love is like lemons, everyone always squeezin’ ‘em The sweeter you are the more they’ll make you bleed Love is like storm clouds, everyone wants to be up there Suffering the fate of a raindrop? Fall. Fall fall fall. Fall you fool. I’m trying to find holes in my mind That keep me from keeping away from you I’m trying to find holes in my life That keep me from keeping away from you Oh, fall you fool Love is like credit – half the time it’s debit and Sooner or later you’re bound to be declined Sweetest creature, you forlorn four-leaf-clover Kiss me now for tomorrow we may die We may die. We may die. But it was worth it all the while Let’s fall I’m trying to find holes in my mind That keep me from keeping away from you I’m trying to find holes in my life That keep me from keeping away… I’m trying to find holes in my mind That keep me from keeping away from you I’m trying to find holes in my life Please don’t let me keep away I’m never far away Away from you Oh, fall you fool You fool
9.
I’ve been high and low low low Feel it ‘till I fill until I overflow And I’ve been trying to go, get gone and go Rushing to be anywhere but home And if home is where the heart is Then the heartless have it the hardest And I don’t want to die With all this life inside me I don’t want to die Without sharing the light So, won’t you let me love you? Won’t you let me in? Won’t you let me love you, my friend? Been talking to myself Sometimes I drink to think Sometimes I drink to health And I’ve been doing well well well Well, maybe I could use some help And distance makes the heart grow But where to start, though, when everywhere I go there I am? And I don’t want to die With all this life inside me I don’t want to die Without sharing the light So, won’t you let me love you? Won’t you let me in? Won’t you let me love you, my friend? I’ve been talking to myself I’ve been talking to myself I’ve been up and down down down Loving everybody’s body but myself What’s lost can be found Sometimes it goes the other way around So, won’t you let me love you? Won’t you let me in? Won’t you let me love you, my friend? I’ve been talking to myself I’ve been talking to myself

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released April 18, 2018

All songs written and produced by Dallas Thornton and all instruments performed and recorded by Dallas Thornton except:

Drums - played by Forrest Raup and recorded at Coupe Studio, engineered by Brandon Calano
Trumpet - Ariel Shrum
Violin - Kenna Tuggle
Female Vocals - Halle Tomlinson

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Indie-Pop/Rock from Boulder to Los Angeles. Love is the answer and music it's soundtrack.

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