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From Earth to Heaven With A Smile
I
The seasons, they go round and round
one by one in a line
a mummified magnificence
where all we feel we can’t define
and one by one we’re heaven-sent
grief-stricken vows across the miles
as a hand reaches down
a hand to raise you
from earth to heaven with a smile
from earth to heaven with a smile
II
Oh, it’s hard to free your head
from such a busy time
spoon-fed, force-fed,
rammed down the throat, led-dead,
nothing to do but all fall in line
but all the while I’ve been waiting
for the cosmic phone on which we dial
a prayer sent out
a message received
from earth to heaven with a smile
from earth to heaven with a smile
III
Well, I could tell you stories
of countless griefs
of so many people crawling along
like their hands are tied
behind their backs to their feet…
but still each morning they wake up
and they wonder what’s going to come down
and they walk in the sunset
walk by the seaside
walking down to the old part of town
at the Judgement Gate they’re waiting,
creating all their secret trials
when a hand comes down
a hand to raise them
from earth to heaven with a smile
from earth to heaven with a smile
IV
It’s a fortress mentality
close the ranks and join the pack
and pile up the sandbags so high
combat boots and hard-hat helmets
and bulletproof glass enclosing the sky
and we brick up the windows
and we plastic up all the vents
surround ourselves behind the safety
of a cast-iron white picket fence
but then one day the doors all open
and they’re coming to the light after a while
and a million hearts
and a million hands
sing
from earth to heaven with a smile
from earth to heaven with a smile
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It All Slips Away
04:09
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It All Slips Away
so lush
and the leaves
so green
one day
it stays like this
and then
it all slips away
It all slips away
It all slips away
It all slips away
hold on
hold on
our love is leaving
so sad to see it go
our love is leaving
I didn’t even know
(I didn’t even know)
as it just all slipped away…
It all slips away
It all slips away
It all slips away
he could feel that world slipping away
the house green
with the vines and leaves coming down
situated at the back of a large garden
with a different kind of light
it was a world that was ending
he could feel it receding…
It all slips away
It all slips away
It all slips away
and once again
it all slips away….
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As I Must Leave You
05:33
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As I Must Leave You
I have seen
your soul before me
I’ve been trying
to waste away
hurt so bad
thought you knew me
knew that I had
nothing left to say
I have been
alone too long
I’ve got a reason
to sing this song:
these are the reasons I was given
I had nothing left to say
I hurt you - you came with me
these are the reasons we're still here today
come back tomorrow
please make me stay
you got something for me
please don’t take it away
hurt me so softly
you heard what I meant to say
these are the reasons I’m still here today
I tried to believe you
I tried to be kind
everything
is left behind
that’s what you said
when you changed your mind
I got three reasons
each one’s as good as the next
I list each one in order
I don’t expect that you’ll object
as I must leave you
please let me go
It’s not a choice
I made easily
but it’s the only choice I know
cause I must leave you
I must be gone
it’s taken four minutes
there’s one minute left
then I’ll be gone
I said I was sorry
I said I was wrong
but now I must leave you
now I’ll be gone
in the
early
morning light
early
morning light
let me go
let me go
as I must leave you
won't you let me go....
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Life Goes On (Without You)
You left me
you said that I was no good
upset me
like you knew you would
but does the sun stop shining ?
no!
does the stock market crash?
And though you tried in vain
to cause me deepest pain
life goes on without you
life goes on without you
life goes on
without you
Unspoken
I had all I could stand
unbroken
I’m doing the best I can
cause does the rain quit falling?
no!
do the seasons stop ?
And though you tried in vain
to cause me deepest pain
life goes on without you
life goes on without you
life goes on
without you, oh...
do the tides stop turning?
no!
do the heavens shake ?
And though you tried in vain
to cause me deepest pain
life goes on without you
life goes on without you
life goes on
without you.
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Coda (O Bounteous Night)
02:01
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Coda
no more sleep
no, sleep must not come
these tired branches
these wasted legions
firefly dancing
in the heat of the night
now is the time
when precise rhythms
begin to flow
out of one and all
dizzying
inexplicable
an ever-changing
shift of moods
an ever-changing
shift of colors
bounteous night
oh bounteous night!
a procession of dreams
a mixture of heavens
a procession of dreams
a mixture of heavens
a procession of dreams
a mixture of heavens
from earth to heaven with a smile
from earth to heaven with a smile
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Phil Smith & Corsage Vancouver, British Columbia
Emerging out of Vancouver during the post-punk era, the musical collective Corsage features the core group of Phil Smith (vocals), Bill Napier-Hemy (guitar), Ron Allan (bass) and John Cody (drums). Over 7 albums and numerous live performances and broadcasts, they have collaborated with some of Vancouver's finest musical and artistic talents on songs that run from trance to hard pop to techno-folk. ... more
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