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When the babies are grown up,
And they move so far away,
Live their lives, only call sometimes, we’ll learn to be OK.
But one day we’ll long for the chaos of this crowded, messy house,
‘Cause the good old days are happening right now.
I will remember you walking towards me in that dress,
Long after I’ve forgotten my own name.
As every other thing about me cracks and fades away,
The way I love you stays and stays and stays.
When the babies are grown up,
And they move so far away,
Live their lives, only call sometimes, we’ll learn to be OK.
But one day we’ll long for the chaos of this crowded, messy house,
‘Cause the good old days are happening right now.
I used to carry you twenty blocks home on my back,
Late nights when your shoes would hurt your feet.
Seems a thousand lives ago, but the memory’s just as sweet,
And you kept me safe from much worse things than glass out in the street.
When the babies are grown up,
And they move so far away,
Live their lives, only call sometimes, we’ll learn to be OK.
But one day we’ll long for the chaos of this crowded, messy house,
‘Cause the good old days are happening right now.
May I get to wake beside you twenty thousand mornings more,
May the only thing that we don’t have enough of soon be born.
May we live to love each other even more than we do now somehow.
When the babies are grown up,
And they move so far away,
Live their lives, only call sometimes, we’ll learn to be OK.
But one day we’ll long for the chaos of this crowded, messy house,
‘Cause the good old days are happening right now.
‘Cause the good old days are happening right now.
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Lie, Cheat, and Steal
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Lie, Cheat & Steal
Words and Music by Ron Pope
I wanna take us both to Amsterdam,
Photograph statues in the park, wander the Red Light after dark.
Laugh like little kids (who) should’ve known better,
Inside voices, timezone lessons.
Half a world away from where our problems are.
You said “I won’t ask you to do anything that you don’t wanna do,”
So I’d appreciate you thinking this thing through.
(And) if you’re gonna lie, baby lie right in my arms,
If you’re gonna cheat, let’s cheat death here in the dark,
If you’re gonna steal, baby steal my breath away,
You can lie, cheat and steal if you stay.
I hold your silhouette,
In the darkest corridors of my recalling.
Said you don’t leave the ground no more, you’re scared of falling.
But I remember you wrapped in my sweater,
Messing up the words to “London Calling,”
Walkin’ back to your place in the morning.
You said “I won’t ask you to do anything that you don’t wanna do,”
So I’d appreciate you thinking this thing through.
(And) if you’re gonna lie, baby lie right in my arms,
If you’re gonna cheat, let’s cheat death here in the dark,
If you’re gonna steal, baby steal my breath away,
You can lie, cheat and steal if you stay.
We’re running out of runway,
And everybody knows it.
I can hear what you say,
(But) I’m asking you to show me.
(And) if you’re gonna lie, baby lie right in my arms,
If you’re gonna cheat, let’s cheat death here in the dark,
If you’re gonna steal, baby steal my breath away,
You can lie, cheat and steal…
(And) if you’re gonna lie, baby lie right in my arms,
If you’re gonna cheat, let’s cheat death here in the dark,
If you’re gonna steal, baby steal my breath away,
You can lie, cheat and steal if you stay.
You can lie, cheat and steal if you stay.
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Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road,
Time grabs you by the wrist directs you where to go.
So make the best of this test and don’t ask why,
It’s not a question but a lesson learned in time.
It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right,
I hope you had the time of your life.
So take the photographs and still frames in your mind,
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good times,
Tattoos and memories and dead skin on trial,
For what it’s worth, it was worth all the while.
It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right,
I hope you had the time of your life.
It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right,
I hope you had the time of your life.
It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right,
I hope you had the time of your life.
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Make Me Stay
03:00
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Touch me like it’s the very first time,
Kiss me, it’s gonna be a long night.
Hold me like you’re afraid I’ll walk away.
Love me like you’re tryin’ to make me stay.
I’ll try to keep it simple, I’ve been known to talk too much.
No matter what I say I’m sure, the words won’t be enough.
I’ve told you that I need you in a thousand different ways,
But just in case I guess I’ll try it one more time today.
Touch me like it’s the very first time,
Kiss me, it’s gonna be a long night.
Hold me like you’re afraid I’ll walk away.
Love me like you’re tryin’ to make me stay.
I gave you my ring, I gave you my name,
I gave you every single thing I ever had to give away.
I’ve loved you, I’ve loved you when it’s hard,
I have loved you in daylight and loved you in the dark.
I changed myself for you, and God knows that I don’t change,
I need more from you this moment than I needed yesterday.
If the devil comes for me, I’d have to tell him he’s too late,
Because my soul belongs to you it isn’t mine to give away.
Touch me like it’s the very first time,
Kiss me, it’s gonna be a long night.
Hold me like you’re afraid I’ll walk away.
Love me like you’re tryin’ to make me stay.
Love me like you’re tryin’ to make me stay.
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I wanna hold the hand inside you,
I wanna take the breath that’s true,
I look to you and I see nothing,
I look to you to see the truth.
You live your life, you go in shadow,
You’ll come apart and you’ll go black,
Some kind of night into your darkness,
Colors your eyes with what’s not there.
Fade into you,
Strange you never knew.
Fade into you,
I think it’s strange you never knew.
The stranger’s light it comes on slowly,
A stranger’s heart without a home.
You put your hands into your head,
A million smiles cover your heart.
Fade into you,
Strange you never knew.
Fade into you,
I think it’s strange you never knew.
Fade into you,
Strange you never knew.
Fade into you,
I think it’s strange you never knew.
I think it’s strange you never knew.
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Ron Pope Nashville, Tennessee
Platinum recording independent artist, Ron Pope, made a name for himself in the early days of music streaming with the viral success of his song, “A Drop in the Ocean” - which has now been streamed over 1 billion times going platinum in the US and double platinum in Sweden. ... more
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