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erik koskinen letters and postcards

letters and postcards
i'll take these changes up to the next one
i'll live my life until i am done
i'll swim the ocean until i drown
i'll build it up until it all falls down
i took in what you said and that's why i ran
ain't i good enough just the way that i am?
i didn't play at your party so all your friends could see
whatever it was that you wanted me to be
didn't mingle with the crowd and smile from the heart
'cause my soul dropped through my shoe just a bit to far
it's the way that you think that i don't understand
ain't i good enough just the way that i am?
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i'll send you a postcard from so far away
i'll send you a letter every single day
the return address will be worn right through
i guess there was something that i never knew
i'll do what i have to everybody must get by
but doing that and giving in is a paper-thin line
i'm here on my will and that's the way it's gonna be
there's a difference between wanting and need
i'll do what i'll do and i'll do what i can
ain't i good enough just the way that i am?

it's gone
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you can complain and i can bite my tongue
i can say something find you turn around and run
i could say hello and you would say good-bye
i could say nothing and you would ask me why
what are we doing in a place like this
there ain't no such thing as a permanent bliss
we're all looking for that special kiss
but when you're gone you'll finally be missed
why is that look on your face like that
like there's no better place to be at
you used to have eyes like a cat
but now they're gone
you could behind my back when i leave
and i'm sorry if that's what you believe
if you don't understand you can ask
but take off the mask
i could sit with coffee and save myself
with the myth of saving somebody else
then reality will set in and then it's gone
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you had a good job and you had a firm bed,
you threw it all away and then you left
and you never really lost your head,
so why is your face all red
you walk down by the river side
and take everyone you know for a ride
and i'm not saying that you lied
but you were wrong
you got some story for everything,
you got some line for everyone
you got some twisted kind of fun,
sort of like staring down at the sun
you call that a risk of life
and you call that a forlorn light
and oh yeah you got it right
but now it's gone

no fortune
i try to keep it simple, i try to keep my plans down
i'll try to give you what you want
i try to keep a smile yeah but somedays it's hard
somedays it's all that i got
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i ain't got no fortune for you
i ain't got no wasted love
i ain't got no fortune for you
i ain't got no extra time
we could call it love or we could walk away
yeah but love ain't that bad
you could be the lonely one or you could stay
and it would be me that you would have
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you say you need something to make you live a little
and we could talk about it all night long
sit here and worry about someone else's time
and that's where the talk would be all wrong
you threw it out the window and now it's gone
destination in the air when you leave
you had your ticket and you were bound
you had a plan wrapped in your sleeve

santa fe
consider yourself the lucky one, consider yourself unharmed
you looked each other in the eye when you met down at the bar
and so now you don't have to fight and you don't have to run
i'm not here to please you, i'm not here for anyone
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so i'm gonna go up to the hills somewhere near santa fe
and if you don't come along i'm gonna run away
so don't cry me to sleep, i told you all i know
i'm gonna go to santa fe when i'm good enough to go
so i'm leaving pretty quick, either on bus or on train
i ain't got no face honey, i ain't got no name
and if i'm still alive, won't you come with me
honey i couldn't treat you bad, i couldn't do that to you
the man is gonna get you
i said that i was leaving because i forgot your name
there is a rumor in the making but a rumor's all the same
if it was up to you i could be your stooge
i could be your string puppet and i would fill the room
and they say... the man is gonna get you
there is a little corner store where the suits hang out
they made a world full of dues and they made a world full of doubt
then a rainstorm came with a bucket full of soap
washed away all your dreams, washed away all the hope
and they say... the man is gonna get you
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you don't have to be old to feel like you are
you don't have to leave to go very far
and even though all your saviors died
they all tried for you, but the man is gonna get you
poor man on the street, he's old forgotten time
taking step after step to free his mind
found his life, found his home under the sky on the concrete
taking step after step, he cannot feel his feet
and they say... the man is gonna get you
we got a code for money, got a code for living
we got a code for fighting, got a code for killing
and they hear us say it and they tell us we are wrong
they say the human race is dying but we are already gone
and they say... the man is gonna get you

love is love
love is love and that's the way it's gonna be
i say darling don't you fall in love with me
you can't love no one, you can't love it all
love is love and i'm a bound to fall
there is no love here so i'll go and find it somewhere
i heard about your love but do you really care
i can't afford your love and i can't afford to stay
i guess i ain't been around long enough to know the game love plays
love is love when it's all year long
and you can't turn it off 'cause it's on too strong
love is love and that's the way it's gonna be
i say hey now darling won't you come and talk with me
you know attraction just got the best of me
i really got nothing so you're gonna turn back around
i saw it coming from so far away
love isn't love when it's just fooling around

i got to go
everybody tells me the roof is coming on down
i better not mess up, no fooling around
i ain't got no friend, got no women to stay
i think i'll ride westward, i think i'll ride away
yes i'm leaving for what i like best,
yes i'm leaving, i cannot rest
i got to go
i don't know what i'm gonna do, but i got to go
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i got to go, you wanna come along?
i don't know what i'm gonna do, but i got to go
everybody tells me... everybody tells me
i'll write you a letter, i'll call you on the telephone
i'll tell you what i am doing, doing so far away from home
i got no time for whiskey, got no time to dance
i say girl come with me maybe we can give it a chance
and they're coming after me, i can't stay here anymore
you know the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor
so i'm leaving for what i like best, yes i'm leaving i cannot rest
i got to go, i don't know what i'm gonna do, but i got to go

mama don't cry
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mama don't cry and mama don't go
mama don't lie and mama don't know
he's got a little habit of putting her down
all his friends laugh when she is around
he's got a little boy who thinks he's great
and he's got a daughter learning how to hate
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she raise her voice and he raise his hand
and she give in to another command
do the dishes and make my drink
mama don't talk and he says mama don't think... but
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there's a threatening voice when she wants to leave
oh he's sorry mama don't she see
it's got the making of an unfair game
and at the door he yells out her name
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well now mama she's gone for good
she left him right where he stood
she says what it was is what it was
and walk down the street with a smile because...

let it go
hey now little girl, don't go away
we've been here so long did you hear what i say
hey now little girl, they all know your name
hey now little girl, they all know your game
we've been here so long they can't stand your name
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you gotta move on, you gotta let go
you gotta take a chance girl, you gotta let go
hey now little girl, we've been here too long
ain't done nothing right ain't done nothing wrong
the train is leaving, i'm leaving too
the train is leaving, it's what i gotta do
i found too much of nothing here and i found it too soon

what's done is done
i know that you really didn't mean it
when you said you don't care
they all told you to leave well enough alone
now you're gone and don't know where
i know that you really didn't mean it
when you said you were doing fine
you've counting every single day
like a release from prison time
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and i ain't got a reason
that i ain't coming around
i just gotta go home for now
i know that you couldn't believe it
when you knew you had to go back
i know that you always wanted to leave
you knew you followed the wrong track
i know that you couldn't believe it
when you decided to come
i don't think you'll ever know the reason
but you do know what's done is done
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i know that you couldn't see it
but someone there wanted you
someday you would go to retrieve it
it was something that you always knew
yes i know that you had to leave it
you knew you had to have a change
the change wasn't how you perceived it
so it all turned out to be the same