And this could go on
For hours and hours
Come what must, may come
You and I, so far away
Come what must, may come

What yesterday’s shown us
Is piling up high
Reflections of what
Of what we’ve become

On the edge of another year
Who knows what’s there
Of past, present and future
We’re somewhere between

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the brightest star

Tonight, you will be so far
Too far away for me
When on this day of newness
In my arms, you should be
You could come by the house
Sit down by the fireplace
I could hold you in my arms
You could hold me in your embrace

I’ll wish upon a star
I’ll wish upon the brightest star

Tonight, you will be so far
Too far away for me
When on this day of newness
In my arms, you should be
You could call me on the phone
We could talk, late into the night
I could write this song for you
You could try to make me laugh

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canadian winters

Canadian winters
Ice cold and bare
I’m feeling you’re absence
Not having ya here
You’re not coming back
I’ve recognized that
There’s nothing that I could ever do
To remedy that

And all the golden skies
Couldn’t bring you home
No, no, no
And all the perfect songs
Couldn’t bring you back
How about that

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tears

A couple planes coming into view
Which one is holding you
Always here and always there
Being brought on the arms of the wind

Soon, you’ll be
Within arms reach
Where tears don’t touch the eyes
You’ll be gathered safe inside

You fill up the grey skies
You birds of traveling
Separated then united again
One day, there’ll be leaving no more

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that’s when it comes

I have to believe
That life always comes at us
Backwards
For when one believes
That all hope is gone
That’s when it comes

And tho’ I may not see it
I must believe that it’s true
And tho’ I may not see it
I must believe that it’s you

I have to believe
That spring always comes after
Winter
I have to believe
That summer comes
After the fall

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from "MAPLEWOOD LANE"t

out of reach
we turned
as we saw you fade into the crowd
slip beneath the waves
taking the plane out of sight & out of touch

we’ll miss you when you’re gone
seems like you always have to
be out of reach
we’ll miss you, miss you when you’re gone
why d’you always have to, always have to
be out of reach

we turned
as we saw you fade into the crowd
out of reach & out of touch
every place but here
it was hard to see you go, hard to see you go
since we knew it’ll be a long time
it’ll be along time ‘till you’re here

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no words to say

it’s okay to cry
shed a tear
and wonder why
‘cuz life has a way
of dealing all the wrong cards in one day

we’ve all felt the pain
of a world come crashing in
we’ve all known the day
when there are
no words to say

when there’s no words to say
no words to write
and no words to even try
when nothing can describe
all of the things that you’re feeling inside

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the colour and the gold

they all say
you get used to it
they all say
it’s not so bad
but I’ve found
that I just can’t shake it
i can’t fill
this hole inside

without you, my sky
loses all it’s colour
and the gold loses it’s shine
without you, my world
stops it’s turning
and my heart stops itself too

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finding spaces

sometimes the closest friends
must say goodbye for a time
you can’t pretend to not cry
When you’re falling apart inside

for when we open ourselves
we open our hearts, we open our lives up
to give of ourselves, to give away
to say goodbye for a time

sometimes the inseparable
must somehow find themselves apart
and face the inevitable
of finding spaces within their hearts

naked we come to this world
and naked, sometimes we find ourselves
when all that we have embraced
somehow, so easily slips away

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the gathering

oh how the seasons change
like a silent film
one frame to the next
years slipping under our eyes

what will the gathering
of all those suns and moons mean?

tomorrow will be summer
today we saw the snow fall
oh how these days eclipse into
a story of age and yesterdays

tell me, tell me if you can
if we can get some of those years back?

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wildwood drive

the rain is falling
outside our window
as if to remind us
of tears of our own
leaving the places
we love the most
can be so hard to let go

and we are heading down
wildwood drive
leaving the sea and the
coast behind

we watch as the
canada geese fly
into the grey
grey and white sky
something like what
we’ll do ourselves
leave the familiar
for uncertain paths

we walk down the
log-strewn beach
scattered and edging
it’s way to the sea
sunlight is streaming
into our eyes
like ivy winding it’s way
around our lives

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when everything’s changing

soon, everything will change
everything will change
we’ll go our separate ways
who, who will we be
when we next see each other

when everything is changing
everything is changing
and you don’t know what to do
and you don’t know what to say
or what will remain
what will stay the same

so, this is the end ,this is the end and this is the beginning
where, where will we be
where will we be
when we next meet each other

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as good as they come

sometimes you find you’re alone
watching the world as they go by
but you know they’re as good as they come

finding yourself by the window
not even a person to say, say hello
you know they’re as good as they come

these days,
they’re as good as they come
they’re as good as they go

happy to be alive
to be able to smile
you, you know
they’re as good as they come
happy to see the sky
to see the sun as it shines down
you, you know
they’re as good as they come

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rollercoaster
turning like a gentle river
bending this way and that
life is raging in it’s storms
peaceful on sunny days

like a roller coaster ride
you wait in line for so long
then in a moment
it’s already gone

you are so young and yet so old
you’ve been, everywhere and nowhere at all
you have you’re whole life ahead of you
yet have left so much behind

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