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Chasing the Flaming Pearl

by B Wishes

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1.
How Precious is Love 03:16
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How Precious is Love I’ve loved a man I can’t stand And how he got a hold on me is what makes love a mystery The precious bird in my hand And I couldn’t set him free while he had love for me And I’m startin’ to see How precious is love, any love to me How precious is love, I’m talkin’ ‘bout any love Of any degree My Morgy’s mad about me I’m quite sure never before have I been this adored His great big heart on his sleeve And he’s making me believe that he’s in love with me And how lucky are we How precious is love, any love to me How precious is love, I’m talkin’ ‘bout any love Of any degree And I’m startin’ to see What it means to you and what it means to me And it might be a different thing Than we’ve been imagining But I do know There ain’t no love that doesn’t mean a thing Doesn’t that tell you something Isn’t that everything? How precious is love, any love to me How precious is love, I’m talkin’ ‘bout any love Of any degree
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A Blues for You 03:56
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Oh goody a mystery Why you won’t talk to me Why’s is always gotta be Complicated If you need misery You’d never get enough from me Could it be you were in jeopardy Of being happy I’ll take the happy song that I started for you And I’ll pen the end for someone new Then I’ll sit down and write a blues or two for you I’ll sit down and write a blues for you Was I born yesterday? How can I feel this way again? But it’s all good ‘cause you wanna be my friend You think I’m wonderful and you wanna be my friend You made me a wild card Played me fast and hard But the bet’s already gone too far To fold the hand now It was the night before and no reply And rocket love and tell me why And all I can do is cry for you Cry and write and blues for you It’s like going back to high school I feel thirteen and I’m the fool But it’s all good ‘cause you think I’m really cool You think the world of me and you said I’m beautiful Well ok, but where does that leave me? Oh goody a mystery, why you won’t talk to me Oh goody a mystery, why you’re not here with me Oh goody a mystery
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Monkey With a Tin Cup 03:57
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Monkey with a tin cup Monkey monkey monkey monkey Monkey with a tin cup Jamming on the corner, bustin’ all the moves Everybody loves the way that little monkey grooves Doesn’t ask for anything but a place to stand Everybody loves that monkey’s funky one man band They love the monkey with a tin cup Everybody loves the monkey with a tin cup Everybody tells the monkey We love you monkey, don’t give up But no one’s puttin’ anything in monkey’s little cup Monkey had to get a day job, monkey needs to eat Everybody’s missin’ monkey’s funky little beat They miss the monkey with the tin cup Everybody miss the monkey yeah with a tin cup (Give it up give it up!) Don’t be dissin’ the monkey The monkey’s workin’ hard Don’t be dissin’ the monkey The monkey plays a mean guitar Monkey with a tin cup Everybody loves the monkey with a tin cup
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Something's Wrong 04:41
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I guess I don’t know anything I sure didn’t see this coming If anyone asked me only a week ago I would have told them we were in love But now my phone just keeps not ringing Louder and louder all day long And from the tone of the silence screaming I’d say something’s wrong Something’s wrong Baby don’t leave me twisting in the wind Ya got to face me baby, tell me where you’ve been ‘Cause this was the fastest track to a broken heart You should have told me you were in love But now my phone just keeps not ringing Louder and louder all day long And from the tone of the silence screaming I’d say something’s wrong Something’s wrong Maybe you could give me back my heart Maybe give me, give me back my heart ‘Cause you knew where we were going And you knew you wouldn’t stay How could you end it this way With my phone just never ringing Louder and louder all day long And from the tone of the silence screaming I’d say something’s wrong It screams you’re gone I guess I don’t know anything You should have told me you were in love
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Chasing the Flaming Pearl 03:36
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Looking for reasons for looking for rhymes The things I believe in Seem to abandon me at the strangest times Perspective is king I want to see everything I can in trying to understand The plan I’ve been around the world Chasing the flaming pearl Is there a place for me Under the bodhi tree Everyone’s guessing but nobody knows I think it’s a blessing ‘Cause we couldn’t handle knowing how it goes Speaking for me I know what I feel and what I see And what I do and I don’t believe could be I’ve been around the world Chasing the flaming pearl Is there a place for me Under the bodhi tree Always I’ve been craving something Don’t even know what it is All my life I’m dreaming up things Things that could never exist But whatever it is I still can’t resist I’ve been around the world Chasing the flaming pearl Is there a place for me Under the bodhi tree
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I Blame You 04:18
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I’m drinkin’ a lot, I’m smokin’ a lot Doin’ everything I shouldn’t do a lot a lot And the best excuse that I’ve got Is what you put me through I’m falling apart and baby, I blame you. Well I just lost my job, I dress like a slob I don’t even care if people think I’m acting odd ‘Cause baby if I’m strange, uniquely flawed It’s damage I can’t undo I’m falling apart and baby I blame you They say there’s nothing to gain By casting the blame But it sure feels good to me I’m gonna let myself go and let everyone know It’s all because of everything you did to me I can’t get a grip, I could trip on my lip Lettin’ everything important just slide and slip All I hear are teardrops drip And all I see is blue I’m falling apart and baby I blame you Well I’m drinkin’ a lot, I’m smokin’ a lot Doin’ everything I shouldn’t do a lot a lot And the best excuse that I’ve got Is what you put me through I’m falling apart and baby, I blame you. I’m falling apart and baby, I blame you. I’m falling apart and baby, I blame you.
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The Scent of Me 04:48
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ou left me standing in this empty room Questions spinning in the air You walked away, the scent of my perfume Was in your mouth and on your hands and in your hair And that’s how I will follow you That’s how we will always be ‘Cause even if you wanted to You will never forget the scent of me It used to take your breath away You said so so many times From your hands it fades away But never never from your mind And that’s how I will follow you That’s how we will always be ‘Cause even if you wanted to You will never forget the scent of me No you will never forget the scent of me So why even try You’ll be dreaming of vanilla and craving something sweet And you’ll wake up sweaty swimming in a memory of me And you’ll try to drive the dream away but then you’ll realize That the scent of me’s inside of you and can’t be exorcised So why even try, why even try Only myself to blame ‘cause I assumed You might have meant the things you said You never knew the name of my perfume But it’s in your heart and in your soul and in your bed Enough said now... And that’s how I will follow you That’s why we will always be ‘Cause even if you wanted to You will never forget the scent of me No you will never forget the scent of me So why even try, why even try, why even try
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Walk Away From it All 03:08
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I’m so tired of being so tired And working so hard and being so broke I can’t catch a break, every morning I wake To the dawn of another day of trying to summon up hope And I’m trying to get balls rolling and keep plates spinning And just keep on going when I know I’m not winning And it makes me wanna walk away from it all I might just walk away from it all I’m gonna have to walk away from it all I work all day making minimum wage And my car’s breaking down and my bills ain’t paid I’m so far in debt I will never get ahead Even if I keep working hard a whole ‘nother life time after I’m dead And I’m trying to get balls rolling and keep plates spinning And just keep on going when there’s no chance I’m winning And it makes me wanna walk away from it all I might just walk away from it all I’m gonna have to walk away from it all And it seems like you got to be homeless or rich to be free I don’t know about you but I do know which I’m bound to be I work a full time job and I can’t buy the things I need And I wanna be freed, I just wanna be free And I think I’m gonna walk away from it all I might just walk away from it all Put my hands up and walk away ooh Walk away from it all I might just walk away from it all
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Please Be 04:22
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Please be thinking of me when you’re with her tonight Please imagine it’s me when you hold her tight Please picture my face as you fall asleep Then whisper my name like a secret you can’t keep Please be.... Please be dreaming of me as you lie close to her Dreams of how it could be if you and me ever were There’s this place in my heart that’s always belonged to you And though forever apart, still remains forever true Please know I’m dreaming of you I’m dreaming of you Please be thinking of me when you’re with her tonight Please imagine it’s me when you hold her tight Please picture my face as you fall asleep Then whisper my name like a secret you can’t keep Please be thinking of me Be thinking of me
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Rain Maker 03:39
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You’ve been making big weather You’ve been making it rain And since we’ve been together baby I’ve been making big change after change after change Don’t know how to please you I don’t know how to be Love you too much to leave you But your weather’s got me on my knees Rain maker Like a flower in a hurricane How can love stand up to this driving rain Rain maker, when will the sun come out again Like a flower in a hurricane Once the storm’s moved on how can love remain Rain maker, please let the sun come out again Now the temperature’s dropping I hear the wind start to moan And with no sign of stopping I’ve never been so alone so alone all alone Oh my baby I’m sorry I must have seeded your cloud somehow We’re not bad people are we We just said too many things out loud Rain maker Like a flower in a hurricane How can love stand up to this driving rain Rain maker, when will the sun come out again Like a flower in a hurricane Once the storm’s moved on how can love remain Rain maker, please let the sun come out again Please smile for me, smile for me, smile for me You might make a rainbow, you might make a rainbow Please smile for me, smile for me, smile for me You might make a rainbow, a beautiful rainbow That ends with you and me, that ends with you and me Like a flower in a hurricane How can love stand up to this driving rain Rain maker, when will the sun come out again Like a flower in a hurricane How can love move on how can love remain Rain maker, please let the sun come out again Rain maker
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Freight Train 03:09
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Late night in the city, I just can’t get to sleep These city lights are pretty but my heart they’d never keep Somewhere in the distance I hear a freight train moan But for my commitments I’d jump that freight train home In this place where there’s no darkness This place where there’s no peace No refuge from the starkness of these neon city streets Each night in the distance I hear that freight train moan But for my commitments that train would take me home No shadows from the starlight, no whispers from the trees The wind has lost it’s voice here and doesn’t speak to me But I can still remember the things I heard it say Howling in December, murmuring in May If I was where I should be, lord knows I’d be there if I could be I’d be lying in my bed, the blankets on my head And that long lonesome wail would sound good to me Someday I’ll go back there, someday I’ll go home Someday I’ll remember all the things I’ve always known And I’ll stand under the starlight and I’ll listen to the wind And deep asleep in the dark of night I’ll hear that train again Late night in the city, I just can’t get to sleep These city lights are pretty but my heart they’d never keep Somewhere in the distance I hear a freight train moan But for my commitments I’d jump that freight train home
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My Shell 03:32
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Every day I build a shell People say I wear it well And as I lay me down to sleep I pray myself my mind to keep Toss and turn, give up then I build my shell all over again And no one can reach me here Get too close I’ll disappear Go away, wish me well Forget about ever gettin’ through my shell Go away, wish me well But no no you’re never gettin’ through my shell Days are cold and nights are dark Morning’s hard on a broken heart Skin so thin that winter wind Peels me to my bones again So don’t ask me to go out there Not unless I got my shell to wear And no one can hurt me now Ain’t no way, ain’t no how So go away, wish me well Forget about ever gettin’ through my shell I said go away, wish me well But no no you’re never gettin’ through my shell There’s no use in second guessing Forget the truth and count your blessings There’s no juice you get from pressing Sour grapes that don’t make wine Live as if there’s no tomorrow Buy your bliss and drown your sorrow Reminisce on time you borrow, But leave me to my little peace of mind My little piece of mind Go away, go away, go away Go away, wish me well Forget about ever gettin’ through my shell Go away, wish me well But no no you’re never gettin’ through my shell

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The 3rd collection of original music by B Wishes.

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released March 4, 2015

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