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songs i wish i wrote

by Okay Alright

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1.
imagine 03:25
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Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us, only sky Imagine all the people Livin' for today Ah Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion, too Imagine all the people Livin' life in peace You You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world You You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one
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you don't know how it feels 03:33
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… Let me run with you tonight I'll take you on a moonlight ride … There's someone I used to see But she don't give a damn for me … But let me get to the point Let's roll another joint And turn the radio loud I'm too alone to be proud … And you don't know how it feels You don't know how it feels To be me … People come, people go Some grow young, some grow cold … I woke up in between A memory and a dream … So let's get to the point Let's roll another joint And let's head on down the road There's somewhere I gotta go … And you don't know how it feels You don't know how it feels To be me … My old man was born to rock He's still tryin' to beat the clock … Think of me what you will I've got a little space to fill … So let's get to the point Let's roll another joint And let's head on down the road There's somewhere I gotta go … And you don't know how it feels You don't know how it feels No, you don't know how it feels To be me … You don't know how it feels You don't know how it feels No, you don't know how it feels To be me
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kids 03:34
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You were a child, cawlin' on your knees toward it Makin' mama so proud, but your voice is too loud We like to watch you laughin' You pick the insects off plants No time to think of consequences Control yourself, take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted Control yourself, take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted The water is warm, but it's sendin' me shivers A baby is born cryin' out for attention The memories fade like lookin' through a fogged mirror Decision to decisions are made and not bought But I thought this wouldn't hurt a lot, I guess not Control yourself, take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted Control yourself, take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted
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subway song 02:58
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Our hands one inch apart Held to a vertical bar As we stand yawning at the center of the empty car Under a flickering light I watch you closing your eyes The rumble of the tunnel really sounds quite nice Sway left, sway right Slow dancing in the middle of the subway Fall back, hold tight Slow dancing in the middle of the subway Sneakers and nice leather flats Shuffle along to the track Switchin' partners kinda awkwardly up over and back Just people following signs Riding on colorful lines Braving smiles across the aisles Past the suits and sighs Sway left, sway right Slow dancing in the middle of the subway Fall back, hold tight Slow dancing in the middle of the subway Back to back Side to side Huddled in close Feeling alright Sway left, sway right Slow dancing in the middle of the subway Fall back, hold tight Slow dancing in the middle of the subway
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friend of the devil 03:13
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I lit out from Reno I was trailed by twenty hounds Didn't get to sleep that night Till the morning came around Set out runnin' but I take my time A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine If I get home before daylight I just might get some sleep tonight Ran into the Devil, babe He loaned me twenty bills I spent the night in Utah In a cave up in the hills Set out runnin' but I take my time A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine If I get home before daylight I just might get some sleep tonight I ran down to the levee But the Devil caught me there He took my twenty dollar bill And he vanished in the air Set out runnin' but I take my time A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine If I get home before daylight I just might get some sleep tonight Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night The first one's named sweet Anne Marie and she's my hearts delight The second one is prison, babe, the sheriff's on my trail And if he catches up with me, I'll spend my life in jail Got a wife in Chino, babe And one in Cherokee First one says she's got my child But it don't look like me Set out runnin' but I take my time A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine If I get home before daylight I just might get some sleep tonight Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night The first one's named sweet Anne Marie and she's my hearts delight The second one is prison, babe, the sheriff's on my trail And if he catches up with me, I'll spend my life in jail Got a wife in Chino, babe And one in Cherokee First one says she's got my child But it don't look like me I set out runnin' but I take my time A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine If I get home before daylight I just might get some sleep tonight
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stay, santa monica 02:49
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I am dreaming Of perfect summer air That we are breathing And wheat stalks in the sun Always gleaming Will you stay with me Will you be my love Give me your hand to hold Will you stay with me Will you be my love Among the fields of gold There's not a damned thing That'll get between the two of us dancing In heaven's endless leas So enchanting Will you stay with me Will you be my love Give me your hand to hold Will you stay with me Will you be my love Among the fields of gold
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breathe in, breathe out 03:09
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love is still the answer atleast the one you want and it’s the one that you deserve dear but it’s not the one you got and while winter plays itself out i know life can be so cruel we’ll just keep our heads up roll with the punches and try to play it cool so i breathe in and i breathe out life can be depressing it can surely pull you down so let the thoughts come in love and hold them as they pass cuz they never last for ever i can promise you that the stars fade with the dawn now above a sea of light the city it is waking and it is shaking off the night it’s tumbleweeds and crickets ya its comically sad the wolves begin to howl i can hear them from my bed i guess that i’m just nervous i’ll try to look you in the eye but i’ll probably just stare down say i’m sorry too many times i’ll say that loving you is easy the best decision that i’ve made but someone has to be hurt first and i wanna save you from that pain so i breathe in and i breathe out love can be depressing it’ll knock you to the ground but darling let the love in and hold it til it’s past because it never lasts for ever what would be the beauty in that
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lua 04:24
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I know that it is freezing but I think we have to walk I keep waving at the taxis, they keep turning their lights off But Julie knows a party at some actor's west side loft Supplies are endless in the evening, by the morning they'll be gone When everything is lonely, I can be my own best friend I get a coffee and a paper, have my own conversations With the sidewalk and the pigeons, and my window reflection The mask I polish in the evening, by the morning looks like shit And I know you have a heavy heart I can feel it when we kiss So many men stronger than me Have thrown their backs out trying to lift it But me, I'm not a gamble You can count on me to split The love I sell you in the evening By the morning won't exist You're looking skinny like a model, with your eyes all painted black Just keep going to the bathroom, always say you'll be right back Well, it takes one to know one, kid, I think you got it bad But what's so easy in the evening, by the morning's such a drag I got a flask inside my pocket, we can share it on the train And if you promise to stay conscious, I will try and do the same Well, we might die from medication, but we sure killed all the pain What was normal in the evening, by the morning seems insane And I'm not sure what the trouble was That started all of this The reasons all have run away But the feeling never did It's not something I would recommend But it is one way to live 'Cause what is simple in the moonlight By the morning never is It was so simple in the moonlight Now it's so complicated It was so simple in the moonlight So simple in the moonlight So simple in the moonlight
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sweet avenue 05:33
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Tasting you in rain, I walk down to the train Try not to look down This day could someday be an anniversary Everything is light and sound Facing forwards, going slowly, wait for you to show me Where this train wants to go Living by the hour, I stop for every flower Everything is soft and slow Now all these tastes improve Through the view that comes with you Like they handed me my life For the first time, it felt right Thank you for making me see there's a life in me It was dying to get out Holding you, we make two spoons beneath an April moon Everything is soft and sweet This cigarette, it could seduce A nation with its smoke Crawling down my tired throat Scratches part of me that's purring Softly stirring You might also like HISS Megan Thee Stallion Red Button Drake ​​love is embarrassing Olivia Rodrigo I'm a captain of industry, smoking famously Feet up on the windowsill Looking at all these trees I feel affinity with Everything so soft and still Budding at my fingertips Touching you, I start to bloom Alive with trains and passing ships Soft and sweet along your lips now I go "oh wow" Thank you for taking me from my monastery I was dying to get out With tears of gratitude, I like my latitude Cross town train to you Now all these tastes improve Through the view that comes with you Like they handed me my life For the first time, it felt worth it Like I deserved it
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don't call me at all 02:34
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It’s not that I don’t have words to say I just don’t want to be the one that speaks them I’d rather keep it secret until we reach it So I’ll rest my head on the glory of this sorrow I know it's hard to swallow But tomorrow, we’ll start anew And I remember the lines I thought that I’d forgotten "Your only flaw is that you’re flawless" I’m so full of shit, I’m surprised you bought it But to say that I don’t care is more or less astounding Because I wrote an entire album about us drowning Wasn’t that enough? Now I’m haunted by all these holes found in my armor And if my heart beats any harder, I will lose it Well, congratulations, I didn’t know You two had made things so official Just don’t call me when it fizzles In fact, don’t call me at all
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we r gonna be friends 02:05
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Fall is here, hear the yell Back to school, ring the bell Brand new shoes, walking blues Climb the fence, books and pens I can tell that we are gonna be friends I can tell that we are gonna be friends Walk with me, Suzy Lee Through the park and by the tree We will rest upon the ground And look at all the bugs we found Safely walk to school without a sound Safely walk to school without a sound Here we are, no one else We walk to school all by ourselves There's dirt on our uniforms From chasing all the ants and worms We clean up and now it's time to learn We clean up and now it's time to learn Numbers, letters, learn to spell Nouns and books, and show and tell Playtime, we will throw the ball Back to class, through the hall Teacher marks our height against the wall Teacher marks our height against the wall And we don't notice any time pass We don't notice anything We sit side by side in every class Teacher thinks that I sound funny But she likes the way you sing Tonight I'll dream, while I’m in bed When silly thoughts go through my head About the bugs and alphabet And when I wake tomorrow, I'll bet That you and I will walk together again I can tell that we are gonna be friends Yes, I can tell that we are gonna be friends
12.
swans are fainting 03:13
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Our lives are measured by the weekends Said a weatherman to an anchor friend Feels like more if it feels like nothing And i am predicting rain again I wore my tread out on your highway A rusted care parked in your driveway But neck to back The fit's amazing Was this a song? Or is this a painting? The swans are fainting Even with the spotlights on them The swans are fainting Should we call the doctor in? In the bars and the ticket lines Black strawberries looked so fine But when the fruit was pressed to wine We could not be satisfied Swans are fainting Even with the spotlights on them Swans are fainting
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a month or two 02:52
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I got an ad on the internet For ceasing smoking cigarettes Isn't it fun how I'd forget you If fate allowed me to? I saw you bike past the other day Had you seen me, what would you say? Shriveled and broke, I swerved out the way Just like I always do It don't get better, we all grow numb Let's blame this on me being young Guess I'm no different, just another one You let me slip away I got an ad on the internet For ceasing smoking cigarettes Isn't it fun how you'll forget me In a month or two? Give it some time, time, time, time, time, time, time Give it some time, time, time, time, time, time, time
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king of carrot flowers 02:40
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When you were young, you were the King of carrot flowers And how you built a tower tumbling through the trees In holy rattlesnakes that fell all around your feet And your mum would stick a fork right into daddy's shoulder And dad would throw the garbage all across the floor As we would lay and learn what each other's bodies were for And this is the room, one afternoon I knew I could love you And from above you, how I sank into your soul Into that secret place where no one dares to go And your mom would drink until she was no longer speaking And dad would dream of all the different ways to die Each one a little more than he could dare to try
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henna tattoo (1:25 am) 02:48
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I was struck by a mighty gust of wind Seeing you seeing him Is this love? Jealousy sinking in Seeing you seeing him Seeing you seeing him I've been feeling so insecure Like is it gonna come true if I say it? Rolling blackouts in your heart Gave you a henna tattoo And it's fading Gave you a henna tattoo And it's fading Your eyes close slow like poppies in starlight And I feel your breath, white paper fan You're my love, can't you see I'm your man? Tell me When you're seeing me you're seeing it, yeah When you're seeing me you're seeing it 'Cause I've been feeling so insecure Like is it gonna come true if I say it? Rolling blackouts in your heart Gave you a henna tattoo And it's fading Gave you a henna tattoo And it's fading And my henna tattoo And it's fading
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僕は一寸 (Boku Wa Chotto) 03:58
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ひなたぼっこでも していきませんか そこにまあ すわって お茶でも飲んで お話を どんな話をしゃべりましょうか 日の出ずる国の明日の事でも・・・ 散歩がてらに 歩きませんか そこから 立ちあがって 服のすそでも はらって どんなところを歩きましょうか 日の出ずる国の輝く道でも・・・ 道のぬかるみ 入り日が映り だまりこくる 夕焼けの午後 僕は一寸 笑うつもりです― ここら辺りに住みつきませんか あそこを ひきはらって 生で聞けるからカントリーミュージック 白い家でも見つけましょうか 日の出ずる丘に彼女と2人で 外の日溜り 枯木に埋まり だまりこくる 家の中の午後 僕は一寸 だまるつもりです― my english translation: don’t be shy we could just sit here in the sunshine we could put the kettle on and talk about whatever we want we can talk about what’s over the horizon for me, and you, and everyone In the land of the rising sun why don’t we go out for a stroll brush ourselves off and walk which path should we go down we could go left or right, I don’t mind or follow that glistening one on the road to the rising sun   and the muddy road reflecting the setting sun as the afternoon settles silent, red afternoon i’m gonna let that time pass i think I'm going to have a little laugh maybe, for me…   why don’t we live around here move out of our old place listen to real country music   find a house that’s white paint it any color we like maybe we could find one on the hill beneath the rising sun Splashes of sunlight cover up the dying trees the afternoons still silent maybe we could stay inside I think I’ll be quiet for a while
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mickey flynns 02:52
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Mickey Flynn's drowning in ice cold wine just to cure my hemlock appetite A little pick-me-up, a diet potion that just might do They say i gotta screw my head on tight I gotta find my way to get back in line I gotta face my fears, I wanna meet your ears more than you So tell me Why's it always raining on my parade? It could be pouring chocolate milk but I'd still feel the same cause My head feels like its a million pounds but it doesn't seem to slow me down My soul's been searching cross the seven seas to find recipes for sweet remedies but Where a coma when you need it the most? I want my own little world cause the real one's way too cold I gotta clear my head on a bike ride I gotta get this girl out of my mind I'm always up and down, I can't explain myself around you Hanging out with a box of moon pie Another crummy night for a crummier guy Reality is not my cup of tea, not my juice So tell me Why's it always raining on my parade? It could be pouring chocolate milk but I'd still feel the same cause My head feels like its a million pounds but it doesn't seem to slow me down My soul's been searching cross the seven seas to find recipes for sweet remedies but Where a coma when you need it the most? I want my own little world cause the real one's way too cold
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winter song 02:28
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Tell me somethin', give me hope for the night We don't know how we feel We're just prayin' that we're doin' this right Though that's not the way it seems Summer gone, now winter's on its way I will miss the days we had The days we had I will miss the days we had The days we had Oh, I'll miss the days we had Loving, leaving, it's too late for this now Such esteem for each has gone Has time driven our season away? 'Cause that's the way it seems In the world of the speech that is new I'll be back again to stay Again to stay I'll be back again to stay Again to stay I'll be back again to stay
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bowl of oranges 03:55
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The rain it started tapping On the window near my bed There was a loophole in my dreaming So I got out of it And to my surprise my eyes were wide and already open Just my night stand and my dresser Where those nightmares had just been So I dressed myself and left then Out into the gray streets But everything seemed different, and completely new to me The sky the trees, houses, buildings, even my own body And each person I encountered I couldn't wait to meet And I came upon a doctor Who appeared in quite poor health I said there's nothing that I can do for you, you can't do for yourself He said, "Oh yes you can, just hold my hand, I think that, that would help" So I sat with him awhile Then I asked him how he felt He said, I think I'm cured No, in fact, I'm sure of it Thank you, stranger For your therapeutic smile So, that's how I learned the lesson That everyone's alone And your eyes must do some raining If you're ever gonna grow And when crying don't help, you can't compose yourself It's best to compose a poem An honest verse of longing Or a simple song of hope That's why I'm singing, baby, don't worry 'Cause now I've got your back And every time you feel like crying I'm gonna try and make you laugh And if I can't, if it just hurts too bad Then we'll wait for it to pass And I will keep you company for those days so long and black And we'll keep working on the problem We know we'll never solve Of love's uneven remainders Our lives are fractions of a whole But if the world could remain within a frame Like a painting on a wall Then I think we'd see the beauty then We'd stand staring in awe At our still lives posed Like a bowl of oranges Like a story told By the fault-lines and the soil Oh, oh, oh, oh
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dig in 01:36
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I'll be so emotional that you'll just wanna puke And you're so cute so confident, so unfamiliar too I could've sworn I knew you years ago at the carnival by the tracks Remember dunk the clown, rotten teeth, and undercooked flapjacks When you were stuck at 2 a.m. I wished you would have called I would've been there in an instant, we could've rented annie hall And I'd be your Woody Allen, with my witty, subtle quips And you'd be my Diane Keaton, 'till you gave me the slip And I'd search and search forever, for my flighty, flawless lass I'd drive to california, despite the price of gas And you'd haunt me and deceive me and relieve my aching soul And you planted me false memories with a jar that holds a troll If you were in an accident, a fire or raging flood I'd save you from the wreckage, and i'd share my type A blood Lets go swinging on a rope, in your 2 piece by the river I know the water's cold babe but I'm here in case you shiver And you can't hide your broken heart Listen to the sparrow's art When you're, when you're, when you're out of doors A lonely engine puffing steam Everybody has a dream Baby, baby, baby, baby, can I be in yours
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kids (2:43 am) 03:28
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You were a child, cawlin' on your knees toward it Makin' mama so proud, but your voice is too loud We like to watch you laughin' You pick the insects off plants No time to think of consequences Control yourself, take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted Control yourself, take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted The water is warm, but it's sendin' me shivers A baby is born cryin' out for attention The memories fade like lookin' through a fogged mirror Decision to decisions are made and not bought But I thought this wouldn't hurt a lot, I guess not Control yourself, take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted Control yourself, take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted
22.
true love will find u 02:01
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True love will find you in the end You'll find out just who was your friend Don't be sad, I know you will But don't give up until True love will find you in the end This is a promise with a catch Only if you're looking can it find you 'Cause true love is searching too But how can it recognize you If you don't step out into the light, the light Don't be sad I know you will Don't give up until True love will find you in the end

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a jam packed cover album adventure! here's 22 songs that I adore and had so much fun putting my own spin on. I spent the last 2 years collecting these songs and it's been a true labor of love. With tons of different genres, some popular songs some not, I hope you can find somethin you enjoy. or maybe somethin new too! love y'all :)

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released February 15, 2024

everything recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by me (bryce waitkus) except:

pedal steel on tracks 1, 7, 16, 18: Max Subar
Sweet L guitar solo on track 5: Colin Tracey
Bg vox on tracks 3, 4, 6, 8, 18, 21 : Alexa Eskin
Accordion and bg vox on track 14: Taylor Blackwell
Bg vox on track 11: Bella Porter
Harmony on track 2: Cameron Young

and of course all songwriting credits to the original writers! thank you all so much for your beautiful songs!

Tom Petty, John Lennon, Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser, Julianna Zachariou, Jerry Garcia, John Dawson, Robert Hunter, Andrew Huang, Coyote Sinclair, Conor OBerst, Jets to Brazil, Mitch Welling, Jack White, Jarid Del Deo, Lauren Hicks, Jeff Mangum, Kevin Patrick Sullivan, Haruomi Hosono, Dustin Hayes, Charity Rose Thielen, Christopher Zasche, Jonathan Russell, Josiah Johnson, Kenneth Hensley, Robert Tyler Williams, Matthew James Farley, Daniel Johnston

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