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Bella
03:37
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Look to the sky to find a six-year-old girl / Climbing a fig tree to another world / With long blonde hair and mother of pearl, oh yeah / Some days she’ll bring a paper and pen / And make up stories for hours on end / Deep in the world of make-pretend, oh yeah / Bella bellissima / Oh baby, bella, bella / Higher and higher / Deeper and deeper / The sky is wider / And the air is sweeter / Soaking up the sunshine / Hummingbirds buzz by your giant leaves / My little girl knows what she believes / She giveth love, and she doth receive, oh yeah / Someday soon, she will up and find / The house was bought by a family of five / With a six-year-old girl who loves to climb, oh yeah / Bella bellissima / Oh baby, bella, bella / Higher and higher / Deeper and deeper / Tiny recliner / Daydream believer / Basking in the sunshine / Bella bellissima / We’ll miss you, ciao, bella / Deeper and deeper / Higher and higher / Humming along to the cicada choir / Soaking up the sunshine
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End of the Beginning
03:00
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Well there’s an angel on my left / A devil on my right / And it’s already apparent / Who I’ll be leaving with tonight / Because I’m out here in the middle / Just looking for a friend / Is this the end of the beginning / Or the beginning of the end / There is poison in my head / Marrow in my bones / Better give my heart to someone / Before I die alone / But I’m stuck here in the middle / And I’m just asking for a friend / Is this the end of the beginning Or the beginning of the end
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Other People
03:14
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Did you hear that so-and-so / Went and filed for divorce / After twelve years of marriage / And Mr. Happily Ever After / Left swinging from the rafter
His son found him after three days / If we talk about other people / We don’t have to talk about ourselves / Little Ms. Understanding / Was less than upstanding / And now she’s being reprimanded / And the couple up the hill / They couldn’t pay their bill / So they moved their kids off the grid / But hey, that’s just what other people say / If we talk about other people
We don’t have to talk about ourselves
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Weeping Willow
03:07
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For the sun that shines too bright / Or for the cold November night / For your green leaves turning brown / Or for roots that bind you to the ground / For the two who used to meet / Who don’t meet anymore / Under the old willow tree / Down by the shore / Oh, weeping willow tree / Weeping evermore / My weeping willow tree / What are you weeping for / For the raven who taunts you so / For the rain that soaks you head to toe / For the wind that whips your hair / Or for pain and suffering everywhere
For the two who used to sing / Who don’t sing anymore / Under the old willow tree / Down by the shore / Oh, weeping willow tree / Weeping evermore / My weeping willow tree / What are you weeping for
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Hummingbird Heart
03:14
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T-Rex t-shirt and Superman cape / Warm grapefruit juice and frozen grapes / And it’s time to go down, but you’re wide awake / Pool-blue eyes and chlorine-blonde hair / You’re a two-year-old tornado with nothing to spare / And you hid under the bed, but I found you down there / Now it’s time to get some rest / So come lay down on my chest / And I’ll try to slow down your hummingbird heart / The spirit and endurance of a thoroughbred / The indisputable appeal of a Boba Fett / And you should be snoring, but you’re singing instead / You’re a force of nature despite your size / And you’re filling up my heart like a warm sunrise / Singing Weeping Willow, bringing tears to my eyes / Now it’s time to get some rest / So come lay down on my chest / And I’ll try to slow down your hummingbird heart
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You can stand me up / You can dress me down / You can spit in my cup / You can spin me around / Until I spill and hit the ground / You can make up a lie / You can spread it ‘round / You can make me cry / You can watch me drown / See me slowly sinking down / But my heart’s already been broken apart / And you can’t break a broken heart / You can call me a clown / You can push me to the brink / You can drive me to town / You can drive me to drink / But my heart’s already been broken apart / And you can’t break a broken heart
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Make believing / Valentines / Sweet surrender / See it in your eyes / Whisper softly / A lovers’ knot / Tender kisses / Penny for your thoughts / True romance / You fill my cup / We’ll go dancing / Knew you were the one / Magic moments / Paradise / A love forever / Until the morning light / Well that ain’t how the West was won / Two guitars, bass, and drums / You can run / But you can’t hide / Dressed to kill / And spoilin’ for a fight / Devil’s daughter / Seventh son / Thunder, lightning / You gotta gimme some / Build me up / Knock me down / Armed and dangerous / The other side of town / Come on, come on / Gonna get my pay / Baby, baby / Stuff that Mick’d say / Give the people what they want / Two guitars, bass, and drums / Nothing new under the sun / Two guitars bass and drums / That’s the way the West was won / Two guitars bass and drums / How the West was won
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Breathe
02:56
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If you should get lost, I will find you / If you get tangled up, I’ll unwind you / If you should drift away, I’ll row you ashore / And if you run out of love, I will give you more / But If you grow faint / Weak in the knees / I’ll pump your blood / And remind you to breathe / If you get too high-strung, I’ll detune you / If you don’t want to see no one, I’ll cocoon you / If the pain gets too great, I will numb you / And if you don’t like who you are, I’ll become you / But If you grow faint / Weak in the knees / I’ll pump your blood / And remind you to breathe
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Just a Boy
02:59
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Been living in the valley / For fifteen years / Been running down the alley / To escape my fears / But I recall a time / Not so long ago / When the air was humid, sweet, and low / Because oh, those days of wonder / And oh, those days of joy / Couldn’t help the spell I was under / When I was just a boy / Been digging in the closet / Searching for a spark / Been turning on the faucet / To wash away the dark / It may just be called middle age / But I need to rediscover / I need to reengage / Because oh, those days of wonder / And oh, those days of joy / Couldn’t help the spell I was under / When I was just a boy
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When I Had the Chance
02:22
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I see your shadow in my hallway / I see your face outside my door / But I only catch a glance / I see you hanging in the stairway / There’s so much that I didn’t say / When I had the chance / I never suspected / I never would have guessed / You had us all in a trance / I just wish I’d been able to help you / When I had the chance / I see your figure on the bottom of the river / I see your shirt in my closet, and I start to shiver / Now I’m much too late / And a continent away / For our last dance / Well I surely loved you / But I sure wish I had told you / When I had the chance
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Philadelphia
02:48
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Put a Little Beauty
04:01
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Sometimes it feels like we’ve come too far / To ever get back to the way we are / When it seems like everyone is out for blood / Only watching out for number one / But there’s something you can do / Smile at a stranger until they’re smiling too / Just put a little beauty back into this ugly world / Sometimes I wonder why I write these songs / When it seems the whole wide world is falling apart / But a man who’s busy writing songs Ain’t a man who’s busy building bombs / So I put a little beauty back into this ugly world / Put a little beauty / Sometimes I wonder if we made a mistake / When the sky is filled with ash and flames / But how can I think that way / When they brighten up the darkest day / Yeah, we put a little beauty back into / Put another beauty back into / Put two little beauties back into this ugly world
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Scott Gagner Minneapolis, Minnesota
Scott Gagner is a Minnesota-based songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. He has collaborated with members of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Big Star, The Posies, R.E.M., Los Lobos, and Midlake. His 2019 album "Hummingbird Heart" was voted "Best of the Year" by Power Pop News. His songs have been featured nationally on such platforms as USA Today. Reverse is his sixth album. ... more
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