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Whatever I Find Here

by Tommy Stevens

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1.
Introduction 01:29
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Hi, I'm Tom. Pleased to meet you.
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World Of Love 03:01
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World of Love encompassing everything I see or touch the air, water and light whatever I find here World of Love Surrounds me Overconfident that this is where I'm going to be year after year The wine glass at the wedding under the foot falling down fast we could put them both back together with tweezers, glue and enough time World Of Love, World of Love, World of love, World of love World of Love World of love will always survive though me might wander away smiling and soothing us whenever we return.
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Quite A Few Of Them Are Colors 03:35
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A Cup holds coffee and costs a dime the coffee, of course, costs extra there are many things that have no rhyme and quite a few of them are colors The second hand counts the difference The first counts things that are no more There are many things that make no sense and quite a few of them are colors Black is Death and Red is anger White is purer than the driven snow Cheap symbolism for hire but not what I see, not what I know Strange beauty makes the planets align It comforts me and keeps me unsure There are many things that are divine And quite a few of them are colors
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Nicky Is A Big Boy 04:26
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When I hit you, I never say I'm sorry When I hit you, I guess I'm being naughty But it seems like a good idea at the time When I kill you, I never say I'm sorry When I kill you, I guess I'm being naughty But it seems like a good idea at the time When I love you, I never say I'm sorry When I love you, I guess I'm being naughty But it seems like a good idea at the time Nicky is a big boy, he can write his own name Nicky is a big boy, he can play a game Nicky is a big boy, knows eggs come from a hen Nicky is a big boy, stays up until 10 Nicky's on the playground, at the top of the slide Nicky's on the subway, going for a ride Nicky's with his mommy, they're out for the whole day Nicky has his bedtime, he's drifting away Now Nicky is dreaming of a magic hat and Nicky is dreaming of a dancing cat Nicky is dreaming that he's his own dad and Nicky is dreaming that he's never bad Nicky's on the playground, at the top of the slide Nicky's on the subway, going for a ride Nicky's with his mommy, they're out for the whole day Nicky has his bedtime, he's drifting away
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I Saved You 06:12
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Sometimes I miss you so much I feel as though I'm holding you but why can't you tell me what I should do I saved you I saved you At least I tried I promise I promise I'll get it right next time While I watched the black night faded into a clear blue morning and then, to my suprise, that meant nothing. Nothing. I saved you I saved you At least I tried I promise I promise I'll get it right next time You know all that love I told you about before if you don't mind, I'd like to tell you just once more You know all that love I told you about before if you don't mind, I'd like to tell you just once more Strangers took your pulse, took your name, took you away forever Strangers told me you would soon do better I saved you I saved you At least I tried I promise I promise I'll get it right next time All that love I told you about before I'd like to tell you just once more
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Duck Duck Goose 00:32
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When You Finally Let Me Walk You Home 05:01
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It might be silly of me This isn't the sort of thing grown-ups think about But I have to say I'm waiting for the day When you finally let me walk you home First, I'll shyly hold your hand Then, when I'm bolder I'll kiss you the way a man Kisses the breath of his passion and his love When you finally let me walk you home There were times you weren't mine Days I didn't think about you Let's forget them all Forget each regret that hasn't happened yet When you finally let me walk you home I'm going back to San Francisco This time I think I'm going to stay It's too late for the Haight but I've got A great view of the bay I'm going back to San Francisco Where I know you'll love me someday It's too late for the Haight but we'll share A great view of the bay
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Country Hobo 06:17
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Sometimes I give him spare change Sometimes I look away but he just wanted to talk today It's so dirty here he said Most of the people are even cheaper than you and I realize what I have to do Someday I'll run away and become a country hobo I'll learn the ways of a country hobo Life can be ok for a country hobo Life can be ok I was a street musician Till that wasn't allowed They made laws against drawing a crowd But those crowds meant I could pay my rent Even afford the occasional meal Ever since then, I haven't felt real They moved me to shelters where I learned to take a punch To let new friends sometimes have my lunch Not to believe that anything good can come from wondering, just from walking no one ever found peace through talking Someday I'll run away and become a country hobo I'll learn the ways of a country hobo Life can be ok for a country hobo Life can be ok I'm coughing like it's pneumonia think I've got a touch But they tell me I just drink too much They said spend a month in the hospital Dry out, get sober, you'll soon be fine I'd rather dry out in the sunshine In the summer I'll sleep under apple trees In the winter nobody will let me freeze I'll be a local character and people there will take care of their country hobo Someday I'll run away and become a country hobo I'll learn the ways of a country hobo Life can be ok for a country hobo Life can be ok
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Look at Cindy Dancing With a Band-Aid on Her Knee. 02:11
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Song of Grief 03:08
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The world is filled with leaves turned brown More than enough to cover the ground Do you know what they sound like under my feet That's my song of grief I hear laughter in tears and lies Always hear laughter after I try Sometimes laughter is nothing but a thief That's my song of grief Some people sing the blues so long they forget why Those lucky sons of bitches I'm singing to the past, trying to bring it back wrapped in childhood kisses In my car, wondering where I am the light turns red, traffic turns into jam The engines overheat and the horns go beep That's my song of grief.
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War Songs 04:38
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A gun to shoot, uniform to wear There's no such thing as fashion in this place Blood in the water, blood in the air Dirt on his hands, dirt on his face War songs, war songs, war songs, war songs A desperate substitute for peace strums of a guitar lying on his bed Right now, there's not much else that's his own with just the songs lost in his head War songs, war songs, war songs, war songs Somehow a cassette, songs he'd sent home streamed through music blogs, trendy web pages became a top internet download when word of mouth sang his praises nursery rhymes war songs, war songs odes to sunlight war songs, war songs just holding hands in the dark war songs, war songs looking for his gentle heart An author's mind might make him a star champagne always filling his coffee cup or could cry at his tragic death but no one knows how he ended up A gun to shoot uniform to wear a gun to shoot, uniform to wear
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If Only You Liked Me/When N. Was A Little Girl, Back Before Machines Ruled The World/That Star Is My Star (What Did I Do) 05:58
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If Only You Liked Me" If I were a pretty girl, you'd like me If I sang Rock and Roll, You'd like me If I learned to drive, you'd like me If I were only five, You'd like me If only you liked me If only you liked me If I were masculine, you'd like me If I tried to sin, you'd like me If I ran faster, you'd like me If I were your master, you'd like me If only you liked me If only you liked me If I were a doctor, you'd like me If I were shocked me, you'd like me If I were a Beatles fan, you'd like me If I were what I am, you'd like me You'd like me You'd like me What did I Do: What did I do I clapped along to a funny song I heard on the radio The radio is my buddy so true and mommy is daddy's best friend What else is true Where to go for clean clothes, one plus one is something I'll always know because a good boy knows what he should do And daddy is mommy's best friend See that star, shining star, night time star light shining through That star is my star, but I'll share it with you That star is my star, but I'll share it with you
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Colette 01:07
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Let Me Love The People I Hate 05:04
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Let me love the people I hate Lord, Let me love the people I hate Even though they're not all that great Let me love the people I hate Let me love the people I despise Lord, let me love the people I despise I should start trying to be wise Let me love the people I despise Let me learn to love new things Lord, let me learn to love new things To not shy away from your wings Let me learn to love new things Let me learn to look at myself Lord, let me learn to look at myself To do the best things for my health Let me learn to look at myself Let me start to understand Lord, let me start to understand how the morning feels in my hand Let me start to understand Let me love the people I hate Lord, let me learn to love the people I hate I'm starting to wonder; how do I rate Let me love the people I hate

about

My first album, unless you count a cassette I made decades ago. I'm not sure even I have a copy of that, but if I do, no one's going to hear it. This came out nice, though. As Lol Coxhill said "Some of the stuff I like very much. Some of the stuff I quite like, and I don't hate any of it."

The instrumentals are 75 cents. That's not because they aren't as good. They're some of my favorite tracks on the album. I just made them cheaper because they're not as long and I don't want anyone to feel cheated.

Oh, if you burn a CD of this, I'd suggest not leaving a gap between the first two tracks. It sounds better that way.

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released August 29, 2013

Me on just about everything; Songwriting, vocals,acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ukelele, bilbul tarang, recorder, percussion, electronic effects and production. When you hear female vocals on one track, that's not me, though. That's my friend Yani.

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Tommy Stevens New York, New York

I guess my life has been pretty uneventful, except for that time I was on a field trip with my high school science class and was bitten by a radioactive spider.

Oh, also, I played at CBGB once. That was pretty cool.

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