By the Time That I Awoke

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I like the powder blue dresses
 stewardesses wear on Korean Air
 the skins too wine, and the body so fine.
 All the same height, and they have the same waist line
 But there is one who stood upon
 an emtag* way, changed par...
 she had a white watch and muted spot*
 I thought about her when the night grew dark.
 In my hotel room in Tokyo
 and by the time that I awoke
 my guitar was broken and in need of repair
 thanks through the hassles, Korean Air
 but i roomed* myself a one last show
 and i made a few friends, Choco and Coco
 walking down near the train station below
 hugged them good-bye as I walked back eye*
 Remember the girl who i had la... ched*
 grew up in a cardboard box
 and the town calmed dormin / down in.
 she shooked* my spirit, and she read on my thoughts
 but I had some lump* back home
 so I never pursuit her and recorded telephone
 I wondered if she knew if I ...
 I wondered if she thought that I had used her
 and by the time that I awoke
 around my neck the fellow finger's stroke
 I felt a j... off and an electrical sting,
 I felt the pull-off, an invisible string.
 Is it my future falling?
 Or is it the past to call in?
 I can't remember, and you can't make me remember.
 Anything that hurts makes me shiver.
 I can't remember, and you can't make me remember.
 My dirty reflection shimmered in the rain.
 I can't remember, and you can't make me remember.
 All forgotten blues be open my heart.
 I can't remember, and you can't make me remember.
 I can't remember, and you can't make me remember.
 I was five years old the last time I slept,
 a quiet night before the loudness quit*
 I wrote poetry throughout my teens
 and I forsee* that my childhood dreams.
 Teachers told me I couldn't write
 they* are never make a living when I touch anyones right.
 People told me I couldn't sing
 that I wouldn't mount* much of anything
 And by the time that I awoke
 I was 25 years old and crossing an ocean
 working hard to develop my sound
 homecity sick*, covered in ground
 And by the time that I had awoken
 I was one of a handful of the chosen*
 to take upon* just to take the arrows*
 to b... to blood us ...?
 I can't remember, and you can't make me remember
 Any useful words that I had ...
 I can't remember, and you can't make me remember
 When I was alone, flocked* desperate
 I can't remember, and you can't make me remember
 when I couldn't trap womblebee* (bumblebee)
 I can't remember, and you can't make me remember
 when I am in a crowd, I am so lonely.
 I met the most beautiful lump*
 walking along San-Francisco Bay*
 She gasped* me through the pillows*
 through the long unlit hall ways*
 Below the surface beneath the distractions
 beneath my dummy* jerk reactions
 it's to her I owe everything
 it is for her that my heart sings
 and by the time that I awoke
 finger's loose and on their ...
 and by the time that I awoke

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Duration
07:26
Key
8
Tempo
105 BPM

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