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Something To Hide
03:36
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(Everybody’s Got) Something to Hide (Tani)
Don’t ask me no questions
Don’t tell me no lies
Don’t give me that look with
Those big brown eyes
Let’s keep it all friendly
And enjoy the ride
If I slip let it slide
Everybody’s got something to hide
Stay away from that window
Don’t open those blinds
I’ll leave by the back door
Meet me round behind
Keep it down when you’re leavin’
Everything’ll be fine
Loose lips sink ships
Everybody’s got something to hide
My bio’s been retracted
My resume’s redacted
As a matter of fact it’s
All one big lie (All been denied)
Don’t ask me no questions
Don’t tell me no lies
Don’t give me that look with
Those big brown eyes
Keep it down when you’re leavin’
For the promised land
The men don’t know
what the little girls understand
Loose lips sink ships
Everybody’s got something to hide
Keep the cat in the bag
Everybody’s got something to hide
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2. |
It Finally Fell For You
05:34
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IT FINALLY FELL FOR YOU
(Tani)
I saw your ring
In the big glass case downtown at JD’s
Among all that bling
I'd know it anywhere this side of Hades
You always knew
Desire makes a poor business partner
But you'd make it through
And the big houses love a stylish martyr
Oh what is beauty? Deception or truth?
What is love crushed. Destroyer of youth
You had to flirt with Disaster until
- ...It finally fell for you
Drinks on the house
Down at the Wailing Wall next to JD's
You need something to douse
The fire in that big black Mercedes
Oh what is beauty? Deception or truth?
What is love crushed. Destroyer of youth
You had to flirt with Disaster until
- ...It finally fell for you
SOLO OVER CHORUS
A fly on the wall
Always seeking out the darkened corner
Observer of all
I am that one last lone mystery mourner
You walked in the tomb
And lit the place up like an all night film set
You flooded the room
And I stood naked as a tangible asset
Oh what is beauty? Deception or truth?
What is love crushed. Destroyer of youth
You had to flirt with Disaster until
- ...It finally fell for you
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It Looked Like You Had It All
(Tani)
Now brother I know
Things ain't always as they appear
and there's all kinds of trouble
and reasons for tears
It seemed like you were cruisin' down easy street
and then you hit the wall
I wasn't there -But from here
It looked like you had it all
But you've told me your story
and sung me your song
hell, I watched it happen
from afar all along
Perhaps you got out in the nick of time
or you heard your demons call
I wasn't there -But from here
It looked like you had it all
That woman looked so fine to me
She was sweet as she could be
She never took her eyes off you when she was at your side
Was it insecurity
Or were you just too blind to see
That you were face to face again with your foolish pride
Now brother I know
Things ain't always as they appear
and we've been close
Very close for many years
You walked right past me when you hit the door
I was standing in the hall
You weren't there -I was here
and I guess that says it all
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4. |
The Lovers Card
04:24
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The Lovers Card
(Tani)
Show me your palms
Show me your wrists
Show me the story of your life
-with all the little twists
Teach me a song
And after your gone
It will linger on my lips
La la la la
Take me away
I’ve never been
We’ll soak into each others pores
-and under our skins
Hold me near
And we’ll disappear
As we hear that sweet violin
La la la la
The Lovers card
A fortune in broken hearts
The moon is marred
And Venus is scarred
Stand on the gas
Feet to the flame
We’ll move heaven and earth till they merge
-as one and the same
We’ll go long
Go hammer and tongs
Strip this song right down to the frame
La la la la
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5. |
New Dress
05:51
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New Dress
(Tani)
It was a new day - at the edge of town
I pulled up to the sign by the light of the rising sun
And with a new brush and some old paint
I lowered the population here by one
(Chorus)
I’m painting my new dress red
As dark as the color of blood in the pale moonlight
My new dress is red -tonight -tonight
I’d painted myself - into a corner
There was nowhere to go in that town of brown & grey
Now I’m sketching - my horizon
It’s wide and it’s straight and it never fades away
Chorus
It’s a still night –in a still life
I’m cleaning my brushes in a bucket of kerosene
It’s a new day –in a new town
A match in the bucket and I have my slate wiped clean
Chorus
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Take Me With You When You Go Too Far
(Tani)
I hear you pacing upstairs
Every night until dawn
Dragging your baggage around
Making your plans to move on
I’ve seen you try it before
But it’s yet to work out
Every road leads somewhere
You haven't found the right route
I watched you soar too high -I saw you plunge too deep
I saw you burn too hot, shine too bright -and sell too cheap
I don't care where you're bound
I need to cover some ground
My bag is packed in your car
Take me with you when you go too far
Take me with you when you go too far
Love is risking it all
Skating out to the edge
I just bleed on the keys
While you stand on the ledge
I want to take that chance
Of going over the falls
This town just blackens the page
While the white water calls
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7. |
Falling
04:43
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Falling (Tani)
I’m falling, falling, falling
It’s the fall that breaks my loneliness
I hear you calling
Reaching out with your sweet caress
Your hand in mine –We’ll never part
I’ll give my life –With all my heart
I’ll never leave and I’ll
Follow you anywhere
First floor –in the front door
Everything’s so bright and new
Full of promise, tender kisses
And the glow from the words “I do”
We had the world spread out at our feet
And our life seemed so complete
It’s the new love -that’s the best love
And ours was so sweet
chorus
Second floor –there’s so much more
We built ourselves a home
Filled with laughter, and tender moments
From which we’d never roam
Our love was tested every year
But somehow we’d persevere
It’s the true love -that’s the best love
And ours knew no fear
I guess that nothing lasts forever
And my world came crashing down
The night she died
In my arms
Now my love’s
Buried in the ground
Top floor –there are no more
And I just walk right on through
A nicely furnished set of lovely
Empty rooms with a view
As I step off this ledge and into the air
I know you’re waiting for me there
You’re my true love –we’ll start anew love
Forever more
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8. |
Three Small Words
03:25
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Three Small Words
Three small words
on the tips of our tongue
three small words
that are never to be sung
We’ll write a book
with the things we want to say
but those three small words we’ll have to lock away
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If this was another time
If this were another world
If I had been born another boy and you were another girl
If fate had just dealt
Us hands we could play
But it's not in the cards Still we cannot back away
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We know we take a risk
With every word we choose
So we say it with a kiss
It's the language lovers use
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I see them -in your eyes
Each time that you- look my way
But those three small words are words we’ll never say
I feel them -in your sighs
Each time that I -hold you near
But those three small words are words we'll never hear
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9. |
Push Me Away
03:47
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Push Me Away (Tani)
Push me away
Hold my love at bay
Make me lose before I win
Push me away then pull me in
Crack that window
Get some air flow
-wing into to this room
Oh my skin glows
From my head down to my toes
-with a rosy bloom
Peel those sheets back
Try a new tack
Take one on the chin
Push me away
Push me away
Push me away
-Then pull me in
Don’t make this easy
I don’t know what I’d do with easy
Better to tease me –and lead me astray
It’s a secret you should know
In the best scenario
To pull me in –Push me away
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10. |
Out With The Old
03:36
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Out With the Old (Tani)
I see my burning bridges
My hand burst into flame
I seek the cool, cool water
As my ship sails out of frame
Our bloody lips. Our bleeding heart
Call out the ghosts by name
And check them off some master list
As my ship sails out of frame
Out with the old –In with the new
Out with the old –In with the new
I press against the window
So my skin can feel the view
Out with the old –In with the new
Crack this lacquer box and breath
The blackened scent of sin
From where we swore we’d never tread
Yet found ourselves within
Our jaundiced eye. Our bitten tongue
The blind. The mute. The lame.
What tortures me now calls to you
As my ship sails out of frame
Chorus
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Maurice Tani San Francisco, California
Maurice Tani is a "supercalifornigraphic" singer-songwriter known for his wry/rye-to-romantic songwriting, agile guitar style and expressive singing. His band, Maurice Tani & 77 El Deora has been the source of untold, but exquisite suffering for over 20 years. Tani now has 8 albums to his credit. The latest is “All In!” recorded at Greaseland USA with an all-star cast of Little Village artists. ... more
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