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Always Almost Home

by Paul Spring

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Beggar by choice Scholar by trade A crown is a crown Even if it is of thistles made I know what I like This prison is fair But I'm looking for some new More comfortable shackles to wear Stylish like the ones I had before But with just a little less Of a bite, I dont want em tight When I'm sitting high upon the shore Looking at the ocean well I do not cry It's just my salt rimmed eyes Just my salt rimmed eyes Teller of tales Causer of pain I don't got time to think Why they gave me those names Places to go People to meet I'm gonna need one on the rocks I got to have my best wits about me I'm not gonna make her wait that long She knows that I'm always almost home Always almost home When I'm sitting high up on the shore Looking at the ocean well I do not cry Its just my salt rimmed eyes Just my salt rimmed eyes
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Break Away 03:16
I need variety There's a dream I can't unsee No way around it once you’ve found it The thing that makes you free I need a new vibration Give me the magic touch You guessed my constellation Let's break away just us Break Break Away Down metropolitan I need a pick up pick me up No way around it once you’ve found it Cannot change your speed I need a new vibration Give me the magic touch You guessed my constellation Let's break away just us Break Break Away High society Im as high as high can be No way around it once you’ve found it You can trust on me I need a new vibration Give me the magic touch You guessed my constellation Let's break away just us Break Break Away
3.
Go Getter 03:07
She said I'll be back again I'm just stepping out the door And when I return Could I get some more? More of your heart, less of the ache More of the deep. less of the fake I don't think that its too much to ask for Hey hey when it comes to love I'm a go getter My my when it comes to the truth I could always do better I cant get too far alone We gotta go together My my have you seen my girl I'm a go getter I'm a go getter I'm a go getter Like a diver in the depths Looking for a pearl Shut my mouth And hold my breath Listen to that girl More of your heart, less of the ache More of the deep. less of the fake Only way to go is up In this broke down world Hey hey when it comes to love I'm a go getter My my when it comes to the truth I could always do better I cant get too far alone We gotta go together My my have you seen my girl I'm a go getter I'm a go getter I'm a go getter
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Rough hands silently wake Armies of the dawn On the twilight train Ride to the docks And the towers in droves Carrying a load Name without a name While the smoke talkers Droppers of names High born sons With no skin in the game Finish their night On a rooftop glow They don’t have a load We are not the same Take the city as a liar Doesn’t care about the truth Bring the beast to the doorstep Hide your dreams like troops He’s a jackal not a boss Put your week in a noose Gotta hold him accountable Comin home to roost Coming home to roost 5am shift white knuckle grip Daddy was raised Neath the throgsneck bridge I could count myself In the ranks of them But I want out and Im climbing I preyed with the vultures The soul they steal Dragged a corpse In the dust of my wheels Feast on a lyre With a carrion call Shout my name From the city walls Take the city as a liar Doesn’t care about the truth Bring the beast to the doorstep Hide your dreams like troops He’s a jackal not a boss He’ll put your week in a noose Gotta hold him accountable Coming home to roost Coming home to roost
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If it were my decision Id be swimming In a lake so clear In the tall green pines I know my way there Middle of nowhere I'll make it out somehow Got my eyes closed now There is a certain someone She's from where I'm from We will dive right in With the warm sunshine I know my way there Middle of nowhere I'll make it out somehow Got my eyes closed now I know my way there I know my way there I know my way there I know my way there I know my way there I know my way there
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Taking a ride down veterans drive I know every block as it blurs by I could do it with my eyes closed When was the last time you were home? It’s a simpler place from a simpler time There were kids my age or at least close to my age We could play outside on our own When was the last time you were home? Red oak trees pot-holed streets Water towers grocery meats The sound of the dial tone When was the last time you were home? There’s the Dairy Queen where I had my first job Where I saw my first gun, took my first drugs We were 15 or 16 years old She was twisting cones When was the last time you were home? Underneath the bridge by the riverside Where those vampires lured a drifter within And cracked his skull with a stone When was the last time you were home? The monastery nursing floor Where they hide the monks no one wants to know How they stole the youth from those poor souls When was the last time you were home? First place I go is that shoreline Where they don’t build houses And don’t allow boats And I hold my breath underwater for a while
7.
Walkin through Queens cemeteries That’s the only place round here with trees Opens at nine, closes at four Then we stare at stray cats through the door No gloom no doom No lies from me Im happy Im happy No gloom no doom No lies from me Im happy Im happy Hot as can be but it’s mothers day Watchin white and brown folks visit graves Some drive by slow dropping their flowers Some stay for a while talking with strange powers No gloom no doom No lies from me Im happy Im happy No gloom no doom No lies from me Im happy Im happy A month later now, the third sunday Its crowded again in that same place Im seeing new flowers, hearing less words One kid’s ‘I love you’ floats up to the birds No gloom no doom No lies from me Im happy Im happy No gloom no doom No lies from me Im happy Im happy
8.
Everybody losin losin control Learnin how to love it losin control Isnt hard to master Losin you know You should get lost Everybody losin losin control And I get the feeling you already know If we gotta run, are you ready to go? Ready to go? Well I, I got a message from Achilles That maybe winning doesn't matter anyway All we wanna do is own our own All we wanna do is see the start Its a feeling in my bones Its a fire in your heart Everybody losin losin control Learnin how to love it losin control Isnt hard to master Losin you know You should get lost Everybody losin losin control And I get the feeling you already know If we gotta run, are you ready to go? Ready to go? Well I, I gotta let it out from deep within Cuz everything that's trying to get lost is gonna win Are we ever gonna own our own? Is the finish at the start? Its a feelin in my bones Its a fire in your heart Everybody losin losin control Learnin how to love it losin control Isnt hard to master Losin you know You should get lost Everybody losin losin control And I get the feeling you already know If we gotta run, are you ready to go?
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Enemy 03:26
It has always been The same routine Only thing that changes Is the scene Somehow I think You’ll always need An enemy You could trace it back And root it out Somewhere among The pride and doubt But then what would you be Without an enemy Enemy Enemy Enemy Enemy But then what would you be Without an enemy At least that pride Can rest upon The list of those Who’ve done you wrong The list goes on And on and on Enemies For a decade now We’ve been friends You say I’m the only Real one left But I can see What’s coming next Enemy Enemy Enemy Enemy But then what would you be Without an enemy
10.
Make a wish and throw it in the fountain Get on with your life Shoot a star and put it in your pocket Get on with your life Not killed a hero lately Not looked behind the curtain again I know just what awaits me Keep the receipts and leave em on read Id almost always rather hear a joke from Someone who is a terrible friend Id almost always rather hear a song from Someone who is a ghost in the end Make a wish and throw it in the fountain Get on with your life Shoot a star and put it in your pocket Get on with your life Make a wish and throw it in the fountain Get on with your life Shoot a star and put it in your pocket Get on with your life Im driving myself crazy Preppin for interviews in my head For a fake documentary They'd never give the questions ahead Id almost always rather see a show If it was on an inflatable stage Watchin it blow up see their gonna blow up Who’d want to blow up at that age Make a wish and throw it in the fountain Get on with your life Shoot a star and put it in your pocket Get on with your life
11.
View out the window is still a wall My dreams all hit the ceiling Even though I know I got the call Can’t hover above this feeling Walking out in the rain Had bout all I can take Any day now any day Karma come over Fill up this cup of mine Make it runneth over You know I’ve done my time Karma come over Fill up this cup of mine Make it runneth over You know I’ve done my time Star at the bottom deep in the well Lower me down to grab it Tired and dried up but I’m not climbing out empty handed Walking out in the rain Had bout all I can take Any day now any day Karma come over Fill up this cup of mine Make it runneth over You know I’ve done my time Karma come over Fill up this cup of mine Make it runneth over You know I’ve done my time Pour until it runneth over

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released November 10, 2023

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Paul Spring Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Like a Celtic monk with an MPC, Paul Spring brings together Bach chorales, UK garage, 808s, and Irish traditional melodies into a mystical new music. His new album, Always Almost Home, is out November 10th.

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