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Starting Again
03:26
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I'm Driving Home
The first Time I'm feeling alone
Since I let you go
I don't know what I'm gonna do
But my life is starting again
My life is starting again
Six months of pain
Six months of only rain
Now that
My clouds are breaking I
Know that I'll be ok, I'm ok
Cause my life is starting again.
My life is starting all over again
And my heart is starting to mend
My life is starting again
You changed
Into someone that I didn't know
And it broke my heart
To let you go
But I let you go
And now my life is starting again
My life is starting all over again
And my heart is starting to mend
My life is starting
My life is starting again
And it is such a shame to me
That this is what we came to be
But now that I'm alone again
I'm more me than I ever have been
And my life is starting again
My life is starting all over again
And my heart is starting to mend
My life is starting
My life is starting again
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I never felt alone in New York City
I never felt alive till I met you
I never felt alone in New York City
Some how New York always knew
I sit down on that subway Seat
And a man lies next to me
I'm dreaming about that Princess Grace
She's got a smile I can't escape
He says boy get out what's in that case
And fill the air with something sweet
I said I only have this broken heart
And he said that's all right with me
So I never felt alone in New York City
I never felt alive till I met you
I never felt alone in New York City
Some how New York always knew
So I carry on singing my sad song
Beneath the City Streets
If you listen very close to dawn
You can hear the city speak
And though it might just sound like noise to some
It's beautiful to me
As it accompanies the rising sun
Like an urban symphony
They say the city never sleeps
So grab a dream then hit the streets
You may be out there on your own
But you'll never be alone in New York
No you'll never be alone
No you'll never be alone
So I jump off at 34th street
And drag my feet because I know
That the only time I start feeling alone
Is when I catch that train back home
Home
But I never felt alone in New York City
I never felt alive till I met you
I never felt alone in New York City (Never felt alone)
Some how New York Some how New York
Some how New York always knew
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3. |
We Speak
02:51
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We Speak
Of only certain things
And others we don't bring up
At all
Bottle it inside and cap it off
I hold my breath I'm waiting for the fall
Could you ask me to leave?
Could I beg you to stay?
Is the any in between?
At all
I hold my breath I'm waiting for
You
Waiting for you
We speak
Oh so cautiously
Ever since the day it came through
What's inside of me's inside of you
I hold my breath I'm waiting for the truth
Could I ask you to leave?
Could you beg me to stay?
Is there any other way?
At all
I hold my breath I'm waiting for
You
Waiting for you
What else can I do?
As my worst fears
Come true
We speak
Far less frequently
Ever since the day you had to choose
But you couldn't keep the love without abuse
I hold my breath I'm waiting for the bruise
I couldn't ask you to leave
You couldn't beg me to stay
We watched it rip at the seams
And drift away
I Hold my breath I'm waiting for
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Complete
03:27
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I'm the son of a man's man's
Son of a monster
I'm the son of some strong hands
That gave it all for me
I'm the son of Italian traditions
I'm the son of American dreams
But when will I see
What's missing inside of me
And when will I finally be
Complete
I'm the son of your blond hair
Son of warm blue eyes
I'm the son of a love
That simply refused to die
I'm the son of relentless patience
I'm the son of your selfless life
But when will I see
What's missing inside of me
And when will I finally be
Complete
I'm the son of the city
Where we
Declared our independence
Violently
I'm the son of the
Sacrifices made
For the free
By the Brave
I'm the son of the year
We lost the challenge
I'm the son of the year
Things went off balance
I'm the son of hope
The son of change
I've become the son of so many things
But when will I see
What's missing inside of me
And when will I finally be
Complete
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5. |
17th and Broadway
03:49
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This is not the story of
Happily ever was
This is never came to be
But on the last day I was 23
She had coffee with me
Finally
And we shared some February air
On a bench in Union Square
New York City
And I never will forget
The way I felt when our eyes met
At 17th and Broadway
17th and Broadway
The second time we met
Was on seventy second
In the rain
She had lipstick on her teeth
Lit a fire deep beneath
my pain, my pain
And as we got into that cab
It brought me right
Well it brought right back
The way I felt at
17th and Broadway
When she smiled at me
And took my breath away
At 17th and Broadway
17th and Broadway
I still remember the first time
I saw her dancing in the sunshine
It took me four years to say hi
But when she smiled
It changed my life
Well we had one more date
In the garden of the empire state
Before she just stopped talking to me
And I would love to tell you how
This all worked out
But this is not the story of
Happily ever
Cause this is never
Well these are my
Three dates
In the empire state
And how I fell
For her smile
These are my three dates
In the empire state
And how it changed my life
These are my three dates
In the empire state
And 17th and Broadway
17th and Broadway
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6. |
Sit Down With Yourself
03:13
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Let it sink in
She doesn't care about your soul
And so you find yourself alone
In a crowded room of friends
Sometimes it don't make sense
Those words still echo in your head
When Ray said
Sit down with yourself
Or anyone or whatever
Cause it doesn't have to be clever this time
Gather up your thoughts
And just boil 'em down for the better
And see what you have left inside, inside
So let it sink in
She doesn't care about your song
And so you find yourself alone
With a guitar in your hands
It all starts making sense
And you can almost feel the end
When you begin
To sit down with yourself
Or anyone or whatever
Cause it doesn't have to be clever this time
Gather up your thoughts
And just boil 'em down for the better
And see what you have left inside, inside
Come on
Reach in deep, and aim up high
Build your Castle in the sky
You know the
Life you seek, and the love you find
Will fit together when it's right
So let it sink in
Now you've all but moved along
And her regrets will come on strong
When she rings your bell again
Don't you let her in
And you may find you'll open up to
Someone new
When you sit down with yourself
Or anyone or whatever
Cause it doesn't have to be clever this time
Gather up your thoughts
And just boil 'em down for the better
And see what you have left
see what you have left
see what you have left inside
inside, inside, inside
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7. |
Hiding From The End
03:24
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Well you're the only thing
In my life
That I've tried more than twice
But go on fool me one
More time
Into your arms tonight
So here we go again
We're hiding in your bed
And here we go again
We're hiding from the end
Well you burnt every bridge
Back to me
Now the world won't let us be
And you burnt every bridge
Back to me
Now we're drowning in a sea
Of secrecy
And here we go again
We're hiding in your bed
And here we go again
We're hiding from the end
In the end
When it's over
In the end
When we're older
In the end, honey
We can't be
Friends
Cause you burnt every bridge
You burnt every bridge
You burnt every bridge
And here we go again
Here we go again
We're hiding in your bed
I said here we go again
Here we go again
We're hiding from the end
The world would never let
Us be
Both friends and family
Well everyone can see
That you burnt every bridge
Back to me
And we're drowning in a sea
of secrecy
And here we go again
here we go again
We're hiding in your bed
Well here we go again
here we go again
We're hiding from the end
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8. |
A Hundred Miles Away
02:39
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I'm chasing after a wild thing
With so much left to say
And she's chasing after a wild dream
A hundred miles away
A hundred miles away
A hundred miles away
When it comes to love
You don't have to pay to play
Yes when it comes to love
You can't choose
You'll pay when you lose
And we're all going to lose
One day
A hundred miles away
She's just a
A hundred miles away
But it might as well be
A century, a century
I said it might as well be
A century
Don't give your heart to a wild thing
I heard Holly say
But I'm afraid it's far too late for me
To be saved by Tiffany's
A hundred miles away
She's just a
A hundred miles away
But it might as well be
I said it might as well be
It might as well be
A century
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I never felt alone in New York City
I never felt alive till I met you
I never felt alone in New York City
Well some how New York always knew
I sit down on that subway Seat
And a man lies next to me
I'm dreaming about that Princess Grace
She's got a smile I can't escape
He says boy get out what's in that case
And fill the air with something sweet
I said I only have this broken heart
And he said that's all right with me
So I never felt alone in New York City
I never felt alive till I met you
I never felt alone in New York City
Some how New York always knew
So I carry on singing my sad song
Beneath the City Streets
and if you listen very close to dawn
You can hear the city speak
And though it might just sound like noise to some
It's beautiful to me
As it accompanies the rising sun
Like an urban symphony
So I never felt alone in New York
I never felt alone in New York
I never felt alone in New York
They say the city never sleeps
So grab a dream then hit the streets
You may be out there on your own
But you'll never be alone in New York
No you'll never be alone
No you'll never be alone
So I jump off at 34th street
And drag my feet because I know
That the only time I start feeling alone
Is when I catch that train back home
Home
But I never felt alone in New York City
I never felt alive till I met you
I never felt alone in New York City (Never felt alone)
Some how New York always knew
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Alex DiMattia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lyrically driven singer-songwriter
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