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Stereo
04:42
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Stereo by Ezra Vancil
I Saw Your life rewind in Stereo
I saw the night conquer a friend
and if I had a song that I could play tonight
I would dance with you again
and all our time out on the killing fields
where glory fell all about a rain
and if I had a song that I could play tonight
i would ask you just for the right
If I had a song that would reel you in
If I had a tune that would wash your skin
as thick as granet
as thick as blood that soon ran thin
I saw the red moon fall in mexico
when we did our time up on the fence
and if I had a tune that I could play just right
I would ask you back again
cause all your life was just a lovers dream
fading out like summer steam
and If I had a tune that I could play tonight
I would ask you
just for the right
If I had a song that would reel you in
If I had a tune that would wash your skin
as thick as granet
as thick as blood that soon ran thin
I can’t let you in
no evidence of you friend
I saw the red moon fall from mexico
I saw your life rewind in stereo
if I had a song that I could play tonight
If I had a song that would reel you in
If I had a tune that would wash your skin
If I had a word that would wash your skin
as thick as granet
as thick as blood that soon ran thin
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December
03:54
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DECEMBER by Ezra Vancil
Take a picture baby
take another look write it in your boo
send me a postcard,
send me a letter tell me your feeling better
who better than me,
thats not so hard to believe
Forget about the winter
and the plans that we made
in the hot summer shade
cause I’ll be a memory
when you waken from your sleep
Cause I’ll be on some train
suck’n up my pain
cause I don’t want to see you leave
call me mr. free
the truth won’t catch me
if I don’t see you leave
Forget about the flowers
but send me back the song and the poetry I wrote
never mind the time it took
Cause some day in the shadows
maybe you'll see my face and you can tell your friends,
hey it wasn’t me,
he was just some old insecurity
I’ll be on some bus...
it’s better me than us
cause i don’t want to see you leave
call me mr. free
the truth won’t catch me
if I don’t see you leave
So much the dreams of the winter
so much the dreams of december
we’ll i don’t want to see you leave
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3. |
Break This Heart
03:23
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Break this heart by Ezra Vancil
Woke up tied in a bed of lies
told myself I didn’t have to try
in this foolish game of sorrows
took a walk in the shallow skin
told myself i didn’t need no friends
all the love i need i can borrow
Cause aint nobody gonna break this heart
Ain’t nobody gonna break this heart
nobody gonna touch the shame
aint nobody gonna feel my pain
nobody gonna break this heart
Ain’t nobody gonna break this heart
but you
I am a rock like the song did say
an island to myself each day
but I don’t need no poetry to protect me
lovers in the park walk two by two
but I don’t want none of that hippy voodu
no, nobody changes
Cause aint nobody gonna break this heart
Ain’t nobody gonna break this heart
nobody gonna touch the shame
aint nobody gonna feel my pain
nobody gonna break this heart
Ain’t nobody gonna break this heart
but you
Summer time sweet the wine
taste so bitter but you know it’s so bitter sweet
winter fall summer spring
your sweet love gonna make me suffer
so let it be
Cause aint nobody gonna break this heart
Ain’t nobody gonna break this heart
nobody gonna break this heart
Ain’t nobody gonna break this heart
nobody gonna touch the shame
aint nobody gonna feel my pain
nobody gonna break this heart
Ain’t nobody gonna break this heart
but you
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4. |
Kinsman Redeemer
04:53
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Kinsman Redeemer by Ezra Vancil
In the days of the common
when the lions did sleep
i went out walking
seeking my sanity
and the sun in the heavens
rose raspberry red
wrestling with decisions
anguish unsaid
like the son of David
always asking what more
when vanities of vanities
is all he had in store
or the Jacob and Esau
bidding who would be first
at the breast of their mother
an unquenchable thirst
oh kinsman redeemer
where do we sleep
when you win with the barely
i will undress your feet
and there will i lay down
the night shall i stay
at the foot of your mercy
in the hands of your grace
for the bread i have thrown down
and the wine i have cursed
for I am but an appetite
an unquenchable thirst
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5. |
Where I Am
04:02
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Where I Am by Ezra Vancil
Come to me where i am
hold me with time
stay by my side
no words will i now demand
just breathe with me pray
a quiet embrace
when i’m broken
i don't want to hear no stories
I just want you where i am
come and stand
where i am
when i need you here
you don’t have to solve a mystery
I just want you where i am
come and stand
where i am
Come to me where i am
lay with me still
when words can not heal
your wisdom and winsome hand
will lift me in vain
when still i lay chained
cause when i’m broken
i don’t want to hear no stories
I just want you where i am
come and stand where i am
when I need you here
you don’t have to bring solutions
I just want you where i am
come and stand
where i am
won’t you stay
when i’m broken
I don’t want to hear no stories
I just want you where i am
come and stand
where i am
when i need you here
you don’t have to solve a mystery
I just want you where i am
come and stand
where i am
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6. |
Kingdom Come
03:35
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Kingdom Come by Ezra Vancil
I get so tired
I get so lost along the way
like a fuel in the sun
how quick our glory fades away
but thy kingdom come
sometimes I want it
heavens doors are open wide
sometimes I cant wait
sometimes i want to run and hide
from all my fear
all my fear
Someday we’ll find that
everything will fall into a new way
around the sun
and space and time
will burn up in the brightness of a new day
thy kingdom come
don't make it real
don’t make it you realize
all the time we kill
in these bodies born to die
dust to dust
kings and castles turn to rust
but thy kingdom come
Someday we’ll find that
everything will fall into a new way
around the sun
and space and time
will burn up in the brightness of a new day
thy kingdom come
and when i feel that i can’t take this any more
I think about the grace that goes before
and when i see the truth of all that i have done
oh lord come
Someday we’ll find that
everything will fall into a new way
around the sun
and space and time
will burn up in the brightness of a new day
thy kingdom come
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7. |
Paradise
04:41
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Paradise by Ezra Vancil
It’s another day in paradise
it’s another day to shine
but I don’t feel so nice
and I don’t feel so kind
but you know me,
can you help me understand
it’s another day to shoot the breeze
with some of my old friends
but all those memories I don’t wanna
bring ‘em up again it gets me thinking
of a better time
But I’ll keep on running till I’m through
when the sun is burning
and I’m feeling blue
I’ll keep on running running
till I’m caught up with you
Someone needs to turn me over
and get me out of bed
cause I could sleep a thousand years
and you might think I’m dead but I’m dreamin
it’s just a nice place to be
Sometimes I wonder why
I get up my friend
for something else to come along
and knock me down again
but it figures,
cause it’s a rotating world
But I’ll keep on running till I’m through
when the earth is turning
and I’m longing for you
I’ll keep on running running,
till I’m caught up with you
And if nothing comes about
in twenty years I’m all worn out
how can I give up on the truth
I’ll keep on running running
till I’m through
My responsibilities grow heavier each day
and all these thoughts
and dreams keep getting in the way
but I’m dreaming,
I’m still dreaming of your face.
I’ll keep on running.
till I’m caught up with you
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8. |
Winter Girls
05:13
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Winter Girls by Ezra Vancil
All those winter girls with fresh made hair
walking around with their movie stars
they could never be what I have found
deep in your arms as you lay me down
And all those summer boys they talk so well
with shiny new cars and ships to sail
they could never be what you have found
deep in my arms as I lay you down
And you’ll be my lazy summer lullaby
and i’ll walk against the wind just for your eyes
we’ll harvest memories in season time
and i’ll be your shadow and you’ll be mine
Oh the grass is green right where I am
wrapped in your perfumed golden skin
and your silhouette is all I see
deep in your arms, will I always be?
And you’ll be my lazy summer lullaby
and i’ll walk against the wind just for your eyes
we’ll harvest memories in season time
and i’ll be your shadow and you’ll be mine
Oh those winter days are soon to pass
and you know summer never last
but there will always be what we have found
deep in these arms, as we lay down
you’ll be my lazy summer lullaby
and i’ll walk against the wind just for your eyes
we’ll harvest memories in season time
and i’ll be your shadow and you’ll be mine
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9. |
When We're Down
04:47
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When were down by Ezra Vancil
We used to watch the sun going down
Over the cedar trees
You used to watch the world going round over me
I used to call you up sometimes
when no one seemed to care
You came around with those angel eyes
and the flowers in your hair
And when I felt you breaking
well you know I was right there by your side
And when you felt me fading
You just looked me in the eye
and you pulled my lonely feet back to the ground
But when we're down
Who will turn this love around
Oh when we're down
We're not the ones to run and hide from
We're not the enemy
We're just two parts in the same great mystery
Come maybe we will answer the sound
wrestling in our brains
Someday baby we will dance to the rhythm of the pain
And when you feel you're sinking
You can stand up on my shoulders high
And when you feel me fading
you just look me in the eye
And you pull my lonely feet back to the ground
But when we're down
who will turn this love around
Oh when we're down
I want to fly
I want to sing
of your sweet generosity
I want to climb
I want to be here
to see your sweet love come over me
Come over me and you
But when we're down
who will turn this love around
Oh when we're down
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10. |
Mortal Days
04:10
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Mortal Days by Ezra Vancil
It’s a traffic jam 8 a.m
and i’m singing every song I ever heard
and up in the distance I see a river flowing
and something in me stirs
and whoever said nine to five
that’s like seventy percent of my waking life
in the hands of another man’s plans
beneath fluorescent lights
If I could break away
from these mortal days
If I could find a place
where time would wait for me
time wait for me
Well it looks like it’s gonna be another one of those nights
working late under fluorescent lights
and I’d much rather be
in bed…
with my lover resting my head
telling stories till the morning light
and we wonder why our father’s don’t know their sons
and we wonder why our children play with guns
and we wonder all these things
in front of our TV’s
then we wonder when the next show is coming on
If I could break away
from these mortal days
If I could find a place
where time would wait for me
Someday we’re going to see
blue skies
waiting, above the lights
Someday we’re going to see
blue skies
waiting, above the lights
someday we’re gonna see
blue sky
If I could break away
from these mortal days
If I could find a place
where time would wait for me
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11. |
Two Hands
05:30
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Two Hands by Ezra Vancil
Most of the time
I’m like a child
waiting to run
waiting to fall on you
but we draw these lines
and we follow through
two hands in the dark can not hold you
the things that I will
I do not do
but the things that I wish not
how do they come so true
and love may remain
when passion is through
but two hands in the dark
are not enough
to hold you,
when our dreams are through
Is it me
is it you
is it something that we
can’t go on without it
like a weed growing through
choking the seed
Silent we strain
to numb the pain
but something so dark
something so dull remains
and if i had a hope to give to you
We'll I’d wrap it in dreams
throw it into your river
God be with her
Is it me
is it you
is it something that we
can’t go on without it
like a weed growing through
choking the seed
and what can I do, to make us stronger than today
what can I say to hear for all this time a way
what can i do
to reach you
Is it me
is it you
is it something that we
can’t go on without it
like a weed growing through
choking the seed
to make us stronger than today
what can I say to hear for all this time a way
what can i do
to reach you
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12. |
Mercy
04:15
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Mercy by Ezra Vancil
All alone
I think I’ll unplug the telephone
and sit here waiting on the shelf
another day has passed me by in another way
that’s okay
because
I’m too tired to complain
Had a dream
I heard you say
that you never cared for me at all
my heart, did I fall
oh mercy
say it wasn't true
mercy
say it wasn't you
and all the love
you always gave me when i
has disappeared into that shadow
of my brain
and all the times
you were there for me
in my heart I feel the loneliness began
Had a dream
I heard you say
that you never cared for me at all
my heart, did I fall
oh mercy
say it wasn't true
mercy
say it wasn't you
I’m not pretty, I’m not smart
I found my self with an aching heart now
on the ground, on the spot
I found my self with an aching heart now
I’m not pretty, I’m not smart
I found my self with an aching heart now
on the ground, on the spot
I found my self with an aching heart
can’t you hear me calling?
oh mercy
stay with me tonight
mercy
stay with me
tonight
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ezra vancil Dallas, Texas
Ezra Vancil is an American singer/songwriter based in Dallas, Texas. While in the past he has written and recorded in the rock, pop, and experimental genres, a more mature Vancil has now found a sense of permanent belonging and connection within the community of Americana artists. ... more
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