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Galveston
04:36
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Galveston
Music & Lyrics by Ezra Vancil (BMI)
I gathered you up in a thousand days
from 17 till old and grey
throwing shells on the Galveston bay
your crying eyes and your heart full of grace
Pain tears and a smile on your face
a mother's scars that never erase
you were so scattered and you felt out of place
so I gathered you up in a thousand days
Lost causes twist of fate
broken hearts and the lies that you hate
long drives on a snowy landscape
and your eyes by the fire at the lake
all that you wanted all that you couldn'tā escape
all those convictions that never would take
colored candles and Christmas lights
I gathered you up on a thousand nights
I pictured you in a life without me
in someones arms I never could be
and you were following the map of your dreams
so I gathered you up and I sewed up the seams
drove you down to the Galveston bay
let you go cause your heart couldn't stay
the waves were broken and calling your name
I gathered you and I gave you away
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tuning
EABEBE
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2. |
Complicated Man
04:37
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3. |
Wild Girl
03:54
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WILD GIRL
Lyrics & Music by Ezra Vancil (BMI)
sheās a wild girl
in a fallen world
She donāt know when to stop
her heart is fun
but it weighs a ton
when itās tied up in a knot
she donāt have to dream
all her little schemes
they donāt cost a lot
And sheās innocent
but like the government
sheāll take everything you got
who's gonna tie you up in chains
who knows your favorite dirty names
itās bright big fallen world
and sheās a wild girl
she won't tell a lie
but the truth disguised
like you thought of it yourself
No she canāt be tamed
unless you know the game
and you know sheāll never tell
she donāt like getting high
but sheāll drink the sky
like an empty well
she wonāt be your fool
no sheās way too cool
to sit on someone's shelf
who's gonna tie you up in chains
who knows your favorite dirty names
itās bright big fallen world
and sheās a wild girl
Donāt hide the seams of my broken girl
Her loveās extreme, ācaus itās a wild world
who's gonna tie you up in chains
who knows your favorite dirty names
itās bright big fallen world
and sheās a wild girl
whos gonna try your love and pain
whoās gonna play your secret game
itās a bright big lonely world
for a wild girl
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4. |
Broken King
04:51
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6. |
How Can I Tell You
05:09
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7. |
Hisotry of Love
03:51
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History Of Love
Music by Ezra Vancil
Lyrics By Ezra Vancil & Leslie Wills
hey babe, I think weāve had enough
thereās a sadness that we can never rise above
my heart is heavy to be touched
well itās so crowded in the history of love
I made a promise on that wedding day
and I was wrong
I know, thatās why I couldnāt stay
...but I wonāt go
I got no reason
I could love you just the same
with no possession
and no believing that I ever owned your name
babe when you moved on down the way
I didn't even notice we were through
there was way too much to say
now the conversation lags and thereās nothing left to do
I made a promise, but everything has changed
I love you, baby ...
oh, I know thatās why I couldnāt stay
...but I wonāt go
I got no reason
I could love you just the same
with no possession
and no believing that I ever owned your name
Hey, girl, our history of love
is just a boring book on the shelf, a dusty play
that someday we will open up
and read this final page that we wrote today
donāt let me keep you 'cause it just ain't right
Donāt worry baby
I wonāt even put up a fight
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8. |
Don't push me Away
04:58
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Don't Push Me Away
Written By Ezra Vancil (BMI)
try to Imagine, weāre here just for a day
Might as well, because we're passing away
maybe weād wander in some foreign town
go to an opera, I'd rent you a gown
in all of the chaos
and all gods mistakes
all for tonight and the look on your face
and I'm here,
So why canāt you stay
Touch me I'm lonely
Touch me right there
Show me the part of you
That nobody dares
why play their game
They're just lonely too
baby itās just me
baby itās just you
Maybe Jesus
died for the world
All I know is he gave me a girl
And I'm here,
why donāt you stay
let's go to the ocean
and play it a song
donāt care if it's Galveston
Thatās where I belong
canāt bare the mountains
they make me feel small
They look down upon you
like they just know it all
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This Verse Section not in this edition just thought I'd put it in
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Maybe we're stardust
monkeys with cars
all that want is to be in our arms
Cause I'm here, don't push me away
imagine, this is all there is
i donāt think that's true
but sometimes it is
maybe weād wander through an antique store
make all our plans for a French country decor
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Completely broken
falling apart
God's mistakes Gave me your broken heart
And I'm here, you got nothing to say?
try to Imagine, there's just a day
Wouldn't the fear, just go away
Maybe science will figure it out
But I don't care how it all came about
Cause I'm here, with one thing to say
Donāt push me away
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Drop D Capo 2 fret
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POLKA GIRL
Written By Ezra Vancil (BMI)
VERSE
Sheās the polka girl from Tennessee, she moves her hips to a different beat
When sheās dancinā all the world is free, sheās the polka girl from Tennessee.
So I bought her a drink with extra sauce, I said girl letās dance till the world just stops
I did my jig and the Texas waltz, she said man you canāt dance, but itās not your fault.
See Iām a polka girl from Tennessee, well i move my hips to a different beat,
When Iām dancinā all my world is free, cuz Iām a polka girl from Tennessee.
CHORUS
Weāll dance around that old oak floor, show me what youāre dancinā for.
Spin around so I can see, the polka girl from Tennessee.
VERSE
I said hold on now, give me half a chance,
Well I buy a book and I learned that dance.
And Iād walked the coals to that awful beat
If youād just take my hand and rescue me.
CHORUS
Dance around that old oak floor, show me what youāre dancinā for.
Spin around so I can see, the polka girl from Tennessee.
yeaee-yeah,
VERSE
So I learned that dance, and I sang that song.
And I sang oompah, oompah all day long.
Well, it was much too sweet and too much fun,
And thatās not me, no Iām the lonely one
BRIDGE
Sheās the polka girl from Tennessee
Sheās the polka girl from Tennessee
And a polka dancer Iāll never be
Like the polka girl from Tennessee
CHORUS
Dance around that old oak floor, show me what weāre dancinā for.
Spin around so young and free, like the polka girl from Tennessee.
Yeeeah
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10. |
Settle down Good
04:08
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settle down
settle Down
I'll put you in my heart
point a way to Arkansans
throw me like a dart
wash me up in lithium
God knows I need a friend
In a hot spring new dream
weāll start another band
play it boys
oh Remember when
remember when
I was just a kid
Now I'm sorry that I put through
The life I never lived
about drowned in DFW
when I was swimming with the Sharks
to a hot spring in Arkansas
on that river in the dark
I'm gonna settle down
settle down
and do what I should
thereās a girl thatās gonna love me
cause I did all I could
i chopped down this world around me
for the heart of the wood
now Iām gonna settle down
settle down good
I drank myself to jail and back
now I'm piss'n clean
found God at the bottom of a cigarette pack
at the Monday morning meeting
so float me up to Arkansans
like we used to do
or maybe down to Galveston
oh that wasnāt you
(who was that girl..)
Well you cried yourself to sleep each night
But I wish you understood
though I did the devils work
it was working for the good
I'm gonna settle down
settle down
do what I should
thereās a girl thatās gonna love me
cause I did all i could
I chopped down this world around me
for the heart of the wood
now Iām gonna settle down
settle down good
Well you poured me out like alcohol
āCause I just canāt get enough
But there is a bottom of the bottle in every heart
And getting there was tough
I think I was drinking up the dust
I'm gonna settle down
settle down
and do what I should
thereās a girl thatās gonna love me
cause I did all I could
I chopped down this world around me
for the heart of the wood
now Iām gonna settle down
settle down good
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Mandolin tuning
gdgd
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11. |
You were made to be Mine
04:27
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Made To Be Mine
Lyrics & Music by Ezra VANCIL
maybe this world is out of control
when tyrants sleep in the house of gold
riches Iāve had
and found so much more
in a hungry manās dream, for a spiritual girl
see how she hides a crystal in hand
when I fall in her arms a broken man
washes my feet as if I were pure
with the broken leaves of her lavender
and the sunrise
it's at her command
and the stars in your eyes
part of a plan
in the earth, she cries
āall is divine,ā
and,ā babe, you were made to be mineā
wise men wonder why we sing
when the clock is bent on gravity
wisdom I've had, but learned much more
when I was made the fool
for that spiritual girl
see how she burns the bundles of sage
like the holy priest in the sanctuary
under my heals and over my face
behind the veil in the ancient of days
and the sunrise
it's at her command
and the stars in your eyes
part of a plan
in the earth, she cries
āall is divine,ā
and,ā babe, you were made to be mineā
maybe this world is the garden of Eden
we get so confused because love is still bleeding
pleasures I've had, but oh so much more
when I lost it all, for a spiritual girl
and the sunrise
it's at her command
and the stars in your eyes
part of a plan
in the earth, she cries
āall is divine,ā
and,ā babe, you were made to be mineā
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Tuning: long capo fret three, short 3 string capo up side down fret 5
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Gonna take a magical ride in the sun today
don't need an excuse or holiday to run
I've seen better days and a moon lit town
and the hardest part is always coming down
Some will say I'm slack
I'm just fighting the demons back
in a world that don't know my name
so if it's all the same
I'll just hang around
Gonna take a magical ride in the sun today
donāt know what Iāll find
but it wouldnāt matter anyway
Well Iāve been on top with a winners crown
but the hardest part is always coming down
They say Iām turning grey
drinking my heart away
but my heart is nowhere to be found
it was lost when she went into town
for just a couple of days
Well I tasted love, thought I might drown
and the hardest part is just
comeān down
Gonna take a magical ride in the sun today
I might come back, or just far away
I fought hard and I stood my ground
but the hardest part is always coming down
the hardest part is always coming down
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13. |
Wild Girl (Alt Take)
03:52
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WILD GIRL
Lyrics & Music by Ezra Vancil (BMI)
sheās a wild girl
in a fallen world
She donāt know when to stop
her heart is fun
but it weighs a ton
when itās tied up in a knot
she donāt have to dream
all her little schemes
they donāt cost a lot
And sheās innocent
but like the government
sheāll take everything you got
who's gonna tie you up in chains
who knows your favorite dirty names
itās bright big fallen world
and sheās a wild girl
she won't tell a lie
but the truth disguised
like you thought of it yourself
No she canāt be tamed
unless you know the game
and you know sheāll never tell
she donāt like getting high
but sheāll drink the sky
like an empty well
she wonāt be your fool
no sheās way too cool
to sit on someone's shelf
who's gonna tie you up in chains
who knows your favorite dirty names
itās bright big fallen world
and sheās a wild girl
Donāt hide the seams of my broken girl
Her loveās extreme, ācaus itās a wild world
who's gonna tie you up in chains
who knows your favorite dirty names
itās bright big fallen world
and sheās a wild girl
whos gonna try your love and pain
whoās gonna play your secret game
itās a bright big lonely world
for a wild girl
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14. |
Complicated Man [CLEAN]
04:37
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Complicated Man
Written By Ezra Vancil (BMI)
I got all my friends
and I donāt need no other kind
their hearts are all beating
All at once
and it feels like mine
Iāve been looking for a lover
But the odds are pretty slim
āCause Iāve been dreaming
Of a girl, who is a friend
But
She donāt really know me
Sheād never understand
She donāt know me
Iām going to call her up
Iām going to call her up again
I got all my money
Iām gonna spend it on something nice
like a four leaf clover, I found in oak cliff half-price
I aināt trying to get lucky
I swear
I just need a ride there
To her house on Rose St.
So I can put it in her hair
But
She donāt really know me
Sheād never understand
She donāt know me
Iām a complicated man
She donāt know me
Still, Iām driving out
Driving out to Rose St. Again
I got all my records
Categorized by saints
like Cohen, and Chris Whitley
Thereās a pile of those that aint
I listen like a sacrament
The odds are no one gets the hint
But I donāt care
āCause theyāve been singing lately
For that girl with the lucky hair
But
She donāt really know me
Oh, sheād never understand
She donāt know me
Iām a very complicated man
She donāt know me
But maybe sheās the one
That can help me
Forget who I am
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Capo 4th fret
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15. |
Broken King [CLEAN]
04:51
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Broken King
Written By Ezra Vancil
I got everything Iād ever need
but I need you now more than I ever dreamed
the week it whet my appetite
for a feast of love on a Friday night
the ocean and the beach are one
like the mountains and the setting sun
there's a cabin that's way up high
that's where I drink the potion in your eyes
babe, I'm gonna let you down
just like every man, I canāt be found
but I can make you dream
as you kneel beside your broken king
the world can keep their righteousness
because, in sin, I found the master's kiss
oh kids go play with your toys and friends
ācause your mama's mine till she feels again
do I make you feel safe my dear
like the world can never find us here
when I lay your breast across my needs
that's where I find the hope that I'll find me
baby babe, Iām gonna let you down
just like everybody I just want to be found
but you can make me dream
as you kneel beside you broken king
from nine in the morning till 2 pm
we could live a life from birth to end
so, rest your mind on a sheepskin rug
I donāt say I love cause itās not enough
She said:
I wonāt be somebody's fool
if you run around like a kid in school
babe you know we just all mess up
and we count our fear more than our luck
babe, Iām gonna let you down
like every man, I canāt be found
but I can make you dream
as you knaeel beside your broken king
I thought you were the fountain
the ocean couldn't hold you
We climbed up on a mountain
Where my kingdom is to know you
oh, babe, Iām gonna let you down
Just like everyone I just want to be found
I can make you dream
as you kneel beside your broken king
babe, I'm gonna let you down
like, everyone, I got a broken crown
oh but I can make you dream
As you kneel beside your broken king
As you kneel beside your broken king
as we kneel beside our broken king
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capo drop d capo 4th fret
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16. |
Wild Girl (String Intro)
03:44
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ezra vancil Dallas, Texas
Specializing in music that makes the hurt into something beautiful. Everything turns š š š š #folk #songwriter #recovery
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