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Sins In Me
04:35
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Sins In Me
Tell me how old now is your soul
Does it feel like it was yesterday
With marching bands down the road
Throwing candies in the big parade
Better run before the apple falls down and rolls by the old crows
Take your hand and wave goodbye to old sentimental reasons why
Take your side right close to your heart and never let go
Cause everyone has their own reasons
But I hope these souls don’t leave their sins in me
A penny saved a penny earned
But I feel some people don’t deserve it
What you say is what you’ve learned
Makes you think what’s really under that surface
If you throw some seeds into the ground then eventually it will grow
Like a father sits down with his son and tells him all that he knows
I could teach you how to read and write but I know
That everyone has their own meanings
But I hope these souls don’t leave their sins in me
So listen up now if you’re still here
Cause one day this all will disappear
The old man and his old ways
Will be losing his grip someday
Take a long drive out of town until you cannot see the roads
Pack your bags and fly away until you cannot see your home
Not all toads can get out of a dried up well
Cause everyone has their own reasons
But I hope these souls don’t leave
And I hope these souls don’t leave
And I hope these souls don’t leave their sins in me
Sins in me
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2. |
Growing Old
04:22
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Growing Old
I can’t believe the leaves have not all blown away
I guess I might have to reconsider my stay
A lonely voice calling out to this lonely world
I’m paralyzed by the smile of this beautiful girl
So tell me your name and I’ll carve it into my heart and soul
Our culture’s just the same it’s the little things that they don’t know
We’ll take what’s good and bad about living in these foreign lands
No matter what we do you’re here for me and I’m there for you
We’re just slowly growing old
In our own old home
I can hear you talking to me without saying any words
Your filter’s moving through me and turning all my bad to good
And now we sit around and talk about us growing old
Remembering the time I found the girl with a heart of gold
We’re just slowing growing old
In our own old home
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3. |
Perennials
05:39
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Perennials
If you run away you’re leaving all the love you gave me
When do you say the things that you should NOT be feeling
The lower the moment the better chance you get to own it
But high as a cloud is better than getting on the train for downtown
It’s too late to change the things you love
This love will light the darkest things you think of
It’s too late to change the things you love
Just remember that love lights everything up
Try to break through fight through vines and roots of the blues
Lost in a maze in a farmer’s field and there’s no escape
You feel like a flower just waiting for a drop of water
But one day you’ll bloom just like perennials in your garden in June
It’s too late to change the things you love
This love will light the darkest things you think of
It’s too late to change the things you love
Just remember that love lights everything up
Take a long gaze into places that you’re dreaming of
A little room for light to get inside and fill your eyes
Take a long gaze into places that you’re dreaming of
A little room for light to get inside and fill your eyes
If you run away you’re leaving all the love you gave me
When will you feel the things that we have all been seeing
The lower the moment the better chance you get to own it
But high as a cloud is better than getting on the train for downtown
It’s too late to change the things you love
This love will light the darkest things you think of
It’s too late to change the things you love
Just remember that love lights everything up
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4. |
Explode
05:49
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Explode
She’s my heart she’s the pulse that I need to survive
She’s my friend she’s my friend that I’ll always love to the end
But I hate well I hate that fate won’t give her a break
It’s not her it’s not her that deserves all this hurt
I’ve seen plans I’ve seen plans that can turn your castles to sand
No right or wrong but no one has the right to say you’ve got to move on
But it’s true the room fills with no sound
And you hear you hear the tears falling down
Cause the seasons will change yes I know
But some days I just want to explode
The seasons will change yes I know
But I think that one day I might explode
It’s unfair it’s unfair that this God don’t seem to care
I won’t blame it’s not right but some days I sure like to try
But it’s true the room fills with no sound
And you hear you hear the tears falling down
Cause the seasons will change yes I know
But some days I just want to explode
The seasons will change yes I know
But I think that one day I might explode
The seasons will change yes I know
But some days I just want to explode
The seasons will change yes I know
But somedays I just want to explode
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5. |
Life Of A Salesman
03:49
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Life Of A Salesman
What’s the point of a conversation when you know what you want
It’s hard to cry and keep your pride in front of everyone
It’s a scary feeling to look in a mirror and not recognize your face
These hard drawn lines they’re so defined you’re starting to look your age
It pays the rent
And it feeds me
It’s like your best friend
And your worst enemy
From door to door it feels like more from a civil servant’s point of view
Your heart rate skips a beat as you lick your lips moving in for the kill
These feelings pass they just won’t last like every curtain calling sky
From the day you started the day you quit is the way you would take your life
It pays the rent
And it feeds me
It’s like your best friend
And your worst enemy
It’s easy to see who you claim to be
It’s easy to see the tears you bleed
What’s the point in conversations when you know what you want
It’s hard to cry and feel alive in front of everyone
It’s a scary feeling to look in a mirror and not recognize your face
These hard drawn lines they’re so refined you’re starting to look your age
It pays the rent
And it feeds me
It’s like your best friend
And your worst enemy
It’s easy to see
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6. |
Rainbows
04:05
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Rainbows
I don’t sound like the way you would look at me
It’s a sound unfamiliar sights on your eyes
Sometimes we’re a million miles far apart
Don’t be scared I’m not a stranger I’m on your side
Cause I’m not at home unless they’re leaving me alone
These clouded views seem so confusing all the time
Cause I’m not ashamed of where I came from I’m at home
Some sunny days don’t seem the same without rainbows
Immigrants fight the tangled words on their tongues
Settlers fight the changing colors of skin
No escaping the world that we know won’t forgive
Until then we just all have to learn to fit in
Cause I’m not at home unless they’re leaving me alone
These clouded views seem so confusing all the time
Cause I’m not ashamed of where I came from I’m at home
Some sunny days don’t seem the same without rainbows
I don’t sound like the way you would look at me
It’s a sound unfamiliar sights on your eyes
Sometimes we’re a million miles far apart
Don’t be scared I’m not a stranger I’m on your side
Cause I’m not at home unless they’re leaving me alone
These clouded views seem so confusing all the time
Cause I’m not ashamed of where I came from I’m at home
Some sunny days don’t seem the same without rainbows…
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7. |
Flowing Like Water
04:19
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Flowing Like Water
Flowing like water is just what I want to
To be back when I was young with me and my friends
Hanging out til there’s no daylight
Breaking through those sleepless nights
Filled with dreams that we grew in our hearts
And diamonds that would shine in our eyes
Because nothing broke us or climbed our walls
We kept it real never sold our souls
Because nowadays we just all fall in
We could never be just friends
Windy days and those windy nights
Will blow you over if you’re not tight
With feet flat on the ground…goodbye
Flowing like water is just where I want to
To go back to places where no one knows
Isolated from man made roads
Protected from the lies they told
We’ll sail the seas and we’ll sail the sands
Climb the peaks and the valleys below
Then find yourself in the strangest place
And realize it’s your saving grace
Because nowadays we just all fall in
We could never stay just friends
Lonely days and those lonely nights
Will keep you strong when time is right
With reasons deep within…goodbye
It was nice knowing you…falling
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8. |
One Isn't Enough
04:06
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One Isn’t Enough
Just one isn’t enough
When you’re trying to lose yourself
This ridicule from no good fools
Wish you would bother someone else
I had met her in a bar
That’s a place now I call home
Her smile had made its way to me from across a crowded room
Now and then I forget her name but I know I loved her so
It kills me every time I see her walking out my door
Just one isn’t enough
When you’re trying to lose yourself
These bottles read the history like books sitting on a shelf
There’s a man living a dream
Who knows no age he’s the boy inside
Can smell an opportunity try to keep that boy alive
Now and then he gets messed up
There’s no one watching he’ll push his luck
He’ll tell you what you want to hear then promise to get cleaned up
There’s a rule you never break a code of honour among your brothers
I know we’ll see you soon again with no glass in your hand
Just one isn’t enough
When you’re trying to lose yourself
This ridicule from no good fools
Wish you would bother someone else
Some may win to say they have won
Some will lose because they have lost
I hate to say it’s a hopeless case I hope you prove me wrong
Cause some stay and fight
Some will walk away
Some say they’re strong
Some will always survive
Some may provide
Some will hide away
Some say they’re strong
But some will always survive
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9. |
Haze
04:29
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Haze
Look close enough you’ll see wrinkles in their skin
They start out as normal lines then questions soon begin
White picket fences around a home that’s on the hill
They’re carved out like statues in a perfect movie film
A windshield of scenery is haunting as it goes by
Familiar feelings of watching babies cry
Some like it all the time and they’ve been there for years
And some stand it half the time living their worst fears
They’ll say to you they’ll say to me
What are you looking for?
The fires of answers to
Are burning to the core
Soon they’ll run soon they’ll run away
Say what you want cause I don’t care at all
I’d rather be brave than scared anytime of day anytime of year
Letting go of old school anchored beliefs
And then they’ll find out that it don’t have to be this way
But some will wake up and say what will crazy people think of next today?
Look close enough you’ll see wrinkles in their skin
They start out as normal lines then questions soon begin
White picket fences around a home that’s on the hill
They’re carved out like statues in a perfect movie film
They’ll say to you they’ll say to me
What are you looking for?
The fires of answers to
Are burning to the core
They’ll say to you they’ll say to me
What are we fighting for?
The fires of restless hearts
Are burning to be more
Seeing through the haze
Seeing through
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10. |
Driving The 1A
04:44
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Driving the 1A
I was raised in a town down from a big hill
Just outside of the big city lights
And in this town there’s a pride of a sawmill
With piles of logs stacked neatly on the ground
Mom and dad use their hands to make some money
We lived on top of a café on Main Street
People would wave across the road if they saw me
That was the feeling of the goodness in this town
Driving the 1A in the light of dawn
Closer to the place we’ll call our home
Driving the 1A in the moonlight haze
This is where our dreams will be made
It’s hard to tell where the wind might blow your hang glider to
You may level off but soon you’re losing elevation
A cowboy once rode his horse on to this unmarked land
And in the end he followed his heart’s direction
Driving the 1A in the light of dawn
Closer to the place we’ll call our home
Driving the 1A in the moonlight haze
This is where our dreams will be made
Another cold day on the Ghost Lake
Steam rising looks like souls escaping
Hear the train rolling through town again
And rumbling the ground
Driving the 1A in the moonlight haze
This is where our dreams will be made
Driving the 1A in the light of dawn
We’re closer to the place we’ll call our home
We’re closer to the place we’ll call our home
We’re closer to the place we’ll call our home
This is our home
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Will Quan Calgary, Alberta
Canadian singer songwriter Will Quan's first full length studio album “Perennials" (2017) is a collection of songs of love,
loss, hope and other life stories told only using an acoustic guitar and a warm melodic mellow vocal. Along comes 2021 and a
4 song EP release “She’s Still Dancing. Recorded at home during the Covid Pandemic. Currently the latest addition in 2024 "No End To Being Hopeful"
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