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Toronto
04:06
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I was born in an average family
grew up in a happy home.
Got no stories no there ain't no crimes I've done
I'm just singin' you this song.
There ain't nowhere that I like more than Toronto
Lord I know she'll never die.
Even if I never come back to Toronto
I will never say goodbye.
Aaah
Maybe south down cross the border
Visit US of A.
Spend my life well I'm doin' just what I need to
But I'll never be free.
There ain't nowhere that I like more than Toronto
Lord I know she'll never die.
Even if I never come back to Toronto
I will never say goodbye.
Aaah
Goin' where I need to
Doin' what I have to.
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2. |
I Can't Help It
04:31
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I just can't help myself
You've got control of me
I'm not the kind who likes to hang around
I just can't help myself
I should walk away
But something's telling me to stay
I can't help it
I can't help it if I love you
I can't stop it
And I'm not gonna try to
I can't help it
I can't help it if I love you
Got to fill this emptiness inside
It's like telepathy
Almost magnetically
Every part of me is drawn to your side
It's not like me to be
Goin' out of control
You could stop it if you tried
I can't help it
I can't help it if I love you
I can't stop it
And I'm not gonna try to
I can't help it
I can't help it if I love you
Got to fill this emptiness inside
I just can't help myself
You've got control of me
It's a tragedy what you have done to me
A major catastrophe
It's getting out of control
You could stop it if you tried
I can't help it
I can't help it if I love you
I can't stop it
And I'm not gonna try to
I can't help it
I can't help it if I love you
Got to fill this emptiness inside
I can't help it
I can't help it if I love you
I can't stop it
And I'm not gonna try to
I can't help it
I can't help it if I love you
Got to fill this emptiness inside
I can't help it
I can't help it if I love you
I can't help it
I can't help it if I want you
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3. |
Dog Star
03:57
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It really doesn't matter where you are
You could be living on a distant star
Just as long as you're feeling right
You could be happy on this fine night
If you just use a little imagination
And put your mind in a new situation
You could be tripping through the galaxy
Lost in a dream just you and me
You reach your arms up to the sky
And cast your love across the universe
You're feeling happy but you don't know why
And I'll go dancing on the distant dog star with you
As we go traveling through time and space
And leave the earth to the human race
On our approach to the dog star
We can see the Milky Way bar
On a planet in a new constellation
We begin a great celebration
We will sing and dance until the day
For tomorrow is a week away
You reach your arms up to the sky
And cast your love across the universe
You're feeling happy but you don't know why
And I'll go dancing on the distant dog star with you
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4. |
Never Go Back
04:04
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As I walk along a lonely street
Autumn leaves fallin' at my feet
I can feel my heart skip a beat as I
Recall you standing in the Winter snow
on this corner where we used to go
And the problem is I'll never know quite why
It's not right
The way you walked away
From my life
Without a word to say
It's not right, it's not right
The way the years have gone right by
But you can never, ever go back again
As I turn the corner round the bend
Suddenly I think I'm back again
I can hear your voice calling out my name
As I turn around and you're not there
And the only sound upon the air
Is the trickle of a tiny tear again
And there in front of me one last time
I can see the old five and dime
Near the bus stop where we used to meet
And as I step into the street
I can see the driver in his seat
A look of horror as the tires begin to screech
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5. |
Older
02:54
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It seems like each day you get older
And each day the world becomes colder
In a cynical way
Time
Do you feel like you've missed your time?
I feel like I've missed mine
And I'm losing my way
I think it's time you realized
For I can see it in your eyes
You seem convinced that you will live forever
Over
I feel like my life has blown over
I keep looking over my shoulder
And seeing nothing but grey
It's a crime
Don't it seem like such a crime
I wish I had more time
But I'm drifting away
Older
You see it's like I told you
You've gained the right to grow older
By living today
I think it's time you realized
For I can see it in your eyes
You seem convinced that you will live forever
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6. |
Life AfterLife
04:06
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Many years ago
in a town of York I know
There was born a child
and on his face he had a smile.
Smile
The people gathered round
and tried to teach him how to frown
He did not heed a word
to smile that way is so absurd.
Smile
Soon he'll be a Man
we must make him understand
Life is a bore
that's for sure.
Daa da da
He's getting old these days
with still a smile upon his face.
And no one is his friend
with so much love they'll not contend.
Friend
Sad a soul has he
companionship is not for me.
I cannot take a wife
so now it's time to take my life.
Life After Life
Life Afterlife
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Mister Manson
03:05
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He looks at the girls with his evil eye
Makes them wish they was someplace else
He'll twist their thoughts with his pretty words
Make them extensions of himself
He's the reincarnation of Hitler
The daughter of the devil all right
Let me ask you Mister Manson
Do you sleep at night?
Well he'd like to melt your mind with hydrochloric
Acid in a little pill
He'll take a thing called love and make you hate it
And claim to cure your ills
He took the madness of a generation
And made them madder still
Tell me won't you Mister Leary
Keep your little pills
He'll fill you with his empty statements
Directed to a fool
Then he'll ignore his own unending speeches
And bend the golden rule
In the name of God he'll tell you
That he's better than all the rest
Let me tell you Mister Manson
Jesus has been and left
Let me tell you Mister Manson
Jesus has been and left
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8. |
Mexico
03:20
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I saw a man just a day ago
Walkin' down the road to Mexico
And on his back he carried all the good things that he'd owned
He'd carefully remove them when he wanted to get stoned.
I saw his face he was a friend of mine
But still he was no friend of mine
And as he passed he looked at me with eyes all black and red
And in his face as pale as sand I saw that he was dead.
I want to leave him far behind
And yet I stay here by his side
I just can't hide.
I saw a man just yesterday
And he had a lot of truth to say
And in his eyes I saw the light of all the days and nights
I followed him, home again into a better life.
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Mine
04:37
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I know your name, in any language it's the same
It's only words that make it change
Take my hand and help me understand the ways
that intersect to make a plan
I can not believe it's you again
I can see that's all
I'm your friend, but no I'm not the end in all
we're just a port below the storm
Take my hand again I ask you and you know
it's getting easier all the time
I can not believe it's you again
I can hear you call
I know your name, in any language it's the same
It's only words that make it change
Take my hand again I ask you and you know
it's getting easier all the time
I can not believe it's you again
I can hear you call
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10. |
Hanus Of Uranus
03:28
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Late last night while wishing on a star
Down from the sky came a man in a car
He said "Get in, Jackson
Come on let's go for a ride"
Outta sight
Sitting in the cockpit strapped down in a chair
I said, "Hey, tell me
What's that over there?"
He said, "Meet my computer."
He's a friendly son of a gun and we're having fun
Playing cards on Venus in a cloudy room
Pass a glass of ammonia, I got to get off soon
Sunbathin' on Mercury or jammin' on Jupiter
Which do you prefer?
It's getting pretty late, I got to go home
Nice to have met you, what's your telephone?
Maybe soon I'll call you
If I can afford the fare
It's long distance out there
Anus of Uranus, he's a friend of mine
He's a first-rate party and a real fine time
Anus of Uranus, he's a friend of mine
He's a first-rate party and a real fine time
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Honesty
03:16
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Making music is one way
I can say what I want to say
Now I know your the only one who can hear
Met a fool over a year ago
Now I know, should have never known
Still she's taken truth away from me, so
Can't you see what you've done to me
Only honesty can set you free
A girl I knew broke an hour glass
Now she's waiting for time to pass
Though she's gone she's the only one
who can hear
Can't you see what you've done to me
Only honesty can set you free
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Silver Ocean
04:47
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When I say your name I
Feel I should refrain from
Speaking out of turn like just such a fool
Is it not like me to
Feel I have to see through
Everyone I know or would like to, know
All I ask to see, is proof of your virginity
Swimming is such fun
In a Silver Ocean
I'm glad that you came along with me
Golden sunlight glistening
I'm not sure you're listening
Lazy summer day not long to, be
All I ask to see is proof of femininity
Up and down in time
Waves of perfect sine
Beads of radiance surround my mind
Lower down we go Solar waves in tow
Chromium mountains loom below us
Silver Ocean you're the image of my life
When I've seen you I will gladly say goodnight
Slither through the sand
In this never land
You could say that everything is light
Slower down we grow, not much left to go
Stainless valleys all, confound us
Silver Ocean you're the image of my life
When I've seen you I will gladly say goodnight
Silver Ocean
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Collision Course
04:06
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I have been living in a four dimensional World
And I pass through time and clearly find each moment, unfurled
Flying like a butterfly I skip from year to year
And alight to find the World is dying and there's nobody here.
We're on a collision course with History
I know for I have seen what is to be
I must shout out loud
Behind every silver lining there's a cloud.
Mankind is festering in a most familiar way
And the cities are a fungus, spreading the decay
The death of Man is progressing in a geometric way
Less than half a century remains 'til Judgment Day
We're on a collision course with History
I know for I have seen what is to be
I must shout out loud
Behind every silver lining there's a cloud.
We're on a collision course with History
I know for I have seen what is to be.
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Whatever
02:50
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I said to Alice
girl I can't go with you.
Bear me no malice
girl but I've been untrue.
Girl you're taking me down with you
Down with you
Girl you're washing me out to see
Whatever is left of me.
I said to the doctor
get me your answer now.
Though you're the Doctor
I'll listen anyhow.
Sir you're taking me down with you
Down across and through
Sir you're dumping me out to see
Whatever is left of me.
I said to my sorrow
let us not fool this way
Maybe tomorrow
really will be a better day.
You you're taking me down with you
Down with you.
You you're calling me back to see
Whatever is left of me.
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15. |
1 2 3 5
04:38
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1 2 3 5 what is it for?
Where did it come from is there any more?
What is it doing? Never understood.
Would you try to listen even if you could?
When will I find out? When will it begin?
Flood of a Nation payment for our sins.
I seem to be free.
Feel the flood wash over me.
Has it begun?
The exodus of every one.
I seem to be free.
Feel the flood waters washing over me.
Has it begun?
The exodus the exodus of every one.
Of every one.
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Little Neutrino
06:33
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Across your open mind
I trace erratic lines
In motion and in time
I fought a battle won
To the surface of the sun
Through fires on and on
It's only you
It can't be me
For I myself refuse to be
I am someone you'll never know
I am the little neutrino
Solus is not far away
It's face is brighter than a day
So don't turn me away
It's only you
It can't be me
For I myself refuse to be
I am someone you'll never know
I am the little neutrino
And now I'm passing through
The one who's known as you
And yet you'll never know I do
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Anywhere
04:57
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In the morning when I wake up
And find it hard to clear my head
Then I think back to the days when
a man worked hard to keep his family fed.
And I wake up and I wonder
When the rest of the World will too.
People everywhere walking up and down the avenue
Everybody's getting in the way I don't know what to do
Hit by a truck or run over by a bicycle
In the city you can't see the forest for the people.
Let's get away we'll take a trip to anywhere
Far back in time or maybe to the nearest star
Wonderful day, we'll leave the World behind
and I'll go anywhere as long as it's with you.
If I asked you would you come
or are you just like the rest
If we try hard don't be surprised
If we find a paradise
And we'll wake up without a care
And the rest of the World will too.
People everywhere walking up and down the avenue
Everybody's getting in the way I don't know what to do
Hit by a bus or run over by a bicycle
In the city you can't see the forest for the people.
Let's get away we'll take a trip to anywhere
Far back in time or maybe to the nearest star
Wonderful day, we'll leave the World behind
and I'll go anywhere as long as it's with you.
In the daylight when I look up
And find the World has let me down
Then I think back to the days when
a man could live his life without a sound.
And I wake up and I wonder
When the rest of the World will too.
People everywhere walking up and down the staircase
Everybody's getting in the way and gettin' in my face
Hit by a car or run over by a court case
In the city you can't see the forest for the human race.
Wonderful day we'll take a trip to anywhere
Far back in time or maybe to the nearest star
Wonderful year, we'll leave the World behind
and I'll go anywhere as long as it's with you.
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Dee Long Nova Scotia
My band Klaatu found World wide attention in the 70s.
Albums on this site were all recorded after leaving
Klaatu.
“Been Here Before” was recorded at ESP studios in Buttonville Ontario.
“Digital” was recorded in Britain where I worked at AIR studios with George Martin.
“Outside”, “Welcome To The Future”, “Life AfterLife” and “Run 4 Cover” were all recorded at my home studio on Seton Lake, BC.
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