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Beautiful
02:38
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No, I’m not like the guys you've been with
And I'm not gonna even try
Don't throw away all your dignity
So there's nothing left you can find
I know we're young
we all want some fun
But don't use it all on the run
Cuz, you're beautiful
You're beautiful
Look in a mirror
Go ahead tell yourself
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
There's no other girl
Who has a smile quite like you do
Don't shy the eyes that are kind to you
Don't look away into the night
Just find the love that deserves you
You'll know by the feeling inside
Sometimes we run
We refuse the sun
But don't let yourself come all undone
Cuz, you're beautiful
You're beautiful
Look in a mirror
Go ahead tell yourself
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
There's no other girl
Who has a smile quite like you do
And you're afraid
That I'll be the one that makes everything all right
And you're afraid
That you'll be the one that holds on too tight
And I'm afraid
That you'll miss your chance to fall in love with me.
No I'm not like the guys you've been with
And I'm not gonna even try
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2. |
Delaware
02:56
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Went back to Delaware
Breathed in that youthful air
And I flew back in a dream
The dorm where I first lived in sin
Covered in moss and all caved in
But I saw my smile in that dream
Oh going back
Stumblin ‘cross the railroad tracks
We didn't give each other flack
For draining our defenses
Celebrations and dumpling carts
In a time where we lead with our hearts
It never seemed so much like a dream
Outside on the concrete walk
Cheap cigars while we walk down the block
I can’t believe it all was a dream
Oh going back
Stumblin ‘cross the railroad tracks
When we gave each other slack
For draining our defenses
Four years go pretty fast
Happiness they said it would last
It only lives on in a dream
I sit alone in an empty room
Slate blue walls in perpetual gloom
I only wish that I had a dream
Oh going back
Stumblin ‘cross the railroad tracks
There’s a gift the world lacks
Draining it’s defenses
So I go on
Building my defenses
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3. |
Lonely
04:37
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Does he smile when he is kissing you
Does he laugh at all the quirky things you do
Does he hold you and make sure your feet are warm
So you can sleep all through night
Does he miss you when you walk away
Does he melt when you kiss him on his neck
Does he yearn inside when you walk in the room
Well baby I do I do, I do, I do
You don’t have to be lonely
You don’t have to be lonely
You don’t have to be lonely
If you come home with me
Does he stay up nights just wishing someday soon
That you’ll be there with him to sleep under the moon
Does he need you to live another day
Well baby I do I do I do
You don’t have to be lonely
You don’t have to be lonely
You don’t have to be lonely
If you come home with me
There are some people
Who live with what they’re stuck with
There are some people
Who fight their way out from the shadows
And I will be here
If you want to ever want to make it all disappear
You don’t have to be lonely
You don’t have to be lonely
You don’t have to be lonely
If you come home with me
(A cappella)
You don’t have to
Have to be lonely
You don’t have to
Have to be lonely
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4. |
Sinatra
03:44
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She was my everything
Couldn’t see her wedding ring
Didn’t know I could feel
So in love, so unreal
Til we danced to Sinatra that night
She wore that lacy dress
We forgot our crazy mess
What a ride we survived
We were barely alive
Til we danced to Sinatra that night
Oh I had to let her go
Timing will often you know
The future made us ill
But the moonlight stood still
When we danced to Sinatra that night
We watched each other cry
We both knew it was goodbye
Then you smiled, then I smiled
Then our laughter grew wild
As we danced to Sinatra that night
Oh I had to let her go
Timing will often you know
The future made us ill
But the moonlight stood still
As we danced to Sinatra that night
She was my everything
Doesn’t have her wedding ring
Sleepless groans, my heart moans
I’m alone dreaming
How we danced to Sinatra that night
Guess it seems our love died
But at least we tried
When we danced to Sinatra that night
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5. |
Paintings
04:14
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Slow down
Take it easy on me
Someone got to me first
And I don’t know worst of it yet
I’ve seen how high the roses
Red roses have bloomed
She pulled their roots
She makes me feel
like I’m the colors in her painting
She leaves me there to dry
You make me feel
Like I’m the colors but you are waiting
To sit there and cry
Just take it easy on me tonight
You say, you say
That I create my own glue
So I can stay where I want
Maybe you’re right
But baby you’re not right
My sight’s just been bruised
My view's all black and blue
She makes me feel
like I’m the colors in her painting
She leaves me there to dry
You make me feel
Like I’m the colors but you are waiting
To sit there and cry
Just take it easy on me
You are my future
And not my past
So I won’t last another day
Without you
I’m aware I talk too much
I know I’m such a selfish man
To talk to
It’s a blurry sound to sift through
But if you focus on the lines
You'll see I need more time
Just for tonight
Just for tonight
She makes me feel
like I’m the colors in her painting
She leaves me there to dry
You make me feel
Like I’m the colors but you are waiting
To sit there and cry
Just take it easy
Just take it easy
Just take it easy on me
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6. |
Behind the Scenes
03:27
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You have got me feeling alright
You have got me trembling through the night
Before I fall in love with all my might
You have got to leave this bed tonight
Let me stop the tape and hit rewind
You have got this groove that’s hard to find
Before I cut the sound and realign
You have got to leave this bed behind
You have got to leave woah
You have got to leave woah
Cuz You are the best thing
That’s happened my world and all it’s schemes
So, check the gate and wrap it up cuz
You don’t wanna know what goes on behind the scenes
These are how my feelings go
They ebb and flow
I see you in the morning glow
Then I don’t know
Where to fit you in
I’m wearing thin
Amazing where the mind begins to go
Here’s the point
I’m tryna make to answer why
I’ve dodged your calls a million times
I’m saving you from all my lies
You have got to bid this bed goodbye
You have got to leave woah
You have got to leave woah
Cuz You are the best thing
That’s happened my world and all it’s schemes
So check the gate and wrap it up cuz
You don’t wanna know what goes on behind the scenes
So wipe away those rose filled eyes
And see what’s really there
You will find lonely kid
Who forged an iron mask he wears so well
You have got me feeling alright
But now you got me trembling with fright
And before I lose with all my might
You have got to leave this bed tonight
You have got to leave woah
You have got to leave woah
Cuz you are the best thing
That’s happened my world with all it’s schemes
So check the gate and wrap it up cuz
You don’t wanna know what goes on behind
You don't wanna know what goes on behind the scenes
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7. |
Just For an Hour
03:56
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It’s a blur when I’m around you, yeah
I’m not proud to turn completely upside down
Spilling drinks, forgetting things…
Spilling drinks, forgetting how we got into this conversation
Or how we’re getting out
So if I asked you to stay
After I’ve cleared out all the fog in my brain
Would I be so out of place?
Just for an hour
Let me stammer through my words
Before they go sour
Or before I lose my nerve
Just for an hour
Let me find a way
To prove myself
Or I’ll lose myself
To all my past regrets
Oh baby, just for an hour
Please let me fall for you
I’m not a broken man I promise…
I’ve just been broken down by girls that look a lot like you before
You’ll sweep me off the floor
So if I asked you to stay
After I’ve slowed down all the thoughts in my brain
Would that be so out of place?
Just for an hour
Let me stammer through my words
Before they go sour
Or before I lose my nerve
Just for an hour
Let me find a way
To prove myself
Or I’ll lose myself
To all my past regrets
Oh baby, just for an hour
Please let me fall for..
You would not believe how long
I’ve keep these shackles around my knees
I’m begging, praying just rearranging
Making space and walking through my dreams
My dreams
Just for an hour
Let me stammer through my words
Before they go sour
Or before I lose my nerve
Just for an hour
Let me find a way
To prove myself
Or I’ll lose myself
To all my past regrets
Oh baby, just for an hour
Ooh baby, just for an hour
Please let me fall for you
Please let me fall for you
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8. |
Spark
04:45
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I guess it’s my fault
I let you pick the place
I grabbed my shirt from where it lies
I’ve never been the iron type
But I’m on this train today
I’m always late but not this time
Across the table catch your eye
Replace the worry that’s been on my mind
With how you look tonight
I’m on a high
But I gotta slow down
We say goodnight
But there’s something right we found
And I want to scream it out
Don’t you know you light me up
Your buzz is all I need to lead me through the dark
You flipped the switch, it turned me on
Yeah my car's been left in park
I'm on the highway, baby
Waiting for your spark
My pulse is racing
And I’m turned around
My up is down
I'm wondering to myself
What did you do?
Floating around, singing your tune
You chase away the blues
I’m on a high
But I gotta slow down
We said goodnight
But there’s something right we found
And I want to scream it out
Don’t you know you light me up
Your buzz is all I need to lead me through the dark
You flipped the switch, it turned me on
Yeah my car's been left in park
On the highway, baby
Waiting for your spark
Don’t you know you light me up
Your buzz is all I need to lead me through the dark
You flipped the switch, it turned me on
Yeah my car's been left in park
I'm on the highway
I’m on the highway
I’m on the highway, baby
Waiting for your spark
Waiting for your spark
Waiting for your spark
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9. |
Level 30
05:35
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My parents always told me
You go out and be somebody
Just start and show the world what you’re about
Tried to be a song and dance man
But in hindsight what a dumb plan
When the world came crashing down
We all fell first
Tried to go to school for business
But I left and joined the circus
Of musicians playing songs to empty chairs
Thought I’d age like a fine red wine
Getting better over time
But I’m drowning at the bottom of the barrel
And my life line’s racing forward
While my love life's in a haze
Can’t keep up with all the high speed
In this game of life I play
Cuz I’m a bust at 29
Will I have all that it takes to reach level 30
Well I fell in love a few times
Each one blew up like a landmine
If you ask them all they’d say it’s all my fault
I’m just searching for a purpose
To provide some kind of service
I need to find a place in this big world
I thought my life would fall in line
With every mountain that I’ve climbed
But I’m broken at bottom of the hillside
I always think I make the right move
I never want to play it safe
Must be something wrong with my chess piece
Cuz I’m always in check mate
Well I’m a bust at 29
Hope I have all that it takes to reach level 30
And the nights fade to black
But every morning when I wake up
I find a chance to start again
And the light, it draws me in
With the sunrise comes reflections
It paints an image of the hero I've become
Well I can say that when I die
I will know that I have tried
Even if I haven’t mastered all that I’ve done
If I take a breath and step back
All the shadows seem to fade
Cuz I’ve defeated all my demons
In every level that I’ve gained
I made it through to 29
I know I have all that it takes to reach Level 30
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Carl Pariso Nashville, Tennessee
Carl Pariso is a Nashville-based singer/songwriter hailing from Montague, New Jersey. With a dynamic blend of pop/rock and traditional Americana influences, Carl's music captivates audiences with its theatrical flair and relatable storytelling.
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