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Spare Time

by Gary Melvin

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1.
Make Me Whole 04:10
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Come around, head hung down A hazy shade of you There's not much you wouldn't do Losing time, and love in kind They fade and drift away The rear view has much to say How could you wait For all those years to get behind you? The heaviest admission A trying change is long due Make me whole These thoughts aren't mine They keep me blind Make me whole Cool this fire running through my veins And take me home Simple plan, but big demands The hunger stalls the feet Stronger than gravity It floods the mind, with convincing lines The will itself can break A refrain can wait a day How could you brush off Everyone who got behind you? The deadliest addiction A trying change is long due Make me whole These hands aren't mine They keep me blind Make me whole Cool this fire running through my veins And take me home
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Listen 03:55
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Lost the will to wait for the sun Leaving town in a hurry, a stranger on the run Choosing not to read the signs Sometimes our ears go blind Listen up Bent on being wrong and confused Living with a curse is easier than the truth Renew tomorrow's end each day Forgets to live today Listen up Broken-hearted, woke up falling, Gave up before it begins Lonely illusion is only chosen Remove your hands and Listen up
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Out of Excuses 04:17
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You toss and turn It's dealing with a storm, a lessening And while we age The waiting is our ride, the reasoning Are you ready for what you've been thinking of? Watch your soul, it's all coming down You're facing the wall now You're out Out of excuses You're out Out of excuses The shape you take Changes who we are, a weakening In time forget The work replaced the goal, a failing Keep the meaning strong Lose the waiting game and turn around Keep yourself awake Remember why we're here, the living now Are you ready for what you've been dreaming of? Watch your soul, it's all coming down You're facing the wall now You're out Out of excuses You're out Out of excuses Oh righteous cause for reprieve Make it easy to believe in me Watch your soul, it's all coming down You're facing the wall now
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Life Is Not a Competition 05:25
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I can't afford a decent room now But my Beamer looks real fine I save my money for the nighttime So everyone can see me spend it and run my mouth The names I drop keep me remembered Now half the city knows my face I show up late to keep the focus on my space So everyone can watch my dance and be amazed So everyone can see a scam as I pretend it's who I am Life is not a competition It's not about the cars and women It's not what they see, it's if you're living truthfully Don't look around for validation All you'll find is false salvation Don't play their game, nobody wins, there's nothing gained I keep a steady flow of girlfriends To decorate my arm at night I'm making sure they look and act right So everyone thinks I'm the man as the show ends I have a family most would die for At least it's what I always say I can't remember why my father didn't stay But everyone thinks I'm okay as I hit the floor Now everyone has seen a scam, cause I know it ain't who I am Life is not a competition It's not about the cars and women It's not what they see, it's if you're living truthfully Don't listen to your television It's selling you an empty vision Don't play their game, nobody wins, there's nothing gained Before too long the mask wears out Confessing weakness now And paths that hold us down From here the life they see won't lie It speaks of what's inside And lets the race pass by
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After You Know Me 04:19
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You can bet That fewer words would work for me It'd mean a little more Don't forget A heavy stare speaks truthfully Honest as you are Silence brings confusion Where clarity calls home Cry only after you know me And I know you Leave only holding a new truth Believe the fall has taken you higher So tears have a meaning Time will pass Wounds will heal, the sun will rise Brighter every day You can guess The struggle lies on the road to me Patience teaches all A coward shuns the mirror Where courage lights the flame Cry only after you know me And I know you Leave only holding a new truth Believe the fall has taken you higher So tears have a meaning Carry on with faith revived Follow me home, and be alright
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Epiphany 04:19
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Bad place to start Broken wheels, broken hearts Hindsight is dim Scolded man, flush with sin We lost a way Burned a bridge, went astray Ship run a-ground Now the night falls down One way to live means more to die Slow down One hard belief leaves grace behind Hold on Tear down the wall Holding strong since the fall Build back the light That reveals the path divine Open your eyes To the chance a change provides Wounds start to heal When the war is not real One way to live means more to die Slow down One hard belief leaves grace behind Hold on One changed mind means more to come Move on One new belief leaves it all undone Wake up Wake up
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Line It Up 04:39
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She was ready, open hands To be more than friends And who would turn her down? She's the kind of girl you want around But I wasn't ready to be tied up Or be close enough I still had lots to learn It's not my turn, right place wrong time, so... Line it up Line it up 'Cause I need it baby So Line it up Line it up And do this right Years alone taught me well Gave me strength of will Showed me who I really am A better man who understands But now that I knew what I wanted All my chances failed Can't get this new me off the ground I'm going down, right time wrong place, so... Line it up Line it up 'Cause I need it baby So Line it up Line it up And do this right 'Cause a man can only wait so long Patience gives out and doubt comes along So I'm down on my knees, hoping she's right beside me
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Waiting 03:59
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Long days and nights That stretch on for years Patience keeps me company While time disappears Some would say we're holding out For a fantasy But what's the use in makin' do When I dream of makin' love with you? I've been waiting for a lover to rise Rise up and show me I've been waiting for a woman to shine Shine down and set this poor boy free Long day of flying That puts her in reach But I keep my distance from this powerful maybe Convinced that I shouldn't speak Could she be my saving grace That I'm failing to see? But what's the use in dreaming loud If I let this angel walk away from me? I've been waiting for a lover to rise Rise up and show me I've been waiting for a woman to shine Shine down and set this poor boy free You couldn't let me go I guess I should've known You shook the world 'round me Funny how these things work out Thank God you let it out 'Cause this is what love should be
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Always 04:52
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We are walking as all before Saying our lines, nervous hand on the door Listen, listen as always goes on Telling the days how the wheel goes 'round, goes around Sunrise, light in dark, old room Speak to me now of the time so soon Come out into the space you found Re-write the days, how the wheel goes 'round, goes around Really goes around Calling just to realize Nothing left to realize Paint the perfect life Make a new sound Hear a new song Learning how the world goes around, really goes around We are finding a way to move all Changing around what is caught in the same fall You always can find a new sound Follow a wave, find it all around, all around Find it all around Calling just to realize Nothing left to realize Paint the perfect life Make a new sound Hear a new song Learning how the world goes around, really goes around Close your eyes, always is around you Breathe your time, feel it come upon you, and through you Thank you
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I Need You 03:51
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Time goes by And I still love you While we fight The world keeps turning A lonely place When you're right beside me Don't turn away I'll be right here I need you To open your eyes And see me I need you To put it aside And need me too Find your way And I will carry you While we learn The world gets easier A lovely place When you're right beside me Don't forget I'll be right here I need you To open your eyes And see me I need you To put it aside And need me too

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released March 17, 2008

Gary Melvin – Vocals, Guitars, Organ, Percussion
Robin Everhart – Bass
Michael Miley – Drums

Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Gary Melvin
Drum Sounds Engineered by Greg Gordon
Mastered by Bernie Becker Mastering
Cover and back artwork by Gary Melvin
All other photos by Rob Mizell

All songs written by Gary Melvin
© 2008 No Need to Speak Music (BMI)

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