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Near Perfect

by The 19th Street Band

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WHEN I HEAR IT I WANNA FEEL IT MAKE IT SHIMMER DOWN INTO MY BONES IT’S SACRELIGIOUS AND IT’S CONTAGIOUS YOU CAN’T DENY IT WHEN YOU’RE ALL ALONE I TRY TO HIDE IT, BUT YOU CAN’T FIGHT IT I’M SO DELIGHTED THAT YOU’RE ON THE PHONE LIFELINES, LIFETIMES RAMBLIN’ DOWN THE HIGHWAYS OF MY MIND HEY, HEY! HEY HEY HEY SAM HILLS, CHEAP THRILLS ANOTHER DAY SPENT WALKING THROUGH FIRE LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS ROBBIN’ PETER JUST TO PAY PAUL CO-DEPENDENT, FIRST AMENDMENT IT’S OKAY TO SAY NOTHING AT ALL YOU GOTTA SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT JUST TRYIN’ TO KEEP UP WITH THE JONES HEY, HEY! HEY HEY HEY IT’S JUST A NIGHT IN THE VEINS RADIO ON IT’S JUST A NIGHT IN THE VEINS BRINGIN’ ME HOME FLAT EARTH, FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH ARE WE ALL JUST LIVING A LIE? VOODOO RAINS ON LIBERTY OLD GLORY WAVING GOODBYE HEY, HEY! HEY HEY HEY IT’S JUST A NIGHT IN THE VEINS RADIO ON IT’S JUST A NIGHT IN THE VEINS BRINGIN’ ME HOME
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Crystal Ball 04:51
THERE’S A RUNAWAY TRAIN ROLLIN’ DOWN THE TRACK NO ONE TO SLOW IT DOWN OR HOLD IT BACK ENGINEER’S SLEEPIN’, LOCOMOTIVE CREEPIN’ TO THE END HEY HEY WHY YOU GOTTA DO ME, DO ME THIS WAY I’VE DONE MY TIME, I PAVED THE WAY BUT EVERYTHING I GOT IS NEVER GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU HEY HEY I WISH I HAD A CRYSTAL BALL GIVIN’ ME THE ANSWERS TO IT ALL PICKIN’ ME UP WHEN I’M BOUND TO FALL CAUSE I’M BOUND TO FALL I GOT A DOCTOR DISREGARD WHO LIKES TO RUN HIS MOUTH HE SAID TAKE THIS PILLS AND MOVE DOWN SOUTH NOW I’M TWITCHIN’ WITH THE TWEAKERS, TRIPPIN’ LIKE I’M OUTTA CONTROL HEY HEY WELL, I’M STANDING ON THE EDGE OF ETERNITY THERE’S A SEA OF REGRET SWIRLIN’ OVER ME I SHOULDA WOULDA COULDA IF I HADDA KNOWN HOW IT ALL ENDS HEY HEY I WISH I HAD A CRYSTAL BALL GIVIN’ ME THE ANSWERS TO IT ALL PICKIN’ ME UP WHEN I’M BOUND TO FALL CAUSE I’M BOUND TO FALL  
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Long Night 03:52
I’M GONNA CHASE ME A DAYDREAM DOWN A ONE-WAY STREET YEAH, I’M GONNA GET SO LOST JUST LOOKIN’ AT MY FEET WE’RE ALL FROWNIN’ AND WE’RE LOOKIN’ DOWN, CHASIN’ PENNIES ON THE STREET LIKE A DREAM WHEN IT COMES AROUND A BROKEN RECORD ON REPEAT IT’S GONNA BE A LONG NIGHT IT’S GONNA BE A LONG NIGHT SO YOU BETTER HOLD TIGHT TO ME I WAS THINKIN’ JUST THE OTHER DAY ABOUT THE GLASS HALF FULL I DRANK UP EVERY WORD YOU SAID LIKE A LOVE DRUNK FOOL I’M GONNA CHASE ME A DAYDREAM SO GRAB A HOLD OF MY HAND WE’LL RIDE TOGETHER ON A MOONBEAM AIN’T LOVE GRAND? IT’S GONNA BE A LONG NIGHT IT’S GONNA BE A LONG NIGHT SO YOU BETTER HOLD TIGHT TO ME IT’S GONNA BE A LONG NIGHT IT’S GONNA BE A LONG NIGHT SO YOU BETTER HOLD TIGHT TO ME I’M GONNA CHASE ME DAYDREAM DOWN A ONE-WAY STREET YEAH, I’M GONNA GET SO LOST JUST LOOKIN’ AT MY FEET I’M GONNA CHASE ME A DAYDREAM SO GRAB A HOLD OF MY HAND WE’LL RIDE TOGETHER ON A MOONBEAM AIN’T LOVE GRAND? IT’S GONNA BE A LONG NIGHT IT’S GONNA BE A LONG NIGHT SO YOU BETTER HOLD TIGHT TO ME IT’S GONNA BE A LONG NIGHT IT’S GONNA BE A LONG NIGHT SO YOU BETTER HOLD TIGHT TO ME  
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Promises 03:44
PROMISES, PROMISES I CAN SEE THAT FAR AWAY LOOK IN YOUR EYES BUT THE ROAD THAT’S PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS IS WHERE PROMISES GO TO DIE SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL, DIDN’T KNOW THE WIDE WORLD HER HEART WAS SO EASILY SWAYED SHE DOVE RIGHT IN TO THE DEEP END YOUR LOVIN’ ARMS CARRIED HER AWAY PROMISES, PROMISES I CAN SEE THAT FAR AWAY LOOK IN YOUR EYES BUT THE ROAD THAT’S PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS IS WHERE PROMISES GO TO DIE YOU SAID FOREVER, YOU SAID ALWAYS YOU SAID ALL THE THINGS SHE’D WANT TO HEAR BUT THAT WAS JUST TALKIN’, HEARTS WERE BROKEN YOUR LOVIN’ LINES WERE INSINCERE PROMISES, PROMISES I CAN SEE THAT FAR AWAY LOOK IN YOUR EYES BUT THE ROAD THAT’S PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS IS WHERE PROMISES GO TO DIE NOW SHE SITS ALONE BY THE BANKS OF THE RIVER TRYING TO WAKE UP FROM THIS BAD DREAM NOW THERE’S A SCAR WHERE THERE ONCE SUCH HOPE THEIR LOVE LETTERS WASHIN’ DOWN THE STREAM PROMISES, PROMISES I CAN SEE THAT FAR AWAY LOOK IN YOUR EYES BUT THE ROAD THAT’S PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS IS WHERE PROMISES GO TO DIE
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West Winds 04:18
TOUCHIN’ DOWN IN JUNGLE TOWN WELL, THEY CAME AROUND WITH A BRAND-NEW BAND WADE IN STREAMS OF GOLDEN DREAMS TO KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO NEVER UNDERSTAND IT WAS SHINY NEW, BIG AND BOLD TRUTH BE TOLD IT WAS JUST A CRAZY PHASE HOW THE WEST WINDS BLOW FROM YOUR HEART AND YOUR SOUL HOW WILL YOU KNOW HOW FAR WILL YOU GO? PICK ME UP AND SOOTHE MY SOUL STEEP ME IN THAT JELLY ROLL CAUSE WHAT IS RIGHTEOUS CAN’T BE WRONG WHEN YOU’RE THROWING SHAPES, YOU’RE LONG GONE IT WAS SHINY NEW, BIG AND BOLD TRUTH BE TOLD IT WAS JUST A CRAZY PHASE HOW THE WEST WINDS BLOW FROM YOUR HEART AND YOUR SOUL HOW WILL YOU KNOW HOW FAR WILL YOU GO? TOUCH AND GO, THEY’RE TAKING OFF WITH A LEAP OF FAITH AND A BRAND-NEW SMILE TO FEEL THE BREEZE AND TASTE THE AIR FALL INTO THAT EASY CHAIR WE WERE FLYING HIGH, SPINNIN’ GOLD GROWIN’ OLD, IT WAS JUST A CRAZY PHASE HOW THE WEST WINDS BLOW FROM YOUR HEART AND YOUR SOUL HOW WILL YOU KNOW HOW FAR WILL YOU GO?  
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THE SILVER LINING’S IN THE SKY IF YOU READ BETWEEN THE LINES YOU’LL FIND I’M LOST IN RHYME, I HAVE NO WORDS JUST MEMORIES AND BROKEN STRINGS AND THE SONGS TO SING… THE SONGS TO SING I SAW YOU SHINING LIKE A NEW YEAR’S SPECIAL HOPES AND DREAMS, YEAH IT COULD ALL HAPPEN WAY BEFORE OUR TIME LIKE A NEW DYIN’ BREED BELLS AND WHISTLES RINGIN’ WE WERE ALL THINKIN’ BOUT THE SONGS WE’RE SINGIN… SONGS THAT WE’RE SINGIN’ SINGIN’ OUR SONGS LOOKIN’ OVER YONDER TO THE HIGH AND WIDES I CAN’T TAKE IT ANY LONGER, TO MY SURPRISE ALL THE RATS ARE IN THE ROSES DRINKIN’ THEIR WINE WITH THEIR HATS AND THEIR POSES WITH NO REASON OR RHYME TO THE SONGS THEY’RE SINGIN’… THE SONGS THAT THEY’RE SINGIN’ THEY’RE SINGIN’ THEIR SONG WELL, THE GOOD TIMES ARE COMIN’, IT’S JUST AROUND THE BEND WON’T YOU COME A-RUNNIN’, WE CAN MAKE IT TO THE END WE’LL BE SKIPPIN’ & A-JUMPIN’, ALL THINGS SAID WE’LL BE LAUGHIN’ & A-LOVIN’, WON’T YOU SING ALONG TO THE SONGS WE’RE SINGIN’…. THE SONGS THAT WE’RE SINGIN’ WE’RE SINGIN’ OUR SONGS
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IT TAKES ALL THE FAITH WITHIN YOU IT TAKES YOUR HEART AND IT TAKES MINE IT TAKES LOVE TO BE FORGIVEN LIVIN’ IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES WHEN IT RAINS ON THE RANGE AND IT SNOWS IN THE SPRING YOU’RE REMINDED AGAIN, IT’S JUST A MARCH OF THE DYIN’ LIVIN’ IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES IT BRINGS YOU DOWN TO BUY THE PAPER IF YOU READ BETWEEN THE LINES NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE THE ANSWERS LIVIN’ IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES STILL YOU TRY AND YOU TRY AND YOU DO WHAT YOU MUST DO IT’S JUST A MARCH OF THE DYIN’ LIVIN’ IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES AND LOVIN’ IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES IT TAKES A MAN, IT TAKES A WOMAN IT TAKES YOUR HEART AND IT TAKES MINE IT TAKES LOVE TO BE FORGIVEN LIVIN’ IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES IT TAKES LOVE TO BE FORGIVEN LIVIN’ IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES AND LOVIN’ IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES
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Near Perfect 03:11
SHE’S THE ICING ON MY CAKE SHE’S MY VERY BEST MISTAKE EVERY DAY IS THE BEST DAY YET THE CHANCE I TOOK THAT I’LL NEVER REGRET AND SHE SINGS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL BIRD BUT WHEN SHE SQUAWKS, I CAN’T GET IN A WORD IT’S PERFECT, NEAR PERFECT I CAUGHT HIM TALKIN’ IN HIS SLEEP ABOUT THE KINDA THINGS I CAN’T REPEAT WELL, I COULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT ALL THE BAD ADVICE HE TOOK BUT THEN HE SAYS SOMETHING SWEET ABOUT THE KINDA THINGS I CAN’T REPEAT IT’S PERFECT, NEAR PERFECT PERFECT IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD LIFE IS A BEAUTIFUL MESS I KNOW THAT IT MIGHT SOUND ABSURD THE HARDER YOU TRY, THE HARDER IT GETS WE’RE ALWAYS FIFTEEN MINUTES LATE ON THE DOT THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHIN’ THAT WE FORGOT YOU COULDN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP RIGHT OR WRONG BUT REALLY WHO CARES WHAT PEOPLE THINK I WOULDN’T CHANGE A DOG GONE THINGS IT’S PERFECT, NEAR PERFECT WE’RE ALWAYS FIFTEEN MINUTES LATE ON THE DOT THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHIN’ THAT WE FORGOT YOU COULDN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP RIGHT OR WRONG BUT REALLY WHO CARES WHAT PEOPLE THINK I WOULDN’T CHANGE A DOG GONE THINGS IT’S PERFECT, NEAR PERFECT
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WOO-HOO-HOO, WOO-HOO-HOO….. WELL THE TAX MAN RULES THE MOLD WHILE THE WHISLEBLOWERS BLOW AND THOMAS, EVEN HE CAN’T STOP THE TRAIN CAUSE THESE UNITED FLAKES ARE CAUSING ALL THE SHAKES AND THE COUNTRY’S TWISTED, BATTERED AND TORN SO, I PULL THE WOOL OVER MY EYES AND PUT ON A BRAND-NEW DISGUISE YOU KNOW I TRY NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THE THINGS I CAN’T CONTROL CAUSE THIS OLD WORLD KEEPS TURNIN’ AND KEITH RICHARD’S STILL BURNIN’ AND ROCK AND ROLL WILL SURELY NEVER DIE CAUSE I’VE GOT MY WHISKEY CHICKEN BABY ALL SERVED UP WITH A SIDE OF CRAZY A LITTLE PINCH OF SOUL, WATERED DOWN WITH LIFE IT’S MY MILK AND MY HONEY AND SHE ROCKS ALL NIGHT TAKES AWAY THE DARKNESS AND BRINGS THE LIGHT LIKE AMERICA IN A SONG WELL I WOKE UP ON THE MOON LOOKIN’ DOWN AT THE BLUE BALLOON AND GALILEO WAS LOOKIN’ RIGHT BACK AT ME HE SAID COUNT YOUR LUCKY STARS, GIVE MOTHER NATURE MY REGARDS YOU ONLY GET ONE CHANCE ON THE MAGICAL MERRY-GO-ROUND CAUSE I’VE GOT MY WHISKEY CHICKEN BABY ALL SERVED UP WITH A SIDE OF CRAZY A LITTLE PINCH OF SOUL, WATERED DOWN WITH LIFE IT’S MY MILK AND MY HONEY AND SHE ROCKS ALL NIGHT TAKES AWAY THE DARKNESS AND BRINGS THE LIGHT LIKE AMERICA IN A SONG IF YOU READ BETWEEN THE LINES YOU MIGHT FIND A PIECE OF MIND IF YOU BELIEVE IN SPACE AND TIME HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL FIND CAUSE I’VE GOT MY WHISKEY CHICKEN BABY ALL SERVED UP WITH A SIDE OF CRAZY A LITTLE PINCH OF SOUL, WATERED DOWN WITH LIFE IT’S MY MILK AND MY HONEY AND SHE ROCKS ALL NIGHT TAKES AWAY THE DARKNESS AND BRINGS THE LIGHT LIKE AMERICA IN A SONG WOO-HOO-HOO, WOO-HOO-HOO…..

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released July 28, 2023

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The 19th Street Band Washington, D.C.

Characterized by high energy and strong vocal harmonies, The 19th Street Band ignites an audience with their passion for music, their magnetic presence and enthusiasm. Bridging the musical traditions of bluegrass and roots from Ireland to the Appalachian, their eclectic gypsy-rock spirit literally leaps from the stage and engages the crowd in the music. ... more

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