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Especially during these challenging times, it is my wish, first and foremost, to make this album available to everyone at no charge. I would much rather people be able to bring this collection of songs into their hearts and homes, than to be unable to do so for something as simple as financial reasons. It is however, my HOPE, for those who are able and inclined, that many of you WILL choose to contribute something, even if it is only a dollar, so that I can continue to record music, and continue to tour… two things that I love, but which are, unfortunately, very expensive. Either way, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your continued interest in my work, and I hope you will enjoy what you hear.

With Love, Coulter

1. See You Next Tuesday
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     • from day one, it seemed to me too good to be true, i had no business ever talking to you. but nonetheless, i chose to pursue now i regret, each and every day i spent with you. from day two all the lies that ever came from you, started with the one you told me when, the three words “i love you” slipped from your lips and i knew, that the pill had taken you ’round the bend. and it’s one, two, three, reasons that you need to leave, yeah, one, two, three, over again. if it seems that we had no hope for tomorrow, on your shoulders i will always lay the blame. he came into our lives, and you said he’s just a friend, but i knew better, and i could comprehend that all the notes you punched into your phone were plans you made with him. to wait until my back was turned, to burn the bridge you never earned. and so it happened once, and i forgave you, i should have run as far away as i could get from you. the second time, truly came as no surprise, but this time i had had enough, grab your stuff, and get out of my life. (chorus). so now some time has passed, but every day i see you and him, walking hand in hand i don’t understand what i saw in you, or what you see in him. it’s a matchmaker’s joke, my heart’s not broken and you didn’t win. because he’s a wreck, the last time i checked, he couldn’t even fend for himself, let alone, fend for you. but you deserve no better, when it comes to sink or swim, the bottom of the ocean’s where they’ll find you. (chorus)
2. Lights, Camera, Dissatisfaction
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     • if you’ve been away then you may find that once friendly eyes, seem to question all the time. did we change? in our lives designed to live outside the safety that you find, out the inward thoughts you try to hide. lights, camera, dissatisfaction with the way i feel tonight, in your eyes. lights, camera, it’s your reaction to the way i’ve lived my life. lay the blame, my doorstep’s wide and it can handle all the blame you try to throw my way. if you understood what lies behind, you’d apologize. but for now, we live the great divide. (chorus). raise a glass to absent friends, who absent-mindedly went their way while i went mine. no need to say goodbye. still we had our time, but time divides. let us shed no tears tonight. (chorus)
3. Give it a Chance
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     • each story starts the same, with dreams that pave the way. and all the sights and sounds, you blew my ears and eyes away. traveling far and wide, everybody loves your style. kicking in the door, you grabbed them by the hearts and more. what you bring to the table, always willing, i’m unstable hearing the songs that melt my heart. it seems that i’m unable to impress a record label, so i must rely on you. i remember those summer days, like they were yesterday, when we took on the world. the cities fell one after another. traveling far and wide, from i-5 to i-95, the road became your home. i tried, but i had to say goodbye. (chorus). i recall, that i once wrote the reasons why i’d see you again. now those words came true, when we crossed paths, i looked at you. and did you think of me, like i asked you to? here comes the battle cry, onwards rock ‘n roll soldiers i see there’s no stopping you. if i know what’s inside your hearts and minds, don’t try to hide, give them everything you can again, again, and again. (chorus)
4. The More I See
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     • the more i see, i sit and i wonder why the world goes on without me. and the more i see, the songs that saved my life could never mean the same to me. “how can it be like this,” you say, but i insist, that he took me ’round the bend. with vinyl arms in hand, this army’s final stand, wilde-eyed, i cut the ties from him. the more i see, the hero’s game remains the same, but it’s no longer for me. and the more i see, i can’t believe the years i spent confined in solitary. (chorus). now the more i see, if i surmise the times that i defended eagerly. the more i see, time’s better spent getting hell-bent on something grounded in reality, and it seems to me, you still have time, your peace of mind is just a world away. and if we could be, quite honest here we shouldn’t fear the change. but i tried, for years i tried. but the hell if i would give my life. it’s been too long so hear this song from me. no apologies, but thanks for memories.
5. A Lifelong Romance
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     • it’s been a rough year for the lad, waking everyday, feeling so sad. so many plans he had, all shot to hell. it’s probably for the best….. it’s just as well. oh really, is it asking to much for a kind word and an open door or a hand he can touch? and clearly, some good luck will sink through, this ocean of bad luck, if only he knew. that with your strength and with your smile, the world at your feet, with nothing to hide. and with your grace and with your style, i will always love you. standing alone, fighting within, never give up and never give in, and when the day comes for it to end, i’ll release you. it’s been a rough year for the lad. how could such a good heart, encounter such bad, people, places, his sorry face is, just about through, and so i ask you.. (chorus) so this time i beg of you please, no more rejections, deportations, and these constant reminders of how he has failed. because in my eyes, the one with the purest heart will always prevail.
6. The Path of Most Resistance
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     • here’s my lonely heart’s club ad: “painfully shy and desperately sad, could you be the one to save me?” i don’t go out dancing, i can’t stand tv, my best days are spent at the local library. i don’t know how anyone could stand me. but i despite these crimes believe there’s someone, somewhere. save me now before i fade away. i’ve got a lifetime full of love that needs a home. i’m so tired of being alone. useless at conversation, my wardrobe’s a mess. constantly finding myself in distress, i’ve resigned to being along. human communion is so low on my list of things to do, without you. (chorus). the path of most resistance, seems always to be easier to live by at the end of the day. at arm’s length, the world can never get you down. now i’m through, so lead me home to you (chorus). i despite these crimes, know there’s someone, somewhere, who’s felt this much despair, and as i fade to grey, i give my had to you tonight. we can save ourselves, it’s alright, to live… to love.
7. The Happiest Days of My Life
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     • I ran from the haunted mansion. Left behind my inventions. A talent for my own destruction is all I’ve ever owned. And in the dark a fog descends, the velvet edges split and then, the bright lights have found me again…alone with a microphone (so I sang.) These are the happiest days of my life, I know. Black anoraks. Synthesized strings. Two tarnished tin wedding rings. Nostalgia for meaningful things is all I’ve ever known. These are the happiest days of my life, I know. My death scene played to no applause, two angels came to my dire cause. Their voices like melodicas, they spoke to me and said… “Your darkness is brighter than all the lights in the disco tonight.” “Your darkness is brighter, you are inevitable!” Then why is she making me wait so long?
8. How Would You Know I Was Looking At You Unless You Were Looking At Me
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     • with an open mind, i think we can agree. so why do you waste your time, saying to me: “how would you know i was looking at you, unless you….” there clearly is no crime, and please you must believe, if you caught my eye, the reason why… “how would you know i was looking at you, unless you were looking at me” now i see, with the year’s gone by i think that i have earned the right to dream a bigger dream. i believe, if you feel the same let’s end this game and wind up on our backsides tonight. but i know, it’s not to be. long ago you wrote, confidentially, (what an unkind joke) saying, “you’re the one for me.” chorus the time has come when i really must decide, to save face and save time and save my life. (chorus). face the winds of change, they’re with me once again. time after time, each story ends the same. it’s time to put behind, the story of my life: loving those who refuse to stay true. and though temptation tries to let you back into my life. there’s hatred in my eyes, so this time, i must stand astride and truly say goodbye. i mean it this time, and i won’t change my mind.
9. Martial Hearts
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     • i’ll be the first to second guess my loyalty to you. two years of my life wasted with someone for whom the truth, means nothing more than idle words for each and every whim. it started long ago and we know it won’t end with him. please leave me tonight. i’m tired and i’ve no strength to fight. please believe me when i stand by these words i say tonight. if you wanted out why didn’t you just say the word. it could have ended differently without all this absurd nuclear fallout. i went all out to make this a home, but you defiled our bed while i was away and so… (chorus). all over town this story’s made the rounds and now it seems your name and his in neon lights are both beyond reprieve. a sinking ship will be your life and you deserve no less, than your black heart ripped from your chest, over and over again.
10. Je Vous Pardonne Tout
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      • staring down the saddest of times, it cuts me to the bone. and if you asked me then if i’d speak to you again, then the answer would be no. but now that i’ve heard your side, and now that you’ve heard my side, all the anger’s gone away. it doesn’t mean i want you back, we just weren’t made to be together. but i can truly say that i loved with all of my heart. it makes this song so hard to sing. though all the pain you caused, i’d never seek your applause, but i forgive you everything. staring down, now it’s one day at a time and i’m trying to climb my way out of this hole. i can’t believe that i fell for you so hard, but you had me hook, line, sinker. i am told that i’m not the first to find this situation and the crime matches clearly with the past. so why when i look into your eyes, all the anger disappears so fast? (chorus)