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Ballad On Third Avenue

by Ed Hale

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1.
Scene In San Francisco 04:03
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Here's a little something that I've written I know you won't believe it but I Want to talk about it What we did last summer and I Am ready to relieve it If you think that you can take cause I I, I, I'm going to San Francisco I have got that letter The one you never finished it’s true That I can still remember That scene in San Francisco when you Left me in the morning Alone without a warning or clue When you, you left me in San Francisco You had all those flowers in your hair like the song One day you were there and then the next day you were gone The truth is that you left me standing there and all alone in San Francisco I can see your tattered spirit Though you don’t believe it it’s true And if you’ll only see me I will try my best to see your point of view I don't know if you're coming But I have to keep my faith in what I knew That I, I, loved you in San Francisco
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I Walk Alone 05:31
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There is a place I go when I am feeling low Where the sirens fade and you can hear the waters flow The stars lay scattered in the open sky And those lights by the bridge shine through the night of my eyes I met her on a bench by the Evergreen I have learned that love is never what it seems to be The time for tears and all of your remorse Has come and gone with the close of my front door I walk alone for now and forever I walk alone for worse or for better I walk alone for now and forever Without you Spring is here and I watch the flowers grow I have washed away my fears with rock n’ roll Flowers bloom in the middle of a deserted lawns When the winter comes these flowers will be dead and gone I walk alone for now and forever I walk alone for worse or for better I walk alone for now and forever Without you She lit a fire and burned all of our photographs I can still remember the way she used to laugh Cause the secrets that we shared they haunt me in every silent night Just like phantoms who go off their paths and lose their flight I walk alone for now and forever I walk alone for worse or for better I walk alone for now and forever Without you I can feel my world closing in on me Sometimes it all feels like I’m living in a never ending dream
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Hello My Dove 02:40
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Hello my dove I'll whisper to you now It’s a long life There's plenty of time for loneliness Hello my dove I'm calling for you now It’s a big world There's plenty room for your solitude So if you're in the mood Bat an eyelash for me And you just might keep me one more day Hello my dove I'll whisper in your ear It’s a lonely world I'm blessed to have you near me Hello my dove I'm trying to tell you now It’s a big life There's plenty of room for your books and tea But is there room for me? Hello my dove I whisper in your ear It’s a wondrous thing we've found Don't let it disappear I promise you my years And all my tears Whenever you are down
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Incompatible 05:19
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How could I love Someone so much And be so incompatible It’s unfathomable to me That I could love you The way I do And yet still be so incompatible It’s unbelievable to me When I met you You were beautiful Everything I ever wanted to see That's what you were to me And so it’s unfathomable That we’re so incompatible To me Our pride and prejudice Me in my scowl And you in your lonely dress Baby we can’t talk Without breaking up Why bother making up When you're so incompatible with me Why do I hate you I never wanted to We were inseparable So it’s inconceivable To hate you My princess bride Let’s go for a ride And let’s try not to say anything That could spoil this thing called us No matter how much That I love you We’ll never get along That's why I sing this song For you Our pride and prejudice You in your know it all And my cloak of arrogance Baby we can’t talk Without breaking up So why should we make up When we’re so incompatible you see You're so incompatible with me
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Ballad On Third Avenue (Beautiful Losers) 05:11
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I sat around thinking in my bed about all the things that were left unsaid You see I'm a man who’s so out of date If I loved you right it was my mistake Well it takes me a whole century To get to a place where I wanna be I'm a clown for you I wanna be with you Even though I know you lie But I recognize so do I Come to me cause I need you now Love is gone and girl I'm so strung out Now I just compensate a thousand times My sheets are warm but I'm cold inside Yeah it's so hard in these cold and winter days To try to find something to keep me awake But you know that your tirades they hit me hard I am always searching for that spark That strikes gold in your eyes ‘Cause you recognize the truth I'm a lunatic But so are you A thousand psych wards could never hold us down People like us tend to stay off the ground You see when you come down to it in the end True love never rolls around again You know I wanna run through the halls of an art museum With your picture in my arms screaming carpe diem We gotta seize the day we gotta seize this love We never know when it's going to turn up So babe let’s take our chances while we’re still alive And here’s one final word of advice Roses they may wilt but they never die So won't you try? Though you recognize the truth That I'm bound to lose But so are you Losers Beautiful losers Beautiful losers But baby Maybe If you give it a try Maybe baby So will I Ballad on Third Avenue Ballad on Third Avenue Maybe baby if you give it a try Maybe baby maybe so will I
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It Feels Too Good 03:14
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She runs away A wild stallion stray She takes my heart away And I've got nothing to ride on She flies away She's like a bird of prey She steals my soul away And I've got no one to fly with Girl I bet you knew That I would call Your bluff anytime at all Cause it feels too good to hold you And girl I bet you know That I could roam like you But it feels too good to hold you She rains on me Her softness pouring down My heart left on the ground And I've got no umbrella Her silent breeze Is blowing through my leaves She takes the wind from me And I'm left standing here breathless Girl I bet you knew That I would call I'd come any time you'd call Cause it feels too good to hold you And girl I bet you knew I'd get a hold on you Cause it feels too good Yes it feels too good To want you
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Everywhere She Is There 04:44
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She's been hurt and it’s been too long I don't know why but I broke her heart I've heard her cries from her love songs But I pretend I don't hear her crying She's been hurt and it’s all my fault I took advantage of my advantage over her And I regret each day we met that summer of her discontent Everywhere she is there And everywhere there is she I did her wrong and I don't know why But I'll do my best to stop her crying I don't know how but I'll keep trying to apologize to her And I recall each time I fall From her grace and crawl right back to her
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New Orleans Dreams 06:27
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In the tunnels of our silence In the bounds of our mistrust I longed for your patience And cried out for your lust I’ve been looking for something That could make me more aware That you are truly someone Who gets lonely who gets scared In the confines of our love I thought I saw solution That cleared away the smoke And pulled out our pollution In the gutters of New Orleans The children laid there crying The dreams that they were living Are crumpled up and dying They are dying The symphony has ended The conductor has just left And all that now remains Is your blindness and your theft The melodies are broken And the music sounds so wrong And now I know for certain That this just can’t go on What is wrong? Because you can’t escape From the all the things you’ve done And all the wars you waged Can now never be won Your books should all be burned Your head is being filled With false and useless knowledge That just might get you killed Cause what you now desire Is what you most regret You think you know what’s true But then you’re put to the test And what is left Of your new Orleans dreams I have been the slave And I’ve been the auctioneer I have played the priest And I’ve been the racketeer But I have learned one thing They’re all one and the same One man’s freedom is another man’s guilt And another’s chains Of what remains Because I know a secret That I conceal down below You try to act so cool But I think you’ve lost control And the bells they are ringing So now what will you do Will you slumber through the storm Or will you walk right through What will you do The judge has robed and entered And the court is now in session The law has been laid down on you And there’s no chance to petition You own the keys to unlock your prison And baby when you go Call on me cause I’ll be waiting Brother don’t you know I’ll be waiting In your New Orleans dreams
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Architect's Daughter 02:13
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How do I express this unconditional Ecstasy we’re feeling Everytime we are together I will do my best Consider it a promise That I will try forever Just as long as we’re together With the architects daughter I hope you don't think less of me If I dare to tell you From that moment on the corner I thought I felt forever And though we’re not together Yet I hope to be With the architects daughter An hour since you left My senses are still reeling Though I try to resist it My heart cannot stop beating For the architects daughter
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Thoughts Of California 05:49
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In the cold mist of the morning I went walking from my bed I could hear the sparrows calling from the branches overhead And darkness still was creeping over that aquatic sky Then I thought of California but I still can't figure why The military officers who parade my city block They are gazing through the windows In a state of dread and shock But you will not be shadowed girl you know we can't just die And I thought of California then as I stopped to touch the sky Your father is a senator your mother is the chief They brand you as a sinner so that they can play the priest At the closing of the curtain at the breaking of the dawn Everybody feels for certain that we’ve all done something wrong But you shall not be crucified, you shall not be tamed Everybody just wants to survive in a world consumed in blame As we head to California with our suitcase full of shame California As the light crawls into the atmosphere like a child upon its knees We stare through arching windows and watch the world move underneath To the waltz of early morning to the splitting of the skies Then I thought of California but I still can't figure why But we shall not be crucified we shall not be tamed Everybody just wants to survive in a world so filled in blame As we head to California with our suitcase full of shame California
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Never Let Me Go Again 07:11
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There are sounds in the hallways and thuds on my wall I can still feel the scorching heat from those evening brawls When you left me in that room you never made a sound I stood their stranded as my tears came pouring down I remember the whispers muttered in the night Cries from the rooms and doctors cloaked in white You stood there in the doorway a look was on your face Like you were being blessed with this sad and sudden grace Let me fall into your arms tonight I wanna sink down low and feel you hold me tight You took me in your arms once and you could understand Don't you ever let me go again You struggled for me I know for a better life You’ve worked so many hours and so many nights And then I went away from you into the Deep South Hoping that its heat would burn my demons out You’ve had enough I think you’re gonna crack My father went away and I don't think he's coming back And now you put me down each and every day But can you remember mom that it is never/not to late In front of the house I waited for a sign Something that would let me know that it was gonna be alright But now I’m older and things still look the same Look at us momma we’re still drenched in pain So take me in your car and we will slowly drive Through those tunnels and those backstreets of our lonely lives Let me fall into your arms tonight I wanna sink down low and feel you hold me tight You took me in your arms once and you could understand Don't you ever let me go again Momma promise you won't let me go Momma promise me that now you know That I never want you to ever let me go again

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The majestic acoustic-pop and soft intimacy of Ed Hale's Ballad On Third Avenue will feel right at home to the same crowds that love the music of Wes Anderson movies, Rubber Soul-era Beatles, Bright Eyes, Simon and Garfunkel, or even Nick Drake. The lead singer of the popular Brit Pop/modern rock band Transcendence with hit singles and songs in films and television shows over the years - snuck into the recording studio late last year and produced the most personal and intimate album of his career. The tracks are a luxuriant tangle of acoustic guitars, pianos, organs, xylophones, lush cello lines, and mellotron flourishes that set a gorgeous sonic backdrop behind a lyrically poignant and confessional masterpiece of infinite beauty that from start to finish sucks you in and leaves you moved and dreamy-eyed. Ed Hale has always been hard to keep up with - over the years playing the role of writer, populist blogger, controversial YouTube star, outspoken political activist, or civilian diplomat but on his first solo album in six years at his very core Ed Hale is a passionate and possessed singer and songwriter capable of crafting magnificent musical jewels that captivate and sound instantly classic.

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released June 16, 2009

Produced by Fernando Perdomo and Ed Hale.

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Singer, songwriter, rockstar, recording artist, author, activist, populist blogger, and occasionally controversial YouTube star Ed Hale is a hard man to keep up with. Affectionately called "The Ambassador" by friends and fans the world over, he is best known now as the lead singer and guitarist of the rock group ED HALE AND THE TRANSCENDENCE; or for his latest hit single "Scene In San Francisco." ... more

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