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Light In The Dark

by Matt Nakoa

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1.
Oh Tamara 04:03
Oh Tamara You were hanging off the edge of the bed Smoking the last cigarette Humming someone else’s song that stuck in your head When you said you didn’t care anymore Girl, I know you don’t care anymore Oh, Tamara I always knew you’d leave me On the floor Fast asleep and dreaming While you were leaving Wearing our love like a crown We used to drive all over the town Breaking in, breaking out, breaking up, breaking down Starting all over again I'll never know why but I fell I never heard the sound of the bell You were a first-round knock-out story to tell Hell, I won’t be getting up today Oh, Tamara I always knew you’d leave me On the floor Fast asleep and dreaming While you were leaving Baby, baby, baby, baby Oh, Tamara I always knew you’d leave me On the floor Fast asleep and dreaming While you were leaving me alone Now I’ve found love has a ghost Comes around wearing your clothes Telling me just how little I know ‘Cause I really wanna see you tonight Girl, I just wanna see you tonight Oh, Tamara I always knew you’d leave me On the floor Fast asleep and dreaming While you were leaving Baby, baby, baby, baby Oh, Tamara I always knew you’d leave me On the floor Fast asleep and dreaming While you were leaving me alone
2.
Don't Come Back To Me Can you keep a secret? I don’t love you anymore Can’t keep waiting for things to go back to the way they were before Please don’t tell your mother She would never understand But I guess if you need a reminder of why we failed you can But don’t come back to me Don’t come back to me with that Don’t come back to me We don’t need to get even We both left marks on the wall You don’t need to tell me how your friends all agree this is really my fault ‘Cause I might say that I’m sorry If you’d let me make that call It’s OK if you place the blame wherever it breaks your fall 
Just don’t come back to me Don’t come back to me with that Don’t come back to me Don’t come back to me with that ... Desperate reminiscing I think we’ve been through too much If a part of you is missing Well I’m sure you’ll find someone But don’t come back to me Don’t come back to me with that Don’t come back to me ...
3.
Diamonds Into Dust In a city of coal you picked dirty ol’ me Straight from the ground where I’d waited for centuries You brushed off my face and when the soot settled I wondered why you’d waste your time picking up pebbles You said, “I know coal and that ain’t you” Said you’d wear me around like a precious jewel. Once I was your diamond in the rough But darlin’, your touch turns diamonds into dust. I tried my best to shine. Was it ever quite enough? Surely your love should never lack luster And it might’ve been the pressure, may have been the heat Dying to become what I was always gonna be All the weight All the heat Oh my love You crushed me. Once I was your diamond in the rough Love, I was your diamond in the rough Well darlin’, your touch turns diamonds into dust. Now I don’t love to dig you up No, I don’t love to dig you up I don’t love to dig you up No, I don’t love to dig you up that much. Now I know you’re a diamond too Only the real thing could cut like you Once I was your diamond in the rough Love, I was your diamond in the rough So what!? I was your diamond in the rough Darlin’, your touch turns diamonds into dust.
4.
Blowin' Away 04:05
Blowin' Away I know you don’t really love your job But you like to feel the cash in your back pocket No use denyin' where your time has gone You had a five-year plan and you just forgot it. Well, it’s only paper - light as feathers Do yourself a favor - you know better We're blowin' away - so leave your sorrow Leavin' today - we’ll be there by tomorrow Makin' our way - beg, steel or borrow And baby - say that you’ll follow I know you don’t really love your man But you like to feel his hand in your back pocket Now you're sittin' makin' lists of all the shit you can't stand It was a beautiful love but now you've lost it You said “forever” - now you’re tied and tethered Do yourself a favor - you can do better We're blowin' away - so leave your sorrow Leavin' today - we’ll be there by tomorrow Makin' our way - beg, steel or borrow And baby - say that you’ll follow Life can be ruthless But you can't make excuses Gotta move when you hear the music Though it may seem sweet and loud It's trav'lin' at the speed of sound Driftin' away on the breeze Just like you and me You and me Blowin' away - so leave your sorrow Leavin' today - we’ll be there by tomorrow Makin' our way - beg, steel or borrow And baby - say that you’ll follow
5.
Beggar By The Weekend Well, I been workin' till it hurts And it ain't worth what it's worth Hell, my twelve-year-old self and me ain't speakin' All those years of school Now I'm an older, broker, fool Pawnin' off my dreams to keep the ceiling from leakin' Seems you can slave away for five straight business days Just to find yourself a beggar by the weekend So you say your love life's a bitch The slipper never fits But you keep kissin' frogs and singin' songs of longin' And every time a prince gets into you Cupid comes and shoots you in the shoe And it's really just your pretty dress that's fallen Well you can stay awake just cryin' your night away But love is always better when you're dreaming Yeah, you can slave away for five straight business days Just to find yourself a beggar by the weekend. Spending every day Begging for our change Lord there's gotta be better way Well, we made it here tonight Which means that we're alive So c'mon sing like every word makes all the difference I heard a word made life exist And all our lives have led to this So I say raise your beer and here's to our forgiveness 'Cause you can save and save Just to cash in on the last day But maybe here and now's the Eden we've been seekin' You can stay awake cryin' your night away But love is always better when you're dreamin' Yeah, you can slave away for five straight business days Just to find yourself a beggar by the weekend Don't you find yourself a beggar by the weekend Don't you live and die a beggar by the weekend
6.
The Gold Is Gone Distant kisses whisper low The gold is gone - just dust now in our mouths Gin on your lips - rust on your tongue You taste like a ghost town And on this prairie where we lie No more church bells ringing Alleluia No more rowdy ol' saloon Just an empty bedroom And no matter what we try There is nothing left to find Don't you know the gold is gone When we started out to stake our claim We held our hearts like shovels in our hands But we were fools with dynamite Filled the hills with empty holes of sand And still you think it helps to fight But no matter what we try There is nothing left to find Don't you know the gold is gone Oh the gold is gone Maybe someday time will heal our wounds But right now I can't handle seeing you So baby, pace away and baby, count your steps Turn and blast but I'm not turning back 'Cause no matter what we try There is nothing left to find Don't you know the gold is gone Oh the gold is gone
7.
Running In Place Lost little girl with locks of gold Thinks this love’s too hot - thinks this love’s too cold, well Honey don’t run through another door Till you know for sure what you’re going for Do you need it to feel just right? ‘Cause it never does. I just thought it was, so I guess you won’t be alone tonight It might kill you to wait so you’re filling space You’re just filling space You’re just filling space You’re just ... Running in Place (don't it feel like you're ...) Running in Place (growing so tired of ...) Running in Place (spend your whole life ...) Running in Place I dreamed I seen you bumping in the club with some fresh cut crush All your liquid love has his heart rate up He's reaching out 'cause he's starting to fall But you just scream along to your favorite song "No I don't wanna hold your hand! I'm not looking for love, I'm just having fun!" His kick drum heart beats boom, boom, BREAK And you leave another lover boy dead on the dance floor Running in Place (don't it feel like you're ...) Running in Place (growing so tired of ...) Running in Place (spend your whole life ...) Running in Place You don't even try to sleep at night And baby, maybe you've got it right 'Cause I toss and turn - night and day I close my eyes - I see your face I try and try, but I can't get away I can't get away I can't get away I can't ... Running in Place (don't it feel like you're ...) Running in Place (growing so tired of ...) Running in Place (don't it feel like ...) Running in Place (spend your whole life ...) Running in Place ...
8.
Wishful Drinking Wishful drinking again last night Trying to keep you off of my mind Can’t find peace in the neon light Lord, you know how hard I've tried Fell punch drunk for a sugar cane rum Made my lips and fingertips numb Kissed my skin and whispered in tongues But all at once the rum was gone Wishful drinking all along And I like to dine with a bitter red wine Makes me feel so rich and refined Floats my heart and bloats my mind But late last night the wine went dry Wishful drinking every time Heartbreaks and Headaches Always hand in hand Fill these years like bottles of tears Now I can hardly stand All my blissful thinking Thinking I’ve moved on Is only wishful drinking When the night becomes the dawn Wishful Drinking again last night Trying to keep you off of my mind Can’t find peace in the neon light Lord, you know how hard I tried
9.
It Won't Be Long Oh my grandfather, You have gone to feed the lawn. Your sons and daughters Live to see another dawn. Can you see the children Playing games among the graves? Their mothers whispering, "Little children should behave!" When we’re dead and gone Life’ll be living on! And it won’t be long! Are we our bodies? Are we these thoughts inside our heads? Are we our money? How can we spend it when we’re dead? Will all our ashes scatter After someone’s G-d drops the bomb? Will it ever matter Who is left, or right, or wrong? When we’re dead and gone Life’ll be living on! And it won’t be long! Sing your soul’s own song Let them sing along And when we’re dead and gone You’re life’ll be living on! It won’t be long!
10.
All The Devil's Sons See the man and his wife in a factory town Every day slave away till the sun goes down And all they ask is their sons stay safe And get to go to school someday. So they go to the church, get down and pray For the Christian king of the new crusade May his aim be sure and G-d be proud We're gonna take the devil's army out 'Cause if you wanna have a home, you gotta stick out your hand and pay And if we wanna keep our country, we gotta live like they say Ashes to ashes - dust to dust Pull the trigger and in G-d we trust Invaders gonna come. Stuff your closets full o' guns Even though we've never seen a single one They all must be devil's sons. Now see the man and his child in a desert town Every day more afraid of the sun going down No there'll be no rest in this bed of fear When the western godlessness draws near So they pray on dusty knees and hands On family bones below the sands "May our aim be sure and our hearts beat proud As we stand our ground and shout out loud, If you wanna have our home you gotta stick out your hand and pay Yeah, if you come to take our country, you're gonna get blown away!" Ashes to ashes - dust to dust Pull the trigger and in G-d we trust Invaders gonna come. Stuff your closets full o' guns Even though we've never seen a single one They all must be devil's sons. All the king's horses All the king's men Couldn't put the Kingdom Together again
11.
Light In The Dark Night after night like a reoccurring dream I am a blind man floating in the sea Shouting for a harbor, screaming for the stars But I drown in my sleep never knowing where they are ... ... shining ... It's frightening But tonight I am finding the light in the dark Oh, tonight I am finding the light in the dark Well I know what became of the moth and her flame And the man fixing his satellite picture in the rain Sometimes the glow at the end of the tunnel is a train Can you blame this boy if he gets a bit afraid? ... of shining ... It's frightening But tonight I am finding the light in the dark Oh, tonight I am finding the light in the dark In my heart. ||: Just gotta trust that my vision will adjust :|| ... like seeing with my eyes closed I want to believe in something no one knows And I wanna leap when it comes my time to go! Tonight I am finding the light in the dark Oh, tonight I am finding the light in the dark In my heart.

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released March 17, 2012

Produced by Matt Nakoa & Corey Schreppel
Mixed by Corey Schreppel
Mastered by Jonathan Wyner
Album Art by Danielle Mulcahy

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Matt Nakoa New York

Matt Nakoa is an award-winning songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. A modern troubadour, he makes his home on the highways and concert stages of America, and appears regularly with folk music icon Tom Rush. The Boston Globe says of Nakoa, “Between his piano chops and heartfelt originals on guitar, he drops jaws.” ... more

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