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Walking Through Landmines
Words and Music by Robert Ellis Orrall
Now the end is near
So they tell us
Just ourselves to fear
What the hell was that
A blinding flash of light
A siren in the night
But this time it turns out were dreaming
It was all too real
We were falling
I know how you feel
Fall into my arms
I’ll never let you go
That's all you need to know
I’ll take your hand in mine and we'll go
Walking through landmines together
Walking through landmines together
Walking through landmines together
You take my hand
I’ll take your hand
Well go walking through landmines together
They said the day would never come
We can solve all our problems
Just give us a million years
Now the end is here
So they tell us
Just ourselves to fear
What the hell was that
A blinding flash of light
A siren in the night
Put your hand in mine and we'll go
Walking through landmines together...
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She Takes A Chance
04:22
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She Takes A Chance
Words and Music by Robert Ellis Orrall
She takes a chance
She has her heart in her hand
She takes a chance
It's something she can't understand
She takes a chance on me
She takes a chance
My eyes might be telling the truth
She takes a chance
That I might be blinded by youth
She holds her love up to the light
She cries herself to sleep at night
She holds my hand so tight
Somedays she feels so far away
Somehow she wishes she could stay
Somewhere else is where shed be
Someone like her is there with me
She's walking in and out of dreams
Between what is and what it seems
She takes a chance on me
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Alibi
04:04
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Alibi
Words end Music by Robert Ellis Orrall, Roger Bechirian and Simon Byrne
Gone
Are the days when you thought you could fool everyone
Now I find that Im starting to see how it's done
Why
Is it scaring you so that you can't let it show
We could both have been happy with life long ago
I don't know but I've been told it's in your eyes
I know you well and l can tell it's an alibi
Alibis
Are for people who know that they've done
something wrong
Girl if only you'd see it's been love all along
Try
To admit to yourself that you need what you feel
Got a long way to go but your heart can be healed
And I don't know but I've been told its in your eyes
I know you well and l can tell it's an alibi
You can feel something real if you try
You will succeed
But you don't need an alibi
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Contain Yourself
03:50
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Contain Yourself
Words and Music by Robert Ellis Orrall
Paralyzed
But moving still
With cautionary glances
Broken glass underfoot
Requires tricky dances
It goes by
Too fast to see
It slips by
And it's not easy
Tripping over strings attached
And everybody's laughing
Not alone
Not in a crowd
And everybody's happy
But not me
I don't see the humour
How bout you
Are you still with me
Do you feel naked
ls there a problem
Can you contain yourself?
Can you imagine
Another litetime
Can you contain yourself?
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Kids With Guns
04:08
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Kids With Guns (Words by Robert Ellis Orrall, Music by Robert Ellis Orrall, Kook Lawry, Don Walden and David Stefanelli)
Kids with guns
Staring at you real hard
Kids with guns
Playing in the backyard
Kids with guns
Made to fit a small hand
Kids with guns
Adolescent wasteland
Kids with guns
Yesterday'so bad dream
Kids with guns
Bullet holes and ice cream
Kids with guns
Supposed to be pretending
Kids with guns
Predictable ending
Suffer
Gonna suffe
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6. |
(I Hear) Your Heartbeat
03:52
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(I Hear) Your Heartbeat (Robert Ellis Orrall)
I recall the look in your eyes
Caught in the act when you ran out of lies
Lies that you could make me believe
Right up till the day when I watched you leave
Good, I said, I don't care that you're gone
Who says it hurts? Life will go on
But no matter how hard I try
I can't forget when you said goodbye
Deep in the night
l can feel your body near
I reach for the light
And you're not there
But I hear
Your heartbeat
I hear
Your heartbeat
I was always there by your side
You were looking for some place to hide
And I could never hold you enough
You were so damned afraid to love
Now it's all just lost in the past
Our love was burning too hot to last
Like a fire that raged in spite of the doubt
But too many tears and the fire burned out
Deep in the night
l can feel your body near
I reach for the light
And you're not there
But I hear
Your heartbeat
I hear
Your heartbeat
Ihear
Your heartbeat
Ihear
Your heartbeat
I hear your heartbeat
It's pounding away in my head
Alone in my bed
I miss you so bed
I hear your heartbeat
It's pounding away in my head
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7. |
Spitting In Fatso's Eyes
03:39
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Spitting In Fatso's Eyes (Robert Ellis Orrall)
You get a good visual effect
He tries not to notice you
You make him a silly nervous wreck
When he tries to go for you
He's like a rat in a maze
Doesn't know where to run
He's like a bird in a cage
He's so much fun
You love it when you're spitting in fatso's eyes
You get such a thrill when you make him cry
You can really hurt him when you try
You've got an exquisite sense of style
Your friends are afraid of you
I think it's so scary when you smile
But he's lost his mind for you
He takes your smack in the face
Like a kiss on the cheek
You put him right in his place
He feels so weak
You love it when you're spitting in fatso's eyes
You get such a thrill when you make him cry
You can really hurt him when you try
And he's so far gone
He believes it when you tell him we’re all wrong
And he does what you want him to do
He’ll never leave cuz he wants to believe in you
He takes your smack in the face
Like a kiss on the cheek
You put him right in his place
He feels so weak
You love it when you're spitting in fatso's eyes
You get such a thrill when you make him cry
You can really hurt him when you try
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8. |
Little Bits Of Love
03:50
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Little Bits of Love (Robert Ellis Orrall)
Once upon a time in my life
Someone who I trusted said to me
Love and laughter go together
But with you that's not the way it's been
Some days I'm so happy
Floating on a sea of clouds
The rain starts to falling
Leaves me crying right out loud
Little bits
Little bits of love
Little bits of love trickle through
Little bits of love trickle down from you
It's a dark room with a window
But the glass has all been painted blue
With your razor cutting through it
Little bits of love come shining through
When you want to give me
Something in the name of love
I hold out my hand and
Sometimes it just turns to dust
Little bits
Little bits of love
Little bits of love trickle through
Little bits of love trickle down from you
I tell myself I hate this feeling
You can always make me say I'm wrong
Little lies and hearts revealing
Through it all you keep me hanging on
Some days Im so happy
Floating on a sea of clouds
The rain starts to falling
Leaves me crying right out loud
Little bits
Little bits of love
Little bits of love trickle through
Little bits of love trickle down from you
Little bits of...
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There's Nothing Wrong With You (Robert Ellis Orrall)
He tried
You cried
He lied
You died inside
He knows you well
He said dont tell
And you can’t escape the feeling
And it feels like hell
Youre scared and you’re ashamed
He told you you're to blame
Theres nothing wrong with you
Nothing you made him do
Nothing he says is true
There's nothing wrong with you
You may just run away
Cuz there’s no one you can tell
And it's too dark a secret anyway
All of the time
That moment's on your mind
And mom and dad don't wanna know the truth
Cuz theyire afraid of what they'Il find
I know you feel like you've been damned
But you've got to understand
You're scared and you’re ashamed
He told you you re to blame
There's nothing wrong with you
Nothing you made him do
Nothing he says is true
There's nothing wrong with you
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10. |
That Dream
04:02
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That Dream (Robert Ellis Orrall)
Girl
Won't you come back to me
I was a fool but you've got to believe
That I know now
I can't live without you
Girl
You were my shíning light
Yow were the fire on a hot summer night
I remember
It was so sweet and fine
Every night I try
To close my eyes
But l just see your face every time
I turn out the light
And when l have that dream
You're so real to me
It's nothing like a childhood fantasy
And when l have that dream
You come alive in me
The fire in your eyes
Still burns and never dies
Inside of me
Girl
You make my temperature soar
No one's ever done it like you before
Or after
I need you back in my arms
Girl
First time l felt like this
My lips and yours were on fire in a kiss
I remember
I can't get it out of my mind
And when l have that dream
You're so real to me
It's nothing like a childhood fantasy
And when l have that dream
You come alive in me
The fire in your eyes
Still burns and never dies
Inside of me
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Robert Ellis Orrall Boston, Massachusetts
REO started his music career in the 80's rock clubs of Boston. He's had over 300 songs cut, 5 #1 songs, and has produced
albums for WB, Sony, RCA etc, incl Taylor Swift’s 10X Platinum debut LP and “Beautiful Eyes”.
His albums include "Fixation", "Contain Yourself", "Special Pain", “Mistakes”, “Gravity”, and 2021’s “467 Surf and Gun Club”, as well as his 3 off-kilter pop albums with Monkey Bowl.
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