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2 a.m. an empty dance floor
Morning's creeping 'round the corner of the bar
Some are leaving lucky and the rest of the world
Is as lonely as before
Smoking ashtrays and empty beers line the bars like souvenirs
A tired band and waitress
They're all that's left of the night
Broken hearts and broken curfews
Beneath these lights it's easy to get burned
We'll sing a song of heartache
We'll sing a song longing to be heard
Broken hearts and curfews
They're all that's left of the night
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In Blue
04:54
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I tend to write love songs in blue
I sing like the rain when it falls out of tune
Then along comes a girl she's like a rainbow
But what would she want with a sad singing boy like me
I want to be the one to make her smile when she sings
I want to be the one to make her dance around the room in blue
I tend to dream love songs in blue
I'd write rock and roll but it ain't easy to do
Then along comes a girl she's like a rainbow
But what would she want with a sad singing boy like me
I am in love with a girl and I'd die for the chance
Just to make her dance around the room in blue
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Bartime
03:23
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Stories told the night unfolds
A blanket of falling stars
It's bound to leave somebody cold
It's last call for happy hour
The bar time only knows
Who's going home alone
There's no sign of rescue
In the bottom of the glass
The smoke dances slowly
But the clocks are set here fast
The bar time only knows
Who's going home alone
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Last of the Venues
04:20
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Old man plays the violin down on College Street
Kids walk by and roll their eyes
Blind and deaf to the beat
On their way to the DJ'd bars
Where they'll dance on buried guitars
Old man serenades them home
Where he's waiting for some change
We'll close the bar
We'll close this sleepy town long after they're gone
The stars will shine
The stars will fall down again on the avenues
And we'll all run for shelter to the last of the venues
Heard the legendary guitar man
On the outskirts of town
Serenades the night and gals
And gathers quite a crowd
Sawdust flew from his fingertips
Then settled down like rain
Into an empty guitar case
Where he's waiting for some change
We'll take back the last venue
From every last DJ
Dig up them buried guitars
Beneath the bar light rays
In here it's safe and warm
The only light on in town
Tonight's the night
We're gonna set it up and tear it down
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Heartbreaker
04:16
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I was captured by a fallen angel
She had the tattoo of a broken black heart
She had an engaged smile and loaded blue eyes
She was well armed
She levitated a little bit more
From where the rest of the world was standing
She fired a shot and when the smoke had cleared
She gave away the ending
She wasn't even mine to loose
She was throwing me rhythm
Moving like the rain
Dancing there with him
Right in time with my pain
My little heart breaker of mine
Well I stumbled to the stage with my band
Strapped on my guitar
And I played her game with a broken string
Poured out my bleeding heart
She levitated a little bit more
From where she danced in the arms of another
She fired a shot and when the smoke had cleared
I was left to love her
I was left to sing the blues
Only she could break my heart
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Sweet Serenade
04:04
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Baby there are no words that I can hold to you
You're pretty enough without words of love
My sweet serenade
Oh sing me tonight Melody
Baby you got the blues that can make my cry
Still I could never dream without your lullaby
My sweet serenade
Oh sing me tonight Melody
Crazy love
You go on to my head and go on to my heart
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7. |
Kings of Chicago
04:31
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El train rolls down the tracks
Shakes the houses on Bourbon Street
12 A.M. we're riding high
In a dream through this city
Small town eyes realize
No Sleep could conquer this town
We raise our beers and start to laugh
Yeah we probably could have
Here's to the dream we have and the chance we remember tomorrow
Here's to tonight and the Kings of Chicago
Walk along the streets tonight
Beneath the buildings and city lights
Upon the stages across this town
Are the stars shining down on the bars
El train rolls down the tracks
Back to our home on Bourbon Street
4 A.M. we're riding high
In a dream through this city
Half-mast eyes realize
No sleep has conquered this town
Pretty girls and marquee lights
Yeah we probably could have
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Souvenirs
03:19
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Everybody's got a secret
They're like shadows in this place
Some pray to fall in love
Some a stranger's embrace
The lonely and desperate
The last smoke and last beer
There's more darkness than light
And all the faces disappear
Some pieces of the night
Come up missing around here
It's like a carnival with no prize at all
Just the same old souvenirs
Everybody's still waiting
For what it is they're looking for
Another chance to love or dream
Whatever next walks through that door
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Brian Koenigsknecht Kalamazoo, Michigan
Brian Koenigknecht is a Michigan treasure, that rare breed of singer-songwriter who can make you feel every human emotion – every tear, every smile – so intensely that you feel he’s written his songs about you. – John Sinkevics, LocalSpins.com
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