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Miracle Of Science

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  Miracle Of Science
1996 Razor & Tie

1. (Soundbyte)
2. What Do You Dream Of?
3. Who Stole That Train
4. Laughter
5. Twenty-Five Forty-One
6. Starless Summer Sky
7. Only An Hour Ago
8. A Wondrous Place
9. The "In" Crowd
10. Theme From "Flaregun"
11. Seven Miles An Hour
12. There And Back Again

 
1. (Soundbyte)
  (M. Crenshaw)
 

Sammy Petrillo (groggy): Where am I?
Duke Mitchell: Where are ya? You're in our dressing room,
in the Jungle Hut, in Passaic, New Jersey, and we're on next!
Let's go; come on!

from Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952) also known as
The Boys from Brooklyn
and The Monster Meets the Gorilla

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2. What Do You Dream Of?
  (M. Crenshaw)
  Just last night when we were in bed
This thought came into my head
I would give anything girl
If I could steal a look into your secret world

What do you dream of?
Oh what do you dream of?
I'll never know what really lies
Behind your sleeping eyes
What do you dream of?
Oh what do you dream of?

Can you leave your worldly cares behind
Or do they rule your mind
When I see you smile, I've got a reason to smile
Oh what do you dream of?
I wonder once in a while

Close your eyes you know it feels fine
To let yourself finally unwind
From fighting hard to stay in the game
For all your trouble and time, you're getting more of the same What do you dream of?
Oh what do you dream of?
When you're in a world that's yours alone
Another day is gone
What do you dream of?
Oh what do you dream of?

Keepin' your secrets to yourself
They're meant for no one else
I'll never solve all of your mysteries
Oh what do you dream of?
While you're lying next to me

Wish I could steal a look into your secret world
What do you dream of?
Oh, what do you dream of?
I'll never know what really lies
Behind your sleeping eyes

What do you dream of?
Oh what do you dream of?
When you're in a world that's yours alone
Another day is gone
I'll never solve all of your mysteries
Oh what do you dream of?
While you're lying next to me
Whenever I see you smile
I've got a reason to smile
Oh what do you dream of?
I wonder once in a while

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3. Who Stole That Train
  (M. Crenshaw)
  Who stole that train off the track?
Whoever took it better come and put it back
I heard that engine whistle blow
It should have been here long ago (now)
Who stole that train off the track?

My baby wrote and said that she
Was coming home on "93" but
who stole that train off the track?
I been waitin' here since early dawn
The depot's closed, the agents gone
Who stole that train off the track?

(I said a) Who stole that train off the track?
Who stole that train that was bringin' my girl back?
I heard that lonesome whistle blow
It should have been here long ago
Who stole that train off the track?

Well I looked above me in the sky
and saw the smoke a risin' high but
who stole that train off the track?
That smoke was hangin' in the air
but there was no engine anywhere
(now) Who stole that train off the track?

(I said a) who stole that train off the track?
Who stole that train that was bringin' my girl back
Someone's playin' a joke on me
They'd better bring my baby
Who stole that train off the track?

Well I looked and saw a cloud of steam
and plainly heard a whistle scream but
who stole that train off the track?

And I looked again with all my might
But still no engine came in sight (now)
Who stole that train off the track?

(I said a) who stole that train off the track?
Whoever took it better come and put it back
I heard that engine whistle blow
It should have been here long ago (now)
Who stole that train off the track?

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4. Laughter
  (M. Crenshaw)
 

It's almost dawn
and everything's wrong
I'm wide awake and angry all night long
Chained to my rockin' chair
Sometimes it's hard to bear, so hard to bear
the memory of the laughter that we used to share

I get lost on the streets
That we used to walk
Where we used to find each other in the dark
Can't find the places where we used to go
Cause they're nothing like they were before,
like they were before
They're not echoing with laughter anymore

Once in awhile
I hear a voice in my head
I start thinking about some random thing that you said
How I hate to realize
That things are how they have to be,
how they have to be
I still can't believe what happened to you and me

You were a friend like no other
I'm afraid that I'm gonna find
That the memory of your laughter
Will never leave my mind

It's almost dawn
And everything's wrong
As one more restless night drags on and on
Chained to my rockin' chair
'Till I don't know what to do,
don't know what to do
With the memory of your laughter
And the ones we knew

It will never leave my mind

...everything's wrong
I'm wide awake and angry all night long
Chained to my rockin' chair
As lonely as I can be, as I can be
With the memory of your laugher for company

Lonely as I can be
Memories for company
ooooh
ooooh
The memory of the laughter that we used to share

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5. Twenty-Five Forty-One
  (G. Hart)
  Jenny gave us a number
Jenny gave us a place to stay
Billy got hold of a van
and then we moved the very next day
To twenty-five forty-one, big windows to lay in the sun
Twenty-five forty-one, big windows to lay in the sun

We put down the money
Then we picked up the keys
We had to keep the stove on all night long so the mice wouldn't freeze
I put our names on the mailbox
and I put everything else in the past
It was the first place we'd ever had to ourselves
I didn't know it would be the last
Twenty-five forty-one, big windows to lay in the sun
Twenty-five forty-one, big windows to lay in the sun

Now everything is over
Everything is done
Everything's in boxes now
at twenty-five forty-one

Things are so much different now
You could say the situation's reversed
And it will not be the last time I'll have to be out by the first
Twenty-five forty-one, big windows to lay in the sun
Twenty-five forty-one, big windows to lay in the sun
Twenty-five forty-one...

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6. Starless Summer Sky
  (M. Crenshaw/R. cioffi/F. Todd)
 

The heat of the day begins to die
The faintest breeze comes drifting by
And you and I we watch the clouds roll by
All alone beneath the starless summer sky

Each night we talk about the day
When we run out of things to say
We sit and gaze into each other's eyes
So alone beneath the starless summer sky

Sometimes the best words are left unspoken
Sometimes the best words are left unsaid
Sometimes it's nobody else's business
Well together, tonight, you know that it's right We sit and gaze into each other's eyes
and we kiss beneath the starless summer skies

Sometimes the best words are left unspoken
Sometimes the best words are left unsaid
Sometimes it's nobody else's business
Well together, tonight, you know that it's right

The heat of the day begins to die
The faintest breeze comes drifting by
And you and I we watch the clouds roll by
All alone beneath the starless summer sky
'neath the starless summer sky...

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7. Only An Hour Ago
  (M. Crenshaw)
 

I drew the shades down and locked the door
The telephone rang, I didn't want to know why
On a wind-blown mountain road
I'm driving alone, under the darkening sky
Until only an hour ago
Had a head full of grave concern
It was only an hour ago
I'm gonna leave it all alone
For when and if I do return

I've got this road all to myself
For on and on as far as my eyes can see
With ten kinds of misery, in back of me
Right where I want it to be

Until only an hour ago
Those four walls were closing in tight
It was only an hour ago
I'm not many miles away
But I'm feeling more like "right"

I see the lights of another town
Down around the other side of the hill
But I don't feel like slowin' down
When tomorrow comes
I might be movin' still

This is where I wanna be for awhile
In not much time at all
I know I'll be able to smile

Until only an hour ago
Those four walls were closing in tight
It was only an hour ago
I'm not many miles away
But I'm feeling more like "right" I had to go
It was just time
Too many mean things on my mind

I see the lights of another town
Down around the other side of the hill
But I don't feel like slowin' down
When tomorrow comes
I might be movin' still

This is where I wanna be for awhile
In not much time at all
I know I'll be able to smile Until only an hour ago
Had a head full of grave concern
It was only an hour ago
I'm gonna leave it all alone
For when and if I do return (Only an hour ago)

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8. A Wondrous Place
  (B. Giant/J. Lewis)
  I found a place full of charms
A magic world in my baby's arms
Her soft embrace like satin lace
A wondrous place
Oh what a spot in the storm
To cuddle up and stay nice and warm
Away from harm in my baby's arms
A wondrous place

Man I'm nowhere
When I'm anywhere else
But I don't care
Everything's right when she holds me tight
Her tender hands on my face
And I'm in heaven in her embrace
I want to stay and never go away
A wondrous place

mmmmmmmm

Man I'm nowhere
When I'm anywhere else
But I don't care
Everything's right when she holds me tight
Her tender hands on my face
And I'm in heaven in her embrace
I want to stay and never go away
A wondrous place

mmmmmmmm

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9. The "In" Crowd
  (B. Page)
  I'm in with the "in" crowd
I go where the "in" crowd goes
I'm in with the "in" crowd
And I know what the "in" crowd knows

Any time of the year don't you hear (gotta have fun)
Dressin' fine makin' time

We breeze up and down the streets
We get respect from the people we meet
They make way day or night
They know the "in" crowd is outta sight!

I'm in with the "in" crowd
I know every latest dance
When you're in with the "in" crowd
It's easy to find romance

At a spot where the beat's really hot (there we'll go)
If it's square we ain't there
We make every minute count, yeah
Our share is always the biggest amount
Other guys imitate us
But the original's still the greatest

Got our own way of walkin' yeah
And our own way of talkin' yeah

Anytime of the year don't you hear (gotta have fun)
Spendin' cash and talkin' trash

Girl I'll show you a real good time yeah
Come on with me and leave your troubles behind
I don't care where you've been
You ain't been nowhere 'til you been in
With the "in" crowd oh yeah
With the "in" crowd
Got our own way of walkin'
And our own way of talkin' yeah
Walkin' with the "in" crowd
Talkin' 'bout the "in" crowd mmmmmmm
...and I go where the "in" crowd goes
mmmmmmm
...and I know what the "in" crowd knows

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10. Theme From "Flaregun"
  (M. Crenshaw)
 

instrumental

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11. Seven Miles An Hour
  (M. Crenshaw)
  Well I've got a new job in a gray office tower
And I'm stuck here for around another hour
Wearing a dark frown
Watching the second hand go 'round

When I can I'll leave without hesitation
And make my way on to a better destination
Racing the daylight
Back to where I was last night

Going seven miles an hour can't slow down
Seven miles an hour burnin' the ground
Cause I've got a good thing waiting way across town
Seven miles an hour can't slow down

The sidewalk's jammed up
Now I wanna move in a hurry
Have I found an angel?
Well I think she might be
If there ever was one
Can't just walk, I've got to run

Seven miles an hour can't slow down
Seven miles an hour burnin' the ground
Well I gotta good thing waiting way across town
Seven miles an hour can't slow down

Racing the daylight
Back to where I was last night

Seven miles an hour can't slow down
Seven miles an hour burnin' the ground
Cause I got a good thing waiting way across town
Seven miles an hour can't slow down

Seven miles an hour can't slow down
Seven miles an hour can't slow down
Seven miles an hour...

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12. There And Back Again
  There and back again
Didn't know what I was walkin' into
But when the feeling hit, to follow it,
was all that I could do
Now that I've thought it through
Here alone at the journey's end
I'd gladly go again, take it from one who's been
There and back again

She was wild and I was restless
And our love was true
We were young and time was endless
Everything was new
Driving fast and running breathless
(It) blew my heart away
When I first saw her face
On that long, long gone day

There and back again
Goin' where we didn't dare before
Too much wasn't enough of each other's love
Oh that's for sure

I was just waitin' around
Killing time with all my dead beat friends

That's what I did back then
That was before I'd been
There and back again

She said we should find a highway
Any one would do
And we did not, say goodbye to
Anyone we knew
Hotels and auto graveyards
Under the bright blue sky
On the move, all the time
The midday sun
Made us high

There and back again
Goin' where we didn't dare before
Too much wasn't enough of each other's love
Yeah that's for sure I was just waitin' around
Killing time with all my dead beat friends

That's what I did back then
That was before I'd been
There and back again

It lasted 'till it ended
That's how it goes
Sometimes things are just over
Everybody knows
Time has made us into strangers
She's lost to me now
But now and then when lights are low
She comes to mind, and I go

There and back again
Didn't know what I was walkin' into
But when the feeling hit, to follow it,
was all that I could do
Now that I've thought it through
Here alone at the journey's end
I'd gladly go again, take it from one who's been
There and back again

There and back again...

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