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Thief of Dreams

by Rudy Simone

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1.
Dying Star 03:41
Some turn it in to silence others turn it out to violence No matter how we get our kicks We’re all looking for a fix You got to hang on to yourself You’ll never be anybody else At times its hard no one can blame you For wishing someone would come and save you You shine a light like a dying star I feel your desperate glow from afar I wish you could see the beauty I see can you see me can you see But for grace there I’d go And where I’d wind up no heaven knows I could have shot my whole world down and died Instead I’ll raise my voice and cry You shine a light like a dying star I feel your desperate glow from afar I wish you could see the beauty I see can you see I shine a light like a dying star Can you feel my desperate glow from afar I know you can see the beauty in me can you see can you see me
2.
‘Burn the witch’ somebody said ‘We don’t trust a woman who lives inside her head She can be classy be sassy but she better know her place She better do her hair and put makeup on her face’ And the director said ‘we’re gonna Put that witch to bed’ ‘Burn the witch’ the broker said I say Go back to wall street in your Mercedes Benz I’ll plant my trees and plants my seeds inside your heads You just keep on ripping off the world until it ends ‘Why’s she whining I’m just taking care of me and mine‘ ‘Burn the witch’ the newsman said ‘He’s just a loner never leaves his tool shed’ We’re not stockpiling armaments and building bombs We are gathering wisdom and we think your world is dumb ‘You can work here too babe but you better have nice legs‘ ‘Burn the witch’ the jihadist said ‘She cannot go to school with thoughts fillin’ up her head’ I don’t need religion there’s just one golden rule do unto others as you’d have them do to you and the preacher said ‘burn that witch she made her bed’
3.
Thief of dreams even the smallest can change history Barrel rider everything rides on you Story writer will the songs ever come true Thief he screams lost in the bowels of the earth it seems You clever little bragger everything rides on you Shiny little dagger will help you see it through Floating on a river taking you away from everything you’ve known Talk of wealth and battle only make you shiver and long for home Thief of friends even the wisest cannot see the end So much desolation all has turned to dust Steel determination bound by lust Things are set in motion that nobody can stop until the songs are sung Off to slay a dragon but there’s so much more that you have begun Thief of dreams even the smallest can change everything
4.
I can’t find love it’s all I want I can’t lay blame I been around the world Oh I seen some things An innocent heart is a beautiful thing But mine done dwelt too long on a killin scene All that I want is for your heart to give to me Well mine ain’t black but it’s too blue so this can’t be An innocent soul is a beautiful thing But mine has dwelt too long on a killin scene Oh men why don’t you leave An innocent woman be I been around the world more ways than one Somewhere down the line I lost my only love An innocent mind’s a beautiful thing But mine done dwelt too long on a killin scene Oh men why don’t you leave An innocent woman be It’s a killin a killin a killin scene
5.
When the ground beneath your feet doesn’t seem to hold you safely anymore you’ve lost control Wheels on the street never find a soul to meet you’ve lost control Just how far you’ll go amazing just how far you’ll fall just how far you’ll go Cold stony feet shuffle whisper through the trees to find a soul to find a soul
6.
Lord you made the days too long The phone don’t ring nothin’s going on Lord you made the days too long Lord you made my nights too long My bed is cold, I’m a bag of bones Lord you made my nights too long I don’t want to be remiss but something sure has gone amiss Lord you made my life too long My house is empty, all my money’s gone Lord you made my life too long oh Too long too long….
7.
Lying alone on the bathroom floor No one can hear you or come through the door And you hate surprises they're never very nice Looked in the mirror saw you were old Living is harder than we were told and we hate surprises they're never very nice One pill made you too large another too bold Lying on tile at the end of it all is so very cold You claw your way back from the opening void Too late now your mind’s destroyed And you hate surprises they're never very nice Sister what’s done this to you? I came from the same place you do and we hate surprises they're never very nice What went thru your mind Where was your head? No second chance To make amends It’s hard for things to turn out as they should When we were told we weren’t any good And we hate surprises cuz they're never very nice There’s no coming back from this one No turning round the hands of time what’s done is done Rest now weary one
8.
We have been here before I have crossed oceans of time doing the dance of the dead with you with you all for you all for you Ancient grudges bear the strangest fruit doing the dance of the dead with you all for you all for you You fly too far now to say goodbye to say goodbye I feel like I belong I feel like I belong It’s so hard to say goodbye

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released August 1, 2014

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Rudy Simone New York, New York

Simone is the strange progeny of mixed musical marriages, from early jazz, through classic rock, metal, dark wave, trip hop and just about everything else that appealed to her soul. Half British, half American her haunting songs evoke the Yorkshire Moors as much as the narrow streets of Nola and the dark forests of upstate NY. Her voice is equally dualistic... ... more

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