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Dreams Die Hard

by Dan Kwas

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1.
Don't Dreams Die Hard 04:06
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I thought I gave up long ago Funny, little did I know I’m still carrying this spark Buried deep inside my heart How did I ever let myself get caught off guard? My, oh my, don’t dreams die hard My hopes lie shattered in my past I should have known it couldn’t last Picked up the pieces but I was left with only shards My, oh my, don’t dreams die hard I tried to move on with my life A happy home, a loving wife But still I’m forced to swallow down a bitter pill ’Cause there’s this hole that can’t be filled Some people say it’s just a game I’m here to say it’s not the same I played to win although I held the losing card My, oh my, don’t dreams die hard
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Worn Down (free) 03:42
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Sun comes up in the same old way I brace myself for another day Get out of bed and wipe the sleep from my eyes Pass the mirror, I don’t even look Know myself like an open book One day older, man, that ain’t no surprise Worn down Scuffed up like some old shoe leather Worn down Strength eroded from the life I’ve weathered Worn down Too weak to even want to make a sound Worn down I feel so uninspired Worn down Every day I’m just a little more tired Worn down Can’t seem to pick myself off the ground I’m so damn worn down Every day, it’s the same routine Work a job that don’t mean a thing Put in eight hours but it always feels like ten Back home, I find it hard to think Pick at a meal, have a couple drinks Then back in bed to start all over again Worn down Scuffed up like some old shoe leather Worn down Strength eroded from the life I’ve weathered Worn down Too weak to even want to make a sound Worn down I feel so uninspired Worn down Every day I’m just a little more tired Worn down Can’t seem to pick myself off the ground I’m so damn worn down
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Magic Touch 04:23
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I know I turned my back on you It was a foolish thing to do I thought I’d walk this road alone Can I atone? I was a younger man back then Father Time, he was my friend But, my, how life can take its toll I’ve lost control How I miss your magic touch Your kind of love I need so much What can I do to show I care? How ’bout a prayer? I’ve always felt that I was fine I thought I made up my own mind But now I see I might be wrong I’m not that strong Could you find someplace in your heart Where I could manage a new start? Tell me I’ve not run out of time Show me a sign How I miss your magic touch Your kind of strength I need so much What can I do to let you in? Confess my sins? What if I fell down on my knees? Then would you finally hear my pleas? Oh, won’t you help me bear my cross? I feel so lost I know I’ll never match your pain But I’ve got everything to gain If I could only prove to you I’ve suffered too Why don’t you take me by the hand? You could reveal your master plan I know you’ve helped the blind to see Now heal me How I miss your magic touch Your kind of love I need so much Don’t let me rot inside this hole Come save my soul How I miss your magic touch Your kind of strength I need so much How can I help but be enticed? Jesus Christ
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A Little Piece of Paradise 04:51
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I see you in that big, fine car I often wonder who you are I know it’s only one of five They’re parked along your mansion’s drive Next to the inground swimming pool Your kids attend the finest schools You’ve bagged yourself a trophy wife You look to lead the perfect life What you’ve got, it sure seems nice But don’t you have to pay a price To own a little piece of paradise You drive off to the country club You look my way, I feel your snub Your wife’s in those designer clothes How much they cost, god only knows You’re always entertaining friends Those catered parties never end You have to feel some agony To keep alive that fantasy What you’ve got, it sure seems nice But don’t you have to pay a price To own a little piece of paradise You’re having trouble sleeping nights Your stomach knotted up so tight Can’t stop the pounding in your head Your every second filled with dread I saw you on the news today The FBI took you away The judge, she said, you broke the law Twenty years for corporate fraud Your kids were on the front lawn crying Next to the foreclosure sign Your cars were being repossessed Your trophy wife looked so distressed What you had, it sure seemed nice I guess you really paid the price To own a little piece of paradise
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Nowhere To Go But Down 03:02
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When I was a young man Had the world in the palm of my hand But since that time I’ve grown old And my grasp has turned cold Don’t want to hang my head and cry While I watch time pass me by It makes no sense to stick around I’ve got nowhere to go but down Nowhere to go but down Nowhere to go but down Nowhere to go but down Nowhere to go but down
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Lost Cause 03:53
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Lost cause, that’s all you are The bottom of the barrel, a junker of a car Lost cause, that’s all you’ll ever be Where do you think you’re going? What do you think you’ll find? Can’t you see you’re nothing special? Can’t you feel it all the time? Why do you even keep on trying? What have you got to prove? Don’t you see there’s no denying? You were only born to lose Lost cause, that’s all you are The bottom of the barrel, a junker of a car Lost cause, that’s all you’ll ever be Lost cause, no matter what you say A road that leads to nowhere, a job that doesn’t pay Lost cause, that’s all they’ll ever see You can move to other places Pretend that everything’s just fine But where you go it doesn’t matter You’ll never leave your past behind Fool yourself into believing That you’ve become somebody new But when you look into that mirror There’s still a loser looking back at you Lost cause, that’s all you are The bottom of the barrel, a junker of a car Lost cause, that’s all you’ll ever be Lost cause, no matter what you say A road that leads to nowhere, a job that doesn’t pay Lost cause, that’s all they’ll ever see Don’t listen to a word they say Pissing off some people, that’s the price you pay Remember what I’m telling you ’Cause I was once a lost cause too Lost cause, that’s all you are The bottom of the barrel, a junker of a car Lost cause, that’s all you’ll ever be Lost cause, no matter what you say A road that leads to nowhere, a job that doesn’t pay Lost cause, that’s all they’ll ever see Just like me Boy, I’m gonna tell you something Don’t ever listen to a word they say They’re wrong They’re always wrong You wanna listen to something? Listen to your heart That’s right Follow your heart, boy It ain’t ever gonna lead you astray You got it? Good So go Go on Get outta here
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My Heart 03:24
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My heart is colder than these winter days Grayer than this morning’s haze Darker than those clouds above Empty since I lost your love Worried I can’t win it back Bewildered how it got off track Scared that I can’t make it right Determined not to lose this fight I can never let you see The sadness deep inside of me The pain that permeates my soul Taints the world that we both know My heart remembers how it used to be Longs to have you next to me Yearns to taste another kiss Knows that I can’t live like this If I should show you my true face And take you to my hiding place Will you promise not to tell The secrets that I’ve kept so well My heart is hoping that you’ll hear me out Certain that you’ll have your doubts Prepared no matter what the cost Resigned that I’ve already lost
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Never Saw It Coming (free) 04:12
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I was such a fool You used me like a tool And then you gently put me down I tried to do my best Still, you laid me to rest Now I’m living six feet underground I never saw it coming I never saw it coming I never saw it coming Though it was staring right at me I should have seen it coming I should have seen it coming I should have seen it coming It was staring right at me But I was blind, I didn’t want to see I took your abuse And then you turned me loose Our parting cut just like a knife I gave you all I had You gave me only bad You stole the best years of my life I never saw it coming I never saw it coming I never saw it coming Though it was staring right at me I should have seen it coming I should have seen it coming I should have seen it coming It was staring right at me But I was blind, I didn’t want to see
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One More Nail In My Coffin But One Less Day Of Pain (reprise) 04:04
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I still can see my mother’s face When my dad walked out that door He said he had to hit the road Couldn’t take them brats no more I can’t forget how small I felt As I watched him drive away It was one more nail in my coffin but one less day of pain I grew up fast and turned to crime to keep from being poor The judge, he couldn’t empathize when I robbed that liquor store Seven years inside a cell about drove me insane One more nail in my coffin but one less day of pain One more nail in my coffin One foot in the grave One last shot at redemption One lost soul to save I found myself a pretty girl who could help me turn the page Until I came home drunk one night and hit her in a rage She walked away without a word as I hung my head in shame One more nail in my coffin but one less day of pain One more nail in my coffin One foot in the grave One less chance for heartache One less soul to save I got a job that paid me well collecting gambling debts But when a client pulled a knife, I shot that man to death The angry jury told the judge, “We must remove this stain” One more nail in my coffin but one less day of pain Tomorrow when the sun comes up, they’ll stick a needle in my vein One more nail in my coffin But one less day of pain One more nail in my coffin but one less day of pain
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Jesus Saves (Save For Me) 02:34
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As I walk these tattered streets All the tortured souls I meet Feel no fear, for the way they’ve been shown All the junkies, drunks and bums Assured their place in kingdom come I among the tortured souls walk alone Jesus saves Jesus saves Jesus saves Jesus saves Jesus saves Jesus saves Save for me Jesus saves Jesus saves Jesus saves Jesus saves Jesus saves Jesus saves Save for me

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released October 12, 2010

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Dan Kwas Milwaukee, Wisconsin

New single "Looking for the Silver Lining" is the first Americana release by Dan Kwas in 14 years. The former frontman of 1980s Milwaukee punk pop band the Sidewalks left music behind in 1983 only to return in 2007 with the self-produced album "A Life Too Long Forgotten." He followed that up in 2010 with "Dreams Die Hard." ... more

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