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Too Late to Sleep

by John Richard Thompson

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1.
Too Late to Sleep 02:55
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It's too late to sleep And too rare to die The sun will come up And leave us behind I wanna go where anyone will know I wanna go where you I wanna go where anyone will know I'm tilting my head And trying to hear What somebody said What somebody weird wrote I wanna go where anyone will know I wanna go where you I wanna go where anyone will know It's better this way So nobody knows the jig is up We dropped the ball The show is over now The bad guys won It's all a joke The show is over now It's too late to sleep And too weird to live I'm sharpening my tongue And biting my shiv I wanna go where anyone will know I wanna go where you I wanna go where anyone will know It's better this way So nobody knows the jig is up We dropped the ball The show is over now The bad guys won It's all a joke The show is over now
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Right Here With You 02:56
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Maybe it's all been said before And there's no use Maybe it's all been rearranged And nothing's new Maybe I've always felt this thing But it feels like the very first time I'm starting to see This is how I want it to be I've wanted to be Right here with you Maybe the chords I try to play Have all been heard And maybe I fall back on cliché And simple words Maybe it's always been this way But it feels like the very first time I'm starting to see This is how I want it to be I've wanted to be Right here with you I feel so high (ohh) The sun is bright (ohh) It seems like everything Will be all right Maybe the melodies I sing Have all been sung And maybe the ladders that I climb Are missing rungs But every attempt I seem to find That it feels like the very first time I'm starting to see This is how I want it to be I've wanted to be Right here with you I feel so high (ohh) The sun is bright (ohh) It seems like everything Will be all right (Right)
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Ordinary 02:46
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Ben Folds and Randy Newman Went into town for a beer The summer sun was shining bright And evening was drawing near Ben said, Man, it's been a while Since we sat down like this Randy flashed a friendly smile And clenched his stubby fist He said, You got a friend in me Well, that's a funny way of putting it Goddamn, you're such an ordinary guy And that's all right I wish I'd known you years ago Said Mr. Newman to Ben I think of all the shit I learned Since we started bein' friends With a gesture, Benjamin Flagged the bartender down Sayin', Don't worry, buddy The next one's on me And he bought another round He said, You got a friend in me Well, that's a funny way of putting it Goddamn, you're such an ordinary guy And that's all right

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released August 21, 2020

All songs written and recorded by John Richard Thompson.

FEATURING:
Cake Jetski: GUITAR (Track 1)
Lauren Denomme: BASSOON (Track 3)
Jake Van Loon: GUITAR (Track 3), BASS (Tracks 1, 2, and 3)

Special thanks to the (extra)Ordinary Chorus: Ryan Alexander, Andrew Allen, Joe Beddow, Lauren Denomme, Kyanna Frederick, Aidan Kreutzberger, Chandler St. Aubin, Anna Stirling, and Jake Van Loon

Mixed by Danny E. Harris, www.dannyeharris.com
Mastered by Carl Saff, Saff Mastering.

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