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Limbo

by Dale Mason

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Limbo 04:37
Trapped between the depths below and skies. Trying to read the truth between the lines. She tells you she's not ready, so don't you know, You're caught here in Limbo, don't know which way to go. You've seen her out and about last year or two. With a smile that warms your heart, that's just for you. And a voice like summer rain and morning dew, Quenches your thirst for seeing somebody new. And she feels *(you feel) just right, when you hold her so tight. But she's fading in and out of sight. So you go and tell her way too much. Man, you've really lost your touch! Thought you knew that love and trust's for fools. So you tell yourself she's bound to come around. Be patient for the one you finally found. And as night goes into day the world goes 'round. When you're living in Limbo, love has a lonely sound. *So you're trapped between the depths below and skies... A smile that warms your heart. A voice like summer rain. Just makes me want to start, To call her, but it's all in vain...
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Not To Blame 03:22
Love is often happy, but love is sometimes sad. I think of times when I made her cry. I tried, but I failed, To make her see her love for me, like wind through a sail, To blow on past. It couldn't last, but she just held on fast. Love is never easy, but love was not to blame. Like yesterday, when I didn't say that little bit more, To make her stay and feel the same as she had before. I don't know why, but I couldn't lie and she just closed the door. And now she's on her way. And like everybody else, She prays for a brighter day. When sunlight dries the clouds, From the skies and the raindrops leave our eyes. Love is ever changing. I loved her once. I love her still. Though we're apart she'll have my heart and soul through the years, But now she's gone, life must go on, you can't hide from your fears. I think of times when I made her cry. I tried, but I failed, To make her see her love for me, like wind through a sail, To blow on past. It couldn't last, but she just held on fast. And now we're on our way. And like everybody else, We pray for a brighter day. When sunlight dries the clouds, From the skies and the raindrops leave our eyes. Love is never easy, but love was not to blame.
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My love is a dream, high from the heavens And she makes my dreams come true. Her spirit is high and with her I fly. My love is a song and I want to sing it. You're welcome to sing along. A song from your heart, a song from your soul. I smile at the thought of you, 'cause you remind me, Of all that I've got. You're always behind me, Pushing me through. I pull you beside me. I need you near me. I need you near me... My love sent the waves out through the ocean, That carried me to her shores. We're safe and we're dry, My lover and I. I smile at the thought of you, ... My love is a cloud floating me somewhere, And I don't know where we're bound. Some say that we're lost. Some say that we're found. Some say that we're lost. some say that we're found.
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All through the years have I wandered. All through the years have I dreamed, for someone that I could be sure of, For someone I could believe. Now here you are right beside me, a sight for my sore eyes to see. Forever and ever we'll be. Free! Together is how we should be, and we'll be. Love's not a spell to be broken. And love's not your choice to decide. Love's not a mystery unspoken. Love's not the stars in her eyes. Love was a stranger before you. Before you, my love, I can't hide. Whatever, we'll be side by side. Free! Together we see eye to eye. Talk about raising a family. Think about building a home. Such are the dreams of tomorrow. Such are the memories to hold, Close to our hearts they'll bring glimpses of our seasons of love long ago. All through the years...
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Don't give up on your life yet, you're time has just begun. Don't give up before the race, you know your heart is in the run. And you're running toward the sun. Better take off for the sun! Don't give up on you life yet, with time you'll find your place. Don't give up on your life yet, with time the scars erase. You've gotta face it whatever it takes. You're gonna make it, just keep up the faith. 'Cause everyday you live you make a difference to the people that you meet in one way or another. Every smile's contagious as the flu.It'll just take one case to infect a mood. So in an effort to promote a positive reaction in the realm of social integration. I am asking everyone's cooperation as we delve into this scientific situation. Everyone smile. I said smile. Everyone smile. It'll get you high. Everyone smile. I said smile. Everyone smile. And I'll tell you why... Don't give up on your life yet, your time has just begun... 'Cause everyday you live you make a difference to the people that you...
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Stir It Up! 04:20
If you can give it a pinch of you, I'll give it a dash of me. And we can cover it with blue skies and shady trees. If you can give it a pinch of you, I'll give it a dash of me. Then we can sprinkle it with stars near shining seas. Then we're gonna stir it up. Stir up a little love. Yeah, we're gonna shake it up. Shake it up and pour it on. Don't you know it takes two hearts and two souls, And two lives and one road. And if you give it a pinch, I'll give it a dash. And we can season it with this and that. We'll sit in wonder of the clouds and showered by the rains, Just looking for faces and playing games. Don't you know that it's love, to blame. And we're gonna stir it up... **And through our lives we're changing, changing day by day. Don't leave your heart behind you'll find you'll never be the same. We're gonna stir it up... And life goes on. If you can give it a pinch of you... And life goes on. And love goes on. And love goes on.
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Far from her revealing eyes, You feel her slipping into her disguise. And though she'll never let you see her face, You're gonna come again for Midnight Lace. Trouble is her middle name. You know she loves to drive the boys insane. Somehow she makes you believe with her eyes, She's in love with you...fantasize! And all the time that she's holding you, She's holding you back from who you are. But you can't see the truth. A long forgotten youth's love is what you want. But that was tears ago and years before life had lead you away, From your one true love, the one you're thinking of now... And she whispers you're her lover man. She kisses you, holds your hand. She makes love to you, understand? The special girls are always in demand. And they're calling her Midnight Lace. She's got a corner room at Pleasure's Place. She's got your number. There's no time to waste. For the time she's yours... And all the time she's holding you... And they're calling her Midnight Lace. She's got a corner room at Pleasure's Place. She's got your number. There's no time to waste. For the time she's yours. For the time she's yours. She's got her hold on you. She'll make sweet love to you. She's gotta make love with you. Whoa, for the time she's yours. She's got her hold on you. For the time she's yours.
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I've finally come to realize that you and I can't ever seem to compromise. I've finally come to understand that the sky's not always blue. I thought you were my everything, my queen of hearts, my song to sing. I thought we had it all to start. Now I see that it just ain't true. We've really no excuse. Let's turn each other loose. The party's over! Everybody leave your party hats at the door. The party's over! I'm tired of the games and I ain't playing no more. The party's over! And I think I've got Excedrin headache #94. The party's over! The party's over! They say that love's supposed to last forever and a day. And I wish you all the best, I'm here to say. 'Cause it seems so dog gone easy in the movies, on the stage, That it throws you when things don't work out that way. Been living in a fantasy, thinking you could change my personality. Implying I'm not good enough, but I don't feel I have to prove myself, To anyone or anything. I'm my own man now and that's the way it's gotta stay! Been putting off for much too long. Now it's time to speak my views. We've really no excuse. Let's turn each other loose. The party's over! Everybody leave your party hats at the door...
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Soon comes the morning. She's leaving. Soon comes the day and I'm lost. Soon will the sunrise befall me. Somehow I'm losing it all. Please... Give me the reason to sway her. Give me the words, "I should stay." Don't give me tomorrow without her. Give me some time to delay. As daylight appears through the window, I can see her now lying in bed. And oh how I'll miss her good morning. And all the good things that we said. Soon comes the morning. She's leaving...
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Well it's more than I could say, That keeps driving me on to loving you. Keeps driving me on. But my love is here to stay. I've had the answer right so long before I knew. Before I knew. I couldn't see a sunny day shining. Cloudy days through lonely nights, I lost track of what made up a happy life. Somewhere my thoughts distracted. Before I knew it I was going for more. And then I looked around to find that you were gone. You were gone. Well it was more than I could take, So down and out with the blues without you. Down and out with the blues. So I made up my mind to take, Take a chance maybe you'd still want me too. I'd nothing to lose. I couldn't see a sunny day shining... Then I looked around and you were gone.
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Christmas stars above us gleaming, Catch us down below here dreaming. Santa's on his sleigh, bells ringing, As children around the world are singing praises, praises. Let all of his children sing his praises! Cakes and pies and chocolate candies, Surely help make the holidays dandy. Gathering 'round their Christmas tables, The families of the world are able to give praises, praises. Let all of his children sing his praises. Now let us think back to the very first Christmas, Joseph, Mary and little Lord Jesus. Sharing their joy in the new life just given, All the way down from our father in heaven. Sing his praises, praises. Let all of his children sing his praises. Thank you Lord for giving us our daily bread. Christmas stars above us gleaming now. Thank you Lord for listening to the things we've said. Catch us down below here dreaming. Thank you Lord for showing us the way. Santa's on his sleigh. Thank you Lord for giving us this day. Bells are ringing. Thank you Lord is the best that we can say. Amen... Children 'round the world are singing praises...

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This album has many of my favorites on it, beginning with the sweeping melody found in my only totally instrumental piece to date, "Daydream Mornings." I followed this up with "Limbo," the title song, with its multiple choirs and a melancholy that aches with every unattainable love. Then there's "My Love is...", which has a melody I can't get enough of, and "Not To Blame" with its piano and lush harmonies. Give it a listen and let me know your favorite.

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released August 5, 2013

All songs written and performed by Dale Mason.
The album cover was photographed by my son, William Beasley

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