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Love and All That Comes With It

by Tom Alter

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1.
Only Love 02:04
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Life can be an avalanche of dealing with the aftermath Sorting through the rubble for your way The less you can make sense of it The more you need the assurance And only love will get you through your day Only love, only love, only love
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Green Screen 03:40
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If I lived in front of a green screen Where else would I choose to be but here? Would I stand in front of a mountain? Would I move on to a new frontier? Travel far like ancient Romans Like Magellan sail the oceans Like a nomad wandering in the sun Would I be a fugitive on the run? Do we need some picture postcards To tell the stories we have held so dear? If we stood in front of a green screen Would our lives flash fast then disappear? Walk among some ancient ruins On the trails, through some hoodoos It don’t matter because it’s all so clear All our roads have led us back to here, back to here. Imagine if we could travel through ages Would we turn backward or rifle through pages? Looking ahead, to see what comes next. If I could live in front of a green screen There’s nowhere else I’d choose to be but here When my time has reached conclusion Press my life in a photograph album dear Take the souvenirs acquired And keep them with the picture postcards So you can keep the memories so near Of all the routes we traveled through the years How every road led us back to here
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June 04:00
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As Stevie said, “I see us in the park…” We talked from dust to dark And leaving you alone In driving to my home I called you on the phone Each year it turns to June I think of you Remembering you professin’ your true confession, your true confession Once you said it I did believe it Once I had you I could not let you go Every time that the days start to linger I do remember, I do remember Each year it turns to June I think of you Remembering you professin’ your true confession, your true confession And under the tree we found it, we found it What we had believed was missing, was missing for us Come the first day of June I think of you Come the first day of June I remember you Come the first day, come the first day, June
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Beauty is a Beast 03:30
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Sleep walk through a routine haze All seems to be just gray walls Stumbling through a maze Glory, in a blaze of glory Colors flash before me As a gift for me, for me, for me Suddenly I’m stunned A vision from above Beauty from beyond Knocks me off my feet Grabs a hold of me Beauty is a beast Be bold, let it take ahold Of your heart and soul and Look for your natural energy Ignite the fire we all have inside It’s all been planned by design To wake us from our sleep, don’t sleep, don’t sleep Suddenly we’re stunned A vision from above Beauty from beyond Knocks us off our feet Hearts skipping a beat Beauty is a beast Beauty is a beast A clear blue sky A dragonfly A fleeting symphony A bed of snow To water flow Bring blossoms to the spring Glory, in a blaze of glory Beauty comes before me To take its hold on me
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Spinning 03:46
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A garden in the backyard, chives out in the sun Basil in the window and violets just for fun You lie with me in the night time And when the morning comes Flowers in the front yard and hanging by the tree Water on the stove top and honey for the tea You’re always there in the chorus Always in my song Keep my world spinning, spinning, spinning… You listen to my lyric before the story’s done Listen to my music and clap when no one does You’re always here right beside me Keeping me aground Keep my world spinning, spinning, spinning
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So Enough 04:02
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Seven ten A.M. Comfort in the wind The last birds of spring still singing Throw away the key Listen to us breathe Feel the rhythm, two hearts beating So enough, it is so enough It’s so enough for me And it will always be Even if we lay In this room all day It’s enough to stay together If the universe Is just our own small world We can flourish here forever So enough, it is so enough It’s so enough for me And it will always be While I’ve been digging in Your hearts been wandering And I never saw the trees through the forest Seven ten A.M. Lying here again Hear the mourning dove is singing Reaching out one hand The vacant side of bed It’s been empty since your leaving So enough, it was so enough It was so enough so soon Not enough for you.
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Phosphene 03:42
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I’ll live inside your head I’ll live inside your heart You’ll feel me in the heat You’ll see me in the dark Close your eyes Close your eyes and slowly notice me And I’ll burn into your dreams In the night as you’re drifting away to sleep See me Logic lives inside your head Love lives in your heart Sunlight saves you from the cold And I live in the dark Close your eyes Close your eyes, slow life down and breathe And I’ll swim through your blood stream As you sleep I’m free to roam Invade your body and soul Close your eyes I’ll live inside your head I’ll live inside your heart You’ll feel me in the heat You’ll see me in the dark Close your eyes
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What Happened, Looking Back? 03:28
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I’ve heard you say before I’m an open book Yeah, I’m an open book But you just close the door And won’t allow a look You won’t allow a look What happened to you looking back That you can’t look past, that you can’t look past? What happened to you looking back That you can’t look, that you can’t look? You want to be understood If you’re a blank slate How do I get you? There’s barriers on the road To feeling the empathy That you want from me, and so I ask you What happened to you looking back That you can’t look past, that you can’t look past? It took so long to realize There is just a single side Relationship of only one And only one who keeps herself shut down What happened to you looking back That you can’t look past, that you can’t look past?
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Forsythia 02:01
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Hanging on through winter cold Hanging on, just barren bone Sure as spring blooms into gold It’s all much more than we can know Rescue comes rekindling Or it arrives with second chance Surely spring blooms into gold It’s so much more than we can know Take heed of forsythia There really are true miracles When all seems lost there’s always hope That barren field will bloom to gold
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Forever Forsythia 02:13
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Love and All That Comes With It 05:07
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Every second spent in love Life goes on Every time we get to nest in love Life goes on Developing our chemistry And squelching petty jealousy Are just a couple feature of the game If euphoria’s suspended You can still feel the contentment Of living with a steady burning flame This is just love and all that comes with it Yes it is love that gets you through the storm And shields you from the wind With love you can deal with it Yes you can deal with it Every moment we’re alone Life comes on Even as our love grows and grows Life goes on There’s the messes carried from our past And good health’s not a thing that lasts But we can hang together through it all And every happily ever after Comes mixed with tears and laughter So we’re here to catch each other should we fall This is just love and all that comes with it Yes it is love that gets you through the storm And shields you from the wind With love you can deal with it Yes you can deal with it

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released October 21, 2022

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Tom Alter Detroit, Michigan

Tom Alter is a singer-songwriter based in Detroit. The influences of jazz, folk, pop, and Latin genres are found in his original compositions. Tom's lyrics mix world events with the affect on his personal ideals. He has released 3 EPs and 2 albums since 2019. His work can be found on digital and streaming music platforms. He is also a member of the duo After Blue.
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