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All The Things You Want

by ADAM ILAMI

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1.
Independent Nation 03:28
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You chewed up friendship, babe But could not swallow love Ran away from brokenness When pushing came to shove Giving them the finger Well five can make a fist Tugging on your trigger For just a hit and miss So ready… Aim… (chorus) Fire one for the people One more for the image Then walk right out the door And hide one little secret That so many are keeping Desperation Living in an independent nation Nobody can tell you, babe Just how to live your life But you know right outside the lines Demands a higher price Hearing every whisper Couldn’t matter less ‘Cause you’re doing what you want to And making your own trends So ready... Aim... (bridge) Hold on (to yourself), hold on (to yourself) Hold on (to someone else)… Hold on (to yourself), hold on Hold on (to someone else)…
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On The Inside 02:42
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We’re taking turns Burning bridges made of clay Moving backwards Seeing footprints fade away Stand still and listen to the sound of the unknown Don’t trust your eyes (chorus) Hold it tight and then you let it go Show me what you already got Bring it on and then you let me know Show me what we got On the inside We’re growing up Growing straight out of our skin We’re wearing out Giving up before the end Stand still and focus on the sight of the unknown Don’t trust your ears (bridge) Stop looking behind Embrace the design of destiny Let’s go and make some history
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All The Things You Want 03:33
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One blink and she’ll vanish Flash and she’s done Never know when she’ll turn up Ms. Elusive, come and gone One moment, one whisper A heartache, a scare An empty street with deafening silence How she left it there (chorus) She is a lady Waking up to who she is More than a maybe She’s all the things you want to have And everything you can’t Two hearts and one chain Bound completely You go and I stay Sitting on the edge of my seat Tonight is one challenge Held captive by a knot Looking to unfind you In a smooth and a sacred spot (bridge) The bells tolls Where is Love? She unfolds These are the arms of A woman, a lady
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Hangman 04:30
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Take a choice, take a chance Black and white thoughts sound gray Consonants lead as vowels dance To spell out what you’re trying to say (chorus) I am a hangman Hanging on every word you speak And your words and letters are hit and miss And when you’re silent I draw a blank And hang onto every last word The rope has been cast and these knots in my stomach Have been tied with such care that they’ll hold And your tenderly crafted phrases are silent Woven in passions untold (bridge) Is love a coincidence? Is the healing worth the fall? I’m reaching for three little words But I’m holding onto them all, to them all
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My Bittersweet Poison 04:32
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In the desert grows a rose known by another name Sprouting from a seed of fire buried deep in pain Caution dances on the wind coming from the Lion’s roar She will take your everything, leaving nothing Than a stomach of regret and thirsty eyes (chorus) Body smooth as glass And she knows how to dance Circles ‘round resolve Bending ‘til I break Taking all that she can take Give up everything Give it all up for a taste Of my bittersweet poison Voice of reason come to me and whisper in my ear Sing to me a melody, one that only I can hear To overthrow the power of her glance
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Vacation 05:18
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I’m going on vacation I need some time and space From this monster I’ve created Of “time and space” For you I’m going on vacation From friendships I created Altered and negated Because of you Paradise turned into hell And burned me with desire Distance won’t put out the flame I’ve driven til I’m tired Gotta get away… (chorus) Take some time and try to find my way home Start tonight and leave the past behind For my vacation I’m going on vacation Light-footed and heavy-hearted Ending all the headaches started By you I’m going on vacation No “good luck,” no goodbyes Walk away pacified Paradise turned into hell And burned me with desire Distance won’t put out the flame I’ve driven til I’m tired Gotta get away… (bridge) Loneliness addiction Gives peace of mind So I’d rather be sealed, a bottle in a cellar Than an open glass of wine
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The Night The Two Of Us Died 03:58
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You were fresh, you were young I was bored, I was numb You made me honest You made me restless We fell in love on a winter’s night We fell in love when we didn’t know wrong from right (chorus) Went for the dive ‘Til the moon dove into the sun Came alive When two hearts fell into one The night the two of us died We ran, we walked We kissed when we talked We stretched the night out like a black limousine And then you melted right into me We found a love hiding out of sight Of broken hearts searching for daylight (bridge) What went through out minds when we fell into the sky What went through our minds when the stars took over the night What went through our heads when we found us lying dead ‘Cause all that one and one had made was one

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My debut album! Fresh out of the gate with a combination of pop and rock sounds reminiscent of the fun of Aerosmith, the depth of U2, and a little something altogether new.

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released October 31, 2007

(P) and (C) 2007 Texas Is Bestas Music

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ADAM ILAMI Los Angeles, California

Occasionally, there comes a time when molds need to be broken, where convention gives way to expansion, and something new and exciting is born. This is the start of a rock n’ roll revolution by the people, for the people. This is Adam Ilami.

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