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Cure for the Common Crush

by Id Guinness

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1.
Rising River 04:44
Rising River I have crossed a rising river Many trials i've come through I have burned a bridge behind me Now what is left for me to do But love you baby I have lost all of my history And all the favour i have known I have walked from Madras Central All this way to lay you down And love you baby In this blue battered memory I've kept little thoughts alive The sound of a songbird=s grief The taste of your lips so sweet These things have survived Lyrics and Music by Id Guinness Copyright 2007 Id Guinness/Rapid Transformation Music SOCAN
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The One That Got Away I`m crazy I`m crazy to let you get to me I`d be crazy to let you Be the one that got away It`s torture It`s torture to worship from afar But there`s just something Something in the way you look away Oh, I`m not the kind to give up so easily Running you down makes perfect sense to me Am I mad to want what you`ve got? Oh I can be driven there, but it takes a lot For someone to drive me crazy I`m dying I`m dying to get up and follow you Because I`m spellbound It`s something in the way you shine In a moment In a heartbeat I would sell my soul for you Because there`s something Something in the way you move away I have heard that you may be crazy too If that`s the case I only want what`s best for you I would sign on the dotted line If I could see inside your mind You know I must be crazy I`m crazy I`m crazy to let you get to me I`d be crazy to let you Be the one that got away Lyrics and Music by Id Guinness Copyright 2007 Id GuinnesséRapid Transformation Music SOCAN
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Jade Garden 03:55
Jade Garden She`s been moving under my skin From the moment I walked in Sunday at the jade garden The simple spell, the playful look I took it all, bait and hook The oldest trick left in the book Now I speak like a child, my thoughts are not my own They run wild, up her stairs, across her floor Down her hall and through her door She says trust your intuition The universe is guiding your life You`ll get nowhere standing still Every excess becomes a vice Your money`s no good here, she said Lotus flowers filled my head Jasmine leaves were what she read And she said `I`ll tell you everything you need to know . . . the beginning of wisdom is to desire it . . . Show you all you need to know Everything you need to know Now I speak like a child, my thoughts are not my own They run wild, up her stairs, across her floor Down her hall and through her door She says trust your intuition The universe is guiding your life You`ll get nowhere standing still Every excess becomes a vice And all that`s hidden now Will soon be revealed, you will see Do not mistake temptation for opportunity She`s been moving under my skin From the moment I walked in Sunday at the jade garden Lyrics and Music by Id Guinness Copyright 2007 Id Guinness-Rapid Transformation Music SOCAN
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I Have Seen the Future Stay with me You know I`ve never lived a day like this before You awoke me from the sleep of ages Stay with me I`d forgotten I could dream Until you flashed your crooked smile And all the monsters disappeared I have seen the future And we make a pretty picture There`s a focal point now in this ordinary mind So don`t lose faith in tomorrow I will beg and I will borrow A future here in these not so ordinary times Stay with me I have lost my fear of failing But my heydey, well it`s a long time gone Stay with me I have fallen like my idols Had a mental block, lost the will to rock Oh, but I have seen the future . . . Don`t let them say it`s not your time Don`t let them tell you it`s not meant for you Lonely voices can be unkind I keep my visions to myself I play them in my mind=s eye I have seen the future . . . In a world without convictions In an age lost beyond reason My thoughts are getting clear And I can tell you without question Not a moment`s hesitation It`s no accident that we`ve wound up here Lyrics and Music by Id Guinness Copyright 2007 Id Guinness- Rapid Transformation Music SOCAN
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Down to This 03:36
Down to This Sifting through history This wrecking yard of memory Where smoke and mirrors reigned supreme Now solder and acetylene Try to fuse together All the half lives that I scattered In a rush to become someone else The wonderkid, the infidel I have always known this day Of reckoning would come my way And leave me grasping empty air But if it all comes down to this Hanging by my fingertips I wont let go If we survive the big collapse Can we have our money back? I want to know If it all comes down to this Reluctant terrestrial I ventured out beyond the pale To hear the ones who fell to earth Tell me what the trip was worth Now you smell the fear on me Of Icarus and Lockerbie When all the laws of physics overruled The willing spirit I have always known this day Of reckoning would come my way And leave me grasping empty air But if it all comes down to this Hanging by my fingertips I wont let go If we survive the big collapse Can we have our money back? I want to know And if they try to take me down I won`t fall without a sound There must be fifty ways to hit the ground . . . Lyrics and Music By Id Guinness Copyright 2007 Id Guinness-Rapid Transformation Music SOCAN
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Cure for the Common Crush Your summer fling has come undone A shadow moved across the sun Stop me if you think you`ve heard this one before Do you feel yourself unravel to the core? Let this new light shine on you Through the dark glass of all you knew Witness the eclipse of all your sensibilities Now you`re open to the world, and ready to receive We are the love brigade As cool as summer shade We are perfect harmony A universal circle unbroken No, it won`t be one of us To find a cure for the common crush Nothing remains at the end of the day but love Soon you`ll forget how to run You`ll look back to where you`re from And find that all the signposts have been taken down Do you feel yourself still missing solid ground? Fnd the innocence within The alien in your own skin Go on, wrap yourself inside this safety zone Relax and close your eyes, our work has just begun Let these words be your comfort Let this voice be your guide In your dark hour We`ll never let you down We`ll never let you down We`ll never let you down Lyrics and Music by Id Guinness Copyright 2007 Id Guinness-Rapid Transformation Music
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Negative 04:09
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The Joke 05:29
The Joke You were driven by a feeling That you didnt understand A troubled child, impulsive waif Your crimes were not pre-planned I wanted to believe That all your actions were the dance Of an uncharted subconscious A blankness on your canvas But I was the lamb, I was naive And you played me good You worked `til I suspended disbelief Oh yeah ... But I can`t take the joke I can`t fight this fire with fire Beam me up, I`m out of here I will disappear Into a cloud of smoke I`ll rise into the sweet thin air Where your bitterness won`t find me I will hurt no more, no more Well, I was raised to be content To turn the other cheek I was taught the heirs to this earth Were the humble and the meek But lately in the dead of night I`ve been having impure thoughts Where they come from is a mystery I guess somewhere in my history Someone placed a ticking bomb And I won`t rest `til I inflict the wound You won`t recover from `Til you say I can`t take the joke I can`t fight this fire with fire Beam me up, I`m out of here I will disappear Into a cloud of smoke I`ll rise into the sweet thin air Where your bitterness won`t find me I will hurt no more, no more Take it away from me The slow burn that`s killing me The hand that i can`t win The moment that won`t begin Lyrics & Music by Id Guinness Copyright 2007 Id Guinness-Rapid Transformation Music SOCAN
10.
Beaches 03:55
Beaches Tales that last forever Legends that were never People reaching out for things they`ve had in dreams Or maybe just were wishing what they might have been Didn`t seem so far away Their castle is their island Rising from the beach sand Knights all dressing up to play medieval games It wouldn`t seem so foolish but they look the same Every day, slaying dragons Then the tide comes in and you say Tomorrow shouldn`t come until I`m through today And you think you`re just as high When the moon takes the day into night Memories that weren`t clear Future looking brighter People reaching out for things they`ve had in dreams And maybe realizing all they could have been Doesn`t seem so very far away Then the sun comes up melts the dew Smooth water looking right back up at you Unbroken sea and flat silver sand No castles there got to start again Lyrics and Music by Donn Tarris Copyright 1974 Stone Steps Music SOCAN
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Beautiful Goodbye Carol Lynley takes her hand From the DeSoto wheel She`s checking the mirror again Appraising her appeal Shrugs it off and thinks it`s always fear That keeps you from getting on with life From going home From starting over And the wind whips the curtains In the old house But it`s October And probably to be expected Like the shadow in your sigh And your beautiful goodbye From the doorway I can see you As you whisper in the phone You`re steering your universe Through the collective alone And autumn clouds will gather But it seems to take forever For worlds to collide To turn the tide To tell yourself This really can`t be happening No, it`s your imagination running wild Shifting into drive What a beautiful goodbye Lyrics and Music by Id Guinness Copyright 2007 Rapid Transformation Music
12.
25 Watts 03:32
25 Watts I get lost between the myth and the revelation I knew those words but couldn`t follow the translation I fade in and I tune out Try to bleed, believe beyond the shadow of a doubt 25 watts and never was That`s where I live, out of step with the human condition I found my place between the screen and the apparition And raised a half empty glass Inspiration drained away, a footnote to the past 25 watts and never was But I dreamed I finally found a way to see Beyond my candlepower to be The light that lives behind your eyes And I dreamed Of memory, infinity Machine and man in harmony Of simple beings that still believe they`re glorious, glorious I get lost between the sign and the destination I`ve done the math but I can`t make the equation Move me through those gates Where some kind of grand design survives this day and age 25 watts and never was Lyrics and Music by Id Guinness Copyright 2007 Id Guinness- Rapid Transformation Music SOCAN
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Wailing Wall 06:53
Wailing Wall Nothing can come between us History has shown us what went wrong Nothing can come between us But the lines we`ve drawn Music by Id Guinness & Leslie Harris Lyrics by Id Guinness Copyright 2007 Id Guinness-Rapid Transformation Music & Leslie Harris SOCAN

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released November 14, 2007

Produced by Id Guinness

Curtis DeBray: Guitars
Ledenhed: Guitars
Donn Tarris: Bass
Pat Steward: Drums
Heywood McMartin: Drums
Leslie Harris: Vocals and bgs
Delina Rissin: Vocals and bgs
Lan Tung: Erhu
Tim Barrett: Soprano sax

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Id Guinness Vancouver, British Columbia

Singer/songwriter/producer/keyboardist Id Guinness has performed and recorded with many Canadian and international artists over the years and has released three full length solo albums.

In addition to his solo work, he performs with Vancouver band 'The Red Herring Collective.'
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