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Sounds Like Blame - Dean Batstone

by Dean Batstone

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1.
Perfect World 03:33
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Perfect World Copyright 1994 words and music by Dean Batstone Spaced out, floating about on a river of doubt I doubt I know why Left out, well that’s my choice and having made it I forfeit my right to cry I took the things that I wanted I saw the dream and I bought it But now my dream house is haunted Where’s my perfect world? Where’s my perfect world? Where’s my perfect world? I’m ready, I want it. I cried out to no one there, well what a surprise I guess I live with my lies Lost out, the sweeter pain, the truer eyes Now burn through this disguise I took the things that I wanted I saw the dream and I bought it But now my dream house is haunted Where’s my perfect world? Where’s my perfect world? Where’s my perfect world? I’m ready, I want it. I lose my sense of right and wrong I can’t go back, I can’t go on I rush myself, then wait too long Longing to feel strong I took the things that I wanted I saw the dream and I bought it But now my dream house is haunted Where’s my perfect world? Where’s my perfect world? Where’s my perfect world? I’m ready, I want it.
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Pieces Of Love 03:46
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PIECES OF LOVE Copyright © Words and music by Dean Batstone They met in school when they were only fifteen Instead of getting good grades, Jimmy was getting in her jeans Now Sally’s 17 with a baby by her side Jimmy’s got two jobs just to keep them alive They lived hand to mouth, but they had a T.V. And a car outside their flat on 42nd street A bit too much pride to ask their families Lord, help the man who’s living on dreams But they’ve got pieces of love to hold on to Pieces of love to see each other through And a faith that there’ll be enough Little pieces of love Now all Jimmy feels is the weight of his world Sally’s just lonely, she never sees the other girls Lost is the innocence, lost is the youth They found the hard times, and the sobering truth But they’ve got pieces of love to hold on to Pieces of love to see each other through And a faith that there’ll be enough Little pieces of love Jimmy sits at the table He never thought life could be so tough In walks daddy’s little angel And he knows there’s more than enough Pieces of love to hold on to Pieces of love to see each other through And a faith that there’ll be enough Little pieces of love
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Golden Days 04:08
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Golden Days Copyright 1995 words and music by Dean Batstone and Barry Brown Singing the songs of those golden days Watching our blue jeans fade away No regrets, yeah, we had it made Singing the songs of those golden days. Cruising down Main St., radio up, windows down Listening to C.C.R., good time small town sounds Knowing all the words to every song Wishing Friday night went on and on Watching the sun go down at the Paramount Singing the songs of those golden days Watching our blue jeans fade away No regrets, yeah, we had it made Singing the songs of those golden days. Hanging out all summer, hanging in at school Catching a young girls eye, working hard at being cool Squeezed in a booth at Popa Joe’s Trying to roll up our own smokes Breaking hearts and breaking all the rules Singing the songs of those golden days Watching our blue jeans fade away No regrets, yeah, we had it made Singing the songs of those golden days. I know those days are gone But Baby, it’s no crime To find myself looking back every once in a while On those golden days Singing the songs of those golden days Watching our blue jeans fade away No regrets, yeah, we had it made Singing the songs of those golden days.
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My Love Endlessly 03:56
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MY LOVE ENDLESSLY Copyright ©1995 words and music by Dean Batstone and Dave Kalil I heard you whisper, I heard you call me Was that only in my mind I can’t believe I’ve lived without you all this time The things we take for granted Are the things we cherish most In my heart I can’t ever let you go And I’m wishing, hoping, praying that you’ll always be Wanting, needing, loving baby only me Today, tomorrow, forever you will always be My love endlessly I heard you crying, I know you’re lonely Was that only in my mind I can’t believe I hurt you with those lies I want to say I’m sorry But I know they’re empty words I swear to you I’ve finally learned their worth And I’m wishing, hoping, praying that you’ll always be Wanting, needing, loving baby only me Today, tomorrow, forever you will always be My love endlessly So many ways you were wronged So many nights alone You were the one You were so strong Now I’m falling at your feet And I’m wishing, hoping, praying that you’ll always be Wanting, needing, loving baby only me Today, tomorrow, forever you will always be My love endlessly
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Sounds Like Blame 04:25
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SOUNDS LIKE BLAME Copyright © 2000, Battunes Music words and music by Dean Batstone You needed me You wanted me to need you I wanted you to need me to be more than always there I loved you And when I said I love you I know now why that’s what you needed most to hear Your words and my words Fall like rain and drown our flames More words, or no words Without love, all sound the same Sounds like blame It’s confusing This loving and losing Sight of what we want, all that we can see is what we’ve done And the truth is The truth is lost somewhere And without it, there is nothing to be won Your words and my words Fall like rain and drown our flames More words, or no words Without love, all sound the same Sounds like blame Ours tears fill a river of cold consequences It’s breaking our will, and numbing our senses ‘Til we can’t fight this current anymore Lost together, but we swim for different shores I’m shaking My heart is breaking Am I losing love I fought so hard to hold I can’t hold you You can’t hold me We can’t hold on to what won’t stand up on it’s own Your words and my words Fall like rain and drown our flames More words, or no words Without love, all sound the same Sounds like blame
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Broken Glass 04:09
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Broken Glass Copyright © 1992 , Battunes Music words and music by Dean Batstone There’s a young man with an illness He caught from society Poverty’s a symptom Anger breeding greed He stops a stranger walking by and says Give me what I need He thinks that gun’s gonna be his cure Until he’s lying there bleeding Broken glass, shattered lives There’s nowhere to run, nowhere to hide Broken glass, broken hearts From these ruins something starts Something always starts. There’s a young girl with a sadness At her feet two bags of clothes After five years of marriage That’s all she’s got to show Except for one young son With questions in his eyes Except for one gold ring She’s learning to despise Broken glass, shattered lives There’s nowhere to run, nowhere to hide Broken glass, broken hearts From these ruins something starts Something always starts. Sometimes we all look up To a sky of burning blue Sometimes we cry out loud Why do I feel so used To those of us who wait The answer always comes We never win or lose We all just carry on, we carry on Broken glass, shattered lives There’s nowhere to run, nowhere to hide Broken glass, broken hearts From these ruins something starts Something always starts.
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Let The Punishment Suit The Crime 05:37
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LET THE PUNISHMENT SUIT THE CRIME Copyright © Words and music by Dean Batstone You know how much I want you, but girl, I’m just too proud I can’t find the words to tell you I love you, right out loud Close your eyes now darling; let’s not talk of this tonight We’ve been over this so many times, one more time won’t make it right It don’t make me a bad man, in my own way I’m tryin’ If I broke any laws by not speaking my heart I’m ready to do my time But if loving you was all I did, let the punishment suit the crime Sentence me to eternity with your arms in mine Well, I never bought you fancy clothes, or diamond rings or pearls But I held you all those crazy nights you were running from this world I don’t look twice at anyone when you’re here by my side I carry my heart on my sleeve and my love here in my eyes It don’t make me a bad man, in my own way I’m tryin’ If I broke any laws by not speaking my heart I’m ready to do my time But if loving you was all I did, let the punishment suit the crime Sentence me to eternity with your arms in mine With your arms in mine the right words will come With your arms in mine I feel so strong I guess I was wrong for waiting so long to say “I love you” It don’t make me a bad man, in my own way I’m tryin’ If I broke any laws by not speaking my heart I’m ready to do my time But if loving you was all I did, let the punishment suit the crime Sentence me to eternity with your arms in mine
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Caught Up In You 03:03
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Caught Up In You Copyright 1995 words and music by Dean Batstone and Barry Brown I can’t walk away, as hard as I try, I can’t walk away What I’m trying to say is I’m listening to what my heart’s trying to say It comes down to honesty If you look in my heart you’ll see I’m caught up in you There’s nothing I can do I can’t deny my heart the love of you I can’t break free I guess I’ll always be Forever caught up in you. So hold on to me, say you’ll always be holding on to me When it feels this good, who’s to say we shouldn’t feel this good It comes down to simple faith That some things are worth the wait I’m caught up in you There’s nothing I can do I can’t deny my heart the love of you I can’t break free I guess I’ll always be Forever caught up in you. It comes down to honesty Simple faith in you and me, you and me I’m caught up in you There’s nothing I can do I can’t deny my heart the love of you I can’t break free I guess I’ll always be Forever caught up in you.
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No Stronger Word Than No 04:40
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NO STRONGER WORD THAN NO Copyright © 1992 words and music by Dean Batstone Can I say we fell in love Can I count the times we’ve touched Do you think just once you might think about me Bearing myself for the world to see As you crush my heart so easily Saying no, no, no I take all that you send I can’t take it anymore ‘Cause I break before I bend There’s no stronger word than no Can I dream you’ll change your mind Could you love me one more time Do you think just once you might call my name Could you ever cry with your heart in pain Am I cursed to hear those words again No, no, no I take all that you send I can’t take it anymore ‘Cause I break before I bend There’s no stronger word than no What was our love for anyway An amusing game for your heart to play Was your prize just the right to say No, no, no I take all that you send I can’t take it anymore ‘Cause I break before I bend There’s no stronger word than no
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Sweet Pain 05:29
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SWEET PAIN Copyright © 1993, Battunes Music words and music by Dean Batstone One single smile, and then left all alone Don’t let it happen again, I won’t Each dull mile, each tarnished vision, each pain Now shine in your eyes, I’m faint And if I miss a beat, skip a beat Fall out of time, or fall out of line Will you catch me somehow Come to me now, sweet pain Come to me now, sweet, sweet pain And if I never hold you again I’ll know this sweet, sweet, sweet pain Levi blues, love I you, three good words But are there any really good hurts Each look away, each small fire, each long day Will we ever know their worth And if I miss a smile, skip a smile Go on trial or just go out of style Will you love me somehow Come to me now, sweet pain Come to me now, sweet, sweet pain And if I never hold you again I’ll know this sweet, sweet, sweet pain …and if I never love you again… Where’s that place where those young lovers go Out under the streetlights, they don’t feel the cold Or in some dim-lit café, where they sip tea all day And just wait ‘til their daddy’s not home While under the table they undress with their toes And smile at each other like they’ve invented being alone Take me there, take me there sweet baby, I’m yours Come to me now, sweet pain Come to me now, sweet, sweet pain And if I never hold you again I’ll know this sweet, sweet, sweet pain
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I Can't Help Myself 05:05
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I CAN’T HELP MYSELF Copyright © 1995, Battunes Music Words and music by Dean Batstone and Dave Kalil I look into the mirror, and I close my eyes I can’t escape the feelings burning me inside No peace of mind, I can’t control it The thought of you steals every moment Until there’s nowhere left for me to hide I’m taking the fall, I can’t help myself I’m losing it all to you, I can’t help myself I’m lost to the fight, but it feels so right Wanting you tonight, and no one else I can’t help myself Look at me, I’m acting like a perfect fool Lingering on the sidewalk for just a glimpse of you To your door, ‘cause I can’t fight it If I’m wrong, it’s time to right it At this point I’ve got no pride left to lose I’m taking the fall, I can’t help myself I’m losing it all to you, I can’t help myself I’m lost to the fight, but it feels so right Wanting you tonight, and no one else I can’t help myself Please answer, my heart can’t be wrong The door opens so slowly You just smile Take my hand, and say What took you so long I’m taking the fall, I can’t help myself I’m losing it all to you, I can’t help myself I’m lost to the fight, but it feels so right Wanting you tonight, and no one else I can’t help myself
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Somewhere In A Song 03:58
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Somewhere In A Song Copyright 1995 words and music by Dean Batstone and Barry Brown You surprised me with that somewhere kiss It seems so long ago A flat tire on my beat up van Down that old beach road You reached for me so easily The sweat cool on my brow The radio played something soft I can’t quite recall now Somewhere in a song I know you fell for me But when the song was over, you were gone I’m forever haunted by that melody Your sweet refrain goes on and on and on And I’m lost again somewhere in a song. An August moon across the lake Cast soft light in your eyes We waded in up to our necks I don’t recall just why I’m sure I heard that same sweet song Come drifting across the bay Now little waves of lost refrains of you Is what remains Somewhere in a song I know you fell for me But when the song was over, you were gone I’m forever haunted by that melody Your sweet refrain goes on and on and on And I’m lost again somewhere in a song. The say it’s better to have loved and lost Than to never have loved at all I can’t shake loose the ghost of you This bitter sweet love song Somewhere in a song I know you fell for me But when the song was over, you were gone I’m forever haunted by that melody Your sweet refrain goes on and on and on And I’m lost again somewhere in a song.

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released March 3, 1996

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DEAN BATSTONE - Bio
A veteran of the Canadian Music scene, having performed full time across Canada and The US for over 40 years, Dean Batstone shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. A charismatic live performer who works solo or with a band, he has recorded 12 full length albums with some of the most iconic musicians in America. ... more

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