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lyrics to

CLOSER TO FINE

by The Indigo Girls

from their self titled CD

I'm trying to tell you something about my life

maybe give me insight between black and white

and the best thing you've ever done for me

is to help me take my life less seriously

it's only life after all

yeah

well darkness has a hunger that's insatiable

and lightness has a call that's hard to hear

i wrap my fear around me like a blanket

i sailed my ship of safety till I sank it

i'm crawling on your shores

i went to the doctor, i went to the mountains

i looked to the children, i drank from the fountains

there's more than one answer to these questions

pointing me in a crooked line

and the less i seek my source for some definitive

the closer i am to fine

the closer i am to fine

and i went to see the doctor of philosophy

with a poster of rasputin and a beard down to his knee

he never did marry or see a b-grade movie

he graded my performance, he said he could see through me

i spent four years prostrate to the higher mind

got my paper and i was free

i went to the doctor, i went to the mountains

i looked to the children, i drank from the fountains

there's more than one answer to these questions

pointing me in a crooked line

the less i seek my source for some definitive

the closer i am to fine

the closer i am to fine

i stopped by the bar at 3 a.m.

to seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend

and i woke up with a headache like my head against a board

twice as cloudy as i'd been the night before

and i went in seeking clarity.

i went to the doctor, i went to the mountains

i looked to the children, i drank from the fountains

yeah we go to the doctor, we go to the mountains

we look to the children, we drink from the fountains

yeah we go to the bible, we go through the workout

we read up on revival and we stand up for the lookout

there's more than one answer to these questions

pointing me in a crooked line

the less i seek my source for some definitive

the closer i am to fine

the closer i am to fine

the closer i am to fine

Go to The All That Is Good Guide To Indigo Girls Albums

CD of the Month: The Friends Soundtrack

Featuring

R.E.M.'s "It's A Free World Baby"

Hootie & The Blowfish's "I Go Blind"

Toad The Wet Sprocket's "Good Intentions">

and of course...

"I'll Be There For You" by The Rembrants

Be sure to stop by The All That Is Good Midi Library!

Musical Quote of the Month:

"You know, me and Jesus - we're of the same heart. The only thing that keeps us distant is that I keep

%&*!ing up."

- Indigo Girls

in 'Shame On You'

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7. FLY by Sugar Ray

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9. PINK by Aerosmith

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lyrics to

Nightswimming

by R.E.M.

Nightswimming, deserves a quiet night

The photograph on the dash board

taken years ago.

turn around backwards so the windshield shows

every streetlight

reveals a picture in reverse --

still it's so much clearer.

i forgot my shirt at

the water's edge.

the moon is low tonight...

Nightswimming, deserves a quiet night

i'm not sure all these people

understand.

it's not like years ago.

the fear of getting caught;

the recklessness of water

they cannot see me naked.

these things they go away,

replaced by every day.

night swimming..remembering that night

september's coming soon

I'm pining for the moon

And what if there were two?

Side by side

in orbit

around the fairest sun

the bright, tight forever-drum

cannot describe

night swimming

you, i thought I knew you

you i cannot judge

you, i thought you knew me

this one laughing quietly

underneath my breath.

Nightswimming...

the photograph reflects

every streetlight a reminder

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night...

deserves a quiet night...

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