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Covers, Vol. 1

by Dave Thomas Junior

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1.
I Can't Make You Love Me 05:30
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Turn down the lights, turn down the bed Turn down these voices inside my head Lay down with me, tell me no lies Just hold me close, don't patronize Don't patronize me Cause I can't make you love me if you don't You can't make your heart feel something it won't Here in the dark, in these final hours I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power But you won't, no you won't Cause I can't make you love me, if you don't I'll close my eyes, then I won't see The love you don't feel when you're holding me Morning will come and I'll do what's right Just give me till then to give up this fight And I will give up this fight Cause I can't make you love me if you don't You can't make your heart feel something it won't Here in the dark, in these final hours I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power But you won't, no you won't Cause I can't make you love me, if you don't
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All I Want 04:51
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All I want is nothing more To hear you knocking at my door Cause if I could see your face once more I could die as a happy man I'm sure When you said your last goodbye I died a little bit inside I lay in tears in bed all night Alone without you by my side But if you loved me Why did you leave me Take my body Take my body All I want is All I need is To find somebody I'll find somebody Ooh oh Ooh oh Ooh oh Ooh oh Cause you brought out the best of me A part of me I'd never seen You took my soul wiped it clean Our love was made for movie screens But if you loved me Why did you leave me Take my body Take my body All I want is All I need is To find somebody I'll find somebody Ooh oh Ooh oh Ooh oh Ooh oh Ooh ah Ooh oh Ooh, if you loved me Why did you leave me Take my body Take my body All I want is All I need is To find somebody I'll find somebody Like you, ooh
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Pompeii 03:55
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I was left to my own devices Many days fell away with nothing to show And the walls kept tumbling down In the city that we love Grey clouds roll over the hills Bringing darkness from above But if you close your eyes Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all? And if you close your eyes Does it almost feel like you've been here before? We were caught up and lost in all of our vices In your pose as the dust settled around us And the walls kept tumbling down In the city that we love Grey clouds roll over the hills Bringing darkness from above But if you close your eyes Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all? And if you close your eyes Does it almost feel like you've been here before? How am I gonna be an optimist about this? How am I gonna be an optimist about this? Oh, where do we begin? The rubble or our sins? Oh, oh, where do we begin? The rubble or our sins? And the walls kept tumbling down In the city that we love Grey clouds roll over the hills Bringing darkness from above But if you close your eyes Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all? And if you close your eyes Does it almost feel like you've been here before? How am I gonna be an optimist about this? How am I gonna be an optimist about this? If you close your eyes Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
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Since U Been Gone 04:25
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Here's the thing We started out friends It was cool, but it was all pretend Yeah, yeah Since you been gone You're dedicated, you took the time Wasn't long 'til I called you mine Yeah, yeah Since you been gone And all you'd ever hear me say Is how I picture me with you That's all you'd ever hear me say But since you been gone I can breathe for the first time I'm so moving on, yeah, yeah Thanks to you Now I get what I want Since you been gone How can I put it? You put me on I even fell for that stupid love song Yeah, yeah Since you been gone How come I'd never hear you say I just wanna be with you? Guess you never felt that way But since you been gone I can breathe for the first time I'm so moving on, yeah, yeah Thanks to you Now I get what I want Since you been gone You had your chance, you blew it Out of sight, out of mind Shut your mouth, I just can't take it Again, and again, and again, and again Since you been gone (Since you been gone) I can breathe for the first time I'm so moving on, yeah, yeah Thanks to you (Thanks to you) Now I get, I get what I want I can breathe for the first time I'm so moving on, yeah, yeah Thanks to you (Thanks to you) Now I get (I get) You should know (You should know) That I get I get what I want Since you been gone Since you been gone Since you been gone
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Happy 03:33
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It might seem crazy what I am 'bout to say Sunshine she's here, you can take a break I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space With the air, like I don't care, by the way (Because I'm happy) Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof (Because I'm happy) Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth (Because I'm happy) Clap along if you know what happiness is to you (Because I'm happy) Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do Here comes bad news talking this and that Give me all you got, don't hold back I should probably warn you I'll be just fine No offence to you don't waste your time (Because I'm happy) Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof (Because I'm happy) Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth (Because I'm happy) Clap along if you know what happiness is to you (Because I'm happy) Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do Bring me down, can't nothing, Bring me down My level's too high Bring me down, can't nothing, Bring me down, My level's too high Bring me down, can't nothing Bring me down My level's too high, high Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth (Because I'm happy) Clap along if you know what happiness is to you (Because I'm happy) Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do

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I love to do covers. I kind of think of it like 'hand copying method', which is the act of copying writing, like literally writing it out again in your own handwriting, so you can feel what it's like to create something that good. I try to choose songs that match the themes of ones that I'd write - loss, doubt, heartbreak, regret, vague existential dread, you know, all that super 'up' stuff.

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released August 18, 2023

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Dave Thomas Junior New York, New York

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Folk roots, mystical qualities, a subtle use of vocal harmony, acoustic rhythm piano and mixed acoustic and electric instrumentation.

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