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Cambridge Nights
03:53
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Cambridge Nights - Words and Music by Douglas Osborne
Davy’s never known
and he doesn’t want to
that he’s never had it bad
like the ladies selling something so sweet
He’s rarely tasted
though more often he’d like to
the good that he’s never had
like the hot chocolate at the Cafe Pamplona
Some of these Cambridge Nights
could flash in his face
could see his disgrace
Even parking cars under downtown lights
might not pull him up from this place
Betty’s never done it
though she says she knows how to
She can drive a fellow mad
with all of her daddy’s presents and her nose job
Davy’s had it all before
he says it’s all because he had to
He says he’s really oh so sad…
Some of these Cambridge Nights…
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Love Trap
03:11
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Love Trap - Words and Music by Douglas Osborne
Photographic face on the right
Geographic map in the light
It looks like love is over
Your face looks like a map
It looks like love is over
Your face looks like a map
The Love Trap got a hold of my feet
The Love Trap it must be beat
The Love Trap I know what it needs
The Love Trap I taste what it bleeds
Tyrannical fire in the works
Mechanical spasmodic jerks
It looks like war is over
I need a freezing snap
It looks like war is over
I need a freezing snap
The Love Trap…
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Jeanette
04:21
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Jeanette - Words and Music by Douglas Osborne
Didn’t mean to hurt your feelings Jeanette
Asked for you love, what did I get from you?
Didn’t mean to drive you crazy Jeanette
I tried to help you but what did you let me do?
You let me fool a fool
I thought you were to cool for that my dear
You let me fool a fool
I thought you were too cool for this my dear
Oh Jeanette
Why Jeanette?
Ooh Ooh Jeanette
Didn’t mean to drive you crazy Jeanette
The taxi’s waiting and how you gonna pay the man?
What do you think of my hair Jeanette?
You promised to cut it, but then you just turned and ran.
You left me all alone
I heard you never ran like that bfore
You left me all alone
I heard you never ran like that before
Oh Jeanette...
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You Can Cry
04:42
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You Can Cry - Words and Music Douglas Osborne
Stranded on Jersey Street
icebound with TV and stereo
Georgia and Jenny so sweetly would
tend to their needs so red and slow
Call them and see if they have the time
you know it’s worth your dime
You Can Cry...on the telephone.
Birthday in Kenmore Square
stripped down to wine and pistachios
Berta and MaryAnn were always
talking about their boys
down to the quick and the slow
Call them and see if they have the time
You know it’s worth your dime
You Can Cry...on the telephone.
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Silence
05:18
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The Silence - Words and Music by Douglas Osborne
You wanna talk to me?
You wanna talk with me?
You wanna tell me?
I wanna listen.
You can talk to me.
You can talk with me
You can tell me
That the car was green
It left the scene
The accident was unreported
In The Silence
You wanna ride to me.
You wanna ride with me.
You wanna ride me.
I can’t listen.
You can ride to me.
You can ride with me.
You can ride me.
The hospital, you cried
a bandaid for a suicide
I babbled on
In The Silence…
The Silence just might work for us.
Please don’t let it keep us apart.
If you don’t find a place for me,
the silence might turn out to be
all that’s left in your heart.
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Arrest My Heart
03:04
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Arrest My Heart - Words and Music by Douglas Osborne
Walking down a narrow street
hands tucked inside my pockets
This isn’t your part of town
Footsteps fall like rockets
Spandex drops, the fugitive lets out a moan
A smuggler caught at customs with cocaine cologne
Arrest my Heart
Lock it tight
Arrest my Heart
baby it’s alright
Turn a key to a hotel door
I wonder who’s been on my tail
You say it’s not my normal way
But methods, like feelings, often fail
The bracelet stays, a little pleasure with your pain
Relief is scheduled on the Munich train
Arrest my heart...
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Pasted On Pout
03:23
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Pasted on Pout - Words and Music by Douglas Osborne
I saw you
you were the one without a smile
I saw you
you looked past me by about a mile
and I knew I wanted you
I can see your pasted on pout
and I know what it’s all about
I heard you
you sung the song I played before
I heard you
I understood from across the floor
and I knew It couldn’t do
I can see your pasted on pout
and I know what it’s all about
I loved you
when I first saw you on the screen
I loved you
transmitted by machine
and I knew I needed you
I can see your pasted on pout
and I know what it’s all about
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Doug Osborne Culver City, California
Nights Like These
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