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Morse Code

by Dash And The Dots

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1.
Can't Make Me 05:24
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Can't Make Me (By Chris Brett) Chorus: Can't make me be what you want me to be Can't make me see what you want me see Can't make me do what you want me do Can't make me live a life just like you 'cause - I believe what I wanna believe and you can't make me do what I don't wanna do Verse 1: Well, I could be a high tech exec with my feet on the desk smoking Cuban cigars Killing time on the telephone line Speculating on vintage cars I could be a factory boy writhing in grime worrying if my quotas done on time Boss on my back with his shitty paycheck I don't need your crap so go on get off my back, 'cause I believe what I wanna believe and you can't make me do what I don't wanna do Chorus Verse 2: I was born just like you pride in ourselves I never broke the rules My eyes focused on untouchable dreams but you go blind when when life ain't what it seems You get so tired and angry and cold trying to make your world go like they told you it should go So throw away your dreams, your visions and your clouds You reach for what's real and you break through the shrouds I believe what I wanna believe and you can't make me do what I don't wanna do Chorus
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City By You 04:42
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City By You (By Rick Carpick and Grant Smith) Verse 1: We fall through the cracks, of the sidewalk when we laugh Then it’s 1, 2, 3, 4, we’re out the door The door leads outside, to the world in which we hide The loneliness we feel, deep inside We’ve locked the door forever, and hidden all the treasure in our lives, in our lives Chorus: Now I have heard there’s a story or two, to be told about a city by you City by you Verse 2: The lights up above used to spell out "LOVE" Now the writing on the wall says "gone To Hell" So much idle chatter, all the gossip they can gather They play back at us on TV We can’t stay cold forever, with all this raging weather in our world, in our world Chorus There’s a big full moon shining on the sidewalk, walking in a city by you, mighty damn cold, I’m walking...
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I Lost My Memory 04:14
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I Lost My Memory (By Chris Brett) Verse 1: I'm tired of driving on highways I'm tired of destinations I don't want to reach the top All I want to reach, is you It's been a long time, things have changed I'm not the same as I used to be You look at me but you're looking back at someone else so long ago Chorus: I lost my memory of you and for a moment I lost the blues I lost my memory of you I lost my memory of you Verse 2: You search for happiness You pin it on the wall next to your high school diploma in your big suburban house You turn me out, you turn me down you turn me off, you think I'm lost but the only one here that's lost is you Chorus Old heartbreak splinters in my mind now and then I'll, I'll think of you I'll remember days that seem to pass complete with happy endings And now with a heart encased in lead I walk the streets alone in dread I stop to talk, you're miles away and now I'm lost, but that's OK Chorus
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Stay 03:55
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Stay (By Tasha Amabile and Tamara Amabile) Verse 1: Well hello It’s been a while I guess Still, I’m glad to see your face You’ve been missed and if you whisper to me now I know what it would do Hey it may be crazy but so were me and you Verse 2: Here we are and look were doing fine We’re talking just like long lost friends After all this time and if I whispered to you now I know what it would do Hey it may be crazy but I still get to you Chorus: I’ll stay with you tonight Stay with you Oh yeah I'll stay with you tonight 'cause I want to Verse 3: It’s late Silence between us Comfortable, as twilight fills the room and if you look right in to me it’s easy to believe anything and everything Crazy as it seems Chorus Bridge: I wonder why history is always glorified I wonder why being close to you still gets me high I wonder why I want to hold you down kiss the sky I wonder why after all this time still want to still want to still want to Chorus
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I'm Reaching Out 04:51
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I'm Reaching Out (By Chris Brett) Verse 1: Not so bad that you're sad and lonely Not so bad now yah have a home You won't be speaking for the jaded disaffected Those among us hear my promise Verse 2: It's a bit of work, swimming in the ocean of discontent, sad laments, events set in motion I've got this picture in my head of an emotion - brothers, sisters, lovers, mothers Chorus: All my energy is going back into the dream of making some Thing, that seems, like its bigger than me and all my worries all my troubles, cast aside as if it's rubble I'm reaching out I'm reaching out to... Verse 3: I got a plan but I got a headache in the morning Afternoon, subterfuge, barely out the door, and the hours flying by just like a freeway in fast-mo Where did the time go? Where did my life go? Verse 4: Running like a fool with wolves nipping at my heels You're one, step ahead, in your head, just going through the motions I've got this picture in my head of an emotion It's got a hold on me, it's got a hold on me Chorus
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Never 04:49
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Never (By Rick Carpick) Verse 1: I was only jokin' Yes it was in jest But you took me wrong now And you laid our love to rest You laid our love to rest Verse 2: It was on a Tuesday A day like all the rest I guess I let you down now You were not impressed You were not impressed Chorus: You hear what you want to hear But you never hear a word I say You hear what you want to hear You never hear a word I say Verse 3: Maybe tomorrow These wounds could be undressed If only the sunlight Would illuminate this mess Illuminate this mess Chorus Bridge: You hear what you want to hear But you never hear a word I say You hear what you want to hear But you never, never hear a word I say Never hear a word I say But you never hear a word I say Verse 1 Chorus
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The Real Thing 03:42
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The Real Thing (By Chris Brett) Verse 1: You packed your bags, bought your ticket, you sailed far away The day you left, I was so afraid of losing you - was I losing you? I don't know why you had to go away Baby Chorus 1: I'm so tired of sleeping alone Crying alone Wasting my tears on just another dream All I ever wanted was the real thing Verse 2: You sailed for Paris, you saw Rome Berlin was nice, but you were still alone You searched for five bloody years for something you could have found at home I don't know why you had to go away, Baby Chorus 1 Verse 3: So now your letters are few and far between You search for words like there was never anything between us Honey can you tell me why you had to keep it all inside? I don't know why you had to go away, Baby Chorus 2: I'm so tired of sleeping alone, crying alone Wasting my tears on just another dream Wasting my time when it aint what it seems I'm so tired of sleeping alone, crying alone Wasting my tears on just another dream All I ever wanted was the real thing
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I Been Up (free) 04:23
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I Been Up (By Chris Brett) Verse 1: I been up, I been down I've seen the view from this side of town And it's getting old, so I'll be bold Accept my fate, as it unfolds Chorus: Did you ever get the feeling that your world is unreeling All those footsteps felt so dear and now you're barely dealing All those hopes and aspirations don't mean much in isolation If you could change your world you'd change your point of view Verse 2: I been stuck in a rut before But it ain't like shopping at a candy store No catalogue to see me through No choices in my apparent view Verse 3: I been up, I been down I've seen the view from this side of town And it's getting old so I'll be bold I'll just suck it up as my fate unfolds Chorus Bridge: Bound by your loyalties blinded by the easy tease Settling for the life that's gone before You gotta cut the ties that bind You gotta get out while you can Feels like you're running from a heartache You can't look back, you don't look back Chorus x 2 I've been up I've been down I've been up
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Tied Up in a Knot 02:56
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Tied Up in a Knot (By Rick Carpick) Verse 1: Now there's a girl I so want to know She's for real and I'm falling for her so I made a list and I'm checking it twice Oh yeah, she's naughty and she's nice Chorus: Got me tied up in a knot - she really got me Got me tied up in a knot - she really got me Got me tied up in a knot She got she got Verse 2: Dark hair with big brown eyes She's telepathic and so am I She can reach me without a phone Even by myself I'm never alone 'cause she's Chorus Verse 3: Now she's a big spirit in a small package We pulled each other out, out of the wreckage She's a bundle of joy and a little scrapper I'm gonna love her forever, nothing else matters Chorus
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Doesn't Feel Quite Right 02:40
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Doesn't Feel Quite Right (By Chris Brett) Verse 1: I don't need a lady to fix me meals, wash my suits take good care, brush my hair tie me up for fun Chorus: I just need something to fill me up I'm feeling all alone and it doesn't feel quite right doesn't feel quite right (doesn't feel quite right) doesn't feel quite right (doesn't feel quite right) Verse 2: I am not your macho fool I'll not feed your ego by telling you lies, by wearing a disguise I shan't deceive you Chorus Verse 3: I don't drive a European sports car I don't even wear satin underwear I don't have a really kinky sex life Doesn't mean that much to me Chorus I just need something to fill me up I'm feeling all alone and it doesn't feel quite right
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Don't Misunderstand 03:56
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Don't Misunderstand (By Tasha Amabile) Verse 1: Don't misunderstand but, I won't hang on It's not because I don't love you It's because I do   Verse 2: If you don't fulfill your dreams you're gonna be empty then how could you love me? I don't want to lose you, so I'll let you go but I hope that you - you'll be comin' home comin' home to me Babe   Bridge: I think I know what's going on in your mind Oh you want to go but you're scared to leave it behind   Verse 2 Verse 3:   I understand so go ahead and take the chance It might be the only one and nothing should hold you back Oh nothing should hold you back Oh no no no no, nothing should hold you back Not even me
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Something To Believe In 04:18
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Something To Believe In (By Chris Brett) Verse 1:   I see it in my world almost every day I see it every day in so many ways People trying to get themselves up off the ground People striving just to carry on If you stop and take a look around you'll see there's something else going on Verse 2   I feel it in my joints and in my bones sitting, waiting, by the phone and if a thundercloud should soon appear to be exactly what it's meant to be And if you stop and take a look around you'll see there's something else going on Chorus 1: You give me something that I need something that I want something to believe in              You show me something I can feel Even better that it's the real thing, Honey The real deal Baby Verse 3: I wasn't seeking, searching anywhere That was me living life without a care Not for me to hear the voices Heaven found Not for me to even notice when they come around Then I stop to take a look beside me and my river turns to gold Chorus 1 Chorus 2: Don't turn this into something that it's not   Don't break this perfect bubble of momentary magnificence You give me, You give me, something that I need, something that I want something to believe in Baby The real deal Baby People trying to get themselves up off the ground People striving just to carry on Striving just to carry on Striving just to carry on Striving just to carry on
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Time Has Come 03:53
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Time has Come (By Chris Brett) Verse 1: Understanding comes when you feel pain deep inside You look in your lovers eyes, all you see are the lies and the truth hits you hard like you've never felt before sitting alone in an empty room with an incomplete deck of cards Chorus: Pain makes you see you've been standing in this place too long You get your feet back on the ground When all your dreams are gone the futures uncertain and the time has come... Verse 2: I can see it differently now, I was idolizing and you, my dear, were merely socializing Maybe a case of misplaced puppy love? You took me to the edge of the cliff, and then you gave me a shove Chorus Verse 3: Everybody's happy can't you see? Me, I'm only bleeding Can I be the only one that feels this way? You're just pretending things are gonna work out fine Proverbial smile on your face, hiding the grime Chorus x 2
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No Sad Refrain 03:52
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No Sad Refrain (By Chris Brett) Verse 1: It's all over now like a toothpick in the river by the side of the road All down the drain No sad refrain, it's happened again No longer do I see your face Don't get me wrong, this is no criminal case 'cause I'm not guilty of telling you lies Chorus: Oh but that look in your eyes set me in motion and now I wonder why? It's all over Verse 2: Met you in the backyard sipping tea I was apprehensive, you were looking at me Oh no it's starting to show It all happened in a day and a night Oh whoa but what a night What a night that was Chorus Solo Chorus Verse 3: Now I don't know quite what to say you were gone with the light of the day - Bye bye (Bye bye) You never said goodbye Oh no Now I don't know what I feel, don't understand if what I felt was real and now it's down the drain No sad refrain, it's happened again Chorus x 2

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released June 3, 2015

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Dash And The Dots Winnipeg, Manitoba

This Winnipeg original band started touring in 1981 with:
Richard “Dash” Trann-Drums
Tasha Amabile- Vocals&Keys
Tamara Amabile- Vocals&Keys
Chris Brett-Vocals,Guitars&Keys
Richard Carpick-Guitars&Vocals
John Neal- Bass &Vocals. They disbanded in 1983 but reunited 2010-11, and reformed in 2013 with
Mary Anne Ocho-Keyboards&Vocals. Their album “Morse Code” was started in 2011 and released in 2015. ... more

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