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Life & Limb

by Rob Szabo

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Keith Nunn
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Keith Nunn Heard you on the CBC songwriters channel. Great stuff. Thought this was a Ron Sexsmith tune until I found you via the track name. I'm listening. :) Favorite track: All The Sleepy Souls.
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That Cold Hard Sell (Rob Szabo) There's nothing like that cold hard sell they're getting away with murder! There's nothing like no money down and don't pay 'til next December There's nothing like a new TV to paint you in a corner There's nothing like a long workweek we'll just stay a little longer A new kitchen table comes complete with a pile of cable bills Another day in daycare, 'cause we're doing it for the kids There's nothing like a bottle and a skinny little model telling me I me I want and I deserve more Careful what you wish for There's nothing like a logo and a snappy little motto and they better have the colour I want 'cause I'm the boss There's nothing like that long commute makes you a little older There's nothing like four seasons on with two weeks off in the summer There's nothing like those huge billboards when you're driving down the gardiner They always try to come across like they're doing us a favour "Imagine you in a new hot rod we deal in peace of mind" "You can afford the lap of god" you just can't afford the time There's nothing like a bottle and a skinny little model telling me I me I want and I deserve more Careful what you wish for There's nothing like a logo and a snappy little motto and they better have the colour I want Careful what you wish for I can't resist that cold hard sell I'm going broke I am what I own I know 'cause I saw the commercial I am what I owe I signed and I made it official So take our first born can't say they didn't tell you so There's nothing like that cold hard sell now I'm the sweepstakes winner Check the spot in the little box and they'll send a free subscription There's nothing like a bottle and a skinny little model telling me I me I want and I deserve more Careful what you wish for There's nothing like a logo and a snappy little motto and they better have the colour I want Careful what you wish for I can't resist that cold hard sell I'm going broke
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He Loves You 05:19
He Loves You I know you’re sick of hearing this, but why did you leave him? I know the love you’re dreamin’ of, but that love doesn’t really exist Oh you tried very hard, but this force was way beyond Anything that your head would have the nerve to tell your heart But He loves you, he loves you, he loves you, yes he does I know the stress your weariness thinking how could it all come to this? You were the two we all looked up to, you were joined at the hip you were kids Did your head warn your heart that once this is done he’s gone? Did your heart want your head to tell him “maybe we could still be friends?” No He loves you, he loves you, he loves you, yes he does He loves you, he loves you, he loves you, yes he does But it’s not something you can negotiate with it’s your animal side and it’s just kickin’ in Now it’s thunder and boulders and hunger and violence An uncivilized roar when all you wanted was silence no such thing as a love, only things we don’t discuss no such thing as a friend, only things we don’t understand But He loves you, he loves you, he loves you, yes he does He loves you, he loves you, he loves you, yes he does He loves you, he loves you, he loves you, yes he does He loves you, he loves you, he loves you, yes he does
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All The Sleepy Souls I don’t need the water, ‘cause it, still feels like floatin’ when you hold me up When I get feelin’ ordinary, and then you tell me “baby, you’re the one” Like I already know, you’re reminding me in case I ever doubt So all the sleepy souls who never get to hear that Can go home I don’t mind this livin’, yeah, it kinda feels like swimming if you go way down You hold you breath and trust your skin, check your watch it’s only been a minute We’re in love after all Like I already know, you’re reminding me in case I ever doubt So all the sleepy souls who never get to feel that Can wake up And make up all that time they’ve lost So wake up my love Pull those covers off Let them warm their skin up beside your sun Wake up my love Tear those curtains off We’ll share the heat that burns inside of us So wake up my love I’ll hold you delicate Like birds in springtime with their little bones Wake up I’m kneeling at your cross I pray as an unbeliever But I believe in us So wake up So wake up my love
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LAST NIGHT Last night I dreamed of you holding me again Cradled in your arms until the morning came Where are you now? Sleep is gone Lonely hearts get colder heaven’s overgrown Are you thinking of me when I’m thinking of you? I carved your name in a tree I think of you when I’m falling asleep Nobody’s here next to me Last night I prayed that you would grace my bed again I’d kneel in front of you and trace your dirty skin Where are you now? I need you most Lonely hearts get colder heaven’s overgrown Are you thinking of me when I’m thinking of you? I carved our names in a tree I think of you when I’m falling asleep Nobody’s here next to me What are you thinking about when you fall to sleep? Are you thinking about me?
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B's Song 03:50
B's Song My sister B's driving the little jeep I'm crumpled up here in the captain's seat trying to get some sleep Heading down to Edmonton there we're gonna get it done 'cause there i don't know anyone Rise and shine to northern lights soon we'll be downtown She's not used to driving stick I'm sweating pails and I think I'm gonna be sick another 100 clicks Thinking back two thousand one you're too old now but man you had your fun and I didn't tell anyone If you keep a secret for long enough you feel you owe it to the secret never think about yourself If you ever think you've run far enough it rears it's ugly head again it always wins Rise and shine to northern lights soon we'll be downtown Snowplow's eyes will be our guides just keep us on the road It's too bad I never got the chance to get as close to anyone It's too bad you never had the guts to get some help like an adult It's too bad I'm getting fixed you'll never get to lay your eyes on a grandson And B's already had it done your family name won't carry on If you keep a secret for long enough you feel you owe it to the secret never think about yourself If you ever think you've run far enough it rears it's ugly head again it always wins Rise and shine to northern lights soon we'll be downtown Snowplow's eyes will be our guides just keep us on the road
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My Young Friend oh my young friend I wish I could send an angel to keep your heart from breaking X2 I wish I could tell when it won’t end up well don’t take the chance but you always will X2 it’s not that it always ends badly it’s not it just don’t work out in the way that you thought you get pretty good at just being distraught you get used to lying a lot oh my young friends I wish I could stand the sight of you holding each other’s hands X2 I wish I could tell before you’re in hell don’t take the chance but you always will X2 it’s not that it always ends badly it’s not it just don’t work out in the way that you thought you get pretty good at just being distraught you get used to lying a lot … about what you want oh my young friend what you don’t understand is I wish I could save you the anguish and pain it’s not that I’m perfect or even that smart just been hit with a sledge I remember the hurt I’m just trying to share what I’ve learned oh my young friend I wish I could send an angel to keep your heart from breaking an angel to keep your heart from breaking
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What I Deserve I’ve been living my life on the outside, I don’t seem to make sense I’m just putting out fires living the life of a silhouette it feels like there’s something I missed it’s just I wanna learn, I want my turn, I’m gonna get what I deserve I see lovers inside lovable lives and it all seems to make sense they’ve got family & friends and a white picket fence but it feels like there’s something they missed I just can’t put my finger on it it’s just I wanna learn, I want my turn, I’m gonna get what I deserve I’m down on one knee, I wanna believe, I’m gonna get what’s coming to me I wanna fix all of this I wanna explain I need to forgive At the end of my wits I don’t know what it is I expect I swear I wanna learn, I want my turn, I’m gonna get what I deserve I’m down on one knee, I wanna believe, I’m gonna get what’s coming to me
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No One Gets Hurt He’ll stop you on the road with a sign in his hand Windows boarded closed but his building still stands He used to be a working man Now he’s just collecting dust and bar tabs I wanna live somewhere nothing makes any difference and no one gets hurt He tried to do his best like everyone does Bruised by circumstance got used to hard luck It wasn’t like this when he was young Suck it up they say “it’s not MY problem” I wanna live somewhere nothing makes any difference and no one gets hurt I want my conscience clear don’t need ‘cause it just doesn’t work I’m sure someone’s got a better idea Where all the pieces fit Where no one gets the short end of the stick I just haven’t seen it yet I wanna live somewhere nothing makes any difference and no one gets hurt I want my conscience clear don’t need ‘cause it just doesn’t work
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Hitchhiker Smile I love you and your hitchhiker smile It lasts until I’m all the way by If I look back all I’d see is those eyes and middle finger held up way high I love you and your car salesman drive You always ask if I wanna buy If I look back, I’ll I’d see is that tie you only last as long as a lie you make me feel like a player in a game that’s gonna hurt me but I’ll be ok you make me feel like I shouldn’t be ashamed of always being the one on the take you make me feel like I made a mistake I love you and your newlywed high You always ask when I’m gonna try When I look back all I see is her cryin’ It only lasts as long as the white but I’m too sensitive for all this grown-up thick-skinned Darwin trip and you’re too caught up in your world of wants and owes you little narcissist THAT you barely even notice me I loved you and your hitchhiker smile
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That Kind Of Fight how’d things get so complex when all I wanna do? is write my song but when the words are done funny how they point to you so I don’t think I’m gonna sleep tonight things would have to come together just right and I don’t think that I have that kind of fight how did we turn out like this when all I want from you is love and lust and heaps of trust that won’t stop if I do so I don’t think I’m gonna sleep tonight things would have to come together just right and I don’t think that I have that kind of fight left in me I’m not as strong as I seem maybe what will be will be how’d you get so beautiful with all those little faults? when all I want is for you to love me but I guess you don’t so I don’t think I’m gonna sleep tonight things would have to come together just right and I don’t think that I have that kind of fight

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released September 11, 2008

Produced by Rob Szabo & Steve Strongman
Engineered by John Oliveira
Mixed by Cory Barnes
Mastered by J.J. Golden

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Rob Szabo Toronto, Ontario

Rob Szabo is a Songwriter/Producer/Musician. He has collaborated on dozens of albums for other artists, recorded 6 solo albums & 4 albums with former bands Plasticine & Groove Daddys -Buy Groove Daddys here: groovedaddys.bandcamp.com

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