There is just something wonderful about the sound of a singer with a single, nylon stringed guitar. Just as there is also something wonderful about Todd Corcoran’s latest gift to the world of music: Plain. From “Come Back to Me” through “Sometimes” may you rejoice in the wonder over and over again for years to come.
01. COME BACK TO ME (2'50)
music & lyrics by TODD CORCORAN
come back to me / the sounds of the trees / the trees / that edged / those faultless streets / wrapped in shade / i would sleep // often i think of youth / and my youth / comes back to me / running only to run / stumbling upon real love // but it’s strange / how all that has remained / has changed // come back to me / where my heart still beats / where my heart breaks / where i am afraid // come back to me / come back / come back to me
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02. I'M DOING OKAY (2'22)
music & lyrics by TODD CORCORAN
in this lonesome anxious world / i can find / i can find a way / between those who pretend and hate / i can find a way / i can find a way // and i’m doing okay / i’m gonna be just fine / we all get one life / and i’m living mine // in the plight of the whistling winds / i can hear / i can hear a name / between whistlings i hear a sound / very low / very low but loud // and i’m doing okay / i’m gonna be just fine / we all get one life / and i’m living mine
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03. TO BE WITH YOU (3'44)
music & lyrics by TODD CORCORAN
everything i hear will fade away / some day / time’s so long / there must be something of our lives // what’s to say / of a rainy day / the cries of every man / or the weariness in their eyes // traveling today / everything i see will fade away / some day // what’s to say / of tomorrow / what’s to say / of a set sun / yet somehow / morning comes // by the sea once more / down by the lake / everything i do will fade away / was it me / was it real // have i wandered this way before / will i wander this way again / so sad / so strange / the days before and behind // what can i say / everything i fear will fade away / some day / everything i curse will fade away / and i can choose / to spend my time with you // upon the empty saturdays with you / i shall not breathe in vain with you / to be with you / this is what i can choose
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04. FOLK SONG (2'07)
music & lyrics by TODD CORCORAN
listen well / if we’re asleep we cannot cry / please listen well / the brightest star will forever die // and the rain falls down / somewhere in the sea / the rain falls down / somewhere in the sea // listen well / if we’re always right then we’re always wrong / please listen well / a bitter wind is never strong // and the rain falls down / somewhere in the sea / and the rain falls down / the rain falls down / the rain falls down / somewhere in the sea // listen well / if you are you / then i am me / please listen well / how else can it be // and the rain falls down / somewhere in the sea / and the rain falls down / somewhere in the sea
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05. LIFE'S SIMPLE RHYME (3'33)
music by TODD CORCORAN
*instrumental*
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06. HEAR THE LONESOME CRIES (2'41)
music & lyrics by TODD CORCORAN
hear the lonesome cries of him / how all the righteous cry over him / this old train keeps passing through / hear the cries of the many / of the few // hear the lonesome cries in a room / a room full of no one looking outside soon / midnight ramblings tear down through / hear the cries / cries / of the many / of the few // hear the cries / of our one sided truths // hear the crows as they rise from beyond / upon helpless branches they shiver against what’s gone / midnight songs are holding true / hear the cries of the many / of the few
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07. SOMETIMES (2’42)
music & lyrics by TODD CORCORAN
sometimes there’s a reason / sometimes i want to know / where i’m going / if it matters at all // sometimes i dream / sometimes i cry / sometimes i think of you // sometimes there’s a reason / cause that is what i know / when i’m pretending / i know anything at all // sometimes i hope / sometimes i hurt / sometimes i wonder why // i lose my way / sometimes / time goes slow / sometimes / sometimes i feel okay // sometimes there’s a reason / sometimes i want to know
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