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Grounded

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by Peter Frueh

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released 16 May 2010
Album cover: "Right" painted by Peter Frueh.
Dedicated to Janette, for ceaselessly embracing and auspiciously reframing my unremitting reservoir of existential angst.
All songs written and performed by Peter Frueh except If I Had Found You First written by unknown.
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Track Name: Common Man
The Renaissance Man has died
To a world too broad and specialized
To be on top he craved
But there was no way today

And he had all the experts; the champions and greats
And he took all his queues from them
But he never stopped to see
The hidden miseries in these men

We have separate lives in a common world
Through different eyes we never see a whole
Complexity has grown too bold
For the common man

He heard, "Find your thing, you gotta be the best."
And, "Fight your way above the rest!"
"Be different; never plain --
Not a common man."

Yet as he heard these lies
He never stopped to realize
The originality
Of a common man

We have separate lives in a common world
Through different eyes we never see a whole
Complexity has grown too bold
For the common man

We have separate lives in a common world
Through different eyes we never see a whole
Perplexity has taken hold
Of the common man
Track Name: The Happy Wanderers
I can see why we would want to wander
And I can see just why we'd walk away
Too much time invested in an image
Of how we thought that life would always stay

But let's take only good things, never bad
Remember all the happy, not the sad
And cherish all the pleasantries
We made up in our heads

I can see why we have lived like gypsies
And I can see why life was not enough
Sometimes in a pinch you need a shoulder
And sometimes in a bind you want a crutch

But let's speak only good words, never bad
And show each other happy, never sad
And live within the fantasies
We make up in our heads

I can see why we would want to wander
I can see why we would want to wander
I can see why we would want to wander
Track Name: Icarus
There's a reason why it's called
Crazy mad in love
And now he knows just what that means
His sanity has fully stalled
And as it drops he hears
Subtle inner voices scream
In thrilling agony

In you, his mind could float away
Your blue, blue skies are filled with ecstasy

Living high then falling fast
He cannot crave but be
At that blissful height again
He'll enjoy it while it lasts
Fixation as a drug
Soon enough he'll understand
That it's a bitch in the end

In you, his mind could float away
Your blue, blue skies are filled with ecstasy
In you, he sees a dream and says,
"For you, I risk myself away."
Track Name: Little Jane
In the morning light
You're a blessed sight
You're the one I've always wanted
Lying here beside me like a dream

In the darkest night
You can find the light
And you walk me to the beacon
Guide me as I'm seeking for what's right

As the seasons change
And you're here with me
You can see the change
As the way life should be
You're my little Jane
A breath away

As my one true love
Given from above
Endlessly I'll honor you
And help to see you through as you do for me

Let's forever see
What we each can be
Let us always be anew
And tempt each other to eternity

As the seasons change
And you're here with me
And you see the change
As the way life should be
You're my little Jane
A breath away
Track Name: If I Had Found You First
I guess you're right
I wouldn't have had a broken heart
And maybe it's true
That we would've had a good head start
But strange as it may seem
I'm thankful for the used-to-bes

If I had found you first
I wouldn't be the man I am
The lessons I have learned
Are part of a much greater plan
And I couldn't love you like I do
If I had found you first

So many nights
Talking about the past we missed
Some different life
Of paths never taken, risks not risked
But you and I can see
We are not from those might-have-beens

If I had found you first
I wouldn't be the man I am
The lessons I have learned
Are part of a much greater plan
And I couldn't love you like I do
If I had found you first