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Of Muses And Men

by Ryan Gregory Floyd

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Leave It To The Mardi Gras 02:28
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Am I gonna make ends meet? Leave it to the Mardi Gras. Is it gonna be my year? Leave it to the Mardi Gras. Am I gonna fall in love? Leave it to the Mardi Gras. Am I gonna find myself? Leave it to the Mardi Gras. All fades away When you've come to see The magic of Mardi Gras, Carnival. A joyous day When you've come to see The magic of Mardi Gras, Carnival, the mystical Mardi Gras, Carnival is in the air!
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A Raging Flood 02:18
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You let yourself go Caught the old low Right as she lied in a common way And then you're asking me What you mean when you say my name? And then you're asking me for a sign You don't mind Gotta get ready Gotta hold steady Caught in the middle of a raging flood Can't you say no? Caught in the flow Caught in the sign of a loving mind And then you're asking me What'd you mean when you said my name? And then you're asking me for a sign I don't mind Gotta get ready Gotta hold steady Caught in the middle of a raging flood All my life How I wanted to feel this way It's my time Did you think that I'd never wake up? Gotta get ready Gotta hold steady Caught in the middle of a raging Gonna be ready Gonna hold steady I'm riding on the waves of a raging flood
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Lie To Me 03:26
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One day I heard you say, "your daddy's going away" So I begged with a bible just to let him stay. You cried, looked in my eyes and swore to me you'd never Ever look for another man to take his place. You lie, lie, lie to me. Lie, lie, lie to me. Once more, twenty-four, met the girl I was looking for And soon you and I planned to share our lives. But then he wandered in, a Frenchman on vacation And his song washed away your desire to stay. Oh this time it's crossed a line And I will never look back again, And no one's ever getting in. The third to break your word, the one that I was sure Wouldn't hurt me the way I'd been hurt before, So sly, the way you lie, when I really needed you Well you were in the arms of another guy. You lie, lie, lie to me. Lie, lie, lie to me. Lie, lie, lie to me. Lie, lie, lie to me.
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Holding 03:02
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Holding you in my arms Close and naked After we've made love Longing for your explanation For how you Could swiftly move on Holding so I can go on Passion's shadow's longer than... Holding your ass in my hands Going down on you Hands clenching my hair Sacred that day on the island I never dreamed That you would move on Holding so I can go on Passion's shadow's longer than... Oh, how our love has come and gone And the reason she moved on Well I say I hit a wall Oh, how my world came tumbling down In a moment lost my crown Well I'd say it's been a Fall Holding on to the last grasp Of tenderness Before it runs out Knowing he shared your bed While I suffered Hoping you'd not moved on Holding so I can go on Passion's shadow's longer than Passion ever was
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Glorious Separation 02:21
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What'd you want of me When you had me? Seemed like nothing ever made you happy Then you lied to me Cheated on me Cause you thought I wouldn't Make you money Now Free of your lies Spreading my wings Soaring the skies and now I see I'm better alone Here on my own Singing my song All this time I could not see How glorious separation is Why'd you lie to me? Abandon me After all the times I Nursed your illness? When it came my turn You were with him And now the world will always Know just what you did Free of your lies Spreading my wings Soaring the skies and now I see I'm better alone Here on my own Singing my song All this time I could not see How glorious separation is Oh, well it's not like we can't see Cashed your chips too soon on me Don't you worry 'bout it though Cause you're stuck with who you chose Caught in your lies Losing your wings Parting the skies and now you see I'm better alone Here on my own Singing my song All this time I could not see How glorious separation is
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Sunboats and Memories 04:33
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sunboats and memories, drifting so idly you sang a summer wind softly as we begin after it’s gone away, aching to live it again smiles and nervousness, glances a little too long give me just a second more before you go and close the door you never saw me looking back your way and we lost our song we lost our song we lost our song honest as i can be, months since you went to sea evenings i think of you, hearing your summer tune into my ears it pours visions of sunboats once more smiles and nervousness, glances a little too long
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Summer 03:14
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Don't you want to release, When you've come to your knees In summer? Don't you want to escape, So you look to the face Of summer? Didn't say I wouldn't walk your line, Didn't say I couldn't take my time, Watching the signs, Dealing with you, Talking with you, And singing in rhymes. Don't you want to escape, So you look for release In summer?
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On Rampart Street (Raglan Road) 03:42
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On Frenchmen Street on an autumn day I saw her first and knew Her auburn hair would weave a snare That I may one day rue. I saw the danger, yet I walked Along the enchanted way, And I said, "let grief be a falling leaf At the dawning of the day." On Rampart Street in November We tripped lightly along the ledge Of a deep ravine where can be seen The worth of passion's pledge, The Queen of Hearts still making tarts And I'm not making hay. Well I loved too much, by such and such Is happiness thrown away.
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It's Just Too Late 03:01
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I want to forgive you what you've done Kisses and lies in the setting sun I wish I could take back my mistakes but It's just too late It's just too late and it's taken years Kept in the dark while you lived my fears Hot on the heels but you couldn't say It was too late long before this day Apples and pears and the leaves of the fall Whispers and stares from behind the wall So many silent as you strayed, now It's just too late After it all, after the call I was not bitter I hope you stay well, it'll be hard as hell When you regret it Visions of where our lives could lead Scattered along these crying streets Life can be messy, so I prayed, but I guess it's too late

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released March 3, 2014

Cover Photo by h.koppdelaney via creative commons license - creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/

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Ryan Gregory Floyd New Orleans, Louisiana

Folk rock singer-songwriter of ballads inspired by such heroes as Leonard Cohen and Neil Young. Love, lust, red wine, sapphic vampires, and Daenerys Targaryen are some common themes. Ryan is also an author of fiction and poetry, and his love of literature permeates his well-crafted and lyrical song stories. ... more

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