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Shangri​-​La LaLaLa

by Ben Stewart

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1.
Little Wild 02:50
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I've been on the way Ever since that day Trying to catch that wave You were full of life Always in the light Come by what it may And though I know you're a little wild Hard to keep it inside Things go by so fast And when your dreams are taking flight Full of all the cosmic light Let that puppy play Keep it on a little wild Keep it on a little wild A little while longer, yeah Little wild Keep it on a little wild A little while longer, yeah You were standing there Flowers everywhere Falling from your hair I was hypnotized Deeply mesmerized By your untamed heart And though I know you're a little wild Hard to keep it inside Things go by so fast And when your dreams are taking flight Full of all the cosmic light Let that puppy play Bring out the feels This love's for real This love is, for real Call out the world I found my girl I found you, my girl Keep it on a little wild Keep it on a little wild A little while longer, yeah Little wild Keep it on a little wild A little while longer, yeah
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Fever Dream 02:36
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When the spring rains came We sat out on the curbside You were looking dapper In your yellow rain jacket Never did I ever think that we would ever part How naive of me I should have seen it from the start You were my ooh la fever dream Never looked back when I was 16 Just kept running, just kept loving Never stopped laughing cause we were just funnin' Ooh la fever dream Kicking on back in the parking lot Thinking I would give you everything I got Couldn't understand when I missed my shot with you When the autumn got crisp We were on a road trip You were blasting tunes Out of my Honda Civic moonroof And I felt that magic for the very first time So magnetically inclined I felt like I was high You were my ooh la fever dream Never looked back when I was 16 Just kept running, just kept loving Never stopped laughing cause we were just funnin' Ooh la fever dream Kicking on back in the parking lot Thinking I would give you everything I got Couldn't understand when I missed my shot with you No one understands me No one ever could Maybe you're the only one Who ever really would No one understands me No one ever could Maybe you're the only one Who ever really would You were my ooh la fever dream Never looked back when I was 16 Just kept running, just kept loving Never stopped laughing cause we were just funnin' Ooh la fever dream Kicking on back in the parking lot Thinking I would give you everything I got Couldn't understand when I missed my shot with you
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Neon Summer 03:27
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Don't you even trip Let's get away real quick In the morning light We're gonna take it outside Nothing left to do In this backwoods town On a lazy day We will float away In the neon summer We go our own way Make up the words Whatever they say In the neon summer We write our own rules Life can be a bummer But sometimes it's cool Shangri-La la la la, la la la Getting lost in the neon summer Flashing lights na na na, na na na As they fill our eyes with wonder We're just going out Tearing up the bar Getting nowhere far Falling like a star In the neon summer We find our own way Run up the score At the end of the game In the neon summer We write our own rules Life can be a bummer But sometimes it's cool Shangri-La la la la, la la la Getting lost in the neon summer Flashing lights na na na, na na na As they fill our eyes with wonder It's a fine day (it's a fine day) To get lost on the way It's a long night (it's a long night) We'll never reach the end Don't you ever fly Like the days go by And we live it up Like we're going down Shangri-La la la la, la la la Getting lost in the neon summer Flashing lights na na na, na na na As they fill our eyes with wonder
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Mary Jane 04:25
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Mary Jane Let me start again When we were innocent And we could just pretend Far away In the vast of space In the morning light Till the end of time Will I ever see you like I did back then Will it ever be the same Smoking up In a pickup truck Out on Riverside Watching fields go by Hickory Gentle hills we walk On the stairway Up to heaven Will I ever see you like I did back then Will it ever be the same Our time is like the northern lights Flickering and brilliant A light show in the sky You and I we danced awhile And then fell back to earth Remember it forever will you please Will I ever see you like I did back then Will it ever be the same
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Emo Tears 03:57
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Darkness deep in the forest Before dawn in your eyes I see you never the same way Be you always my love Until my emo tears fall to the ground Reach out to you touch me now Emo tears from outer space Feel you in the warm embrace It's all going on now It's all going all around It's all going down now It's all going all around Floating high in the vortex Of time all on the inside Feel you one and the same way Be you always my love Until my emo tears fall to the ground Reach out to you touch me now Emo tears from outer space Feel you in the warm embrace It's all going on now (emo tears) It's all going all around (no more fears) It's all going down now (emo tears) It's all going all around (no more fears) It's all catching on now (emo tears) It's all catching all around (no more fears) It's all going down now (emo tears) It's all going all around (no more fears)
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Always Starting Over 02:35
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Call up your number What's there to do Always be dreaming Dreaming bout you Follow your footsteps Out to the car Then we be driving Away from it all I dig your style Yeah you know it's true I'm always ready Always starting over with you Always starting over with you From the first time We hung out back then We knew the language Spoke it fluently right away Formed our own continent Our own nation state That stands on its own In this crazy old place I dig your style Yeah you know it's true I'm always ready Always starting over with you Always starting over with you Guess I'm always dreaming Changing like the seasons Gotta get my act together now Though it's been a strange time Know that we will be fine Climbing to the sunshine yeah I dig your style Yeah you know it's true I'm always ready Always starting over with you Always starting over with you
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All Be All Right 03:16
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Your eyes contain a universe full of dreams, yeah You shrug your shoulders topple mountains and streams, yeah I figured out that it was all in the way you bring it every day I kept on running away yeah I was running away It's gotta be tonight We'll all be all right Wrapped up in your arms Feels like being home The funny thing is that it happened to me, yeah I told myself that I was happy and free, yeah I never thought that I would ever believe that it could really be real And this is how it would feel yeah this is how it would feel And who could ever notice the perfection that we have found Yeah we could take a snapshot and the world would stop spinning round
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Yes No Maybe So 03:18
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In the middle of a conversation Sipping on a box of wine Pouring out all your troubles Wish that I could ease your mind Always be there for you Never know what you’re going through Yes no maybe so Can’t make up your mind when your heart starts racing I don’t ever know Which way you’re gonna go Can’t you try and take it slow That summer five years ago Hanging out with your crew Life seemed a little sweeter then I don't know where it went Always be there for you Never know what you’re going through Yes no maybe so Can’t make up your mind when your heart starts racing I don’t ever know Which way you’re gonna go Can’t you try and take it Slow down let’s just relax Life can be easy if we don’t go too fast Slow down it’s just a game Around and around it’ll all be OK Can't you try and take it slow Try and take it slow Try and take it slow Try and take it slow Yes no maybe so
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Ebb & Flow 03:20
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Born in the blood of the western sky Painting the clouds as they drift on by Falling to pieces that fall to the floor Crash like a wave upon your shore No one's to blame here Nobody even knows Part like the waters Go with the ebb and flow And it's too late now To send another message Too late now To write another line Send me off In a lyrical procession Words don't matter Life goes on (and on) A mountain reflects on the lake down below The sun is ablaze and the snow is aglow Running from something to somewhere again Never arrive and we never begin No airs to put on Nothing could hide the trace Folding into the Lines that comprise your face And it's too late now To send another message Too late now To write another line Send me off In a lyrical procession Words don't matter Life goes on (and on) And all the times we came up empty Just looking for a place to rest our bones When the world is so damn cold And all our problems didn't matter Just stories on the silver stream of dreams Flowing back into the blackhole of our mind
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Everything Is One 03:15
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I've been living out on the land I don't need much every day is the same The sun keeps the time in an endless line Playing and working life's a game And it's true my friend The path is where it leads you And I will be there Wherever it may follow Right until the end I don't know the reason But it's been with me forever Everything is one I cannot explain it Don't have words to even frame it Everything is love I came back to you in the dawn of spring Nature was waking up everything Up in the forest down to the beach We were coming out of a long retreat And it's true my friend The path is where it leads you And I will be there Wherever it may follow Right until the end I don't know the reason But it's been with me forever Everything is one I cannot explain it Don't have words to even frame it Everything is love
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Beautiful Life 03:23
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In the deepest woods in the dead of night We went walking in the moonlight A million worlds, a million ways You can find your path, ain't it awesomely strange And you breathe, it's true And you see it through Somehow it's a beautiful life In your darkest hour in your deepest fear In the sense of danger, why are we here We fight our battles, we win and lose At the end of the day what are we trying to prove And you breathe, it's true And you see it through And you fall back down And you get back up Somehow it's a beautiful life Are you somewhere out there in the rain Doing anything to dull the pain Can you catch a firefly in your eye Bring it back to earth and watch it cry And you breathe, it's true And you see it through And you turn around Then you float away Somehow it's a beautiful life

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released October 10, 2022

All songs written, performed, recorded and mixed by Ben Stewart. All songs mastered by Psymbionic.

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Ben Stewart Monterey, California

Indie pop rock musician / producer based in the hills of Monterey CA.

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