Common Secrets

from Don't Tell James by Purple Martin

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lyrics

I go out, leave my house wide open
Well that's OK cause I live in the unspoken
5:30PM, the first light I've seen
Take a giant step into the places in between

CHORUS
And every face looks familiar to me
There are no secrets if you let yourself see
I look at you and I see myself
I see our secrets, they're our common wealth

I walk around my head cocked to the side
City's crooked, but the sky is wide
It starts to look a lot realer that way
City hanging from the sky at the end of the day

(chorus)

I hear things that you don't hear
I sing them right out loud, hey that's my career
I hear the hands that laid those bricks
I hear the grout that's making them stick
Some hearts are thick and I cannot see through
Some buildings do not speak--they are too new
I walk this street from another time
And I feel your footsteps right inside of mine

(chorus)

Common secrets
Common wealth

credits

from Don't Tell James, released December 1, 1999
Phyllis Capanna: lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Brice Buchanan: lead guitar, strange reptilian guitar, vocal
Brian Middleton: 12-string electric guitar, vocal
Bill Kuhlman: bass, vocal
Gary Barbati: drums, vocal

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