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Guiding Light

by Todd Gilbert

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1.
You Wreck Me 03:27
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Tonight we ride, right or wrong Tonight we sail, on a radio song Rescue me, should I go down If I stay too long in trouble town Oh, yeah, you wreck me, baby You break me in two But you move me, honey Yes, you do Now and again I get the feeling Well if I don't win, I'm a gonna break even Rescue me, should I go wrong If I dig too deep, if I stay too long Oh, yeah, you wreck me, baby You break me in two But you move me, honey Yes, you do I'll be the boy in the corduroy pants You be the girl at the high school dance Run with me, wherever I go Just play dumb, whatever you know Oh, yeah, you wreck me, baby You break me in two But you move me, honey Yes, you do
2.
Bad Time 03:05
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I'm in love with the girl that I'm talking about I'm in love with the girl I can't live without I'm in love but I sure picked a bad time To be in love To be in love Well, let her be somebody else's queen I don't want to know about it There's too many others that know what I mean And that's why I got to live without it I'm in love with the girl I'm talking about I'm in love with the girl I can't live without I'm in love but I feel like I'm wearin' it out I'm in love but I must have picked a bad time to be in love A bad time to be in love A bad time to be in love A bad time to be in love All the stories coming back to me From my friends and the people I don't want to see The things they say I know just couldn't be true At least not until I hear it from you 'Cause I still love the little girl I'm talking about I'm in love with the girl I can't live without I'm in love but I feel like I'm wearin' it out I'm in love but I must have picked a bad time to be in love A bad time to be in love A bad time to be in love A bad time to be in love You know that I love the little girl I'm talking about I'm in love with the girl I can't live without I'm in love but it feels like I'm wearin' it out I'm in love but I must have picked a bad time to be in love A bad time to be in love A bad time to be in love A bad time to be in love
3.
Laura 05:04
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Laura Calls me In the middle of the night Passes on her Painful information Then these careless fingers They get caught in her vice Til they're bleeding On my coffee table Living alone isn't all that It's cracked up to be I'm on her side Why does she push the poison on me? Laura Has a very hard time All her life has Been one long disaster Then she tells me She suddenly believes she's seen A very good sign She'll be taking Some aggressive action I fight her wars While she's slamming her doors In my face Failure to break Was the only mistake That she made Here I am Feeling like a fucking fool Do I react the way exactly She intends me to? Everytime I think I'm off the hook She makes me lose my cool I'm her machine And she can punch all the keys And she can push any button I was programmed through Laura Calls me When she needs a good fix All her questions Will get sympathetic answers I should Be so Immunized To all of her tricks She's surviving On her second chances Sometimes I feel like this Godfather deal is all wrong How can she hold an umbilical chord For so long? I've done everything I can What else am I supposed to do I'm her machine And she can punch all the keys And she can push any button I was programmed through Laura Loves me Even if I don't care That's my problem That's her sacred absolution If she had to She would put herself in my chair Even though I Faced electrocution She always says I'm the best friend that She's ever had How do you Hang up on someone Who needs you that bad?
4.
The Boys Of Summer 05:47
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Nobody on the road Nobody on the beach I feel it in the air The summer's out of reach Empty lake, empty streets The sun goes down alone I'm driving by your house Though I know you're not home But I can see you- Your brown skin shinin' in the sun You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone I never will forget those nights I wonder if it was a dream Remember how you made me crazy? Remember how I made you scream Now I don't understand what happened to our love But babe, I'm gonna get you back I'm gonna show you what I'm made of I can see you- Your brown skin shinin' in the sun I see you walking real slow and you're smilin' at everyone I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone Out on the road today, I saw a DEADHEAD sticker on a Cadillac A little voice inside my head said, "Don't look back. You can never look back" I thought I knew what love was What did I know? Those days are gone forever I should just let them go but- I can see you- Your brown skin shinin' in the sun You got that top pulled down and that radio on, baby And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone I can see you- Your brown skin shinin' in the sun You got that hair slicked back and those Wayfarers on, baby I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone
5.
Linger 04:10
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If you, if you could return, don't let it burn, don't let it fade. I'm sure I'm not being rude, but it's just your attitude, It's tearing me apart, it's ruining everything. I swore, I swore I would be true, and honey, so did you. So why were you holding his hand? Is that the way we stand? Were you lying all the time? Was it just a game to you? But I'm in so deep. You know I'm such a fool for you. You got me wrapped around your finger, ah, ha, ha. Do you have to let it linger? Do you have to, do you have to, Do you have to let it linger? Oh, I thought the world of you. I thought nothing could go wrong, But I was wrong. I was wrong. If you, if you could get by, trying not to lie, Things wouldn't be so confused and I wouldn't feel so used, But you always really knew, I just wanna be with you. But I'm in so deep. You know I'm such a fool for you. You got me wrapped around your finger, ah, ha, ha. Do you have to let it linger? Do you have to, do you have to, Do you have to let it linger? You know I'm such a fool for you. You got me wrapped around your finger, ah, ha, ha. Do you have to let it linger? Do you have to, do you have to, Do you have to let it linger?
6.
Nothing Compares 2 U (Feat. Karin E.) 05:09
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It's been seven hours and thirteen days Since you took your love away I go out all night and sleep all day Since you took your love away Since you been gone I can do whatever I want I can see who ever I choose I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant But nothing nothing can take away these blues Cause nothing compares Nothing compares to you It's been so lonely without you here Like a bird without a song Nothing can stop this lonely rain from falling Tell me, baby, where did I go wrong I could put my arms around any boy I see But they only reminds me of you I went to the doctor and guess what it told me, guess what it told me he said "Girl you better try to have fun no matter what you do." But he's a fool Cause nothing compares Nothing compares to you All the flowers that you planted, sugar In the back yard All died when you went away I know that living with me baby is sometimes hard But I'm willing, I'm willing to give it another try Nothing compares Nothing compares to you Nothing compares Nothing compares to you
7.
The Chain 04:51
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Listen to the wind blow Watch the sun rise Running in the shadows Damn your love Damn your lies And if you don't love me now You will never love me again I can still hear you saying You would never break the chain. Listen to the wind blow Down comes the night Running in the shadows Damn your love Damn your lies Break the silence Damn the dark Damn the light And if you don't love me now You will never love me again I can still hear you saying You would never break the chain. Chain, keep us together Running in the shadows Chain, keep us together Running in the shadows Chain, keep us together Run run run run run run run run Chain, keep us together Run run run run run run run run Chain, keep us together
8.
Bad Is Bad 03:52
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Went uptown To see my cousin Plays his guitar Sounds like a chainsaw buzzin' In the crowd I see his mom and dad I say, "Hey, hey Uncle Man, your son is bad" Sometimes, sometimes Sometimes bad is bad I say cool is a rule, but sometimes, bad is bad Across the street A neon sign All you can eat for a Dollar ninety nine Our soul stew Is the baddest in the land But-a one dollar's worth Was all that I could stand Sometimes, sometimes Sometimes bad is bad I say cool is a rule, but Sometimes, bad is bad Back uptown To see Marie Nobody home I opened the door with my key "I love you, baby" Was the note I read But there's a strange pair of shoes Underneath the bed Sometimes, sometimes Sometimes bad is bad I say cool is a rule, but Sometimes, bad is bad I say cool is a rule, but Sometimes, bad is bad I say cool is a rule, but Sometimes, bad is bad Mmm, mmm
9.
Out Of Touch 03:53
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Shake it up is all that we know Using the bodies up as we go I'm waking up to fantasy The shades all around aren't the colors we used to see Broken ice still melts in the sun And times that are broken can often be one again We're soul alone And soul really matters to me Take a look around You're out of touch I'm out of time But I'm out of my head When you're not around Reaching out for something to hold Looking for a love where the climate is cold Manic moves and drowsy dreams Or living in the middle between the two extremes Smoking guns hot to the touch Would cool down if we didn't Use them so much, yeah We're soul alone And soul really matters to me Too much sometimes You're out of touch I'm out of time But I'm out of my head When you're not around
10.
So Cruel 05:58
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We crossed the line Who pushed who over It doesn't matter to you It matters to me We're cut adrift But still floating I'm only hanging on To watch you go down My love I disappeared in you You disappeared from me I gave you everything you ever wanted It wasn't what you wanted The men who love you, you hate the most They pass right through you like a ghost They look for you but your spirit is in the air Baby, you're nowhere Oh...love...you say in love there are no rules Oh...love...sweetheart... You're so cruel Desperation is a tender trap It gets you every time You put your lips to her lips To stop the lie Her skin is pale like God's only dove Screams like an angel for your love Then she makes you watch her from above And you need her like a drug Oh...love...you say in love there are no rules Oh...love...sweetheart... You're so cruel She wears my love like a see-through dress Her lips say one thing Her movements something else Oh love...like a screaming flower Love...dying every hour...love You don't know if it's fear or desire Danger the drug that takes you higher Head in heaven, fingers in the mire Her heart is racing, you can't keep up The night is bleeding like a cut Between the horses of love and lust We are trampled underfoot Oh...love...you say in love there are no rules Oh...love...sweetheart... You're so cruel Oh...love...to stay with you I'd be a fool Sweetheart...you're so cruel
11.
Paint It Black 03:26
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I see a red door and I want it painted black No colors any more, I want them to turn black I see the girls walk by, dressed in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes I see a line of cars and they're all painted black With flowers and my love both never to come back I see people turn their heads and quickly look away Like a newborn baby, it just happens every day I look inside myself and see my heart is black I see my red door I must have it painted black Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue I could not foresee this thing happening to you If I look hard enough into the setting sun My love will laugh with me before the morning comes I wanna see it painted, painted black Black as night, black as coal I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black Yeah!
12.
Black Hole Sun 05:18
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In my eyes Indisposed In disguise As no one knows Hides the face Lies the snake And the sun In my disgrace Boiling heat Summer stench 'Neath the black The sky looks dead Call my name Through the cream And I'll hear you Scream again Black hole sun Won't you come And wash away the rain? Black hole sun Won't you come? Won't you come? Stuttering Cold and damp Steal the warm wind Tired friend Times are gone For honest men And sometimes Far too long For snakes In my shoes A walking sleep And my youth I pray to keep Heaven send Hell away No one sings Like you anymore Black hole sun Won't you come And wash away the rain? Black hole sun Won't you come? Won't you come? Hang my head Drown my fear 'Til you all just disappear Black hole sun Won't you come And wash away the rain? Black hole sun Won't you come? Won't you come?
13.
Victim of Love 04:14
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What kind of love have you got? You should be home, but you're not A room full of noise And dangerous boys Still makes you thirsty and hot I heard about you and that man There's just one thing I don't understand You say he's a liar And he put out your fire How come you still got his gun in your hand? Victim of love, I see your broken heart You got your stories to tell Victim of love, it's such an easy part And you know how to play it so well Some people never come clean I think you know what I mean You're walkin' the wire Pain and desire Looking for love in between Tell me your secrets, I'll tell you mine This ain't no time to be cool And tell all your girlfriends, Your been-around-the-world friends That talk is for losers and fools Victim of love, I see your broken heart I could be wrong, but I'm not, no, I'm not Victim of love, we're not so far apart Show me, what kind of love have you got? Victim of love, I see your broken heart I could be wrong, but I'm not, no I'm not Victim of love, we're not so far apart Tell me what kind of love have you got? Victim of love, you're just a victim of love I could be wrong, but I'm not, no, I'm not Victim of love, now you're a victim of love What kind of love have you got? What kind of love have you got? What kind of love have you got?
14.
Dreamer 04:51
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Gazing through the window at the world outside Wondering will mother earth survive Hoping that mankind will stop abusing her sometime After all there's only just the two of us And here we are still fighting for our lives Watching all of history repeat itself Time after time I'm just a dreamer I dream my life away I'm just a dreamer Who dreams of better days I watch the sun go down like everyone of us I'm hoping that the dawn will bring a sign A better place for those Who will come after us ... This time I'm just a dreamer I dream my life away oh yeah I'm just a dreamer Who dreams of better days Your higher power may be God or Jesus Christ It doesn't really matter much to me Without each others help there ain't no hope for us I'm living in a dream of fantasy Oh yeah, yeah, yeah If only we could all just find serenity It would be nice if we could live as one When will all this anger, hate and bigotry ... Be gone? I'm just a dreamer I dream my life away Today I'm just a dreamer Who dreams of better days Oh yeah I'm just a dreamer Searching for the way Today I'm just a dreamer Dreaming my life away Oh yeah, yeah, yeah

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Special thanks to all of the wonderful musicians, songwriters and performers out there. These songs are only a small portion of those that
inspierd me (as well as countless others). Your magic reaches places no others could ever even imagine. Thank you for being the voices for
others, when words fail us. Thank you for making beautiful melodies and lyrics that capture our hearts and souls. Thank you for inspiring a 13
year old Todd (searching for his voice) to want to make this beautiful art. For being there for all of us in even our darkest hours. This album is for all of you. Thank you. Thank YOU. THANK YOU!!

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released July 31, 2018

Recorded at Soul Foundry (Flint, MI)
Mixed and Mastered by: Todd Gilbert
Produced by: Todd Gilbert & Brett Fortney


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Singer-Songwriter born in Burton, MI. Todd Gilbert has been a music lover his whole life and finds joy in discovery of sound and the emotions they can trigger. Please feel free to enjoy.

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