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Service
02:35
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I can be your chaperone
Take you to a party and leave you alone
OK? Whatever it takes, whatever it takes
I’ll do anything for you
I’ll do anything for you
I can be your sous chef
Kitchen running smoothly so you’re not stressed
OK? Whatever it takes, whatever it takes
I’ll do anything for you
I am at your service, at your beck and call
I am at your service, giving you my call
All for you, all for you
I am at your service, at your beck and call
I am at your service, giving you my call
All for you, all for you
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Good Man
04:02
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Can I have this dance?
I’m one for romance
An air of streetwise
With valedictorian eyes
Are you impressed
When I puff out my chest
Well either way
Gonna get myself a girlfriend
Supply my own demand
Find me a business partner and a plan
I’m a man (he’s a man, he’s a good man)
You’re a man (you’re a man, you’re a new man)
We’re all men (we’re all men, yes we can)
We’re all men
Rebellious charm
My first love was mom
Evolved with the trend
With all my man friends
Are you impressed
When I puff out my chest
Well either way
Gonna get myself a girlfriend
Supply my own demand
Find me a business partner and a plan
I’m a man (he’s a man, he’s a good man)
You’re a man (you’re a man, you’re a new man)
We’re all men (we’re all men, yes we can)
We’re all men, I’ll sing it again
Gonna get myself a girlfriend
I’m doing all I can
Find me a business partner to call a friend
I’m a man (he’s a man, he’s a good man)
You’re a man (you’re a man, you’re a new man)
We’re all men (we’re all men, yes we can)
We’re all men (we’re all men, yes we can)
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Let Me Cry
03:14
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Pent up heart, father of stone
Fortified with muscle, stuck in baritone
Glimpses in mirrors, a shell he doesn’t recognize
Reverberating with calls from a child inside
Let me cry
Like I did when I was five
Before the well ran dry
Manning up, winning the bread
A pressure cooker, coming to a head
Indoctrinated against moving his hips
For fear that it could attract another man’s lips
Let me cry
Like I did when I was five
Before the well ran dry
A voice to listen to
Left behind in your youth
What kind of man were you
Before the well ran dry
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Popular
03:28
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I’ve found what I live for
I’ve found something to get me through the day
The long day
Loving is such a chore
I get the same attention from those who hate
That good hate
I don’t ask for much
Just your constant attention
Throw what you got my way
I live to be popular
We all need something more
Don’t you want to escape that tired brain
Well that’s okay
Don’t care for you
Don’t really care for me
Just need that rush from what you have to say, because
I live to be popular
In control, in control, they all know
I do not thrive on much
Just your constant attention
I was just raised this way
I live to be popular
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Help Me Up
05:55
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I’m drunk, and I’m tired of feeling this way
But I can’t stand the weight, I’m not gonna change
Shaken up, the same cycle every day
I build it up ‘til it breaks down
Help me up
I’m one with the ground
Nowhere but down for me
Can you help me up
I beg of you now
Help me up
Don’t let me down
I’m done acting like I’ve got it all down
Pretending I’m in control now that you’re gone
Are you gone?
Help me up
I’m up against gravity
Waiting for you to look back and see
I’ve fallen
Can you help me up
I beg of you now
Help me up
Don’t let me down
Help me up
I’m on my knees
Help me up
You’re stronger than me
Can you help me up
I beg of you now
Help me up
Don’t let me down
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Here For You
04:46
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Lonely, lonely
Move into the sunlight
Until the shadow leaves your face
Stay here with me
The buildings cover the sky
Maybe someday we’ll live in space
I need you tonight
Lonely, lonely
Are you lonely
Cuz I’m lonely too
On and on as if there’s some kind of right way
On and on as if there’s something I could say
To give us more time
It’s you only, only
If nothing else goes smoothly for me
I need you in my life
I will, I can
I’ll be your friend
Cuz I’m lonely too
Not one, but two
I’m here for you
Here for you
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Look Away From Strangers
03:42
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Feet of clay
But rash and headstrong I remain
Clear as day
Just how to overcompensate
But my neck aches still
And I know the drill to perish the thought
What do you have, what do you give
How do you love, how do you live
Can you do better
A quick retreat, an ill-conceived lashing out
But something’s not right today
Feet of clay, made of flaws
You’re perfect just the way you are
Would I hold this much anger
If I had any will
I talk and talk yet have no
Communication skills
I’ve never met my neighbors
Too bad they’re all alone
I look away from strangers
Just fine within my zone
No escape
Confined to this old comfort zone
It’s okay
I’d much rather go it alone
But if I could cry
It’s worth a try to ask myself
What do you have, what do you give
How do you love, how do you live
Can you do better
I hear a drone
An undertone rising up
Another day
No escape settle in
It’s you and I against them
Would I hold this much anger
If I had any will
I talk and talk yet have no
Communication skills
I’ve never met my neighbors
Too bad they’re all alone
I look away from strangers
Just fine within my zone
Where’s my congratulations
Where’s my pat on the back
I’ve made a few donations
Can you cut me some slack
I look away from strangers
I look away from strangers
I look away from strangers
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Nature
03:21
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Wave up ahead, all that I see
I go red and let it wash over me
In just a moment, I submit
I cannot own it, I cannot quit
Ego inflated
Intoxicated
Loaded with pride
Must be my
Nature
Something in my nature
Governs my behavior
And I can’t see it through
Until I’ve hurt you
Swimming with my father
I feel the current bring me closer to him
Something in the water
Has turned these green hands into phantom limbs
Ego inflated
Emasculated
Loaded with pride
Please forgive my
Nature
Something in my nature
Governs my behavior
And I can’t see it through
Until I’ve hurt you
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Rainjacket
04:16
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Thought I was impervious
Under control, rigid and bold
You gave me that rainjacket
With the protective shell
You told it’d shield me well
Well it’s getting to me now
It’s getting to me now
Told myself I was exempt
I could weather the storm
And keep myself warm
Well I’ve worn out that rainjacket
And now the shivers begin
Maybe I’ll just stay in
Cuz it’s getting to me now
It’s getting to me now
Father, it’s getting to me now
The impenetrable doubt
Has my thin skin breached
Mother, you knew it all along
But you let me carry on
‘Til my thin skin breached
Yeah it’s getting to me now
It’s getting to me now
It’s getting here, oh it’s here
It’s here
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Don't Fight Anymore
04:32
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Please don’t fight anymore
Please don’t fight anymore
I know by tomorrow you’ll be moving on
But I cannot be sure
And I’ve been wrong before about you
Please don’t fight anymore
Please don’t fight anymore
I know by tomorrow you’ll be moving on
But I cannot be sure
And I’ve been wrong before about you
I have my ear to the wall
And my eye on the door
I won’t leave here til I know
What you’re fighting for
I have my ear to the wall
And I’m on my knees
Don’t run away this time
Don’t run
Don’t run away this time
Don’t run
Please don’t sleep on the couch
Please don’t sleep on the couch
I know by tomorrow you’ll be back in bed
But I can hardly sleep
Knowing you’d rather be alone
I have my ear to the wall
And my eye on the door
I won’t leave here til I know
What you’re fighting for
I have my ear to the wall
And I’m on my knees
Don’t run away this time
Don’t run
Don’t run away this time
Don’t run
Don’t run away this time
Don’t run
Don’t run away this time
Don’t run
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Window Dressing
03:33
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Out there you call me your savior
You say, “what would I do without you?”
When we get home one hour later
You change your tune
Play the part that makes you feel safe
But I know the truth about you
You don’t love me anymore
I’m just window dressing
Why do I stay like a fool
I’m just window dressing
Window dressing
You take what you want and I’ll give it
So you’ll sleep through the night
But I lay next to you, awake
I’m just a body to you
You don’t love me anymore
I’m just window dressing
Why do I stay like a fool
I’m just window dressing
Window dressing
You don’t touch me anymore
Better off doing it to myself
And yet I stay like a fool
I’m just window dressing
Window dressing
Window dressing
Window dressing
Window dressing
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Actor Now
04:26
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No such thing as selling out
Be like water in a drought
Feed us, just a taste
Hanging on your every word
Be my problematic professor
Teach me how to find true love
Confidence anew
You can have it, too
You can have it
Act like you're a somebody
Act like everything's okay
So important to stay humble
When you're starring in your own play
Everybody is an actor
With a stage and a crowd
Step into the limelight
You're an actor now
Hey! Actor! Now!
Hey! Actor! Now!
On a pedestal playing coy
They will say that it's a ploy
But stay positive and let them die alone
Everybody is somebody
Everything is a-okay
Everyone is staying humble
Starring in our own play
Everybody is an actor
With a stage and a crowd
Step into the limelight
You're an actor now
You're an actor now
You're an actor now
Hey! Actor! Now!
Hey! Actor! Now!
Hey! Actor! Now!
Hey! Actor! Now!
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Romanticize It
03:48
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You were 21, I was 22
Throwing dinner plates off of the roof
On the weekend
(It was a different time)
Or you were 22, and I was 21
Crashing cars into houses for fun
On the weekend
(It was a different time)
Did I romanticize it
Romanticize it again
Did I romanticize it
Romanticize it again
I remember when you said to me
We should gouge our eyes out ‘til we can’t see
And we did it
(And the people stared)
I remember when I said to you
Let’s stand in raw meat and eat our shoes
And we ate them
(Cuz we didn’t care)
Did I romanticize it
Romanticize it again
Did I romanticize it
Romanticize it again
Take me back to when we were cool
No conscience and no rules of conduct
The world was yours and mine
Take me back to when we were free
To say what we want and do as we please to whomever
It was a different time
Did I romanticize it
Romanticize it again
Did I romanticize it
Romanticize it again
Did I romanticize it
Romanticize it again
Did I romanticize it
Romanticize it again
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Optimize
04:07
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How am I late again?
I had all day
No time to brush these teeth
Or wash this face
Busy busy, from the moment I wake up
To make myself feel like I’m good enough
Cross my T’s and dot my I’s
In another life I’ll do it right
Make the grade and monetize
In another life I’ll do it right
Attention span is there
But it’s misplaced
Another morning gone
Without a trace
Busy busy, afraid of standing still
The more I run, the more I run
The less I feel
Dot my T’s and cross my I’s
In another life I’ll do it right
Make the grade and monetize
In another life, I’ll do it right
Early to bed, early to rise
Keeps me healthy, keeps me wise
I must optimize
Sleep when I’m dead, limit's the sky
Manifest, materialize
I must optimize
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
In another life I’ll do it right
Optimize
Early to bed, early to rise
Keeps me healthy, keeps me wise
I must optimize
Sleep when I’m dead, limit's the sky
Manifest, materialize
I must optimize
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Do You Think Of Me
03:48
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I’ve tried denial but it quickly wears off
Distraction helps, but it only goes so far
I’ve lost my anchor, now I just float along
My memory’s sirens call me and I know they’re untrue
But I’d run this boat aground if it brought me closer to you
Can you read me?
A dot on the sea
When I think of you
Do you think of me?
Just send a signal if you are listening
The water’s dead still but I’ll watch for a rippling
I close my eyes and hope that all I see is black
But visions flood in of a life where I have you back
Are you out there?
Send up your flares
When I think of you
Do you think of me?
Do you think of me?
Do you?
Do you?
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Miles Francis New York, New York
Miles Francis is an artist, producer, drummer, songwriter, singer, musician, guitarist, mogul, tastemaker, performer, pop darling, influencer, actor, instrumentalist and multi-hyphenate born and raised in New York City. Miles has collaborated with Will Butler, Antibalas, Sharon Jones, Amber Mark, and Angelique Kidjo amongst others, and will release their debut album 'Good Man' on March 4, 2022. ... more
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