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Missing Links and Kitchen Sinks

by Dusty Edinger

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1.
More Machine Than Man 04:04
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Verse 1 Once again the future is beginning to fade Another lonely future appears All this time I watch my family slipping away and this time it's ticking 200 years Sometimes I think it's all in my mind But I can't be the only one Who’ll die trying to reconcile all of the automatic weapons everybody becomes  Chorus Have I done everything I can Are all these gears and gauges part of a bigger plan Or am I more machine than man  Verse 2 I try and tell myself it's me who gets to decide to run around the rules that were set But in the end all that's ever waiting for me Is a predetermined pain and regret Nobody wants to watch the love of their life Begging angels to back away Shadowboxing in the setting sunlight quickly turns a predator prey so I ask you... Repeat chorus  Verse 3 I really wanna try and steady the ship I’d like to make a name for myself But this collision course was set in motion long ago by somebody else... so I say again...  Repeat chorus
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The Joyous Dinosaur Song 04:19
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Verse 1 you’re all I think about  It’s never easy  It’s starting to affect my point of view  Not sure how to do without  this meeting of the minds   Not sure what I'm supposed to do  Will you pay me some attention if I take a little time   Or is this love affair just all inside my mind   Chorus I can see there are so many different colors in your eyes  I'm not sure how much more that I can take  If I tell you that I love you will you stay with me tonight  Or am I simply dreaming wide awake   Verse 2 I need new strategy   I need to open up   I don’t see any other way    Nowhere I’d rather be  Just say you are the one  I’d rather die alone than wait another day    You and I were born and bred  to paint this town the deepest red  But you gotta pick up the phone  Repeat Chorus  Bridge And every time I think that you are real  You disappear like any other fantasy  And I become the very person  that I promised myself I would never be  Repeat chorus
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Slingshot 04:35
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Verse 1 We tried to make it work as best we could It lasts a little longer than it should We both know you got the best of me Lately I been thinking, it's been on my mind Not really sure the punishment had fit the crime Grab your magic marker manifest your destiny Chorus  This train full of passion and pain is taking people places  We can't help that we both see ourselves in old familiar faces please    Just close your eyes, relax your mind and come back to me    Slingshot, slingshot Verse 2 The juries judge us on the time it takes Fresh coat of paint on all the same mistakes The landmines and the tan lines slowly start to fade away A paper tiger never understands Why it is the power’s always changing hands Wars of attrition never solve the problem anyway Repeat chorus Bridge I know it’s never really easy to see, when you are facing an impossible change But there’s a difference t’ween the end of your rope and a lack of an unlimited range Sometimes I feel like that you see me as a dreamer with my head in the clouds I‘d like to think that you would listen to me,   that I could get myself together maybe Turn it all around ​ Repeat chorus
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Infatuation 04:31
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Verse 1 You very well may be my destiny  But our worlds are very different places  You can come to me or I can come to you  But I thing matters of the heart should only happen facing faces  Sometimes I look up to the stars at night and wonder  Is there anybody listening to me?  Chorus And I don’t know who you are  But I’m falling like a star  But is this love?  Or is this just infatuation  Everywhere I go  You’re in songs on my radio  Tell me is this love?  Or is this just infatuation?   Verse 2 You’re checkered past comes chasing after you As you’re sorting through your second chances  I would make the same mistakes again  But it would have to be on different terms  And under very different circumstances  Sometimes I look up to the stars at night and wonder  Is there anybody listening to me?  Repeat chorus Bridge We both know I will never be free  Of this unexplainable sense of control that you have over me  Now that I’ve seen  Just what all of your idiosyncrasies mean Repeat chorus​
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Running out of Time 04:56
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Verse 1 I’m running out of time I wanna supercharge my story Wouldn’t you agree Most lives move just way to fast I’m running out of hope I shouldn’t have to explain. Exploring Maybe I can put a little twist Rise above this loneliness at last And you don’t always see it falling down around you Chorus Wake up it’s a quarter to ten And I can see that worried look in your eyes Ain’t nobody gonna fend for me I gotta make this thing materialize You settle down by the tracks and you take it Nobody knows if their love is gonna make it I better hustle ‘cause it’s all I got Six down and eleven to go There’s just one more thing that I wanted to know Will you ever be ready to commit to me Just a little more steady than it used to be I wanna have a little left when I’m older I could use another file for the folder Just a little off the top and I’ll let you divvy it up You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone Verse 2 I'm running out of time  Some are saying it’s a perfect ending  Would you say a little prayer  Please don’t let this thing fall apart   I'm running out of steam  Have you ever seen a soul ascending  Will it be enough  For you to keep me deep inside your heart  And you don't always see it falling down around you Repeat chorus Bridge You call yourself a leader of men  You say a lotta things  You take it all for granted and then  you crack a smile you crack the whip  You’re shouting more more more   Repeat chorus
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You Instead of Me 05:08
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I Still Love you Anyway 03:23
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Verse 1 Everybody has a weakness  Knows what it's like to be ashamed  How you carrying your consequences lately  Chorus Why can't you see     What you’re doing to me     And I still love you anyway      There is no doubt     I figured you out     And I still love you anyway Verse 2 And I watch you refuse your bigger picture  Something else will surely come along  It's never genuine this version of forgiveness Repeat Chorus       Bridge Why are you holding me prisoner I've never felt so alone  Tempting me tracking me labeling me I'm not something you own  And you’ve got to tell me why you’d ever want to be  The reason I’d start to lose my faith in this world Repeat chorus
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Sleeping with the Enemy 04:11
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Verse 1 We are drifted out to sea alone  We both know it in our hearts  Here's hoping our minds are strong enough to guide us home   Chorus      A little something that you see in her eyes     When you’re sleeping with the enemy     You're never certain where your loyalty lies     When you’re sleeping with the enemy     Verse 2 All her trust in a familiar voice  Depends on when you ask her  But she'll say she's pretty sure she never had a choice  Repeat chorus     Bridge It was over in the blink of an eye  I’d fallen victim to a company spy  And we both knew that it was wrong   (how long do we look the other way)  Thought that it was something that I’d want at the time  Funny how infatuation turns on a dime  (infatuation makes you wanna turn your back on me)  Looking back the problem was that   There was something missing all along Repeat Chorus
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Caught Red Handed 03:08
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Verse 1 You're not at home So I throw caution to the wind  I've got til almost 5 o'clock  My ego tells me that this castle’s something I need not defend  So I leave all the doors unlocked    Chorus    I been caught      I been caught red handed caught     Caught red handed caught      Caught red handed caught      I been caught red handed     Verse 2 Sometimes solitude’s a sanctuary in the sand  Find myself in situations where  I'm so focused on the finish line and on the task at hand  I can’t hear you coming up the stairs  Repeat Chorus   Verse 3 They say if you love somebody always let 'em go  I'm pretty sure I disagree  I'm infatuated and I'm not afraid to let it show   I'll keep holding on to you if you keep holding on to me  Repeat chorus
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You Can Run but You Can't Hide 03:58
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Verse 1 You’ll never gain traction, not by yourself   When you need a reaction, I'm here to help   I understand about your best laid plans and...      Chorus You can run, but you can't hide      Couldn't get away, even if you tried      You can run, but baby you can't hide from me     Verse 2 Most love is manufactured Most love is by design   Maybe once a little time goes by You will change your mind   I understand about your best laid plans and... Repeat chorus  Bridge Run away …  You should know me better   I just want what's best for you   Let's get through this together   Build something special  And it might take time  But I promise you free will is just a state of mind   Verse 3  See you sitting by the staircase   You always were the patient one   Ropes and a reputation shouldn't make a difference in the long run   I understand about your best laid plans and...   Repeat chorus
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Better man than I have Been 04:45
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Verse 1 The call came in this morning  It hasn't gone the way we planned  It seems this shadow we've been fighting  Hasn't given in to our demands  Verse 2 The smallest things seem so important  Still so much I wanna do  Sleeping late is feeling guilty  The hourglass is stealing moments that I’d rather spend with you  Chorus It's too late to say I'm sorry for the things that I have done   It's a shame but now I realize that I won't be the one  To walk our daughter down the aisle  Or standing right beside you when  You teach our son to try and be a better man than I have been      Verse 3  Let's stay up and watch the sunrise  Say all the things we never said  Promise that we’ll take a million pictures  To help you to remember how I looked at you and said  Repeat chorus Verse 4  Fear seems to keep it’s distance  The more I hold you close  But the only thing I'm afraid of  Is leaving you exactly when you're needing me the most  Repeat chorus
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You're Version of the Truth 03:21
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Verse 1 Here we go again we’re learning to work   Around the barbed wire fences  Making allowances  We’re not at home in our own residences    You seem to think that it's all right   You take your time and try to tear us apart   And every other Friday night your guilty conscience to go   Chorus    I learn to live with all the eccentricities that seem to work for you      Another year another milestone            Where once again we have to suffer through Your version of the truth  Verse 2  Another holiday another day in dodge  Make it up as we go  Navigate our way between the rutabaga knives  And all the back hand flame throws  You seem to think that it’s all right   You take your time and try to tear us apart   And every other Friday night Your guilty conscience to go Repeat Chorus   Bridge Miss all the tradition   Miss all of the ammunition    Verse 3 Half an hour in and we’re all wondering again   Exactly where the day went  Why must Maya always suffer through another one   Of your most "precious moments" Repeat Chorus ​
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Girl on a Train 04:50
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Verse 1 Shoulder to shoulder on a subway train   Some days it really takes a toll   I sit and watch the other passengers to pass the time   Don’t really know you but I’ve seen your face   And I can tell you’re barely hanging on   It occurs to me that maybe we are not so different you and I Pre-chorus  I wish that I could summon up the courage just to ask your name   Can’t help but wonder if our lives aren’t turning out the same   That’s when you look at me and all of a sudden...   Chorus (abbrev.) Time stands still   Everything is different in the blink of an eye   Time stands still...  Verse 2   Sometimes I wonder where you go at night   Are you looking at this harvest moon?   Maybe it’s the distance that can make it such a sight to see   Are you happy? Do you think of me?   While you’re playing records in your room   Tomorrow morning can’t get here nearly soon enough for me   Pre-chorus   In my mind I’m walking over and I think of something smart to say   But I know that in reality we’re still a half a world away   And I can’t help but think the day will come when Full chorus Time stands still   Everything is different in the blink of an eye   Time stands still   Our love is burning brighter than the stars in the sky   Time stands still   And you never really know what the future brings    But ain’t it funny how the ticking of a clock changes everything   Prechorus I really wanna meet you but I think I better take some time  There’s no way that you can live up to the girl inside my mind  That’s when you look at me and all of a sudden  Repeat full chorus

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2021 debut release of Atlanta based artist, Dusty Edinger.

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released August 13, 2021

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Dusty Edinger Atlanta, Georgia

Favorite food: Pop Tarts
Favorite Mandrell sister: Louise
Pet peeve: People who say they don't like birds, but do.
Favorite TV theme song: Rockford Files
Favorite place to write songs: inside
Song you're hesitant to tell people you like: Hey Jude
Thing you wish was bigger on your body: Rods and Cones
Style of joke you tell too much: Optometry
Should people try?: Do or do not. There is no try. ... more

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