1. |
Liberty Bell
01:48
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Liberty Bell
All she wrote was nevermore
Always hovering around my door
I wonder if she even knew what for
I hope she’s alright
When she steps out tonight
Ringing on her liberty bell
I got out before it got worse
All the secrets in her purse
They didn’t do much to lift my curse
But it’s alright
When she steps out tonight
She’ll be ringing on her liberty bell
Easy eyes, weak knees
Eighth sister of the Pleiades
I do believe that she’s the one that really likes me
I’d blame her if I could but it was all my fault
All those things that I’ve been taught
They’re not exactly what I sought
But it’s alright
When I step out tonight
I’ll be ringing on my liberty bell
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2. |
With Style
03:49
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With Style
I walk these streets in the morning air
Thrift store jacket
Uncombed hair
Everybody should know I'm just screwing around
Everybody has their own way of thinking
Every loser's got their opinion
Well I don't care much for anything now
But you could wear your high heels
And I'll slip on my wingtips
Run from the bad guys
Smearing your lipstick now
With a classic smile
No matter how this turns out
We'll do it with style
Sometimes I see this playing like an old movie
But you know I'm just no Humphrey Bogie
My frown just don't do much in black in white
And everybody wants to be an artist
'Til you ask them to sign the hit list
They just don't know how to go down with a fight
But you could wear your high heels
And I'll slip on my wingtips
Run from the bad guys
Smearing your lipstick now
With a classic smile
No matter how this turns out
We'll do it with style
Put on your finest pearls
And I'll dust off my suit
No matter the occasion
Dressed to kill or to die for you
And you could wear your high heels
And I'll slip on my wingtips
Run from the bad guys
Smearing your lipstick now
With a classic smile
No matter how this turns out
No matter how this turns out
We'll do it with style
We'll do it with style
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3. |
Voices
03:47
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Too late is all I’ve been hearing lately
But I don’t want it to apply
Time flies is such an understatement
But it may be worth a try
Since you’ve been gone
All the voices in my head
All the voices in my head
They don’t talk
Since you’ve been gone
All the voices in my head
All the voices in my head
They don’t talk
So I don’t talk
Tough luck
Is such an inconvenience
The lesser of two evils and his friends
I have felt a million kinds of lonely
This is the kind that never ends
Since you’ve been gone
All the voices in my head
All the voices in my head
They don’t talk
Since you’ve been gone
All the voices in my head
They hang out with you instead
They don’t talk
So I don’t talk
They don’t talk
So I don’t talk
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4. |
Seeing Stars
03:38
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Seeing Stars
Every night I’m seeing stars
Wanna go out to all the bars
Wish I had a couple fancy cars
Just to give ‘em away
Dog days are coming back for more
Set loose your dogs of war
They’re always barking at my door anyway
Alright, children of the night
Whatever they told you
Honey, they lied
It’s a perfect ride
When you’re seeing stars
Clicking my heels won’t carry me home
Wish I was cruising down Rocky Neck Road
Go wading in the river
Let it cleanse my soul
I’m sick of living in the dirty gray
Every dog must have its day
Go sailing through the Milky Way
Chasing constellations
Alright, children of the night
Whatever they told you
Honey they lied
It’s a perfect ride
When you’re seeing stars
Alright, children of the night
Whatever they told you
Honey, I tried
I need to clear my mind
I need to clear my mind
I need to clear my mind and go seeing stars
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5. |
Change My Ways
03:43
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Change My Ways
You have an infectious smile
And a classy style
You could open any door
You are a rarity
How did you come to me
What curse did I restore
I could change my ways
I could change my ways
I could change my ways for you
I could change my ways
I could change my ways
I could change my ways for you
But I feel like a cornered beast
And to say the least I’m a wild one
I’ve been praying for my saving grace
But now face to face I’m ambivalent
I could change my ways
I could change my ways
I could change my ways for you
I could change my ways
I could change my ways
I could change my ways for you
But only if I want to
If you are the real, real one
Then I won’t need to run from these demons
We could help each other as we are
For love if for no other reason
But I won’t change my ways
I won’t change my ways
I won’t change my ways for you
I won’t change my ways
And you won’t change your ways
And together we just might build something true
But only if you want to
You are a rarity
How did you come to me
What curse did I restore
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6. |
Restless Again
03:27
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Restless Again
I am not accustomed to this behavior
In anyone else
Yeah nothing really helps
Maybe it’s all I can muster
Just to muscle through
There’s an inside joke you never knew about
I am getting restless again
I am getting restless again
And all the woodland creatures
Have settled down for a winter’s nap
But still I’ve miles before I sleep
Like a well-oiled machine with missing batteries
Up against the stillness of the night
I am getting restless again
Uh huh
I am getting restless again
Mmhm
I am getting restless again
Comes and goes
Ebb and flow
And even time won’t pass when I feel so crass
And I wanna tell someone off
There’s treason in this seasonal disease
That always takes me all too easily
So into the sun one more time
And I’ll try not to screw it up
In pursuit of a porch I can peacefully sit on
And I suppose that I closed the doors
On my last girl and the girl before
They jumped the gun when they told my fortune
I am getting restless again
Uh huh
I am getting restless again
Mmhmm
I am getting restless again
Comes and goes
I am getting restless again
Mmhmm
I am getting restless again
Uh huh
I am getting restless again
Mmhmm
I am getting resltess again
Blessed are the meek
But I can’t be them
Blessed are the meek
But I can’t be like them
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7. |
Easy Livin'
03:31
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Easy Livin'
The waxing moon is rising
And I believe that I am on to something new
And if the darkness before the dawn
Still lingers on the red horizon by high noon
I'll be gone
Something's gotta give
And where I'm bound
There are no distractions from these facts that I must face
The race is over
So I'll play my part
Like a method actor stuck in the current role
I can't shake it
Something's gotta give
Ooh easy livin'
Only tends to make a mess of me
Ooh easy livin'
Someday just might be the death of me
Ooh easy livin' is gonna be the death of me
Ooh easy livin'
Whatever's out there that's testing me
Let me be
The waxing moon is rising
And I believe that I am on to something new
Hallelujah
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8. |
Runaway
03:45
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Runaway
Don’t know how much you can take
Making all the same mistakes
Little runaway
Though you haven’t gone
I know any day
You’re gonna take your things and run
Don’t know how much you can stand
Fix it any way I can
But there is no cure
Just the side effects
And you’re still hurt
And I’m still a wreck
Little runaway
Though you haven’t gone
I know any day
You’re gonna take your things and run
Don’t know if you understand
Just how deep in this I am
But it’s all routine
It’s all the same
You’re just hanging around
Planning your getaway
Little runaway
Though you haven’t gone
I know any day
You’re gonna take your things and run
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9. |
To Be Free
04:16
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To Be Free
Took to the road to take a chance
Caught her eye and asked to dance
It turned out as you’d expect it be
That careless girl she fell for me
She fell in love with a version tamed
Domestic-bred, subdued and lame
But I could never hold that flame
So off I went into the rain
To be free
To be free
I’ve traded all my college clothes
My desert rags and withered rose
If only for another way
To feel the way that I did that day
But nothing works and nothing fits
I’ve burst a seam, I’ve lost a stitch
I’m ready to move on again
I’m ready to move with the wind
To be free
To be free
So that’s my tale that’s my excuse
To being this man of little use
Perhaps someday I’ll settle down
Perhaps someday but that’s not now
Now I’m free
Now I’m free
Freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom
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10. |
Vertical View
02:47
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Vertical View
Can’t find the main line
In my vertical view
I’m going cross-eyed
I guess the rumours are true
Stumble in the dark
Fumble for a grip but I keep on slipping
Baby let her rip
It’ll make no difference to me
Can’t see the old days
From my vertical view
Clue in the cold case
With a verdict that’s new
Trying to get by
Fumble for a grip, but I keep on slipping
Always in a hurry, but it makes no difference in time
Wish I’d get it right
Reaching for a light that only keeps its distance
Senseless sense of sight
Makes a worthless witness of you
In my vertical view
In my vertical view
In my vertical view
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11. |
Drifter
05:42
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Drifter
Happy days in Subliminal City
When you were with me
Times were hard
I think I lost it in your apartment
Off Far West Boulevard
Can’t complain in subliminal city
A-OK in a complacent state
At any rate there’s no trace of another fate to follow
Like a drifter
Coming from another realm
Going from town to town
No one goes out anymore and I am bored
A drifter
Coming from another realm
Going from town to town
I can’t see the red in the sunset
But I can still see the matador
I miss those nights at the bar with the good old boys
Cowboys killer smoke billows over billiard tables
And so it goes in Subliminal City
Singing the hymns of criminals
And telling jukebox fables
Like a drifter
Coming from another realm
Going from town to town
No one goes out anymore and I am bored
A drifter
Coming from another realm
Going from town to town
I can’t see the red in the sunset
But I can still see the matador
I can’t see the red in the sunset
But I can still see the matador
And I can’t wait ‘til I can’t take it anymore
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We don’t advocate contentment
But if you’re feeling resentful
You should’ve read the fine print
You’re in a trance
You’re in a trance
You’re in a trance
You’re in a trance
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12. |
Not Looking
03:27
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Not Looking
What do you do when you’re not looking for love
Do you find something else you can be part of
Do you drown all your sorrows ‘til you’ve had enough
What do you do
What do you do
What do you do when you’re not looking for love
What do you do when all your dreams come true
But they’re not what you expected and they’re making you blue
Do you stick to your guns or find something new
What do you do
What do you do
What do you do when all your dreams come true
These days I prefer just to be alone
I don’t turn on the T.V.
I don’t answer the phone
It’s the only way I know that won’t bother anyone
What do you do
What do you do
What do you do when you just want to be alone
What do you do when you’re not looking for love
Do you find something else you can be part of
Do you drown all your sorrows ‘til you’ve had enough
What do you do
What do you do
What do you do when you’re not looking for love
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13. |
Too Close for Comfort
04:00
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Too Close for Comfort
Up to no good as usual
Here in the valley of the lost
Think I must be delusional
Fraternizing with the boss
I don’t know just what’s up with these days
Black clouds crowding my purple haze
Wish I could vanish without a trace
When I lock my door
Oh my word I think I’ve lost my eloquence
By and by only time will hide the evidence
It’s getting too close for comfort
Weathered, weary and worn down
Don’t have the energy to face downtown
I’m getting older now
So much left to do before I die
Unfinished business clings to my side
So much on my plate
But I can’t eat a single bite
Oh my word I think I’ve lost my eloquence
By and by only time will hide the evidence
Razor thin is the shape that I’m in
It’s getting too close for comfort
Razor thin is the shape that I’m in
It’s getting too close for comfort
It’s getting too close for comfort
It’s getting too close for comfort
Oh my word I think I’ve lost my eloquence
By and by only time will hide the evidence
Razor thin is the shape that I'm in
It's getting too close for comfort
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14. |
Valentine
04:07
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Valentine
Valentine in rewind
Show me to the glory days
Dirty little young mind
Hoping for a happy place
It’s time to quicken up that trigger finger
Time to pick up the pace
And gather up all you can muster
Look it straight in the face
If only
I could stay at home and go elsewhere too
If only
I could get around to all those things that I’m meant to do
But I live in a velvet rut
Down the rabbit hole
Spring fever in the summer
Such a bummer to do
When you’re getting on that same old train
Off the tracks run askew
It’s time to get back on track
And start on cue
And pick on up that second wind
The dog days are almost dog tired through
To the fall time blue
If only
I could be at home and go elsewhere too
If only
I could be strong enough to take good care of you
But I live in a velvet rut
Down the rabbit hole
I live in a velvet rut
Down the rabbit hole
If only
If only
If only
Valentine in rewind
Show me to the glory days
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15. |
Slippery Slope
05:10
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Slippery Slope
Skylines fly by in the back of my lost mind
Old dreams slip by unnoticed
In the real world I’m not myself
I’m barely here
In the real world I’m not myself
I can barely hear you
And it’s a slippery slope
It’s a slippery slope that I’m coasting on
Storm clouds brew and brood
In the back of my lost mind
Lightning fast visions and vague premonitions
Of gale-forced sighs
And the backbeat of my brain
And my pulse keep time
Steady as the rising sun
It helps me get through those hard nights
And it’s a slippery slope
It’s a slippery slope that I’m coasting on
It’s a slippery slope that I’m ghosting on
It’s seriously no joke that everything is broken
Can’t keep my focus
I hope you didn’t notice
But I still know you did
It’s a slippery slope that I’m coasting on
It’s a slippery slope that I’m ghosting on
It’s a slippery slope that I’m coasting on
It’s a slippery slope I’ll be ghosting on
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16. |
Violet and Blue
02:45
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Violet and Blue
There’s a void in the nighttime
And this boy can’t get his mind off of you
Off of you
And I just might be fine
With the thought of these things I wouldn’t normally do
Maybe I’d do them with you
When ya gonna get up with the times
Will will you make your choice
I’ve already made mine
I’m stuck between the violet and blue
I remember that old widow
At the edge of the window looking out
Thunderhead full of clouds
And I don’t tend to think much
About where I might wind up down that road
But I’ll probably still be single and alone
When ya gonna get up with the times
Will will you make your choice
I’ve already made mine
Honey whatcha gonna do
I’m stuck between the violet and blue
When ya gonna get up with the times
Will will you make your choice
I’ve already made mine
Honey whatcha gonna do
I’m stuck between the violet and blue
Stuck between the violet and blue
Stuck between the violet and blue
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17. |
Phoenix
03:20
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Phoenix
Sometimes you just know when it’s time to go
To pack it up and go
Where people don’t know your name
Where people don’t know
So when the shit went down
I was bound for California
But never got around
So I set out for Arizona to start anew
To start anew
But Phoenix you’re not my home
Phoenix you’re not my home
But I love you all the more for that
I love you all the more
The bar lights and desert stars
They call my name like they have before
But I don’t see her face
I don’t see her face anymore
And tragedy feels like a fairy tale now
With a moral untold
So I’m just passing time
I’m just passing time
Phoenix you’re not my home
Phoenix you’re not my home
But I love you all the more for that
I love you all the more
Phoenix you’re not my home
But I love you all the more for that
I love you all the more
So here is a toast to the East Coast
Here is a toast to the East
Good riddance to me
Good riddance to me
Phoenix you’re not my home
Phoenix you’re not my home
But I love you all the more for that
I love you all the more
Phoenix you’re not my home
But I love you all the more for that
I love you all the more
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18. |
Goner
03:01
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Goner
Don’t you worry about counting all your numbered days
Paranoia will destroy you, so you’d better not give them a taste
Time is wasting just like the clock that you watch
You’re slowing your roll, you’re losing your touch
So lighten up
Do what you wanna
I am a goner like you
Fishnets, cigarettes ashing on the dress you just bought
Water and whiskey, ain’t no mystery which one is at fault
I thought about it out in the great Northwest
How every curse I receive is eventually blessed
So lighten up
Do what you wanna
I am a goner like you
So hold him closer, go dancing
You can take any chance that you want to
Lighten up, sleeping alone
It sure beats sleeping lonely
It sure beats sleeping lonely
Sometimes, sometimes
So lighten up
Do what you wanna
I am a goner like you
I am a goner like you
Taking what I can get
Stuck between the violet and blue
I am a goner like you
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19. |
Eagle Eyes
03:51
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Eagle Eyes
Hey little black sheep
Have you any wool
There’s a blizzard going outside
Don’t give me any bull
I think I’ve been cast out
Out of love again
Stopped by these old woods
For one last snowy evening
Eagle Eyes
Did you get any wiser
Did you get any wiser in your older age
Eagle Eyes
Did you get any wiser
Do you believe those lies or are you just going along with it
Hey little woodchuck
How do you stay afloat
Do you believe in good luck
Is murder all you wrote
Do you keep warm in the winter
Is your glass half-full
Would you trade an empty heart
For a worthless soul
Eagle Eyes
Did you get any wiser
Did you get any wiser in your older age?
Eagle Eyes
Can you see more clearly
I believe I’ve nearly got the gist of it
Just go along with it
Eagle Eyes
And I never did trust my reflection anyway
And I never did trust in affection anyway
Out in the hen house
The fox gets another meal
What a dirty deal
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20. |
Midnight Girls
02:42
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Midnight Girls
Where are all the midnight girls
I must’ve known them all in a different world
They sank into the shadows
Buried in the snow
Some of them still blind me with their glow
Yes I know it’s time for a change
I suppose it’s time for a change
Where are all those years I spent
I must’ve scraped them up just to pay the rent
Where are all the heaven-sents
Who used to offer me their two cents
Yes I know it’s time for a change
I suppose it’s time for a change
Yes I know it’s time for a change
Time for a change
Time for a change
Where are all the midnight girls
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21. |
Mourning Dove
04:30
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Mourning Dove
Mourning dove keeps singing his tune
Melancholy, relentless and solemn
I don’t think that I can go back to where I’ve been
Anytime soon
The bluejay and the chickadee
I swear they have it out for me
The songs they sing never fluctuate
In structure or key
The early bird is gonna make a worm out of you
Death from above, bird’s eye view
Such a melancholy, such a melancholy song
Out of tune
Mourning dove, don’t you ever get tired of being sad
Your mate for life has high-tailed it
Deep down you must be glad
When the cats are out looking for any opportunity
And I am looking for any opportunity
Aren’t you?
There’s the boat graveyard down on Greenvale Creek
And the Powhatan burial ground
Thousands of fishermen lost at sea
I feel the spirits all around
I feel the spirits all around
I feel the spirits
And the early bird’s gonna make a worm out of you
Death from above, bird’s eye view
Such a melancholy, such a melancholy song
Such a melancholy, such a melancholy song
Out of tune
Out of tune
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22. |
The Real Thing
03:34
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The Real Thing
So many directions that I could’ve gone
But I picked one
So many different ways to move and shake
If you move on
In the darkness of the witching hour
I feel a power supply
Following a certain kind of ritual
Under candlelight
Sacrifice is a real thing
How do you deal with your pain
What’s your pleasure
Would you rather bury the wedding ring
Or marry the buried treasure
It’s the measure of a man that’s so demanding
It’s the way I walk in solitude
It’s the way I’ll never grasp an understanding
Of your bad mood
It’s the measure of a man that’s so demanding
It’s the way I walk in solitude
It’s the way I’ll never grasp an understanding
Of your bad mood
Sacrifice is a real thing
And I’m doing the real thing
It’s the measure of a man that’s so demanding
It’s the way I walk in solitude
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23. |
That's What I Get
03:49
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That’s What I Get
I made the decision
I stuck to my guns
You may disagree
But it’s all said and done
I let her go and for the most
I’m doing just fine
But I must admit that it gets a little cold at night
When she’s going to the movies
You know that theater from the 30’s
And she’s wearing her hair down
For the new guy that took her out
She never misses the previews
And she tries not to miss me
And it’s all my fault
That’s what I get for getting what I want
So I shuffle along
Yeah I might as well
At least now I have a little time to myself
I’m all by my lonesome
It’s a comfort I know
I guess now that make me the guy that you don’t take home
And she’s wearing her high heels
The ones that made her taller than me
And I’m in her head now
And she just wants to push me out
So she scoots a little closer
Puts her head on her shoulder
And it’s all my fault
That’s what I get for getting what I want
That’s what I get for getting what I want
That’s what I get for getting what I want
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24. |
Sweetness
06:33
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Sweetness
Ten bags of groceries
One car key
Four tires getting old and bald
She’s going back to hear apartment
That’s when her lover calls
Seven years ago today
She had a brand new start
And I feel just like that old car
Up for sale
If it were in a different wind
That she were blowing in
She would be a little closer to the riverbend
Where I spend my days
Sweetness I am delirious
I reach out for her with five fingers
A six-gun at my hip
Ready to defend or surrender
Still can’t get a grip
Still can’t get a grip
Sweetness can’t you see
How delirious I’ve become
Sweetness is this really what you want
Ten times over
Twice as thick
Bleak mid-winter I’m a million twigs
Scattered in her backyard
Her apartment’s built of a thousand bricks
Doubled-over I’m the concrete mix
Crawling up her walls
Sweetness can’t you see
How delirious I’ve become
Sweetness
Be serious for once
Sweetness can’t you see
How delirious I’ve become
Sweetness
Be serious for once
Three long months turn into four
Four long days until I get bored of the thought
And then I dream again
But for just once
I would like to get this off my chest
Can’t you see how my own two eyes
Must undress you
Sweetness can’t you see
How delirious I’ve become
Sweetness
Is this really what you want
Sweetness can’t you see
How delirious I’ve become
Sweetness
Is this really what you want
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25. |
Jealous
04:13
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Jealous
I'm so jealous
Of the man you sleep with
I'm so jealous
That he gets to keep you
When the Springtime blooms
You know that I'll be loving you
I'm so jealous
How he has swept you off your feet
I'm so jealous
Took you straight away from me
When the Springtime fades
You'll be gone and I'll be wasting away
I'd love to pick up the phone
And check in
I'd love to see you, doll
But I don't wanna hear about him
I'm so jealous
I'm so jealous
The world has passed me by
I'm so jealous
I'm out of alibis
When the Springtime fades
You'll be gone and I'll be wasted away
In an ocean of time that I couldn't float upon
I've been in the line that I have only drawn from
The conclusions
I'd love to pick up the phone
And check in
I'd love to see you, doll
But I don't wanna hear about him
I'd love to see you, doll
But I don't wanna hear about him
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26. |
The Meantime
04:42
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The Meantime
Poetry in motion
I know she likes the notion of that
Clever little lines
That dance around the elephant
In the confines
Of a room not big enough for two of us
Or the one
Dressed to make a killin’
Obsessed with the thrill in the chase
My skin has gotten thicker
But babe, you know I’m willin’
Half as ready and strong
As I ever was
But still I stand
She said please don’t kiss me
It’ll take away the mystery vibes
Don’t want no jetpack lover
Or a setback brother
Half as steady
As the thread from which I hang by
In the meantime
In the meantime
So here I go again
In that same old dance and song
Poetry is dead
But honey I won’t let it on
Dancing inside out of my own head
Gets dreadful sometimes
She said please don’t kiss me
It’ll take away the mystery vibes
And you will still exist to me
When Mr. Right is history
That’s right
Half as steady
As the thread from which I hang by
Half as steady
As my shakin’ leg on standby
In the meantime
In the meantime
In the meantime
In the meantime
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27. |
Lavender
02:18
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Lavender
Lavender moves with me
Almost exclusively
On borrowed time that I can barely keep
The man that I used to be
He’d better get used to me
He’s calling a truce
From falsely accusing
Like Daddy said
Neither a borrower nor lender be
Neither a borrower nor lender be
Lavender moves at night
Trying to make things right
One at a time
Maybe I can find my peace
Dream of a day to come
Dream of a day that’s done
When I can sleep
Without worrying myself sick
Like Daddy said
Neither a borrower nor lender be
Neither a borrower nor lender be
Neither a beggar nor a petty thief
Neither a borrower nor lender be
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28. |
Borderlines
02:43
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Borderlines
I crossed your borderlines
I hundred thousand times
Know where your landmines are
But every time I crossed
Another battle lost
I’ll never win this war
Borderlines on my mind
Borderlines on your skin
You don’t have to tell me where you’ve been
As long as I don’t have to let you in
We made our neutral ground
Waved that white flag around
Still we couldn’t make peace
I found your poisoned cup
You tore that treaty up
The fire just wouldn’t cease
Borderlines on my mind
Borderlines on your skin
You don’t have to tell me where you’ve been
As long as I don’t have to let you in
I cast my fishing line
Across the wooden sign
The one that says keep out
I barely sleep at night
With all the battle cries
I swear I hear them shout
Borderlines on my mind
Borderlines on your skin
You don’t have to tell me where you’ve been
As long as I don’t have to let you in
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29. |
Must've Been Sleeping
03:05
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Must’ve Been Sleeping
Dug myself a hole so I can’t get out
And this little fish bowl feels a lot smaller now
How do you thank a million people when you’ve got half the time?
I must’ve been sleeping when I passed my prime
There goes my love
There goes everything
There go the songs that I was meant to sing
I’ve wronged a million people
Covered up my lies
I must’ve been sleeping when I passed my prime
La da da da da da da da da da
I guess life goes on
La da da da da da da da da da
I guess life goes on
La da da da da da da da da da
I guess life goes on
But I can’t go on playing make-believe
I must’ve been sleeping
I must’ve been dreaming
I must’ve been sleeping the whole time
Dug myself a hole so I can’t get out
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30. |
The Comearound
03:35
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The Comearound
Hold on I think I had a thought
Too long since I have fought for anything
Stay tuned for the comearound
Magic is that darkest hour before the dawn
She’s singing from the shower
And I wish I was onto something
Stay tuned for the Comaround
James Dean, well he ain’t around
Fifty-fifty, fifty-fifty
Those are the odds
Fifty-fifty , fifty-fifty
Are you with me or are you not
I don’t know
I don’t know how to give up
Sleeping beauty won’t you lend me your smile
Timing is everything and I’ve only got but a little while
Stay tuned for the comearound
In technicolor and ultrasound
Fifty-fifty, fifty fifty
Those are the odds
Fifty-fifty ain’t all that nifty
But honey it’s all we’ve got
I don’t know
I don’t know how to give up
I don’t know
I don’t know how to give up
Geez Louise I do believe we’re onto something
Geez Louise I do believe we’re onto something
Geez Louise
You preferred me as the silent type
So I will pipe down
And wait for the right words
Stay tuned for the comearound
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31. |
The Night is Young
03:32
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The Night is Young
I don’t know how I’m gonna get out of this one
Staring at me like some cynical debutant
I feel like a college kid drunk at a party
Fixing my hair just trying to act nonchalant
But all I want to do
Is run around with you
And the night is young still
You’re so down baby you’re so heavy
Staring at the screen like it’s gonna take you somewhere
I have to admit you’re kind of cute when you’re angry
Burning holes in the floor with those eyes behind your hair
But all I really know
Is we can’t stop the show
And the night is young still
There’s so much to do
With or without you
And the night is young still
The night is young still
The night is young
I won’t give up give up on the night
I won’t give up give up on the night
I won’t give up give up on the night
I won’t give up give up on the night
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32. |
Like a Lamb
02:47
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Like a Lamb
Looking for hope in the belly of the beast
I’ve seen too much now to pray for peace
I went in like a lamb and out like a lion
Honey that ain’t for lack of trying
The lamb is a wolf in sheep’s disguise
The wolf is a lamb that believed the lies
Lover, I knew it when I met your eyes
You gotta kill your innocence before you get wise
You didn’t run away when I howled at the moon
No one buys wool in the month of June
That night I promised to keep you warm
It felt like the calm before the storm
Now I’m sitting here waiting for the aftermath
This storm that’s coming’s gonna clear my path
I’ll pay my respects to nature’s wrath
I can make it through if I can make you laugh
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33. |
Dracula
03:01
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Dracula
Every Halloween I feel just like Dracula
Just like Dracula all alone
Hanging out all supernatural
In a big old castle that I call home
If this is wrong then I don’t want to be right
If I make it to the dawn then I’ve probably already died
Every Thanksgiving I feel just like the main course
Couldn’t get much worse for the wear
It’s late November and it’s getting colder
I’m getting older
Wish I didn’t care
If this is livin’ then I sure don’t wanna die
If this is livin’ then I sure don’t wanna die
And it’s a holiday everyday around here
It’s almost Easter but I won’t rise again
I won’t rise again I assure you
One Two Three days I won’t rise again
I’m bad at flyin’ and at dyin’ I’m worse
And it’s a holiday everyday around here
It’s a holiday everyday here
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34. |
Madman
03:13
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Madman
A madman
In the blistering street
With a bad plan
Ends that never meet
Porch lion
Going off the deep end
Keep trying
You just might wind up being who you pretend to be
In the sweltering heat
In the hot seat
In the sweltering heat
Getting in too deep
Isn’t it tragic
In the belly of the beast
Porch lion
Keeps trying at least
To get a bite of the feast
In the sweltering heat
In the hot seat
In the sweltering heat
Getting in too deep
Getting in too deep
Getting in too deep
Like a madman
Like a madman
Like a madman
Like a madman
Madman
Madman
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35. |
Black Moon
03:26
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Black Moon
I’ve always known my evil ways
I’ve kept them all at bay
But they still crave their taste of glory
And I’ve been stuck out here for days
Down here on Dozen Street
Where every night’s a different story
Under a black moon
Under a black moon
How could you trust my pirate heart
Each century I’ve sailed
Is one that I have failed you darlin
You weren’t supposed to see me like this
You weren’t supposed to see me like this at all
But your eyes adjusted
It’s all fun ‘til you get busted
I’ve always known my evil ways
I’ve kept them all at bay
But they still crave their taste of glory
And I’ve been stuck out here for days
Like some drunk journalist
My mind oblivious to the story
Under a black moon
Under a black moon
I’ve always known my evil ways
I’ve always known my evil ways
Distant memory, darkest night
We’re getting in another fight
I’ve made my lover’s bed
For every tear there is a culprit
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36. |
Splinter
02:56
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Splinter
Dogwood doldrums
Static and still
If my bones don’t break
Then my branches will
They buckle under blankets
Of perpetual chill
I feel the weight of the world
On my windowsill
Deeper than blue in the bleak midwinter
Ice is getting thinner, and my patience is too
If anyone could make a saint of this sinner, it’s you
Baby this splinter’s gotta work itself through
I can’t wait forever
But I’ll wait a while
Every inch that I take
Feels like a country mile
These days my whole world has
Gone on trial
It’s too bad that bad boys
Have gone out of style
Deeper than blue in the bleak midwinter
Ice is getting thinner, and my patience is too
If anyone could make a saint of this sinner, it’s you
Baby this splinter’s gotta work itself through
And it’s a humdinger of a predicament
And come to think of it
These dreams won’t ever come true
Unless we make some moves
Unless we make some moves
Deeper than blue in the bleak midwinter
Ice is getting thinner, and my patience is too
If anyone could make a saint of this sinner, it’s you
Baby this splinter’s gotta work itself through
Baby this splinter’s gotta work itself through
Baby this splinter’s gotta work itself through
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37. |
Long Minute
03:31
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Long Minute
Let’s begin again
I’ve had my tribulations
Keep me under your consideration if you will
Clueless to my fate
I’ve been staring at the pines, now I’m starting to relate
I need something to shake me from this catatonic state
But it’s better than it’s been
It’s been than it’s been
Yeah yeah yeah
Better than it’s been
Better than it’s been in a long, long minute
The oldest soul
Was born to rock n roll
Honey it don’t mean a damn thing if it don’t hit your hips
So let me make my admissions
And learn your favorite positions
I don’t get paid by the hour I just work for tips
Better than it’s been
Better than it’s been
Yeah yeah yeah
Better than it’s been
Better than it’s been in a long, long minute
Better than it’s been
Better than it’s been
Yeah yeah yeah
Better than it’s been
Better than it’s been in a long, long minute
How did I become the antagonist?
Don’t you know sometimes it’s best to let that kitten hiss
It’s been a long, long minute
And I’ve been stuck in it to long
Let’s begin again
I’ve had my tribulations
Keep me under your consideration if you will
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38. |
The Blues Have You
03:55
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The Blues Have You
Last night I was thinking
About the river that I lived on
And the people of my old hometown
How they’ve never gone
But I left long ago
Searching for some holy grail
Now defeated I’ve come home
Searching for something
Waiting for me
Waiting for me
Last night I was thinking
About a girl I knew
How I took her in my arms
And kissed her tattoos
And I know I must’ve begged her
For some good news
She said honey you don’t have the blues
The blues have you
The blues have you
Last night I was thinking
About God himself
How I wish he’d come on down here
Get on with it and send me to hell
Then I met a couple angels
At the hotel bar
They said faith is still behind you my son
It’s not that far
It’s not that far
Just keep trying
Keep trying keep trying
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39. |
Backyard
03:22
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Backyard
Backyard
Belly full of envy
Black dog
Thought I had it in me
Every time I get out of bed
I feel like someone else
Bad day
Think I need to hide out
Black heart
Beaten with self-doubt
Every time I go out
I’m just looking for myself
Backyard
Can’t find a spark when
The black dog won’t stop barking
I am forever a stranger
To the neighbors on this street
Flat broke
Think I need to stay in
Bad thoughts
Keep on fiending
I get this craving
For all the things that I can’t eat
Lay low, lay low
Get used to flying solo
‘Cause no one’s gonna touch this for a while
Lay low, lay low
‘Til the storm blows over
Clean and sober
It’s the only high I can afford
These live long days
Last night things got a little out of hand
Past life stuck with the reprimand
Every time I look for trouble
I get just what I want
Lay low, lay low
Get used to flying solo
‘Cause I’ve been on the wrong end of the sword
Lay low, lay low
‘Til the storm blows over
Clean and sober
It’s the only high I can afford
These live long days
I need a game changer
I need a game changer
I need a game changer
And it seems to me
That the backseat of her jeep would’ve been the answer
And honesty
Is a policy that would’ve pleased my long lost tiny dancer
Could've been a little bit more clever
This comeback kid
Is off the grid
For now
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40. |
Just Like Yesterday
04:37
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Just Like Yesterday
I don’t want to talk to anyone today
I’d rather just lay low and let this blow over
I don’t want to talk to anyone
Until I find the right words to say
That tomorrow brings another day
Isn’t it just like yesterday when we met
Now my safest bet is gone
I’ve got the whole place to myself
Isn’t it just like yesterday when we met
Now there’s no one left to say that I’m wrong
I’ve got the whole place to myself
I’ve got the whole place to myself
I don’t mind being alone
I was born for it
Solitude always suited me
When I wore it
Isn’t it just like yesterday when we met
Now my safest bet is gone
I’ve got the whole place to myself
Isn’t it just like yesterday when we met
And I was ready to move on
I had the whole place to myself
I’ll say sorry
One last time and then I’m done
Sorry
One last time and then I’m done
Sorry
One last time and then I’m done
Then I’m done
Then I’m done
Isn’t it just like yesterday
Isn’t it just like yesterday
Isn’t it just like yesterday
And I was ready to move on
I’ll say sorry
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41. |
Force a Smile
03:04
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Force a Smile
When the wounds are fresh
Yuu'd better take that pain
If they smell your blood
They’ll tie you to a chain
Once I was captured
Never again
It’s not about movin’ up
It’s not about movin’ on
Force a smile
When everything goes wrong
You’d better jump that ship
Before the damn thing sinks
Sometimes it takes all night
Just to work out the kinks
Let the sun come up
Catch a couple winks
It’s not about movin’ up
It’s not about movin’ oná
Force a smile
When everything goes wrong
So three cheers for the memories
Three chords and a melody
That’s just about all I need
To know that I’ll keep on
And when there’s nothing left
I’m livin’ on a song
It’s not about movin’ up
It’s not about movin’ on
Force a smile
When everything goes wrong
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42. |
Angel of Truth
03:11
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Angel of Truth
We couldn’t hang around here anymore
If the walls in this room could talk
And if the hills around here had eyes
They’d be watching us like a hawk
Mmhmm
And I know that we’re better than this
Still we both try to hide our ignorant bliss
Running from the angel of truth
Running from the angel of truth
Freaking out at the warning signs
Why do we worry so damn much
When all these things that are getting us down
Could be cured with a single touch
Mmhmm
And I know that we’re better than that
Still we both can pack our bags in seconds flat
Running from the angel of truth
And he sure looks a lot like you
What the hell am I supposed to do
Whatever am I gonna do
And I know that we’re better than this
Think of all the things we might’ve missed
Running from the angel of truth
And she sure looks a lot like you
What the hell am I supposed to do
Whatever am I gonna do
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43. |
Zig Zag
05:01
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Zig Zag
There’s a yearning
A never ever promise
But I’m learning
I was never ever honest
With anyone I’ve ever met
Up until this turning point
And it’s a sure thing
That I am going down
That’s for certain
And everyone around in this earthling thing
Is going down too
Everything you are is beautiful to me
I’ve been looking for the girl with the zig zag eyes
She’s gonna cut me down to size
Words of wisdom won’t make you wise
Keeps me looking for God in between her thighs
Everything you are is beautiful to me
Everything you are is beautiful to me
Everything you are
Everything you are
Everything you are is beautiful to me
Everything you are is beautiful to me
Everything you are is beautiful to me
Everything you are
Everything you are
Everything you are is beautiful to me
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44. |
Ten Years Down the Road
04:26
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Ten Years Down the Road
Pygmalion saunters down a ghostly road
Crafting lifeless beauties in his mind
Mutters to himself like a lawnmower
Crosses the double lines
The road signs
And the street lights glare
As if he isn’t there
But they know he is anyway
Ten years down the road will I pass this way again
Ten years down the road will I meet my dead end
I spin my dreams on a loom of paper
That burns faster than I can read
Taking time is such a risky business
I set fire to all the things I must leave
And the hallways burn
And the streets they flood
In my hometown
I freeze my blood
Ten years down the road will I pass this way again
Ten years down the road will I meet my dead end
Dreams vanish without a trace
With little chance of saving face
But girl your face is so much more worth it
Than saving mine
And I lose my joy
As the seasons change
Like the fall of Troy
I just can’t maintain
Will I lose my lifelong fight
To do something good
To do something right
Ten years down the road will I pass this way again
Ten years down the road will I meet my dead end
Ten years down the road
Ten years down the road
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45. |
Sweet Ambition
03:20
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Sweet Ambition
Here at the end I still pretend that we belong together
Full eclipse, apocalypse, your kisses made it better
I’m still missing you too much
Leaning on my crutch of sweet denial
Used to make her smile if for a while
I’m sure by now that she’s known better
Sweet ambition
Thank you, thank you thank you for the ammunition
Oh my word by now you’ve heard about the cost of living
Try to accept apologies that just aren’t worth forgiving
Nothing precious about my time
Not with the way I tend to spend it
Feeling tense from all these senseless arguments
Barbed-wire fences
Sweet ambition
Thank you, thank you thank you for the ammunition
Sweet ambition
Thank you, thank you thank you
Thank you, thank you thank you for the ammunition
Here at the end I still pretend that we belong together
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46. |
Speed of Life
03:54
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Speed of Life
I remember when we first met
We were young and crazy
Things we’re supposed to regret
We talked of rock n roll
And how it could save the world
Or at least our own souls
Too many guitars
Never enough girls
Don’t you tell me that I’ll never see you again
Don’t you tell me that I’ll never see you again
Time spins like a whirlpool down the drain
Spinning at speeds faster than your brain
I saved your unstable life so many times
But now as I look back you also saved mine
Don’t you tell me that I’ll never see you again
Don’t you tell me that I’ll never see you again
Don’t you tell me
Don’t you tell me
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47. |
Blurs of Birds
04:26
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Blurs of Birds
Butterfly in a flower field
Feels like moving
Soft blurs of birds
Keep grooving along
Wonder how
Things could get worse
And if I were a pollinator
I would be such a lousy hater
I would never leave the incubator too
Butterfly in a flower field
Keeps on moving
Blurs of birds are in the corners of my eyes
Every night
Every night
Every night
You can’t get by slipping by unnoticed
You can’t get by slipping by unnoticed
Butterfly in a bed of roses
I’m just playing the field for the flowers
I’m just passing the days ‘til my long lost wasted hours
Blurs of birds are in the corners of my eyes
Blurs of birds are in the corners of my eyes
Blurs of birds
Blurs
Blurs
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48. |
Honeysuckle
03:29
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Honeysuckle
You wouldn’t know me if you saw me
But that’s okay with me
I’ve heard you have a daydream now
My dreaming isn’t free
It was a past life
Like a memory that isn’t mine
And I would ask you how you’re doing
But I know you’re doing fine
Just let loose from time to time
I still hope you remember
All those days we used to spend
Chewing sunny honeysuckle
Down by the riverbend
It was a past life
Like a memory that isn’t mine
And in the present tense
While you’re all fenced in
I hope still read between the lines
And let loose from time to time
Honey
Let loose from time to time
Honey
Let loose from time to time
Sonny
Let loose from time to time
Honeysuckle
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49. |
Breaking Point
04:03
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Breaking Point
Anticipation have mercy on me
I’ve been patient I’ve been patient enough
Just waiting for those fifteen minutes
Guts glory and that storybook stuff
Waiting for love
It gets to be too much sometimes
But that’s when it’s just right
It’s just too much sometimes
But that’s alright
When you’ve reached that breaking point
Anticipation is a dirty old trick
Leads you straight through the thick of the thicket
And my I’ve learned how to take it
But now I’ve learned how to take it well
Handbasket going straight to hell
It gets to be too much sometimes
But that’s when it’s just right
It’s just too much sometimes
But that’s alright
When you’ve reached that breaking point
All those late nights with Abraham
Making eyes at the moons of Jupiter
Through a half-broken telescope
I must still be a dreamer
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50. |
Bassman
03:51
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Bassman
That bass guitar
He played it true
He’d take the sweetest sound
And paint it blue
I can hear it now as if he’s in the room
And I can feel it move me
Bassman was the only name
That anyone needed to hear
He drove that school bus every day
And then he’d play, play play
Gentle-natured
He’d never talk you down
With his two big, strong hands
He could make the sweetest sound
Lord he could make the sweetest sound
That bass guitar
He played it true
He’d take the sweetest sound
And paint it blue
I can hear it now right in the room
And I can feel it move me
On the roam on an endless road in Wyoming
That’s when I got the call
Gone was the man who had given me a spark
A high school kid with a shot in the dark
That night the band knocked it out of the park
For the Bassman
From the bus garage in Warsaw town
Bouncing off the walls of Winter Sound
In the church when the choir sings gospel songs
You can hear him playing right along
We all move on but he’s not all gone
That bass guitar
He played it true
He’d take the sweetest sound
And paint it blue
I can hear it now right in the room
And I can feel it move me
I can feel it move me
I can feel it move me
I can feel it move me
I can feel it move me
I can feel it move me
I can feel it move me
I can feel it move me
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Shane Cooley Mollusk, Virginia
*photo by Bill Goodman
'He's one hit away from radio stardom...with a hungry confidence that may prove
his hip-shaking ways will soon be making their way to bigger stages.'
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