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Sumo
03:49
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mama never loved me
daddy never held my hand
dressed like a baby, but i'm a half a ton of real man
started eating the feelings
just to make them go away
and instead of dealing
it got heavier everyday
now you know it's not for control
a bear hug or a choke hold
is all i've ever known of love
sumo for the human touch
so you're my opponent?
it's you're intent to do me harm?
guess i should have known it
but i'm content inside your two arms
walk around in circles
face each other, there's no shame
in feeling some emotion
even if it is just a game
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just tell me who you're looking for
i can tell you got a little more
something that you want to say
maybe something that can motivate
i think you can move better than me
i think you can live just in the moment
i think i complain better than you
i wish i could be just in the moment
and when you say "would you please come and dance with me?"
but then i get a dumb grin on my face
it's all over my face
i'll never really understand
where people learned to learned to dance like that
i really don't know what to say
all's i got's is jealousy
i think you can move better than me
i think you can live just in the moment
i think i complain better than you
i wish i could be just in the moment
and when you say "would you please come and dance with me?"
but then i get a dumb grin on my face
it's all over my face
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3. |
Ice Cream Girl
02:46
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ice cream girl you are the one for me
you taste so heavenly
as sweet as sweet can be
no other boy collects the sticks you leave
or takes them from the street
after you lick them clean
i wait in the living room
watch saturday cartoons
until the afternoon
and when i hear your bell i swoon
there's nothing i can do but come running to you
you're a buried treasure and this life's a beach
you got me digging deep
my heart is yours to keep
a cherry popsicle or mr.freeze
i don't know what you see in a screwball like me
oh when you get to the bottom
and reach the bubblegum
i stop and watch you blow your love inside
right before my eyes
oh girl you're gonna make my heart pop
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let me see if I can I can get this straight
the one loses is who looks away
but when i win i feel i always cave
and then i smile and say "you won the game"
you're gonna listen this time
not just when you feel it
i just don't like you're kind
and i don't really mean it
you just can't help it can you?
you're the one who went and jumped the gate
didn't look behind or hesitate
now i'm left behind you can't be tamed
when i call you're name it was too late
so i said that you're gonna listen this time
not just when you feel it
i just don't like you're kind
and i don't really mean it
you just can't help it can you?
and i know i can't change it
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East End Pretender
02:59
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don't tell me what to do
it's all because i'm broken into fractured light
never get the punchline
just strap the kids into the car
stand and watch you're tailights
disappear into the darkness of the never ending night
i'm an east end pretender and a west end defender (and the choir indivisible)
there's no me only you
and us, but not i
speaking in the third person it always leaves me tongue tied
so much to say and more to do
running out of time
lightly touched and all used up
this life that used to be mine
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mother i'm sorry
never knew you at all
here is my story, i ran the streets alone
moved in the city trying to find some hope
backed up in alleys sleeping on my own
with the lights out i look for my own
these are things that my mother will never know
ribbons of sunshine on Doha sky
this is the ending
didn't even say goodbye
there is a heart-shaped hole that i can fill
if you see her, tell her i am well
with the lights out i look for my own
where i sleep now the lights don't go out
these are things that my mother will never know
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No Confetti
03:20
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take me out for one last walk around the block
before you put me down
been a friend, loyal companion all these years
now i'm drowning in wasted time
i'm gonna waste mine
scratch my head
throw me a bone
the grandest gesture i've ever known
laid to rest at the foot of your bed
just roll over and play dead
wasted time, i'm gonna waste mine
there's no confetti at the finish line
no fireworks for what you left behind
you tired your best, not one for giving up
you came so close but not close enough
tell me that it's for the best
so i guess i'll play the villain now
talk me down from the edge
of all these fears and now i'm drowning in wasted time
i'm gonna waste mine
take me out for one last walk around the block
before you put me down
laid to rest at the foot of your bed
just roll over and play dead
wasted time, i'm gonna waste mine
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All in Tow
02:10
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Oh it's around
I know I left it here somewhere
Oh now I'm down
Try and pull me from the gutter
If my pride if broken you won't make it right
If my time is stolen won't put up a fight
Oh on the ground
I know I lost you here somewhere
Oh now you're down
Try and pull you from the gutter
If my pride if broken you won't make it right
If my time is stolen won't put up a fight
Oh we're all in tow
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Evil Nurse
03:09
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i only wanted something for the pain
you came along and dried up all the rain
your sweet relief is gently leading me from bad to worse
evil nurse
you seemed so innocent but silly me
i should have known the first one's always free
i fell under your spell and now i know it was a curse
evil nurse
alone and locked in the emergency room
you tie me up and steeped the bitter tea in silver spoons
i only wanted something for the pain
not thunderclouds and lightning in my brain
you wet my burning lips and now i'm drowning in your thirst
evil nurse
so tenderly you tended to my needs
with just a touch you bring me to my knees
you're coursing through my veins
and now my heart's about to burst
evil nurse
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Tulsa Sound
03:16
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don't wanna know when the time is comin'
just turn that record round
i like how this swamp pop's sounding
it's smooth as it's going down
don't want the fame but i'll take the fortune
and i'll sleep far away from town
so i'll wait until you change your offer
there's no doubt that soon enough there's something better
there's no one around, keep your ears to the ground
don't wanna have this conversation
just turn that record round
i like how this swamp pop's sounding
it's smooth as it's going down
Cajun Moon on a Sunday evening
and no one makes a sound
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11. |
Mint
03:32
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i know you would never ask me to pay it back
but i owe you a mint
pulled you from a wishing well
early warning signs too early to tell
and i won't get over it
i don't want to get over it
i'm done trying to change things that i cannot control
i'm done questioning things that i can never know
but i won't let it go
i don't want to let it go
i know you would never ask me to pay it back
but i owe you a mint
saw your picture in a lost and found
the softest hearts are from the hard part of town
and i'll walk around nameless
i'll walk around nameless
i'm done trying to change things that i cannot control
i'm done questioning things that i can never know
but i won't let you go
i don't want to let you go
i know you would never ask me to pay it back
but i owe you a mint
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am/fm dreams St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
AM/FM Dreams are a reclusive, sleeper city basement band.
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