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Strictly Tempo
03:19
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in a deck of 52
dressed to the 9's in red and black suits
4 kings to give the orders
all absent minded fathers
4 queens to run for cover
forever missing mothers
2 jokers, they're the brothers
one in monochrome, the other full colour
pick a place on an atlas page
original hard times livin' in the stone age
chore list from a discount savior
won't do you any favours
born in a crown of fodder
it won't wash off in water
straightjacket at the tailor
out on a day pass, good behaviour
i stay inside of the lines
in my mind
in the driveway, Saturday night
finger-gun shooting at satellites
notch in the belt of a hunter
could always use another
the lion lies in slumber
dreaming Orion loves her
they mortgage a space station
make their own constellation
take a piece from a children's game
blue, red, yellow they're all the same
it doesn't really matter
Sorry or Snakes and Ladders
around the board we go
just keep it strictly tempo
you might think that i'm playing dumb
from all these words i'm saying
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2. |
Between Me and You
03:27
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was it something I said?
a micro-expression you read?
I'm not cold hearted, I'm just trying to understand
I'm trying to understand
understand it all
between me and you
there isn't much room
to open my heart wide
I'm trying to get that through
I'm trying to make some room
make some room in my heart
just between me and you
I can't find any room
just between me and you
here we go again
seems I don't don't know when
to keep my thoughts to myself
trying to understand
I'm trying to feel something
feel something in my heart
a bridge not a wall
well, I've built them all
even if I'm wrong let's say it's no one's fault
although it's all my fault
let's just pretend
just between me and you
I can't find any room
just between me and you
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3. |
Goin' For a Ride
03:53
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I’m wishing someone can go for a ride
I’m wishing, I’m wishing you well
I’ve got something that’s growing inside
I’m hoping, I’m hoping I’m well
we got no backbone
we got no soul
we’ve got no back-up plan
no one can know
why you go rushing me?
do you wanna know the stuff I’m made of
goin’ for a ride, goin’ for a ride
I’m just hoping it passes in time
I’m thinking, I’m thinking it will
I keep on laughing pretending it’s fine
but I think you know me too well
we got our history and time will tell
we’ve got a photograph
you both look well
can we go for a ride?
why you go rushing me?
do you wanna know the stuff I’m made of
goin’ for a ride, goin’ for a ride
forget the skyline, let’s go for a ride
I’m wishing, I’m wishing you will
we’ve got no money we’re staying inside
plenty of time we can kill
we’ve got a credit card, we’ve got no bills
we’ve got a whiskey bar
allergy pills
let’s go for a drive
why you go rushing me?
do you wanna know the stuff I’m made of
goin’ for a ride, goin’ for a ride
I got something on my cinnamon toast
and I’m not gonna tell you
you’re the one that I love the most
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4. |
Everybody Trusts Angela
04:14
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she’s got a confident way of talking
knows where she’s going when she walks
her fashion sense is never shocking
but it says “she’s a boss”
it says “she’s on top”
there is no question she can’t answer
whether it’s secular or trife
she memorizes names and numbers
she reads between lines
she sees all the signs
everybody trusts Angela
and nobody’s quite sure why
but we trust her with our lives
there are no pictures of her family
her desk is always clutter free
no postcards from friends on vacation
only a clock and herbal tea
her bedsheets are Egyptian cotton
you can be sure the thread count’s high
and when she goes to bed at midnight
there’s nobody on e the other side
everybody trusts Angela
and nobody’s quite sure why
but we trust her with our lives
sunny days or cloudy skies
we’re glad that Angela is in our lives
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5. |
Larger Than Life
02:30
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mixin’ up a little bit of something special
want to make you feel like we’re in this together
it’ll make you larger than life
from my pocket, roll the dice
it suggests just what the next step is
and knowing this makes me better
throw something together
making me feel better
kind of makes me feel like we don’t know each other
it’ll make you larger than life
from my pocket, roll the dice
it suggests just what the next step is
and knowing this makes me better
I’m slowing down
so please stop saying things that I already know
I’m slowing down
so please saying thing’s that I don’t want to know
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6. |
Antisocialite
03:49
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don’t ask me out to a movie
cause i’m not gonna go
don’t tell me you’re having a party
cause i already know
it’s an 80’s theme
i saw it in my stream
but i didn’t accept or decline
i just said maybe
and maybe means no
maybe always means no
don’t ask me to go to your wedding
my gift is in the mail
no i never was much of a dancer
i kinda just twitch and flail
it’s a sight to see
i’ll admit it’s not pretty
so i’ll save the embarrassment and i’ll R.S.V.P, “maybe”
but you know what maybe means
please don’t it personal it’s me
the problem is not you
i know it’s cliché and you’ve heard it before
but this time it’s the truth
i’m tired of making excuses so i can stay at home
you know i think you’re wonderful
i’d just rather be, well you know
i think you already know
(i’m an antisocialite)
i’d rather stay in bed with the voice in my head
in a rubber room or an Egyptian tomb
in a cave underground where i can never be found
or in a submarine under the deep blue sea
in a hot air balloon
a rocket ship to the moon
in a forest green or washed up on the beach
take a walk in the park
museum after dark
in an empty bar
locked in the trunk of a car
on the dock of the bay
maybe a castaway
on a deserted island’s where i’d like to stay
an igloo in the north pole
catching fish from a hole that i cut through the ice
wouldn’t that be nice
playing solitaire
learning to cut my own hair
pretty sure there’s a tutorial for that out there
so before you invite me out this Saturday night
please remember that maybe always means no
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7. |
Hershey
03:24
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looking through the backwoods
I heard that motor start
I knew that you were leaving but I knew not very far
coming up the driveway I knew it was my chance
running through the backwoods
we'll meet by happenstance
looking at my kingdom which I've know from the start
it ain't the horse's stables
that ain't my favorite part
it ain't the ducks or duckpond
it ain't the pony's cart
the lady in the backwoods has stole my puppy heart
Heard she's coming today
her daughter says by 3
all the boys better stay away
Hershey said she's mine and mine only
Yes in his mind she's mine and mine only
in Hershey's mind she's mine and mine only
walking through the hawkweed
I'll let you catch your breath
I know we haven't gone to far
got a lot of going let
running through the sod farm I fell into a trench
but my lovely lady saved me from certain death
looking through the backwoods
I loved you from the start
his goofy grin, his white haired chin
it stole my lonely heart
sometimes when I'm sitting at home and on the porch
I see that tail a waggin' through the backwoods to our yard
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8. |
Lip Reader
01:23
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my vision’s blurry round the opening of your mouth
and i’m not so sure it’s sound that’s coming out
just take the time to form the consonants and vowels
cause i’m not a lip reader
never learned how
not for lack of wanting
mistaken vocab from a covert list
while you’re replying
i’m trying to guess
i guess i’m trying
make direct eye contact and stand to face the crowd
and if there’s manuscript please hand it out
maybe closed-caption applications are allowed
but if not please the volume up real loud
could it be you’re mumbling
try to make some gestures with your hands
please give me something
i want to, i want to
i want to understand
your mouth expounds important facts
to me recount
and i’m not a lip reader
so spell it out
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9. |
Ruined November
04:16
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as far as I can remember
you ruined November
was a weather system I suppose
you wanted the best of me
in a penitentiary
where there’s no forgiveness
I don’t know
if November’s light would stay up past 5
well then I wouldn’t mind
I’m not a pretender
you ruined November
just letting it all out I suppose
you wanted to mess with me
then give me some sympathy
when is it over
no one knows
if November’s light would stay up past 5
well then I wouldn’t mind
if you can find it in your soul
would you meet me in the middle?
all the things I’ll never know
you played me like a fiddle
do you think November knows that it cost me a little
I don’t want to forget her
and how she ruined November
think I learned my lesson I suppose
now there’s nothing left to me
when the sun is setting
counting down the days left till she goes
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10. |
Fanfiction
03:38
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i set a wire in the woods
on a cold dark night when no one should be out
i was alone for a time
when the rabbits start to run the rings around my eyes
watching the shadows come to life
under cold, stark gaze of electric light
already hungry for a fight
but don’t feed the animal to keep the appetite
i had a dream in the night
oh machine divine
put your hand to my mouth
tied to the passenger side
oh machine divine
come on let me out
crying won’t do you any good
there’s no one around here to help you now
thirst traps and hunger-strikes
in a badly written fanfiction
exit stage-life
why wash away the good times?
when the devil’s hands are on your hips
it’s a conga line
and if i don’t come back to life
have the understudy memorize my lines
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11. |
Retinol
02:55
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always wishing for your narcissistic kisses and sophisticated face.
I know what’s missing but I don’t know the specifics and it’s gonna make us late
Got a goal
Will Retinol
Smooth the wrinkles in my soul? Well I don’t know
(maybe) In the night with right light…
Well i’m fishin’ for another invitation Ill get in front of your face
Fell like a winner even though I’m a beginner and I know I’m gonna pay
Got a goal
Will Retinol
Smooth the wrinkles in my soul ? Well I don’t know
(maybe) In the night with right light…
Just spin me around you’ll see my good side…
Go further around.
If you look straight ahead not side to side that’s all (you’ll see my good side – go further around)
If you look straight ahead not side to side that’s all (If you look straight ahead not side to side that’s all)
Something’s missing so we’ll start from the beginning and we’ll try to set this straight
Again I’m wishing for those narcissistic kisses and sophisticated face.
Got a goal
Will Retinol
Smooth the wrinkles in my soul ? Well I don’t know
(maybe) In the night with right light…
Just spin me around you’ll see my good side…
Go further around.
If you look straight ahead not side to side that’s all (you’ll see my good side – go further around)
If you look straight ahead not side to side that’s all (If you look straight ahead not side to side that’s all)
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12. |
Tropical Depression
02:57
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back where i was born
you learn pretty early on to leave well enough alone
just settle in and watch the world around you spin
there’s nowhere else to go when you live in a snow globe
i knew this kid who couldn’t wait to pack it in
and break out of the glass
one day he did and nobody’s seen him since
he was running pretty fast
but you can’t outrun the past
watching the change in the light through the strangest eyes
it’ll keep you second guessing
someone’s singing “lemon tree” high, in the prettiest voice
in a tropical depression
some people like to roam
vacation from the know
take the edge off of the grind
other’s stay at home, preferring to implode
find out what’s inside, while reading travel guides
i still think about that kid
i wonder where he is
is he happy on the outside?
did he pawn his comic books, drum machine and fishing hooks
for an imaginary pie
or a grapefruit slice of lies
watching invisible lines from the passenger side
and we’re playing 20 questions
i’m not falling asleep on the ride
i’m just resting my eyes
in a radio confession
watching the change in the light through the strangest eyes
it’ll keep you second guessing
someone’s singing “lemon tree” high, in the prettiest voice
in a tropical depression
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