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Well my position is nothing
I've come for your car
And I complain with the poor things
Like it was luck of the draw
I found myself with my head held high
They lay me out on the floor
I keep on playing the forfeitor
Yeah, I keep on playing the forfeitor
I got exactly what I wanted
Exactly what I wanted
I got exactly what I wanted
Exactly what I wanted
I got exactly what I wanted
I wanted
Dream of a number
Curve of a half pipe
Holding the rope and the dogs on fire
I can't believe it I'm wired
They got the passion to drive
I play disaster reporter
I play the church that you like
I got exactly what I wanted
Exactly what I wanted
I got exactly what I wanted
Exactly what I wanted
I got exactly what I wanted
I wanted, I wanted
I, I got exactly what I wanted
I got exactly what I wanted
I got exactly what I wanted
I got exactly what I wanted
I got exactly what I wanted
I got exactly what I wanted
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2. |
Target Offer
03:16
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I wanna live on the top of the mount
No speech no sound just radio wire
It's in the middle of a trash heap trailer
That's something that speaks to me in published trick op-ed
It's my target offer
I am in your town
I am in your town
It's the sound of desire
It's my target offer
I am in your town
Shatter glass around
And I'm speaking the language
I wanna live in ancient Spain
Where the promise of the world is in my hands
I'd analyze all pre-Christian artwork
This sailor's life in a leather garment bag
It's my target offer
I am in your town
I am in your town
It's the sound of desire
It's my target offer
I am in your town
Shatter glass around
And I'm learning the language
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3. |
Dub Vultures
02:51
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Kissing the pavement and I'm
Becoming Victorian
Becoming Victorian
I'm sniffing around for your buried treasure
Oh I'm onto you now
Dub vultures
Dub vultures
Missing a payment and I'm
I'm a historian, yeah
I’m a historian
I'm waiting to see who's victorious now
It's getting easier, ah
It's getting so easy now
It should be criminal man
It's getting easier, ah
It's getting so easy now
Somewhere over Cairo
(The metal bird bash)
Somewhere over Bolivia
(The metal bird bash)
Shot down over Arizona
(The metal bird bash)
Lost in the glittering zig zag zig
(The metal bird bash)
Mount Fuji 2pm
Standing at attention
And all my teeth are exactly alike
(The metal bird bash)
I'm into you now
Dub vultures
Dub vultures
I spot you from miles above
Dub vultures
Return of the razorblade romance
Return of the razorblade romance
Well I'm into you now
I’m into you now
Dub vultures
I spot you from miles above
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4. |
Pray'r
02:12
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I sit upon your roof
From several stories high
I said my mouth was open
I want to be the same thing
And then for several years
I tried my best in school
I could not get across them
I still can not get through
Some folks love dancing
Like cars love crashing
And so I dance for hours
And I eat the wedding flowers
For the lives of people
People that we'll never know
I'll sing the songs of innocence
I'll sing them clear and slow
For the lives of people
People that we'll never know
I'll sing the songs of innocence
Well, I'll sing them clear and slow
Sing them clear and slow
I wanna be the same thing
I wanna be you
I wanna be the same thing
I wanna be you
Wanna be you
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5. |
Waiting For A Train
03:01
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I'm waiting here for a train
And I'm hoping it will never come
For some reason I can't explain
I'm finished at the starting gun
Well I'll talk when they talk to me
I'll speak when the time is right
Blue pills just to read your mind
I won't miss it when I'm far behind
(Wait forever)
Don't tell the end of the night crowd
(Not forever)
I won't be coming back now
(Wait forever)
Don't tell the end of the night crowd
(Not forever)
I won't be coming back now
I'm waiting here for a train
And I'm hoping it will never come
For some reason I can't explain
I'm finished at the starting gun
Pink smoke in the killing wind
So curious for a sign of life
I'm standing on the corner babe
So sharp I could cut the night
Still waiting here for a train
And I'm hoping it will never come
Na na na na na
(Wait forever)
Don't tell the end of the night crowd
(Not forever)
I won't be coming back now
(Wait forever)
Don't tell the end of the night crowd
(Not forever)
I won't be coming back
Well I'm waiting here for a train
I’m waiting here for a train
300 miles from somewhere strange
Black rock set inside the ring
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6. |
Opportunity
02:29
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Quarter to 3
She's in the hallway
Waiting to hear your
Signal call
Wrestle direction
In old apartments
We get home
A car is waiting
Specialty for her
Opening night
Thou art the captain
And her the baby
Windows rolled up
Windows rolled up
She make a face while
The crowd is hummin’
Hexing the altar
Of absent mind
Taping a picture
Of father orange
But where will I be tonight when opportunity knocks
And will I carry dozens of roses
Here it comes
A knock right at my door
Back in the mirror
For preparation
Operator
Body dissolve
Operator
Body dissolve
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7. |
Café Style 4
01:57
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Was just a matter of time
So farewell to a friend of mine
He gave his life to the heavy metal
A dark prince of the 8th grade culture
That's why I never became a dancer
That's why I never became a dancer
That's why I never became a dancer
That's why I never became a dancer
That's why I never became
O' moon so low
Tell me where do the stars go
They throw pennies in the Trevi fountain
Generate a little Hollywood interest
That's why I never became a dancer
That's why I never became a dancer
That's why I never became a dancer
That's why I never became a dancer
That's why I never became
He's an artist
And he's a real cool thing
And he's calling
So don't let it ring
Well I'll wait
I'll wait my turn
Yeah I’ll wait
I’ll wait my turn
Well he's best dressed in town
And maybe in the county
And his status, secure
And well loved by his family
So I'll wait
I'll wait
Yeah I’ll wait
I’ll…
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9. |
Rats
01:51
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"Tell me about it" he said
With a voice like sandpaper plywood
Elemental and strange
So flabbergasted I couldn’t even figure out how to exit the 50s style aluminum pipe diner
But I creaked my neck around just the same
To see if I could get eyes on the escape valve
Nodding and muttering an almost imperceptible
"Thank you my man"
A hop, jump, flash and I was out the door
Back on steam and concrete
Waiting for Shelby to text me runaround coordinates
Feeling like jail on my eyelids
And spitting white ash from my nose
In the blinding sun I could finally now see where I was
Desolation street
Business town, U.S.A.
I cursed Shelby cuz I needed somewhere to be
No supermarkets here
Just designer toothpaste headboards and a bucket load of creeps
Popping their sockets to get a look at the trash heap divas from the safety of their adult arcades
Two fingers for world peace and deliverance
Two fingers for the cafe in absentia
I catch a glimpse of myself in first floor skyscraper glass
Jesus, man I look like a digital ghost
I bristle and pop my raincoat against my neck
The water starts to roll
And I’m standing there shivering in my shoes
Where is a friend when you need one?
In the budget electric light store I see an image of radio heat
Neon angel like the one in the movies
I stop and stare
For a moment I'm no longer too tired to talk
I'm not even living in that second
I whispered something just to make sure I was still there
I was still there, rats
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10. |
2022
03:56
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I killed my mother
I killed my father too
Ain't that just living in 2022
In 2022
Yeah we got cellular
Yeah we got driving cars
They move like cartoon vampires
Oh no
In 2022
Yeah we got movie stars
They got a whole new language
They got a brand new language
They're speaking modern language
And I just can't understand it
They talk in codes and numbers
And I wear my heart on my remote
Don't stand so close to me
Don't stand so close
When you're walking our street
Don't stand so close
I love my brother
I love my sister too
I got ambition
In 2022
In 2022
In 2022
You may my my my my my
In 2022
Don’t stand so close to me
Don’t stand so close to me
Don’t stand so close to me
Don’t stand so close to me
Don’t stand so close to me
Don’t stand so close to me
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11. |
Western Pepsi Cola Town
02:48
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Oh, I’m a goner
Ah western boys
On the payroll
A little western magic
Of a dark persuasion
And when they make their promises
They're promises they can deliver
Western myth
In a government town
And Pepsi Cola
In a stranger's kiss
But now I can see their promises
Are promises they can deliver
I cash in
While they cash out
But I love it when they smile
Oh I love it when they smile
They coffin walk
In eastern ghetto
They coffin walk
To karaoke
When they sing
"I can't see me lovin’ nobody but"
"I can't see me lovin’ nobody but"
Western girls
They wipe the drives
But I love it when they smile
Oh I love it when they smile
Smile
Oh, I smile
I’m originally from the West Coast
And he’s from the northwest
I’m from the South East, he’s from the Midwest
I’m from the South West
Ah, western boys
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12. |
Vanity Shapes
01:58
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I heard the rumor
Making its way across the lawn
Always a rumor
The domino soul drags on and on
Breaking away from the sea and sand
Leaving a note that I'll never sign
Writing it down in my human hand
Now vanity shapes my mind
I heard the rumor
Red as the paint out on the door
Who is the plaything
Writhing around on the kitchen floor
I am the son of suburban cum
Black as daylight and white as night
Moving away from the demimonde
Now vanity shapes my mind
Vanity shapes my mind
Vanity shapes
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13. |
Fake The Feeling
10:31
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From the window of a plane
I spy a country scene
I imagine of callouses
And toiling in the hay
But now fake the feeling
Fake the feeling till your flowers start to grow
The television made a noise
And I was overjoyed
I wrapped my arms around
Proclaiming all the junk I found
Fake the feeling
Fake the feeling till your flowers start to grow
I had a terrible dream last night
We were spinning balls of light
Are names were tattooed like some
Billboards to the soul
And now fake the feeling
Fake the feeling till your flowers start to grow
Fake the feeling
Fake the feeling till you get it in control
Ah
Ah
X-rays in the sky tonight
I got an X-ray heart
X-rays in the sky tonight
Where's your sense of humor, buddy
Fake the feeling
Fake the feeling till your flowers start to grow
Fake the feeling
Fake the feeling till you get it in your soul
Ah
Ah
Ah
Ah
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