1. |
The Devil You Know
03:10
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Oh, it’s the devil you know…
You know that blank stare
You should leave there
Oh, just a moment to go…
She’s appearing, eyes are tearing…
Up for treason
You can’t reason
It’s open season again
You’ve been silent
She’s delighted
To work you over again
Stunned, now the party’s begun
Don’t try to bargain
It’s just jargon
Now that her web has been spun
She’ll just chuckle
As you struggle…
In the center
With your tormentor
The lone dissenter again
You’ve been silent
She’s delighted
To fuck you over again (“work’)
And now you have to do her bidding
(No kidding)
It’s really just about survival
With all the signals she’s been giving
(you’re skidding)
Off the road into your rival
In the center
With your tormentor
The lone dissenter again
You’ve been silent
She’s delighted
To work you over again
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2. |
Situation Change
03:05
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I never really followed much direction.
Adverse to the looks of imperfection
Make it through the day. Wondering what they’ll say
So you sleep tight and know…..
It’s my situation
Don’t think about
For what you offer, I live without
So look the other way, before I have to say
It’s my creation! My situation change!
It seems I never ever heed a warning.
Now times up and everything is boiling.
Make it through the day. Wondering what they’ll say.
So you sleep tight and know…..
It’s never too personal with me. There is no upside or downside to letting me be.
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Now you’re the next big thing
And you can do anything
Clearly, you’ve exceeded expectations…
Now you’re the one to watch
You don’t have a single splotch
Clearly, you’ve exceeded expectations
Your life is a TV show
Push a button watch it go
No point in going slow
You’re golden
But it’s a tragedy
For simple folks like you and me
When will we ever be
Emboldened?
And now you’re the chosen one
Winning every race you run
Clearly, you’ve exceeded expectations
And when its time to rest
On your laurels that’s the best
Clearly you’ve exceeded expectations
And while I’m dithering
The chances for me withering
I’ll be drowning everything
In liquor
And when your ladder falls
And each rung down impacts your balls
We will hear your plaintive calls
And snicker
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4. |
S1 E1
02:57
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When each day you turn away
And stare into the mist
While your life’s in disarray
Not tending to your list
S1 E1
Everybody’s got one
S1 E1
The show has begun
S1 E1
This is not a re-run
S1 E1
The damage is done
Once you’ve watched a little bit
You found it in your Prime
Soon you’re going to commit
Why don't you take the time?
I know why you’re weary
And fatter furthermore
Why you’re sad and dreary
And life is such a bore…
Life goes on behind your pose
And underneath your nose…
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5. |
Fine Line
03:18
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It’s a fine line where your walking and more so when you talk
Seeking a reaction, comes at quite a cost
You drew a fine line in winds and shifting sands
You fell to pieces under challenge and exam
But I know for sure the train is jumping tracks
Go investigate, intimidate and never take it back
You knew the difference between pleasure and the pain
You tried to tell me that it all feels they same
But I know for sure the train is jumping tracks
Go investigate, intimidate and never take it back
Who really understands, who to trust and where to land
Some checks you can’t backdate, you made the deal your fate is sealed
But I know for sure the train is jumping tracks
Go investigate, intimidate and never take it back
It’s a fine fine line
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6. |
Swoon
03:46
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Out of mind and out of breath
A pantomime of sudden death
With people standing round
I wake up on the ground
Out of sorts and out of depth
I don’t know how much time is left
They ask me “You okay?”
And all I have to say is…
Where am I now?
Where am I now?
Someday soon
I’ll end this swoon
If the Fates allow
Golden light and it’s alright
A sunrise in the dead of night
The medics need to know
Has this happened once before?
Then they start their murmuring
My vital signs encouraging
I wish they’d go away
It’s time for me to say…
Leave me alone
This world is dull monotone
Let me be free
Please don’t resuscitate me...
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7. |
Second String
03:19
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We’re not thinking, suppose we’ll never get it right.
I caught you blinking, when you said our future's bright.
Nothing you can say will change a thing
You're my first choice to be my second string
I’m just reflecting, on the good times and the bad
So stop deflecting, all the excuses are getting sad
Nothing you can say will change a thing
You're my first choice to be my second string
This isn’t all about tomorrow, when you can’t make through the day
Whether we beg, steal or borrow. We won’t make it through when all the clouds in our way
Nothing you can say will change a thing
You're my first choice to be my second string
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8. |
Pancake Hat
02:39
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Hurly burly, chew the fat
Time to doff the pancake hat
The pancake hat
Double trouble, bubble wrap
Time to tip the pancake hat
The pancake hat
To Elysian Fields I climb
And watch the fruit die on the vine
In summer splendor they decline
They never reach the finish line
Ring the weasel, skin the cat
Time to pass the pancake hat
The pancake hat
The pancake hat
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9. |
Shuttlecock
02:36
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She’s up and down it’s all around
The shuttlecock’s all over town
Watch her dart and by and by
She turns hello into goodbye
She's just a blur
There’s no stopping her
Her hyperbolic tendencies
Will only bring you to your knees
East, west, south, and north
She's always flitting back and forth
The bough is breaking
It's so bourgeois
The noise she's making
Is ah, ah, ah ,ah!
Across the net and through the sky
The frightening speed will terrify
You will stand in awe and shock
Can you return the shuttlecock?
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10. |
Merry Fucking Christmas
02:00
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Merry fucking Christmastime to you!
Happy Birthday Jesus King of Jews
Merry fucking Christmastime to you
I can smell your Christmas spirits coming through
When we were young
Christmastime was fun
But now I'm 42
And I can't wait 'til it gets through
So Merry Fucking Christmastime to you!
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11. |
Militarying
03:46
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Tempting Fate, the ladies try again
At the bar, it’s always been the same
And it’s everything, this militarying
And the soldier at the bar knows exactly who you are you know…
Time is short , the florists have been paid
Her folks support the match the two have made
And there’s little doubt that when he’s shipping out
He’ll be thinking of her and also several of the others…
Soft beds hard battles
That’s what the soldiers say
Soft beds hard battles
And it really doesn’t matter anyway
The years go by, as they always do
The portrait dims and fades away from view
And the table’s set
Beside the bassinet
And the wonder of it all is
It was just a port of call of his
Listen when the marching band is playing
Or you won’t hear what they’re saying
'Bout flesh and blood and bone
Listen to the politicians braying
And all the lies they’re saying
About heroes, hearth and home
Decades hence the scene will re-commence
There’s no defense, no wisdom to dispense
And it’s everything, this militarying
And the soldiers at the bar know
exactly who you are you know…
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12. |
The Secret
03:11
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A costly decision with no chance of revision seems I’m fucked right out of the gate.
I’m staring down the barrel of this wrath and peril and clearly no way to escape.
Could anyone notice
My look or my motive one glance could give it away
Should I get discovered and the secrets uncovered it could set the sun on this day
I could run from it all and let someone else take the fall
So I’ll keep my secret, never share a moment and never tell
Why
I’ll hide this story, refrain from the glory and keep what you can’t buy
No rhyme no reason, you can hang me up for treason. I’ve never been a patron saint. If it’s the secrets you want, don’t try to taunt me, cause all you’re gonna get is restraint
I could run from it all and let someone else take the fall
Ducking, weaving, thought concealing a well planned subterfuge
I’ll hold it tight because its’s something I can’t lose
But my nerves are shattered, psyche battered I just might give it away
But it won’t happen with me the secret stays
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13. |
My Sunday Prayer
02:29
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My Sunday prayer
When no one’s there
Please no balking when I’m talking
To the thin air
I’ve had my fill
Of this fire drill
In these conditions no one listens
And they never will…
All the stars that hang above me
And all the stars that fall below
There’s simply no one there to love me
And so I have to let it go
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14. |
Worry and Wonder
02:59
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Today I’m sinking like a precious stone. A smile is spread thin, can’t hide alone
There’s always tomorrow--another wave. I’ll catch it. I’ll ride it and save the day
See this happens every time, cause there’re things I hadn’t factored in
Like a topsy turvy ride, just hang on tight and buckle in.
So is life, I turn the page. The light turns on, I must engage
Today feels better like it’s meant to be. No backing down, I guarantee.
See this happens every time, cause there’re things I hadn’t factored in
Like a topsy turvy ride, just hang on tight and buckle in.
I refuse to let you down and wallow in my blunders.
I can’t choose to walk away and worry and…worry and wonder.
Don’t squander the fortunes at your feet.
Just know that one day you’ll be complete.
No need to bother I can help the others like I always do.
So much temptation and rearranging so I can be with you.
See this happens every time, cause there’re things I hadn’t factored in
Like a topsy turvy ride, just hang on tight and buckle in.
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15. |
Coil Memory
03:21
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I thought I’d change into
A new pair of pants
I’m looking different
But I know who I am
Out of the blue
Just like a tight rubberband
I snap back into who I was
In the past
Rat on a wheel
Feels kind of strange
Coil Memory
Invisible wires
Holding back what could be
Coil Memory
I lost my tennis shoes
When I was just ten
I’ll buy a brand new pair
When I pay the rent
Sure hoping therapy
Will slow down the slide
I’d like to cut the thread
And leave it behind
Stumbling back
To a world I despise
Coil Memory
A rat on a wheel
Is needing new toys
Coil memory
I had a chance to be anything
Maybe forget what I know
Scared enough to sit still
Maybe there’s a green pill
Now is what I’m after while I’m
Running from the shadows that I chase.
A rat on a wheel
Search and Destroy
Coil Memory
The boy is a man
He’s still unemployed
Coil Memory Coil Memory Coil Memory Coil Memory
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16. |
The Lesser
02:58
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Time for the monsters of this world
To fade away and be unheard
Time for the evil, time for the cruel
Broken by anger and it’s tools
Time for the greedy who don’t understand
Time for the masters killing this land
Time for the sleepers and gentle souls
Time for the wistful vision it holds
Time for the stars webbing the night
Time for the others left holding the light
Time for the stewards, time for the peace
Time for the lesser
To say the least
Imagine if you will
A minor miracle
A house upon a hill
Where we all belong
Time for the stars webbing the night
Time for the others left holding the light
Time for the stewards
Time for the peace
Time for the lesser
To say the least
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17. |
Enter Equinox
03:56
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For 96 days we’ve seen no shadows. It’s all florescence inside
The monitor glows it seems so shallow. Sure enough were losing our stride
Looking back I can see the sunrise and feel the temp starting to soar.
I don’t need no reason I give back this season and all of this wet and cold
When days last longer we never bother with how were gonna use up the day
We’re casting shadows with friends that we know. So what time can you come out to play?
Looking back I can see the sunrise and feel the temp starting to soar.
I don’t need no reason I give back this season and all of this wet and cold.
The world is tilting slight…..getting bright…now that the days get longer
Another year is sold……getting old….I’m sure that the light makes us stronger
Around for another spin shall we go round again until next time
The bounty is pulled from fruitful places as the floor gets colder and dry
I’m losing time as the clock erases. This fall back has darkened the sky
Looking back I can see the sunrise and feel the temp starting to soar.
I don’t need no reason I give back this season and all of this wet and cold
This shouldn’t come as a surprise. You know next season you’ll realize
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18. |
Almost
03:40
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Recall
We almost had a chance to have it all
But almost, is nothing at all
Just a point of pride before the fall
‘Cause almost
Is nothing at all
And when the springtime comes
And everything’s still numb
I would crawl, still in your thrall
To hear your laughter down hall
‘Cause almost
Is nothing at all
Almost…is nothing at all
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19. |
She Loves Me Not
02:51
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My Love thinks I’m crazy
Despondent, dark and lazy
I snap back like a slingshot
Then wimper out of earshot
She loves me
She loves me not
Nothing ever pleases
Like hunger that increases
Tied up in a love-knot
That tightens like a slip-knot
She loves me
She loves me not
She loves me
She loves me not
All the Lords and Ladies
From the dawn of time
In Heaven as in Hades
Rotting on the vine…
Then I’m sad and lonely
Broken, fat and homely
Safely out of earshot
Living in her blindspot
She loves me
She loves me not
She loves me not
She loves me not
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20. |
Golders Green
03:04
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You never know what life might deal you
Never know when or why
Make up your mind that Something will take you
There is no way, don’t even try
So pile in the mini and take me away
And tell me that your okay to drive – drive drive-
The obstacles are plenty and your losing your way
I’m slipping to the other, sliding to the other, riding to the other side
A ticking clock, a burning candle should have been your guide
One thing is for sure you couldn’t handle and now no one is selling time
I give you 32 reasons it’s time to go. I suppose you should of slept on your side -side -side
You're laying flat in a flat that’s full of demise. Nothings going to save you, no one’s going to play you, you’re nodding to the other side.
Who ‘s getting older? You’re heading up to Golders
Can’t you feel the temperature rise rise rise
So tell ‘em where the cash is, before you turn to ashes
These epitaphs are making me cry- cry -cry
A gathering place of familiar faces. They always come but never go
Travelers come and find their spaces and look for those they don’t even know
So head up to the Green gonna visit the folks. I am sorry that it took all this time -time -time
Meet the pals dinner and get carried away your chest is gonna tighten, there’s no use fighting. You slept into the other side-side
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21. |
Here Comes the Rain
03:08
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Say hello to darkness
Say goodbye to home
Say goodbye to the one thing
You could call your own
Say hello to darkness
Say hello to pain
Say goodbye to the sunshine
Here comes the rain
You may find the ties that bind
Have tripped you on the way
I can only turn and sadly say…
Say hello to darkness
Say hello to fear
Say goodbye to the good times
That you hold so dear
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22. |
Sites and Sound
02:51
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All aboard we leave tonight, for another northern flight
The ol’ green girl is brown where ice is melting
Got the bags to the stand, express me to the hotel brand
Nothings changed the old world is waiting
Stay up and burn the light and go well into the night
You see an early call just might ruin tomorrow
I said I’d be back again and reacquaint with friends
Where the sites and sounds and cobbled ways embrace me
Screeching rails make the stop, shall we walk up to the top?
And chase shadows of the ghostly strangers
Senses stretch and overload, as I am inspired by the old
By their fortunes and all that has replaced them
As the drink accompanies me
It all feels like it’s meant to be
Yes it feels like, yes it feels like home
Just for now I am one with this place
These haunts conceal me without a trace
Yes it feels like, yes it feels like home
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23. |
Blame the System
03:12
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The time has come the time has gone
It’s time to act or just move on
Regardless of your point of view
You’ll just do what the others do
And blame the System
(It’s never gonna listen)
Blame the System
(It don’t care…)
Just blame the System
(When you’re on a mission)
Everywhere!
You tried but…then you threw your hands up
You headed for the door
It’s sad …when no one understands you
You’re easy to ignore
Nothing ever seems to change
When you practice to estrange
And everyone thinks you’re deranged
Nothing’s lost, but nothing’s gained
The message of this story’s dumb
But here’s a simple rule of thumb
Shut your pie-hole don’t complain
Important things are worth the pain
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24. |
Everything's Gone
02:25
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The Gods that grace the Pantheon…
Now everything, everything’s gone
The victory at Marathon…
Now everything, everything’s gone
Everything, everything’s gone
The vivid hues of Babylon…
Now Everything, everything’s gone
The dodo bird, the mastodon
Now everything, everything’s gone
Everything, everything’s gone
Everything disintegrates at the end of day
Nothing will re-integrate
We too will go that way
And when it comes to people
It’s really just the same
The fires of time are burning
In everlasting flame
The sacred shores of Avalon
Now Everything, everything’s gone
The host of nobles thereupon
Now everything, everything’s gone
Everything, everything’s gone
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25. |
I Drink, Therefore I Am
03:06
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In matters philosophical
I choose the drink that’s tropical
Let’s raise a glass,
I drink, therefore I am
This simple toxicology
Remains the same for you and me
Let’s raise a glass,
I drink, therefore I am
The world is but a mummer’s play
We won’t survive it anyway
A bottle of distraction is the key
We ‘ll live to toast another day
In our alcoholic way
All the bloody bartenders agree…
Later at the hospital
My thoughts turn philosophical
Praise the Lord,
I drink, therefore I am
They tell me I’m embarrassing
Drinking while I try to sing
I wonder who the Hell they think they are
Despite my endless babbling
And neurologic nattering
Point me to the closest local bar…
My prowling’s pathological
Deliberate, diabolical
Did I shake your faith?
I drink, therefore I am
Did I shake your faith?
I drink, therefore I am
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27. |
A Ridiculous Notion
04:11
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We don’t feel anymore.
We keep shutting the door
God forbid we open up our minds and understand
We keep toeing the line.
And keep close with our kind
A life lacking reflection and never with open eyes
It’s the trail that we blazed.
The hopes that we razed
For a ridiculous notion
There’s a line in the sand.
It’s left us no place to land
Between these oceans
Don’t ask when or where.
That’s not my cross to bear.
Let’s decide what to save and sacrifice.
There’s no one left to thank.
We’re pushing towards the brink.
Can’t you feel the wall crumbling and closing in?
Maybe there’s a chance that we were never that far apart
Maybe there’s a chance that we can get together, talk it out, knock it out and walk away
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28. |
Solar Plexus
02:59
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Solar plexus
The fear protects us
When you’re feeling right down to your bones
That your hell’s become your home
What can you do?
The solar plexus
The stars protect us
When you’re feeling lost beneath the sky
And the light escapes your eye
What can you do?
Once upon a time
When the universe was mine
The sun shone through
Sun shone through…
Once upon a time
When you put your hand in mine
The sun shone through…
When you’re feeling right down to your bones
That your hell’s become your home
What can you do?
The solar plexus
The fear affects us
When you haven’t got a single friend
And your time has reached its end
What can you do?
What can you do?
What can you do?
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29. |
Scram!
03:46
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Don’t come near me
Please stay clear.
There’ll be no tag alongs
Too bad you’re bored.
Look away.
In two shakes we’ll be gone
The weekday isolation.
I want to go outside.
Who’ll watch me when I play when I am stuck inside.
Scram! Leave us. Just get out of here.
We don’t care what you say
Scram! Leave us no one wants you here.
You’re better off staying away.
I’m closing in on something new. Would someone let me in.
I’m making progress with their friends.
For some day they’ll depend
You’ve loss more than you gained. It will never be the same.
I say this with no shame.
You can’t go back again
Are you missing out on all the things you treasure?
What’s the difference between loneliness and leisure?
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30. |
The Hunger Artist
03:16
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The Hunger Artist bows his head
He’s having humble pie
His misery is palpable
He says he wants to die
The fans appear oblivious
Untutored in his pain
And so the Hunger Artist moans
Posting once again
The Hunger Artist starts his show
His pain is on display
Tormented by the status quo
You’re going to rue his day
The fans appear oblivious
Untutored in his pain
And so the Hunger Artist moans
Posting once again
Back in better times
He ruled the day
Now in colder climes
It’s disarray…
He reminds us of this
Every single day…
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31. |
Consider It Done
03:45
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You ever get the feeling something is off?
The beginning and the endings have been bought
Should I make the play? No thank you, not today.
Because nothing is as it seems.
A long glance in the mirror and he appears
The young man that we known for all these years
Is there anything you wouldn’t sing?
Might you stop delivering all this noise and bad news.
Consider it over, consider it done
You hang onto remnants and endless reruns
Consider it over, consider it done
Meet Mr. Has Been. Your living way back when. Why don’t you
move along
No matter what you wish it won’t come through
The essence of your past you can’t undo
So who’d you bring along?
Did she help you write that special song?
Knowing it’s never true?
History finds you. vanity blinds you.
This lifestyle will grind
you…grind you down!
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32. |
The Countless Times
03:03
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I’m sad indeed if I have hurt you
So pardon me when I refer to
The countless times
You turned and walked away
When inner peace is all I’m after
And all I get is derisive laughter
The countless times
turned and walked away
Pardon me if I’m not buying
All those silly voices trying
Over and over again
And at the risk of prying
Into the constant lying
I won’t be coming back my friend
Here we are, I must prepare you
Even if the prospect scares you
The countless times you turned and walked away
So let’s choose to end this torture
And bring some grace to this disorder
T
he countless times
You turned and walked away
I’m sad indeed if I have hurt you
So pardon me when I refer to
The countless times
You turned and walked away
The countless times
You turned and walked away
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33. |
Comfort Me
04:31
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The things we’re chasing, seldom change a life
Yet we keep embracing the useless and the trite
Far from me to figure out. Far from me to try
Ignoring all the gravity that pulls us out of line
It is never wise to interrupt a carefully chosen path
Both arrogance and innocence up the aftermath
Collectively we clean up and wash away past
Shining up the pennies to pay each other back
Comfort me, detract from what I see
Tell the stories and reveal all that’s hidden
Comfort me, detract from what I see
Show me something that makes it all worth living
The hardest part is over. The battle has been waged
Stuck in the “what could have been” , makes you feel your age
Never one to compromise. Always one to pry
The needless confrontations, leave us asking why
What are you trying to tell me? Might it shift the blame?
Call it what you want its all the same
Another minor miracle. Another grand façade
What most call common sense you call God
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34. |
Done and Dusted
02:56
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Done and dusted now
We’re at the end somehow
And if the Fates allow
It’s time to take my bow
Done and dusted up
Please don’t interrupt
‘Cause thoughts of you disrupt
And I don’t know down from up
All the tears we’re crying
And all the ships at sea
Now you’ve got me trying
To see what I might see
Done and dusted now
The judge will disallow
All the broken vows
Arguments and rows
The pain is mystifying
And all I have is pain
The thought is paralyzing
Would we do it all again
Done and dusted now
We’re at the end somehow
And if the Fates allow
It’s time to take my bow
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35. |
Pish Posh
02:28
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Pish posh
Are you ready for a whitewash?
With everybody at a total fucking loss…
Pish Posh
While we’re dining at the pig trough
Bellies bursting ‘cause they get enough
Pish Posh!
The bastards break the news
Singing sha la la la la
So I resort to booze
‘Til I’ve had enough
I’m feeling rather rough…
Pish Posh
Now they have me in a headlock
And I’m feeling like a total laughingstock
Pish Pock
Nothing grinds my gears
Like a fool without a plan
When they exploit your fears
Never hang your head
Let’s hang them instead…
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Vanilla Tacoma, Washington
Melodic indie-pop band from the US Pacific Northwest. Featuring Jayson Jarmon, Sean Gaffney, Mark Simmons, Scott Warfield, James Peterson, Jessica Van Horn and a cast of thousands!
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Garden of Earthly Delights - An XTC Celebration
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XTC had their moment in time...this recording extends it...Full of small, tight , quirky songs it juz rolls along. Recommended but maybe only for XTC fans..
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Chapter Three
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The debut solo album from the soulful pop singer features themes about life, love, and social equity.
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Second By Second By Minute By Minute: The Songs of Rick Springfield
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