1. |
Myself
03:05
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Cool, calm, collected, or simply a mess,
You're trying, trying far too hard,
And one simple sentences makes a second guess,
And one smile's fooling everyone,
I wonder who I am today,
I don't feel quite myself,
How can I cooperate?
When I've been slowly losing touch
With the way I consider myself,
Repeated lapse in my tenacity,
When will you die?
Don't be so tongue tied and a bit remiss,
For what you leave behind.
'Cause I'm truly dreaming of a highway,
The city's gleaming in my sights,
And you're driving, swerving all around,
If you ask what's on my mind and I'll say,
Wonder who I am today,
I don't feel quite myself,
How can I cooperate?
When I've been slowly losing touch
With the way I consider myself.
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2. |
Stripper
02:40
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Jenny
Jenny was a stripper
She could dance from night into day then day into the night
Taking your love to and looking for a fight
Cool it
Do we have a problem?
If those words don't pay
Then don't you bother
With your priceless nicities
Ever since you were a child
Luck has never been on your side
Waiting for a chance just to show the world
How the sunset's still in your eyes
You can call me coy boy
You can call me brat
"Can I call you what I want"
No I'm not permitting that
"I never met a woman with such elegance and grace,
Now I'm head over heels and I'm flat out on my face
She calls me down to the liquor store again
And she calls me down 'cause she says she needs a friend"
Don't take this the wrong way but I think you're tired of being alone
Deep down in a little town
There's a girl in a valley
Head up looking at the clouds asking
"Where do they go?"
Ever since you were a child
Luck has never been on your side
Dancing for a crowd drowned out in downers
With a night cap pose as they're dosing off
I will ride this wave
Till it throws me up on the shore
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3. |
Adieu
04:29
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Man, work can be such a drag sometimes.
Why do I even gotta be here?
One day at a time, my life's just wasting away.
Just wasting away...
Searching through the locker in the back,
Pack of gum and old cigarettes,
Jonesin' for some Johnny on the rocks,
Till I'm talkin' tough,
It's going to be so slow tonight,
Just waiting on the clock to say goodbye,
I'd rather be six feet deep,
With sugar on my teeth,
From sipping sweet nothings
In a cheap can of beer,
Than wasting my time,
Dosey and dumb,
Chatting straight faced with a smile so fake,
Time to see this through to the end,
I'm last in line, but I'm first to bid adieu,
Adieu,
On call silly imitations,
They're so genuinely tiresome,
Shut up, sit on down and listen,
Let me tell you what you're missing,
This operation's sinking too far,
And I'm sinking too,
So we're obviously lost here at sea,
And taking on water,
I'd rather be six feet deep,
With sugar on my teeth,
From sipping sweet nothings
In a cheap can of beer,
Than wasting my time,
Dosey and dumb,
Faking that smile!
Awake in the tragedy of
Being a mannequin in the window panicking,
'Cause they unwittingly don't know where to go,
Breaking out of this display,
Watch me leave with a bye-bye,
I'll try to see this through to the end,
I'm last in line
But I'm first to turn 'round and scream out,
"I bid you adieu!"
Adieu...
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4. |
Little Faker
02:45
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Little faker, little drama queen,
So loud, so proud,
You can tailor all those tall tales,
And pass 'em out, without a doubt,
Flee upon a fleeting thought
Straight for the hearts you hold,
Sway the girls when words you spill
Float effortlessly along,
I know sometimes,
It's best to hold your own tongue,
Trying to make you believe,
Everything that you need,
Waiting for someone to say,
Look what you could have become,
If only you would have been true.
Little bastard, little pretty boy,
So full of love, so full of shit,
Keep on telling people little lies
To spend the night, then call it quits,
Don't play so dumb,
You're smarter than that, I know,
Normally people like you
With no moral compass lack any remorse,
No concern, you've got it all figured out!
So lie, lie as much as you would like
Until you're caught,
I know sometimes,
It's best to hold your own tongue,
Trying to make you believe,
Everything that you need,
Waiting for someone to say,
Look what you could have become,
If only you would have been true.
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5. |
People's Minds
03:18
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To think a word is all it takes
To make a day or break it down,
You're not alone and not insane,
The time bomb ticking is a made up thing,
And honestly, I know it seems,
The part of you that comes from pain,
Can only be replaced by a new heart,
A new brain,
A new me.
You can never give up on people's minds,
You can never give up on people's minds.
Mental take down!
Sometimes it doesn't work out
Best the battle!
Standing ahead of the rock and a hard place.
The irony and empathy, calamity of sanity
Keep on fighting!
Till you aren't thinking at all,
I forgot my head up in the clouds,
Will I see beyond this with a chance to
Restart my systems?
But last I checked, I think my model,
Is a little bit in need of repair,
The mind can be so colossal,
And my castle is in need of a new me.
You can never give up on people's minds,
You can never give up on people's minds,
Irony, empathy, enmity, woah is me,
You can never give up on people's minds!
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6. |
New Blood
01:56
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Chew,
There's not enough,
So bite on your cheek,
No time for delay,
And you've got some,
Bad habits,
You're playful, but -
You've weak understanding,
Easy?
You're not listening,
But I've got my ways,
Don't take no shortcits again,
Cause a walk in the park,
Only weakens the legs.
'Cause nothing's ever easy.
You oughta know.
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7. |
Popsicle Delight
02:14
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You're sitting close to the telephone,
Breaking hearts in a mellow tone,
But you've melted your popsicle delight,
And you have such a way with words,
And honey there's a recipe,
And I'm the perfect spice you need
To keep you up all day,
Don't tell me what to say,
Just tell me what you want from me, baby,
If I could be the man for you, I'll try,
Seems that we so easily deny,
A similar thing could happen to you and I.
You're tuckered out, but you're still awake,
10PM no, it's not too late,
To bring me back,
Into the web of desire,
And you have such a way to make me want,
Honey don't be a tease,
I'm just simply here to please,
But I've really got to be on my way,
Don't tell me what to say,
Just tell me what you want from me, baby,
If I could be the man for you, I'll try,
Seems that we so easily deny,
A similar thing could happen to you and I,
Don't tell me what the fuck to say.
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8. |
Strange
03:45
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Tall and tan and cool, but not too nice,
You gotta be, you gotta be,
Busty and lust, but not too bright,
You gotta be,
Because we date,
Not in twos, but shapes,
Nature made obtuse,
Solely for the sake of being cruel,
I never thought a lover like you,
Could challenge all the ways I think,
Funny when a feeling comes through,
I find it rather strange,
This could get personal,
But kiss and tell ain't my style,
Such a silly phrase,
S'envoyer en l'air,
When it comes and goes so suddenly,
Till finally it doesn't seem so mundane,
Tall and tan and cool, but not too nice,
You gotta be, you gotta be,
Busty and lusty, but not too bright,
You gotta be,
Because I never thought a lover like you,
Could challenge all the ways I think,
Funny when a feeling comes through,
I find it rather strange!
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9. |
The Cost Pt. 1
01:46
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Finding the outside now,
Close yet so far,
Like a restless bird stuck,
We all know where to fly.
Winter starts then you stop moving,
Summer ends only in your mind.
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10. |
The Cost Pt. 2
01:41
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Talk about another lovely day,
The concrete tall and the pavement grey,
Walls are closing in on me again,
Buried in the bosom of society,
What's the cost of it all?
What do you pay for making poor decisions?
When toss ups do fall,
Catching them could make a bit of difference,
I can feel it in my gut,
Feel it.
Work to death so I can get a raise,
The bartender knows me best these days,
Finally I feel a sudden breeze,
I hear the horizon calling me,
I'm dying to get out of this place,
And find me the simple things that we all know,
That's why I'm headed for the hills,
And I'm never coming back,
What's the cost of it all?
What do you pay for making poor decisions?
When toss ups do fall,
Catching them could make a bit of difference,
I can feel it in my gut,
Feel it,
Feel it in my gut.
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11. |
Worried for What
02:34
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Worried for what?
Don't know,
Stuck in the night,
Morning come quick,
Make up your mind ornery boy,
Make up your mind ornery boy,
Hello semblance of sun,
Fly me away now,
Hold me at night.
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12. |
City Life
03:44
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Finding that lately I've been thinking,
Where do I go from here?
To places far and near.
I'm free,
I'm free,
Sitting in obscurity.
Wander on until you find a way out,
Till your in a better place, you got to walk away,
Walking away,
Walking away.
So it goes,
Endings I suppose,
Have a place,
Sitting in the mill singing,
"Goodbye Saxonville!"
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