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not fragile
03:49
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you ask me why i love you, such a plain jane
why when there are tinkerbells
just out there for the taking
that i can hang upon my chain
it's not because you're glamorous
or you know the fashion scene
it's not because i need to hang you like a painting
or wear you like ring
it's the brave things that you say
when the wolves are at your gate
and that tough face that you make
it's the white knuckles on your fist
and the scare above your lip
oh baby your not fragile
i've had my time with crystal baby
sitting too close to the edge
so when you ask me do i think that you look pretty
you know the reason i say yes
it's the brave things that you say
when the wolves are at your gate
and the tough face that you make
it's the world that caves you i
and you laugh and get back up again
oh baby you're not fragile
cold soldier's grin
battle marks on your skin
no bodyguard
only who you are
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2. |
roses for the diva
03:30
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don't tell me that you need to hear
brown eyed girl again
don't tell me how mustang sally gets ya goin'
we just want to sing the songs we made
lay 'em down and then get paid
without some townie screamin' freebird in my face
so it's roses for the diva
and then it's cleainig up, for guys like us
sweeping up the petals on the stage
i shot my radio with my 22 and said i resign
i couldn't take a nother nashville genius
writing clever, clever lines
where did the poety go
it was right here then i think it was stolen by some one who put it on a logo
(chorus)
don't want the whole thing just a little bit
workin' all night long in the basement
tryin' to keep the roof over our head
writing songs that nobody wants yet
while nashville ties a ribbon 'round some horse shit
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see the mountains under the sky
what do you think is on the other side
can you hear the gravel whisper
hey prisoner the gate's open wide
it just takes one good wind to blow
one foot on the open road and
it's a brand new life, it starts right now
whatever we were before, it doesn't count
it's an empty stage, a new play to write
it's a brand new life
take a quick look in the mirror
at the stranger then say goodbye
shake the dust off your adventureous nature
turn on the light
it takes only one good hill
a little push fall where you will and
it's a brand new life, it starts right now
whatever you were before it doesn't count
it's an empty page, a new song to write
it's a brand new life
see mr. monday morning suit and tie
the days go by
he might yet lay in fragrant fields
with those banana peels all around his heels
one good hard stomp on the ground
and all the walls come tumbling down...
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4. |
mid america
03:18
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the rolled up hay, the endless fence
the big, dumb cow,chews and grins
as passengers peak through the lens
of a rolling chevrolet
up in the cab a driver waves
the children pull their pretend chains
he smiles and makes his airhorn sin
the song of mid america
the silent movie plays so sweet
on the six transparent screens
the rolling hillsides make you dream
the afternoon away
the markers come the marker pass
the miracle of machine and gas
takes us pas the leaning grass
that covers mid america
tell me your life as we move along
take the wheel and let me slumber off
turn the am radio on and find a rita coolidge song
the shadows stretch, the day is gone
the sun goes down, the lights come on
that keep the small-town streets beyond
the reach of the black
the sound of sleeping children fills
the back seat, action finally stills
as you and i go through the hills
and cross the endless plains
on a journey that never ends
as we go through the veins.....of mid america, america
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5. |
now you know
03:52
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i had on talk of the town listening to chrissy sing
i had to tip my hat a couple of time to the honeyman
it sounded so good that the words just came out
i saw your face and i said them right out loud
i said i love you, i love you dear
close enough for you to hear
if i could take it back, if god would let me just do that
i might let just stay out there
let it find a home in the ether
like a prisoner set free from his cell
with aprehension it tell you what i feel
i say i love you, i love you girl, so it's out in this world
so now you know, now you know
look ahead don't say anything
now you know, now you know
let it blow away in the wind
please don't open your mouth
don't respond to my sentance
let a few minutes go by before you talk
and crush me into pieces
and let me glow in the unknown
and maybe let me have a second
'cause maybe i think i'll repeat it
i love you, i love you babe
forgive me for the things i say
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6. |
livin' on the radio
04:34
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nothing lasts forever does it baby
it's looking like our paths will diverge here
and as life eddys and swirls
you searchin' for your perfect world
you may someday find me in your ears
singin' a song 3 minutes 45 seconds long
about this moment that we're sharing here
so if you find that you're lost in the city
surrounded by people but you still feel all alone
you will find me on some little pirate station
livin' on the radio
riding in your limousine in winter
i'm the memory that you packed away
then suddenly in the air, from a speaker somewhere
you hear my voice, you here it seem to say
(chorus)
(wluv time is 5:45, it's also a cold 34 degrees out there so stay inside for god's sake. Relax, open some wine, put on that bright green sweater that your granny knitted for ya about 5 years ago and just get cozy. But i am done for the day children and before i sneak stealthily out the back, we're gonna spin a track for ya called "livin' on the radio" by goodrtimes deville. i am far billy star and you are listening to wluv manhatten, nine twenty on your amplitude modulation dial.)
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7. |
songs for sale
04:23
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we are as broke as poets
on the morning after pay day
so we've got something on the block
and draggin' out the ol' soap box
stop a while and listen to us say
this little jem is a great deal
guaranteed to never rust or fade
so be the first one on your street
to make your friends and neighbors green
why hold on to that pocket change anyway
so raise up you hand throw out a bid
raise up your hand throw out a bid
come on we've got songs for sale
how 'bout a ballad for your baby
or somethin' fun and noisy for the kids
christmas is coming up my friend
and you may not have this chance again
to buy a piece of mistletoe like this, like this
(chorus)
and if you're sedate we've got your mellow
funky vibes for wild types
and this one here's got a cool guitar solo
so you can be ahead of the curve bill
why buy another tv set
there are only so many shows that you can see
and they ain't that good between you and me
there are only so many things
on which dust won't collect
and wind up in the shed so...
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footnotes
03:37
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don't look for us in the big library
don't try to find us in the half-priced bin
you'll find our story told upon the wind of a grey day
just footnotes at the bottom of the page
like a candy wrapper on the freeway
like a shooting star that no one saw
our music echoes through the halls of
oddity these days
only footnotes at the bottom of the page
calenders in tornadoes
years and months tear away
ivy invades the second-story windows and paint
is falling off the garden gate
roll your dice out on the big green table
watch them roll and bounce against the wall
but you don't read the numbers you just
turn and walk away
they're just footnotes at the bottom of the page
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9. |
12 car pile-up
03:24
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who's that fella standing in the back
he's got a story he's got a name
but nobody's asking him anything
like a little moon going 'round a big world
he's got no effect upon
the big bright party that's going on 'cause
she's a 12 car pile-up
drive by and ya just gotta look
rubberneckin' in the fast lane
they say does anybody know her name
try to keep your eyes on the road
fender benders where ever she goes
she's a 12 car pile-up
and she's mine for the time being
she goes out walking in this town
(then all the workin' men come out)
the buildings turn into camera crews
the road is a carpet for her red shoes
it never seems to rain when she goes out
(it wouldn't dare mess up her blouse)
the clouds never set their drops free
they're too busy trying to get a peek
it's in slow motion....
and i would tell her that i love her so
(if she'd just slow he'd let her know)
but the crowd in trampling on my toes
i find myself on the wrong side of the road
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10. |
you're fine jamie
04:26
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i was standing outside the igc
watching the downtown world
waitin' till it gets past three
then here come the community college girls
rock your world
mrs. mady walked up to me and said,
"what happened to the good-lookin' little girl
i used to see you with?"
i went and told her we were still we
i ain't burned the bridges yet
but i know ya have
you're fine jamie, you're all free now
it's so hard to face it
you're fine jamie you don't need me
i guess the only word left to say is goodbye
as luck would have it just when i was thinkning about those eyes you have
you and amy came on by
swinging your shopping bags
oh it hurt so bad
you walked like you were on the beach
underneath miami skies
and you gave a pretty smile to me
but it wasn't really mine
see ya 'round sometime
(chorus)
well ol' mr. defranco he came out and told us all to move along
"get out to the shore or somethin' fellas. quit waitin' around here for trouble, now go on."
so we got into manny's car and we drove around for a while until we wound up underneath the I-95 overpass and passed the bottle around some
people drivin' up the on-ramp
they climb and climb and climb, heading out of town
i bet you're up there on the road
rollin' with your windows down
and your map out
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so i see you've come down to the end
of all of your studying and none of the pieces fit
don't want to hang your hat on randomness
or stand with coinsidence
you fear the though of it
you want to give meaning to the universe
well you're not the first and you sure ain't the last
i wish i had the words up here in my head
i would sing them out and help you to forget
i wish i knew the thing that billy shakespeare knew
i would write it down and make it better for you
never seen such a high price-tag on a smile
or the sticker-shock that a while
of peace of mind would bring
and what about those who say
that the answer is love
well we know it's not enough
but it helps to numb the sting
you want to give meaning to the universe
well you're not the first and you sure ain't the last
(chorus)
we want to give meaning to the universe
we're not the first and we sure ain't the last
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