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us
03:47
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The man on TV is so sure
it's time to bolt and lock the doors
and ready ourselves for the coming
once in a lifetime storm
i don't know he might be right
he might be pitching something to buy
all i know is i'm with you tonight
us, as long as we've got us
we can face it no matter what this cold world does
us, as long as we fight for us
let them do what they will there's no killing us
is there someone close to your ear
who's telling you it's time to fear
that one day i am going to let you
all the way down
just don't forget that he don't know me
not the way that you do baby
tell him that you don't need him around
us, as long as we've got us
we can face it no matter what this cold world does
us, as long as we fight for us
let them do what they will there's no killing us
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american highway song
04:03
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He changes out the oil
He checks the tires good
She’s loading up her clothes
And her new college books
A smile and a hug
And she backs down the drive
He grins and he waves but he is crashing hard inside
American highway song
Turning west into the sun
And Ebbets field is gone
American highway song
The tire swing through the screen door
May you play for ever more
There’s a little tear deep down in your young eyes
Which reflects the barns beneath the midwest skies
And now you’ve rolled into a strange reality
Like Koufax driving by all those queen palm trees
(chorus)
The man was wrong you can go home again
An hour out of town and you find you’ve never left
The pastures bloom all golden deep down in your soul
Thank God there’s a double-header on the radio
(chorus)
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dandelion
04:33
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There’s a bug fighting in a glass of wine
We left out on the table last night
On the radio an ad for school supplies
I get it, I know that it’s pale today
I get it, I know the sun’s further away
As I watch you start to change
Dandelion
When I found you on this side of my gate
Oh, I loved you so and held you close even though
You looked right past me down the road
Dandelion
When it comes time for you to blow away
Just do one thing for me
Catch the wind while I’m asleep
Make it a dream dandelion
Oh, I let my yard grow wild this season
Up the fence around the trees and
Kept your kingdom just the way you want
I get it , I know that the world’s going ‘round
I get it, I know that there’s cold on the ground
I make the wish but never out loud
(Chorus)
For a while it’s easy
Then the yard gets breezy
Around our orbit we go heading for the fall
I get it, I know this is how it works
I get it, I know this is just gonna hurt
No matter how many clocks I tear down off the wall
(Chorus)
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sunspot
03:31
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Shadowless day, scratched up film
Impending rain, dark gray hills
The black-eyed crow, high tension lines
The cancelled show in my mind
But somewhere in the continent of never-ending gray
I feel the radiation of your face
The dog-eared book, long recipes
The potions written down by me
All soaked by rain, deep in the woods
Never did me any good
But somewhere in the armies of the crashing tidal waves
I feel the ultraviolet of your gaze
Sol, Zon , Soleil
You are my sunspot
Sol, Zon, Soleil
Infraredda in your gamma, in your radio
Infraredda in your gamma, in your radio
The swirling wind, empty wood box
The building storm, the stopped clock
Across the gulf a solar flair
I reach are you there
Then somewhere in the drifts of coldness smothering the light
I feel the hot corona of your eyes
Underneath the atmosphereic pressure
Underneath the weight of the sky
In between the emtiness and terror you rise
(Chorus)
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Someday baby
words like these only keep me waiting
Someday you’ll see
life is what happen while we're planning
What’s the matter with now, hey hey hey
What’s the matter with now
Where’s the logic in waiting for something you’ve already found
Someday baby
words like these only keep me guessing
Someday baby
is only said when we’re not progressing
What’s the matter with this, hey hey hey
What’s the matter with this
I don’t need more time to think it isn’t or it is
Someday baby
words like these only keep me waiting
Someday you’ll see
life is what happen while you're planning
To let me know I’m the one
But happiness never comes
When nothing is ever done you just say it
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not this clown
03:12
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I can’t help feeling sorry for that guy
Crushed top hat and spinning bowtie
She’s got him waiting in line
A painted on grin doesn’t understand
You knock him down every time you need a laugh
I guess he don’t mind
Not not this clown
This one is gonna keep his footing
Not this clown
I guess you’re gonna have to keep on looking
Not this clown
This one is gonna make it to the greatest show on earth
Can’t you see the tears in his eyes
Every time you hit him with that pie
He knows it ain’t fair
You know that he could sweep it up alright
But you keep moving that silly spotlight
I guess he don’t care
Not not this clown
This one is gonna go his own way
Not this clown
This one is never gonna pay to play
Not this clown
This one is gonna make it to the greatest show on earth
And it’s a full house on this Saturday
Juggling knives for the amusement of all your feel-good friends
Watch the poor fella as he stowes his pride away
He trips and falls again and again, the poor guy never wins
You know Ferris Bueller he said it best
Right there on my TV set
You can’t respect some one who kisses your ass
So if that’s what it takes to get this job
No thanks honey I’m moving on
Your beauty be damned
(Chorus)
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popular music
02:55
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Turn on 101.3 and if we’re lucky we’ll be free
In the strains of popular music
On comes Dreams by Fleetwood Mac
And instantly we’re taken back to when we met through popular music
And one good song never fixed a wrong
And one cool chord never won the war
Or kept the Huns from sacking all those Roman cities
Permenant waves, overcast days
That’s who you are riding in your car
Endless possibilities
Riding by Ms. Nargi’s house
The door is open, guess what’s coming out
The sound of popular music
Speakers on it’s 3:15
I strap myself into the seat of my time machine
Popular music
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8. |
tear it up
03:02
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You see that map with all those lines
They don’t exist they’re in the mind
And ancient laws like gravety
Are only here to break
and take apart and make your slaves
Tear it up, tear it up
Go and kick some backend
Caution never captains any ship
Well it’s your direction, any world you put your foot in
Will never be enough until you go and tear it up
On the edge disaster lies
The answer to the question why
And when they call you crazy
you know they flatter you
And you know there’s so much to lose
But you say damn the headwinds light the fuse
(Chorus)
All the Monday quarterbacks
Relive the thrills they never had
And safety’s dull and candy pain
Keeps heaven away
and keeps the stars from catching flame
(Chorus)
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Everybody says you know
Your life is going to change
Everybody says be prepared
Your free days are coming to an end
I’ve not regretted a single second
since his first night out on the stage
I’ve not chagrined a moment since the very first day
But there are things I could let fade away
I’d get by without laughing at all his silly jokes
I’d get by without finding
Gum when I’m washing his clothes
But if I couldn’t see his face
They may as well knock me out and drag me away
That’s my line, without his smile
I don’t get by
The kid has never once thrown a fit
I don’t think he sees the point in it
Why let the world get to you
When your smile can decimate the blues
I’ve never rued a single afternoon
With Bakugans and his cartoons
I’ve never wished I was somewhere else
When he brings out that ol’ grin
And there are things to trade now and again
(Chorus)
I’ve never wondered what life would be
If he wasn’t sleeping next to me
I’ve never bargained for another chanc
To let these chips refall
And there are some things you would trade for it all
(Chorus)
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you and your bad self
03:29
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I like the way the wind
Blows your black hair soft across your face
Man it's so cool
And when the sun gets in your eyes
Makes 'em green on the outside, yellow on the inside
Underneath the chalkhill sky
The coyote up on the hill salutes me
As we roll across the lake music movin' through me
I was free-style singin' on a rockin' boat
Hotdog scattin to a couple of the new chords
Waitin' for the beat to bust me out
thinkin' 'bout later when we're gonna get it down
You and your bad self layin' in the sun
Pretty soon the moon is gonna come
And it's groovy baby, it's groovy now
Be Bop Delux, Les Dudek, Boz Scaggs, Steely Dan
Stevie and the Allman Brothers
Even sound better when you start movin' like that
While the sun on the water shines
Just like white diamonds on a mirror on fire while the
First star takes to mind
to break through the cerulean
the coyote up on the hill he smiles
As we break through the tape
Of the miracle mile
(Chorus)
The coyote up on the hill gives me the thumbs-up
He knows the righteous thing
he could tell that I was
(Chorus)
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11. |
you taught me well
03:18
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Don’t give me sad looks or a shoulder to lean
Don’t say anything
I’m fine, I’m good
I do just what I should to stay breathing
I wake, I rise
I keep my mind from dreaming
‘Cause you taught me well
About all these things
What blind faith in somebody means
That one person’s joy is another's mistake
So don’t do the love if you can’t do the heartbreak
I built a big fence way up to the sky
And when some one comes by
I aim, I shoot
until the bullets go through and they’re on the ground
I stand, I fight
I don’t let my lines or my guard down
(Chorus)
Here comes that feeling playing games with my soul
For a minute I think I’m wrong
Then I ask myself why I can’t let go
The I stop, I feel
The marks from your heels still on me
I stand, I say
Oh no not today I’ll stay lonely
(Chorus)
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