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Monday Night
02:28
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Obligation-less, and wanting to do something fun
I left my room, and I sat down by the fire
Heard them speak the things I've spoke many times before
But then I came to realize it was a different kind of night
And so I left my house, and walked over to that hotel
It felt like home so many times before
Met some people there, and took them down to that old place
We used to drink, used to dance the night away
Tried to join the fun, but the person at the door
She wouldn't let me in, so I left without my grin
So in my room again, I sat down and wrote this song
We all end up just the same as we begin
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Paperboy
03:22
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Pretty sound, you best get runnin'
They're coming to make hell for you
Your sister she got stoned for singing
And they got a ransom out for you
Seems music makes for bad production
When every time it swallows you
So corner daylight, curse the twilight
and do those things you want to do
Here we sit with headaches, mouths on mute
ghosts of echoes torturing our every move
And no one dares to sing, for fear is afoot
The law of blood is in place so melody stays put
Lock the door to your apartment
with headphones, records, books to read
It's a death by playing dumb for drunkards
when you see the things they'll never see
Seems silence only makes you older
when everyone is sound asleep
So write it down and play it louder
It has to wake a thousand dreams
The paperboy wore headphones before dawn
as he spread the morning paper with the news
that they just found a way to make more time
of our silly morning, sunny afternoon
Don't let it go too soon
Don't let it go too soon
Don't let it go too soon
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3. |
Tannins and Too Faced
02:41
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Tannins and too faced
Perfume and speed
a riddle blows its cover when you say what you mean
You know I never knew I needed
things like shelter, therapy, and sleep
Take off the glasses
strip off the tie
you're staring at a child and there's truth in his eyes
But we don't listen to each other without words
and we don't act on insights
Too stubborn
(to kill the lights)
Too stubborn
(to stop the fight)
Too stubborn
Check the clock and tear it off the wall for telling lies
Tannins and too faced
is refuge tonight
we'll talk until morning
still there's no end in sight
'Cause it ain't over, till it's over
and the heavy lady is backstage, quiet
The crowd thinks it's a riot
Too stubborn
(to kill the lights)
Too stubborn
(to stop the fight)
Too stubborn
Check the clock and tear it off the wall for telling lies
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4. |
Fearless Kids
03:42
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Well time came through your door
she's sitting on your floor
and asking please, I must have your voice
For your have to make a choice
You can hold the side rails close
And live off pictures with no surprises
Or open up the gate
From certainty to stakes
And see the world in technicolor
And the chance is such good bait
that you push on through the gate
you never know what lies around
'Cause somewhere there's some fearless kids
out on the streets downtown
with caffeine eyes and reckless mouths
they're talking about a new sound
The fight just can't be found
'cause it's lying on the ground
in quite a questionable manner
So let it writhe around
and laugh when it makes sounds
'cause you know it doesn't matter
You've got the ones who care
you've got a lot to share
before you go and let it shatter
So take these words and run
maybe you're the sun
have you ever thought of that?
'Cause somewhere there's some fearless kids
out on the streets downtown
with caffeine eyes and reckless mouths
they're talking about a new sound
So leave the busy sidewalk
and travel through a tunnel
a level underground
and surface with a new mind
one that sees the future
in everyone around you
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5. |
Secret Spies
03:40
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Alice, I am out here on my own
Talking history with the herons
While the present laps the shore
Sometimes I refrain from talkin' loud
But my thoughts are in Pamplona
Chasing down a crowd
They would make you proud
Alice, would you take me from these thoughts
Let's get high and cover distance
on highways through the dark
Tonight I am no longer twenty three
And I'm lit up like a candle
So make a wish and blow me
Settle on the good side of my dreams
Secret spies are switching on the lights
The night is getting bright
Watching from a satellite
Laughing all the while
Alice, I am out here on my own
Trying hard to keep my good head
Just in front of my great heart
When something slick and shiny steals the stage
Takes the reigns and brings the beast up
And suddenly it's day
I don't know what to say
'Cause anyway by now you're out the door
And I'm stuck here spitting phrases
And staring at the floor
But I'm hopeful you'll come around again
When time will lose it's patience
And satellites will dim
I know this from before
Secret spies are switching on the lights
The night is getting bright
Watching from a satellite
Laughing all the while
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6. |
Afraid of Animals
04:12
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All my friends are not wasting their time
fighting grizzly bears for nothing
I think it's time I took their lead
and finally shot a gun for something
I go out to the tall trees
and I travel alone at night
I hear movement in the darkness
I'm scared of animals
I'm afraid of animals
I'm scared of animals
Their wild hearts don't lie
You spend your whole life chasing raccoons up trees
Well one day they might fight back
And once you're surrounded, it's way to late
'Cause wild things never show mercy
I got out to the tall trees
And I sing my songs to the night
Yeah, there's movement in the darkness
I'm scared of animals
I'm afraid of animals
I'm scared of animals
Their wild hearts and wild charms
Their wild hearts and wild charms
Don't lie
I'm scared of animals
I'm afraid of animals
Can't look them in the eye
I think they can see inside of me
I'm scared of animals
I'm afraid of animals
Can't look them in the eye
I think they can see inside of me
I'm scared of animals
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7. |
Gold in Acapulco
02:33
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It's a little bit hard to tell what you want when you're hoping
Impossible to need what you're not knowing
There's a little lost town, I'm going, with no roads to get there
so I swim, getting tired
I'd give up, but I hear there's still gold in Acapulco
I'd give up
Some things you hold so tight, you go nowhere without them
While the others, you drop so many times
You never get used to side effects like fever dreams and cigarettes
and the kind of shit that's only real in your imagination
I'd give up, but I hear there's still gold in Acapulco
I'd give up, but I hear there's still gold in Acapulco
Gold in Acapulco
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With the Wolves
02:30
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I will be home in the morning
I'll strike a match, spark the sun
In the morning
Clear, bright, and new after sideways snow
In the morning
Tonight I'm running with the wolves
Swiftly and silent through the woods
I will be home in the morning
I'll have a window from which
I'll watch the morning
I will be wrapped in the warmth
In the morning
Tonight I'm running with the wolves
Swiftly and silent through the woods
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9. |
The World In My Words
04:00
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It's so hard to say
what I'm trying to say
is I can see you falling like a pretty piece of rain
while I do all the talking
about nothing at all, and everything at once
Ain't it just the hardest thing
To explain everything at once
It's so stupid, silly
Here in such a place
with no one else but us
So stop me when I speak
'Cause I don't wanna drown
The world in my words
There's people on the shoreline
waving hands to catch a train
To anywhere a dancing spell might lead to a parade
they got waves to take their focus off of memory and fate
To start out with nothing, isn't that the point?
We like to create
To explain everything at once
It's so stupid, silly
Here in such a place
with so much more than us
So stop me when I speak
'Cause I don't wanna drown
The world in my words
We promised to imagine
I think we did pretty well
You know that I was scared
when the plan was to explore
But here it is still feeding us
Now that we're sixty four
And now that I'm old
I know that soul
is easier to find, and just as tangible as gold
But I need more time
To explain everything at once
It's so stupid, silly
Here in such a place
with no one else but us
So stop me when I speak
'Cause I don't wanna drown
The world in my words
The world in my words
That's it.
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10. |
Circles
03:52
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Make believe you've got a three-fingered hand
and there's people flying in just to see
There's no such thing as a sinking ship
When you never cry wolf to the sea
Begging you please, stay with me this time
You know you always crawl away around 3
Sugar don't leave
Let's not keep running in circles around this pile of thoughts
I'm sure there's no perfect path, 'cause no one's stacking rocks
It takes a lot of trying not to stop
Begging you please, you got a three-fingered hand
And you never cry wolf to the sea
There's no such thing, so stay with me this time
'Cause there's people flying in just to see
Make believe it's a sinking ship,
You know you always crawl away around 3
Sugar don't leave
Let's not keep running in circles around this pile of thoughts
I've got faith that nothing is perfect, 'cause no one's throwing rocks
It takes a lot of trying not to stop
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11. |
All Those Ghosts
03:30
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Please don't bring back
all those ghosts
'cause they're happy now
living alone
And I'm not surprised by the flicker of light
on the side of my eye
But if you want to,
I want you to
Dance in the rain
Be my parade
Tell me you're happy
to make me the same
Drive me insane
Please don't bring back
all those ghosts
'cause I'm happy now
making the most
And I don't get rendered cross-eyed and crazy
like you used to do to me
But if you want me,
I want you too
Dance in the rain
Be my parade
Tell me you're happy
to make me the same
Drive me insane
Drive me insane
Drive me insane
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12. |
Till Tuesday
02:33
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I will not forget,
But I could easily forgive you
For thinking you know everything I am
And I would love to talk,
But then I'd never want to stop
And I don't want to be a burden to my friends
Friday night will come
The other side is calling strong
Wave the magic wand and I'll be gone
But only gone till Tuesday
The pretty girl you met last night
is not really what you're hoping
I guess everybody changes day to day
But this one goes so far
Playing tricks on all you tricksters
In many ways, you know she's just like you
Saturday will come
The other side is calling strong
Wave the magic wand and she'll be gone
But only gone till Tuesday
Saturday will come
The other side is calling strong
Wave the magic wand and I'll be gone
But only gone till Tuesday
Gone, but only gone till Tuesday
I'll be gone, but only gone till Tuesday
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