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X
03:48
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Yesterday I drove the car in
parked outside the English garden
you were standing by the gate
acting blithe and animated
talking to someone I hated
I didn't think our love was rated
X, as in you used to be mine
Remember our romantic dinner
you were flirting with the waiter
you aroused him while he waited
our service soon accelerated
as his tip degenerated
I guess this restaurant must be rated
X, as in you used to be mine
Oh, I didn't want to wake up
see through the lies you'd make up
I turned a blind eye to it
hoping you, hoping you would soon undo it
hoping you would soon undo it
I received an invitation
to meet you at the naval station
all the sailors were elated
seeing you, as they debated
who was first to be felated
I didn't know your mouth was rated
X, as in you used to be mine
Oh, I didn't want to wake up
see through the lies you'd make up
I turned a blind eye to it
hoping you, hoping you would soon undo it
hoping you would soon undo it
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2. |
Mercury Mine
02:21
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I've ironed out the creases and blocked all the reasons
the hat I wear, so I don't care
a flush vein of silver, an underground river
is buried here, a deadly mirror
every night in the sun we would ride
everyday we'll be pressed and put away
mercury mine
in case I can't make it at all
don't hang around and wait for me
in case I'm in space when you call
don't hang around and wait for me
this poisonous lens is confusing my senses
a song I hear, just leave it there
everyday feel the same in my mind
mercury mine
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3. |
Oasis
02:22
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Strolling through the silicon sand
wondering who will save us from the tyranny of the bland
musical mirage in the sky
looks like the oasis is dry
desert swallows everything it can
the little girls don't know it, but the big guns understand
it's got so bad that no one even tries
looks like the oasis is dry
but there's so many ideas, they just all the sound the same
it's all so creative, until the song is faded
but there's so many ideals, they just all fall away
it's so overrated until the song is faded
money makes a powerful sound
and you can drive that jag into the ground
give me one good reason to cry
looks like the oasis is dry
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4. |
Lifeboat
02:34
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When you, when you, when you going down
lifeboat has a hole in the bottom of it
down to the bottom of the Puget Sound
life vest has a hole where the pocket was
I'd make a swim for the distant shore
but i know I'd never get there
every stroke I take pulls me out to sea
wind and Winter water crashing down
so hard thought you'd never get on with it
another easy reason to be drowned
don't waste any breath trying to figure it
out to sea beneath the endless night
underwhelmed and taken over
do the dead man's float and enjoy the ride
When you, when you, when ya going down
lifeboat has a hole in the bottom of it
down to the bottom of the Puget Sound
life vest has a hole where the pocket was
I'd make a swim for the distant shore
but i know I'd never get there
every stroke I take pulls me out to sea
When you, when you, when you going down
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Marie
02:49
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Tell Marie that I'd like to be there
and I would, if I could
extricate myself from this situation
I made my bed and I'm tired of lying
and all the years, I tried so hard to make her want me
and now it's here, I'll try my best to let her leave me
sullen girl turns to distant beauty
I was there touching her
but I never saw through her alabaster
eyes that shine with false assurance
and all the years, I tried so hard to make her love me
and now it's here, I'll try my best to let her leave me
tell Marie that I'd like to be there
and I would, if I could
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6. |
Union Station
03:17
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Take me to Union Station
and put me on board even if I complain
every other trip started out in the rain
but I'm still dry
your sister's a witch doctor working on me
her magic is strong but I'll never believe
every other word is a kiss or a curse
and I don't mind, and I don't ask why
this shameless promotion just eats you away
you've no one to sing for and nothing to say
every other motive's diseased or perverse
and I don't mind, and I don't ask why
and I'm alright to ride
take me to Union Station
and put me on board even if I complain
every other trip started out in the rain
and I don't mind, and I don't ask why
and I'm alright to ride
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Gato Negro
02:14
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She was born under Leo, she drank Gato Negro
we made love for hours and hours
but no one came
she had a look that said she could just give a shit
if you were the last man on earth
with papers to prove it
and so, we're friends again or do we just pretend
how do we know when we both had enough
the attack came at three a.m., halfway through the reserve six-pack
you were flat on your back
exposing your fleshy underbelly
the cab came at six a.m. and purred on the front stoop
her shiny black coat in the light
as she took her place in midnight
and so, we're friends again or do we just pretend
how does it go when we both had enough
and so, we're friends again or do we just pretend
how do we know when we both had enough
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8. |
Message From Jeanine
01:58
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Now who'd you go and hit, you're such a perfect idiot
and where you going to run to make it right
I've heard you giving in, it's such a painful way to win
the boys you train to hang on every line
but a message from Jeanine would rein supreme
a message from Jeanine would rein supreme
a message from Jeanine on my machine
a message from Jeanine is all I need
I saw you at the show, you're such a useful girl to know
your lips revealing more than you could say
you're so promiscuous, and I'll reward you with a kiss
you can't describe the difference anyway
and a message from Jeanine would rein supreme
a message from Jeanine would rein supreme
a message from Jeanine on my machine
a message from Jeanine is all I need
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Jetlagged
03:12
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Sometimes you wonder where you are
and years ago I used to know a shooting star
she made me want to raise my eyes
and once again to take it in a different light
so here I am back to where I began
still a little jetlagged from the drive
it doesn't matter where she flies
her constellation never floated close to mine
I still look up from time to time
and lately I can almost see her flashing by
so here am I with my feet in the sky
still a little weary from the ride
so here I am back to where I began
still a little jetlagged from the drive
so here am I with my feet in the sky
still a little weary from the ride
still a little jetlagged from the drive
still a little weary from the ride
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Bud
02:19
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I like you don't confuse me, like I did the time I met you
you were sympathetic to me, now we never press the issue
life is fine on every weekend and the days between relaxed
every time we meet it deepens, though we try to turn our backs
now before we're forced to mention love, love, love
maybe we should nip this in the bud
you know we make good friends but even friends can feel attraction
all this underlying tension could be eased with just one action
and what seems so complicated could be simplified and pure
we could satisfy our needs and know it won't get any worse
quick before the subject turns to love, love, love
maybe we should nip this in the bud, bud, bud
now before we're forced to mention love, love, love
maybe we should nip this in the bud, bud, bud
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11. |
Henry's Birthday
02:02
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Got your head down looking for a quarter
got your feet splayed fishing for a pearl
but it's o.k., you know it doesn't matter
it's your birthday all around the world
I'll make you my own card
and mail it tonight to keep the big surprise
and John Jacob Astor
could never go faster than this pony ride
put your head down it's time for birthday boys
to go to bed now and dream about the day
when you wake up feeling different only in your
head now and everyone will say
the happiest birthday,
dear little Henry blow those candles out
because this is your day,
do what you want to, go on laugh and shout
been a big day, everybody's tired
but you feel like it's barely just begun
but it's o.k., you know it doesn't matter
it's your birthday and didn't you have fun
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12. |
After All
04:15
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Got a call from far away, far away
didn't like it here anyway, anyway
getting harder to tell between these days
settle down, love, and close your eyes, close your eyes
just a matter of minutes 'til the sunrise
see the shadows give 'way to the shivering haze
can't you see how your love's affected me
making everything I see part of you
almost sane, now the fire's in my brain
every sentence changes everything
same dream for all his life, all his life
still I wonder will it die by the lamplight
you can never be sure where the flush vein lies
seven hours to the high tide roadside
see it simmering, stay awake, stay alive
motor throttling high as the waters rush by
can it be, now I've found my true disease
there's no question of release anymore
feel so free, now there's nothing left of me
and the edges start to peel away
here we come to the turnaround, turnaround
too inside to know it now
shadows hard in the light of a shivering sun
can't watch this channel for too long
always wondering if something better's on
never mind, we can see it when they show it again
can't you see how your love's affected me
making everything I see part of you
almost sane, now the fire's in my brain
every sentence changes everything
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