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Out there like a castaway calling for the sun to come out
The last time that you passed away, you returned as a doubt
Shrouded up in secrecy is another sneaky shroud
Blowing out your vocal chords for cryin' out loud
So you used your hands to tell me how you built your case
You poked some holes (Ooooooh)
to see if all your words would stick
Gods and men are heavy tolls (Oooooh)
You paid your share
You put it in
They claimed they never got the check (Oooooh)
This town is full of mannequins
And you wonder yeah who stacked the deck (Oooooh)
Out there like a castaway
The last time that you passed away
Out there like a castaway
The last time that you passed
The last time that you passed
So you used your hands to tell me how you built your case
You poked some holes (Ooooooh)
to see if all your words would stick
Gods and men are heavy trolls (Oooooh)
You paid your share
You put it in
They claimed they never got the check (Oooooh)
This town is full of mannequins
And you wonder yeah who stacked the deck (Oooooh)
Oh baby this town is full of mannequins
This town is full of accidents
Who stacked the deck
Who
Who stacked the deck
Who
Who stacked the deck
Who
Who stacked the deck
Who
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Strange Change
03:11
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If I had any sense I'd be saved
You dig the fence
I'll dig the grave
Put up a wall
Put up your fists
Put up your signs
Put up with this
We caught a firefly in the middle of a winter sky
Who's in front
Who's in charge
Sound the alarm
Call off the guards
Call all your friends down at the bar
Tell them exactly who we are
We caught a glimpse (yeah) of an eclipse (yeah)
And if that don't leave you changed then nothing's gonna change you now
If you ain't feeling strange then you ain't really feeling how
Drawing the lines
Redrawing lines
You could try your way
You could try mine
You wanna talk that's just fine
You don't wanna talk that's alright
Sometimes it's a page turner
Sometimes it's a slow burner
See I got a plan
I ain't got shit
I got a map and the map's got rips
You wanna dance I got hips
Out of the faucet water drips
Sometimes it's a big flood
Sometimes it's seeping in
And if that don't leave you changed then nothing's gonna change you now
If you ain't feeling strange then you ain't really feeling how
You know Venus is often overlooked but Mars don't hold a candle to her
I built you a rocket ship
All you gotta do is get in
If I had any sense I'd be saved
You dig the fence
I'll dig the grave
Put up the wall
Put up your fists
Put up your signs
Put up with this
We caught a firefly in the middle of a winter sky
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Swan Song
02:59
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I want a swan song
I want a new start
I want a safe word
Tip of the iceberg
I want to feel you fading out of range
I'm gonna miss you
It's gonna be great
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Must Be This Place
04:30
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The car lost a tire
Somehow we kept going for at least half a mile and we smelled plastic burning
And you with that grin and disposable cameras
And all of the film that we never developed
And I think I grew up by losing momentum
The spotlight was mine but I just kept losing my lines
There was something you said once
It stuck in my head once
It must be this place
It makes me forget that we used to cross borders
It must be my age
It makes me forget all the ways I adored you
I felt the anomaly right from the get go
I lived off of cigarette smoke and those pay phones
And I was a child then if you would consider the things that I knew and the things that were bitter
And I think I grew up when I lost my religion
It's all just bravado and stupid decisions
I still have the guilt
And I thought I had time
But I'm out with my thumb just hitchhiking rides
You know it must be this place
It makes me forget that we used to cross borders
It must be my age
It makes me forget all the ways I adored you
I think grew up when I lost my religion
It's all just bravado and stupid decisions
And I still have the guilt
I thought I had time
I'm out with my thumb just hitchhiking rides
You know it must be this place
It makes me forget that we used to cross borders
It must be my age
Makes me forget all the ways I adored you
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Telepathy for Dummies
03:47
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Oh there goes that Scorpio with the Libra Moon and the Capricorn rising
Oh you know, the usual with a twist of lime
Just the way I like it
The plot unfolds even when you try to stay so still
Imperception
Maybe to the human eyes
But the eyes of god are always watching
Oh I need you to calm the fuck right down
Cause when no one is around it's when you'll know me best
Oh I want you to shut the fuck right up
It can be so telepathic
A little luck and some mathematics
Yeah
Oh there goes the neighborhood
They're clutching pearls, mouths full of bourbon
Oh what will the neighbors say
when we show up City in the Big Suburban
Killing time
You bleed it dry
Then you come on back for another helping
This type of drive is oversized
But maybe it's just' overwhelming
Oh I need you to calm the fuck right down
Cause when no one is around it's when you'll know me best
Oh I want you to shut the fuck right up
It can be so telepathic
A little luck and some mathematics
I didn't even know the name for it see
I didn't even see your sign in Saturn
I can't remember the last time I saw you stick to any type of normal pattern
I'm eating carbohydrates now you know
I need something to hold me down for real
'Cause I am just a wayward cloud in motion
I am just a wayward cloud in motion
I didn't even know the name for it see
I didn't even see your sign in Saturn
I can't remember the last time I saw you stick to any type of normal pattern
I'm eating carbohydrates now you know
I need something to hold me down for real
'Cause I am just a wayward cloud in motion
I am just a wayward cloud in motion
Oh I need you to calm the fuck right down
'Cause when no one is around it's when you know me best
Oh I want you to shut the fuck right up
It can be so telepathic
A little luck and some mathematics
Yeah
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1993
04:17
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Could have made it past the rip tide
Could have made it past the phone call
Could have made it through the stop light
Could have made it through the checkpoints
Oh, I I
You You
Oh, I I
Oh, You You
Could have made it past the outpost
Could have made it farther than most
Could have made it but we did not
Now you got this bed to lie on
And on
And on
Oh, I I I
Oh, You You You
You ain't it baby you ain't it
Oh, I I I
You ain't it baby you ain't it
And you you you
You ain't it
You ain't it
You ain't it
You ain't it
You ain't it
You ain't it
You ain't it
You ain't it
It ain't you
You ain't it
Ain't you
You ain't it
It ain't you
You ain't it
You ain't it
It ain't you
It ain't you
You ain't it
You ain't it
I, I, I
Could have made it past the phone call
Could have made it past the outpost
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How'd I do?
03:35
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All along the watchtower the killing fields are ripe now
I could never live the hype down
I can't even get it up now
All along the high road
I just wanna get down so low
I just wanna sit in silence
Where love can be a violence
Eyes just like two arrows
Fuck bones, give me the marrow
I'm taking out insurance policies on your words
But sometimes there's an action
And something gets ignited
Then you called the rain down
And then it's just plain arson
How'd I do
You keeping score
I play to lose
I dumb it down
How'd I do striking chords
Do I echo around like a ghost in the house of your mind
How'd I do
How'd I do
How'd I do
All along the four track you can play the tapes back
I always had it in me
The signs were all around you
But no one likes a braggart
And you never had her
But does it even matter
Her presence makes you swagger
Talking in third person
Trying to make some distance
But if they panned out wide lens no one would be forgiven
So set the camera panoramic
So no matter how the light hits there's no running from the full view
And no excuse to run to
How'd I do
You keeping score
I play to lose
I dumb it down
How'd I do striking chords
Do I echo around like a ghost in the house of your mind
How'd I do
How'd I do
How'd I do
Do I echo around like a ghost in the house of your mind
How'd I do
How'd I do
How'd I do
Do I echo
How'd I do
Do I echo
Do I echo like a ghost in your house of your mind
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Christina Abbott Kinderhook, New York
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