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| 3:58 | 
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Stop this world, let me off
There's just too many pigs in the same trough There's too many buzzards sitting on the fence Stop this world, it's not making senseStop this show, hold the phone Better days this girl has known Better days so long ago Hold the phone, won't you stop the showWell, it seems my little playhouse has fallen down I think my little ship has run aground I feel like I'm in the wrong place My state of mind is a disgraceWon't you stop this game, deal me out I know too well what it's all about I know too well that it had to be Stop this game well it's ruining meWell I got too smart for my own good I just don't do the things I know I should There's bound to be some better way I just got one thing more to sayAnd that is Stop this game, deal me out I know too well what it's all about I know too well that it had to be Stop this game well it's wrecking me |
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| 2. |
| 4:04 |
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The girl in the other room
She knows by now There's something ain't know other fears Now she wears this thread bare She sits on the floor The glass press tight to the wall She hears murmurs low The paper is peeling Her eyes staring straight at the ceilingBaby be there Or maybe it's nothing at all As she draws lipstick smears on the wallThe girl in the other room She powders her face And stares hard into her reflectionThe girl in the other room She ?? Adjusting the strap of her gown She tosses her tresses Her lover undresses Turning the last night life down What's that voice we're hearing We should be sleeping Could there be someone who's weeping Maybe she's there Maybe there's nothing to see Just a trace of what used to be The girl in the other room She darkens her lash and blushes She seems to look familiar |
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| 3. |
| 4:28 |
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Rusted brandy in a diamond glass
Everything is made from dreams Time is made from honey slow and sweet Only the fools know what it means Temptation, temptation, temptation I can't resist Well I know that she is made of smoke But I've lost my way He knows that I am broke But I must play Temptation, oh temptation, temptation, I can't resist Dutch pink and Italian blue He is there waiting for you My will has disappeared Now confusion is so clear Temptation, temptation, temptation I can't resist Temptation, temptation, temptation I can't resist |
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| 4. |
| 4:03 |
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Almost blue
Almost doing things we used to do There's a boy here and he's almost you Almost all the things that your eyes once promised I see in his too Now your eyes are red from crying Almost blue Flirting with this disaster became me It named me as the fool who only aimed to be Almost blue It's almost touching it will almost do There's a part of me that's always true...always Not all good things come to an end now it is only a chosen few I've seen such an unhappy couple Almost me Almost you Almost blue |
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| 5. |
| 4:46 |
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An invitation came my way
Knowing it's dangerous to follow That girl in her Sunday suit Would have forbidden it But since those days I've changed my addressI sit alone and drink it in Practicing blowing up smoke rings I learned of the sadness The beauty and bitterness But since those days I've changed everythingAnd sometimes they would light it up I ran my hands down silent keys For secrets like these And ever since They turn up on my fingerprintsI'm driving back across the Red light is hitting the rear view And he'll wonder whether Blonde hair cascades on black leather Since then I've changed my addressAccessory after the fact I walked back in where I started The bar plays the sports news To drown out the old ghosts that I knew Oh well, I've changed my addressAnd as I departed I only took what I needed I guess I've changed my address |
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| 6. |
| 5:49 |
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The men that I've been seeing
Tthey got their soul up on a shelf You know they could never love me When they can't even love themselvesAnd I want someone to love me Someone who really understands Who won't put himself above me Who just love me like a manI never seen such losers darling Even though I tried To find a man who can take me home instead of Taking me for a ride And I need someone to love me Darling I know you can't Don't you put yourself above me You just love me like a manThey all want me to rock them Like my back ain't got no bone I want a man to rock me Like my backbone was his ownDarling I know you can't Believe it when I tell you You can love me like a manCame home sad and lonely I feel like I wanna cry Want a man to hold me Not some fool who ask me why And I need someone to love me Baby you can't Don't you put yourself above me Just love me like a man |
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| 7. |
| 4:02 |
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I'm pulling through and it's because of you
When I was stranded came your helping hand Lonely, hurt I had not known which way to turn 'Til you said, "Try smiles, not tears, just laugh and learn"I'm pulling trough and it's because of you You made me see how lovely life could be Lifted up my heart and made me count the cost To find I'd gained, not lostWhen I thought that hope was really gone You showed me I was wrong And you taught me how to carry on Thanks for the lift in time and thanks for your songI'm pulling trough and it's because of you I'd do the same for you if your turn came Hope it never will For I've been though the mill I won't get this debt I'm pulling troughWhen I thought that hope was really gone You showed me I was wrong And you taught me how to carry on Thanks for the lift in time and thanks for your songI'm pulling trough and it's because of you I'd do the same for you if your turn came Hope it never will For I've been though the mill I won't get this debt I'm pulling trough |
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| 8. |
| 4:48 |
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There's a crow flying
Dark and ragged Tree to tree He's black as the highway that's leading me Now he's diving down To pick up on something shiny I feel like that black crow Flying In a blue skyI took a ferry to the highway Then I drove to a pontoon plane I took a plane to a taxi And a taxi to a train I've been traveling so long How am I ever going to know my home When I see it again I'm like a black crow flying In a blue, blue skyIn search of love and music My whole life has been Illumination Corruption Diving, diving, diving, diving. Diving down to pick up on every shiny thing Just like that black crow flying In a blue skyI looked at the morning After being up all night I looked at my haggard face in the bathroom light I looked out the window And I saw that ragged soul take flight I saw a back crow flying In a blue sky Oh I'm like a black crow flying In a blue sky |
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| 9. |
| 3:32 |
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Narrow daylight entered my room
Shining hours were brief Winter is over Summer is near Are we stronger than we believe?I walked through halls of reputation Among the infamous too As the camera clings to the common thread Beyond all vanity Into a gaze to shoot you throughIs the kindness we count upon Hidden in everyone?I stepped out in a sunlit grove Although deep down I wished it would rain Washing away all the sadness and tears That will never fall so heavily againIs the kindness we count upon Is hidden in everyoneI stood there in the salt spray air Felt wind sweeping over my face I ran up through the rocks to the old Wooden cross It's a place where I can find some peaceNarrow daylight entered my room Shining hours were brief Winter is over Summer is near Are we stronger than we believe? |
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| 10. |
| 5:11 |
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The glitter on a paint and plaster face
Is covering desire and disgrace We could be lovers But no one suspects at all Once you're inside that costume ballAnd now I'm sitting here before the mirror I have the skill still to disguise my tears Then as the magic starts to fade I find myself abandoning the masqueradeEven though you're suffering You try to hide it And pretend you're so nonchalant You can cry a pool of tears And sit beside it Then perhaps you'll know what you wantI hope you never feel this much despair Or know the meaning of that empty chair As the illusions that we made all fall away In this abandoned masquerade |
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| 11. |
| 5:07 |
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I looked down at a sparkling band
And only saw my Mother's hand The things I've earned They never came too cheap But then the likeness only goes so deepAs clouds approach the facing shore And although two pairs of shoes sit by the door I can't pretend I don't descend I know I should be joyful now But time means nothing Only the love you gave to me can save me I think she knewI raise my voice And shake the walls But if I chance to cry at all I hope you hear me now I'm coming throughI looked down at a twist of lace And only saw my Father's face The things we shared Have hurt us both so much sometimes We each go places love can't touch |
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| 12. |
| 5:40 |
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The fading scent of summertime
Arbutus trees and firs The glistening of rain-soaked moss Going to the dairy queen at dusk Down narrow roads In autumn lightThe salt air and the sawmills And the bars are full of songs and tears To the passing of the tugboats And people with their big ideasI just get home and then I leave again It's long ago and far away Now we're skimming stones and Exchanging rings And scattering and sailing from departure bayThe house was bare of Christmas lights It came down hard that year Outside in our overcoats Drinking down to the bitter end Trying to make things right Like my mother didLast year we were laughing We sang in church so beautifully Now her perfume's on the bathroom counter And I'm sitting in the back pew cryingI just get home and then I leave again It's long ago and far away Now we're skimming stones and Exchanging rings And scattering and sailing from departure bayA song plays on the gramophone And thoughts turn back to life We took the long way to get back Like driving over the malahat Now a seaplane drones and time has flownI won't miss all the glamour While my heart is beating and the lilacs bloom But who knew when I started That Id find a love and bring him homeJust get me there and one we will stay A long time off and far away Now we're skimming stones and Exchanging rings We're scattering and diving in departure bay |
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