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People got no respect for the dead
They roll new plans out neatly But in a morning exploding with red I awoke completely By accident An accident Though you smile so sweetly above Your congregational coffee In this town where I was born By accident An accident |
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Well, Benjamin
You crashed your plane again A beautiful tailspin It was going to happen soon enough The only question was when 'Cause I could smell the flames Just sleeping on your skin And I love you for the things you do And I don't care who you do them to You can wrap your stupid suffering around me Because I thought it out, in the time I've got And I don't care if I drown or not I just want to crash into that same cold sea On an airport "USA Today," in a dark black ballpoint pen You write, "These people are like skeletons Wrapped up in perfumed skin" And it's such a stupid sentiment But write it once again Let your anger fill the margin And I'll kiss your shaking hand. 'Cause I love you for the things you see And I don't mind if you see me With my wrinkled hands and glazed eyes As obscene You're right in ways that you don't know And you're untouched by the undertow All that speed and anger burns your body clean And I love you for the things you feel So thoroughly that they turn real As the sea comes rushing toward us Dark and cold And your rowmate, this nonentity As the screams and salt sea smother me Will reach out a wrinkled hand for you to hold But now the landing gear is starting to unfold The captain points the runway out below Where the Kent account is waiting to be sold And where you're going, down there I don't know |
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When no one else would suffer me, I threw myself at your ankles. So still we slept and were at peace above the winter traffic.
He treats his friends like customers, he treats me like a given, your letter read. Come down, you said, and let me know I'm living. Soon, come. |
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Oh Michelle, where we dwell
There is room for mistakes We'd make love on the fire escape And as the neighbors all drove by Their exhaust would spiral into the sky Now you pick your earrings up off the nightstand While I switch from my arm to my hand As the morning streams through the blinds Then I wake up again and it's 12:09 And we lived out of town With no one to come around So we slept in all day Until your job took you away Now Michelle, your smell won't leave my bed I dreamed of a doctor Here's what he said "It's just as well as you're going to get" |
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I had a dream that it all went fine
Sound body, sound mind All of the drugs left not a mark Fine features, strong heart When I came to this place My face was pale white But all of the color Returned overnight I lost so much weight And don't I look great? My body sinks down As my heart floats away |
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After all the times you've been turned around
Will you never be ready now? After all the times that we stood your ground Will you never be steady now? Everybody makes mistakes Some do most of all I just don't have what it takes They're singing as they fall Everybody makes mistakes Some more than the rest Yeah, that's what some do best But you won't be distressed And of course we'll send the check You can just write in the amount Just let us know the house and town So if you're going to wreck You can still be safe and sound And just let us know and we'll come down Everybody makes mistakes The phone lines are shot through Causing everybody pain Sitting in for us and you Everybody makes mistakes Some more than the rest Yeah, that's what some do best But you won't be distressed You say, "I'll break all the way down And then all these pieces will be easy to sort out" Well, we can't wait We can't wait |
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The ice covered everything
My friends got so threatening You know They shut the blinds Cut day from night But the beautiful day Came in with the maids I'd like to bash my head On the rails of this beautiful day You knew |
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Let's start all over
Let's do it right One drive to Dover One overnight All of them waiting For you to appear And no more worrying No more tears Warm sun is shining Green trees surround All of your favorite songs They're counting them down And there's a Safeway And Toys 'R' Us Baby-blue Camaro Rhode Island bus One day you'll look back upon right now And all sad feelings will be taken out |
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In South Carolina
I was struck by lightning The world was a ball on a tether My body as light as the weather The moon was like an almond The continents dissolving I lay on my back in the garden Looking for any safe harbor |
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All the black days unleashed by the rain
Collapse into sunny defeat We live in a house with the roof lifted out Impossible blue while we sleep Ready yourself, extinguish your doubts The hour of your strength is nearing |
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