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So, she says it's time she goes
But wanted to be sure I know She hopes we can be friends I think, yeah, I guess we can say I But didn't think to ask her why She blocked her eyes and drew the curtains With knots I've got yet to untie What if I were Romeo in black jeans What if I was Heathcliff, it's no myth Maybe she's just looking for Someone to dance with See, it was just too soon to tell And looking for some parallel Can be an endless game We, we said goodbye before hello My secrets she will never know And if I dig a hole to China I'll catch the first junk to Soho What if I were Romeo in black jeans What if I was Heathcliff, it's no myth Maybe she's just looking for Someone to dance with Sometime from now you'll bow to pressure Some things in life you cannot measure by degrees I'm between the poles and the equator Don't send no private investigator to find me please 'Less he speaks Chinese And can dance like Astaire overseas, okay What if I were What if I was Maybe she's just looking for Someone to dance with What if I were Romeo in black jeans What if I was Heathcliff, it's no myth Maybe she's just looking for Someone to dance with |
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| 2. |
| 4:03 |
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I don't care that you won't quit this notion
Of burying the carnival But what the Hell is in your potion That's made you so dull? So I cannot make a blind from sawdust Much less a cool millennium, but I'd Much rather feel the heat of August Than be sheltered and numb So move out of your bed of roses now I'm putting in a bed of nails Because missles, guns and rubber hoses Will land me in jail This paradise is slowly crumbing From here to Wilshire Boulevard But the rubble over which you are stumbling Just isn't that hard What did you do with all that grace now? What did you do with all my wine? What makes you think that just 'cause you dress bright Means that you shine? So move out of your bed of roses now I'm putting in a bed of nails 'Cause when this whole production closes That innocence fails Weren't we supposed to shine like half harvest Never shown Shine like half harvest Never known So move out of your bed of roses now I'm putting in a bed of nails 'Cause when this whole production closes That innocence fails Shine like half harvest Never shown Shine like half harvest Never known Shine like half harvest Never known Shine like half harvest Never shown Shine, mm (ah) Shine like half harvest Never known Shine |
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| 3. |
| 3:31 | 
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| 4. |
| 4:31 |
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Baby's busy hiding in the bassinet
wonderin' if the third world war started yet I told her I was pulling up and heading west she said she would have come but she was overdressed so I sent a picture postcard of a midwest bank she wrote me that she showed it to her new friend Frank who noticed in a window on the 19th floor a guy my age about to prove that man can't soar and he would also like to know if I could just check around before I left this town for slow-mo footage of the tumble down so This may not be my best day but this ain't no golden age You looked pretty on the freeway let's drive into the brave new world. A van pulls up and someone offers me a ride the driver lost the map and he was terrified everybody whispering to save his pride say "son would you be kind enough to be our guide?" The driver yells "the one in back already tried, but his memory is rusty and his vision tied." glasses and a lubricant were by his side but the tin man was inanimate, the lion lied They did not want to see me go but I did not want to be another muskateer plus the gas runs out before the van's in gear Please don't hit me if I do say but this ain't no golden age You looked so pretty on the freeway let's drive into the brave new world... Buster and his company look good in black they're looking for a way out of the cul-de-sac tearing through the phone book and the almanac they all have dusty noses 'cause they sniff shellac they finally found the number of a matador who rode up in a Beemer with a pricey whore but Buster wasn't quick enough he'd lock the door and rode off sayin' he'd be back before the war by then the night was falling slow and I did not want to stick around and just look old when I saw you pulling onto my soft shoulder This may not be my best day but this ain't no golden age You looked pretty on the freeway let's drive into the brave new world. |
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| 5. |
| 3:15 |
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Sweet Miranda brings me the wine
We have had our fill Of almost everything Turning thistledown laughter I would take her blue cue too late I would say the words Almost anything Just to catch what she's after But you don't believe that I'm a partner in this game How can you believe that I'm the innocent one? When the bough broke and in pieces we feel We would scream and shout Almost anything But the point is we fell, dear There will be no more wishlessness There will be some doubt No new day without Best that we say farewall, dear But you don't believe that I'm a party to the pain How can you believe that I'm the innocent one? Well, I saw this girl crying Behind the wheel of a car She had balloons in the back seat The front door ajar She never moved So I just wispered goodbye She reminded me of you when you cry And I didn't mean to make you cry Sweet Miranda brings me the wine We have had our fill Of almost everything Turning thistledown laughter I would take her blue cue too late I would say the words Almost anything Just to catch what she's after But you don't believe that I'm a partner in this game How can you believe that I'm the innocent one? |
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| 6. |
| 5:12 |
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Years away
With foreign girls The bedlam boys Took sand from pearls The tide went out The time was ripe It's so much more subtle to be The silent type And I'm in no mood to reunite If they came with her tonight The bedlam boys Make some noise for me The bedlam boys Lisa's knocking at My open door With a chance to make up And a hope for more So I just whispered to her Underbreath "This love has suffered Such a quiet death" The keys in your pocket Have turned to rust You brought suspicion And I was put in trust She says "time and tide abide" Yeah, 'cause time and tide's been fried By the bedlam boys Make some noise for me The bedlam boys Make some noise for me Well, it's history, my baby Like ruins in textbooks That's making you stare With come-hither-type looks And that's why your touch seems So baited with all those old hooks This ain't part of the deal See all that counts is how you feel About the bedlam boys Make some noise for me The bedlam boys Make some noise for me The bedlam boys (yeah) Make some noise (yeah) The bedlam boys Make some noise (Ah, oh) |
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| 3:45 |
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She's there separating
Orange from rind And i sit at her station every time So what ever happened to Common courtesy Now one in a million Seems one more than me I don't mind just watching her Parading for customers But everybody bayed as i Slowly fade I go invisible Don't give me away She's there pouring coffee Watching the time And i sit half amazed That she's pouring mine She said that she'd always Pegged me as gay And she only plays for keeps When she plays Well isn't that something You're pulling my heart strings But what you gonna do when you Slowly fade I feel invincible She went invisible Don't give me away I go invisible Don't give me away |
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| 8. |
| 3:27 |
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It's hiding in the corner
Of every sacred place Before the ambush you won't want to Recognize its face It slithers like a viper Readies its attack Tears your flesh and soul apart Then clings on to your back But not till it turns away Can you feel the pain of all the damage done And you may notice that This quick opiate Might wear the wings of angels That's when you realize You've been shot down Wounded unto death by something called love It followed you to hell, Ange A double agent who Will listen to your every lie But never tell on you Just whisper to you true It promises you silk things But burns the clothes you wear Gives you leave in heaven And you scream that it's unfair To force you to compare But not till it turns away Can you feel the pain of all the damage done And you may notice that This quick opiate Might wear the wings of angels That's when you realize You've been shot down Wounded unto death by something called love You've been shot down Wounded Wounded unto death by something called love |
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| 9. |
| 2:57 |
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Without an invitation
it used to be more fun surveillance through the dry bush you knew the art of ring and run and hid behind the t-bird unless the door would open first you had a talent for excuses... an innocent who'd been coerced you had to have it all rehearsed when knocking at the big house knocking at the big house It always seemed the easiest when it didn't mean that much though you welcomed competition you had an ace no one could touch but didn't have a short clue that this gift's a given thing call it camouflage or filthy rags it was not enough to let it ring you had to sign this offering by knocking at the big house knocking at the big house Now there's nothing to conceal you you come in from the front the hedges have been cut back and you're much too old for scavenger hunt maybe you're collecting donations for the cause it may be now or never so let it ring don't you pause you are not breaking any laws when knocking at the big house knocking at the big house keep your eye up to the keyhole what do you see now you'll be |
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| 10. |
| 3:37 |
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This one is a bad one
It's no lie but that's not why I'm standing, dear I only want to whisper to your heart but I'm too smart for starting here... we get into that battle room we choose to get into the battle room in twos, we get into the battle room It doesn't have a floor it's kind of small but there's no wall between us here Every move you make's a somersault in this altered atmosphere we get into the battle room we choose to get into the battle room in twos, we get into the battle room |
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| 11. |
| 3:53 |
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If you wipe the slate
Let me start again from this moment on We've been through this before Every single time that I thought you had gone Well, I'm out of reserve I'm out of my wherewithal But when the moment comes When I've got nothing left I find I've got it all See, what I know I can't always believe A poison kiss can take like a reprieve And once again, I'm caught up on the evenfall I know it's late I'm never in the frame of mind any earlier I can just judge the hour By how much of what I see is no more than her Well, I'm down on my knees Looking for some kind of antidote When moment comes, I keep one thing in mind That keeps my head afloat What I believe ain't always what I feel Another chance can sting like naked steel And once again, I'm caught up on the evenfall Well, it's a mystery, can't you see? Why you'd still be here with me I don't need no guarantee But don't ever turn from me Don't ever turn me away What I believe ain't always what I feel Another chance can sting like naked steel And once again, I'm caught up on the evenfall See, what I know I can't always believe A poison kiss can take like a reprieve And once again, I'm caught up on the evenfall |
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| 12. |
| 3:52 |
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Oh man,
look what the cat drug in It's got the dress, tho the color's gone that I gave my one true love on Oh man, look what the wind blew home Never had this much stimulation since her low down elevation, but Oh, don't look in those eyes bluer than blue her rule's on the rise and if I wear apathy's crown don't call me higness it's a long way down Oh, what terrible things she shows I'm overwhelmed by rumors this high and overcome by lows Oh, what use is it to pretend that I have the strength for this anymore This is all in the world that she lives for but... Oh, don't look in those eyes bluer than blue her rule's on the rise and if I wear apathy's crown don't call me highness ('cause) it's a long way down Now I would suppose that I'm not the only one and one never knows... but I got a feeling she's been sleeping with the whole wide world Oh, don't look in those eyes bluer than blue her rule's on the rise and if I wear apathy's crown don't call me highness it's a long way down |
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| 13. |
| 4:12 |
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I won't ever get used to this
A blank spot temptations do resist. The other shoe will drop just an aftershock Nice hat; you look like a referee Nice watch; but why are you timing me? Its spring has come unwound I was not out of bounds This is not out I drew that line when I was handed free time. Bells clang I guess it's a holiday Did that rhyme? Shit! I'm a poet now. So give me stuff for free and if I do somehow into the soft whites of beautiful lies stare down stare I don't apologize I've never been the kind to close an open mind so leave behind all that extra free time. |
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| 14. |
| 3:34 |
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Who'd have ever thought to
Call that coal If my hands were warm then I might I don't know I keep panning And in my reach it Hangs on Water falls down There's no gold in this barren town "Used to be a man could make his way with a barrel full of this black coal," Half certain you'd say But in my reach it Hangs on Water falls down There's no gold in this barren town. Look at every angle And draw a square Find some nut you can instead untighten Watch me in the corner With a pair Under certain pressure Ace, a diamond So run your fingers down my back You'd make such a cool distraction 'Cause in my reach it Hangs on Yeah, the walls down There's no gold There's a line drawn and crossed By the banks. By the way Water falls down There's no gold in this barren town. |
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| 3:12 |
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I loved a girl once
beyond compare She saw inside me and gave me air She was assisting my surgery My heart was opened as she put a mask on me I'm breathing but it's become a chore "Now that you've seen the doctor don't call me anymore" I was impatient I was not in full arrest and the symptoms were induced by something I could not digest She'd said a mouthful I'd swallowed whole My heart starts beating a capriole, a murmur, too different to ignore "Now that you've seen the doctor don't call me anymore" |
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| 3:46 |
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Always been horseblinded
Could never see Past the two shades on the periphery I ask you for mercy And beg clemency But something I'm feeling is sticking with me When you're all alone And I am not around I know that you think me As cold as the ground I don't play accordion, we disagree But something I'm thinking is sticking with me |
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| 17. |
| 3:59 |
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Here's the car you will be driving. Radio works.
Take the 10 out. On arriving, detour other road. Where every sign's a carved design. stick feather on with glue and run amok upon the lawn The sun comes up and it just dawned on me: one thing's clear the times come when all of your love is drained I've seen this scene I'll dream this dream and have now and then I lose my concentration to some twister again and I point mute in shrunken suit like all your weathermen now feeling wet and most alone into this shelter I am thrown and found dumb? at least I got this one thing clear: the times come when all of your love is drained |
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| 18. |
| 2:36 |
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Rats in my jacket
I'm so impressed I am now seen unclean Wash me up mama and give me a suit of gabardine I had a suit, by the look on my face, maybe it's plain to see that that never stopped what was troubling me like once, it was Monday out. And dry? Man, it was a drought but all that is slipping my mind Cracked like a whip like a brick coming down and hit me between the eyes another occasion I've yet to forget was I unwise? Should I remind you that this is the end of Camels, and masking tape, and this demonstration of tripping with grace and if I need you I'm intentionally wasting your time Hey, everything's slipping my mind Now copper and nickel are heads in my hand I'll bet you your sparest change that this time tomorrow you'll be miles away with all trace of Monday out with deserts to think about and all of this slippin' my mind. |
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| 19. |
| 3:51 |
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This story is past tense
and I did not want my cover blown Thought well enough was left alone and who decided you'd rescue me? Yeah, I do agree a bent and broken set are we Up in a tree we're stuck and the only lights off the wire are all the moths in the fire Can't you feel how the air is getting dry Try, but can't identify what you start to think |
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| 20. |
| 4:39 |
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Always thought it was a game with us
Move until enough's enough into a picture-perfect view I'd like to rip it up with you Why would anybody leave this place? It's overdrawn and won't erase And if you're feeling incomplete the line is stretching up the street So take a look but you might stay until you have counted every light from Bunker Hill Take a coat you're going to freeze My baby sees every sentence with an underline never uses turpentine Put out a fleece and build a kite A siren's going off tonight Lay your head down Do you call this chance? Found the exit this entrance Now's the time (and it is still) I'm sorry that I kept you waiting here until Hey, Luanda do you want a thrill? We can watch the lights shine up from Bunker Hill But if it puts your heart at ease my baby, please... Try, but you can't hide Impossible. You're lit from the inside And all I've got to do is keep my eyes above the ground to see you move around The only points of light are fires on Vermont Somebody must suspect that all we really want is a tranquilizer gun to fill It's a free-for-all on Bunker Hill and everybody wets their knees on the trapeze... |
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