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| 1. |
| 3:27 | 
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You're probably wondering why I've called you here I think the time has come to make it clear my heart can't make our love bloom and grow while you're kicking it to and fro accusing it of things it never said or stepping on it like a cigarette how can I be the answer to your prayers if I'm always making minor repairs? I've been doing most of those things I'm supposed to, you've been tearing me apart and I can't compete with you you keep doing what you do and I'll keep tapin' up my heart. What we have is difficult to explain it's equal parts of boredom joy and pain it's delicate like an angel's wings based on trust and a couple of other things my heart is young and black and proud and bold you better eat it before it gets cold one more thing I can't overemphasize: it's not to be used as a flotation device. I've been doing some of those things you make fun of you've been laughing way too hard I'll salute your lofty goals while you poke me full of holes but I'll keep tapin' up my heart. I'm not what I used to be mostly cause I refuse to be. I'm the new kid on the the chopping block so take a little bit off the top there's really nothing you can throw my way that I can't ignore and hope it goes away. I know I've done a few of those bad things in lieu of those good things that I should start but we need something to do and it might as well be you so I'll keep tapin' up my heart.
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| 2. |
| 2:25 |
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I've been doing nothing in particular I've been figuring out what I was gonna do now somehow the time has gone by and I didn't do the things that I wanted to looking back it seems like I should have known walking down and up and down the avenue wasn't such a smart way to go but it's all I knew how to do and you're gonna say isn't it okay cause you kept on trying and I'm gonna lie and explain how I've been a value giant or I don't care like Pierre waiting for the lion to eat me up while I think about my stupid life. I've been told I spend too much time alone and asked why I never take this jacket off I'm either caught in the headlights or running around like a chicken with its head cut off I recall I once heard a story it might be apocryphal but anyway there's this guy who got so bored that he chopped off his own head well I won't do that but it seems like at some point something should happen there's got to be some sort of redemption or at least some French in Action but there's nothing yet and I can't get no disaffection not even that so let me tell you about my stupid life. Whoa. My stupid life.
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| 3. |
| 2:57 |
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I can see that you're discouraged like you think that it's never ever gonna change and maybe I'm to blame there's not a whole lot I can do now, though I should have seen it coming when I saw you go but I want you to know there's nothing wrong with you you just need to follow through on the things you set out to do long ago it sounds odd to come from me and I can fake sincerity as well as anybody can but that's not what I'm doing this time and I don't really know the best way to convey it I'm just gonna say it I believe in you. I think about it so often the little things that I could have done differently if I'd known what they'd be I don't know why it surprised me I should have seen where it was going when you came apart but there's nothing wrong with you you just never made it through all the things that were done to you long ago I hope you realize how you figure in my eyes, and how much worse the world would be if there wasn't anything like you in it and how you're someone well worth knowing I hope you keep on going I believe in you. I know you're lonely and you don't really understand why things haven't workded out as you planned long ago but you will find your way and I'll run into you one day and you'll tell me that you're okay and all about the tremendous things you've done and how you've won the day and where you plan to take it I think you're gonna make it I believe in you.
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| 4. |
| 2:57 |
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I guess I should say thanks for having me and now that I've been had what have we got? Something that survives casts a shadow on our lives turns our promises to lies and second thoughts we've had a lot of time to think it over to readjust our expectations even lower I suppose we'll think it over till we think it's over I still think about you all the time. I guess I'll straighten out as everything progresses I guess one day I'll know what I'm supposed to do from now on I have to go on guesses cause I've used up all my promises on you. I wonder why I'm still waiting here trying to turn everything around and piece together how things that seem so silly now once were everything I ever thought about you'd go crazy if you tried to take it all in how far we've come as opposed to how far we've fallen I wonder how long it'll be till we start to call them things we used to think long ago? Whether they are failures or successes one day I'll figure out what I'm supposed to do but till then I'll have to go on guesses cause I've used up all my promises on you.
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| 5. |
| 2:09 |
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Once upon a time, life was sweet and everything was fine. Each day was like a triumph of the will, and every night was even better still. Now, suddenly you don't wanna do it anymore. Nothing I could say would change your mind. I watch you walk away, and scream and whine. It was worth a try, though I can't deny, it's a weak reply. But there's never gonna be another way to say goodbye. Once I had a dog. A little puppy dog who was my friend. I almost lost him when he went away, kind of like what's happening today. Let's face it kid, you never were that kind of friend at all. You were never there to catch me when I faltered, or needed to be mind depressed and altered. But still it seems to me, we should wait and see, but you don't agree. And if that's the way you want it well now that's the way it's gonna be. And now there's only one thing left to say, though it's been said before, you won't have Nixon, to kick around anymore.
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| 6. |
| 2:59 |
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She's no beauty queen but she doesn't mind being seen with me I may not be the best but I'm the only guy that she can get and with a love like that you know it's got to last and we're gonna stay together as the years go rocketing past we share everything his and hers like all the things that get on our nerves so she's with me and there's nobody waiting in the wings cause we hate all the same things. Now I'm anticipating we'll spend another lovely evening of complaining about life cause we've discovered it's one damn thing after another so don't try to call us we won't answer the phone we hate to go out in public even more than we hate staying at home we'd just hate anything anywhere and anybody who may be there so I'll be here and she'll be near there's nowhere else to be cause we hate all the same things. When the dog bites when the bee stings when you're feeling some of these things: ennui, misanthropy, wetschmerz, and anomie, just think of all the things you hate and things start looking pretty great if there's someone who hates them too and she's with you the whole night through. If you've had a few lucky breaks and you've made all the right mistakes you can be like she and me in a world that swings if you hate all the same things like we hate all the same things.
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| 7. |
| 2:46 |
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There was something in the way you said never to call me again and now I know I should have read between the lines back then and there were secrets that you almost kept that were quite sufficient to show but it finally hit me when you left my name off your suicide note I shifted gears I faced my fears I cried some tears I did a lot of heroin it took so long but now I'm moving on now that you are gone. A half-full or half-empty shell I was in a nebulous state a shadow of my former self which wasn't all that great but I've been seeing you around it seems like you're doing all right and I only cry about you now every other night I went astray I lost my way I did some macrime I walked around aimlessly it took so long but now I'm moving on now that you are gone. I know we'll meet again one day it'll be strange and outre and I won't know what to say except for na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na now that you are gone. After all is said and done there's not much to say or to do except for keep on keeping on and start again anew at least the future's in my hands and life is a thing to live for cause now I have another chance to screw it up once more I shifted gears I faced my fears I cried some tears I did a lot of heroin it took so long but now I'm moving on now that you are gone.
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| 8. |
| 2:35 |
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I picked her up at the specified time.
I was dressed to the nines, and she looked so blind, in a pink sequin dress, just a bit too tight, and I was thinking this could be the night. At the restaurant things were in full bloom. She said she had to visit the ladies room. It may have been just a visit, but I guess along the way, she decided that she'd extend her stay. Did she ever come back? No she never came back. and the waiter was laughing as I paid the check. We were going to go to the discotech. (Actually at that point, that whole discotech idea, was pretty much off). On my way out, though, I chanced to see, a girl at the bar making eyes at me. So I said to myself, so this could be good. We'll exchange smiles, phone numbers, and maybe even fluids. So I bought her a drink, and I bought her two more, and I asked her for her number as she walked out her door. She said, "555-5555 and I live at number 55 drive." Was it really her number? No, it really was not, and a ... is all I got, when I tried to call it later on. How'd the date end? Badly. How'd the date end? Sadly. It was not a love connection, nosiree. How'd the date end? Terrible. How'd the date end? Unbearable. But that's not all, Chuck, as you will see. I stumbled around 'til I found another bar, which was good because I couldn't find my car. I ordered a scotch and I drank it down, and I did this several times 'til I lost count. They picked me up where I'd fallen down. I was read my rights and brought downtown. I can't remember very much, but I think it's safe to say that this date sucked. How'd the date end? Terrible. How'd the date end? Unbearable. It was the worst thing that you ever saw. How'd the date end? Horrible. How'd the date end? Deplorable. And now I've got a headache the size of Arkansas. So Chuck, I don't care who the audience picked, I'd rather be killed with a big sharp stick. I'll stay on my own, it's my natural state, whether or not I have a date. |
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| 9. |
| 2:18 |
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There's a brand new sound that's sweeping the nation, every mall, every radio station, kids go crazy to the driving beat, cars go driving to the crazy street, the girls look tough and the boys look sweet dancing to the crazy beat. The name of this sound: alternative. And that's the way I want to live. Alternative, if you'll turn it on, we'll alternate all night long. Let's dance to an alternative song and alternate all night long. Alternative is here to stay! It will never go away. That's another reason why alternative will never die. Alternative will never go, everybody loves it so, and I think it's safe to say alternative is here to stay! Some people like to rock, some people like to roll, and that was cool in days of old, but all the kids where the action is got to have alternative. I'm in love with an alternative girl, she's not like the other alternative girls: she's pierced and dyed and scarified, she hates Tom Cruise, she loves Anne Rice, we're gonna be an alternative sight when I take her out on Saturday night. Alternative is something more than number 1, 2, 3 and 4. It's 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9-- Alternative is doing fine. Alternative is how we live. We believe in alternative, and I think it's safe to say alternative is here to stay!
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| 10. |
| 1:52 |
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I'm bored today, and everything's there to be ignored today, scattered everywhere out on the floor today, and I don't care about you. I lost my job today, which used to be the way I could afford to live to hate another day and now I can't afford to even be bored anymore. It's kind of good to feel bad again, mad again, sad again. I'll be doing that again. I don't have to tell you I do it really well. You said goodbye today, and I'm just here still asking why today, and not another year, I'm gonna cry today, but I don't care about you. Maybe it wasn't bad to do, and you did what you had to do. Maybe I'll believe it too, if I keep saying I don't care about you, today I don't know what I'm gonna do today and there's a lot to get through today, but I don't care about you, today.
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| 11. |
| 1:19 |
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My new girlfriend is better than you she's got bigger breasts and a higher IQ and she always knows which fork to use and she doesn't always have some lame excuse she's a-wigglin' and a-gigglin' and a-bakin' a pie and I can tell by the look in her eye that she's never gonna make me have to wonder why and we're gonna have a hell of a time she's better than you when she's with me and we're hanging around we sit and talk about how you let me down and how you always used to make that annoying sound and how you sure could stand to lose a few pounds so I really hope you're happy with the way it turned out cause you made a fool of me but who's laughing now who's laughing now and who's laughing not HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA she's better than you my new girlfriend is better than you she's got higher breasts and a bigger IQ.
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| 12. |
| 1:43 | 
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| 13. |
| 3:15 |
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Got home from camping last spring,
saw people, places, and things. We barely had arrived, friends asked us to describe the people, places, and every last thing. So we unpacked our adjectives. I unpacked frustrating first, reached in and found the word worst. Then I picked soggy, next I picked foggy, and then I was ready to tell them my tale. 'Cause I'd unpacked my adjectives. Adjectives are words you use to really describe things, handy words to carry around. Days are sunny, or they're rainy. Boys are dumb, or else they're brainy. Adjectives can show you which way. Adjectives are often used to help us compare things, say how thin, how fat, how short, how tall. Girls who are tall get taller, boys who are small get smaller, 'til one is the tallest and one is the smallest of all. We hiked around without care, then we ran into a bear. He was a hairy bear, he was a scary bear, we made a hasty retreat from his lair. And described him with adjectives. Woah boy, that was one big ugly bear. Next time you go on a trip, remember this little tip, The minute you get back, they'll ask you this and that, you can describe people, places and things, simply unpack your adjectives. You can do it with adjectives. Tell about it with adjectives. You can shout it with adjectives. Oh oh oh adjectives. Oh oh oh adjectives. Darn, that's the end. |
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| 14. |
| 3:04 |
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She looks pretty good in blue
She's worn it out a lot You look good on paper too When actually you're not She's not looking anymore For someone to feel sorry for So don'cha 'round no more She's got pretty fake eyelashes Slanted plastic glasses Everyone who passes Says she looks beautiful But don't even think about Asking her to dance 'Cause in your sackcloth and ashes You're never gonna have a chance Sackcloth and ashes... She smeared you with her fingerprints Just because she could She's not sorry for her sins As long as she looks good How can she have so much fun Knowing all the things she's done? She's bad She's strong Or maybe she's stupid But she's got pretty party dresses Manic-panic tresses She believes that less is more Where you're concerned But you can only dream about The places that she's been 'Cause in your sackcloth and ashes They're never gonna let you in One day, maybe, you'll be way beyond This silly habit you've put on Tough and strong enough And wrong, and wrong enough For long enough To belong there But 'til that day comes along You'll be sullen and regretful Querulous and fretful Carrying a head full Of evil thoughts And there'll be lots of girls and people Who want to know where you stand But in your sackcloth and ashes You'll never make them understand Sackcloth and ashes Sackcloth and ashes Sackcloth and ashes They're never gonna understand |
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| 2:30 |
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| 3:40 |
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please please tell me now
please please tell me now I made a break I run out yesterday tried to find my mountain hideaway maybe next year maybe no go I know you're watching me every minute of the day yeah I've seen the signs and the looks and the pictures they give your game away yeah there's a dream that strings the road with broken glass for us to hold and I cut so far before I had to stay please please tell me now is there something I should know is there something I should say that would make you come my way do you feel the same 'cause you don't let it show people stare and cross the road from me and jungle drums they all clear the way for me can you read my mind can you see in the snow and fiery demons all dance when you walk through that door don't say you're easy on me you're about as easy as a nuclear war 'cause the dream that strings the road with broken glass for us to hold and I got so far before I had to say please please tell me now is there something I should know is there something I should say that would make you come my way do you feel the same 'cause you don't let it show please please tell me now is there something I should know please please tell me now can you see what makes me blow please please tell me now is there something I should know is there something I should say that would make you come my way |
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| 17. |
| 2:35 |
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We are the future people of tomorrow
We are the future people of tomorrow we care about our world we stand for freedom, etc. we stand for freedom, etc. we and us man youth there is nothing you can do to stop the future people of tomorow tomorrow future people you and me genocide is all we get from the fucking government they don't care what we've become all they want is opium in their masses which sucks We fight oppressionism for the revolution We fight oppressionism for the revolution we might just bite you One united unity united for the people of tomorrow tomorrow, future people you and me |
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| 18. |
| 1:35 |
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I see that gal comin' down the street
all decked out in her dress so pink with her eyes so blue and her hair so gold she's whistlebait, she's the one for me she's whistlebait ah ah ah ah ah ah she's the one for me Her heels are clicking as she walks by her dress so pink sure fills the eye and I'll bet if you look inside she's whistlebait, she's the one for me she's whistlebait ah ah ah ah ah ah she's the one for me She's the woman that I love so when she stops to powder her nose All te fellas just go whoa! she's whistlebait, she's the one for me she's whistlebait ah ah ah ah ah ah she's the one for me |
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| 19. |
| 1:56 |
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here you go way to fast
don't slow down you're gonna crash you should watch - watch your stay here don't look out you're gonna break your neck so shut up, shut your mouth cause I'm not listening anyhow I've had enough, enough of you enough to last a life time through so what do you want of me? got no words of sympathy and if I go around with you you know that I'll get messed up too with you na na na na na na na na na na here you go way to fast don't slow down you're gonna crash you don't know what's been going down you've been running all over town so shut up, shut your mouth cause I'm not listening anyhow I've had enough, enough of you enough to last a life time through so what do you want of me? got no cure for misery and if I go around with you you know that i'll get messed up too with you with you na na na na na slow down you're gonna crash na na na na na slow down you're gonna crash na na na na na slow down you're gonna crash |
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| 20. |
| 2:27 |
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I'll sit through your replies, but I've seen the answers in your eyes. I've still got room for more lies, but now you're walking away.
We had a lovely day. You had to cast a spell on it. I had to try not to dwell on it with nothing to say. I'm already far away, trying to forget another yesterday. Don't snatch your hand away. I promise not to bite you or kiss you just to spite you-- you'll get your way. And I'm only on the way to trying to forget another yesterday. And we've got a ways to go. What I said to you won't get to you, but if we had a place to go I'd stll want to be there too. And I'm always on the way to trying to forget another yesterday. |
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| 21. |
| 2:18 |
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You alone
can make me act this way explaining things I didn't do and things I shouldn't say I'm far from home but I've been up to my own tricks creating these catastrophes that you alone can fix Tell me where to take it everything I'm thinking like oh, oh oh, I love you so and I'll put my life on hold and I'm ready to go and how my love is true and everything I'm ever doin when I get you alone Now me alone is a most pathetic site making up excuses just to not come down at night And you alone would clearly be a waste of all those questions of your life that could never be replaced Setting up your high horse get on my horse I dream of you and I'd spend a small fortune just to make it come true I may not have enough to do a lot of screwy stuff but I will never leave you alone hey hey hey hey hey hey For you alone... you...for you You alone are the one I leave my prayers or at least that I'm without you in my heart this whole theory falls apart You alone could clearly be a waste of nights dead after endless night and meaningless charade All I ask is that you were alone to be and nights dead with me alone and you alone with me you alone with me you alone with me you alone with me |
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| 22. |
| 2:40 |
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| 23. |
| 1:52 |
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| 24. |
| 2:42 |
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I don't have much to offer
or anything at all I look like death warmed over you're like a living doll Okay, I may be the worst that you have seen But I'm King Dork and I want you to be my Queen, e-een, e-een, whoa-o I'm King Dork and I want you to be my Queen You're too dear to put a price on and when I talk to you You're more than Monty Python Star Trek or Dr. Who You're much more than MST3K or D&D yeah I'm King Dork and I want you to be with me, e-ee, e-ee, whoa-o I'm King Dork and I want you to be with me-e-e-e-e. Once you get used to it Maybe you can love me just a little bit Would that be, such a catastrophe? So don't start screaming yet Just lower your standards and get set Whatever it takes, however it has to be Those other girls can't stand me There's none as fair as you But if they see you and me It might embarass you So we'll go where they will never see you I'm King Dork and I want you to be with me, e-ee, e-ee, whoa-o I'm King Dork and I want you to be my I'm King Dork and I want you to be my I'm King Dork and I want you to be my Queen |
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| 3:51 |
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