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Cotton candy was king
On the midway that spring When I saw you in the ring on the lawn Dear John Throwing kisses so Richmond's unfortunates can go on Oh, the lectures I gave So the girls would behave While the band played all your favorite songs Dear John Throwing kisses so Richmond's unfortunates can go on But numbers come up and you're left to the fates Though I always thought you were one of the greats Once somebody stationed in Kuala Lumpur Said he thought you went out, but he couldn't be sure And the midway I knew Where the sky was so blue With the memory of you is gone Dear John Throwing kisses so Richmond's unfortunates can go on Throwing kisses so Richmond's unfortunates can go on Throwing kisses so Richmond's unfortunates can go on Throwing kisses so Richmond's unfortunates can go on Throwing kisses so Richmond's unfortunates can go on |
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| 2. |
| 5:20 |
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The king of the jailhouse
And the queen of the road Think sharing the burden will lighten the load So they pack up their troubles In an old Cadillac That's her in the mirror, asleep in the back Baby, there's something wrong with me Baby, there's something wrong with me Baby, there's something wrong with me That I can't see That I can't see And they don't give the answers At the end of the test So you can't simply stand there and hope for the best So wake me up at the border When we reach Mexico I'll tell you a secret I don't even know Baby, there's something wrong with me Baby, there's something wrong with me Baby, there's something wrong with me That I can't see That I can't see Honey, I don't wanna turn around And go back there ? do you? I think you know something I don't know That I need to Baby, there's something wrong with me Baby, there's something wrong with me Baby, there's something wrong with me That I can't see That I can't see That I can't see |
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| 3:54 |
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Put on your shoes, girl
I'm goin' to the coast Where every loser Gives up what hurts the most And all those haunted Unlucky guys get told Who's really wanted And who just can't stay sold Goodbye, Caroline You're my favorite faith healer Goodbye, everything Say I gave to the house dealer Who could only really let you down Put on your coat, babe My luck is winding down I'll get your suitcase And pull the car around Goodbye, Caroline You're my favorite faith healer Goodbye, everything Say I gave to the house dealer Who could only really let you down Where it's lit day for night And the clocks wear their faces bowed Where the hands and cuffs gleam white As they hang on a nicotine cloud Goodbye, Caroline Goodbye, everything Goodbye, Caroline You're my favorite faith healer Goodbye, everything Say I gave to the house dealer Who could only really let you down Who could only really let you down Who could only Let you down Let you down Let you down Let you down |
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| 2:58 |
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Something isn't right
I don't know how I know But baby, it's despite Your dog-and-pony show I can hear it coming You're only going through the motions, baby With your engines humming You're just going through the motions, baby Feel like I'm in jail With you and Mr. Hyde A guy who leaves a trail About a mile wide So it starts already That you're just going through the motions, baby You can throw confetti But you're still going through the motions, baby Going through the motions, baby They'll have a big parade For every day that you stay clean But when the trumpets fade You'll go under like a submarine And you won't see it coming No, you won't see it coming You could have it made Up there in San Rafael But baby, I'm afraid I'll never see you well Because I've seen the tally And you're just going through the motions, baby To a big finale That comes from going through the motions, baby Going through the motions, baby Going through the motions, baby You're just going through the motions, baby |
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| 3:37 |
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I want to believe
If you tell me so I want to believe 'Cause you oughta know That kicking is hard But the bottom's harder So I'm taking your card But I cannot get my head around it, baby I cannot get my head around it, baby 'Cause that's just not the way You make me feel I want to believe But, baby, I'm dry I want to believe But you testify And I'll pour the drinks Like a true believer Whose god never blinks But I cannot get my head around it, baby I cannot get my head around it, baby 'Cause that's just not the way You make me feel No, that's just not the way You make me feel No, that's just not the way You make me feel Like way more real than real The world inside the glass That struggles to conceal The wreckage on the overpass I cannot get my head I cannot get my head I cannot get my head around it, baby 'Cause that's just not the way You make me feel No, that's just not the way You make me feel No, that's just not the way You make me feel |
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| 6. |
| 3:26 |
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Sitting in your father's basement
Waiting for the phone to ring Still in your pajamas, baby She made up some excuse to see you You said you didn't feel a thing Tired of all the dramas, maybe But still The moment you hear The moment you know I'm sure you'd come running, baby Sure The moment you hear That she really wants you Packing up your old apartment Sealing up another box Wondering what made you choose her And moving house when you're a stoner Everything you come across Makes you feel like such a loser But still The moment you hear The moment you know I'm sure you'd come running, baby Sure The moment you hear That she really wants you 'Cause the stray that you found That looked so cute at the pound Now has you putting her down as rabid If it was badder than bad Well, then ? you oughta be glad You can break it like another habit But still The moment you hear The moment you know I'm sure you'd come running, baby Sure The moment you hear That she really wants you Oh, sure The moment you hear The moment you know I'm sure you'd come running, baby Sure The moment you hear That she really wants you |
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| 3:36 |
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Tell me why I feel so bad, honey
TV's flat and nothing is funny I get sad and stuck in a cone of silence Like a big balloon with nothing for ballast Labeled like a bottle for Alice Drink me down or I'll drown in a sea of giants And tell me, "Baby, baby, I love you It's nonstop memories of you It's like a video of you playing It's all loops of seven-hour kisses Cut with a couple near-misses Back to the scene of the actor saying: 'Tell me, baby, baby ? why do I feel so bad?'" Tell me why I feel so bad, honey Fighting left me plenty of money But didn't keep the promise of memory lapses Like a building that's been slated for blasting I'm the proof that nothing is lasting Counting to eleven as it collapses And tell me, "Baby, baby, I love you It's nonstop memories of you It's like a video of you playing It's all loops of seven-hour kisses Cut with a couple near-misses Back to the scene of the actor saying: 'Tell me, baby, baby ? why do I feel so bad?'" Baby, baby, I love you Baby, baby, I love you But baby, I feel so bad |
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| 3:49 |
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From the 22nd floor
Walking down the corridor Looking out the picture window down On Sycamore While perspective lines converge Rows of cars and buses merge All the sweet green trees of Atlanta burst Like little bombs Or little pom-poms Shaken by a careless hand That drives them off And leaves again Life just kind of empties out Less a deluge than a drought Less a giant mushroom cloud Than an unexploded shell Inside a cell Of the Lennox Hotel On the 22nd floor Found a notice on my door While outside, the sun is shining on Those little bombs Those little pom-poms Life just kind of empties out Less a deluge than a drought Less a giant mushroom cloud Than an unexploded shell Inside a cell Of the Lennox Hotel Inside a cell Of the Lennox Hotel Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Inside a cell Of the Lennox Hotel Inside a cell Of the Lennox Hotel |
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| 4:19 |
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I drew a picture of you
You and your anchor tattoo And saw the face that I knew Covered in shame You drew a bird that was here A kind of sweet chanticleer But with a terrible fear That the cage couldn't tame That's how I knew this story would break my heart When you wrote it That's how I knew this story would break my heart So, like a ghost in the snow I'm getting ready to go 'Cause baby, that's all I know ? How to open the door And though the exit is crude It saves me coming unglued For when you're not in the mood For the gloves and the canvas floor That's how I knew this story would break my heart When you wrote it That's how I knew this story would break my heart That's how I knew this story would break my heart When you wrote it That's how I knew this story would break my heart |
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| 10. |
| 4:52 |
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That summer was just crazy hot
We walked the fairground parking lot And with our secret handshakes Sealed the deal completely But I'm too close to know just what Will keep Pandora's boxes shut And so I'll fail you badly When you really need me 'Cause I don't know What I should know ? That I can't help you anymore No, I can't help you anymore No, I can't help you anymore I'll get a pen and make a list And give you my analysis But I can't write this story With a happy ending Was I the bullet or the gun Or just a target drawn upon A wall that you decided Wasn't worth defending? And I should know But I don't know That I can't help you anymore No, I can't help you anymore No, I can't help you anymore Anymore No, I can't help you 'Cause baby, look what I have done The ruins just go on and on I've got to let it go now, or it will drag me under So I can't help you anymore No, I can't help you anymore No, I can't help you anymore Anymore No, I can't help you anymore |
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| 12. |
| 3:48 |
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You pulled up and parked your El Dorado
We said "hi" and kissed with some bravado I got out my camera and was laughing Happy it was you I'm photographing And we drove to the ferry Like the cat and canary I said, "Baby, it's scary When it's so beautiful Why does it hurt me To feel so much tenderness? Beautiful You little wonder, you" Maybe then I held your hand and kissed you I know once I just hauled off and hit you 'Cause I can't even stand it 'Cause I don't want to end it To be perfectly candid ? Baby, you're beautiful Sometimes it hurts me To feel so much tenderness Beautiful Wish you could see it, too And all I have to do today Is make you happy The only thing you have to say Is, "It's all lovely, baby" Late that night, we checked into the Bellevue Held you close, but, baby ? couldn't tell you And we stayed in our Calvins And we swore we'd be best friends And I looked through the zoom lens And thought you were beautiful Sometimes it hurts me To feel so much tenderness Beautiful Baby, I'm dazzled By the view Beautiful You don't need to tell me I'm completely powerless Beautiful I wish you could see it, too I wish you could see it, too I wish you could see it, too Baby, how I see you |
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