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In December drinking horchata
I'd look psychotic in a balaclava Winter's cold is too much to handle Pincher crabs that pinch at your sandals (Whoaaaaa ooooh) In December drinking horchata Look down your glasses at that Aranciata With lips and teeth to ask how my day went Boots and fists to pound on the pavement Here comes a feeling you thought you'd forgotten Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on (Whoaaaaaa ooooh) You'd remember drinkin horchata You'd still enjoy it with your foot on masada Winter's cold is too much to handle Pincher crabs that pinch at your sandals Here comes a feeling you thought you'd forgotten Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on Ooh you had it but oh no you lost it Lookin back you shouldn't have fought it In December, drinkin horchata I'd look psychotic in a balaclava Winter's cold is too much to handle Pincher crabs that pinch at your sandals Years go by and hearts start to harden Those palms and firs that grew in your garden Falling down and nearing the rose beds The roots are shooting up through the tool she'd Those lips and teeth that asked how my day went Are shouting up through cracks in the pavement Here comes a feeling you thought you'd forgotten Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on Oh you had it but oh no you lost it You understood so you shouldn't have fought it Here comes a feeling you thought you'd forgotten Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on Here comes a feeling you thought you'd forgotten Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on |
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| 2. |
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An ancient business
A modern piece of glasswork Down on the corner that You walk each day in passing The elderly salesclerk Won't eye us with suspicion The whole immortal corporation's giving it's permission The little stairway A little piece of carpet A pair of mirrors that Are facing one another Out in both directions A thousand little Julias That come together In the middle of Manhattan You waited since lunch It all comes at once Around the corner The house that modern art built I ask for modern art To keep it out the closets The people who might own it The sins of pride and envy And on the second floor The Richard Serra Skate Park Waited since lunch It all comes at once Along the park walk Ask all of our questions While all the horses Race taxis in the winter Look up at the buildings Imagine who might live there Imagining you're walking On a bowl upon the sing there You waited since lunch It all comes at once |
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Holiday, O, A Holiday!
And the best one of the year Dozing off underneath my sheets While I cover both my ears But if I wait for a holiday could it ever stop my fear? To go away on a summer’s day never seemed so clear Holiday, still so far away Our republic on the beach I can’t forget just how bad it gets When I’m counting on my teeth But if I wait for a holiday Could it stop my fear? To go away on a summer’s day Never seemed so clear A vegetarian since the invasion She’d never seen the word BOMBS She’d never seen the word BOMBS blown up To 96 point Futura She’d never seen an AK In a yellowy Day Glo display A t-shirt so lovely it turned all the history books grey I’ve got wheels, I’ve got cutter spray And a healthy sense of worth Half of me is the gasoline But the other half’s the surf So if I wait for a holiday could it stop my fear? To go away on a summer’s day never seemed so clear |
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| 2:30 |
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Wouldn't ever gag you with a spoon, my only true love
Never really heard you speak that way, it's unworthy of... Funny how that little college girl called language corrupt Funny how the other private schools had no Hapa Club Someone took a trip before you came to ski in the Alps Your father moved across the country Just to sunburn his scalp Contra Costa, Contra Mundum, contradict what I say Living like the French Connection, but we'll die in LA Blasted from a disconnected light switch Through the condo that they'll never finish Bounced across a Saudi satellite dish And through your brain to California English No one sits inside a freezing flat and stays there 'til May Leafing through a stack of A-Zs to surf the UK Waiting with the wind against your face And gel in your hair Shivering in little undershirts, but don't seem to care Blasted from a disconnected light switch Through the condo that they'll never finish Bounced across a Saudi satellite dish And through your brain to California English Sweet carob rice cake She don't care how the sweets taste Fake Philly cheese steak But she use real toothpaste Cuz if that Tom's don't work If it just makes you worse Would you loose all of you faith in the good Earth And if it's all a curse And we're just getting worse Baby, please don't lose your faith in the good earth Blasted from a disconnected light switch Through the condo that they'll never finish Bounced across a Saudi satellite dish And through your brain to California English |
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Unsentimental,
Driving around, Unsure of myself, Sure of it now, You stand this close to me, Like the future was suppose to be, In the eyes of the Grocery, In the block uptown, I remember, Remember well, But if I forgotten, Could you tell, In the shadow of your first attack, I was questioning and looking back, You said baby we don't speak of that, Like a real aristocrat, Compound to compound, Lazy and safe, (Wanting leave it)? (Born in two way)? When the taxi door was open wide, I pretended I was horrified, By the uniform clothes outside, Of the court yard gate, You're not a victim, But neither am I, Nostalgic for garbage, Desperate for time, I could blame it on your mother's head, Or the colors that you father wears, But I know that I was never fair, You were always fine, Unsentimental, Driving around, Sure of myself, Sure of it now, You stand this close to me, Like the future was suppose to be, In the eyes of the Grocery, In the blocks uptown, I remember, Remember it well, But if I forgotten, Would you tell, In the shadow of your first attack, I was questioning and looking back, You were standing on another track, Like a real aristocrat |
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| 3:53 |
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Every dollar counts
And every morning hurts We mostly work to live Until we live to work She said, "You know, There's nowhere else to go." But change in rows It struck me that the two of us could RUN. (Horns) Worlds away from cars And all the styles and bars Where a little bit of competition means so much And a little bit of change is all your little fingers touch I said, "You know, There's nowhere else to go." But change in rows It struck me that the two of us could RUN. (Horns) 'Cause honey with you Is the only honest way to go And I could take two But I really couldn't ever know Honey with you And a little powered radio We could try. So lead my feet away 'Cuz all they do is stay And I don't think your eyes Have ever looked surprised. She said, "You know, There's no where left to go." But we have found It struck me that the two of us could RUN 'Cause honey with you Is the only honest way to go And I can take two For I really couldn't ever know Honey with you And a little powered radio We could try. (Horns) |
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| 2:25 |
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You found a sweater on the ocean floor
They're gonna find it if you didn't close the door You and this model sit outside of the side In a house on a street they wouldn't park on at night Dad was a risk taker, his was a shoe maker You greatest hits 2006, little list maker Caught in the melody, you wait in the car You were born with ten fingers and you're gonna use them all Interest in colors, I discover myself If your highlife is gritty, you'll be toasting my health If an interest in coats, you should be lining the walls When your birth right is interest, you could just accrue it all Me and my cousins, and you and your cousins It's a line that is always running Me and my cousins, and you and your cousins I can feel it coming You can turn your back on the Biddlewood You can turn your back on the Biddlewood You can turn your back on the Biddlewood You can turn your back on the Biddlewood Me and my cousins, and you and your cousins It's a line that's always running Me and my cousins, and you and your cousins I can feel it coming Me and my cousins, and you and your cousins It's a line that's always running Me and my cousins, and you and your cousins I can feel it coming |
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| 4:46 |
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Your sword's grown old and rusty
Burnt beneath the rising sun It's locked up like a trophy Forgetting all the things it's done And though it's been a long time You're right back where you started from I see it in your eyes That now you're giving up the gun When I was 17 I had wrists like steel And I felt complete And now my body fades Behind a brass charade And I'm obsolete But if the chance remained To see those better days I'd cut the cannons down My ears are blown to bits From all the rifle hits But I still crave that sound CHORUS I heard you play guitar Down at a seedy bar Where skinheads used to fight Your Tokugawa smile And your garbage style Used to save the night You felt the coming wave Told me we'd all be brave You said you wouldn't flinch But in the years that passed Since I saw you last You haven't moved an inch CHORUS I see you shine in your way Go on, go on, go on CHORUS |
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| 6:01 |
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It's not right but it's now or never
And if I wail could I ever forgive myself? On a night when the moon glows yellow in the riptide With the light from the TVs buzzing in the house Cuz I'm gonna cut it where I can And then I'm gonna duck out behind them If I ever had a chance it's now then But I never had the feeling I could offer that to you To offer it to you would be cruel When all I want to do is use, use you He was a diplomat's son It was '81 Dressed in white with my car keys hidden in the kitchen I could sleep wherever I lay my head And the sight of your two shoes sitting in the bathtub Let me know that I shouldn't give up just yet Cuz I'm gonna take it from Simon And then I'm gonna duck out behind them If I ever had a chance it's now then But I never had the feeling I could offer that to you To offer it to you would be cruel When all I want to do is use, use you He was a diplomat's son It was '81 I know you'll say I'm not doing it right But this is how I want it I can't go back To how I felt before That night I smoked a joint With my best friend We found ourselves in bed When I woke up he was gone He was the diplomat's son It was '81 Looking out at the ice-cold water all round me I can't feel any traces of that other place In the dark when the wind comes racing off the river There's a car all black with diplomatic plates |
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I had a feeling once
That you and I Could tell each other everything For two months But even without hope With truth on our side When you turn away from me It's not right I think you're a Contra I think you're a Contra And dear Contra I think you're a Contra My revolution thoughts Live in lies of desire I wanna trace them to the source And the wire But it's not useful now Since we both made up our minds You gotta watch out for yourself So will I I think you're Contra I think that you lie Don't call me Contra Till you've tried You wanted good schools And friends with pools You're not a Contra You wanted Rock' n' Roll, Complete control Well, I don't know Never pick sides Never choose between two But I just wanted you Never pick sides Never choose between two But I just wanted you I think you're Contra I think that you lie Don't call me Contra Till you've tried |
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