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from Better Than Ezra - Before The Robots (2005)
Kelly was a blackjack dealer
Living on the Gulf of Mexico Kelly had a taste for guns and pills He was looking for a mark to roll Sara was a Kappa from Tulane She was looking for a little change of pace When a cop pulled them over on the interstate Kelly blew that car away (I heard them singing) Gulf breeze on the porch Me and my honey rocking back and forth Light it up again with my kin and friends Underneath a yellow moon (It's a Gas) Sweet dream New Orleans Mississippi River running over me Pretty Momma come and take me by the hand Don't mock what you don't understand It's a Southern Thing Now when they held up a bank in Mobile They finally made it on the evening news She's a Georgia Peach never within reach He's a felon from Baton Rouge I heard Robert Johnson playing on a steel guitar In the heat of the Delta sun When Kelly drove them back up to Memphis To finish what the King had once begun (Come on and sing it now) Gulf breeze on the porch Me and my honey rocking back and forth Light it up again with my kin and friends Underneath a yellow moon (It's a Gas) Sweet dream New Orleans Mississippi River rolling over me Pretty Momma come and take me by the hand Don't mock what you donit understand It's a Southern Thing If we ever get out of here I want you to promise me You'll go down to the Gulf And swim Deep in the sea And you'll think of me The way you used to sing That silly song to me Singing M-I crooked letter crooked letter Hump back hump back Get a little closer M-I crooked letter crooked letter Hump back hump back Get a little closer Gulf breeze on the porch Me and my honey rocking back and forth Light it up again with my kin and friends Underneath a yellow moon (It's a Gas) Sweet dream New Orleans Mississippi River running over me Pretty Momma come and take me by the hand Don't mock what you don't understand It's a Southern Thing A Southern Thing |
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She was a midwestern prom queen
Got her boyfriend headed out West They ended up in the valley In a one room apartment A disconnected phone Yeah Now five years later she's single She's got two kids and a note And if she gets a moment to herself She can remember how everything used To go her way She says Where did the time go When everything was simple and free? I want to know what happened Somebody woke me before I could Have my American Dream For twenty years he worked corporate He planned to early retire His CEO he stole a billion dollars Now he's working at Denny's Hoping for a raise He thinks Where did the time go When everything was simple and free? I want to know what happened Somebody woke me before I could Have my American Dream Yeah, yeah, yeah I'm a little bit rebel I'm a bit patriot I can see they're both sides of the coin But still it gets a bit rough Everything is screwed up I guess itis just the American way Sometimes I wonder how you are You're up in New York City with a family I think I could have been your guy It's just a moment in time that is slipping on away Where did the time go When everything was simple and free? I want to know what happened Somebody woke me before I could have My American Dream My American Dream Yeah, yeah, yeah She was a midwestern prom queen Got her boyfriend headed out West |
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Here you are now
Fresh from your war Back from the edge of time And all that you were, Stripped to the bone I thought youd want to know That when you feel the world is crashing All around your feet Come running headlong into my arms Breathless I'll never judge you I can only love you Come now running headlong Into my arms Breathless Lay down your guns Too weak to run Nothing can harm you here Your precious heart Broken and scarred Somehow you made it through I only ask that you won't go again When you feel the world is crashing All around your feet Come running headlong into my arms Breathless I'll never judge you I can only love you Come now running headlong Into my arms Breathless So glad to see you smiling So good to hear your laugh I think that you've found you even Missed yourself I'm only asking this because I think that Truth be told Oh, you'll never go again Again When you feel the world is crashing All around your feet Come running headlong into my arms Breathless I'll never judge you I can only love you Come now running headlong Into my arms Breathless Breathless |
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from Better Than Ezra - Before The Robots (2005)
On a Tuesday in December,
When you walked out I remember. You were smiling as you turned around, In the hallway, you lingered in the doorway. And still the words you said to me, make me think of how we used to be. Hand to my heart, I want to be the one who always learned. She said, You're just like the sun. I get so burned when you are close to me. In the back room of a mansion, You are planning your deception. Always calling, never phoning. I'm a victim of another's war. And still the words you said to me, Come ringing in your silent symphony. Hand to my heart, I want to be the one who always learned. She says, You're just like the sun. I get so burned when you are close to me. And still it hurt so bad, (I thought I'd get one over on you), You know, I hope you're sad, (you deserve it more than anyone). I could give you one good reason. You could be my winning season. All the things we could have been, just fell away. Hand to my heart, I want to be the one who always learned. She says, You're just like the sun. I get so burned when you are close to me. I get so burned when you are close to me. |
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You're a long walk in a rain storm
You're a cut that refuses to heal You're a dull ache that I can't shake You're a cold that's clogging up my head Or a broke watch keeping time still Till you pull me in pull me in And I can't fight If the night is cold And you're feeling old And the morning cuts you Like a knife And you're wearing thin Feel you're giving in In the darkest hour of the night You find daylight You're a stalled car in the desert You're a song I can't get off my mind And in a dire strait With no hope at all in sight You come rushing in rushing in With a lifeline If the night is cold And you're feeling old And the morning cuts you Like a knife And you're wearing thin Feel you're giving in In the darkest hour of the night You find daylight Pull me closer to your breast I need you finally I confess I'm drifting I'm drifting I love you but I hate you too God only knows what I could do I'm drifting I'm drifting Come on give me one reason Come on find me in daylight Come on give me one reason Come on find me in daylight If the night is cold And you're feeling old And the morning cuts you Like a knife And you're wearing thin Feel you're giving in In the darkest hour of the night You find daylight You'll find daylight |
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Well they say your life was marked
And you were wondering if it would ever start Stop Sunlight on a razor blade Three different souls And the lives they made I grew up in the 80's In the pallisades I was listening to Devo And everybody catered to their needs All voted most likely to succeed Holly came out And Billy got paid But Jenny got pregnant the first time she got laid All my rage Sits inside When even the finest things Are leaving you hollow And all my days Left behind And even the finest things Are leaving you hollow Cut to an interior view Holly married well but so did you One was black one was blue I was watching the days go by Could you be seen in a silly dream Where Billy lives on Prozac and nicotine Holly got her GED living in maternity Nursing her broken heart for the love she lost All my rage Sits inside When even the finest things Are leaving you hollow And all my days Left behind And even the finest things Are leaving you hollow And the sky is blue And so are you Mary takes a drag off a cigarette And the stereo is coming up behind her Like she needs someone to remind her That life is richer in a minor key Bill and Holly disagree But I don't think so All my rage Sits inside When even the finest things Are leaving you hollow And all my days Left behind And even the finest things Are leaving you hollow Sunlight on a razor blade Three different souls and the lives they made Well Holly came out and Billy got paid But Jenny got pregnant the first time she got laid |
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Girl, your daddy's knocking on your door
I hear your footsteps on the floor to me Stumbling back to your room Pain it is a thing I can't explain I only feel it when you go away I'm waiting for you to return Don't fight it if it feels good (Don't fight it girl) You hide it but you never should (Don't hide) Don't listen to voices in your head What are you and me but monkeys in a tree? It's only natural Na-na-na-na natural Hey, I know your mother's off at work You say your daddy's such a jerk to you Why can't they just all fade away Girl, is that the way it's going to be? I'm only happy when you're down on me You can be my honeybee Don't fight it if it feels good (Don't fight it girl) You hide it but you never should (Don't hide it) Don't listen to voices in your head What are you and me but monkeys in a tree? It's only natural Na-na-na-na natural Don't fight it if it feels good (Don't fight it girl) You hide it but you never should (Don't hide) Don't listen to voices in your head What are you and me but monkeys in a tree? It's only natural It's only natural It's only natural Na-na-na-na natural (don't fight it girl) It's only natural (don't hide it) Is it the colour of your hair? Is it the silly way you stare? (don't fight it girl) It's only natural Na-na-na-na natural |
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Here we go
I got with somebody's date You're like a Soap Opera cover My lover self-automates Juicy You say a-somebody say You're like a salve for a leper You're sweet for somebody's pain Juicy Aw, Juicy Yeah, you got to live for your own You say you got all the sordid details Check-out retail Watch it sell Juicy Aw, Juicy I Gotta Delay Mothers, children on the street Can't get enough to eat Off the record Dishes fly Don't know the reason why Meet me in the check out stand See who can be the lover man Conscience bleeding in a song Guilty as the day is long Goodbye Yeah, you got to live for your own You say you got all the sordid details Check-out retail Watch it sell I got to see that lie You say what you're going to say You got to know it's a bitter poison Sapping all of your soul away Yeah, Juicy Juicy |
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I am bending
Made of steel I am stumbling Towards something real How can you forget this feeling Of standing straight while the world is reeling? Don't leave me here alone You're as close as it gets to home Don't look down You might fall Life made rookies of us all In our finest year Don't wait up We'll be fine Somehow we might get it right In our finest year I am hopeful Full of doubt And I am trying to work this whole thing out So how can you just sit there sleeping When your worlds on fire And your chest is beating? And I want to think you feel the same Don't look down You might fall Life made rookies of us all In our finest year Don't wait up We'll be fine Somehow we might get it right In our finest year In this moment While you're breathing If the future leaves you needing Will you be the one who stayed? As your life just slipped away? Don't leave me here alone You're as close as it gets to home I'll be there if you fall Love made suckers of us all Don't look down You might fall Life made rookies of us all In our finest year Don't wait up We'll be fine Somehow we might get it right In our finest year |
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We were standing in an empty room
The moonlight was falling You were holding my hand when the car pulled up for you And I could have spent a life with you But those days were over You were calling my name when your face faded from view And wasn't it you who told me the sun would always chase the day And wasn't it you who told me: Angels fly in the air tonight Saying wasn't it just like swimming out on the lake? And stars collide and the air's alive Or was it just like those promises that you made On our last night? I remember waking up with you The days doing nothing You meant more to me then than I think you ever knew. But you were gonna be a doctor, movie star A poet at a Nobel seminar I hope the world never tore that out of you Cause wasn't it you who told me the sun would always chase the day Yeah wasn't it you who told me: Angels fly in the air tonight Saying wasn't it just like swimming out on the lake? And stars collide and the air's alive Or was it just like those promises that you made On our last night? And what ever happened to the things you loved And the songs we played, and the indian days Whatever happened to the things you gave away? Like Harold and Maude singing Like Harold and Maude singing I was waving as you drove away The sunlight was falling You were writing backwards in a dusty window pane Angels fly in the air tonight Saying wasn't it just like swimming out on the lake? And stars collide and the air's alive Or was it just like those promises that you made On our last night? |
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north light comes uninvited
through the window to where you lie disjointed, dust and silence quite at a loss CHORUS: i feel strange i feel changed i feel strange.....overcome...overcome by you i fell in too deep but i learned to swim in an undertow since i'm giving in i feel strange i feel changed i feel strange...overcome...overcome I'm a little bit wiser, I'm a little bit sadder I'm a little bit less, you might have guessed But if you could be staying Tell me now, darlin', I think I'm fading I swear I'll never trade your love for a lie (CHORUS) (overcome..overcome... sometimes it helps me to give it up in some ways you're never gonna get it some nights i feel i'm gonna give it sunlight...every night overcome...overcome) ...hold still, come on and save me ...hold still, come on and let me ...hold still come on again... ...hold still, come on and let me ...hold still, come on and let me |
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Are you real?
Are you real or just a dream? It's been so long I don't know. I can feel, I can feel you with me now, Even though you're far away. And some are special, come back, racing through your mind. You are special; your light, your heat will never die. I was lost. I was lost and I found you. I will know no further love. People move, come in close, and fall away. Your love, you refuse to fade. And some are special, Come back racing through your mind. You are special; Your light, your heat will never die. So regretful. How could I ever be so blind? You are special. I thought I'd never lose my mind. I was pulling far away; you were begging me to stay, and I thought I was losing you. Funny how the opposite was true. Real enough, whole enough, I'd settle for a lie. Some are special, come back racing through your mind. You are special; your light your heat, will never die. So regretful. How could I ever be so blind? You are special. I thought I'd never lose my mind. |
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Allie woke up 8AM
Graduation day. Got into a car, And crashed along the way. When we arrived late to the wake, Stole the urn while they Looked away, And drove to the beach 'Cause I knew you'd want it That way. And you were standing On the hood of the car Singing out loud When the sun came up. And I know I wasn't right, But it felt so good. And your mother didn't mind, Like I thought she would. And that ((REM)) song was playing In my mind. And three and a half minutes Felt like a lifetime It felt like a lifetime And you move like water I could drown in you. And I fell so deep once, Till you pulled me through You would tell me "No one is allowed to be so proud They never reach out When they're giving up." And I know I wasn't right, But it felt so good. And your mother didn't mind, Like I thought she would. And that ((REM)) song was playing In my mind. And three and a half minutes Felt like a lifetime Are you sitting in the lights? Or combing your hair again, And talking in rhymes? Are you sitting in the lights? When I got home, heard the phone, Your parents had arrived. And your dad set his jaw Your mom just smiled and sighed. But they left soon And I went to my room. Played that disc that you'd given me, And I shut my eyes Swear I could hear the sea. When we were standing On the hood of your car Singing out loud when the sun came up. And I know I wasn't right, But it felt so good. And your mother didn't mind, Like I thought she would. And that ((REM)) song was playing In my mind. And three and a half minutes, Three and a half minutes, Felt like a lifetime |
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Wake me up
Slap my face Draw me closer in To your embrace Cause nobody wants to be the butt of every joke And nobody wants to be the one to pull the rope So you harden your shell Slowly losing yourself And now I'm close But not touching And I'm cold But not freezing And I'm only alive Only alive Briefly Can you feel Could you love Are you further now from where you started I bet you do enough just to get by Don't you Cause nobody wants to be the butt of every joke And nobody wants to be the one who's full of hope And a cop's light goes by And the moon lights the night And now I'm close But not touching And I'm cold But not freezing And I'm only alive Only alive Briefly And you're a starlight that shines For a moment in time In time |
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from Better Than Ezra - Closer (2001)
to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte)
And the morning light was breaking Slowly moving across the bed He gets up without her waking To the voices in his head Through the shadows in the hallway To the room they painted blue And on the inside he is frightened At a loss for what to do Until he opens up his eyes And the angels all look down Even closer than this life Closer than your faith Closer than the things that you hold dearly And in vain Closer than this life Falling through again Giving more than anything That you could hope to win And he knows his life is changing It's never easy letting go For the first time you are mortal As the child before you grows And he wonders at the sight Of the joy that he has found Even closer than this life Closer than your faith Closer than the things that you hold dearly And in vain Closer than this life Falling through again Giving more than anything That you could hope to win And what would you intend to find? Solitude? Your peace of mind? Holding out for something less Than touching the hand of God? Even closer than this life Closer than this faith Closer than the things that you hold dearly And in vain Closer than this life Falling through again Giving more than anything That you could hope to win Closer than this life Closer finally Living for the only thing You ever made complete Oh, for the one thing That you both did perfectly |
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from Better Than Ezra - Closer (2001)
I got a little bit of hope,
like a soap on a rope. Sweeter than sour, getting thinner by the hour. Falling fast, and I'm running out of gas. Mugging on your sister, smart as Bobby Fisher. Still I couldn't get arrested, Though I got more hooks than Madonna got looks. Just like that AC/DC song, "Come on baby, shake me all night long." All I wanna do, Is stay till early in the morning. (You know I love you baby). And all I gotta say, Is your love's extraordinary. You're extraordinary, baby Somebody push me through the door, I've been sleeping on the floor. 31 flavors, listen to the neighbors through the wall, At the debutante ball. Cumba lada vista, Got a Mona Lisa. So much for the late rent, cause your money's spent, And it's cold inside. Just like that Barenaked Ladies song, I'm "hot like wasabi when" I'm next to your body. All I wanna do, Is stay till early in the morning. (You know I love you baby). And all I gotta say, Is your love's extraordinary. You're extraordinary, baby. Aint' love such a sweet thing. Ain't love such a sweet thing. (Con fuego baby) All I wanna do, Is stay till early in the morning. (You know I love you baby). And all I gotta say, Is your love's extraordinary. You're extraordinary baby. All I wanna do, Is stay till early in the morning. (You know I love you baby). And all I gotta say, Is your love's extraordinary. You're extraordinary. |
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from Better Than Ezra - Closer (2001)
to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte)
I sit and watch your flowers wilting in the kitchen I felt like I was one of them gasping for air. I go from room to room hoping to find your I play my music louder than you'd like me to Why can't I be your lover? Can there be another? And when I feel without I want to get you in. Can't I be your lover? At five o'clock you come shuffling in. And when I lock you out I want to get you, Get you, get you in. I understand that you are going through a hard time But what you need to recognize I'm in one too You say that maybe we should take some time apart But you go your way, I'll get by, and you'll go get high You just see if I mind. Why can't I be your lover? Can there be another? And when I feel without I want to get you in. Why can't I be your lover? At five o'clock you come shuffling in. And when I lock you out I want to get you, Let you, get you in. Well I could be wrong I don't even know myself And I must be strong when you're gone so long I don't need to know reasons why. What I wouldn't do for you. Why can't I be your lover? Can there be another? And when I feel without I want to get you in. Why can't I be your lover? At five o'clock you come shuffling in. And when I lock you out I want to get you, Let you, get you in. I want to get you in. 무공해성 모던 록 사운드, Better Than Ezra 베터 댄 에즈라(Better Than Ezra)의 트래비스 맥넵(Travis McNabb)이 1969년 11월 19일 출생했다. '88년에 결성된 베터 댄 에즈라는 뉴올리언즈 출신의 3인조로 처음에는 4인조였지만 리드 기타리스트가 갑자기 사망하는 바람에 3인조가 되었다. '94년 그들은 자비로 데뷔앨범을 발매하는데 이듬해 [Elektra]와 계약을 맺으면서 싱글 'Good'이 좋은 반응을 얻게 되었고 앨범 [Deluxe]는 히트라고 할 만한 성공을 거두게 된다. 보컬리스트이자 작곡자인 케빈 그리핀(Kevin Griffin), 베이시스트인 톰 드루먼드(Tom Drummond) 그리고 드러머인 트래비스 맥넵은 '96년에 두번째 앨범 [Friction Baby]를 내놓았으며 2년 뒤에는 [How Does Your Garden Grow?]를 발매했다. 후자에 실려있던 'At the Stars'가 빌보드에서 선정한 '올해의 팝송 100곡'에 뽑히는 등 인기를 얻었지만 이 앨범으로 [일렉트라]와의 계약을 끝나고 다시 자비로 앨범 [Artifakt]를 발매한다. 이 앨범은 그간 앨범 미수록곡들과 콘서트 라이브를 모아 발매한 것으로 판매도 그들의 웹사이트인 www.betterthanezra.com를 통해 인터넷으로만 했다. 2001년에 이들은 소규모 인디 레이블인 [Beyond Music]과 계약을 했고 싱글 'Extra Ordinary'를 내놓았다. 방송에서 좋은 반응을 얻은 이 곡에 이어 2001년, 여름에 3년만의 새 앨범 [Closer]를 내놓았다. 그리고 2004년 라이브 음반 [Live at the House of Blues New Orleans]를 발표했지만 국내에는 소개되지 않았다. |
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from Better Than Ezra - Closer (2001)
I got a little bit of reason
For everything I've done I might just serenade the moonlight And I get so lonely in this crowd I want to scream but make no sound And yeah I'm lost but maybe I'll be fine Cause when I'm in over my head I hear the words you said That someone out there's Listening to the same song Feeling the same way that I do Make me a believer pick up the receiver And tell me you feel just like I do I do And I couldn't bear to see you walk out And leave it all behind I couldn't bear to see the sunlight And I love the sound of rain on tin Your screen door beckoning me in And yeah I'm mad but overcome with joy Could it be so damn naive To hope you could agree? That someone out there's Listening to the same song Feeling the same way that I do Make me a believer pick up the receiver Tell me you feel just like I do I do In a world that's cellophane You get so lost I know you do In a world that's cellophane Someone out there's Listening to the same song Feeling the same way that I do Make me a believer pick up the receiver Tell me you feel just like I do I do Someone out there's Listening to the same song Feeling the same way that I do Make me a believer pick up the receiver And tell me you feel just like I do I do |
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Worn out in Juarez
Asking the dust for change Worn out in Juarez A punch drunk assassin Getting caught in the rain Driving all the way from Albuquerque Living on Funyuns and beef jerky, yeah Wearing the ages Mining the seats for cash Worn on the edges Faded like a photo left too long on the dash Busking all the way from Sarasota Chasing mini thins with cherry cola, yeah It's a dreamlife Hitching all the way from Minnesota Sunflower seeds in your scotch and soda It's a dreamlife Ah, it's a dreamlife Worn out in Juarez Worn out in Juarez |
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from Better Than Ezra - Closer (2001)
Talking in her sleep again
Reciting lines start to end But she's not crazy (Knock on wood) Just a little misunderstood She takes a walk at 4AM Wakes the neighborhood again And I find myself recalling everything she used to tell me Aw yeah, alright, truth hurts inside Aw yeah, that's right, you go around once in life Everybody wants to be a part Everybody loves a situation Who would ever want to play the part Of anonymous numbers on a governmental chart She's waiting tables the next day She pulls a double then on her way To an audition in Hollywood, yeah, A little misunderstood We sit around the house Waiting for the phone to ring And I know she alone holds the key To everything I want to be Aw yeah, alright, truth hurts inside Aw yeah, that's right, you go around once in life Everybody wants to be a part Everybody loves a situation Who would ever want to play the part Of anonymous numbers on a governmental chart Everybody wants to be your friend When you've got something you can give them All I've seen, bad and good, she's not crazy Just a little misunderstood. Aw yeah, all good, she's not crazy, Just a little misunderstood. Two years later you're a star Who'd have thought we'd get this far? But I'd give it all away if I Could see you on that day again When you quit work And threw that coffee At the manager jerk You said, 'Close your eyes I've got a surprise A house in the hills And a car that drives by.' Aw yeah, alright, truth hurts, don't it? Inside Aw yeah, that's right, you go around once in life Everybody wants to be a part Everybody loves a situation Who would ever want to play the part Of anonymous numbers on a governmental chart Everybody wants to be your friend When you've got something you can give them All I've seen, bad and good, she's not crazy Just a little misunderstood. Aw yeah, all good, she's not crazy, Just a little misunderstood. |
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First thing I remember was lying in the sand
When a plague of seven horsemen Came across the desert land They had one good eye between them They were burning up the sky When I asked why they had come for me The ugly one replied He told me Ah, you better recognize Aw, you better recognize, son Next thing I recall well I was hanging from a cliff When an angel came to rescue Me and held me in her grip She said, "Everyone who's ever loved you Gets hurt in the end." Then she smiled and said, "Forgive me." As she let go of my hand She told me (You been living out of pocket, out of your socket) Ah, you better recognize. (You been leaning like a Pisa, a moaning Lisa) Ah, you better recognize, son (Hip hip for all the busted, we are entrusted) Ah, you better recognize. (You come a pleading, but it's too late We can't hear you're on the list now!) And let your dim light shine. Always darkest before the morning light, Lord knows you ain't that bright Better let your dim light shine Just before I hit the ground I woke up in my bed I was dazed and I was weary And my heart was full of dread When I looked at my reflection I was horrified to find There were seven horsemen next to me The angel close behind They told me (You been living out of pocket, out of the socket) Ah, you better recognize. (You been leaning like a Pisa, a moaning Lisa) Ah, you better recognize, son (Hip hip for all the busted, we are entrusted) Ah, you better recognize. (You come a pleading, but it's too late We can't hear you're on the list now!) And let your dim light shine. |
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Rain drops bead again
They make a tide pool On your summer skin Shoplifting corner store I should have got, Should have got some more. How'd you get so low? How'd you get so low? Baby I don't know. God, how you look the same. I recognize the face, But not the name. Pull over, never stop A caramel-colored girl in a halter top. How'd you get so low? How'd you get so low? (She said) Me and you Got a lot to do. We go rolling From Friday till Sunday noon. Stop! Start a letter, Rent-A-Saint in back Want to hit the interstate in a Cadillac, And we're rolling. Could it be that hard To never mind the rent And then quit your job? Flying, at what cost? Shout outs to the ones we've lost. How'd you get so low? How'd you get so low? Don't mind me. Me? I'm fine. I just get a little lost sometimes. But what I really meant to say, I couldn't live without you another day. How'd you get so low? How'd you get so low? (She said) Me and you Got a lot to do. We go rolling From Friday till Sunday noon. Stop! Start a letter, Rent-A-Saint in back Want to hit the interstate in a Cadillac, And we're rolling. Are you just worried to see me? Are you just worried to need me? Me and you Got a lot to do. We go rolling From Friday till Sunday noon. Stop! Start a letter, Rent-A-Saint in back Want to hit the interstate in a Cadillac, And we're rolling. Yeah, we're rolling. Me and you, we're rolling. On a Sunday afternoon. Yeah... |
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I can still recall
The way you looked that fall In your favorite dress The day before you left And since that time I wrote a simple rhyme And I miss you and the things you do The time we had, the good and bad The day we met that I can't forget Signed Sincerely, Me Are you cross at your loss? But could you be more obsessive If I'd given you the chance But since you asked, a reply but it's the last And I miss you and the things you do The love you fake, the heart you break. The buzz you caught, and the times we fought Signed Sincerely, Me. Oh, my God, and don't forget P.S. I moved away to a new address It's far away and I think it's best Signed Sincerely, Me. Why can't it be like it was? The rain falls, the summer ends. Why can't it be like it was? You always said you'd never go away. And I confess, I was such a mess I drove for fifteen hours On this nasty Greyhound bus Yes, I've returned. (You'd think that I would have learned.) But I miss you and the things you do The times we had, the good and bad The day we met that I can't forget Signed Sincerely, Me Could you really be a bitch like that? Broke my door when you stole the cat. Someone said that you even laughed Signed Sincerely, Me Why can't it be like it was? The rain falls, the summer ends. Why can't it be like it was? You always said you'd never go away. And I miss you... The hope you give. The life you live. The cross you bear. The way you swear. The face you make When you masturbate. Our bed in the moonlight. And the night we fought You were so distraught. And the lies I denied Even when you cried, God knows I apologize, Signed Sincerely, Me. Why can't it be like it was? The rain goes, the sun returns. Why can't it be like it was? You always said you'd never go away. You'd never go away. You'd never go away. Signed Sincerely, Me. |
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from Better Than Ezra, Better Than Ezra - How Does Your Garden Grow (1998)
'Calmly, like a razor
I got us on the door,' Or 'I got a tape of 'Clerks' Someone left the night before.' So I come over later, You're sitting in that chair Smoking on your cigarette Fingering you hair So I get drunk and stoned, Every time you come around. Twenty-nine and aimless You bartend down on fourth Your parents pay insurance And the Parson's Audit course Over-schooled and uninspired Tust fund up your nose All that wasted talent but, uh Ain't that how it always goes? So I get drunk and stoned, Every time you come around. Yeah, yeah yeah So long Allison Foley So long, bye-bye (Come up higher, take a step higher) Sometimes you understand The reasons how you went astray But least of all the answer, That it hurts to watch you waste away. So I get drunk and stoned, Every time you come around. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So long, Allison Foley So long, bye-bye |
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from Better Than Ezra, Better Than Ezra - How Does Your Garden Grow (1998)
Maybe I should drop you at your door
Leave tonight and vanish up the shore Anywhere but here... It's 3 o'clock We're driving in your car You're screaming out the window at the stars. Please don't drive me home! Blame us 'cause we are who we are Hate us 'cause you'll never get that far And who'd suppose that you would go I've already learned enough to know that... Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo (repeat) Tell me all the places we could go And count the headlights passin' on the road A long, long time ago Blame us cause we are who we are Hate us cause you'll never get that far And who'd suppose that you would go? I've already learned enough to know that Here we are Forgein to their world Straight and composed Your sermons I can do without And I've finally found that everybody loves to love you when you're far awaaaaay! Could it be we've done something wrong? And make it home to your place before dawn. Please don't drive me home. Please don't take me home! Blame us 'cause we are who we are Hate us 'cause you'll never get that far And who'd suppose that you would go? I've already learned I've already learned... Enough to know that Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo Doo, doo |
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from Better Than Ezra, Better Than Ezra - How Does Your Garden Grow (1998)
Well, your photo stills
In your wallet with your unpaid bills And you show it like it means something You could never know the pain it brings And here you are Standing in our drive (when absence suits you best) Your letters and your cards But no return address Now you come around Now you come around Your familiar sounds We are your beautiful, We are your beautiful mistake. Waiting for this day Well I memorized the things I'd say How you broke her when you disappeared How I hear her say, 'You'd make your father proud.' It echoes through the years As if I could forget all a mother's tears No, don't say a word Leave while you still can Put out your light Now I guess you're going A figure through the door And your taillights faded Like twenty years before |
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from Better Than Ezra, Better Than Ezra - How Does Your Garden Grow (1998)
Cut me out of this role.
I can't play it anymore. It must be something in the water here. Give me up, I confess. I feel as though I'm living less. The strangest gravity affects my way. Because I was born incomplete, Drowning in the brevity. Kind of like a road you're travelling on. Everything in 2's You often lose You make me whole again Everything in 2's You never knew You'd make me whole again. Someone said, someone wrote, We're floating tethered to a rope. So complicate me, I could use the weight. In how you move the scenery, Lover, how you mirror me. But stop me if you've heard it all before. And now and again, You find yourself over your head. In a cynical time, in you I find A reason to live. Cut me out of this role I can't play it anymore It must be something in the water here. |
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from Better Than Ezra, Better Than Ezra - How Does Your Garden Grow (1998)
So i could ask you why you live your life
(disregard the pretense that you made). Come alive, come alive, watch the city go by. Turn me up, turn me up, turn me up, turn me up, turn me up Your face is creased by the pillow case sheets, The bedroom is a mess. Can i get some room service please? Are you lucid? drug induced? Through bloodshot eyes the city come alive,come alive,come alive. Ah, how wonderful you are! Ah, how wonderful you are! Outside, you feel like you were born with a kick-me sign Taped permanently to your back. I can relate, video tape, You got a laugh when you fell face first on the floor. Ah, how wonderful you are! Ah, how wonderful you are! Are you listening? Are you breathing? Give me something, i can believe in, Because you give me soul Illuminating everything! Aw, push it boy, push it like you never should. Understate. You were great, Summering out on the cape. I said last night how i feel about you, But you wouldn't recall no, You don't recall anything do you? Ah, how wonderful you are Ah, how wonderful you are I wrote a three page note I wrote a three page note I wrote a three page note Happy day mama, Happy day, Happy day, Happy day mama! |
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from Better Than Ezra, Better Than Ezra - How Does Your Garden Grow (1998)
We're all a scene in mona's dream...
A paris street. A quiet stream. Far away from Cabrini green. Forgotten love at seventeen, Where her children got a chance, Not a dead end street. Cause some got religion, And some got drugs, Some got money and, Some got love, All of her days in a dry-eyed haze, Just another scene in Mona's dream. |
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from Better Than Ezra, Better Than Ezra - How Does Your Garden Grow (1998)
Calling from that porch again
Low dress blowing in the wind (I should have known I'd regret it later) But she blow like a Tsunami I like it like that I like it like that I like it like that Terra Cotta, window pane Brown skin soaking up the rain (I should have been a cynical writer) But she don't care just where he be I like it like that I like it like that I like it like that She can move you! She can move you! What's your name? Destiny. I like it like that I like it like that I like it like that |
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from Better Than Ezra, Better Than Ezra - How Does Your Garden Grow (1998)
Don't fear,
Even though you're at a loss. I'm numb, A shell of empty thoughts. But you glow, You stretch and pull me out. Does that trouble you? Does that trouble you? *Love me Hate me Make me live again I need you around Heal me Hurt me Make me live again I want you around So long, I never had experienced This bliss. So how could i resist? And i'm fine A little light-headed. Does that worry you? I didn't mean to worry you. *Repeat Now, retreating from the light I love it when we fight It makes me think At least you still care Give up, you're not going anywhere moonlight, illuminates your stare and it's great, captivating you does that trouble you? i didn't mean to trouble you *Repeat & fade |
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from Better Than Ezra, Better Than Ezra - How Does Your Garden Grow (1998)
I push the limits of good taste
Whenever i open my mouth You got a worm in your ear Like checkov from kahn Shame! shame! I hit a new kind of low. All the way from south dakota Like a green leprachaun She got a sun dress in heat He got his latex gloves on Shame! shame! I hit a new kind of low. And if you ever come here You're tweaking on the phone "i got a new connection" I never leave the light on Shame! shame! I hit a new kind of low... B) Coma All the time, A loss. Black like you were blessed, I was sobered blind. Let you take me there And laughed loud when they found I was devoured. devoured. Devoured. |
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from Better Than Ezra, Better Than Ezra - How Does Your Garden Grow (1998)
one more murder in this town,
don't mean a thing just lock your doors and drive around. one more murder in this town, don't worry the rain will wash the chalk marks from the ground saturday night, shots ring out, add one to the body count. you come alive to see another's end. plead it to a lesser count, D.A. says without a doubt, in 3-5 you're on the streets again. one more murder in this town. don't mean a thing . you get accustomed to the sound. one more murder in this town. block off the street and . wrap the crime scene tape around. hosanna! hosanna! I can't feel a thing at all! hosanna! hosanna! I can't feel a ting! I can't feel a thing at all! saturday night you're going out parking lot, a figure come about feel a piece click against your head. pleading to his sympathy, "take the car, I got a family" you hear a laugh, "It don't mean shit to me." one more murder in this town |
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from Better Than Ezra, Better Than Ezra - How Does Your Garden Grow (1998)
Your pain makes you beautiful, you love to lose control,
And mediocrity's rewarded so set your standards low. In an imploding star, or a burned out car, I implore you. In a carbon-arc or a dim lit park, I implore you. Suck me in, I'm willing, I get off when you go on Let me be your fate. Pour it on, pour it on. In a country fair or union square, I implore you In a shrouded face or a spray of mace, I implore you. I implore you. Cryptic? Elemental. You transcend when you succumb. One last shred of frailty left, Embedded in our bones. In an imploding star, or a burned out car, I implore you In a carbon-arc or a dim lit park, I implore you So do it again, do it again, do it again. This is what it means Particle. So do it again, do it again, do it again. This is what it means Particle. |
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from Better Than Ezra, Better Than Ezra - How Does Your Garden Grow (1998)
You come walking like someboby's lover
You come talking like somebody's friend You wouldn't be here if I was unwilling We both want the same thing Pull We both want the same thing Brother, sister Anoint me, absolve me Take me with you Below hell You won't be here if I were unwilling We both know what I bring Pull We both want the same thing Around, surround You subjugate me Feel your pull Effortlessly Fuck me up I'm begging you please We both want the same thing Pull We both want the same thing |
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from Better Than Ezra, Better Than Ezra - How Does Your Garden Grow (1998)
Along the edges, colors blur at seem familiar.
While you read your magazine, I was counting all the markers. And california seemed to draw you like a siren From a postcard, or a letter, in a frame of film melting. But under you, i hear your breath move in, out slowly. Under you, let go completely feeling you take over me. A hollywood flat where we'd laugh about our fortunes Well we held jobs in this bar down at 3rd and san vicente. And ramen noodles at 4:30 in the morning, When we barely could survive, i was never more alive. Under you, i feel your blood flowing out slowly. Under you, let go completely feeling you take over me You moved in slow degrees A sudden memory You're a leonard cohen song But every now and then i'd swear i see you standing on a sidewalk, in a Restaurant, from a taxi cab passing. Under you i feel you moving in/out slowly Under you let go completely feeling you take over me. Take over me so long, alison foley So long, bye-bye |
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from Better Than Ezra, Better Than Ezra - How Does Your Garden Grow (1998)
You in your coat
Writing a note, 'Dear Sal, I hope you'll agree...' Then catching a bus, Just after dusk, A one way trip to the city. A cold water flat. A hot plate, A hat. The want ads are strewn on the floor. And you get so mad, when your ma and dad Reflect when you look in the mirror. But I see you there Nude at the top of the stairs (but so far away) And I recall all Your dreams and your schemes Moving me. The plans that we made, A street serenade You can't be like your brother and mike, Content just to live and get by. I hope that you're fine, At 13th and 9. Waxing or waning? Your call. But I see you there A light at the top of the stairs But so far away And I recall all your Hands and your plans moving me The sense that it made A street serenade. |
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Past the road to your house
That you never called home Where they turned out the lights Though they say you'll never know I remember running through the wet grass Falling a step behind Both of us never tiring Desperately Wanting When they pumped out your guts Filled you full of those pills You were never quite right Deserving all the chills They say the worst is over Kicked it over and ran Then they ask what went wrong When they turn you on again They turn you on again. I remember running through the wet grass Falling a step behind Both of us never tiring Desperately Wanting Kick them right in the face Make them wish they weren't born And if they bring up your name Well they'll say you won the war. Baby burst in the world Never given a chance Then they ask what went wrong When you never had it right Oh, the letters have dropped off Though they say you got them all I finally figured out some things you'll never know. Take back your life and let me inside We'll find the door if you care to anymore. I remember running through the wet grass Falling a step behind Both of us never tiring Desperately Wanting. |
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And though you will say I'm wrong.
It's much easier with you along. Sundays were made for this. Seeing Bond give the villain a kiss Holding your face in the glow Play on, Play on Happy endings I thought that you'd like to know. I'm finally letting her go. You always said, 'Tell me when. . . You're ready at last to begin.' Learning to chance it again Play on, play on Happy endings So let them all dissolve And welcome a new resolve Here's where the credits run Riding off into the sun And love is real Reading your eyes in the glow Play on, play on Happy endings |
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They say you're off
(A bit confused) But when the day is done I'll be with you I like your eyes They say you're true The others whisper and lie And you framed the sun Shot out the stars You paled the sky And hung the moon They say, 'your loss' That your mind's diseased But when you've finally won, Tell me who always believed And you framed the sun Shot out the stars You paled the sky And hung the moon Down way low They never remember Down way low Down way low You always remember Don't let the words you hear Leave your head. The say you're gone That you left today But if you change your mind Know I still feel that same way And you framed the sun Shot out the stars You paled the sky And hung the moon |
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There's an angel on the stairs
(as if you'd even care) When the lights go up, and the sun has nearly gone down. Did you see him on the street? Did you pass him at your feet? Did you think aloud, "How dare they even look me in the eye'? And he loves the girls. And he loves the boys. Going to make twenty dollars before the weekends over. So set him up, Let him fall. Turn him over in your hands. God save the King of New Orleans. Got a ticket to a show. Going to see him take a blow. When the drunk one said, "Cat Sssstevens was the greatest singer!" And did you kick him in the head? Did you see the blood run down? Did you laugh at all when the people walked right by and said aloud, "You gutter punks are all the same. " Probably make twenty dollars 'fore the weekends over."? So set him up, Then let him fall. Turn him over in your hands. God save the King of New Orleans. Radio in my head. Radio in that car. Going down again, he's going down again.... Anyway you look, anyway you talk it over. It's easier to let it slip out of your mind. But it rips your heart out. Then it kicks your head in. Just give him one more chance, try to see the beauty in his world. All the way in on my hands, in on my feet, and shoulders. Going to make twenty dollars before the weekend's over. So set him up, Then let him fall. Turn him over in your hands. God save the King of New Orleans. God save the King of New Orleans. |
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Are you lost?
Do you find life turning out Not quite the way you planned? Come around stay awhile That's okay That's all right Couldn't get to sleep so talk about it. Let's talk about it right now. Here it comes on my head again I guess I'm born to be the long lost friend. (A-woo-oooh) Friend Long Lost Friend Are you cold? Is there no place better, safer, friendlier than this? Call me up, I'm alone. That's okay That's all right Rather it be me than go without it So don't think about it right now. Here it comes on my head again I guess I'm born to be the long lost friend (A-woo-ooh-hooo) Friend Long lost friend I've given ballast Held you up when you were falling down What happens when I'm not around? Friend? Friend? Long Lost Friend. |
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