1. |
A Proper Burial
02:58
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welcome to my world
its not about what is not but what is
i never thought about it before today
its kind of hollow
i'm not about to complain
its not feeling sorry for
i just want a proper burial
not for me or my remains
sometimes it seems as though
you can never find a way to
make your way...
and take away the...
drive on...
welcome to my home
my doors are always open
if not just come on in
it's peaceful
i'm not about to compare
it's not about envy though
i just want a proper burial
not for me physically
put the past under glass and let it shine free
put it behind me
welcome to my room
don't mind the smoke
i've been working hard at work
and its kinda good
put it behind me
welcome to my room
my window is always open
climb on inside
it's peaceful
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2. |
Altima Bud-Get
02:55
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i can't seem to recall
how things were two weeks ago
and now i know
that time can never move too slow
dream of me in flight
well be strangers for a second time tonight
i bet you thought you'd not
see me again well
here i am
let's take a walk tonight
and talk of kicking sand in the face of the man
talk of letting go and taking control
then our lives would be our own
speak for me tonight
in a week i'll die with a tear in my eye
i bet you thought you'd not see me again
well here i am
when utah takes a breath
the sky turns burning red
purple mountains up ahead
rear view sunset
goes away
say goodbye
to californ-i-a
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3. |
Calling Clifford Miracle
03:41
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show me the way out of this place
i'm slowly going crazy insane
my strength flows freely somewhere
i haven't found it but i don't care
this really should be bothering me
this is what i call my life
and it's so hard to be me today
so who said violence ain't the answer
to problems left undone
you know i don't know what that means
clifford
this really should be bothering me
this is what i call my life
and it's so hard to be me today
i need some time to get away
to be somewhere and nowhere all at once
find the place where i should go
and it's so hard to be me don't you know
clifford
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4. |
Charmin
02:11
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tick tock the clock is ticking
You could never guess what happens next
sit and wait and entertain myself
but what will fill the void that is left behind
lost souls cut free
roaming and wandering
heads roll cut free
roaming and wandering
time clock's ticking has stopped
and i can only guess what happens next
just sit and wait and have a cigarette
firing squad - this is it
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5. |
Diamond Shamrock
04:00
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clean hands
lobotomy
when it sneaks
around the corner
fake smile
surrendering
to clean up
the day
smooth skin
is hindering
it locks the
crazies out
people
keep looking at me
i wish that
they could see
kill me
with living
our minds are lined
with fuzz
the astronaut
is seasick
claustrophobic restraints in space
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6. |
Divine Road Sign
03:28
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there's power lines in an otherwise
unpopulated stretch of countryside
there's a highway coming a path is cut away
there's something in the air uneasy
three metal crosses up on a hill
symbolism never gets her fill
three colorful crosses all in a row
whose idea was this dazzling show
a thousand cars drive by every night
it had might as well be another speed limit sign
the divine right to advertise
the market is quite high this time of night
dreaming of a higher life
high beam headlights bringing fairy tales into sight
i'm lost without what dangles in my face
this divine road sign is a quite tantalizing bait
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7. |
Fidget
02:59
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i look at you and see a beautiful creature
and wonder what i have done
to deserve to have found you so early
i wonder what i have done
to deserve to have held you so briefly
i wonder what i have done
and now pan forward to eight years later
i hope that i am the one
i'm hunkered down and creeping
i don't want to make noise and wake you if you're sleeping
i'll try not to black out your sun
i hope that you don't choose to run away
my dysfunction has left me lonely
to dread the next round of play
its been so long i'm a little rusty
but once i'm in i'm in for the whole game
i'm hungry now so feed me
your scent is a gift that i wrap around me proudly
i can't wait to bask in your sun
i hope that you have grown to feel the same
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8. |
Hey Money
02:31
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hey buddy
i think i live on your street
i've been walking for local hours
my symphony of defeat
i took my chances and ran away
i found my place but i did not stay
hey money
i used to go that way
i had it in my hands then
here i go again
as i obsess on yesterday
i carry on for someday
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9. |
Lilt
03:20
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you don't know how far i'd go
to keep myself from feeling low
you'd say why must you go
you cant understand we have everything to lose
i can't explain
there's something about it
something inside me
something about you
hidden inside you
the distance measured in hundreds of miles
and emotionally further still
but i'm lost in your eyes i smile at your smile
and you've touched me deep against my will
there's no need to explain
it was just a mistake
a simple rush of blushing cheeks
i can't explain
there's something about it
something inside me
something about you
we have everything to lose
you'd say why must you go
you cant understand we have everything to lose
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10. |
Long Day
04:22
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i woke up with the funk today
in the pit of my soul
and my will to win was gone away
i'm afraid of being low
there's a knock under the hood
i'm twenty miles outside of town
there's never traffic on this road
this is no place to break down
i promised myself that i
wouldn't go for that drive
why would i ever think that i could
walk that far
it's gonna be a long day
i just need to get up
i just need to walk away from it for a little while
i've been soaking in it an iron kettle over the fire
it's boiling hot now i've gotta go
i keep telling myself
i should never ask myself why
i'm counting down the seconds until i can
walk that far
it's gonna be a long day
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11. |
Massaponax
03:32
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it's like you're walking on the wind
or an uprising of air
until your eyes step aside
for whats happening down there
in about an hour it will lift and drift away
strong and wise i have the power
to come and stay here every day
it just may be a good thing
or lost integrity
someday there just may be
a free and better way
this could be an answer
like the water fits the loch
a sour berry's sugar
a fancy hand space shaped like pocket
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12. |
One Car Apartment
03:53
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congratulations guys
you've far outreached my expectations
it's fast and loud
like every other garage band
what happened to the groove
now it's like a standard rock tune
to catch the groove
i fear would break you
it's been fun you know
but now i'm done with cheesy covers
of my own tunes
so let's not bother with the others
is it wrong of me
am i this much of an asshole
for expecting quality
it's time to break away
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13. |
Rush Hour
02:41
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this is how i begin my day
half a pack of cigarettes a pot of coffee
through the construction at break neck speeds
i'm traveling the same highway
and it's rush hour
why bother
tomorrow is just another winter day
and i'm tired of feeling this way
i just cant seem to wash away the gray
and it's rush hour every hour
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14. |
Skull Bong
02:59
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she said i like the way those flowers look
inside your empty head
she thought she'd paint a picture
but i wrote this song instead
doesn't that beat all
i'm so lonely
i'm in a pitfall
lost and lonely
brick on a see saw
i'm so lonely
do you mind if i come inside
i'll cut my fucking ear off
and i'll send it in the mail
tomorrow to the promised land
with every unsaved whale
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15. |
Sometimes Words Hurt
03:05
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i'm going down to the state park
i'm going down to the wal-mart
i've been feeling down and need a turn on
the coin op merry go round
it's an exercise in place and time
sometimes words hurt
i'm a window watcher
at the top of a flag pole
i don't remember last night
i've got a fear of this height
it's an exercise in place and time
sometimes words hurt
i think i missed a beat and lost the rhyme
sometimes the world hurts
he's a prodigy
at misogyny
what are you afraid of
self love self love
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16. |
Tired
03:16
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this is how i spend my day
this is how i earn my pay
how did i find my way here
just make the time move on by
(tired of being tired - tired of being dog tired)
i find it hard to try
(tired of being tired - tired of being coffee wired)
just make the time roll on by
(tired of being tired - tired of being hog tied)
i'm tired of being tired
(tired of being tired - tired of being tired)
in this corporation
i find my separation
in my cubicle shoebox cell
just make the time move on by
(tired of being tired - tired of being dog tired)
i find it hard to try
(tired of being tired - tired of being coffee wired)
just make the time roll on by
(tired of being tired - tired of being hog tied)
i'm tired of being tired
(tired of being tired - tired of being tired)
i just want to spend my day
i just want to earn my pay
and go home
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17. |
Tourist Season
03:02
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it's leaf season
and the streets are full of rvs
pulling suvs pulling saturns
and each one's full of floridians from ohio
that's where they plan to go
when the leaves change
to a patchwork of earth tones
the colors of the seventies
like the afghan that my mother would wrap me up in
well come and get you some cool
and soothing mountain air
it'll do wonders for your blue hair - blue hair
it's far better than last years
week long trip to branson
maybe tomorrow
we'll get to see the biltmore mansion
in a matchbook of earth clones
and people in their seventies
they're clogging up the buffet lines
and wearing out their atlas spines
go away - take your brake lights back
and your heart attack in the
fast lane - take your brake lights back
and your heart attack
it's tourist season
and i've got my in-state license
and my orange carhartt
i'm up in my tree stand
and now i've got a plan
i'm gonna bag a trophy timeshare salesman
it's society depriving everybody
of the ability of thinking free
we've got the army ants
and the worker bees
and the retirees
chasing happiness or what they're told it is
it's all right here
you watch too much tv
and you think it's funny
it just makes you stupid
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18. |
Vulnerability
04:15
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i'm back in the car
thinking about writing
it never stopped me before
but i have nothing to say
i'm back in the car
thinking about driving
i now spend two hours a day
can you believe in your dreams
don't take this from me
open up to the possibility
vulnerability
i'm back in the car
doing the right thing
it has gotten harder each day
open up to the possibility
vulnerability
your kryptonite is a lovely green
vulnerability
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19. |
Weird On Top
04:02
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for each problem send a silver dollar
each blink of the eye holds a thousand hours
there's a problem that needs fixing
because problems need fixing
there's no time left today for tomorrow
it's a chase but slowly unstoppable
to leave all this now would be wholly impossible
take the low light provided and
show off for the camera
take out the lens to make do
fly off into the sunset and
head west on a jet plane
take off your face to get through
it's better for all though all are still losing
there's nothing in this world that is worth all the confusion
give and take and forget that is what i tell them
the only solution is to stop dreaming
take the high life denied and
live for the moment
throw away what you've got to get through
dry off under the sunset and
ride off on a fast train
hold your breath until you're blue
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20. |
Yes Man
02:41
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let's focus on the positive, yes man
i've got a brand new can do attitude
i wanna be your yes man
this is what happens when the box is left outside
put it on paper and write it down for me
i need a waste of time
i think it's time
to try conformity on for size
let's boost initiative, yes man
here comes another shift in mood
now i'm a senior yes man
this is what happens when i come unglued
pass the papers
let's leave a message flaming
it's such a waste of a mind
i think it's time
for you to try me on for size
can you handle the responsibility
cuz i'm not like you
can you handle the responsibility
are you afraid of me
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