1. |
You Didn't Know This
01:35
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I don't believe it
that you don't know this
you didn't see it
you didn't notice
she wrecked a motorcycle that she stole at a fair
and in the process scuffed her German boots to beyond repair
she kept her leather jacket and her dope off the street
and says she bought herself connections with the shoes on her feet
now I'm reading her emotions like she's reading my mind
I think she's picking out the feelings that she wants me to find
she says there's only one or two things that she doesn't enjoy
and I thought the thought exchange was my most excellent ploy
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2. |
A Bishop Takes Ze 405
02:59
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I only make them angry cause I'm not of their kind
and I'm making it a mission and I'm making it mine
I wanna live in my bed and remain out of my head
and then I'll get up, get dressed, obsess, impress, digress
But I wake up to the same abrasive sound everyday
and I punch it out and snooze till just before it's too late
I always bury my head I wanna stay in my bed
They're screaming get up, get dressed, obsess, impress, digress
yesterday I sailed away on a seamless 405
this machine wants to come clean and I'm hoping you don't take it too hard
My report lists all the short comings and expenses too
There's just too much attention to prospects of intervention
blame it on the kid who looks blue
so far they've told me I'm fine here so far
so far I'll tell them I'm fine here so far
I never saw the morning much till I was 19
Now I'm bending over backwards just to know what it means
I'd say I like it the best and then I gave it a rest
I had to get up, get dressed, obsess, impress, digress
since the picture perfect idealistic life is a lie
then I might as well drop everything and shoot up and die
I wanna bury my head
I wanna live in my bed
and yet I get up, get dressed, obsess, impress, digress
these last few days I smoked my way down some seamless 405s
this machine wants to come clean and I'm hoping you don't take it too hard
my report lists all the short comings and expenses too
there's just too much attention to concepts of reinvention tryina tell me who can fuck who
so far they'll tell me I'm fine here so far
so far I've wasted my time here so far
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3. |
Global 33
02:12
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I've got a toothache here that's killing me and ain't going away
there's a lot less stuck up in there than there was yesterday
It seems the further down I pull myself the less I lean back
I'm singing bye bye to the blazing saddle sown to my back
grand design you may find is not of much use in our time
you can keep yours and I'll use mine to be born in 1939
you call me difficult to pin I say why thank you I did
I spent a lot of time alone with literature as a kid
they'd say its too far no car too far too hard
(what do you want to be when you grow up? - at a loss for words)
chorus
this is only me at work here no one's holding my hand
I picked out every single part and wrote the words out in sand
If I were distant more despondent or too high like you say
I'd be a lot less caught up in this than I am yesterday
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4. |
Crumbs
04:48
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I caught you laughing
you swore that you wouldn't do that
or couldn't do that no more
and without even batting an eye
if you can pick up all my broken things
put some flight back into these cracked decrepid wings
I might just have to call you (call me babe)
Watch me carry it all on my own
till I finally find us a home
Watch me carrying on on my own
till I finally find us a home
I will carry it all on my own
till I finally find us a home
it's too much too soon
you got space you needed room
I didn't say much back then but now I think I may be getting the hang of it
you're just too slick for me
but I'm no casualty
cause you can't get through to me
with no longevity
(call me babe)
chorus
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She took a photo and it hung on the wall
for 65 years now it brings her to tears
its of a friend who used to walk through that door
and now he can't be found anywhere but the ground
so take your photograph
(they are not all old things)
and put it on my tab
I'll check the seismograph
I think it moved a tad
I took a nickle from a dime on the floor
I'm told it doesn't look bad calling someone you had
it's just a friend who used to walk through that door
although she doesn't hang around like she used to no more
chorus
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6. |
These Are The Lies
02:32
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The carpet had been living there beneath us for a few hundred days
and all the while it was burning through the floorboards eating valuble space
I just love love love what you done done done with this place
I'll keep the carpet on the downlow on the count of common courtesy's sake
but if anybody ever said something
man they better mean nothing
they better mean nothing at all
but who am I to say something
when I rarely mean nothing
I rarely mean nothing at all
I get the feeling that you haven't told me all that you know
but cuz, these are the problems of a mom 3 kids and nowhere to go
you'll just love love love what they done with his face
he'll keep the carpet on the down low on the count of common courtesy's sake
chorus
why give the kids what they came for
when it doesn't mean nothing
it doesn't mean nothing at all
when there's no war there's no honor
yea it doesn't mean nothing
it doesn't mean nothing
these are the lies that make me feel bitter about you babe
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7. |
Lady Gaga's Fav B-Side
02:32
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appropriate or not it's time to open the door
cause it's not just everyday you get invited to the top floor
feel the fingers pull your hair out as you crawl down the hall
between the trannies and the manlies in the make up and dolls
there's a horny little honey getting down on the floor but by the morning she'll transform to nothing more than a bore
is it my imagination or do all of these eyes seem to twitch inside their sockets and over-analyze
this ain't appropriate
that's not appropriate
this ain't appropriate
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8. |
vortex rikers
02:52
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9. |
Doctor Dabula
02:39
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another place in time
a different frame of mind oh and somewhere to go
but what they really needed most another body
the host was of lesser more importance
so it was perfect
and so was worth it
but would they do it now having burned it all down
well they sure don't feel like dancing
(with doctor dabula)
perhaps a chance of pace
maybe a different face now would do them some good
they got a planned escape route and both swear beyond a doubt
they don't feel like dancing
chorus
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10. |
An Afterthought
01:47
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11. |
A Technicolor Yawn
03:01
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