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Dog Faced Boy
Coming home from the school today
Crying all along the way
Ain't no way for a boy to be
Begging ma to shave me please
You little punks think you own this town
Well someday someone's gonna bring you down
Life ain't pretty for a dog faced boy
Life ain't pretty for a dog faced boy
You, take back what you said now
That's the last time I cry
You tell me what it is to be a friend, now
'Till I walk beside you on the street now
Ma won't shave me
Jesus can't save me
Dog faced boy
Life ain't pretty for a dog faced boy
Life ain't pretty for a dog faced boy
Life ain't pretty for a dog faced boy
Life ain't pretty for a dog faced boy
Going back to the school tomorrow
Hang my hairy head in sorrow
Ain't no way for a boy to be
Aint' no way to set me free, now
Ma won't shave me
Jesus can't save me
Dog faced boy
Ma won't shave me
Jesus can't save me
Dog faced boy
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That's Not Really Funny
Did you think that I would laugh when you said I was small
Did you think that that would pass as if nothing at all
You say a lot of funny things, my little bunny
And I almost always laugh, but that's not really funny
You play the little bells and tell a good story
You bake delicious pie and that's enough for me
But I don't think that I'm your man, and you're my little honey
And I like what you have to say, but that's not really funny
You must not continue to wear my ?? like me
The neighbour children threw the window to the sea
The little boy will wipe his nose bacause it's runny
Then point at me and laugh, but that's not really funny
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Fresh Feeling
You don't have a clue,
what it is like
to be next to you.
I'm here to tell you,
that it is good,
that it is true.
Birds singing a song,
old pain is peeling,
this is that fresh
that fresh feeling.
Words can't be that strong,
my heart is real,
this is that fresh,
that fresh feeling.
Try, try to forget,
what's in the past,
tomorrow is here.
Love, orange sky above,
lighting your way
there's nothing to fear.
Some people are good,
babe in the hood,
so pure and so free.
I make a safe bet,
you're gonna get,
whatever you need.
That fresh feeling.
This is that fresh feeling.
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Woman Driving, Man Sleeping
Woman driving, man sleeping.
Wear the suitcase on the rack.
White lines shooting by,
on the pavement like the sky.
Looking straight ahead, into the black.
Woman driving, man sleeping.
There's no radio to play.
Sitting with the map,
laying crumpled on her lap.
Looking for the toll money to pay.
Man sleeping is man dreaming,
in a large apartment house.
Walking and knocking on doors.
Woman driving, man sleeping.
Passin' all the other cars.
Searching in the black,
but never turning to look back.
A little metal box under the stars.
Woman driving, man sleeping.
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Souljacker Part 1
22 miles of hard road
33 years of tough luck
44 skulls buried in the ground
Crawling down through the muck
Oh yeah
Johnny don't like the teacher
Johnny don't like the school
One day Johnny is goinna to do somethin'
Show 'em he's nobody's fool
Oh yeah
Sisters Brothers make better lovers
Family Affairs down under the covers...
trailer parks the broken hearts
won't let you leave until you're bleeding
Sally don't like her daddy
Sally don't like her friends
Sally and Johnny watchin' TV
Waitin' for it to end
Oh yeah
22 miles of hard road
33 years of tough luck
44 skulls buried in the ground
Crawling down through the muck
Oh yeah
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Friendly Ghost
If you're scared of dying you better
not be scared to live.
I've been spending all my days
giving all I can give.
Last night I heard someone walking
through my bedroom door.
What they want I'm not exactly sure.
A friendly ghost,
is all I need.
Working time on a broken watch,
countin' days till the the old shop sells me back my saxophone
and everyone's gonna leave me alone.
Two times I thought I heard someone
knocking on the glass.
I hit my head and prayed that it would last.
If you're scared of dying you better
not be scared to live.
I've been carrying round a grudge,
I think I better forgive
Last night I heard footsteps walking
on the attic floor.
Got up and I opened up the door.
If you're scared of dying you better
not be scared to live.
I've been spending all my days
giving all I can give.
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Teenage Witch
Looking down town, sunrise of sam
Bring it on down now, I'm in a jam
Where did you find such a rocking vest?
So get away kid you've become a pest
Heaven can't help a teenage witch from sinking deeper down into the ditch
Silky gown, pink and brown, shut you down and shut you up.
Little lizard legs and little lizard tails
Always taste better when you're sitting in jail
Still I don't think I can't resist
After all the turds that I had to kiss
Heaven can't help a teenage witch from seeking deeper down into the ditch
Keep an arms length from the long arm law
Gonna to the banks for a fifity dollar draw
Gonna find a place where werewolves hang
Knocking on the door, for a fifty dollar bang
Silky gown, pink and brown, shut you down and shut you up.
Heaven can't help a teenage witch from seeking deeper down into the ditch
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Bus Stop Boxer
I don't miss where I came from
But each night I dream about being back home
When I wake up in the morning
I'm too tired, tired of being alone
So I get up and go downtown
And pick me out a little piece of ground
Where I can prove something to the world
I can prove something to the world
Don't look at me
I'm the bus stop boxer
Daddy put us in the truck and
Dropped us off and said good luck, then
One lucky kid waiting for the bus
Made a winner out of one of us
Don't look at me
I'm the bus stop boxer
Going down by the railroad tracks, where
People know that they better not relax
I'm the man, baby, I am the man
This is where I can make you understand
I'm the bus stop boxer
Don't look at me
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Jungle Telegraph
Mama had a epidural
hoping I would be a girl.
The night was black, the sky was booming
the darker clouds were surely looming
I heard screaming, the doctor shouts,
and baby, then ...
I came out.
And here I am.
found my way, down the street.
Chicken Hawks, favorite meat
The man was big, the gun was loaded,
he had cash, but never showed it,
I heard screamin', bleeding throat
and baby I got on that boat.
And here I am.
Now I'm up here in the trees
shaking off the bugs and fleas
the days are long, the sun is beatin'
each day I don't die is cheating
Send me some lovin'
Send me some lovin'
Send it now
Send it by giraffe, or jungle telegraph
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World of Shit
In this world of shit
Baby you are it
A little light that shines all over
Must take over and see us through the night
daddy was a troubled genius
Mama was a real good egg
Why don't we just get together
For whatever and see if it's alright
I spent so many days
Just staring at the haze
And I think that that's a book
That I don't have to write again
Now when I rise I shine
I got you on my mind
And the question isn't if
The question is merely when...
Baby I confess
I am quite a mess
So let's get married and make some people
More than equal in this world of shit
I will make a pledge
To get down off the ledge
You and I belong together
And forever we will have our love
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Souljacker Part 2
Souljacker can't get my soul
Ate my carcass in a black manhole
Souljacker can't get my soul
He can shoot me up full of bullet holes
But the souljacker can't get my soul
Souljacker can't get my soul
Left my carcass with the worms and moles
Souljacker can't get my soul
He can hang my neck from the old flagpole
But the souljacker can't get my soul
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What Is This Note?
The sun kisses the morning dew
just the way that I'm kissing you
The birds are tweeting in sweet harmony
Teaching the free world how to be free
The day is new and a good one too
How can I prove my love to you
I wanna give you everything
Me and the birds
now we're gonna sing
When I wake up to your beautiful smile
Sometimes it takes me a little while
to realize that I am awake
and that living today will be
a piece of cake
and I won't keep you for myself
no you're not a toy on my shelf
the world needs to know that you're here
so spread your wings and fly, my dear
The day is new and a good one too
How can I prove my love to you
I wanna give you everything
Me and the birds
now we're gonna sing
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Grace Kelly Blues
The cut-rate mime
Walking through the dirty streets
Of Paris in the hot August heat
Sun melting the fake smile away
Just looking for a place to stay
The actress gave up all her old dreams
And traded up now she is a queen
Royal families don't have time for that shit
Your crystal ball you keep it hid
The tractor trailer driver radios:
Help me someone I'm out here all alone
Truck driving the black night away
Prayin' for the light of day
The kid in the mall works at Hawt Dawg on a stick
His hat is a funny shape his heart is a brick
Taking your order he will look away
He doesn't have a thing to say
But me I'm feeling pretty good as of now
I'm not so sure when I got here or how
Sun melting the fake smile away
I think, you know, I'll be okay
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Packing Blankets
Today is a lovely day
Start up the car with the sun
Packing blankets and dirty sheets
A roomful of dust and a broom to sweep up
All the troubles you and I have seen
Cross when the drawbridge light is green
Don't look back to that messed-up scene
Packing blankets and dirty sheets
A roomful of dust and a broom to sweep up
All the troubles you and I have seen
And all our troubles will be gone
Blowing out over the bridge
Floating up into the sky
Making the storm clouds cry
Put out that smoke and breath some air
Get a new name and cut your hair
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The Sound of Fear
Sun comes up on the old neighborhood
Spray-painted and dead firewood
Well I don't know where I'm gonna be next
I don't care where I am gonna be
Next time if you think of it
You might remember me as
The one who let you down
But never made another
Sound of fear
Some people like to call me Chuck
It's charles and you are shit outta' luck
If you think what happens next
You think you know what happens
Next time if you think of it
You might remember me as
The one who let you down
But never made another
Sound of fear
Sun goes down on the old neighborhood
Dark, Damp the stop where I once stood
I don't where the bus stops next
And I don't care where the bus stops
Next time if you think of it
You might remember me as
The one who let you down
But never made another
Sound of fear
The sound of fear
I can't hear
The sound of fear
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I Like Birds
I can't look at the rocket launch
The trophy wives of the astronauts
And I won't listen to their words
'cause I like
birds
I don't care for walkin' downtown
Crazy auto-car gonna mow me down
Look at all the people like cows in a herd
Well, I like
birds
If you're small and on a search
I've got a feeder for you to perch on
I can't stand in line at the store
The mean little people are such a bore
But it's alright if you act like a turd
'cause I like
birds
If you're small and on a search
I've got a feeder for you to perch on
If you're small and on a search
I've got a feeder for you to perch on
I've got a feeder for you to perch on
If you're small and on a search
I've got a feeder for you to perch on
I've got a feeder for you to perch on
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Daisies of the Galaxy
Take heart my little friend
And push back your seat
Soon we'll be far away
Far from the street
Where you learned how to be
Not what you are
Up on the shoulder
There is a town
With a little motel
And an old movie house
We'll go to a movie
Whatever it is
Whatching the movie
The world's gonna end
And there ain't no place for
A boy and his friends to go
I'll pick some daisies
From the flower bed
Of the galaxy theater
While you clear your head
I thought some daisies
Might cheer you up ...
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Flyswatter
Little field mice
Living under the house
Never eating much
Tough life for a mouse
And if you think you're gonna be spared you're wrong
Field mice, head lice
Spiders in the kitchen
Don't think twice 'bout
Whatever keeps you itchin
Ice water, flyswatter
Gonna get you trough
The day
Heat is rolling in like
Hell's red rug
Stinking like the breath of beelzebub
And if you think you won't walk on coals you will
Field mice, head lice
Spiders in the kitchen
Don't think twice 'bout
Whatever keeps you itchin
Ice water, flyswatter
Gonna get you trough
The day
(That's real good, Oh yeah)
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It's A Motherfucker
It's a Motherfucker
Being here without you
Thinkin' 'bout the good times
Thinkin' 'bout the bad
And I won't ever be the same
It's a Motherfucker
Getting through a Sunday
Talking to the walls just me again
But I won't ever be the same
I won't ever be the same
It's a Motherfucker
How much I understand
The meaning that you need someone
I could take you by the hand
And you won't ever be the same
You won't ever be the same
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Tiger In My Tank
I bought some rock star ashes,
From the back of rolling stone
I guess he wouldn't mind it,
They couldn't sell his soul
The tiger in my tank, is going to go extinct
And I'm not feelin so good myself,
I think I'm on the brink
Of disaster
I had a dream last night
The tv and the phone
Grew some legs and took a walk
And left me all alone
The tiger in my tank, is going to go extinct
And I'm not feelin' so good myself,
I think I'm on the brink
Of disaster
When I grow up I'll be
An angry little whore,
I'll give you all the finger
I'll sell you all what for?
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A Daisy Through Concrete
Wake up the dying,
Don't wake up the dead
Change what your sayin',
Don't change what you've said
Now that it's time that
I got out of bed
When I walk myself
Down sycamore street
The sun beats down
No shoes on my feet
And I stumble on
A daisy through concrete
Pink and brown babies
In pink stroller cars,
Know that it's good
They don't care where they are
They know that home
Doesn't feel very far
When I walk myself
Down sycamore street
The sun beats down
No shoes on my feet
And I stumble on
A daisy through concrete
(Here we go, Oh yeah That's how I like it)
Airplane is flyin' up in the sky
Makin' a pattern
With the white lines
Looks like a heart
Or maybe a pie
When I walk myself
Down sycamore street
The sun beats down
No shoes on my feet
And I stumble on
A daisy through concrete
A daisy through concrete
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Jeannie's Diary
How does our world spin
Without me and her nest
Could there really be
Such happiness
Oh, she's got a dark side too
Even murderous
But I love that
Just like here
I don't have a change at writing the book
I just wanna be a page
In Jeannie's Diary
One single page
In Jeannie's Diary
Yes I am intense
Maybe quite obsessed
Everything she does is curious
Oh, she's going to let me in
I just know its so
Then again, who do I kid
I don't have a prayer at writing the book
I just wanna be a page
In Jeannie's Diary
One single page
In Jeannie's Diary
She could have anything she wants
So why not me
She could have anything she dreams
Oh, to be one single page
One single page
in Jeannies Dairy
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Wooden Nickels
Went down by the old courthouse
Stumbling through the streets
Had to get out of the house
Had to use my feet
And you may not think much of me now
But I think so damn much of you
Don't take any wooden nickels
When you sell your soul
A devil of a time awaits you
When the party's over
You're on your own
Trash truck coming up the road
Picking up the trash
Riding to a better place
Hoping we don't crash
Thinking how things
Have turn out
I never would've guessed it
This way
Don't take any wooden nickels
When you sell your soul
A devil of a time awaits you
When the party's over
You're on your own
And you may not think much of me now
But I think so damn much of you
Don't take any wooden nickels
When you sell your soul
A devil of a time awaits you
Now the party is over
I'm on my own
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Something Is Sacred
Takin' a walk down to the mall
Smellin' piss and beer and gas
That could be me in a coupla' years
Suckin' fumes under the highway pass
On a rainy day
While I wear newspapers for pants
And a T-shirt that says "Damn I'm good"
People look funny when they cry
'Cause they just can't let it hide
Typing into your little box
Press the cry button
Then it unlocks
On a rainy day
No one has a thing to say
Easier to look the other way
Take a look in the killer's eyes
And you see there's nothin' there
But something is sacred in your eyes
And something to believe
On a rainy day
And as the world will blow to bits
I'll cradle you and hold you tight
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Selective Memory
If I lay my head down
I will see you in my dream
Wearin that polka dot dress
And sittin by the stream
Leaning in to hear you
You will whisper in my ear
And everything I need to know
I finally hear
I wish I could remember
But my selective memory
Won't let me
When I was a baby we would
To out to the park
And sit out in the fountain
And splash around until it's dark
Days go on forever
When you only know that much
And everything you need to know
Is answered with one touch
I wish I could remember
But my selective memory
Won't let me
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Mr. E's Beautiful Blues
The smokestack is spitting black soot into the
sunny sky
The load on the road brings a tear to the
Indian's eye
The elephant won't forget what it's like inside
his cage
The ringmaster's telecaster sings on an empty
stage
Ahah
God damn right it's a beautiful day
Ahah
God damn right it's a beautiful day
Ahah
Ooooh
The girl with the curls and the sweet big
ribbon in her hair
She's crawling out the window 'cause her daddy
just don't care
Come on
Ahah
God damn right it's a beautiful day
Ahah
God damn right it's a beautiful day
Ahah
The clown with the frown driving down to the
sidewalk fair
Finger on the trigger let me tell you he is
quite a scare
Ahah
God damn right it's a beautiful day
Ahah
God damn right it's a beautiful day
Ahah
Uhuh
The kids flip their lids when their ears hear
that crazy sound
My neighbour digs the flavour still he's moving
to another town
And I don't believe he'll come back
God damn right it's a beautiful day
Ahah
God damn right it's a beautiful day
Ahah
And I don't know how you're taking all the shit
you see
You don't believe anyone but most of all openly
agree
God damn right it's a beautiful day
Ahah
God damn right it's a beautiful day
Ahah
God damn right it's a beautiful day
Ahah
God damn right it's a beautiful day
Ahah
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Elizabeth On The Bathroom Floor
Laying on the bathroom floor
Kitty licks my cheek once more
And I could try
But waking up is harder when you wanna die
Walter�s on the telephone
Telling him I am not at home
�Cause I think I am going
To a place where I�m always high
my name is Elizabeth
my life is shit and piss
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Going To Your Funeral Part I
Going to your funeral and feeling I could scream
Everything goes away
Driving down the highway through the perfect sunny dream
A perfect day for perfect pain
Look at all the people with the flowers in their hands
They put the flower on the box
That�s holding all the sand that was...
That was once...
That was once you
Honolulu hurricane I knew that you were not insane
Living in the insane world
Smiling like it�s no big deal
Scabby wounds that never heal
The woman was only a girl
Look at all the people with their heads down in their hands
When everything I�m feeling makes it hard to understand
That,
What I need to miss...
It�s what I need to miss...
Is you
Going to your funeral and I�m feeling like a fool
No one�s gonna take the blame
Thinking about the days of hanging out behind the school
Everything goes away
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Cancer For The Cure
The kids are diggin� up a brand new hole
Where they put their deadbeat mom
Grandpa�s happy watching video porn
With the closed caption on
And father knows best
About suicide and smack
Well, hee hee hee
Cancer for the cure
Cancer for the cure
Buckle up and endure now baby
Cancer for the cure
�Ol blue eyes is back again
But he was never here in the first place
A heart attack may be something to fear
But take a look out back
�Cause Courtney needs love
And so do I
Well, hee hee hee
Cancer for the cure
Cancer for the cure
Buckle up and endure now sweet thing
The cancer for the cure
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My Descent Into Madness
Springfield�s looking pretty dusty today
I see their dreams coming undone
The view from inside ward nine affords this much
A town teeming with the unloved
Close the window and lock it so it�s good and tight
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la
Turning eighteen and trying not to look too lost
Have a not so nice day
The jacket makes me straight so I can just sit back and bake
You know I think I�m gonna stay
Talking very loud but no one hears a word I say
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la
Come visit me tonight at eight o�clock and then you�ll see how I
Am the crazy one
Voices tell me I�m the shit
Twenty days go by and every day looks the same
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la
I�m the shit
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3 Speed
Got a 3 speed and banana seat
Sitting back on the sissy bar
Went to sev and got a drink
Wish I was driving in daddy�s car
And I looked up at the sky last night
And I thought I saw a bomb
And why won�t you just tell me what�s going on?
Riding down on Springhill road
Meeting Alfred out in the woods
Dogs bark and mosquito�s bite
Scratching the itch that makes it feel good
And I looked into the mirror last night
All I saw was a pretty blonde
And why won�t you just tell me what�s going on?
Life is funny
But not ha ha funny
Peculiar I guess
You think I got it going my way
Then why am I such a fuckin� mess?
Want a pony and a birthday cake
Want a party with a scary clown
Kneel down and bow to the princess
Kneel down for the queen of the town
And I looked up at the sky last night
And I thought I saw a bomb
And why won�t you just tell me what�s going on?
Tell me what�s going on
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Hospital Food
Coming down through the alley
Trying to walk without a sound
It doesn�t really matter
�cause there ain�t no one around
Tip toe through the alley and
Tip toe through your life
You still got it coming
Be it gun be it knife
Next thing you know
You�re eating hospital food
Karaoke castration
Take the wasp alive
He�s gonna sting you anyway
And take you to the hive
Yesterday was suckin� and
Tomorrow�s looking bad
Who knew that today
Was the only thing I had
Hospital food
Want some hospital food
Hospital food
Delicious hospital food
In your tribute album to the world
You must never forget
To sing the one about the cat
Who�s always getting wet
He always got a problem
He�s a very bitter dude
And now he�s complaining
About his hospital food
Hospital food
It�s gonna help the medicine go down
Want some hospital food
Gonna take a walk without a sound
A little hospital food
Helps the spoonful of sugar come up
I want some hospital food
In your blender and in my cup
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Electro-Shock Blues
Feeling scared today
Write down "I am ok"
A hundred times the doctors say
I am ok
I am ok
I�m not ok
Skin is crawling off
Mopping the sweaty drops
Sticking around for this shit
Another day
Another day
Not another day
Pink pill feels good
Finally understood
Take me in your warm, embrace
I am trying
I am trying
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Efils' God
Efil�s good and the time is right
I�ll bundle up and slip away
The count is down and the drip is up
It�s time to split this hunk of clay
Now you can bring my suitcase
But you can�t bring me
And you can have all the money
�Cause you say that you must
But if you think that it matters
Take a look at me
And don�t close your eyes as I turn into dust
Efil�s good
Don�t tell me that I can�t do this
As if you knew
But you don�t know
How efil�s good
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Last Stop: This Town
You're dead but the world keeps spinning
Take a spin through the world you left
It's getting dark a little too early
Are you missing the dearly bereft?
Taking flight and you could be
Here tomorrow
Taking flight, well, you could get
Here tonight
I'm gonna fly on down for the last stop
To this town
What?
I'm gonna fly on down then fly away
Well, alright
Get down
Takin' a spin through the neighbourhood
The neighbours scream
Whatchya talkin' bout?
'Cause they don't know how to
Let you in
And I can't let you out
What if I was not your only friend
In this world
Can you take me where you're going
If you're never coming back
I'm gonna fly on down for the last stop
To this town
I'm gonna fly on down then
Fly away on my way
Get down
Why don't we take a ride away up high
Through the neighbourhood
Up over the billboards and the factories
And smoke
I'm gonna fly on down for the last stop
To this town
Yeah
I'm gonna fly on down then
Fly away on my way
Fly away
Get down
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Baby Genius
Baby genius
Look how you've grown
Where do you go from here?
Didn�t we have some good times
After all is said and done
Small body and small mind
Big head and big headaches
My back is broken
Baby genius
Find a new ride
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Climbing To The Moon
So I wrote it all in a letter
But I don't know if it came
The nurse she likes my writings
So she keeps it just like me
So that it won't get away
I won't be denied this time
'Fore I go out of my mind over matters
Got my foot on the ladder
And I'm climbing up to the moon
Got a sky that looks like heaven
Got an earth that looks like shit
And it's getting hard to tell where
What I am ends
And what they're making me begins
I won't be denied this time
'Fore I go out of my mind over matters
Got my foot on the ladder
And I'm climbing up to the moon
Saturday in the yard
They�ll bring you by
We�ll lay down on the grass
And watch as the sky closes in
I won't be denied this time
'Fore I go out of my mind over matters
Got my foot on the ladder
And I'm climbing up to the moon
Climbing up to the moon
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Ant Farm
Hate a lot of things
But I love a few things
And you are one of them
Hard to believe
After all these years
But you are one of them
Walk down the streets
I'm thinking:
Everybody move along
I've got a sad-hearted needing
To belong
Nevertheless
It�s all the mess you made
But I can't let it go
Walk down the streets
I'm thinking:
Look at all the ants in a farm
I've got a sad-hearted feeling
To harm
Hate a lot of things
But I love a few things
And you are one of them
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Dead of Winter
Standing in the dark outside the house
Breathing the cold and sterile air
Well I was thinking how it must feel
To see that little light
And watch it as it disappears
And fades into
And fades into the night
So I know you're going pretty soon
Radiation sore throat got your tongue
Magic markers tattoo you
And show it where to aim
And strangers break their promises
You won't feel any
You won't feel any pain
And the streets are jammed with cars
Rockin' their horns
To race to the wire
Of the unfinished line
Thought that I'd forget all about the past
But it doesn't let me run too fast
And I just wanna stand outside
And know that this is right
And this is true
And I will not
Fade into
Fade into the night
Standing here in the dark
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The Medication Is Wearing Off
See this watch she gave me?
Well it still ticks away
The days I'm climbing back for me
The medication's wearing off
Gonna hurt not a little, a lot
Keep on tickin' you're not lickin' me
Step on a crack break your mother's heart
Red light green light black
Suicide e-mail do not delete
Plug it back in the jack
Start to be what they want you to be
And you see yourself as they see you
Sunrise at the corner of
Sunset and Alvarado
I think what the hell do I do now
Watch the day disintegrate
So I can stay up late and wait
See this watch she gave me?
Well it still ticks away
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P.S. You Rock My World
I was at a funeral the day I realised
I wanted to spend my life with you
Sitting down on the steps at the old post office
The flag was flying at half mast
And I was thinkin' 'bout how and maybe it is time to live
I don't know where we're going
I don't know what we'll do
Walked into the thrift-tee
Saw the man with the hollow eyes
Who didn't give me all my change
But it didn't bother me this time
'cause I know I only got this moment
And it's good
I went to the gas station
Old woman honked her horn
Waiting for me to fix her car
I don't know where we're going
I don't know what we'll do
Laying in bed tonight I was thinking
And listening to all the dogs
And the sirens and the shots
And how the careful man tries to dodge the bullets
While a happy man takes a walk
And maybe it is time to live
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Novocaine For The Soul
Life is hard and so am I
You better give me something
So I don�t die
Novocaine for the soul
Before I sputter out
Life is white and I am black
Jesus and his lawyer
Are coming back
Oh my darling will you be here
Before I sputter out
Guess who's living here
With the great undead
This paint by number's life is fucking with my head
Once again
Life is good and I feel great
'cause mother says I was
A great mistake
Novocaine for the soul
You better give me something
To fill the hole
Before I sputter out (repeat)
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Susan's House
Going over to Susan�s house, walking south down Baxter street
-nothing hiding behind this picket fence
There�s a crazy old woman smashing bottles on the sidewalk
Where her house burnt down two years ago
People say that back then she really wasn't that crazy
Going over to Susan�s house
Going over to Susan�s house
She�s gonna make it right
Down by the donut prince a fifteen year old boy lies on the sidewalk
With a bullet in his forehead
In a final act of indignity the paramedics take off all his clothes
For the whole world to see while they put him in the bag
Meanwhile and old couple argues inside the queen bee
The sick fluorescent light shimmering on their skin
Going over to Susan�s house
Going over to Susan�s house
I can't be alone tonight
Take a left down Echo Park, a kid asks do I want some crack
T.V. sets are spewing Baywatch through the windows into black
Here comes a girl with long brown hair who can't be more than seventeen
She sucks on a red Popsicle while she pushes a baby girl in a pink carriage
And I'm thinking that must be her sister
That must be her sister, right?
They go into the 7-11 and I keep walking
Going over to Susan�s house (repeat)
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Rags To Rags
There�s a spider crawling on the bathroom mirror
Right on top of my right eye
And I can't stop staring back
How did I get this way
Take a big look at a living lie
Rags to rags and rust to rust
How do you stand when you've been crushed
So rags to riches was a bust
Sometimes I dream about it
What it's like back home
The railroad tracks and the pussywillow
But I had to leave it
Now I go back whenever my tired head hits the pillow
Rags to rags and rust to rust
How do you stand when you've been crushed
So rags to riches was a bust
Busted once again
Well I�ll show them one day
That I can buy and sell the world
And one day I�ll come through my American dream
But it won't mean a fucking thing
Rags to rags and rust to rust
How do you stand when you've been crushed
So rags to rags and rust to rust
Don�t let me go
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Beautiful Freak
You�re such a beautiful freak
I wish there were more just like you
You�re not like all of the others
And that is why I love you
Beautiful freak, beautiful freak
That is why I love you
Beautiful freak, beautiful freak
Some people think you have a problem
But that problem lies only with them
Just 'cause you are not like the others
But that is why I love you
Beautiful freak, beautiful freak
Yeah that is why I love you
Beautiful freak, beautiful freak
Too good for this world
But I hope you will stay
And I�ll be here to see that you don't fade away
You�re such a beautiful freak
I bet you are flying inside
Dart down and then go for cover
And know that I
I love you
Beautiful freak,
You know that I
I love you
Beautiful freak, beautiful freak
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Not Ready Yet
There�s a world outside
And I know 'cause I�ve heard talk
In my sweetest dream
I would go out for a walk
But I don't think I�m ready yet
I�m not feeling up to it now
Just not that steady yet
And I don't need you telling me how
There�s some happiness
And my stone face cracks again
Maybe sometime sooner or later
But I don't think I�m ready yet
I�m not feeling up to it now
Just not that steady yet
And I don't need you telling me how
So if I leave my room
Don�t you tell me to lighten up
Maybe sometime sooner or later
But I don't think I�m ready yet
I�m not feeling up to it now
Just not that steady yet
And I don't need you telling me how
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My Beloved Monster
My beloved monster and me
We go everywhere together
Wearing a raincoat that has four sleeves
Gets us through all kinds of weather
She will always be the only thing
That comes between me and the awful sting
That comes from living in a world that's so damn mean
My beloved monster is tough
If she wants she will disrobe you
But if you lay her down for a kiss
Her little heart it could explode
She will always be the only thing
That comes between me and the awful sting
That comes from living in a world that's so damn...
Mean
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la
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Flower
Turn the ugly light off god
Wanna feel the night
Everyday it shines down on me
Don�t you think that I see
Don�t you think that I see what it's all about
Hard to look the other way
While the world passes me by
And everyone is trying to bum me out
It�s a pretty big world god
And I am awful small
Everyday they rain down on me
Flower in a hailstorm
Flower in a hailstorm
I�m living for the drought
I could throw it back at them
But then I play their game
Everyone is trying to bum me out
When I came into this world they slapped me
And everyday since then I�m slapped again
Tomorrow�s king: an unsightly coward
You see, I know I�m gonna win
Turn the ugly light off god
Don�t wanna see my face
Everyday it will betray me
Don�t you think that I know
Don�t you think that I know what they're talking about
If they step on me tonight
They�re gonna pay someday
Everyone is trying to bum me out
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Guest List
Are you one of the beautiful people
Is my name on the list
Wanna be of the beautiful people
Wanna feel like I�m missed
Hey you with the walkie talkie
I know my clothes are not right
I wish I had my own walkie talkie
That reached to god every night
Everyone needs to be somebody
Everyone needs to find someone who cares
But I don't know if you know what I mean
'cause I�m never on your list
Are you one of the beautiful people
Am I on the wrong track
Sometimes it feels like I�m made of eggshell
And it feels like I�m gonna crack
Everyone needs to be somebody
Everyone needs to find someone who cares
But I don't know if you know what I mean
'cause I�m never on your list
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Mental
It�s like I'm dressed up in my mothers clothing
It�s like I�m talking to a voice that doesn�t exist
It�s like I got a wire crossed upstairs
But all I want is just a little truth and that�s it
They say I�m mental but I�m just confused
They say I�m mental but vie been abused
They say I�m mental cause I�m not amused my it all
Another anchor man is on the T.V.
He�s got that far away and vacant look in his eyes
I turn the channel but nothings changing
The only truth is that everything�s a lie
They say I�m mental but I�m just confused
They say I�m mental but vie been abused
They say I�m mental cause I�m not amused my it all
There�s truth in everything
There�s truth in lies
With all this knowledge
I think I�m gonna be wise
They say I�m mental but I�m just confused
They say I�m mental but vie been abused
They say I�m mental cause I�m not amused my it all
Not at all
Not at all
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Spunky
Spunky don't like her uniform
It never fit so well
Going back to the orphanage
And the place where her garage once stood
Well it's a free-for-all
Free-for-all, free-for-all
It�s a free-for-all you and me
And if you don't like what they are telling you
You can't teach a blind man to see
Well I can see
Spunky looks good in her bright red wig
Eating chocolate chip mint ice cream
A cat named Lola with a violent past
Is balled-up asleep 'cross her knees
And it's a free-for-all
Free-for-all, free-for-all
It�s a free-for-all you and me
One day the world will be ready for you
And wonder how they didn't see
Spunky knows she can save the world
In her own little way
Turning in her old uniform
'cause you know it really didn't pay
'cause it's a free-for-all
Free-for-all, free-for-all
It�s a free-for-all you and me
I�ll walk through the world with your name on my tongue
And your picture etched on my screen
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Your Lucky Day In Hell
Mama gripped onto the milkman's hand
And then she finally gave birth
Years go by still I don't know
Who shall inherit this earth
And no one will know my name until it's on a stone
This could be your lucky day in hell
Never know who it might be at your doorbell
This could be your lucky day in hell
Waking up with an ugly face
Winston Churchill in drag
Looking for a new maternal embrace
Another tired old gag
Am I just a walking bag of chewed up dust and bones
This could be your lucky day in hell
Never know who it might be at your doorbell
This could be your lucky day in hell
Father Theresa you can't make me into you
I never wanna be like you
Why can't you see it's me
You know it's time to let me go
This could be your lucky day in hell
Never know who it might be at your doorbell
This could be your lucky day in hell
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Manchild
And every time you crave for me I�m, here
And anything you hunger for I�ll share
And I will be quietly standing by
While slowly I am dying inside
Hold me in your arms
And let me be the one who can feel
Like I am a child in love
Every time I talk to you you're down
And every time you need a laugh I�m around
And when you forget I�m here I�m not
It isn't really me that you forgot
Hold me in your arms
And let me be the one who can feel
Like I am a child in love
Whisper now
And tell me how you'll watch me
And tell me somehow I�m gonna be alright
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Shine It All On
Tarot cards
Said I'm already dead
Crystal ball
Fell down onto my head
Tenderness
If I want it I pay
My true love
Well she threw it away
But I can shine it all on
I can shine it all on
I can shine it all on
And still be amazed
Had some money
And a hole in my pocket
Had a house
But I forgot to lock it
Took a drag
From a smoke that may kill me
What a drag
How the winter wind chills me
But I can shine it all on
I can shine it all on
I can shine it all on
And still be amazed
I'll shine it on just like MacBeth
In the face of certain death
Of a salesman or a king
And when the palm trees are on fire
I'll take my boat out on the sea
Had a face
But I never could save it
Had a kid
But I never would name it
Have a life
Well that's what they call it
It's a road
But I guess I could crawl it
But I can shine it all on
I can shine it all on
I can shine it all on
And still be amazed
Shine it all on
Take my boat out on the sea
Shine it all on
I can shine it all on
And still be amazed
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Standing At The Gate
So what ya gonna do about me?
I've been hangin' 'round a while
Trading books and knowing glances
I thought I'd stick around
But this really ain't my style
So this ain't heaven on earth
Looks like we'll have to wait
But we are standing at the gate
I took a look inside your attic
And secret shelves and hidden rooms
It didn't scare me when I saw it
Your hidden attic is no temple of doom
And this ain't heaven on earth
Looks like we'll have to wait
But we are standing at the gate
So what ya gonna do about me?
Put me on a secret shelf?
I wanna change myself around
You know I'd do it
If I thought that it would help
So this ain't heaven on earth
Looks like we'll have to wait
But we are standing at the gate
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The Only Thing I Care About
She had the eyes of someone older
I have the eyes that wander around
I couldn't see what really mattered
Caught hell from my boss
Don't care about my job
Caught a cold from the rain
Don't care if I'm cold
Played every record that I own today
But the only thing I care about got away
The only thing i care about got away
She was a walking work of art
I am a broken wind-up toy
I thought I knew what really mattered
Got a flat on the road
Don't care about my car
Lost 26 bucks
Don't care about my rent
Caught every episode on TV today
But the only thing I care about got away
The only thing I care about got away
She had a brilliant future
I have a past
I have my memories
But they're fading fast
Caught hell from my boss
Don't care about my job
Caught a cold from the rain
Don't care if I'm cold
Played every record that I own today
But the only thing I care about got away
The only thing I care about got away
The only thing I care about got away
The only thing I care about got away
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Manchester Girl
She hides in the library reading
Henry Miller books
Till they flash the lights
Its time to go
When she was a little kid
She said Dad I don't know why
I feel so penniless
inside
She's on the promenade
She's looking for a dress
She's locked outside a world
Just a Manchester Girl
Oooh I meet you there
By the old news stand
Oooh I'll meet you there
Tonight
Shoot out at the neighbours' house
She pulls the covers on her head
She's count'd the shots
As they go by
And Pandora's litter box
Well it's getting mighty high
That cat's gonna keep her up
at night
Another scary dream
Another cigarette
She's locked outside a world
Just a Manchester girl
Oooh I meet you there
By the old news stand
Oooh I'll meet you there
Tonight
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L.A. River
Walkin' along by the L.A. River
This river's such a joke and so am I
I don't know why I should believe her
I don't care what she says
I wanna die
I'd jump right off and drink
But there's no water
I'd jump right in and sink away from here
Poor river
Empty river
I'm feeling just like you
I'm feeling just like you
Walkin' along by the L.A. River
Stepping on broken glass, kicking cans
She's tellin' me I don't even know her
I guess there's some things I won't understand
I'd love to float away like old Tom Sawyer
I'd love to run away and be Huck Finn
Poor river
Empty river
I'm feeling just like you
Walkin' along by the L.A. River
Reading graffiti and throwing stones
She's looking for someone to deliver
She doesn't give a damn if I'm alone
I'd dive right in and drown
But there's no water
My head may hit the ground
But still I'm here
Poor river
L.A. River
I'm feeling just like you
I'm feeling just like you
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A Most Unpleasant Man
Well I'll rise above once I forget
What it was like then before we met
I had no dreams
There was no plan
You see it's just that I was
A most unpleasant man
And now it all has come to pass
I guess I knew somehow it couldn't last
And so I'm back where I began
And once again I've become
A most unpleasant man
A most unpleasant man
Where will I go if you're not here?
I'll try to find you everywhere
Remember me
Not as I am
But how I was as your truest friend
Remember me
Not as I am
How did I ever become
A most unpleasant man
A most unpleasant man
A most unpleasant man
I'll see you later baby
I'll see you later baby
I'll see you later baby
I'll see you later baby
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Mass
It's really more than I can say
Lookin' at this tower
Angels are off duty and asleep
In these wee hours
And there's no place I can go
And this noise inside my head
It comes and goes
It comes and goes
There's really nothing you can stop
So I guess I'm gonna try
Climbing up this tower
Walking up the stones
Stocking feet
To the clock
This is one place that I know
And the face in front of me
It comes and goes
It comes and it goes
Not some lucky charm
But something to hold on to
That could hold on to me
And there's no place I can go
And this noise inside my head
It comes and goes
It comes and it goes
It comes and goes
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Tomorrow I'll Be Nine
Tomorrow I'll be nine
And everything will be the same
Tomorrow I'll be nine
It's only gonna be another day
They're always looking at me funny
I'm always doing something wrong
I'm thinkin' they'd be better off if I was gone
Tomorrow I'll be nine
And everything will be the same
Tomorrow I'll be nine
It's only gonna be another day
They never tell me what they're thinking
They're always busy being mad
I start to thinkin'
Could it be 'cause I am bad?
Ooh I'll go
Where I can't hear them
Ooh I'll go away
There's got to be someone who wants me
There's got be someone who cares
Don't know where they are
But I am going there
Tomorrow I'll be nine
And everything will be the same
Tomorrow I'll be nine
I think it's time to make my getaway
Tomarrow I'll be nine
Tomarrow I'll be nine
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The Day I Wrote You Off
I saw some photos of a happy family
Hanging up on the thrift shop wall
I paid the man and I brought them back home
I feel better now when they don't call
Every once in a while
I see your face when I stare at the ceiling
I truly regret
The day I wrote you off
Always dreamed that one day I'd leave home
And now I do it again and again
And here I go looking for my new home
Or shall I say looking for a best friend
Every once in a while
I see your face when I stare at the ceiling
I truly regret
The day I wrote you off
Every once in a while
I see you face when i stare at the ceiling
I truly regret
The day I wrote you off
The day I wrote you off
The day I wrote you off
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Someone To Break The Spell
You up there
Don't ya think there's something you can do?
Well no one ever told me it was gonna be this way
Me down here
Well look at all the things I try to do
Every day's another day but nothing else is new
Everything I see is broken
There's no water in the well
Oh wont't you please send me
Someone to break the spell?
Well is it me?
Or is it everyone that comes around?
They always stay a little while
But they're gone before too long
Hey you up there
Looking down upon this sorry scene
Is it what it's all about
Or is this some bad dream?
Everything I see is broken
There's no water in the well
Oh won't you please send me
Someone to break the spell?
I've got a million dreams stuck in my head
If I could live a few before I'm dead
Everything I see is broken
There's no water in the well
Oh won't you please send me
Someone to break the spell
Someone to break the spell
Someone to break the spell
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She Loves A Puppet
Don't know why
She thinks she loves him
Don't go cry
He's just a toy
She calls it only love
Her love it is not pure
She loves a puppet
She loves a puppet
And all that I can do is cry
Got no soul
Only a haircut
He's no man
Barely a boy
Why can't she understand
That I am her true love
She loves a puppet
He's made of flesh and blood
His footsteps make a heavy thud
His porch light's on
But no one's home
I'd love to make her mine
But I have to wonder why
She loves a puppet
She loves a puppet
She loves a puupet
She loves a puppet
And all that I can do is cry
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My Old Raincoat
Oh no
She's giving back my old raincoat
The one I said she could keep
Okay
She's taking back her umbrella
Well that's alright with me
Oh why
I feel like I'm a fighter
Who only wins despite my broken bones
The winner stands alone
Every pocket has a hole, there is no hope
I'm walking 'round in my old raincoat
Oh yeah
She's tearing up my old letters
She's setting fire to the heap
Oh joy
She says she's feeling much better
SHe says it's easy to sleep without me there
In the cool night air
The sun is shining, the sky is blue
And I am cold
Just walking 'round in my old raincoat
Now I know I'm really free
Oh yeah
Now I know I'm really free
Oh why
I feel like I'm a fighter
Who only wins despite my broken bones
The winner stands alone
Every pocket has a hole, there is no hope
But I search them all looking for a note
The sun is shining, the sky is blue
And I am cold
I'm walking 'round in my old raincoat
Now I know I'm really free
(Now I know I'm really free)
Now I knoe I'm really free
(Now I know I'm really free)
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Permanent Broken Heart
I walked by your window
To see if you're home
The candle was burning
I could see you weren't alone
I shouldn't have gone by
But what could I do?
I've never known anyone
Who was quite like you
Life ain't very easy when you've got
A permanent broken heart
I walk down the dirty street
And see the old man
But now he seems different
I think I understand
Well maybe he had a love
And swore it was true
But then he blew it away
Just like I lost you
Life ain't very easy when you've got
A permanent broken heart
I'm looking out my window
There's not much of a view
And my hat is still quite blue
Maybe I'll move away
To some other town
And maybe I'll find that thing
I've never found
Life ain't very easy when you've got
A permanent broken heart
A permanent broken heart
A permanent broken heart
A permanent broken heart
A permanent broken heart
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Eight Lives Left
Eight lives left
One chapter down
Still nothing new
In this old town
I'd like to spend at least one life with you
Eight lives left
And a heart that wants to be true
Five miles out
The depot is there
A Greyhound is waiting
To take us somewhere
I'd like to spend at least one life with you
Eight lives left
And a heart that wants to be true
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Hello Cruel World
Hello cruel world so this is you
A broken heart a withered view
I�m looking out to face another day
The angry mob, the happy mass
This birthday cake may be the last
I�m looking out to find another way
Norman Rockwell colors fade
All my favorite things have changed
What the hell,
Hello cruel world
I thought I heard an opera star
Who had no home under the stars?
She sang and sang and sang the night away
And Mother Nature changed her name
She doesn't want to play the game
I don't believe she'll ever be the same
So big brother never came
Howdy-doodie gets the blame
But what the hell
Hello cruel world
Fat and beautiful and strange
Monkeys dancing in a cage
But what the hell
Hello cruel world
Venus de Milo grew an arm
And old McDonald bought the farm
Say goodbye
Hello cruel world
Norman Rockwell colors fade
All my favorite things have changed
But what the hell, hello cruel world
Fat and beautiful and strange
Monkeys dancing in a cage
But what the hell
Hello cruel world
Say goodbye, hello cruel world
But what the hell
Hello cruel world
Hello hello
Ooooh ooooh
Hello cruel world
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Fitting In With The Misfits
Dear ma you might find it hard to believe
But I think I�ve finally found a home
The weather's lovely there's so much to see
And people who know what I know
Now I�ve got friends that do want me
And take me as I am
Now I�ve got friends that do love me
I�m all right with them
Fitting in with the misfits
Living in the lost and found
And I will never be afraid
For lost souls don't know where they're bound
Dear ma I know this is hard for ya too
But some things are better off said
I�ve always found it so hard to adjust
I�d rather stay in bed
Now I�ve got friends that do want me
And take me as I am
Now I�ve got friends that do love me
I�m all right with them
Fitting in with the misfits
Living in the lost and found
And I will never be afraid
For lost souls don't know where they're bound
Don�t know where they're bound
I don't know where I�m bound
Fitting in with the misfits
Living in the lost and found
Fitting in with the misfits
Living in the lost and found
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Are You And Me Gonna Happen
Are you and me gonna happen
Are you and me gonna happen soon
The gods smiled hard down upon
The love that's shared
Heaven�s awaiting those who dare
Are you and me gonna happen
Are you and me gonna happen soon
A sweeter feeling I can't guess will ever be
A truer union I can't see
I don't know how much more I can take
I will run through the streets
I�ll howl at the moon
If you and me can not be happening soon
Are you and me gonna happen soon
Are you and me gonna happen soon
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Looking Out The Window With A Blue Hat On
Oh she comes on like a fog
And then she goes out like a neurotic dog
So now I�m sitting her thinking all day long
Looking out the window with a blue hat on
Find me an open grave
Just push me in
Then let me up to live again
So she bought a little book
And filled it up with names she never shook
So I�m just one of them thinking all day long
Looking out the window with a blue hat on
Find me a sky high cliff
Just let me try
To jump right off maybe I�ll fly
Looking out the window with the blue hat on
Find me an open grave
Just push me in
Then let me up to live again
Oh she comes on like a fog
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Nowheresville
I wanna see Paris
Insane on the sine
I wanna do that Bull Run thin in Spain
I wanna go to England
And walk down penny lane
Half a pint an island
May wash away my pain
I�m stuck in mud
Spinning my wheels
And I�m all alone
On the road
To nowheresville
I wanna meet a little girl
With French horn lips
And introduce her to my trip
I�ll make her smile on the Nile
Hold her hand in Japan
But last things first for all my plans
I�m stuck in mud
Spinning my wheels
And I�m all alone
On the road
To nowheresville
I�m on my way
I�m almost nowhere
I�m almost everything I swore I�d never be
When I get there
Then I�ll go somewhere
I�m going to pay my last respects and get the
Hell out of there
Out of nowhere
I�m stuck in mud
Spinning my wheels
And I�m all alone
On the road
To nowheresville
Spinning my wheels
And I�m all alone on the road to nowheresville
Nowheresville
Nowheresville
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Mockingbird Franklin
She�s never known acceptance
She�s never known the world
She says I like to call myself M
But my real name is mockingbird
Mockingbird Franklin
So how do you do
Mockingbird Franklin
I�m a lot like you
She says her mother is gone now
She says her mother got killed
I said I�m sorry but is it true
Did she really name you Mockingbird?
Mockingbird Franklin
Broke your heart in two
Mockingbird Franklin
I�m a lot like you
Mockingbird don't you change
Just because you're not like them
Oh Mockingbird you're not the same
Alone along the sidewalk
Her steps are barely heard
It�s kinda funny that it's her name
'Cause she's nothing like a mockingbird
Nothing like a mockingbird
Mockingbird Franklin
Don�t it get to you?
Mockingbird Franklin
I�m a lot like you
I�m a lot like you
It�s true
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I've Been Kicked Around
Well I�ve been kicked around
What do you see?
Am I alright?
I�m alright
I once had a heart
I was ripped from it
Chewed up then spat out
Like a cherry pit
And if I seem a little hard
It�s just that I�ve been kicked around
I don't know how I got this far
The way that I�ve been kicked around
Uh huh
Well I�ve been kicked around
What do you see?
Am I alright?
Am I alright?
Well I�ve been kicked around
What do you see?
Am I alright?
Am I alright?
I once had a soul
It was torn from me
I won't cry a tear
I will carry me
And if I seem a little hard
It�s just that I�ve been kicked around
I don't know how I got this far
The way that I�ve been kicked around
Don�t worry, I�m all right
So if I seem a little hard
It�s just that I�ve been kicked around
I don't know how I got this far
The way that I�ve been kicked around
The way that I�ve been kicked around
The way that I�ve been kicked around
The way that I�ve been kicked around
The way that I�ve been kicked around
The way that I�ve been kicked around
The way that I�ve been kicked around
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Pray
Never much of a hope for men
Nothing good to say
But I couldn't help it
When I saw her
I had to know if
She don't know where to go
She don't know how to stay
And she don't know how good I can be
Or how much I can pray
I pray
And soon I know her a little more
She�s everything I dreamed
But still I wonder what it would be like
If she left me
She don't know where to go
She don't know how to stay
But she don't know how good I can be
Or how much I still pray
I pray
There must be something that's following her
That keeps her from this state
There must be something that makes me want to
Pray
Pray
I pray
She says she's all right but she's not sure
And I�m not sure what that means
She says she's all right but she needs some help
I don't know how
I don't know how
I don't know how
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E's Tune
I have two eyes but I cannot see
I have a heart but I can not feel anything
Don�t give up now I�m almost there
I got a mouth but is doesn't say
The things I want it to say today anyway
Don�t give up now I�m almost there
Life�s just an ugly mess
The angry soul's in such distress
Still there is a time when moments can be sweet
And it feels like someone is smiling down on me
Sometimes it feel like I�m all alone
Most of the time actually I am alone
That�s alright
Don�t give up now I�m almost there
Oh if I had a million bucks it wouldn't matter
'Cause my soul's always climbing a ladder
Oh I know
Don�t give up now I�m almost there
Life�s just an ugly mess
The angry soul's in such distress
Still there is a time when moments can be sweet
And it feels like some one is smiling down on me
Alright
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You'll Be The Scarecrow
One day I�ll have to fly
To the next great unknown
One day I�ll be outta here
Back on my own
And when I come around for my goodbye
You�ll be the scarecrow
You�ll be the scarecrow
The one I adore
The one I�ll carry with me
Forever more
You were the special one
Something we shared
The one that I�ll miss the most
The one that cared
So when I come around for my goodbyes
You�ll be the scarecrow
You�ll be the scarecrow
The one I adore
The one I�ll carry with me
Forever more
There may not be a day
For a Dou reunion
There may not be a day
For us
One day you'll look and see
A purple sunset
And then you'll know that I�m ok
I�m doing my best
And when I come around for my goodbye
You�ll be the scarecrow
You�ll be the scarecrow
The one I adore
You�ll be the scarecrow
The one I miss most
And when I come around for my goodbye
You�ll be the scarecrow
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Animal
If I could love you
I'm sure I would
If I could hold you
And feel understood
I'd be there now
But I don�t know how
Cause I am an animal
But now I�m (?)
Wrap me up tight
Keep me safe inside
Warm at night
I am no more, I am not good
I am so sorry
If you misunderstood
I'd make it up
But I cannot
If I am an animal
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Fucker
Came home tonight
I felt like I died of loneliness
Strange you think
Popularity
Looking for a simple life
Life ain't simple
I'm tired and sick but I
Don�t want to be alone
I go to a party
But I don�t really want to
And now I�m sitting out here on my porch
Riding in the dark air
Listening to
My little black cat meow
Trying to vent some of the terrible passion
That�s coursing through me
Something about you
Something about spending the afternoon
Asleep in you arms
I hate you
Fucker
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Stepmother
Your stepmother hates my guts
But I don�t really care
She don�t like me coming around
And I show (?)
She would be you best friend
If she had it her way
She would take all your best friends
And put them away
Your stepmother hates my guts
But I don�t give a damn
She thinks I'm some kind of scum
Cause I don�t call her now
La la la la la la
She would be you best friend
If she had it her way
Your stepmother hated my guts
But I wont give up yet
I want you so god damn much
But she sure is upset
Looking down again I�m not
Gonna (?) she is
Looking down on me again
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Thirteen
That�s the bell and I'm gonna be late
Like I really give a shit
Don�t expect me to relate when your
Holier than thou
Holier than thou
Holier than thou
Thirteen
?
Gonna take them there too
Know one else can understand when your
Holier than thou
Holier than thou
Holier than thou
Thirteen
? Says I gotta calm down
And learn to look the other way
He says I�m lost but I�m gonna be found, he said
Holier than thou
Holier than thou
Holier than thou
Thirteen
? And I don�t relate
Remember when I was a baby
And I was happy just to breathe, I was
Holier than thou
Holier than thou
Holier than thou
Thirteen
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Everything Is Gonna Be Cool This Christmas
Remember last year when you were on your own
You swore the spirit couldn't be found
December rolled around and you were counting on it to roll out
But everything's gonna be cool this Christmas
Everything�s gonna be cool this Christmas
Everything�s gonna be cool this Christmas
Well everybody's waiting for you down at the house
The tree is looking so inspired
There�s a yuletide groove waiting for you to move
Come on and throw another log on the fire
And everything�s gonna be cool this Christmas
Everything�s gonna be cool this Christmas
Everything�s gonna be cool this Christmas
Baby Jesus, born to rock
As the days go by, the more that we need friends
And the harder they are to find
If I could have a friend like you in my life
Then I guess I'd be doing just fine
And everything�s gonna be cool this Christmas
Everything�s gonna be cool this Christmas
Everything�s gonna be cool this Christmas
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Birdgirl On A Cell Phone
She has eyes disability blue
A German dog and strict curfew
And if one man's cage is another man's stage
Then she's turned the script to another page
And she doesn't really give a damn
What you have to say
She makes a call on her friend's cell phone
The operator answers and says "You're not alone"
And if one man's ceiling is another's dance floor
Then she'll be the one running to the sea shore
Trying to tell the seagulls
This is home
And if one man's cage is another man's stage
Then she'll be the one wiser than her age
Trying to get the message to your ear
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Altar Boy
A monk with a hard-on
And a lavender robe
That scratches his thighs
Through the hat that he strode
As he follows a path
Filled with every desire
And mimics his footsteps
And sets his prayers on fire.
Well I too have chosen
That which left no choice
To sing without loving,
A solitary voice,
To observe with passion
Each careful denial:
The protrusions which give my life meaning
For a while.
Sometimes I see you in berries and weeds
You're brushing your teeth with liquorice seeds
Standing too close,
Pulling your clothes,
Smiling at God
And the meaning of life grows.
No and I'll never tell
And I'll never know
What candles you light
After the show
And I'll never tell,
And I'll never ask
The meaning of life after mass.
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Bad News
Guess I'm doing something wrong
Never feel right in these shoes
A pocket full of matches and a head full of flames
Got to warn you that I'm bad news
She tugs me in and then she screams
One day you will have to choose
Either take care of me or take care of you
And don't pretend you're not bad news
Come on now I'll take you home
You don't have a thing to lose
But stick around long enough and you'll find out
I am nothing but bad news
You can never change where you're from
No matter who I will accuse
Gonna get on with a better life
And one day I won't be bad news
Cause it's the same
Every day when I wake up
It�s the same
In the way that you
Gave me up
In the middle of a swan dive
And I was soaring down
Perfect and slow
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Dog's Life
What would you say if I left this town tomorrow?
I guess I want, but I know I'll miss the train
I know I would
I'll take a dog's life
Just lying in the sun
I'll take a dog's life
'Cause I don't care for this one
Chasing trains and plains and rain
Where is my rain falling down?
Upon a thirsty world
I never want to be the same
Another time, I might have fit in allright
But not this time, I guess I'm just too soon
To change my town
I'll take a dog's life
Just lying in the sun
I'll take a dog's life
'Cause I don't care for this one
Chasing trains and plains and rain
Where is my rain falling down?
Upon a thirsty world
I never want to be the same
I'll take a dog's life
Just lying in the sun
I'll take a dog's life
'Cause I don't care for this one
'Cause I don't care for this one
Dog's life
Dog's life
Na na na
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Funeral Parlor
Sitting in the funeral parlor
On the night before the day
Think I might have left the stove on
Think I might have left the door unlocked
I don’t know if
The stores will all be closed when I get out
I don’t know if
The chores will all be done when I get home
Sitting in the funeral parlor
Listen to the organ play
What if I forgot the trashcan
What if I forgot to telephone
I don’t know if
I wrote the number down in my book
I don’t know if
I can stand to stay here one more second
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Jennifer Eccles
White chalk, written on red brick
Our love, told in a heart
It's there, drawn in the playground
Love, kiss, hate or adore
I love Jennifer Eccles
I know that she loves me
I love Jennifer Eccles.
I know that she loves me.
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
I used to carry her satchels.
She used to walk by my side.
But when we got to her doorstep
her dad wouldn't let me inside
One Monday morning, found out I'd made the grade.
Started me thinking that maybe she done the same?
I hope Jennifer Eccles is going to follow me there.
Our love is bound to continue.
Love, kiss, hate or adore.
I love Jennifer Eccles
I know that she loves me
I love Jennifer Eccles.
I know that she loves me.
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Suicide Life
* Because this song is not officialy released, the lyrics have never been confirmed. In some
cases there are other lyrics printed next to the line. This means an alternate suggestion
to that line.
You think you get a lure or You think you get under
Yld miss yours lib
And try to imagine
All the things that he did
You don't know where
I'm gonna go
You don't know where
I'll go
I'm going to brave me
Into the night
I'm so tired of living
This suicide life
That ain't no reason to live
Wake up in the night
And think of all the years
Falling from the ciel
Covering our years or covering your ears
You don't know how
You're gonna get out
You don't know how
You'll get out
I'm going to brave me
Into the night
I'm so tired of living
This suicide life
That ain't no reason to live
Call up your best friends
And tell them a lie
You've got to be curring or you've got to be kidding
I'm not really high
I don't know where
I'm gonna go
I don't know where
I'll go
I'm going to brave me
Into the night
I'm so tired of living
This suicide life
That ain't no reason to live
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Cheater's Guide
I've got your picture
And your black book
Smells like your perfume
On the walks that we took
Aand I love you
And you love me
But we're apart
'Cause I read
The cheater's guide
To your heart
Think of it this way
It was never meant
To be, i guess
But know, at the end
Of the day i felt blessed
And I love you
And you love me
But we're apart
'Cause I read
The cheater's guide
To your heart
Well it may be long
Till you see me again
So paint me as a good one
My friend
And i love you
And you love me
But we're apart
'Cause i read
The cheater's guide
To your heart
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Dark End of the Street
At the dark end of the street
That's where we'd always meet
Hiding in shadows where we don't belong
Living in darkness to hide our wrong
You and me, at the dark end of the street
You and me
I know that time's gonna take it's toll
We've got to give back all the love that we stole
It's a sin and we know it's wrong
Oh but our love keeps coming on strong
Steal away, to the dark end of the street
They're going to find us
They're going to find us
They're going to find us
Oh someday
You and me, at the dark end of the street
You and me
And if by chance we walk downtown
If you should see me just walk on by
But darling, please don't cry
Tonight we'll meet, at the dark end of the street
(Original By Percy Sledge)
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Strawberry Blonde
There she goes down in my head
Saying things she never said
EE coming's coming soon
But she'll be reading on the moon
And I don't know why she's gone
I'd welcome her in my arms
But she'll always be strawberry blonde
There she goes back in my heart
Blowing cobwebs in the dark
The five o'clock comes round the bend
And so she goes off with her friend
Chorus
She wrote a letter to her sister
She said this time it's the end
She never knew how much I missed her
Around the bend
There she goes down in my head
Leaving cobwebs in my bed
EE Coming's coming soon
But she'll be laughing on the moon
Chorus
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Hidden Track
* There are two interpretations of this song, personally I think the second is better ...
So you've got balls now
Murray on the run
Down on newberry street
17 seconds of fun
Apes are overrated blockey (?)
A kinky batch of pudding, yay!
Garbage dump, pumpkin rot
And candy apple grey
Werewolf in the flowerbed
Perfect day for lucky guy
This song was never meant to be released
What's that flaming ball in the sky?
The crackhead from texas,
He can read my feet
A bruised pinyata
And liquid pixie
Your friends were flowers
Nothing gold can stay (?)
Gun-sexual sense
And sqeegy-tails
Bees in the cookie jar
Symphonic dispair
Reinventing the manifesto
Are you? We don't care
Jaccuzzis and bunnies
A broken fondue set
Koool G is in the outhouse
You can be my Mr. French
This old frisbee
Is shitting in the alley
I saw a naked picture of me on the internet wearing Jesus' new snowshoes
Golly Gee
If hell is (?) then we shall sing
A hip song for the kids in the back
For Michelle and the dripping of a fauset
Ride the vicious bicycle on the tracks
Olympic mayonnaise
Doctor Thunder
Milwakee (?) vehicle starts and stops
With hollywood suspicion
The doctor had steak parts (?)
(Transcribed by 'Lil Sleeves)
Hidden Track
So you've got balls now,
Murray on the run,
Down on newberry street,
Seventeen seconds of fun,
Each are overrated blocky,
A kinky batch of putty yay,
Garbage dump,
Pumpkin rot,
And candy apple grate,
We're wolfing the flower bed,
Perfect day for lucky guy,
This song was never meant to be released,
What's that flaming ball in the sky?
The crack-head from texas,
He can read my feet,
A blues pinnate,
And a liquid pixie,
If friends were flowers,
Nothing gold can stay,
Consexual sense,
And squeegee tales,
Bee's in the cookie jar,
Some fun'll go spare,
Reinventing the manifesto,
I.E. We don't care,
Jacuzzis and bunnies,
A broken fondue set,
Cool gee is in the outhouse,
You can be my Mr. French,
This old frisbee,
Shitting in the alley,
I saw a naked picture of me on the internet,
Wearing jesus's new snow shoes,
Golly gee,
If hell is crowded,
Then we shout save,
A hip song for the kids in the back,
For michelle in the dripping of a faucet,
Ride the vicious bicycle on the tracks,
Olympic mayonnaise Dr. thunder,
Ol' occupancy vehicle stops and starts,
With hollywood suspicion,
The doctor had snake hearts.
(Transcribed by Ben: [email protected])
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Encoded By:
Duck Williamson