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Cake - Prolonging the Magic

1. Satan is My Motor
2. Mexico
3. Never There
4. Guitar
5. You Turn the Screws
6. Walk On By
7. Sheep Go to Heaven
8. When You Sleep
9. Hem of Your Garment
10. Alpha Beta Parking Lot
11. Let Me Go
12. Cool Blue Reason
13. Where Would I Be?

1. Satan is My Motor

Satan is my motor
hear my motor purr
Satan is my motor
hear my motor purr
Satan is the only one who
seems to understand
I've got brakes
I'm wide awake
I can stop this car at any time
at the very last second
I can change directions
turn complety around
If I feel so inclined
I gota mind that can steer me to your house
and a heart that can bring red flowers
my intention are good and earnest and true
but under my hodd is internal combustion power
Satan is my motor
hear my motor purr
Satan is my motor
hear my motor purr
Satan is the only one who
seems to understand
Satan is my motor
Ive got wheels of polished steel
Ive got tires that grab the road
Ive got seats that selflessly hold my friends
and a trunk that can carry the heaviest of loads
I gota mind that can steer me to your house
and a heart that can bring you red flowers
my intentions are good and earnest and true
but under my hood is internal combustion power

2. Mexico

I had a match
But she had a lighter
I had a flame
But she had a fire
I was bright
But she was much brighter
I was high
But she was the sky

Ohh baby, I was bound for Mexico
Ohh baby, I was bound to let you go

I dont know much
About cinco de mayo
I'm never sure
What its all about
But I say I want you
And you dont believe me
You say you want me
But I've got my doubts

Ohh baby, I was bound for Mexico
Ohh baby, I was bound to let you go

I had a match
But she had a lighter
I had a flame
But she had a fire
I was bright
But she was much brighter
I was high
But she was the sky

Ohh baby, I was bound for Mexico
Ohh baby, I was bound to let you go

3. Never There

I need your arms around me
I need to feel your touch
I need your understanding
I need your love so much
You tell me that you love me
So you tell me that you care
But when I need you "baby your never there"

On the phone long long distace
Always threw such strong resitance
First you say your too busy
I wonder if you even miss me

Never there
Your never there
Your never ever ever ever there

A goldenbird that flys away
A candle stick o' flame
To think that I held you yesterday
Your love was just a game
A goldenbird that flys away
A candle stick o' flame
To think that I held you yesterday
Your love was just a game
You tell me that you love me so
You tell me that you care
But when I need you baby

Take the time to get know me
If you want me why cant you just show me
We're always on this rollarcoster
If you want me why cant you get closer

Never there
Your never there
Your never ever ever ever there
Never there
Your never there
Your never ever ever ever there

4. Guitar

I'm siting by the window
of your 32nd floor apartment
waiting for your phone calls all to end
I'm siting watching wind blow
watching time go watching cars go by
I'm waiting for these memories to begin
If I threw my guitar
out the window
so far down
would I start to regret it
or would smile and watch it slowly fall
fall
fall
Garbage trucks and taxi cabs
dont seem like they can reach me hear the
clammer of Jack hamered seems so faint
well the way you treat me like the only
slightly brings me down alot I dont
think that I'll ever be the same
If I threw my guitar
out the window
so far down
would I start to regret it
or would smile and watch it slowly fall
fall
fall
fall....

5. You Turn the Screws

6. Walk On By

walk on by the house where you still live
walk on by the place where we would kiss
and the room where i held you tight
tonight i must walk on by
walk on by the room where you still sleep
walk on by the company that you keep
and the room where i held you tight
tonight i must walk on by

somehow i know
i won't forget you, no, no, no, no, no, i won't
you won't forget me, no, no, no, no, no, you won't
i'll keep on walking away from here
i'll forget you when i reach the other side

walk on by the house where you still live
walk on by the place where we would kiss
and the room where i held you tight
tonight i must walk on by

7. Sheep Go to Heaven

i'm not feeling alright today
i'm not feeling that great
i'm not catching on fire today
love has started to fade
i'm not going to smile today
i'm not gonna laugh
you're out living it up today
i've got dues to pay
and the grave-digger puts on the forceps
the stone mason does all the work
the barber can give you a haircut
the carpenter can take you out to lunch
i just want to play on my pan-pipes
i just want to drink me some wine
as soon as your born you start dying
so you might as well have a good time

sheep go to heaven goats go to hell
sheep go to heaven goats go to hell

i don't wanna go to sunset strip
i don't wanna feel the emptiness
old marquees with stupid band names
i don't wanna go to sunset strip
i don't wanna go to sunset strip
i don't wanna feel the emptiness
old marquees with stupid band names
i don't wanna go to sunset strip

and the grave-digger puts on the forceps
the stone mason does all the work
the barber can give you a haircut
the carpenter can take you out to lunch
i just want to play on my pan-pipes
i just want to drink me some wine
as soon as your born you start dying
so you might as well have a good time
sheep go to heaven goats go to hell
sheep go to heaven goats go to hell
go to hell go to hell go to hell go to hell
sheep go to heaven goats go to hell

8. When You Sleep

when you sleep where do your fingers go?
what do your fingers know
what do your fingers show
where do your fingers go
when you sleep
do they tremble on the edge of the bed?
or do you fold them neatly by your head?
do they clench like claws against your own skin
when you're living your day all over again?
when you sleep
when you sleep where do your fingers go?
what do your fingers know?
what do your fingers show?
where do your fingers go? yeah

do they play guitar in a latin bar?
are they strangers or lovers
do they drive your car?
are they swimming submissively
sex acts of life?
or just cutting through jello with a very sharp knife?

now Zeus was a womanizer
always on the make
but Hera usually punished
her that zeus was one to take

when you sleep where do your fingers go?

are they pulling out weeds
from the dusty soil?
but then never rewarded with the
fruits of their toil
are they scratching their nails
on the chalkboards of death
only seeking attention
when everyone in the room has left?

when you sleep
when you sleep where do your fingers go?
what do your fingers know?
what do your fingers show?
where do your fingers go?
when you sleep
do they tremble on the edge of the bed
or do you fold them neatly by your head?

9. Hem of Your Garment

i am intrinsically no good
i have a heart that's made of wood
i am only biding time
only reciting memorized lines
and i'm not fit to touch
the hem of your garment
no, no i'm not fit to touch the hem of your garment
i have no love but only goals
how very empty is my soul
it is a soul that feels no thrill
it is a soul that could easily kill
and i'm not fit to touch
the hem of your garment
no, no i'm not fit to touch the hem of your garment

i am intrinsically no good
i have a heart that's made of wood
and i'm only biding time
only reciting memorized lines
and i'm not fit to touch
the hem of your garment
no, no i'm not fit to touch the hem of your garment
no, no (i'm not fit to touch) the hem of your garment
no, no (i'm not fit to touch) the hem of your garment

10. Alpha Beta Parking Lot

standing in the Alpha Beta parking lot
watching the sun set I'll never forget
watching all the reds and oranges slip away
letting go of yet another dirty day
breathing in the fumes from so many idling cars
right beneath the sign with the dusty yellow stars
watching the sun go down
watching the sun go down
watching the sun wathcing the sun go down
standing in the Alpha Beta parking lot
watching you leave me not quite believing
standing in the alpha beta parking lot
watching the sun set I'll never forget
breathing in the fumes from so many idling cars
right beneath the sign with the dusty yellow stars
watching the sun go down
watching the sun go down
watching the sun wathcing the sun go down

breathing in the fumes from so many idling cars
right beneath the sign with the dusty yellow stars
watching the sun go down
watching the sun go down
watching the sun wathcing the sun go down

11. Let Me Go

when she walks
she swings her arms
instead of her hips
when she talks
she moves her mouth
instead of her lips
and I've waited for her for so long
I've waited for her for so long
I've wondered if I could hang on
I wonder if I could hang on
let me go, she said, let me go, she said
let me go and I will want you more
let me go, let me go
let me go and I will want you

when she walks
she wants the sun
instead of the moon
when she sees
she sees the stars
inside of her room
and I've waited for her for so long
I've waited for her for so long
I've wondered if I could hang on
I wonder if I could hang on

let me go, she said
let me go, she said
let me go and I will want you more
let me go, she said
let me go
let me go and I will want you
let me go, she said

12. Cool Blue Reason

Cool blue reason
Empties on the page
Your colleagues are in prison
And your enemy's enraged
Cool blue reason
Comes into your world
There's two more dead in Texas
And it's probably your girls
Cool blue reason
Wraps around your throat
The minutes change like seasons
Only 8 more hours to go
Only 8 more hours to go
Only 8 more hours left to go

Cool blue reason
Comes into your life
There's one more dead in Kansas
And it's probably your wife
Cool blue reason
I'm just talking to myself
Cool blue reason
I'm just rearranging hell
I'm just talking to myself
I'm just talking to myself

Cool blue reason
Wraps around your throat
The minutes change likes seasons
Only 8 more hours to go
Only 8 more hours to go
Only 8 more hours, left to go

13. Where Would I Be?

I've been waiting for so long
I've been hoping your love's not gone
Houses are sliding in the mud
Rivers are raging in your blood

Where would I be wihout your love?
Where would I be without your arms around me?

You were to be the only one
If I knew you I would not run
You have been cloudy distant and dark
I'm thinking of noah and the ark

Where would I be without your love?
Where would I be without your arms around me?
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