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Day At The Park
04:08
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Man carries coffee in a business suit
a woman walks her dog along an empty road
if i had a gun, baby i'd shoot
and leave you at the corner with your bags still on
I'm not trying to be mean, I'm just making friends,
sometimes I'm just weird, thats how its always been
walk with me a while, you'll find you're the same
playing parts until we find where they've all gone
You're not who i expected you to be
But that's alright with me
cause i don't want your number
i just want to talk
let's go to the river
and we'll find a spot
I've been as lonely as a fish in a tank
but compared to the others it just looks like I've drank
Burger king Burger king Texaco
the skyline looks strange when you're driving slow
buildings lit up but the car is cold
i know too many people who look too old
When the night falls over this town
it's like a king has lost his crown
there are smiles going all around
and if were still together were gonna be making out
Now i need you more than i need myself
to pick me up baby and put me on your shelf
Ive got a lot to learn you've got a lot to see
but I'm not gonna burn you its just not my scene
January February March and May
i remember the letters you sent me every day
but the people we knew, honey they're all broke
so now all they do is sit around and smoke
and time, passes like airplanes
you'll find us all the same
and now baby i just want to walk with you
and talk about the things that we thought we knew
the day is coming to a brutal end
but i don't need someone to bury me i need a friend
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2. |
I Was King
02:17
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Thought i was king
for a day i was king
than came spring,
and it opened up my eyes
Everything was only half of what it seems
then came spring, and it opened up my eyes
I saw what i saw
and i did what i did,
they're ain't nothin to do
about that
And now i am here
without clouds, without fear
alone in this world without disguise
You can buy yourself a ticket
take yourself a train
but they're all in vane
in vane
you can find yourself a place
in this world just to erase yourself
from this world to define
But you run out of money
and you run out of time
and you've got to seek shelter
in someone else's design
but you'll see, the way it goes
nobody knows
so pick up your clothes
and take to the wind that blows
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3. |
Old Man's Notes
03:43
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Electronic Doors go open
and I'm drinking martinis all day
if i could imagine the rest of my life
i wouldn't have imagined it this way
Gone are the motorcycles and cars
and i stay awake in old time-y bars
and dream of places id rather be
but forget it all by the time I'm done
If this is what, life is supposed to be
air planes, and bad tv
and coming home from work in vane
with very little to explain
I'd give it all to you my friend
id give it all, it's all pretend
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4. |
A Dog
03:30
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5. |
Don't Care if it Rains
02:59
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I've got things to do
you've got things you don't
and if I'm telling you
to pack them up you won't
so I'm leaving tomorrow baby i don't care if it rains
I'm leaving tomorrow baby i don't have to explain
from comfort to sorrow every man he has his own name
Say goodbye now don't forget to write me a note
keep alive now won't do you no good if you won't
and send me a message if you ever have to complain
cause I'm leaving tomorrow baby i don't care if it rains
Im leaving this city taking my time with my last goodbyes
leaving the country is hard, its hard to say why
you make your bed or you put it back together again
and I'm leaving tomorrow baby i don't care if it rains
Cause I'm stranded like a live wire in the middle of the road
caught in a cross fire between my empty space and my home
I'm either staying or you say I'm just leaving in vane
but I'm leaving tomorrow baby i don't care if it rains
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6. |
Colorado Bar
03:17
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In a colorado bar i guess i met my match
jack was telling stories and i slid out the back
and watched the stars slip into holes
i got my ticket and i ain't giving it back
to watch the young converse from across the room
and Kristmas lights hanging out on a July afternoon
we could do this everyday if the weather only worked this way
into the wildest fields i would follow you
we started getting cold and dead set on the south
the key slipped on in and darkness slipped on out
and what a world to watch unfold, i can't sleep when it gets this cold
and if i do i won't be waking up
I thought i saw you swaying with the trees
childhood friends turn into enemies
you know id save that anger if i could and turn it into something good
you know i would if i knew you better than this
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7. |
On Your Doorstep
02:52
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On your doorstep, i am your trash
i am the sun's brilliant ash
i am the doctor, i am the priest
i am the angel, i am the beast
i am the cup that you left full
i am the curtain that you pull
i am the stranger at your door
the happy millionaire on your floor
and all the danger you felt before
i am love and nothing more
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8. |
Ohio
02:08
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I drove to Ohio
to see a girl that i knew
and there were dead deer in the middle of the road
and a sky full of Indian jewels
she used to hold me very careful
touch me sweetly tell me i was perfect
and the red brick lined the dark roads
from the prairies to the townships
as i lay staring at the ceiling
between her body and the lamplight
tommorow i will be leaving
down that blood road, New York by midnight
the west is calling, i can feel it
with every footstep, in every day
but in between your destinations
and where you came from, run away
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9. |
Silent Night Houston
05:15
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Silent night, O silent night
feel the asphalt drop under your feet
see the crooked cops, haunting every street
in the silent night
Now divorce or marriage, can't tell the difference anymore
might as well leave my keys, by the broken door
might as well call it sacred, might as well call it rhyme
but I'm glad you made it, kid you're right on time
this Silent Night
Because the vampires, they won't hurt you here
they ain't looking for blood, they're looking for fear
and its fear i took, picked it from the tree
and as the flowers grew, it made a ghost of me
in the Silent Night
and now i stand, in front of the jury
with my name, swinging from my sleeve
they tell me i will never sleep
i say thats ok, keep my dreams close to me
in the Silent Night
Oh Bitter youth, you chose right
when you chose to leave me outside
with my cigarettes and my candle light
in the silent night
but when some junkie wants, to take my life
who are you to tell him
that it ain't his right
raises his bloody fists, at least he's ready to fight
for his time
Because if time is money, than money is time
and the devil weeps neath the frozen pine
and the songs grow ripe on the trembling vine
in the Silent Night
And what for the day, the ladies dance
with their beads shaking round their pretty hands
oh the diamond day, is gonna be alright
as long as we can make way, through the Silent Night
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10. |
Waiter's Song
03:44
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I want to work in New York,
I want to be a waiter
so if you can employ me
tell me now don't tell me later
i can sell your food,
and i can do it all night long
you won't be disappointed with me
i will make your team strong
Working till the midnights gone
picking bubblegum off of chairs
sleeping in hallways, emptying ashtrays
paying for my room share
I will be the best employee,
cause thats what you deserve
after spending a year in college learning english
ill be glad to serve
We've got a middle aged hostess
she looks like she's almost dead
and out of all the people sitting in this place
she's the only one who needs bread
it's a hard occupation
but you have to make ends meet
honey if i knew where they were i would
offer them a seat
I don't know a thing about construction
i don't know a thing about cars
but i can tell you what it feels like
to live on Hershey Bars
So if you're young and anxious
do exactly as i say
take pills for your troubles
and an order for your pay
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11. |
Kristmas
04:45
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Cars drivin by on an old city street
the trees lit up, the cold at your feet
im riding home with this letter to you
just to show my appreciation for bein true
Kristmas don't come til the cops come around
takin down the highways for the cars comin down
And there's nothin to do, but just wait and see
somebody's son is talkin to me
And the lights, from the stars never shined so bright
Kristmas is here, im drivin home tonight
She says there ain't no reason to be hopeless and scared
it's just another holiday, people will share
well some of them win, some of them lose
some of them they'll just be sharin their blues
There's a mattress laid out on the kitchen floor
you're at the window, I'm still at the store
When i get home, you'll be there
with the light in your eyes and the dark of your hair
and the lights from the cars never shined so bright
Kristmas is here but im drivin home tonight
I'm wakin up on a Kristmas morn,
the clock ticks til someone's been born
someone will die by the end of this year
but i got no worries, as long as you're here
see the poor kids waiting under their socks
and the men loading out Chinese toys at the docks
And the radio's playin, a song that you heard
but no one in the car is singin a word
and the lights, from the stars never shined so bright
Kristmas is here, I'm drivin home tonight
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