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Lake City
03:12
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Walk around all alone at night
Try to avoid all of the street lights
Count all of your steps to get to the bar
Count all of the drinks you got on two hands
Put on your jacket you got from Dad
Remember to pay your tab and tip
Walk a few blocks to the mini mart
Hold a coke and beef jerky close to your heart
Figure out how to stumble on home
Hang out and relax in the parking lot
Head up the stairs and give it some thought
“It’s you, not this town, that’s your enemy.”
A thousand TV channels
A refer full of beer
A sixth floor balcony
A reminder you’re not here
And it could always be worse
But I really wish it was better
Another night in on the couch
Really starts to feel pathetic
The buses go downtown
And there’s only three lines
I guess I could make a call
Like a prisoner low on time
And it could always be worse
But I really wish it was better
She’s home in two more months
I rise each time the sun is setting
Na, na, na, na, na (etc.)
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Thanks
03:53
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We got no sons, we got no daughters, we’ve got no land, we got a truck because we bought it
I’ve got some seeds but they won’t grow,
I’ve got three dollars in my pocket but that’s all I’ve got to show
I’ve got two eyes, they love TV, they love your hair, your eyes, your mouth, they love your teeth
I’ve got two hands, they work just fine,
In a thousand-person lineup I think you would know they’re mine
Stared at the sun and found your face, I focused in and all the spots hit the right place
Though you’re not here, I still could dream
That you would walk in any minute and sweep me up off my feet
If I can’t explain how this got so far it’s because you never really made it hard
And if I fell down you would pull me up like some perfect mix of love and luck
I found a light, the light found me. When it went dim I filled the place with LEDs
I found two fists, they found me. They looked so strong, I tried to do my best to flee
If I can’t explain how this got so far it’s because you never really made it hard
And if I fell down you would pull me up like some perfect mix of love and luck
I am lying in the window watching you in the garden
Pressing my face against the window as you trim back the roses
As you work in the yard I begin to sweat and pace
When I awake from my dreaming I am in the very same place
You saw my face, it looked surprised, when we embraced because you came back right on time
I watched your mouth speak with a grin, “you can’t break down every time distance does you in”
If I can’t explain how this got so far it’s because you never really made it hard
And if I fell down you would pull me up like some perfect mix of love and luck
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3. |
Summer Storm
02:15
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I just found out you left today, don’t hope you keep in touch
I never really stopped caring, though I never cared that much
Apathy’s the wrong word here, don’t ask me if I mind
It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s just you’re not worth my time
I had dreams where I would die and just collapse, flat on the street
I got sucked straight underground but it was the same thing underneath
I looked for something really hard, used any source of light
Tried to find why this was here and why it only came at night
I never even said goodbye and I thought that would be bad
But I never really looked back and I’m never all that sad
It was good for what it was, I just couldn’t take the heat
I’m glad you left today, I’ll call you when I’m not so beat
I know you think I’m angry and I guess I understand
But yelling, shouting, screaming will not help what is at hand
Here I always knew I’d leave you, I knew you would never change
I thought you knew that I would. This place will never be the same
I was a cloud rolling through the hills
A flash of lightning with a gentle a thrill
I was just a body at the right time
You took the pills and fell in love with the high
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4. |
Time
03:32
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Time, time, time no time today
I feel my life is slipping away
I got no time, time, time
Hours minutes seconds days
Always seems its slipping away
Got no time, time, time
Got the bills and the rent to pay
Got no time to get away
Got no time, time, time
Nothing ever seems to last
Always goes away so fast
I got no time, time, time
Running at the speed of light
Got no time to make it right
I got no time, time, time
Where did all the time go
Where did all the time go
Time, time, time no time today
I feel my life is slipping away
I got no time, time, time
Hours minutes seconds days
Always seems its slipping away
Got no time, time, time
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5. |
Himalayan Blues
04:33
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Alone, up here on K2
Alone, I don't know what I can do without you
Without you
These freezing peaks miss seeing you
It's winter here all year 'round
I'm not lost but, sure as hell, I'm not found
Without you
It is freezing in this home without you
They run and they run when they see me
I run and I run when they see me
They scream and they scream when they see me
I scream and I scream when they see me
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6. |
Bering Strait
03:27
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There are no starry skies or so I’d like to think
I’ve got no room for surprises or for another drink of you
With every shadow that came in to view
I thought my heart would stop when it was finally you
I’m like an empty boat if you’re the Bering Strait
You have the power to wreck me but I still think you’re great
With every shadow that came in to view
I thought my heart would stop when it was finally you
There’s only one way out, I’ve done about all I can do
I’m happy you’re here to see this one through and I hope that you’re happy too
We were standing in the kitchen and it looked like rain
You said I looked handsome, I thought you were insane
There’s only one way out, I’ve done about all I can do
I’m happy you’re here to see this one through and I hope that you’re happy too
With every shadow that passed and each one that came into view
I thought my heart would just break down and stop when it was finally you
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7. |
Where We Stand
04:36
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It should be said about these nights at three AM
When we’re speeding down the highway, driving ‘til god knows when
And I’m riding passenger but I can’t fall asleep
There's roads to find and time to bind- there’s more that we will need
And so we go, far away, hoping each and every time that we can do this every day
And so we go, far as we can, returning home before morning, letting our dream stand
My mind’s a reckless one and I’ll never know
Why there’s blue sky up above and red hellfire down below
With every load and all our might
Is this endless desire to burn forever bright
And so we drive late, every night
Hoping between tired brains and changing lanes we just might get it right
It’s what we strive for, but not too hard
If we really wanted any truth we wouldn’t need this car
I can’t wait for endless answers, one right answer, all wrong answers
I can’t wait for the right motive, a working compass, greener pastures
I can’t wait for cheaper answers, warmer answers, the right answer
So we go, do what we can
Do our best, try to find out where we stand
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8. |
Couple's Obituary
04:59
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We’re running the timer all the way out
We’re killing the meter, drive it down
We do this for the burn
Sit by the curb, watch your words, wait for your turn
I’m on the bus that goes downtown
Transfer to the train that heads southbound
I left all the sheets untucked
When you get home, you’re not alone, wait for my truck
Let’s call all of our friends
Or just the ones we’d want to see again
I’ll stop driving so fast when we figure how to make this last
We hung all the pictures with duct tape
When you peel them off that’s how the paint breaks
I left all the pictures up
The heater on, the windows propped and the doors unlocked
Heading eastward to 99
Radio off to make up for lost time
I wish we had left last night
Easy to see and hard to forget everything in sight
Let’s call all of our friends
Or just the one we’d want to see again
I think you should take the wheel, I’m having a hard time with what to feel
We’re running the timer all the way out
We’re killing the meter, drive it down
We do this to say goodbye
Fuck ‘em all, the building’s gone, see you next time
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9. |
21st Century Failure
02:49
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Feeling weird at the sight of my computer screen
Checking statements in between each bite I’m eating
I call a friend to find out where we’re meeting
I’d take the bus but with all those people I’m not feeling it
No no no no no no no no no no no no
Feeling weird at the sight of my computer screen
Feeling worse after every single bite I’m eating
I’m going home, anything to keep from drinking
I’m passing out to forget just where I’m sleeping
It’s almost time to say goodbye, I mean goodnight!
I’m a 21st century failure, too embarrassed to ever call home
And if you ever need a thing, baby, just know you’re better off on your own
I saw a portrait of a man who looked just like me
In acrylics, a hundred years old
His eyes were glazed over, staring just right beyond me
To a picture of a gal who looked like you
When you look at me so disappointed you can’t leave
I saw a pamphlet placed by hundreds others like it
It had a font and a layout, I’m sure
But right beside all its folded brothers, older sisters
I couldn’t tell the old from the new
And honestly they were probably equally useless
I’m a 21st century failure, too embarrassed to ever call home
And if you ever need a thing, baby, just know you’re better off on your own
Yeah, I’m a 21st century failure, no ambitions to call upon
And if you ever need a thing, baby, well I’d suggest that you carry on
I left behind a mess for you to see, I left behind a world for you to clean
I left it all behind just to see; I left it all behind to live the dream
I left the world behind I had to see if trying once was enough to succeed
I’m a 21st century failure, too embarrassed to ever call home
And if you ever need a thing, baby, just know you’re better off on your own
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10. |
Dump Truck
04:57
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After the taillights fade away to shades of black and smoky gray
The embers burned into the carpet after the smell of daylight quit
The cracks in the floorboard were made today and I listened to muted calls all day
After the ash tray blew away; strong northern winds versus hollow clay
Pissing on ivy, charcoal, porches, daylight breaks with no more warnings
With all these blood spots on tiled floors I don’t know what to believe anymore
Cat tails, black, and crabgrass, brown- I don’t know when all this came to town
I’d swear on all my sleepless nights if waking up most days wasn't a fight
I’d swear on hectic, empty days, if I could get a moment to break away
I swear I won’t sleep well tonight, covered in candle wax, all my fears in sight
And I can’t do this anymore
No I can’t stand up straight anymore
After I tried to lock the door, the hinges stuck to this torn up floor
The liquor cabinet’s locked tonight- all I hope is that we’re all right
I’ve left the light on to get things done and let all sets of neighbors reign destruction
Tonight this bed is finally warm but with these violent winds, my heart is a storm
And I can’t do this anymore
No I can’t stand up straight anymore
Well I can’t move and I can’t sleep
These dirty bones trapped in between the sheets
I’m longing for a sense of home
This fragile roof- it can’t support its own
And I can’t do this anymore
No I can’t stand up straight anymore
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11. |
Follow Your Own Dreams
04:50
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I was in my car alone, along the right lane, waiting for my exit
To my left at a standstill, I saw you staring at me, you were texting
Wondered if you thought what I did. Thought you looked like me. I looked away
Took my exit, went home, drank a beer. This was a very normal day.
I was at the beach alone and fully clothed at my own picnic table
Saw you by the snack bar. You were wearing the same clothes as the last time
Saw you with your friends. They look like me. I look like you but more unstable
I was about to leave all heated. Follow your own dreams, kid. This one’s mine.
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