1. |
Everything I Want
06:17
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If you could give me everything that I wanted-
I wouldn't take it.
I lost a bag back at the train station
it turned out better
I make my money playing music
Isn't that so funny-
I better quit before I lose it
That ain't so funny, honey
I had to practice slow like a cactus,
the rhythm beat me faster-
Bodies embowed while the beats unfold
To the greater story!
The people say, that time is the master-
Well, if that's your story-
You better keep busy while you're working on your
pocket calculator.
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2. |
Ghosts
03:05
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Light winds closed all the windows
as good ghosts made room for another.
While pages from his brothers,
they made the daily news
The ghosts they all took cheers for him-
and in a color-gaze his eyes they opened
and he said the first words spoken
to the royal assembly.
I am a man, am I in a dream here
are these faces just my illusions
i am mad, and getting madder
what will my poor wife think of me?
And in a line each martyr each sailor, each captain
Karl Marx and the Dodgers, even old Charlie Chaplin
came to the stone piece, on which the man laid
and lowered their heads to the ground.
"My brother, my fellow-- Welcome with us",
said a man in the back, "We have much to discuss."
"You are not mad, in fact you are free.
As freedom as free-ing can be.
Take my hand if you wish I will guide you,
or say the words and we'll be gone from beside you.
There are pasts and presents inside you.
Have a good time and keep the key."
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3. |
You've Got It All
04:13
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i've been a stranger to you and to you
i dream that someday we all can break through, so i--
keep my heart open, until i am broken with
how do you do? i'm a nice person, you?
but you've go it all, it all.
i'm like a candle without any wax
i've long burned away yet i want to give back
i'm a fool for a man, shows what a human
can do with a chance that was made just for you
but you've got it all, it all
you've got it all i've been studying you,
you speak when it's right and you're telling the truth
and i know that you're right, i've known my whole life
that i cannot be the man i picture myself to be
the things i need are the things i can't see
but you've got it all, it all
[break]
say what you will i can't alter that
i've wasted so much time worrying about that
but i'm changing my mind
it's rumbles on my fault line--
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4. |
Shortterm Pleasure
06:00
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I don't want to die old and cold all alone in Cleveland
we quickly disregard all the moments we've been taught.
shortterm pleasure
is driving high
shortterm pleasure
with windows on both sides
shortterm pleasure
has got me feeling like a garden gnome.
smile is thin and i'm sleeping in
cause somebody has died in Cleveland all alone.
but i want to be in the city tonight
and you don't have to jump to take my call
but you better come running when i'm off my feet.
shortterm pleasure
knows how to find you
but shortterm pleasure is
always behind you
shortterm pleasure
is Hollywood, CA
when you're good to me i steal you're light
but then you get quiet
and i'm with you and we're lazy like an alleyway-
and friends don't have to jump to take my call
but they better come running when i'm off my feet
shortterm pleasure
don't want just a little bit
shortterm pleasure
i can't get a hold of it
shortterm pleasure
doesn't care what the neighbors say
when i'm with you i'm lazy like an alleyway
the complexity is simple,
blame it on the impulse and leave it alone
you keep me laughing when it's late at night
and you don't have to jump to take my call
but everybody come running when i'm off my feet.
shortterm pleasure
some people got everything
shortterm pleasure's
got me growing a beard
shortterm pleasure
i'll get over you in older years
shortterm pleasure
is buried inside you
but shortterm pleasure
is the best way to hide you
shortterm pleasure
good luck
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5. |
Final Place
04:38
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When I take my final place
well i hope it all comes when i'm ready--
not being scared when you're disappearing
well it seems a lot better.
i want later but,
it's not my choice
well i guess i got a say in it.
but if the moon is right, and i got my life
then i'll do my best.
Yesterday i was taking a walk
on my block
and i only notice,
the things that catch my eyes
and I know they're all made for me
that's why i want to live in the country
just lay me down and let the summertime roots
grow from me
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6. |
Killing a Waiter
03:16
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he had an in with the kids in the basement
it didn't matter if he worked on the project
people moving up in every direction
he'd gotten used to what he used as protection
face of the matter is he made it happen
wasn't used to letting his heart grow strong
but now he walks with a different purpose
it's better when you finally get further from something
but he's not pushing on like he's stuck in the pavement
a little less busy but he can't do that
i gave him change like he didn't expect it
things are better when you really affect it
he took a chance at walking the fat line
but things are different when you're a square
if he could pick up all the pieces he played for
he'd have a better time killing a waiter
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7. |
Angelfield
02:28
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i'm sitting on top of an angelfield
(repeat)
and the angels they hear singing
and everyone's believing
and we all got up to change
the video in the sky
the rampaging that goes around
it's own work of art
i see true fields ahead of me
i hear voices in my head
stories unfamiliar happening to me
everytime i run into an angelfield--
well they can hear when we quiet down
i'm sitting on top of an angelfield
voices softer still and slow
whispers that last in the glow
savor the moment ago
everytime i run into an angelfield
i'm sitting on top
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