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1. |
Love You Forever
01:55
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I don't need a savior
I just want a girlfriend
The dying part I'm doing alone
But it's the lonely nights here
That make me want a near dear
Gal that I can call my own
I don't want to own her
I just want to love her
My lover with unquenchable thirst
For the kind of stuff that bees do
Heat that could melt igloos
From now until it's time for a hearse
Oh girl I'll love you
I'll love you forever
I don't need a savior
I just want a girlfriend
Who lives her life but still comes home to me
I don't get polyandry
My speed is more Ann Landers
But maybe just a little more pretty
I don't want to own her
I just want to love her
My lover with unquenchable thirst
For the kind of stuff that bees do
Heat that could melt igloos
From now until it's time for a hearse
Oh girl I'll love you
I'll love you forever
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2. |
Killing
03:48
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We were just getting by living out our days
Never had too much money but we always had food to eat
Momma done raised me right
She taught me to say my prayers
Daddy taught me the way to measure a man was by how he cares
For those he loves
By what he does
That words don't mean nothin' when there are things that need to be done
They say bad things come in threes
So I'm goin' down down
I lost momma to consumption I lost daddy to the plow
But I'm just sittin' here waitiin' for the angel
With that big black chariot
He's gonna get this killing done
It was a September Sunday
Momma was baking bread
Daddy was tending the horses
I was really sick in bed
I heard the kettle clack
Momma fell to the floor
Blood was coming from her mouth and nose
I got up and I ran to her
But she didn't last for very long
She'd been losing weight for days I'm sorry that I didn't know
They say bad things come in threes
So I'm going down down
I lost momma to consumption I lost daddy to the plow
But I'm just sitting here waiting for the angel
With that big black chariot
He's gonna get this killing done
Daddy was so broken; he started coughing too
But he kept working the land you know
Because that's what a man should do
He was angry at the Lord
But he told me not to fret
He said, "you've gotta keep believin' son even if you think
That god let you down, remember it'll pass"
Those horses kept on plowing while he fell into the grass
Bad things come in threes
So I'm going down down
I lost momma to consumption I lost daddy to the plow
But I'm just sittin' here waitiin' for the angel
With that big black chariot
He's gonna get this killing done
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Tennessee Daughter
03:15
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Casually sitting in a bar relaxing
Just sippin' on a drink, white wine
Monday, turn around
Little girl gonna sing
Well she's really pretty then suddenly
I don't know what's happening
Something 'bout a bus, and a boy, and Nashville
Forgot how to think
What's going on?
She's a Tennessee Daughter of a Jesusy mother
She's got lips like Burgundy wine
She's got hips like a princess and hair like a goddess
And eyes that make you see the Divine
She's a beauty like a morning sunrise
When you see her smile it make you high
She's got a voice like an angel and the power to make you
Feel things deep inside
That you've been trying to hide
Intentionally approaching her with caution
She's sipping on a drink, vodka soda
Monday
You turn around
Little girl smiling
Well she says thank you then awkwardly
Shake her hand then leave
Don't think about her much that following week
But something's happening
What's going on?
She's a Tennessee Daughter of a Jesusy mother
She's got lips like Burgundy wine
She's got hips like a princess and hair like a goddess
And eyes that make you see the Divine
She's a beauty like a morning sunrise
When you see her smile it make you high
She's got a voice like an angel and the power to make you
Feel things deep inside
You've been trying to hide
It's not that I love her
Or wanna make her mine
I just can't stop dreaming of her
All of the time
She's a Tennessee Daughter of a Jesusy mother
She's got lips like Burgundy wine
She's got hips like a princess and hair like a goddess
And eyes that make you see the Divine
She's a beauty like a morning sunrise
When you see her smile it make you high
She's got a voice like an angel and the power to make you
Feel things deep inside
You've been trying to hide
You've been trying to hide
You've been keeping inside
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Snowfall
03:47
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Bloomberg's Manhattan
It was cold that year
One percent of something sleeping in doorman buildings
The banks flat lining
Deep debt starts to turn into fear
Then it's one then another then another now something is happening
We are the ones who open the doors
We are the ones who drive the cars
We are the ones who make the food
We are the ones who tend the bars
Demonstrating a city government's discomfort with the truth
Peacefully everyone had something to say
Free people speak to money and power
With ideas keeping violence at bay
Still there were police and there was pepper spray
We are the ones who open the doors
We are the ones who drive the cars
We are the ones who make the food
We are the ones who tend the bars
Snowfall in Zuccotti Park
Snow fall again
Snowfall in Zuccotti Park
Snow fall again
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Euryphaessa
03:48
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A stripe wearing beauty queen
We met when she was broken hearted
We started kissing in the rain
I was hoping I could get something started
We both spent time in the city of brotherly love
There wasn’t a way to resist ‘cause
When I saw her I was falling in love
She wasn't ready for anything
She missed a guy who four months ago left her
But I still wanted her any way
Although I was old enough to know better
We both spent time believing in heaven above
There wasn't a way to resist ‘cause
When I met her I was falling in love
Some girls take a little time
Some girls make you feel high
Some girls you just wanna be inside
But this one made me wanna give her my life
When I saw her I was falling in love
When she smiled I thought there might be a god
When we kissed I knew what god really was
Wanted her near in the morning
But the timing wasn't right and I knew it
I still dream of her smiling
Holding her hand is what I wanna be doing
We both sat silent drinking whiskey in a room full of pain
There wasn't a way to resist ‘cause
When I saw her I was falling in love
When she smiled I thought there might be a god
When we kissed I knew what god really was
When I saw her I was falling in love
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Heaven
04:02
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Do you think there'll be brass bands in heaven
Do you think there'll be blonde girls in skirts
Do you think there'll be bourbon and white Burgundy
And a library full of the books that made us who we are
Do you think there'll be water to swim in
Do you think there'll be sushi and kale
Do you think that the fish will be mercury free
Do you think we'll have bodies to fill with the fish if they're there
I don't believe in a heaven
I don't believe we should care if it's there
Life is too precious to live just for then
Life is too short
Life is too short
Do you think that the boys will still love you
Do you think that the girls will have aged
Do you think that your mother will be there
Do you think she'll forgive you for all of the things that you said
Do you think there'll be crying in heaven
‘Cause tears wiped away sometimes come back
'Bout those mansions that everyone's getting
Will they be as big as Neverland or Paisley Park
I don't believe in a heaven
I don't believe we should care if it's there
Life is too precious to live just for then
Life is too short
Life is too short
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7. |
Leaving To Returning
04:15
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"We have time" she told me right when she was leaving
As she kissed me and walked out for another week away
"We have time" she wrote me when she wasn't in a place to call me
When her family was around her telling her to stay
Do we have time I wonder as I stand here thinking of her
Because having time and timing are everything
Will there be enough time?
Will we be ready at the right moment?
Will our heart and minds surrender to the forces in our way?
No way to know
Either way she's gonna go
If this was science fiction
I'd get myself a Delorean
I'd travel to where you don't need roads
And see if all her leaving leads to returning
If in the future she and I have a happy home
"We have real love” she told as we were waking in the morning
As she touched me and kissed me and took away my pain
"We have real love" she told me
As we were packing her bags for traveling
As I was getting ready to take her to the plane
Will we ever be alone together without extenuating circumstances?
She and I and time to be the people that we dream
She would draw the world her mind sees
I would sing her some bad poetry
We would hide beneath the covers and not be afraid to sleep
No way to know
Either way she's gonna go
If this was science fiction
I'd get myself a Delorean
I'd travel to where you don't need roads
And see if all her leaving leads to returning
If in the future she and I have a happy home
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8. |
Just About Now
03:21
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I've been using my senses
But I don't know what for
I've been trying all morning
To just get up and walk to the door
She's been calling me baby
For three days and I don't know when
After I leave here
It's ever going to happen again
So I roll over and kiss her
Tasting her breath and smelling her hair
She leans toward me and I touch her
I can see her we both stare
Listening to perfect silence
Both knowing the truth some how
That one will start leaving
Because we gotta get going right now
Well just about now
Goodbye to my eyes they only fail me
Goodbye to my ears they hear loneliness now
Goodbye to my tongue that tastes memories
Goodbye to my nose that's been breathing her
I've been using my senses
But I don't know what for
If I didn't have them
This would be easier
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9. |
One More Time
04:13
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One more time she's walking out the door
One more time I'm running after her
One more time she tells me was too much
One more time I tell her will definitely be enough
Just one more time
One more time I'm laying in my bed alone
One more time I'm dialing the phone
One more time she blocked my number
One more time my heartbeats louder than the thunder
One more time
When love leaves what's left over are pieces of a person
Who used to be
I see I'm not supposed to be so goddamn broken
‘Cause nothing in life is certain
But I don't know how to do it differently
One more time I'm calling all my friends
One more time I'm writing her a letter again
One more time Xanax a couple of
One more time I'm giving up, up on love
One more time
When love leaves what's left over are pieces of a person
Who used to be
I see I'm not supposed to be so goddamn broken
Cause nothing in life is certain
But I don't know how to do it differently
One more time she's walking out the door
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10. |
Sometimes I Try To Fight
04:31
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There are clothes on my floor that have been there for days
There are dishes and beer cans and boxes
I live in a cave
At least that's how it's been for seven days
Sometimes I try to fight
Because I don't know what else to say
It's been quite a year the best one so far
But right now I'm lonely hungover and tired on my way to the bar
‘Cause darlin' I want to be right where you are
Sometimes I try fight
Because I drank too much to cry
It's snowing on New Years in Brooklyn
The sky speaks my mind in a way
It's cold and it's dark and it's grey as cement
Yeah I'm stuck with this heart that might break
Because my baby is so far away
I pushed her away I do that so well
Sometimes it's the whiskey sometimes my desire
Sometimes it's the smell of a soul left alone that doesn't know what to do with itself
Sometimes I try to fight
Because I think that's who I am
It's snowing on New Years in Brooklyn
The sky speaks my mind in a way
It's cold and it's dark and it's grey as cement
Yeah I'm stuck with this heart that might break
Because my baby is so far away
Sometime I'd like to believe that love doesn't have to hurt
It's cold and it's dark and it's grey as cement
Yeah I'm stuck with this heart that might break
Because my baby is so far away
It's snowing on New Years in Brooklyn
The sky speaks my mind in a way
It's cold and it's dark and it's grey as cement
Yeah I'm stuck with this heart that might break
Because my baby is so far away
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11. |
Israel
03:01
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My heart was dead when you found me
I thought your love could ground me
But I'm taking pills nightly and I still wake up crying alone
I thought that we would travel the distance
Because the nights beside you were blissfulness
There isn't any way to make another person stay when they're done
When did you start lying?
I thought that I knew your heart
And the things we said were true
I believed you when you were on top and you told me "baby I'm coming too"
You said we'd go to Israel
Or maybe Ireland
At the end of your Birthright trip
We'd go traveling sometime this fall
Sometime this fall
I really wish that you could just relax
And darling please give me my heart back
I'd like to have some answers your behavior is confusing enough
I woke up in your arms in the morning
You were crying as the car was arriving
We were saying our goodbying while planning for when I'd be arriving
You imbibe so many people's thoughts
I'm not sure what really comes from you
You're a gift
You're a girl
You're a con
Who are you? Where are you?
You said we'd go to Israel
Or maybe Ireland
At the end of your Birthright trip
We'd go traveling sometime this fall
Sometime this fall
Love comes and goes
It rarely lasts
We shared so many songs I wanted to believe
Here for a moment then where did you go?
We planned to sing so many other things
You said we'd go to Israel
Or maybe Ireland
At the end of your Birthright trip
We'd go traveling sometime this fall
Sometime this fall
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12. |
Beside You
03:01
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I made love to a French girl in a hotel by the Mekong Delta in Vietnam
I tried to pretend she was you but she wasn't
Wherever you are
I hope you have somebody who loves you
That's something I haven't got
I spent a month with an English girl traveling around Cambodia
I thought she'd be enough to erase you but she wasn't
Whoever holds your heart
I hope that he's really good to you
But not as good as I was
The streets I walk are on places you've never been
But the stars above are the same ones we could see
When I was beside you
I gave my all to an LA girl while she was living in Manhattan
I held her for a while close to my heart until she broke it
I hope you're warm tonight and that you're not lonely
But if you are you probably deserve it
The streets I walk are on places you've never been
But the stars above are the same ones we could see
When I was beside you
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13. |
Thread
03:54
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Get me a needle and thread
I got a heart that's mostly dead
Sepsis is setting in and I think I can fix it
I'll drive the needle down
To the place where the nerves gave out
Sewing my broken heart while my body bleeds out
While my body bleeds out
Woman you break me
You shake me up and you make me
Feel like tomorrow won't get here because the sun stopped shining
Woman you take me
Down through the bowels of existence
I'll be crawling around wondering how I can stop the bleeding
Get me a needle and thread
I got a heart that's mostly dead
Sepsis is setting in and I think I can fix it
I'll drive the needle down
To the place where the nerves gave out
Sewing my broken heart while my body bleeds out
Marybeth why do you hate me
Why do you do things to make my body
Move with an uncontrollable quake that won't stop hurting
Well Marybeth I loved you
Even after all you put me through
I would have stayed forever if you had asked me to
Give me a needle and thread
I got a heart that's mostly dead
Sepsis is setting in and I think I can fix it
I'll drive the needle down
To the place where the nerves gave out
Sewing my broken heart while my body bleeds out
While my body bleeds out
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14. |
Perversion
03:35
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There was no doubt
Where the light was
Coming from
Her eyes were
Like sunbeams
Her heart was a solar system
They figured it out
What to do how
To love
Keeping each other
Warm
Through the winter
Then the thaw
Time to go
Love is not a roadmap it’s a road
You follow it or you don’t
Perversion
Is loving someone
Who loves you back
But walking away
Holding her hand
Reflecting the
Moonlight
Her lips were like
Chocolate
Her words were like oxygen
Bathed in red light
Taking off her
Clothes
Her heart was
Willing
Her body had already been given
Then the thaw
Time to go
But love is not a roadmap it's a road
You follow it or you don't
Perversion
Is loving someone
Who loves you back
But walking away
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