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Alibi
02:57
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is that your eye in the snow?
did your forearm pop out on the road?
we have the tech and steady hands
to rise up and meet your demands
please understand,
you were my
six million dollar guy
without your eye can you still see
the lonely child lost in the trees?
that snowy day in '77
the boy was caught between hell and heaven
please understand
you were my
six million dollar guy
please understand
you were my
alibi
see him now nooked in the elbow
no not a sound save the creaking ghost trees
looking mighty fine in his bright red track suit
poised to be the boy's defender
oh, tender a confession
six million dollar man
please understand
you were my alibi
out on that lane
his dreams did stand
cursing the lay of the land
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2. |
Push Me Down
03:04
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yeah, you punched me out
and you pushed me down
yeah, you pushed me down
and i loved you for it
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
yeah, you pushed me down and i love you for it
yeah and i wanted you true
and i wanted you to be mine
i wanted the rose to stay on the vine
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
yeah, i wanted the rose to stay on the vine
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
and i wanted the rose to stay on the vine
and i can't get in and i can't get out
but i know that what's within is what's without
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
i know that what's within is what's without
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
i know that what' within is what's without
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3. |
Gardens
03:16
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i can send you roses
i can send you safety pins
but all i want is to send you
to the gardens
the gardens where things grow
you can hold my hand just so
you can even make me glow
but is it me you wanna see
in the gardens?
the gardens where things grow
oh, it don't matter
oh, when my pulse is dancing
oh, it don't matter
when i feel your heartbeat next to mine,
well, i lose my mind
we can waltz like matilda
we can even toss it all away
but all i want is to wander through the gardens
the gardens where things grow
oh, it don't matter
oh, when my pulse is dancing
oh, it don't matter
when i feel your heartbeat next to mine
in the darkness
of our kind
i wanna find
you growing
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4. |
Lullaby of New
02:25
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i don't want to stay
in the comfort and the safety of solitude
wanna turn around,
wanna look away and go another way
it's a hand-me-down, like everything that ever did
come my way, no
nothing ever feels brand new anymore
life's a joke but
i kinda wanna give it another try
with a lullaby, little lady gonna sing you a lullaby
it's a hand-me-down, like everything that ever did
come my way, no
nothing ever feels brand new anymore
i only love people when they love me
but oh, i want to change
i need you lover
i need your cover
i need to hear you say ok
to another go
but is there any difference if you stay hight or low?
you gotta dig a hole, dig a hole and hope that your spirit grows
it's a hand-me-down, like everything that ever did
come my way
oh, nothing ever feels brand new anymore
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5. |
Lost Cause
03:58
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you're sorry eyes
cut through the bone
they make it hard
to leave you alone
to leave you here
wearing your wounds
waving your guns
at somebody new
baby, you're a lost
baby, you're a lost
baby, you're a lost cause
there's too many people
you used to know
they see you coming
and they see you go
they know your secrets
and you know there's
this town is crazy
nobody cares
baby, you're a lost
baby, you're a lost
baby, you're a lost cause
i'm tired of fighting
i'm tired of fighting
fighting for a lost cause
there's a place where you are going
you ain't never been before
no one left to watch your back now
no one standing at your door
ain't that what you thought love was for
baby, you're a lost
baby, you're a lost
baby, you're a lost cause
i'm tired of fighting
i'm tired of fighting
fighting for a lost cause
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6. |
Marks
03:17
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you try to make your mark
but the tides wash it away
you try and open your heart
to a world that's full of pain
the air reeks of despair
and the street of blood and tears
and time itself is savage doubt
running wild across the years
why not take it all apart
throw the worst into the fire
and keep the rest inside?
show me natural
when the civilized strive
for objectivity?
you try . . .
you try and make a change
and fight for what's right
fight for what's right
fight for what's right
what's right?
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7. |
Overflow
04:13
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i wanted you to come with me
i wanted you to see
i wanted you to swear allegiance
to what we could be
i was lost in sweet bliss caress
i was blinded by the shine
i gave you all the men inside
when one would have been fine
to give in to
to give in to
and overflow
is this a false positive?
i don't want to know
is there still a fire inside or
have we gone below?
one road leads to reason and
one to the unknown
vulnerability is what
gives you a soul
to give in to
to give in to
and overflow
tonight
i am cold in my bed
tonight
i am cold in my head
sittin' in this motel room
thinkin' 'bout a fire
wishin' for an easy night and
hopin' you're allright
i thought i saw a shootin' star and
i wondered where it fell
i keep seeing your face down
each and every well
to give in to
to give in to
and overflow
to give in to
to give in to
to give in to
and overflow
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why don't you show me
what you know?
why don't you tell me
why you had to go?
chest like a mountain
and hands of stone
built to remind me
i wasn't alone
this is all i ever wanted
and all that i can give
what's this between us?
what do we share?
i see you tower but from above
yeah you were broken
and it broke me
you never faced it down
and i'm still tryin
this is all i ever wanted
and all that i can give
yeah, i looked
into your eyes
but never saw you
much to my surprise
this is all i ever wanted
and all that i can give
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9. |
Meanbone
03:11
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10. |
I'll Go Crazy
02:13
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if you quit me
i'll go crazy
if you quit me
i'll go crazy
cuz i love ya, i love ya, mmm
i love you to much
if you leave me
i'll go crazy
if you forget about me
i'll go crazy
cuz i love ya, i love ya, mmm
i love you too much
you've got to live for yourself
yourself and nobody else
you've got to live for yourself
yourself and nobody else
if you leave me
i'll go crazy
if you forget about me
i'll go crazy
cuz i love ya, i love ya, mmmm
i love you to much
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11. |
The Maybe Song
04:16
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i’ll say no
but that doesn’t mean I don’t
want you to find out I’m wrong
don’t you know
there’s a way through the tornado
you can see it in the ocean of the sky
beyond the minds’ silhouette
and in the coldest night
you spend alone reeling from regret
you can go
i won’t wait for the signal to bolt
truth is told, truth is told
iron is gold
in a suspended moment of maybe
i’ll say yes
but that doesn’t mean that I don’t
need you to peer through the veils
be my guest
whether calling for heads or for tails
the more you stay away from
tenderness the less the story
wants to end itself
don’t you know that I would
give it all to charity to love you
on my soul
i would turn over every stone
on the side of the road
just to know
another suspended moment of maybe
another moment
of maybe
the illusion hangs upon
the barricades still rising
in the gap between
we can stand around
suppressing nature’s own
defenses willingly
i need you
to convince me of something true
in the world, in this world
need you to
suspend this moment of maybe
till and hoe
every field and every row
wanna grow
doe see doe
in a suspended moment of maybe
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12. |
Until Light
03:44
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will i ever find another lover
someone to entice and hold?
in the cold
see the dream is still a'comin
every morning deep inside my doom
in my room there's a bust of a playbunny
knocking at the window
crying bloody murder
stirrin' up the crazy day by day
there's no telling her to stop
it's a mystical refrain
keeps me remembering in vain
toss a penny in the well
there's no heaven, there's no hell
i am trying to stand firm,
trial by fire leaves you burned
lovers bouncing off my shell, off my shell
until light
in the norther hemisphere
a balladeer was loathe to eulogize
he was hidden away in a monastery
orchid blossom crimson tide
the divide
he looked into my eyes
and what did he see?
could it be that i don't want to know?
it's a matter of specific
intention
what if i don't feel like being alive?
toss a penny in the well
there's no heaven, there's no hell
i am trying to stand firm
trial by fire leaves you burned
lovers bouncing off my shell, off my shell
until light
you regulate the motion
the firmament's devotion
to kaos is astounding
even if somewhat grounding
i need you to help me understand
why everyone is lying
the system isn't trying
no matter what you do
nothing changes with the times and i
want you to reduce me to molecules..
to molecules
toss a penny in the well
there's no heaven, there's no hell
i am trying to stand firm
trial by fire leaves you burned
lovers bouncing off my shell, off my shell
until light
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13. |
Tandem Cycle Runaway
02:18
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autumn comes but lies restrain
old emotion, i, too, may
listening down, commotion still
holds them back no chance decay
tandem cycle runaway
shows up to feed your mind
false emotion memory
in space but not in time
in moving sand and falling air
and dying light you pose
how primary the question is
why data holds no weight
tandem cycle runaway
shows up to feed your mind
false emotion memory
in space but not in time
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