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Like You
02:56
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Well lemme think, what’ve I been up to
I been trying really hard to be just like you
The way we’re so alike, it’s not so untrue
and with the way I feel about you, what else could I do
By the time we started talking every now and then
the time to get closer was so near its end
Feeling a little less skeletal than back then
Can you believe that you and I were barely even friends
I know as long as I have known you I have been sheepish
T-minus two hours til I’m ashamed of this
When I got to see you I was so blasted with bliss
Why couldn’t you have just up and give me a kiss
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Colorful
02:20
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It’s been a long cold winter and I’ve been feeling pretty dark
But at least I didn’t have to deal with cheesy couples in the park
Springtime’s rolling in, we’ve all been told what’s in the air
Yeah the grass is getting greener, I’ve been getting greener, too
All of the sudden I desperately need to take your hand
But there’s a problem, you don’t even know who I am
The sun has just set and the sky has fallen deep blue
and I have fallen deep blue, too
I got my lonely eye on you yeah, I see you every day
I wanna get to know you but I got nothing to say
My fate has done thrown me a heavy yellow lemon
That is, I’m “yellow”
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Terrible, Sloppy
03:02
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They are a terrible, sloppy band, alright
They are a terrible, sloppy band
It’s very hard to call them old or trite
They are to broken to be bland
And for this they keep him awake at night
He knows it’s quite far out of hand
He loves a terrible, sloppy band, alright
They are a terrible, sloppy band
You know he loves their demented sound, like foul odor
He doesn’t mind the way they seem to play the same song
over and over and over
They are a terrible, sloppy band, alright
They are a terrible, sloppy band
Not a charmingly sloppy band, alright
They are a terrible, sloppy band
They’re a terrible, sloppy band, alright
They are a terrible, sloppy band
Forgive me, I cannot be polite
They are a terrible, sloppy band
It’s as if it was only out of spite
Though it sure doesn’t sound so planned
They’re a terrible, sloppy band, alright
They are a terrible, sloppy band
You know he loves their awful tunes, though they’re next to murder
When they cross his ears I see them take him
further and further and further and further…
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4. |
Letdown
03:55
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I used to know these boys from Gainesville
yeah, they really had me on the line
I met those boys in a club, and then a ballroom
then I saw no more of them for quite some time
Months later I heard they had something new to show me
I hoped I would be pleased but I had my doubts
Their latest contribution was very painful
My faith in them was broken, out and out
Sometimes I think of days before the heartbreak
when they had it right, and I couldn’t be more amused
with their potent air of true camaraderie
but circumstances have left them confused
And saying that I know I cannot blame them
though the loss of it is hard for me to bear
but I myself have moved a new direction
In that respect, there’s something we still share, oh no
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5. |
I Still Want You
03:21
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The day had been long but the night had begun
and I thought I deserved to have a little fun
and that fun hit me hard, and I tried to decide
if my broken soul was dead or still alive
And it was plain for me to see
just why oh why this was happening to me
I still want you
So please please please don’t fan this flame
cause there’s fire for warmth but this fire’s just pain
and you know that it hurts so much more to be alone
when it seems good could happen but you know it still won’t
Yeah I know, I know this is true
but I can’t seem to keep my mind off of you
I still want you
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6. |
Confrontational
02:29
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Don’t know why I thought I’d try to confront you
thought it was the only way I could get through
my mind was such a mess so I had to
but I knew I wasn’t gonna convince you
Now you got your eye on some fresh new cool dude
and we know that he’s got his eye on you, too
and I knew he would be able to free you
??? (unintelligible)
When he told me outright I already knew
and I told him yeah yeah I know, me too
and I told him I was giving up on you
he asked why but I knew that I had to
Guess I know I never would’ve been right for you
though I probably didn’t want or need to
but I know I never met another one like you
guess I know I probably didn’t deserve you
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Elemental
01:17
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Well I’ve been down so low that I have sunk into the earth
and you and I and everything’s been covered up in dirt
and this dirt you pile upon me has done covered up my eyes
but now it all gets muddied by the water from the sky
The rain’s been falling down and I’ve been cloudy now for days
My vision’s been well shrouded by this non-stop rainy haze
I’m soaked and I am soggy and I’ve got only you to blame
but now it’s all been fizzled away by my new mad raging flame
My mind oh it’s been burning with a furious raging flame
and all of this world’s colors have begun to look the same
cause my vision’s color spectrum has lost most of its cooler range
but I guess it’s all blown over with the good old winds of change
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Billy
02:08
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(N/A)
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9. |
She Just Wanted To
02:24
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There was a little girl just like you and me, but
she wasn’t sick or demented, she just wanted to see, yeah
she had to see first-hand just what it’s like
she had to feel what it’s like to snuff out a life
She and some dude were hanging out on the tracks
They heard a train coming back behind their backs
It was just them two, no one else around
They were walking on the bridge, too high to jump down
She didn’t hate him, didn’t mind him, just one of the guys
He knew too well she was easy on the eyes
The sun was high, the sky was blue
and she knew just what she wanted to do
She felt the train nearing through her feet on the ground
She reached out to him and her heart did pound
He was surprised when he felt her hands on his back
and he never felt nothing more after that
She ran back home feeling high as a kite
Everybody knew about the accident by the end of the night
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Just Like I Feared
03:31
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I found myself outside my bed
I slept but I was not at rest
I thought that I might wind up dead
but I dreamt, just like I should have guessed
Things seemed to be just as they should
The ground below, the sky above
A fear caught me, like fire to wood
and this world fit me just like a glove
I think I thought I prob’ly ought
to think about finding a clock
I could not reach the room I sought
Threw a rock through a window
through a window through a rock
The clock, its glyphs were sparse and weird
There was no time for me to see
The house fell in just like I’d feared
I can’t stop thinking of entropy, oh
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11. |
Two Days, Then Five Days
01:33
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Me oh my, how I wanna try
But my oh me, only on the Ts
Yeah only every
two days then five days
then two days then five days
then two days then five days
after that
Think about it every week for an hour fifteen
then I beat me up for bailing out every waking minute between
Gotta do it in
two days then five days
then two days then five days
then two days then five days
after that
Me oh my, how I wanna try
But my oh me, only on the Ts
Yeah only every
two days then five days
then two days then five days
then two days then five days
after that, oh I need ya
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12. |
Slow Going
01:51
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The going is slow cause the weather is shitty
and all of you people are so goddamn pretty
the ??? especially when you can
see the apocalypse with such great clarity
My eyeballs are freezing, you’re under the table
I’ll get myself over as soon as I am able
The more I keep talking, the more I keep thinking
It feels like I’m living in some twisted fable
My tolerance for you is much less than astounding
You’re classically conditioned to vomit around me
You’d think that by now we’d all’ve known better
but it’s worth all the trouble at least for the comedy
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13. |
Mr. S
02:09
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God dammit Mr. S
You know I did my best
I tried and tried to get you off my case
God dammit Mr. S
You know I did my best
This kind of mess is such an awful waste
Why you gotta go and give me such a hard time?
Is it just 'cause I used to have a little trouble
being on time all the time?
Or is it 'cause you feel my will is not real?
Or because you're fighting to find out my deal?
I can tell you're not close to gettin' my deal
God dammit Mr. S
You know I did my best
I tried and tried to get you off my case
God dammit Mr. S
You know I did my best
This kind of mess is such an awful waste
Why you gotta go and give me such a hard time?
Is it just 'cause I used to have a little trouble
being on time all the time?
I tried so hard to get it right
But you just seemed like you wanted a fight
In this kinda place, that's so far from right
God dammit Mr. S
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14. |
Leech
01:10
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Aw, leech!
This ain’t your homework
It should just be a knee jerk
Wipe off that goddamn smirk!
Don’t try to fight it, you’re only making it worse
Now are you laughing for you, or are you laughing for me?
or are you laughing for you, or are you laughing for me?
Aw, leech!
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Tough
02:36
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This morning I said you had good timing,
cause last night I found myself finding
myself feeling different than I
felt I felt before
I was glad you had me to that party,
but my social skills are not so hardy
and I could not wait to find myself
the door
Yeah you’re depressed, aren’t we all, but
still I was surprised when I got your call
I’m not tough, but still I manage to
find a way to hide it all
This morning I said you had good timing,
cause last night I found myself finding
myself feeling different than I
felt I felt before
I was so glad you had me to that party,
but my social skills are not so hardy
and I could not wait to find myself
the door
Yeah you’re depressed, aren’t we all, but
still I was surprised when I got your call
I’m not tough, but still I manage to
find a way to hide it all
Yeah, so what if I think spectators will scrutinize me?
And so what if we can’t take intimacy seriously?
I want to do away with things you people bring out in me
I want to try not to live so apologetically
Let’s make each other uncomfortable
Let’s try not to impose
Let’s ruin each other’s chances
I think that’s the way this is supposed to go
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16. |
'S'kay
01:11
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He was a smug little bastard from a broken home
he would not hesitate to pick a bone
all the kids at school thought he was such a nerd
but he’s nothing but a series of rhyming words
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Well I sure do hate the feeling I’m not living life
but I sure can’t say my lively moments are really rife
I guess all I can say is that is part of why I’m doing what I’m doing right here right now
I don’t have all that much to say
but it’s not been all that hard to fake it
After all of this I said, you must think I’m pretty lame
but rest assured, I really mean it, I feel just the same
I really ought to think about what we all mean when we say “cool”
I shouldn’t lay myself so naked
I should try a little harder to fake it
I know it would be easier if I could just relax
but I’m truly well convinced that I’m just facing facts
yeah I feel that that’s the truth, as self-fulfilling as it may be
I really wanna lose this ache
but it’s really fucking hard to shake it
Aw help me!
So now I’m looking up, looking up
Now I’m looking up, I’m looking up
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Dan FitzGerald Chicago, Illinois
broke a 10 year hiatus for Prepositions
posted all my old stuff
free / pwyw
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