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Rachel
04:06
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Sunshine
it's been a long time
and I know you have
somewhere to be
some things to do
some friends to see
What can I say?
Rachel
you're my angel
now tie your shoes
you fell behind
and there's so much
to see outside
Come and find me
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Turn out the light
when this old world gets too heavy
there’s nothing to fight
You were wrong
you can’t control what you stole
it was yours all along
When we’re apart
there is a tunnel that runs from my
brain to my heart
But tonight
somehow the light will come find us
it’s a matter of time
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Sad airplane
02:21
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Oh my love, today is gone
the chaos may have won
but I can write a silly song
I remember at the park
we talked til after dark
I shared with you this one remark
Though I haven't much to say
I'd really like to stay
I wish I could forget today
Darling, pacing through your room
your earrings and perfumes
Innocuous, this sense of gloom
Leave your parents and your friends,
your books, cds, and pens,
the habits that you can't amend
Though I haven't much to say
I'd really like to stay
I wish I could forget today
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Shine down
02:52
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Let them all believe you
when you ask them
to go
when you’ve lost control
Surely there’s a reason
see the bird of the air
see the sun
shine down on everyone
Still you hold the ransom
in the black of the night
driving home
we have miles to go
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Waiting for you
03:43
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"If the stars align
they won't catch me, not this time"
He whispers to himself
quiet wishing they'll pin someone else
Pin it on you
I'm always waiting on you
Through the alley light
seems he's always looking for a fight
And he keeps his jaw clenched tight
when he turns a corner he looks twice
Looking for you
Feels like I'm only looking for you
Time to call it quits
got a taste of his own medicine
When he's drinking just to sleep
only from a dream he wakes to weep
Dreaming of you
I guess I'm dreaming of you
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Hobbes
02:32
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Then just like that, you came in from the rain
You'd changed your hair but your eyes were the same
We exchanged words 'bout our lives and our jobs
You'd bought a house and a tabby named “Hobbes"
We parted ways but I thought of you still
Went home and found our disposable film
One where we're laughing and looking away
Somewhere downtown on a blossoming day in May
Here in my memory, we’re still so young
Last time I saw you, so strung out and white
High off the pills you were taking each night
I didn’t know but could see in your eyes
The hatred and pain you were feeling inside
If memory serves, we were 16 years old
Just as naive as the stories we told
We shared CDs, clothing, and poetry
Now that I’m older, they're special to me and you
Here in this picture, we were so young
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Take the path on the right
Still a long way home
Just a natural response to a forbidden road
Never break the rules
What's the matter with that
Baby come home baby come home
I need your eyes on this
I lost my treasured trash
Just want that good old soul
Don't need to doubt that I still got it
Never break the rules
What's the matter with that
Baby come home baby come home
Never looked so long
At this crystal ball
Never looked so long
Baby come home baby come on
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Started with a breakdown
Understanding nothing
Lovers for the taken
Teaming up with danger
Deep and effervescent
Placid like a stray dog
Kiss me on the pay phone
Need this feeling to shake down
Stray dog
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If I was born last week
That'd put your heart at ease
A shady spot for free
The fools errands' run
You never thought through this
The needles eye still shut
I made it once before
Nearly called my bluff
Like I was born last week
You think without control -
You'll really get so far?
The fools errands' run
You said it once before
And tally on your wall
Remember where you're from
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Fancy Numbers - Bark
03:02
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You bet, bet I would fight like a dog in the prime of his life
In the heat - the heat of the night
Night where the viscous make plans say goodbye to their wives
If I rose - rose to the height of the occasion
the tallest of podiums
I know - I know who to bluff I know where to sign, when to call
it a day but this feels so right
Out of my way
You're learn... learning to laugh. Learning to laugh at the scene of the crimes you caused
On account - account of the day
A counting that cost so much you can't behave
Or see
See through the hoops
See through the fog I'll cut straight through with a knife
I know when to jump, know when to crawl But when there's no one to please it feels so wrong
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Every time I bury my head underneath the sand
The backing tracks to nowheresville start lighting up the spot
I can't help but laugh it off
Left the mountain high above
And the caustic view of the valley low
The balance feeding back
Just sparks in the wind
Finally giving up the act
The chaos doesn't feel the weight
The cosmos never cure the ache
As simple as a parachute you jump and pull the strings
With all the instincts you packed away
Save yourself and pull that string
Last call and the morning medication in your gut
43 and now mistakes are bags that punch you back
You'd swing but you can't see the sucker
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12. |
Fancy Numbers - Woman
01:12
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Woman, why do you cry?
When you know what's at stake
For a man who is wild
Embrace your lucky stars
Lean into the slow dance
I'll pull strings for you
Lick a wound or two
Lay your hands on my lucky heart
Burn out my golden eyes
Woman, why do you cry?
When you lose what it takes
you'll be carried for miles
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