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The Music
03:22
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I can see you need forgiveness
Though you could never ask it of me
Outright
But I could no sooner absolve you
As I could forgive the first rays
Of morning light
You can't hear the music
Because you are the music
I know you're scared so much of your days
Dissolve way into
A dreamless sleep
Where you see a life gone astray
I see a blooming grove
Of love and inspiration
For every castaway to reap
I know that you’re so sorry
I forgive you
And want you to know that
I'm so sorry, too
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2. |
Creature of Habit
03:34
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We mistook our youth for prime
While we were getting old
But we sure had a time, boy
Before you got too bold
I understand you cannot stay
Believe me, I do
I’d react the same way
If I were you
Of all the things you’ve said of me, there’s none I can deny
And there is no other side of me that I have tried to hide
Still I guess I should have told you when I walked into your life
That I, oh I, oh I, oh I'm
A creature of habit
The thing is I’m not quite as mean
As I try to seem
But you know I cannot say
That I didn’t mean it
See, I became a master
Of the narcopathic smile
Imperious and pearly white
Is my perfect style
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3. |
Beer in the Morning
04:05
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Late at night when the cuckoo’s crying
He wakes the tyrant in my head
Can’t get it right, but at least I'm trying
To look sharp and get out the lead
And win the bread though no one relies on me
Me to keep them warm and fed, I mean
It's no big deal, but I dream of dying
I don't see any light up ahead
All I see is the water I tread
I always drink beer in the morning
Yeah, that’s how I spend all my pay
‘Cause I can’t get away from the bright sunshine
And I gotta try sleep all day
Yeah I gotta try to sleep all day
Cold sweat can appear without warning
Like the doubts that keep gumption at bay
So I guess that I’ll keep on towing the line
And hope I find a better way
Yeah, I hope I find a better way
On the street, see them catch those feelings
And try to unload a little lust
While I choke down the pills to start my evening
Lurking by like a sleazy mollusk
Unsafe while the sky is blazing
Shut my eyes until it’s dusk
I close my mouth to keep my mind from screaming
So pardon me if I sound brusque
I'm less a man than I am a husk
Well, how do you do?
It’s so nice to meet someone new
I hope you’re giving me clues
That you’re happy to meet someone, too
Maybe we could screw
Then go out for a drink or two
I don’t mean to be rude
But don’t meet many people like you
And I don’t have much time
And I’m barely this side of my prime
So please be kind
And we can make one another feel fine
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4. |
I Ain't Dumb
05:05
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When I’m not aware of you with all my senses
Everywhere I go feels like a foreign land
But I’d rather miss you than go on pretending
That I’m not just living to be your man
Thought I preferred being alone
And learned not to ask took much from life
Now I spend my time waiting by the phone
Hoping that you’ll save you’ll be my wife
Now I’m getting old and I’m too tried to play it cool
Like I ain’t waited my whole life for you to come
I know the way I act makes me seem like such a fool
But baby, baby, baby, I ain’t dumb
Sought out the cold ones, every sweet one turned me cruel
Consoling myself with the lie that life is just a drag
And when I met you, and I broke every rule
Threw my fear in the trash with the red flags
I was trying hard not to fall in love
But my heart just gave itself away
I won’t remember what I was so afraid of
When I call your name on my dying day
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5. |
Bishops
03:06
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6. |
One Woman Man
03:58
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I seem like a prince, is it for real?
Well you don’t know
Maybe all that chivalry’s for show
A good man is hard to find
Well that’s just how it goes
Sure as hell won’t settle for a pose
That I’ll discard like dirty clothes
Baby don’t you worry
Baby don’t you cry
Baby ask me any anything
And I swear I’ll never lie
But I don’t know what I can do
That will make you understand
That in this life there’s such a thing
As a one-woman man
Remember this
Only you have all my love and tenderness
Without you, I’ve lost my love and tenderness
When things got spooky
I was there to treat you good
I’d have taken your place, if I could
Does that not count, dear,
All the trouble we’ve withstood?
You don’t get a pat on the back for doing what you should
Take your good works to the priesthood
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7. |
Hey Dorkmeyer
03:43
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When I was 8 you brought some women and you got me outta bed
I said I'll take the blonde one, then you told her what I said
You could make me feel so small, you could make me feel unique
When my pop called me Picasso, said "At least he ain't no geek"
Hey dorkmeyer, can’t you see?
I got a hole in my glass
Just like that night you hated me
When I was stuck in the past
Singin' help me, help me, help me, help me, Rhonda
Thought your family was uptight, man, I thought they looked down on us
We gave you a place where you could drink and laugh and smoke and cuss
But they understood the meaning of the bottle on the shelf
With the freedom that we gave you, you slowly killed yourself
Tell the one about Texas, or the time you played New York
Tell the one about that bitch who dragged your sorry ass up north
Thought your wife couldn't take it, thought she didn't understand
She got stuck with a drunk when she mistook you for man
I think about your last days, living down South
No place left to run your filthy, quick, and brilliant mouth
You were tryin' to make nice with the good ol' boys
The kind who don't hear music, they say it’s all just noise
But they didn't wanna know about somethin' dumb as culture
They swarmed your drunken Yankee carcass like vultures
When my mother called and told me that you died alone
It broke my heart to hear it but I’d already known
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8. |
Dodge
03:54
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I won’t let you see my cry
I know you can’t handle my
Looking so undignified
I can’t wait to be alone with you
You got me though so many nights
Telling me what’s it’s like to die
It was the sweetest lullaby
It’s a telling I’ll never undo
But I still feel alone when I’m with you
You just remind me you’re still far away
Lay down your arms, I don’t blame you
That someday’s curdled to shame
You got a lot on your plate right now
You wanna talk but you’re not allowed
You know I’ll make it through somehow
I know you wish you could be here with me
I’ll be right here years from now
Not missing much anyhow
I have your word but not your vow
I’m yours on the day we’re all free
I got nowhere to go without you
I'm never gonna get out of Dodge
Patience is no virtue
If someday’s only a mirage
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9. |
Names Like Daylight
02:20
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My pockets are as empty the look I wear on my face
But I know you think the problem is a hole in my heart
But ain’t it you can endure only liquid embraces?
And only from disembodied arms?
Pull your name out of the night
Doubt’s the blade that cuts the deepest
Do not fear the dead of light
Names like daylight keep no secrets
No one left to give the rite
Nothing left you need to confess
Hide it all right in plain sight
Use the world to keep your secrets
Culling nightmare knowledge like it’s from a dirty magazine
Righteous tongue and lips with a raunchy curl
I don’t need to see it, and it ain’t my apathy
Who really wants the power to change the world?
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10. |
Gleaming
03:57
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It’s so unbearably clean
I dream that you intervene
I reach you for, I push my hand into the seam
We need to be touched more than be seen
I wish I could trade desire
And all the guilt you’ve acquired
All the good you tried backfired
I can see it’s made you so tired
I’ll give you everything
I’ll tell you all I know
If these white and peaceful wings
Can ever bring me home
I have never felt cold
I’m safe and warm and controlled
I wish I could feel the fear you have of getting old
Don't let your secrets go untold
You’ll say goodbye to me
Inside my fever dreams
I promise you will see
Me blooming, bright, and gleaming
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I don’t mind that I’m always alone
But my heart’s not made of stone
I’ll never make it on my own
I just know that someday
I’ll meet the girl of my dreams
I don’t mind that it’s cold in my bed
Because I keep my hope well fed
I see it clearly in my head
I just know that love’s not
As far off as it seems
I don’t blame the government
Or the climate scientists
I don’t blame your daughter
That we never get through this
We made our choices, don’t feel bad
It was nice that we had what we had
Don’t let the memories drive you mad
You’re your purest when you’re sad
I don’t mind that you weren’t the one
But our adventure still was fun
Now that it’s all over and done
I get a new chance
To dream it up again
Don’t you mind, and don’t question
If we still share some passion
That’s the dead weight of old burdens
And I’d rather daydream
Than remember when
It’s not your fault you need to stay
With the slob with the cushy job
That pays the bills for the pills
That replace your pain with a nodding haze
You're right maybe we should’ve let it die
And not let our love ossify
We’d be free of hope, free of denial
That there could ever be a you and I
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