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pitchfork gave this a 6
03:12
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i used to chase all the girls
now i know it's only you i need to move
i've heard that you can be harsh
so i'm hoping that these words aren't lost
you're so important and clever too
a tastemaker, beautiful, and cool
my whole future now rests on you
and i'm hoping, desperately hoping
that my love speaks through
it's up to you
baby, it's up to you
so i guess there's nothing left for me to do
except wait until you love me too
you could break my sensitive heart
cause you decide what the world will make of
all the things i hold dear in my life
disregard what it took me to write
you're so well cultured and so verbose
you're the true artist, you create the most
and you can make all my dreams come true
so i'm praying to you my friend
you decide i'm BNM
it's up to you
baby, its up to you
so i guess there's nothing left for me to do
except wait until you love me too
i'll just wait until you love me too
sit around and wait until you love me too
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LA haze
aimless days
thinking about the one that got away
can't refrain
leftover pains
waiting for the news to tell it plain
crashing waves all around us
and the stars set out to sea
i took you in my arms
and you kissed me
how many days
since i've seen your face?
can i really complain?
i'm just another loser in LA
LA haze
aimless days
knowing that i'll never do anything
spared my change
wasted brain
thinking i'm worthless i can't say i ain't
pretty people all around me
driving fast to make it somewhere
i don't belong at this party
i don't belong anywhere
how many days
since i've felt ok?
can i really complain?
i'm just another loser in LA
she told me that she missed me
so i hopped on a train
and took it down through the hills
just to see you babe
how many days
and have i changed?
can i really complain?
i'm just another loser in LA
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lullaby
03:43
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what's a song you play before bed
that colors all the dreams you will have?
if you wait i'll be there
to sing a lullaby and hold you near
i may forget words and sing it wrong
but close your eyes and play along
drifting far away, i'll say
darling, i love you
and i always will too
(always will love you)
darling, sleep soundly
all the night through
dream of clouds and sunny days
the kind that take your thoughts away
no need for rules or reality
everything is real anything you can be
smile the smile you've been hiding away
and disappear into nothing
drifting far away, i'll say
darling, i love you
and i always will too
(always will love you)
darling, sleep soundly
all the night through
let the night take you away
sweet dreams tomorrow's on it's way
don't you worry don't you fear
i'm by your side i'll always be here
and if i'm not just sing this lullaby
and drift off to sleep darling of mine
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weekender!!!
02:15
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live for the weekend
those two days
let's go get drunk!
let's go get laid!
live for the weekend
not today
let's go get drunk!
let's go get laid!
it doesn't matter that she's failing school
or that she lost her job at chipotle this afternoon
cause she's still got cash and some steam to blow
and the boys will take her anywhere she wants to go
chill vibes only that's what she says
the good times will never end
it doesn't matter that she's putting on weight
and that she barely sleeps and she barely eats
cause she still got friends they'll always be around
anytime she wants to go hit the town
chill vibes only that's what she says
the good times will never end
she don't wanna grow old
and she don't wanna be bored
she wants the life that she sees on tv
where everyone is so happy
live for the weekend
those two days
let's go get drunk!
let's go get laid!
etc, etc, etc.
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the desultory one
04:21
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disappointing my father since i was born
abusing my mother's love exchanged it for scorn
giving up on good friends they gave up on me
forsaking all the old wisdom destroying my teeth
and every time i go outside i see a great big world
that holds nothing for me
losing interest in the things that used to interest me
change my career daily along with my identity
too many possessions i think they're possessing me
i don't know who i am but don't tell please
and every time i meet with friends and see their lives
i see people i could never be
don't worry man, no worries man
it's alright, you're still young
(not that young, sugaree)
so don't worry man, no worries man
you've got time, go have fun
(nothing's fun, sugaree)
yeah don't worry man, no worries man
go and live, go be dumb
(you're so dumb)
and I'll remain the desultory one
thinking i needed a hobby i started to smoke
wishing that someone else was in on the joke
always taking a break i don't have to take
procrastinate on the things that i want to make
and every time i see a girl and she smiles back at me
i fall in love helplessly
don't worry man, no worries man
it's alright, you're still young
(not that young, sugaree)
so don't worry man, no worries man
you've got time, go have fun
(nothing's fun, sugaree)
yeah don't worry man, no worries man
go and live, go be dumb
(you're so dumb)
and I'll remain the desultory one
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sweetie pie
02:59
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sweetie pie
she’s coming today
to blow us away
i heard the newsman say
sweetie pie!
she’s coming our way
to destroy everything
man she’s gone crazy
sweetie pie
she’s big, she’s dark
she’s howling away
tearing trees from their bark
she’s mean, she’s strong
look out man
she won’t be too long
sweetie pie
she’s coming today
to wreck our place
go get out of her way
sweetie pie!
she’s coming our way
she’s got something to say
i don't think it's ok
sweetie pie
she’s big, she’s dark
she’s swirling around
ripping buildings apart
she’s mean, she’s strong
i think we’re safe here
but I’d hate to be wrong
oh sweetie pie
she’s gonna getcha!
lookout we’re all gonna die!
sweetie pie
she’s coming today
and she’s so angry
man we’ve got to leave
sweetie pie!
she’s big, she’s dark
she’s hurling cars
throwing giant glass shards
she’s mean, she’s strong
run for your lives
here she’s coming along
she’s here, oh dear
SWEETIE PIE!
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7. |
leaves in the pool
03:25
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well i said i was gonna quit ciggys
well i said i was gonna quit booze
and i still haven't done either
and there are still leaves in the pool
i don't wanna see another picture
(no more pictures)
i'm sorry, but you upset the mood
(you upset the mood)
and i think you must be the devil
(you're the devil)
cause you've got such nice shoes
i threw it all away
i burned it to the ground
and don't remind me too
there are still leaves in the pool
can't concentrate on my work again
(it's not working)
i gotta smoke it or blow it off
(don't blow it off!)
potential means ya gotta do something
(just do something!)
or maybe just accept the loss
i threw it all away
i burned it to the ground
and don't remind me too
there are still leaves in the pool
i wish i could get back to
not giving a fuck
i think that's the best kind of me
instead of the one who gives up
i threw it all away
i burned it to the ground
and don't remind me too
there are still leaves in the pool
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sitting on the rug
03:25
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your bookshelf half full
with the words of those you used to want to know
your closet overflows
with the garments that you thought would somehow make you cool
and the drumset sits by the bass
and the guitar never in its place
and the sun cuts through the pain
of the window beside your brain
and you're sitting on the rug
you're just trying to pass the time
and you're sitting on the rug
picturing a simpler life
your goals fantasies
all the things you could do what you wanted to be
your time spent carelessly
throw away the days to get back to sleep
and the keyboard sits on the shelf
and the shaker is by itself
good intentions left on the floor
choose distractions out the door
i say there's no reward that i seek
that what i make i make just for me
but is it wrong to crave company
to applaud my mediocrity?
and you're sitting on the rug
you're just trying to pass the time
and you're sitting on the rug
picturing a simpler life
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she told him that she had fun tonight
and he just grinned that awful grin
she said well i guess goodnight then
and he watched her as she went in
then he waited for her lights to go dark
watching from the darkened nearby corner park
all he wanted was just a strand
of that girl's flaxen colored hair
he primed his lucky scissors
and climbed the fire exit stairs
opened his special plastic baggy
it was designated for new hairs
opened the window careful not to make a sound
and leapt through it in a single graceful bound
all he wanted was just a strand
of that girl's flaxen colored hair
well he snipped and he clipped away
(he snipped he clipped away)
until the lights switched on and to his dismay
(to his dismay)
he saw not that pretty girl
(not that pretty girl)
but an angry man feeling for his curls
(oh no where did they go?)
fighting blows across his back and to his face
he shrieked out what a terrible mistake!
all he wanted was a just strand
of that girl's flaxen colored hair
(gimme your flaxen hair)
(i need your flaxen hair)
(i love your flaxen hair)
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these old clichés
03:39
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well people say love comes when you least expect it
or at least when you go decide to go catch it
they say find the one you can't live without
and if you don't you'll still be alive you'll just be without
mystified by her strange ways
i'll hold onto anything
give me wisdom
ease my pain
all i've got are these old clichés
these old clichés
well people say that true love is blind
is that the truth that you'll choose when she stops seeing you
or that absence makes the heart grow fonder
well if you haven't seen her for long then it's bound to be longer
mystified by her strange ways
i'll hold onto anything
give me wisdom
ease my pain
all i've got are these old clichés
these old clichés
love will find a way
(it'll find a way)
that's what they say
love will find a way
(that old cliché)
mystified by her strange ways
and so tired of these old clichés
i hope something will change
or a shotgun's gonna say goodbye to my brain
love will find a way
(it'll find a way)
that's what they say
love will find a way
(that old cliché)
(fuck these old clichés)
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an old rock n roll song
03:09
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she said to play something sweet
an old rock n roll song
well i borrowed some chords
i knew she wouldn't mind at all
love comes
and love goes
it's easy to fall in
not easy to let go
so hold onto this
the moment before a kiss
when you look in her eyes
nothing better exists
she said to play something sweet
an old rock n roll song
well we both started dancing
and we would dance all night long
feelings come
and feelings go
they're easy to lose
not easy to let go
so hold onto this
the moment before a kiss
when you look in her eyes
nothing better exists
she said to play something sweet
an old rock n roll song
we were happy together
even if it didn't last long
she said to play something sweet
an old rock n roll song
i said the words went i love you
and i hoped that she would sing along
i just hoped that she would sing along
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her life an unmade bed
cheap wine and cigarettes
she figured that's all she would ever need
waiting for another lie
a child, a smile she could never hide
guessed that everyone would one day die
unrelenting days
her sweet malaise
the battle lost
the prize i never won
and here come the waves
to pull us away
taking grains of sand
as if they meant something
inhale a divine breath
drawing in the helpless
limits known except a fear of the end
gone are the yielding days
(gone are those days)
limpid eyes willing mine
(but not mine)
tremulous lips of lust break the day
mothers of mothers
a child of all
by virtue together
forever will fall
and here come the waves
to pull us away
taking grains of sand
as if they meant something
(all alone, truth is shown, fortune seen, time to leave)
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why won't the world
open some doors?
reward me
give me my dreams
you can't deny
so gifted am i
must have everything
am owed everything
day after day
clock ticking away
i don't dare to try
(why try?)
i already know what they'll say
they'll say baby, you'll never get what you want
baby, you'll never get what you need
baby, you'll never be anyone
so forget it man, go ahead and leave
won't someone come take me away
where everything would be ok?
moonlit love and songs we'd make
and everything would be ok
when you've got nothing to lose
why not take a pleasure cruise?
go ahead and let down your hair
pleasure cruises go everywhere
i don't care
just take me anywhere
noticed the time
late to go whine
feel bad for me
i suffer comfortably
unending days
just a wage slave
why can't you see
so genius am me?
baby, you'll never get what you want
baby, you'll never get what you need
baby, you'll never be anyone
so forget it man, go ahead and leave
won't someone come take me away
where everything would be ok?
moonlit love and songs we'd make
and everything would be ok
when you've got nothing to lose
why not take a pleasure cruise?
won't someone come take me away
where everything would be ok?
moonlit love and songs we'd make
and everything would be ok
(take a pleasure cruise, nothing else to do)
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bad manion Los Angeles, California
they found me in the congo banging on my bongo
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