1. |
Ballpoint Pen
03:27
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It’s no big mystery
No matter what you think.
The losers writing history
Just use a lot of ink.
Aliens with bigger brains
Will send a robot probe
And poke around in our remains
On a dusty lifeless globe.
They’ll find a trophy of our race:
a ball point pen with Tinky-Winky’s face
Happy now and then.
You don’t need a shrink
Our a couch to lie down
Buy yourself a drink
And wear a happy frown
If we all cease to be,
No cause to be upset.
’cause there will always be
a sunset.
In Spring I’ll be remembered.
At best I’ll be a name
In a book by next December
with every page the same.
Aliens with bigger brains
Will send a robot probe
And poke around in our remains
On a dusty lifeless globe.
They’ll find a trophy of our race:
a ball point pen with Tinky-Winky’s face
Happy now and then.
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2. |
Bitten
01:41
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Just now I said goodbye to you
the same as every morning.
But who knows when your karma's through?
It happens without warning.
You never know when a sleepy peck is just a see-you-later.
At any step in the daily trek
you can go to meet your maker.
So then I’d wish that I’d said more
and paid you more attention.
Why I let you out the door
is beyond my comprehension.
And don’t you miss a chance to say
I love you. Do not wait.
That’s what they always seem to say after it’s too late.
Chorus:
Every time we say good-bye,
if I thought it was the last, then I
would never let you out again.
We’d lose our jobs and go insane.
Every time we say good-bye
They say you should live every day
as if it were the last one.
That seems a most effective way
to lose your marbles fast, son
When you’re coming up the drive,
should I run out in slow motion? Yes of course you’re still alive,
So why the morbid notion?
Chorus:
Every time we say good-bye,
if I thought it was the last, then I
would never let you out again.
We’d lose our jobs and go insane.
And don’t you miss a chance to say
I love you. Do not wait.
That’s what they always seem to say after it’s too late.
Chorus:
Every time we say good-bye,
if I thought it was the last, then I
would never let you out again.
We'd lose our jobs and go insane.
It will be true one day
One day but not today.
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4. |
Ordinary Life
02:18
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I don't believe in ordinary days
I'm somewhere in the springtime now
It could be early May
I'll be leaving with you in the fall
I'll leave this place behind and I don't mind at all
Chorus:
We may find it's a very ordinary life
But I don't mind
I'll run away with you
To find my home
In summer in the city in the heat
Waiting for the days to cool
The ground beneath my feet
I think about the winter and the snow
When the leaves start falling down
It will be time to go
We may find it's a very ordinary life
But I don't mind
I'll run away with you
To find my home
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5. |
The Foot Of Our Stairs
04:08
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Well I went to the foot of our stairs
I could wait but there's no-one there
In the morning
In the evening
In the rain
In the winter
In the springtime
And the rain
Well it's a starry night tonight
And some of those stars are unusually bright
In the winter
In the springtime
Still the same
In the morning
In the evening
In the rain
Don't ask me while the World is speeding past
Don't ask me why the sunlight fades so fast
And the morning brings the rain
Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs
Well I'm hoping I'll find you there
In the morning
In the evening
Still the same
In the winter
In the springtime
In the rain
I suppose I'll be moving on
With the wind at my back still whistling some old song
In the morning
In the evening
In the rain
In the winter
In the springtime
And the rain
Don't ask me while the World is speeding past
Don't ask me why the sunlight fades so fast
Or the morning brings the rain
Well I went to the foot of our stairs
I could wait, but there's no-one there
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6. |
A Little Song
02:59
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Sing a little song about me. All about me.
Make a little sound from my name, just from my name.
When I was your friend
I was all you needed
When I was your friend
I was all you had
Today the wind is cold around me, cold around me.
This train is taking me from your town - out of your town.
When I was your friend
I was all you needed
When I was your friend
I was all you had
Sing a little song
Sing a little song
When I was your friend
I was all you needed
When I was your friend
I was all you had
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7. |
Did You See My Email
02:51
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An Internet page with my
Name on and my photograph
Someday you could go there, we could
Meet up, we could have a laugh
Though I won't be there
I'll virtually be there with you
Some pixels on your screen
The closest I have ever been to you
I've changed it since you saw it
Last, now it's all black and red
With the poems that I wrote for
You, and all those pictures of my pets
Though I won't be there
I'll virtually be there with you
Some pixels on your screen
The closest I have ever been to you
One day you'll come by my page
And then you'll see who I really am
Did you see my email?
All about the page I sent to you
On someone else's blog
I saw a message seemed to be from you
One day you'll come by my page
And then you'll see what I want you to see
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8. |
Revolution
04:54
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What I offer you is a story about your world
Things that once were good have all been bought and sold
Your world needs to change and take a new direction
We should treat the past like some kind of infection
If you follow me I'll lead you where you like
Take the back seat now you tell me where, I'll drive
I'll go slow or fast to anyplace you want
There is just one thing now I will never stop
Chorus:
It's revolution time now, a new solution
It's revolution, It's revolution
It's revolution time now, a new solution
It's revolution, It's revolution
What I offer you is a story about your world
If your past was bad then any future's good
I'll work hard for you if you'll work hard for me
Just don't ask me what this brave new world will be
Chorus x2
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9. |
Something In My House
04:42
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Take me somewhere else
To run around in the sunshine
Until the night comes falling down
Take me far away
To another place where I can stay
If I leave here
Pack my bags and on my way
Where all I do is what I say
Or if I stay here
Anchored in this place and time
Where what I do is all I know
Something's in my house
And it won't let me leave
x2
Something's in my house
Behind the bedroom door, it's always looking at me
And I think it calls my name
It follows me I'm sure
It's always sneaking around without a sound
Rpt Bridge
Three bags in my car
Don't know what's inside them
But it's everything I own
Don't think I'll get far
Not even on my way, not today
If I stay here
Change won't get the best of me
Who I am is who I'll stay
Or if I leave here
One more bag I'm on my way
It's what I do not what I say
Something's in my house
And it won't let me leave
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Uncertain
03:53
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You need a better kind of person, to learn from
You want a way back in to my world, from your world
You close it off and close it down
You're in the dark without a sound
I need a better way of living,
It wouldn't hurt to be more certain, I'm certain
I'll help you through I'll hold your hand
I'll pull you through, if you just hold out your hand
We all know there's a lonely place, we all like to go
And we all go there
The falling rain becomes a curtain,
Now you can't make your way to my world, from your world
It shuts me out and shuts me down
I'm in the dark without a sound
The falling rain makes you uncertain,
Now you can't make your way to my world, from your world
I'll help you through, I'll hold your hand
I'll pull you through, if you just hold out your hand
We all know there's a lonely place, we all like to go
And we all go there
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11. |
Last Free Lunch
02:33
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You can't launch a sinking ship or three,
can't launch into a stormy sea,
while hanging from a local branch
You can't be king in a fifties ranch.
They'll lynch me now the die is cast.
The time to change my mind is passed.
I tried the long shot in a crunch,
so this could be my last free lunch.
They didn't have to declare a fatwa
I never said I was a bodhisattva
I'm sipping on a pina colada
I'm the richest guy riding on the MARTA
Eating candy inside a pinata
This never happened to Frank Sinatra
I'll bet it's all a cinch, I’ll bet,
so have a blast but don't eat yet.
You'd best forget my half-assed hunch,
or this could be your last free lunch.
I've had my fill of the bitter pill.
Before you put my bacon on your bill,
gimme a shot of the passion fruit punch,
cos this could be my last free lunch.
I know you wish I was smarter
But I never said I was Jimmy Carter
I gave ten dollars to my alma mata
Signing up for the magna carta
Eating candy inside a pinata
This never happened to Frank Sinatra
I've had my fill of the bitter pill.
Before you put my bacon on your bill,
gimme a shot of the passion fruit punch,
cos this could be my last free lunch.
gimme a shot of the passion fruit punch,
This could be my last free lunch.
This could be my last free lunch.
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12. |
Summer Storm
03:40
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All this rain and thundering
It kind of leaves me wondering
If love isn't all it's supposed to be
Just heat consuming energy
But it gave no light at all
To me
I thought we could do without gravity
Knew we could use more levity
You said we had time for everything
Together we could do anything
But you gave no light at all
To me
This won't last it's a summer storm
And every cloud will soon be gone
But even though the rain is warm
And from now on it won't take long
I can't bring myself to wait anymore
I left town in a thunderstorm
Rode that train through a silent dawn
At night I woke in another place
The moon shone down with the same old face
But it gave no light at all
To me
This won't last it's a summer storm
And every cloud will soon be gone
But even though the rain is warm
And from now on it won't take long
I can't bring myself to wait anymore
This won't last it's a summer storm
And every cloud will soon be gone
With all the fireworks and fireflies
It's time I came to realize
There'll be no light at all
For me
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13. |
Out Of My Depth
03:09
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I'm out of my depth
In over my head
I'm hoping things get better
I'm swimming around
Hoping I don't drown
I couldn't get much wetter
Ten suits stand in a line
Flashing ties in bright sunshine
Lying to me all the time
I'm supposed to feel just fine
You think I want to win
But I'm just trying to fit in
Suddenly you've changed the rules
I stumble round you like a fool
Oh whatever the weather
I'm blowing like a feather
My request has been denied
I only asked to run and hide
Chorus
One man stands on the deck
From high above I'm just a wreck
Now I'm falling overboard
We're still ten miles from the shore
Oh whatever the weather
I'm floating like a feather
Cruising on the White Star Line
I'm holed below the waterline
Chorus
You're speeding past my bow
I'm to stern but you're two prowed
Awash with all that I can take
I can't sleep here in your wake
Oh whatever the weather
I'm sinking like a feather
Ripples spreading all around
Three times now I'm going down
Chorus
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