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An Ear to Scream In
05:32
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I fought for that before.
Something is different now.
No one will miss it.
It won't be noticed, and I won't wonder
If I'm warm enough standin' in our old place.
I've got plenty left to say to me, and no one.
I mean, shit? what are people sayin'?
What are people doin'?
In a moment I'm back with Jon.
He fucking called it man, and I hated him
for that.
I have nothing left.
A blank page is not as nice as I'd like.
Nothing is fine.
I'll never ask, even if I need it.
I'm standing in the elbow room, and everyone has got their favorite pair of ears to scream into.
I hear Rhiannon from earlier,
and Stevie doesn't give a damn
about some man.
I fought for that before.
Something is different now.
No one will miss it.
It won't be noticed, and I won't wonder
If I have enough standin' in our old place.
I've got plenty left to say to me, and no one.
I mean, Shit?
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Sentimint
01:29
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Sentiment, Oh Sentimint
There's no to to pass along your sentiment
'Cause I have enough of your sentiment
And I can get mint anytime I want!
And I gotta be in the mood for mint
And I don't even like mint!
Especially when it's.....
Sentimint
Oh Sentimint
The world has too much sentimint
or maybe just enough of the sentimint
And I just like to sing the word sentimint
But I don't even like mint
You know when you get a mint dessert
And all you can taste is the mint
Mint, Mint, Mint!!
After one bit, I'm sick of the mint!
I'm sick of the mint!
But I'll never get sick of...
Sentiment
Oh Sentimint
Oh Sentimint
Oh Sentimint
Oh.......Sentimiintaaaaaaaahhhh!!!
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3. |
You Can Believe
05:36
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Sad Card Counter
05:42
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If I look hard at everyone I see, will I find what I lost about you?
And about me?
No one makes me laugh without breakin' the ice,
And the news stands. Stop looking for your perspective...
on the night.
I can't go out there with all those other people,
and expect them to decide not to......
crucify.
There are no crickets near when everyone is busy talkin,
and a pin did drop. Sure as shit.....
somebody coughed.
Well I watch Bob Tikepe, and on a stage is where he spills his guts.
No one needs to wonder if they'd listened.....
quite enough.
There's a sad card counter counting cards in my heart.
Winning every hand wonderin' if I'll.......
ever start .
Mountains move while unsuspecting crowds laugh and sing...
while mistaken reflections are reflecting off........
of everything.
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Perception
05:42
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It's got to be your perception of reality.
It's got to be the way you see things in your mind.
Makes this picture of the world as it's goin' by.
I go walkin' in the park at night.
and I know I just don't feel right getting by being high on life.
I walk to the corner and the man says "Hey there, wanna buy a dime bag?"
And I say thanks man, I'm doin fine gettin by, being high, high, high on life.
I call you up late at night, just trying to make things right with you.
You say, oh no Joe, I just can't take no more of you, but that's alright, cause I'm getting by being high, high, high on life.
It's got to be my percption of reality, It's got to be the way I see things in my life.
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Robot Pocket Socket
05:17
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Newsflash: Starting on August 1st, all new fathers must set up their newborn child"s cell phone account & then cut the umbilical cord.
Blling! I got a robot in my pocket, Bling! It rings so I take it out and text to it. We're wearing these things like a locket. Soon we'll have them implanted in our brain sockets! Our brain sockets! Bling! Excuse me while I check my Snapgram & Insta-chat. Oh, these computers kids these days, I tell ya. We're at the peak of our puppy powers! Our puppy powers.....
We are the link between apes and civilized human kind. Monkeys motor functioning in the daily sitcom saga, with laugh-track leaves from the trees audience. But we keep cutting down all the trees to make room for the next strip mall bank. Have humans broke the earth's yoke? No, not quite. But they sure have scrambled the white of it's egg. Bling! Hey look, I got another twit on my Facecrack! Blling! I got a robot in my pocket. Blling! It rings so I take it out and text to it. WE're wearing these things like a locket. Soon we'll have them implanted in our brain sockets.! Our brain sockets!
Newsflash: Now you can have your income taxs done in the comfort of your own mind. Just lie back, and close your eyes, and we'll just deposit your return directly into our bank account, I mean! Your bank account. Blling! I got a robot in my socket! Aaaahaah..!!....!..!!
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7. |
My Train
03:20
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My train has not yet come now
Time is movin' on
My girl's gettin' anxious
Gotta roll up out of this town
But, I can't keep rollin' don
That same ol' stinkin' hill
Fishin's been slow now
Work ain't but a thing
I need new horizons
The kind I'v never seen.
But I can't keep rollin'
Down the same ol' stinkin' hill
Same old people callin'
Talkin' that same old shit
They must have missed their ride now
Won't let that happen to me
But I can't keep rollin'
Down the same ol' stinkin' hill
Before my daddy left me
If he taught me only two things
Don't let anybody count your money
No one else can set you free
I can't keep rollin'
Down the same ol' stinkin' hill
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8. |
Power Lines & Trees
05:00
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Power lines and trees....and my weak knees
Trying hard to find the best part in the breeze
With a soft heart, and some brief interuption.
How much longer before we go on?
We could hem our costumes, but then I'd better back off.
The guitar sounds mean, and frankly so do you(I).
Just because it lands in the right place doesn't mean that I have what it takes.
Just because it lands in the right place doesn't mean I'm gonna move.
But I do.
And I do.
I won't leave anything left unsaid.
Feels like the king of making everything awkward.
Casually upset, is emotionally conquered.
And a song lands a little too right on the nose.
You've gotta leave something to imagination I suppose.
Power lines and trees, and my weak knees....
Power lines and trees, and my weak knees....
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Driving Down the Road
04:20
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Drivin' down the road I got nothin' to do, waiting for the time when I won't think of you, gonna pass on this one man, I'm feeling alright. Gonna lay my head back and just wonder why.
I wonder why I look like I do.
I wonder why you look the way too.
I wonder why people stay up so late, and I wonder why I can't never get a date.
I wonder why people just don't care, wondering what the hell the government's doin' over there.
I wonder why people pay with their time it must be yours or it's got to be mine.
If you know me you know I don't want that.
I wonder why gasoline isn't free, why not everyone in the world can not eat, and I wonder why my girl drinks all the time then again, she wonder's why I think she's min.
I don't know, that's just what my daddy said.
I don't know, that's just the way it is.
I wonder why we're all worried bout safety, it seems like the best things in life always hurt.
I wonder why they keep passing me by, oh yea, that's right I'm already high.
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