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Steps From the Lake
02:37
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STEPS FROM THE LAKE
drive down
downtown
south and then back around
your hands hurt
your head hurts
the sunset makes it worse
and the landladies say
you're steps from the lake
steps from the lake
weekends
you make friends
you dance drink and pretend
up town
your hair down
you smile and sink into sound
and the landladies say
make no mistake
you're steps from the lake
so your year wasn't great
but you know either way
like the landladies say
you're steps from the lake
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THEY WANT YOU OR THEY DON'T
did she deal the final blow
was she aiming for the throat
you used to sing it slow
they want you or they don't
and when olympia got cold
and serious as smoke
you'd go and hit that note
they want you or they don't
summer skin is shown
you could feel alone
they chatter on their phones
they want you or they don't
until stone-quiet stoned
and stretched thin as hope
the song became a joke
they want you or they don't
and you just couldn't wait
was it so hard to wait
i see you reaching for your coat
itching just to go
but you of all should know
they want you or they don't
i see you reaching for your coat
itching just to go
you just should have known
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JOHNNY WITHOUT JUNE
i had a dream the other night
and i awoke in tears
no one had told johnny yet
his girl had disappeared
the nurse she pulled the covers up
and hummed a folsom tune
a farm without a farmhand
johnny without june
and like watching a movie
i'd come to know by heart
he just looked so innocent
i just fell apart
it's crazier than columbine
crazy like the moon
cars without america
johnny without june
and those long late hours will never settle in
i have to sleep again
i have to try but then
my hand upon my lover's back
the sun will be up soon
a babe without a blanket
johnny without june
a phone without a phone book
soup without a spoon
cars without america
johnny without june
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4. |
Jodi's Fine
01:43
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JODI'S FINE
jodi's fine--so am i
in california
i cannot lie--jodi's fine
i'm only warning you
you're only trying to see if
maybe she's put on a little weight
she's gone from good as dead to
good as okay
jodi's fine--so am i
in carolina
i cannot lie--jodi's fine
so why'm i mailing her
i only want to see if
maybe she's put on a little weight
she's gone from good as dead to
good as okay
jodi's fine--so am i
we got a ways to go
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5. |
Good As Gold
03:13
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GOOD AS GOLD
silver clouds and golden stars
pin the corners of the park
where you will mingle long past dark
'til you forget who you are
and that i.d.
slim and trusty
no-one ever asks to see
and some echoes
won't let go
good as gold
almost
and i guess if you were so inclined
i'd keep pace for one last time
round for round 'til i'm half-blind
but you wouldn't call on your dime
hey that cell phone
that you call home
gets no cheaper when you roam
and some echoes
echo so
won't let go
good as gold
almost
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IT'S ALWAYS THE QUIET ONES
stuck in this country where
so north so west so fair
say it's always the quiet ones
and i'm here being quiet
so what's that halo worth
which pixels light up first
say it's always the quiet ones
but i don't think it's always
but you're so sure it's always
babe ruth's shadow lives in the stubble on your chin
and the way it's moving
and these shows just make you mad
all these gentlemen being had
real gentle just like dad
yeah he never was quiet
and no-one will call you out
out here there's little doubt
that it's always the quiet ones
but i don't think it's always
and you know it's not always
babe ruth's shadow lives in your bright and empty fridge
and your spotless closets
stuck in this country where
i'll soon be in mid air
say it's always the quiet ones
well i should have said something
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7. |
West Of Western
02:46
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WEST OF WESTERN
shelves as deep as we are wide
little wonder we're alive
stuffed with our collectibles
books and tapes and videos
turn the television down
we've got friends from out of town
and maybe they don't wanna know
all the news that's fit to show
still they're coming to get
get us west of western yet
where the snow melts and it sets
in the alley on the stairs
kids pull out each others' hair
'til their parents knock 'em back
dinner's served from paper sacks
and what's the radio to say
fire half a world away
so pull the drapes a little more
pour the wine and shut the door
still they're coming to get
get us west of western yet
where the snow melts and it sets
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8. |
For Greg #3
02:55
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FOR GREG #3
the call that morning didn't wake me up
but i found out about it soon enough
caught you staring out
from the kitchen couch
i worked a double and i tied one on
by the time i woke up you were gone
sailing so far east
on the briny sea
hollow as an empty coffee tin
the house feels like you might've never been
and the hardwoods ring
and the dishes sing
this type of thing just happened years ago
but no-one remembers so no-one knows
how it's supposed to go
with these piles of books and clothes
and they're sure to grow
all these piles of books and clothes
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THE IDEA OF HAVING CHILDREN
you applied and you got in
and you did good and stayed thin
to get a guy who had a heart
and didn't lie and did his part
to get the jobs to get the stuff
and when it seemed you had enough
it was then the idea spoke up
but the idea did not include
all the abuse and attitude
that she can throw with such weight
slut clothes out late
and does she drink and does she smoke
and is she easily provoked
and this is how the idea just broke
and talking won't help
talking won't help
why start now
now she's applied so you just wait
until she's in another state
she's sure to call a lot to start
but you've done your part
she'll try to smooth whatever's rough
and when it seems she's all grown up
will the idea still feel this stuck
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10. |
Ghosts Of 98
03:41
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GHOSTS OF 98
most had inklings that were hard to fight
woke up sweating in the middle of the night
and some had reservoirs hidden deep inside
but then their arches fell when they hit 25
and blood sweats alcohol and unemployment tans
the line snakes out the door for the world's greatest band
torching magazines in corners of the park
they set their watches back and pass out in their cars
yeah most had feelings 'til they dried up and flaked
cause there's no heaven if there's no heaven's sake
and i smell their smoke some nights on her fingers still
and i can only pray for all the days i've killed
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11. |
The Condensation
04:07
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THE CONDENSATION
what's your poison
a clear or colored one
just enough to stun
and put off heading home
boys will caution
girls play silly songs
and you just nod along
but you're not fooling no one
cause back at the house
she'll have white string lights blinking out
back at the house
there's no reason to cast your doubts
around
the condensation
swells until it comes
down the building fronts
saying bless you son bless you son
and back at the house
she's got white string lights blinking out
back at the house
there's no reason to cast your doubts
you know you lucked out
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THE O.M.
there's the corner
and there's the corner store
i greet the owner
it's what the corner's for
and there's the station
and we're all stationary
so it's written
so it's plain to see that
oh we'll overwhelm
we're not on t.v.
and we're all colored differently
just not as brightly
as the folks on t.v.
and we're not famous
and we will never be
and i'm a million
and you're a million three but
oh we'll overwhelm
oh we'll overwhelm
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13. |
The Balad Of Roy G. Biv
02:26
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THE BALLAD OF ROY G. BIV
hanging south of the underpass
such little wonder that
all circuits are dead
girls bored as bricks are red
and you're a tender one aren't you
you should get some orange juice
and go back to bed
sweating every yellowed edge
not as green as your money then
blue as a wonder twin
struck from the set
and no-one seems tired just yet
but it was never a sin to go
those first-storey windows
just mess with your head
it's not dark just violet
and when you get to the end
you run through them again
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