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Rusted Radio
03:52
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You better punch your ticket
And hang on for the ride.
You better punch your ticket,
'Cause you're wasting your life.
Even though your down in it.
And, it's gotcha by the tongue.
Even when you want to end it,
It's only just begun.
Where do you run to?
Where do you go?
When the rusted radio you're chained to won't let you go.
I've got a belly full of cancer.
That's the story of my life.
I've got a belly full of cancer.
That's the story of my life.
And, I'm running out of answers.
And, my time is short.
I'm not sticking to the plan, sir.
But, thanks for the support.
Where do you run to?
Where do you go?
When the rusted radio you're chained to won't let you go.
I just need some sun
So I can grow.
I just need a place
That I can call...
home...
That's the story of my life.
That's the story of my life.
Where do you run to?
Where do you go?
When the rusted radio you're chained to won't let you go.
And you can't catch the feeling, no,
When you're high on the ceiling.
And the rusted radio you're chained to
Won't let you go.
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2. |
She Alone
03:35
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I was looking for love on a starry night.
I was looking for something that I knew I could not find.
It was my kind of moment.
I was looking to rock.
I was looking to roll.
I was looking for someone to move my soul.
It was my kind of moment.
And if I sing this song
I'm gonna sing this song for her
She alone steals the night from the stars.
She alone is the light of my heart.
I was looking to run.
I was so afraid.
I was falling in love in ways I could not say.
It was my kind of moment.
I was thinking of Frost.
I was thinking of Joyce.
I was thinking of sex in a Wallace Stevens voice.
It was my kind of moment.
She alone steals the night from the stars.
She alone is the light of my heart.
Don't walk away, please.
Please.
I was looking for love on a starry night.
I was looking for something that I knew I could not find.
It was my kind of moment.
She alone steals the night from the stars.
She alone is the light of my heart.
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Summer Machine
02:58
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She’s a blackbird under a blue sky
She’s a fast car, sugar my appetite
She’s an angel drunk on gasoline
And she’s all that I need
She’s my summer machine
Yeah, yeah, yeah
She’s my summer machine
Yeah, yeah, yeah
She’s the top down, groovin' to the radio
She gonna move me, turn me on baby-o
She’s an angel drunk on gasoline
And she’s all that I need
She’s my summer machine
Yeah, yeah, yeah
She’s my summer machine
Yeah, yeah, yeah
And she’s all that I need
She keeps her moving parts clean
She’s my summer machine
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(Here we go)
She’s my summer machine
Yeah, yeah, yeah
She’s my summer machine
Yeah, yeah, yeah
And she’s all that I need
She keeps her moving parts clean
She’s my summer machine
Yeah, yeah, yeah
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4. |
A Better Place
03:57
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I’m a sinner in this town
Where angels fall from blue
I spend half the day wandering ‘round
Just thinking thoughts of you
I don’t expect you to understand
When you’re near I tremble like a child
And you take me to a better place
Yeah, you take me to a better place
The sun is out, the film is on
But I can’t find the sound
You deserve a perfect song
I want to be the one to turn it right
I don’t expect you to understand
When you’re near I tremble like a child
And you take me to a better place
Yeah, you take me to a better place
I’m a sinner in this town
Where angels fall from blue
You take me to a better place
Yeah, you take me to a better place
Yeah, you take me to a better place
Yeah, you take me to a better place
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5. |
Sigourney Weaver
03:30
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I’m in love with American movies
I see one almost every day
Science fiction means everything to me
The word of God on a cathode ray
We're the church of the modern day cinema
Mother Mary was born today
A perfect way to model my behavior
I see her as the video plays
Hey, Ms. Movie Star, don’t go away
Sigourney Weaver, I believe her
She changed my life
A singletary Virgin Mary
In my eyes
Sweet confection, a perfection
She can’t hide
Hey, Ms. Movie Star, don’t go away
Jerusalem is southern California
Sunken down in the pit of L.A.
I took a trip on a modern-day airplane
I saw some films that made me pray
In one she was the savior of the universe
Another she was queen for a day
Another one she’s the wife of the president
What more do I have to say?
Hey, Ms. Movie Star, don’t go away
Sigourney Weaver, I believe her
She changed my life
A singletary Virgin Mary
In my eyes
The sweet confection of perfection
She can’t hide
Hey Ms. Movie Star
Don’t go away
Don’t go away
Don’t go away
Don’t go away
Jerusalem is southern California
Sunken down in the pit of L.A.
I took a trip on a modern-day airplane
I saw some films that made me pray
Sigourney Weaver, I believe her
She changed my life
A singletary Virgin Mary
In my eyes
The sweet confection of perfection
She can’t hide
Hey, Ms. Movie Star, don’t go away
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6. |
The 4th of July
02:58
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She’s as sharp as the Fourth of July
I want to know for sure
She’s making a hole in my life
So how could I beg? How could I cry?
She’s letting me down, down again
Letting me down, down again
I didn’t need anything more than a friend
But she’s letting me down again
She’s stinging like salt in my eyes
I want to know for sure
She’s fixing a hole in my life
So how could I beg? How could I cry?
She’s letting me down, down again
Letting me down, down again
I didn’t need anything more than a friend
She’s letting me down again
She’s as sharp as the Fourth of July
I want to know for sure
She’s letting me down, down again
Letting me down, down again
I didn’t need anything more than a friend
But she’s letting me down again
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7. |
See You Tonight
03:45
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Silhouettes and cigarettes and road lines
I feel the way the road winds
Driving for a long time
I just want to see you tonight
If I can’t I don’t know what I’m gonna to do
I’m gonna see you tonight
I’m gonna see you tonight
And its gonna make everything alright
I’m gonna see you tonight
Infinity is far between the star lines
Moving in a straight line
Fast along the timeline
I’m just wanna see you tonight
‘Til then I’m not breathing
I’m not sleeping
Time is an apparition
Somehow I have misjudged
I know the sweetest vision will come
I’m gonna see you tonight
I’m gonna see you tonight
And its gonna make everything alright
I’m gonna see you tonight
I’m gonna see you tonight
And its gonna make everything alright
I’m gonna see you tonight
I just want to see you tonight
If I can’t I don’t know what I’m gonna to do
I’m just wanna see you tonight
‘Til then I’m not breathing
I’m not sleeping
I’m gonna see you tonight
I’m gonna see you tonight
And its gonna make everything alright
I’m gonna see you tonight
I’m gonna see you tonight
And its gonna make everything alright
I’m gonna see you tonight
Tonight tonight tonight tonight tonight tonight
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8. |
God Lives in My Backyard
03:06
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Some say that God is hard to see
Mysterious and beautiful, infinite and free
That seems unusual to me
There’s things I see that no one sees
And God lives in my backyard
He’s out there fixing cars
He’s staring at the stars
He’s waiting for the end
Of the world to come along
He knows that times are hard
He’s cursing in the dark
He lives in my back yard
He’s dropping hammers on his feet
He sips alcohol from roses; he’s pissing in the leaves
Tap-dances parables, miracles for me
But he knows we see what we want to see
And God lives in my backyard
He’s out there fixing cars
He’s staring at the stars
He’s waiting for the end
Of the world to come along
He knows that times are hard
He’s out there drinking Harp
He lives in my back yard
Is this in my mind?
Can anybody see this fool but me?
Faith is hard to find
And silence is the golden word for
Supposed golden kind
I pray the lord my soul to keep
He sticks it in a jar out behind the weeds
He’s got the devil up his sleeve
And God lives in my backyard
He’s out there fixing cars
He’s staring at the stars
He’s waiting for the end
Of the world to come along
He knows that times are hard
He’s cursing in the dark
He lives in my back yard
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9. |
Sour Milk
04:34
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Did the devil grab your tongue?
With an over-easy sigh?
With his underwater eyes?
Every time you cry
Yeah, every time you smile
And every time you shine
You’re the queen of all you see
As you’re free to be yourself
Yeah, you and no one else
You’re free to be yourself
With treasure, heart and shelf
Free to be, free to be
There’s something more than this
Would you send me a kiss?
‘Cause I’m Gustaf Klimt
And I can’t find the words
Here in Webster’s list
So don’t you beat me down
With Luther’s fist
There’s something more something more than this
The king of what’s begun
In a caramel taffy shape
With his crystal razor face
And a copper penny taste
He’s a comet tail in haze
He’s a comet tail, a common tale
There’s something more than this
Would you send me a kiss?
‘Cause I’m Gustaf Klimt
And I can’t find the words
Here in Webster’s list
So don’t you beat me down
With Luther’s fist
There’s something more than this
There’s something more than this
Would you send me a kiss?
‘Cause I’m Gustaf Klimt
And I can’t find the words
Here in Webster’s list
So don’t you beat me down
With Luther’s fist
There’s something more
There’s something more than this...
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10. |
Throwaway, A Race Horse
03:12
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See the tears upon your face
Fall from one day to another
See the stars up in the sky
Falling from each other
See me here, singing low
Wherever you go
You'll always have a piece of me
To tell you,
"You'll always be right here with me."
Say "hello" on a dying day
Since nothing lasts forever
Say "goodbye" on a throwaway
See him running round and round and round
Wherever you go
You'll always have a piece of me
To tell you
"You'll always be right here with me."
Loser said, “We don’t say that”
Loser said, “We don’t dream alone”
Loser said, “We don’t say that”
Loser said, “We don’t dream alone”
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11. |
Don't Fade Away
04:31
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Suddenly I am on top of the world tonight
All I can do is stay in this moment and feel alright
You’re wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully pure and bright
All I can do is stay I this moment and feel alright
La la la la la la la la la la la la
Don’t fade away
La la la la la la la la la la la la
Don’t fade away
All I know is a place in your heart is right
All I can do is stay in this moment and feel alright
‘Cause you’re wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully pure and bright
All I can do is stay I this moment and feel alright
La la la la la la la la la la la la
Don’t fade away
La la la la la la la la la la la la
Don’t fade away
Come on precious; don’t lose focus and now
I don’t want to be stuck on the ground
I’m on your shoulders, ‘til the sun comes around
‘Cause you’re wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully precious
La la la la la la la la la la la la
Don’t fade away
La la la la la la la la la la la la
Don’t fade away
You’re wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully pure and bright
So don’t fade away, don’t fade away
You’re wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully pure
So don’t fade away, don’t fade away
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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