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Miles In Between
03:35
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I don't know where you are but I'm on my way there now
Then I can tell you everything I should have said
I can't afford a car but I'll drive myself somehow
The distance adds up slowly, hanging over my head
We once were everything, you should have seen us
Then fate took hold and sent me on my way
Now there are infinite miles in between us
But I'll be coming back to you someday
I see you everywhere but I'm missing you a lot
The maps I've held are taking to falling apart
I'm waiting for your call on the phone I haven't got
But it's all worth it for another shot at another start
Back to all the trouble I caused
Back to all missed chances and broken laws
Maybe there isn't a place or time
But it's a state too late to change my mind
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2. |
Carbon 60
03:14
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All around you, nature prowls
Fighting nurture's endless growls
Internally, you decay just a little bit each day
But you can't turn around, no you can't turn around
No you won't
Carbon sixty, human zero
Time to realize you're no hero
Start the stopwatch just to ponder
Every minute is a minute squandered
No you won't believe the graying hairlines
And burning books and bankrupt airlines
You know you can't be too intense
Prepare to stop the elements
Goodbye sunbeam, goodbye world
All your fears have been unfurled
Counting atoms, isotopes
Sure to linger through your hopes
No you won't believe the dwindling hours
The darkened suits in ivory towers
You know you can't be too intense
Prepare to stop the elements now
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I moved into a brand new condo in the sticks
And for the most part I'm enjoying my new digs
A heated pool, an laundry room and competitive rates to match
I figured there just has to be a catch
Not one week later, walking through the parking lot
I finally noticed that there was a caveat
I saw my neighbor from a couple buildings down
Since then that crazy blonde's been chasing me all over town
Now I'm stuck in a crisis and I don't know what it's about
And I'm sensing the madness and I've kind of been freaking out
And I'm feeling so sick inside and I'm wanting to heave
'Cause Anne Heche is at the door and she won't leave
Come on
I tried to trick her away by turning off the lights
She just kept babbling about Six Days, Seven Nights
She regales me with tales about Ellen
And now I'm so distraught
I don't care if she's a lesbian or not
I've installed four new padlocks
And I've screened my incoming calls
And I'm hoping I can't catch insanity through the walls
And I can't help but wonder what she's got up her sleeve
'Cause Anne Heche is at the door and she won't leave
Let's go
Holing up in the basement and I feel like an idiot
'Cause she's trying to get me to join her on the mothership
And I'm so overwhelmed no and I need some room to breathe
'Cause Anne Heche is at the door and she won't leave
Oh, everyday is a nightmare, every night my confusion grows
'Cause she reenacts moments from Psycho and Augie Rose
And I'm tempted to tie her up and ship her to Tel Aviv
'Cause Anne Heche is at the door and she won't leave
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Monkey Beer Run
03:02
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Climbing down from my tree when the leader tells me to
I daydream of the Caspian Sea and scrape around the barrel
Why can't I dial nine to escape from the task
That's been engraved deep in my mind
Where I'll get out of this monkey beer run
All this time that I take going backwards and forwards
This is not my idea of fun
And I'm starting to notice it's all smoke and mirrors
Don't wait up for me 'cause I'm done
Finished up with this monkey beer run
Look around at the insect moving shelter to shelter
As they scream, "God save the queen" and sort out her apparel
I punctuate that last remark with an exclamation point
Aimed right at my heart, but I'm too smart
To get out of this monkey beer run
I'm not afraid of opening up to new things
But what new things are opened up
Among the tired and the lonely to remind us that
There's something other than what we've been given
That we're privy to attempt?
I've thought about it before
But why consider donning all the eloquent experience
Like a badge upon my sleeve in all the mediocre attempts
To be different on a level that nobody has considered
When to get there I must give up everything that I swore?
Bid goodnight to this monkey beer run
All this time that I take going backwards and forwards
This is not my idea of fun
And I'm starting to notice it's all smoke and mirrors
I'm constantly jumping the gun
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5. |
Velvet Crush
03:01
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She needs no introduction
She'll be waiting out by the civic center
And all the girls, they'll try to put her to a stop
But she'll clear out in a dust cloud shaped just like her
And she loves the rush, sips on her velvet crush
Thinking of the past loves in the Carolina sunshine
She keep tabs on all her boyfriends
One by one by her bedside they form a line
And as the following morning sneaks in
She'll ask the flavor of yesterday to resign
She thanks you very much for being her velvet crush
Freedom comes too fast, love in the Carolina sunshine
And all the leaves change colors
And days fade into others
And I just hope she knows that nothing is her fault
Nothing's been her fault
She is drunk and out of sorts now
She can hardly even reach the telephone
And as she wrestles with the demons that her story tells
She'll tell me that she can't bear to spend the night alone
And on her velvet crush I say I'll keep in touch
Like a rifle blast in the Carolina sunshine
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Copy And Paste
03:45
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I don't think you understand
Just how easy it is to be a one man band
But why keep writing so many words
When there's only handful that the audience heard?
Put down your pencils and turn in your exams
I'm playing music but I'm also playing all of my fans
And when I'm on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine
You can say I've got a familiar face
But as for the talent, well it all went to waste
'Cause all I do is copy and paste
There's nothing new and exciting
And the melodies I crank out don't seem so inviting
The measures are redundant and poor
It's the same exact beat from 1974
The timing climbs up to a fevered pitch
I'm legendary but I'm mostly just a son of a bitch
And when you pay the cover to get into my sold-out shows
You will marvel at my lack of taste
All the genius before me has now been erased
'Cause all I do is copy and paste
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