1. |
In My Car (Introduction)
04:48
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lyrics:
It’s just a gut feeling
I’ve got to be leaving
I’ll take my car
And I’ll see the stars
In my car, well I won’t need you
Or anything
Twist the key, lurch forward
Unsatisfied urge for
To take too far
And I’ll see the stars…
Solo Verse to Chorus
I scare too easy when I pump the gas
And go too fast, help me
I don’t like running, I just like to hide
Behind the glass, help me
Turn the wheel, sharp right and
Fell right out of sight, man
It’s au revoir...
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2. |
Clouds of Fog
03:55
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And I--I couldn’t bear it when
My mother said
No I--I couldn’t beat it when
When she said
“We only love our dogs
When we want to.
We lose them in the fog.”
I told her it’s not true,
But she said “I know you,
I know you do.”
Uke riff
And I--I could see her tears
Could see her years
Yes I--I could feel her tears
Could feel her years
Chorus and Riff extended
She, she beside herself sighs
Outside it’s cold
She, she saw through this mist and left
Forgets her coat
Chorus and Riff extended (I know you do 3x)
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3. |
Knowing I Can't
03:50
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I chase along a long unforgiving road
She’d blaze ahead and then gasps out code
My voice zigzags; nothing leaves my throat
Just choke down dust; feel it coming close
Growing older growing thin
Knowing I can’t keep up with them
Keep up with them
Sweat floods my eyes again
I can’t keep up
Oooh, ooh, ooh … (2X)
A pack of wolves, they gain on me
And after all, my heart’s still meat
My wave is opaque, nobody will see
They nip at my heels as I retreat to dreams
Growing older growing thin
Knowing I can’t keep up with them
Keep up with them
Time and space just like plotting twins
I can’t keep up
Keep up with them
Birth parts them and it begins
Ooh…
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Petrified by your slumber, and no doubt you’ll be shaking by the dawn--
milky with the hurt--
You hope for the even drone of a motor somewhere, hushed in distance,
to soften worries.
Honey for your psyche.
But is the cold comfort of a white noise truly the lullaby?
Or is it a mask,
bland soundtrack, built to blur some bad dream?
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5. |
Workin Odd Jobs
03:15
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He never sent her flowers by wire
He said, “The spending comes in time…
A little later, once I’ve made it out the red.
Would you wait here while I scrape it by til then?
He’s workin odd jobs, on and off
til somethin comes up,
and twiddlin his thumbs
still workin odd jobs, on and on
good God.
Post chorus instr to post chorus vocal:
And in the pink of health, very well read,
he wanted something else, sure,
someone else to be
yeah yeah yeah
Verse instrumental
He’s workin’ odd jobs…(1.5x)
He never left her flowers to dry
and felt indulgence all the while.
Is there no room left to love you, drowning here?
Yeah there’s so few of those old truths, they’ve disappeared
He’s workin odd jobs… (2x)
Repeat post chorus
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6. |
Film School
03:49
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They framed our film thru tears
We’re watching fairground mirrors here
And on the cutting floor:
Our stills and dust in years
Giving birth or giving in?
I couldn’t say, I can’t begin - it’s fear
Instr Verse to “Giving birth…” to Chorus:
Can’t tell your story or mine
But you’ve told it thru time, you liar
Can’t sell this snake oil as wine
But you’ve sold it and dined, you coward
It’s showing on all screens
They’ve aired our fever dreams
But once we turn our heads
The thoughts fade black to green
Giving birth…
Instr. Chorus to Vocal Chorus
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7. |
The New Constantine
03:46
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you don't think bout your room
you think about the house
and lonely, dusty broom
and only then when done again you look up
and see the moon
save me, any
everyone (repeat)
devices built to better flaws
will only serve to cause
a war
you’re lonely then when seen again, but chin up...remember stars?
save me, any
everyone (repeat 3x)
Change is constant
Yet I want it now
Oh and how
(ahh)
And I can’t talk to
Or flock to God,
But it’s getting hot
(ahh)
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You couldn’t yet stand the light,
let alone that dark of night, so ask yourself:
What can you pay for the way
a man lives?
What can you pay for the way
a man is?
Step back now, breaths,
Maybe this choir needs a good
a-preachin’-to
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9. |
Seas Away
03:26
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Something’s wrong - and it’s been lifelong
No, it’s been grand, and I should want for nothing, still
Caught in the throngs, building your thrones
Diggin the bones, some kind of sainted heathen, yeah
But I just wanna go outside today
I just wanna go outside
The sun is still some star that is seas away
I just wanna go outside
Guess God was right, I’ve got no right
I’ve got no answer for the only question still
And now’s my time, now that I’m
So wide-eyed just at that thought of heaven, but hell
Chorus to Instr Chorus to Bridge:
It’ll be no different than before I was born
Couldn’t know this world, sure as hell won’t know home
The fear serves no purpose, there was no surface,
Death makes no difference, Lord
But I don’t wanna go way up there today
I don’t wanna go up above
The sun is still some star that is seas away,
I don’t wanna go up above
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10. |
The Feeling Fades
04:06
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The feeling
fades
You know it comes in waves
It waxes
wanes
It’s damning, then it saves
The feeling fades
It fades
Ahh
I’m reeling
in thought
of things past, of loves lost
The ceiling
caves in
You can’t end where you begin
Chorus
Do lovers
suffer
and wander? I wonder
Now
Ch
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11. |
Turnaround (Finale)
03:02
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We were wrong now, my dear
Wrong all along
So tell me now, do you have a better idea?
Or a reason?
What is carefree isn’t always good
So go by foot
And of course your wars will fill the books we burn
Just a warning
I have heard
It’s all going to turn
Turn around
We were wrong now, my dear,
But we’ll get along
Along just fine now we find a kinder place
I can say this
I have heard…(2x)
The whole world turns around
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