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Never Alone
03:13
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It's Friday night and you're all alone on your own
You wished good night to my washed out self and shut your bedroom door
And as I write this song for you
I just hope that dreams are treating you well
Like a heartfelt friend
You never thought you'd have
Are you walking towards the shadowy grove on the top of the broccoli hills?
Where the prayer flags hang strung between the two ancient trees
And the breeze blows Ahimsa hymn
Honoring your spotless mind
Leaving the world behind
Being a friend
Or are you running from the ghost fearing of becoming one?
Only to find me crying on your funeral as the choir sings a farewell song?
And tonight you'll be dancing at the ball
Tomorrow you'll be a picture on the wall
And wherever you decide to run
You'll never run alone
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God Help The Slob
02:24
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God help the slob
For he fails to see
That at the end of the day
He's just like you and me
Helpless to notice the life-threatening flaw
But sometimes, aren't we all?
God help the slob
For he wishes to change
His blunders have driven him
Straight to the edge
He takes life for granted
He's inclined to fall
But sometimes, aren't we all?
God help the slob
You may think it's his fault
But you're probably wrong
God help the slob
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Bad Blood
03:24
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A castaway turndown
At the lone end of this town
I'm going home being stranger to myself
Bearing anger in myself
Everything is so unconventional
So far-off from regular
I need to love
Need to be loved
Why would you turn down a handshake?
Why? Oh why?
Now that things are fine
I wonder sometimes
Was my lady ever harmed by such crime?
And was she having the same thoughts as mine?
If so, it'll never happen again
We are lovers and best friends
Until the end
Until the very end
Why would you hurt such a pretty thing?
Why? Oh why
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You don't believe in me
You disproved my mother's words
When she said I'm not a fool
And you
You feel this way too, you do
You do
I know you wished that you were dead
When someone said the things you wished were never said
You'll never put me down
Never put me down
We could've had a better time
We could've had a better time
You say there's nothing good about me
And you act out of line
Each time I speak my mind
And you
You should feel this way too, I hope you do
I hope you do
I know you'll wish that you were dead
When your hollow thoughts once see the light of day
Someone will put you down
Someone will put you down
You'll think you could've had a better time
You'll think you could've had a better time
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Tangled
Tattered and stranded
She only wanted to walk out on a pretty day
Who could've told her it would turn out sullen and grey
Tangled in the rain
Tangled
Up the hill she scrambled
Well away from home
Her little paper feet roamed
Tangled in the rain
She sat on a porch by a wooden shed
Smiling at the raindrop ricochets
And seeing her smile, a little man came by
Carrying his wooden wonderments
He said: I'll make you wooden legs so you can stand
But I ain't got no wood to make you wooden hands
I'll show you around my wooden town
You'll never be frightened of the rain again
Wooden carpenter, yeah! Yeah!
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6. |
Dinner Song
03:00
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We ordered a meal
The band played a song
We sang along, quite odd
We've only had one glass of Château Haut-Brion
We ordered a meal
Moules Marinières
We ate it all, quite odd
We came to eat, but weren't hungry at all
I watched people come and go
Smiling faces enjoying the show
I had my island groove in my nervous locks
I was new to the street and I had a jukebox
I was such a dandy
Not so very friendly
I was Archangel Jack in a cul-de-sac
Singing dinner songs until kingdom come
Archangel Jack in a cul-de-sac
Singing dinner songs until kingdom come
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Funny Bird
03:08
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Funny bird looks on down
Thinking how funny things appear to her from the above
She's surprised
At the fiery colors in her charcoal eyes
Funny bird makes me high
Reminding me that I'm a grown man now
She's surprised
At how fast the teenage years go by
She won't let you miss a sunset where the darkness enfolds the sea
She'll tell you to search for happiness in the things that are free
Little things you know already
To keep you grounded on the floor
All you have to do is spread your wings and soar
Funny bird comes with a sigh
Telling me that I have let her down
She said it takes just one wing to make a bird fly
And now I am left with none
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Carol Eat Eyes
07:35
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Carol!
Streetlight flashes silver linings on the dark end of the street
Many times I've tried to catch a glimpse
Sad and broken
Until I finally found your lips
Carol!
You're a threat to my sanity
But I want you here with me
Marry me
Carol Lee
Morning comes with your voice echo from the sea
Carol Lee
Loneliness breeds a catastrophe
Why do you seem so real?
Carol Lee
Carol!
There are days our little shack seems so unlikely desolate
And sometimes as you speak
I can't help but drink myself to death
Carol!
Doctor is a liar
And so are all my friends
You're so real
Carol Lee
You didn't mean to leave but you left with me
Carol Lee
Loneliness breeds a catastrophe
One day when my ashes are scattered to the sea
There probably won't be no Carol Lee
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Gilda
03:22
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Bind us together
In the electric night
Rising tide
And mermaids' bodies stranded
Nevada seems so close
Arkansas ain't far
Sleeping on the island
Flora was lush
And everything was quiet
Before the wave hit the shore
I guess that I just didn't know
That mushrooms sometimes grow
From the sea
Oh, Gilda
Gilliam is dead
And there's four more sunken ships
Four more finished trips
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Ichabod Karlovac, Croatia
Ichabod (no last name, please) is the zaniest enfant terrible of Croatian music underworld. The idiosyncratic brand of retrocinematic jacket-and-tie rock exhibited on his debut album will hardly ever be in vogue and won't mean a thing in one hundred years from now, but is worth a place in anyone's collection. Currently, he's in an ascetic state, contemplating the next greatest idea in the world. ... more
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