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you can't leave the house without letting me know
and you can't do a thing without telling me before
you can't do that
you can't do that to me
did you mean to hurt yourself so bad?
did you mean to say those things you did?
you'll never see her again
you'll never see him again
you'll never see them again
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Elegy
03:18
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this one's about sacred things,
about architecture and the spaces between
styrofoam walls ain't listening
to styrofoam people living within
dressed up individuals tryna play the game
but they don't know that empty people all look the same
so wax that mustache, man that makes me laugh
but you'll do worse things than just looking crass
you'll clear out spaces, leaving empty tracks
you can't take back an act like that
but why talk about sacred things
when everything sacred is disappearing?
my old hometown was a Great City
till they filled it all up with condo(r) buildings
stacked up down the Boulevard, flashy and plain
cities built for empty people all look the same
the cause of death is easy to be found
the cigarettes, they ash em on the ground
the fire it starts will burn the city down
down
you can't take back an act like that
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Summer of love
02:30
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standing up there like a big man,
thinking that we're good friends,
could that ever happen?
laughing, thinking bout yourself
and paying no attention
to the lives you ruin
cause summer is here and it feels so good to be invasive
parading around but they'll only like it if you're paying
dancing, up there playing music,
tacky and it's stupid
i'm just sitting here cause it's my job to listen
otherwise i'd ditch this
quit your blowing kisses
could you be more useless?
but summer is here and it feels so good to be invasive
parading around but they'll only like it if you're paying
in the summer of love they could turn up cause no one amplified it
but you're turning up now cause you got nothing, trying hard to hide it
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Let me down
02:55
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walking out into the scene,
not as friendly as it seemed
coulda sworn i heard your name
coulda sworn i didn't wanna hear that name anymore
you did your best
and i did something too, i guess
but it's not hard to let me down
man I wish it was a lie,
my expectations were too high
coulda sworn it was OK
coulda sworn you didn't owe me anything, anymore
cause you did your best
and i did something too, i guess
but it's not hard to let me down
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We're out
05:39
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if you want extra care
you can find it, i know where
in the aisle past the stairs
but you looked and it's not there
then i'm afraid we're out, sir
you ask if there's a way around
to get it here before you now
and then you start to get loud
when i tell you that i don't know how
and i'm afraid we're out, sir
it's not my fault
i did my best
i even looked in every single aisle
i love you so
i need you so much
please don't hurt me, please don't hate me worst of all
cause we're out, sir
afraid we're out, sir
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6. |
TV show
02:37
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i tried to play it cool but it wasn't enough
it didn't take long for you to call my bluff
i guess that's what i get for acting tough
and you say it's just like a TV show
did you think of that yourself or did they tell you so?
is it really that hard to try and grow?
i try to get through but what's the use
when i'm telling you the truth and you still argue with the truth?
is it really that hard to see the proof?
and you say it's just like that TV show
and i'm thinking that it might be time to go
but i could never get out, and i should know
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7. |
NYC
03:38
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"a new career in a new town"
it worked for Bowie, maybe it'd work for me
so i move to NYC
think it's working till I get home at 5:30,
looking at the mirror
and i say to myself
"did you think that if you changed your space,
did you think that it would change your place?
did you think that you could change your face?
did you think that it could be a waste?"
am i finally ready to forgive myself now that i've forgiven you?
well i don't think so
cause i'm still busy dreaming of things
and another week and i still don't feel that free
and i think to myself
"did you think that if you changed your part,
did you think that it would change your heart?
did you even think it was so wrong?
did you think that you could be that strong?"
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8. |
Love flows
06:39
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i'm starting to turn into you
it's not the way i look
or the way i kiss my hands
but the way i choose my words
when i talk to our old friends
gold blankets form
so heavy and warm
but now that the bomb's gone off
there's more value in things that are soft
my love flows out and away from me, leaving me dry
my love would rather flow than stay here on my side
my love flows out and away from me, leaving me dry
my love loves you more than it loves me, i don't know why
but that's the way she goes
sometimes she goes
sometimes she don't
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Sinking feeling
04:13
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lakes and cheeks and Swings and anything
that used to mean we had something
these little signs of love have not aged well with time,
well not for me
cause it's not easy to be someone who
reminds me so much, so much of you
and can't help but think that if i write
more songs like these it won't be right
because i know you'd like them most
but i won't play them for a ghost
"heartbreak is easy," that's what i thought
"it's not real grieving, it's not real loss"
but now i get it, you died to me
a part of me that i never thought would leave
i thought it hadn't been too long
i thought there would be nothing wrong
but when you told me what went on
i got that sinking feeling
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10. |
Famous last words
03:31
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i watched you pass me by
can't say i was surprised
till i chased you down,
till you turned around
and i saw tears in your eyes
you're not happy that i came back after all this time?
you might say two months
isn't quite enough
but i think it's just fine
"you might say two months
isn't quite enough
but i think it's just fine"
famous last words
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