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Be All End All
04:17
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I pick up a frequency
And it vibrates in my ears
I take my special medicine
An it evens out my fears
Drink and lose my thirst
Take the bad over the worst
It’s my be all end all
Be all end all
It’s my be all end all
Be all end all
Daydream in front of the TV
"Law & Order"'s always on
Good guys, bad guys
A nonstop marathon
Eat and I'll be sated
My thoughts run addlepated
What else am I living for
What else have I got
What else can I say is mine
To have and have not
Floss and I will not decay
Breathe and I will not drown
Smoke up all that wicked herb
View the world from upside-down
Sleep in a field of flies
This dreaming of my own demise
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The September light
Is beginning to fall toward winter
A whiff of melancholy is stirring up the air
We are pulling down fences and planting our perennials
Packing up our umbrella and our crummy lawn chair
Here comes the Christmas trees
Here comes the twinkly lights
Here comes the ice and snow
Here comes the longest nights
I'm going down, down, down, down
The smell of burning leaves
Stimulates so many memories
The crackle of bark and a carpet of gold
It won't last long so we embrace it while we can
Soon the coolish days will turn to downright cold
Here comes the bags of salt
Here comes the sacks of sand
Here comes the hard black ice
Here comes winter's wonderland
I'm going down, down, down, down
The flaming glory autumn burns bright but oh so brief
Cherish it deeply for too soon it's gone
All the leaves are brown and the skies are gray
And a blanket of snow now covers the lawn
Here comes the itchy skin
Here comes the psoriasis
Here comes the thermal socks
Here comes winter's deadly kiss
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Long Day's Journey
04:22
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It's been a long, long day
And now the day is done
And the sun is sitting by my side
My back is a-hurting me
My heart is a-hurting me
And I feel like its the end of the ride
I want a sleep that's hard and fast
But I'm afraid it'll be my last
I will always be a stranger
Who never feels at home
Who does not really want
And is not really wanted
Who can never belong
Who must always be
A little in love with death
It's been a wild, wild road
And now the road's at end
And my car has run out of gas
I am out in nowheresville
Up the street from oblivion
Not the greener side of the grass
No place to check in for the night
Feeling impenitent and contrite
We are such things as rubbish is made of
So let's drink up and forget it
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South of Knowing Why
04:18
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The pain in my leg it hurts like hell
The pain in my head it rings like a bell
The pain's all over and it makes me cry
All in all I'm south of knowing why
The pain in my heart it tears me to pieces
The pain in my soul is on the increases
The pain's all over and it makes me cry
All in all I'm south of knowing why
The pain in my ass it burns like fire
The pain in my libido has killed my desire
The pain's all over and it makes me cry
All in all I'm south of knowing why
The pain in my guts it wrenches and roils
The pain in my back is wound tight as coils
The pain's all over and it makes me cry
All in all I'm south of knowing why
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Terrible Secret
04:09
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Something's been on my mind
And I can't merely let it go
It keeps me up at night
A real fucking horror show
I just wanna name it
My own private Idaho
It's a terrible secret
A terrible secret
I done did a shitty thing
And it weighs heavily on me
No way I can undo it
I just can't let it be
Just when I think
The memory's gone for good
It creeps up menacingly
I got blisters on my fingers
And I worry about when they'll pop
You know once I tell a lie
I can't make myself stop
I try to talk around it
Like some dude in a barbershop
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Hijacker
04:58
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She's on top of every situation
There's nothing that she misses
Loves the mommas, loves the babies
Smothers them in kisses
Always has the answers to every single test
Always thinks that what she knows is the best
'Round here she is known as the hijacker
And she will hijack your soul
Beware, beware
The hijacker
She will take control
She is expert at extracting all the joy
She does it surgically
She's relentless, she's aggressive
She'll never let you be
One day she will probably run for mayor
Somehow that doesn't seem quite fair
She is brazen, she is churlish
She gets just what she needs
She gives orders and you follow
That's just how she succeeds
It is best to give her a wide berth
'Cause soon she'll be taking over the earth
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Yeah, you tricked me, you tricked me good
You got me to do what I never thought I would
You seemed so sure and you seemed so smart
That was your game, it's hard to believe that part
It's all my fault, yeah, I'm the fool
I let myself get taken
Let myself be a tool
But you, you had that look
You had those eyes
Those eyes didn't tell no lies
A smell of honey
A swallow of brine
This is for you my valentine
A smell of honey
A swallow of brine
I am yours and you are mine
You were a genius at chatting me up
I came on to you, yeah, like an overeager pup
You took me by the scruff, you taught me some tricks
You told me to play dead, that's how you got your kicks
You laugh when you tell me that I lead with my chin
I'd commit on your behalf the most egregious sin
You done with my nonsense, yeah
You're through with me
I'm one more fool in the annals of your history
It must be nice on your side of the fence
You do what you want without consequence
It must be nice to rule the world
It must be nice to always get your way
It must be nice to sit and judge
It must be nice to be a bird of prey
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I Gave It All Away
05:12
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I was never much good with selling myself, no
I was never my own biggest fan, no, no
I was never much good at blowing my horn, no
I was never what you'd call a businessman
What am I worth
Next to nothing at all
And it's all my fault
I gave it all away
When I add it all up
It's a paltry sum
I was such a fool
I gave it all away
I was never much cop at negotiations, no
I never thought I had something to deal, no, no
I may have been worth millions of dollars, no
Or maybe it was nothin' you'd wanna steal, no, no
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
All good children go to heaven
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Break Free
04:14
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You say I need to take control
Over my own pathetic life
But what does that mean
And how do I do it
You say I need to let it all go
All the shit that brings me down
And you say it like there's nothing to it
Come together
Come together over me
I will break free
You say I gotta take charge
Of how I deal with my own stuff
And cast off the junk
That makes me down and blue
But just what can do
That will make that happen
That'll get me closer to Y.O.U.
Gotta take the reins
Say it
You say I need to put a end
To my own self-pity
It's only gonna bring me
A whole lotta grief
And when I let go
Of all this useless woe
I can finally call myself chief
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Sorry for the Trouble
03:48
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I know I complain a lot
I know that it's a problem
I know that I get on your nerves
But I just can't help it
It goes with my temperament
And the way that my temperament swerves
I'm sorry for the trouble
I didn't mean to bug you
I'll get my stuff and get right out of here
I'm sorry for the trouble
Won't you please forgive
It's that you won't is what I fear
So sorry
I know that I bitch a lot
I know that I'm exhausting
But know that I exhaust me too
As hard as it is to live with me
It's harder to be me
Yeah I know boo-frickin'-hoo
I don't expect nothing
And that's just what I got
At least I can say it's kinda zen
I will live like a monk
Eat my bread and drink my wine
Think of me now and then
I know that I'm a drag
That is putting it lightly
Mostly I'm a pain in the ass
I'd like to pack my junk
And slink away quietly
But my tank is nearly out of gas
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Dominoes
04:15
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What can I make of these crazy days
These crazy days ‘bout to drive me nuts
If I could I’d pull the plug
But I know I don’t have the guts
My head is hanging upside down
And my blood is rushing down to my toes
My head is hanging upside down
Falling down like dominoes
Falling down, falling down
Falling down like dominoes
How can a poor man stand such times
Stand such times and live
I’ve breached a brutal end
And something’s got to give
How can I mend my broken heart
My broken heart shattered all to pieces
I can laugh and say I’m good
But the pain, the pain it never ceases
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Journey's End
04:15
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So this is what it's come to
After all of the strife
Me poised on the edge
Of a serrated knife
Looking up ahead
What do I see
Just more pain and insanity
How can I trust you
How can I know what you know
I tried to hold on
But then had to I let it all go
The journey begins
Takes you 'round the bend
And now the journey is at an end
You made me a believer
'Cause I so wanted to believe
Didn't know your capacity
To deceive
What did I expect
I am paying for your care
The second I leave
I was never there
You broke my heart
Busted it in two
Can't put it back together
No matter what I do
Wish I never met you
You're so not worth the pain
You exposed all my wounds
And now nothing remains
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