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1. |
Take Me Home
04:42
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I wander through this old town
And I don't know where I'm going
What is around the bend
I have no way
No way of knowing
Could you take me home
Could you take me home
I ramble through this old world
And I have no real connection
I put myself out on the line
Just looking for a little affection
I know I'm a hopeless case
There ain't nothing to be done
You can scream your head off at me
But I'll always be the unfortunate son
I hope you're doing well
And your dreams they all come true
As for me, I'll be on my way
But I'll always
Always think of you
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2. |
What You Mean
04:58
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If you can believe it
I was once afraid
To have a kid of my own
Thought that I might mess her up
The way that my dad did
I still remember his look and his tone
He was mad and he'd hit me
With the back his hand
Or a paddle made out of wood
Don't know why he did it
But he did it and he did it
He did it 'cause he could
What you mean
What you mean to me
Shouldn't be so hard to say
What you mean
What you mean to me
I'm just glad you're here today
You're here today
When I got older
I thought a lot about it
I thought how I might act
If I were a dad
Would I be mean
Would I be so hurtful
What would I do when I got mad
Would I punch my kid
The way that he did
Would I make her fall down and cry
But then I decided
I'd rather not have a child
Than to be that man
With the cold gray eye
Not saying I'm better
Just saying I'm different
Hope I learned a thing or two on the way
It took me a while
But your mom she was patient
Sorry 'bout all that delay
The day I first saw you
Everything in me changed
I know that's a really old saw
But it's so true as true as cobalt blue
It's as true as inviolable law
Now I got to tell you
Just how glad I am
And so lucky you came along
Things worked out
It just took a little time
And for your birthday
I wrote this song
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3. |
You Made Me
04:35
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I was nothing
That’s how it felt
I could not see my own reflection
If there was light
It passed through me
I formed no intersection
Whatever it is I am
Whatever it is I'll be
You made me
You made me
Whatever it is I want
Whatever it is I need
You made me
You made me
I was dust
Scattered on the wind
Nothing glued my bits together
I held no shape
No perspective
Blown about like a feather
You raised me up
When I was down
You breathed new life into my soul
You threw the switch
You lit the spark
You pulled me from my hole
I was a shadow
A cosmic joke
No one that no one would know
I was vague
Ill defined
My aura did not glow
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4. |
Unfettered and Free
04:13
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As I wander through this world
I wonder where I belong
There ain’t nothing feels right to me
In fact it feels wrong
I am trying to break away
I’m rewriting my history
I am seeking to find a new home
Somewhere unfettered and free
As I wander these dark streets
Only strangers I find
I wave hi and no one waves back
What happened to mankind
I gotta keep moving along
On this thin stretch of rope
I gotta keep moving along
I gotta have hope, hope
As I live these crazy days
I think the world’s gone insane
I gotta get clear out of here
And never come back again
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5. |
The Long Year
04:43
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You gave yourself a holy mission
An unobtainable goal
To put the the bastards down, down, down
And get back all the crap they stole
You remind me of a guy that I once knew
You remind me of the things I need to do
You remind me of that "once upon a time" time
In the long year
You did not have many good options
But you did not give a care
You would fight them with a garden rake and hoe
You would fight them with your killer stare
You polished all the brass and silver
Made them clear as a bell
You drove out all the bad old boys
You really gave them hell
You planted yourself a garden
Grew corn as high as an elephant's eye
Laid down roots in the rotting soil
And redirected the water supply
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6. |
This Is Where I Go
04:06
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You must know you got the power
Such strange power over me
You can be cold or you can be mean
Or you can show mercy, but no
This is where I go
This is where I hide
This is where I get lost forever
You won't find me
Presuming you are looking
Not now, not ever
This is where I go
It don't matter who is in control
It's more the roles we choose to play
Right then a door it opened wide
But when it slammed it left no leeway
This is where I go
This is where I go
Deep, deep down below
This is where I go
You once said that you loved me
And I so wanted to believe you
But it looks like I was wrong
And I don't have the strength to greave you
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Pretty people got their problems
Much more problems than you and me
They gotta worry about their image
Can't be footloose and fancy free
What if they start going bald
What if they start getting fat
They might stop being pretty
And being pretty is where it's at
Here's the church, here's the steeple
Pray for the pretty people
Pretty people got their hardships
I'm sure you might agree
Being pretty takes a lot of work
You can't be pretty casually
Got to stay at the cutting edge
Got to buy the coolest clothes
Got to wear the the hippest cologne
So you can keep on smelling like a rose
Pretty people are so persecuted
Just for looking so darn hot
Your average Joe and Jill are jealous of them
Because of what their not
Sure you want to be admired
For what you're like on the surface
As long as no one peers too deep
That would defeat the purpose
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8. |
Can't Keep From Crying
04:21
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My heart goes out to all mankind
Except maybe one or two
I know how you feel, I know you're scared
I know what you're going through
And I can't keep from crying
My tears fall like rain
I can't keep from crying
I feel your pain
I can't keep from crying
I can't keep from crying
Boo-hoo
I know you're feelin' kinda lost
Don't know what's coming around the bend
But if it means anything at all
I'm here for you, my friend
The world we know is gone forever
The new one looks pretty bleak
It's survival of the fittest
So much for the meek
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Sitting around like a jellyfish
With the misery
Cannot seem to sort out
Just what hell is wrong with me
I awake at two a.m.
And my aching chest is tight
And I’m afraid that I won’t make it
Through the night
World is decay
Life is perception
And my heart is broken
By this unimmaculate conception
The road behind me is longer
Much longer than what’s up ahead
And I am like the angel who's gone
Where angels have feared to tread
I’ve measured my life in coffee spoons
And I’m not afraid of death
I just don’t wanna be there
When I draw my last breath
This old heart of mine
Been broke a thousand times
Each time you break away
I fear you've gone to stay
Lonely nights that come
Memories that flow
Bringing you back again
Hurting me more and more
I’m checking off my list
Of my naughty bits and my nice
I done much more of the former
And the latter maybe once or twice
If I could describe me now
What words would I use
Love makes me sick
Like some sort of love Antabuse
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10. |
I Don't Know You Anymore
05:43
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It kind of shocked me
This total change
Took me by complete surprise
The girl that I once knew
Seemed distant and strange
Like someone else was behind her eyes
She'd cut her hair real short, she'd gotten fat
She stopped wearing her cool clothes
Her face was careworn
Had a hardened heart
The bloom was off the rose
I don't know you anymore
And maybe I never did
You're not who I thought you were
Unless you kept it hid
I was shaken down to my bones
It's all seemed out of the blue
We all change but not like this
This was not the person I knew
She had a new accent
Ques ca c'est
Maybe British or maybe French
She smoked like a chimney
Drank to extreme
With a thirst she could not quench
Can I take off the mask to reveal
The person that I once recall
I bet she's hiding there behind
This newly built impenetrable wall
She acted phony just like her dad
The nut don't fall far from the tree
Pegged her different
Much better than this
There was lots I did not see
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11. |
I Couldn't Move You
03:39
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Doesn't come as any kind of shocking news
Not so hard to figure out
You sit there as still as a painting
while my whole gets cast in doubt
No matter how hard I tried
I cut myself and opened wide
I couldn't move you
I couldn't move you
I couldn't move you, no
I walked you through the depths of my heart
In the hopes you'd get a clearer view
You only ever saw your reflection
And maybe the odd bugaboo
I couldn't get you to see what I see
I couldn't get you to laugh along with me
I couldn't get you where it matters
Now I'm shredded, shredded up in tatters
I thought that one ways I might get to you
Despite all the terrible odds
So now I packing up all my belongings
And I am tearing down all my facades
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12. |
Forever Road
03:45
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I was hiking through the wilderness
Back when hiking was a thing
And I came upon campsite in a clearing
A couple toasting marshmallows
Sat like like statues by a fire
It is a scene that keeps reappearing
On this forever road
This forever road
This direction that I'm heading in
I'm on this forever road
This twisty-turny road
Across the land it is spreading in
I was taking me a walk in Brooklyn
When Brooklyn was a thing
And the streets were fluid with Chinese
I glared at a cross-eyed woman
With hips like eels
And an expression of ill at ease
The road goes on and on
And on and on and on and on
And on into eternity
The road goes on and on
And on and on and on and on
And the forever road is a part of me
I was walking along that leafy path
When brown leaves were still leaving
And I was making my way to see you
You were sitting in that room
With a white noise machine
Waiting for our quiet rendezvous
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