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My blue Manhattan
She's angry like a child, but how sweet Fire and rain on the street It's you against me most days It's me against you, doll Ah, the snows comin' down on the cars in midtown Stone cold in sheets with you all over me Ain't that sweet my little gal, ain't that sweet my little gal My blue Manhattan She cusses with her sailor's mouth And fire and rain on the streets It's you against me most days It's me against you Making snow angels in the gravel and the dirt Crawling like a spider, and I'm somewhere inside her Too hurt to move, too hurt to move My blue Manhattan |
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| 2. |
| 3:36 |
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If the walls in the room could talk
I wonder to myself would they lie It's like some kind of jail Fall from the curtains onto the bed I'm all alone now, I can do as I please I don't feel like doing much of anything True love ain't that hard to find Not that you will ever know Would you lay here for awhile? Please, do not let me go Please, do not let me go You were sweet enough to sing, Oblivious to melody Red suitcase full of clothes Washed up on the shore of memory I'm all alone now and I feel just fine I don't feel much like doing anything True love ain't that hard to find Not that either one of us will ever know Would you lay here for awhile? Please, do not let me go Please, do not let me go |
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| 3. |
| 3:47 |
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Oh, the city rain
It floods the city streets And in my city bed Out of my fuckin' head Is it snowing in space? God I wish I could talk to you Is it snowing in space? And all the city snow Freezes the Chelsea in ?? It stones the Chelsea girls It stones the Chelsea boys Is it snowing in space? God I wish I could talk to you Is it snowing in space? How does your body feel today? I forgot to ask Genius in a hospital bed With briar-patch hair, just isn't fair Takin' bullets for the team of bad boys, how is it up there? Takin' bullets for the team, I really miss you I really miss you I really miss you I fucked you over a million times I fucked you over a million times I fucked you over a million times And you died, you died, you really died Died, died, you really died I am going to push them way Fall into the leaves of the winter trees Drowning, slowly, lonely, my city of rain |
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| 4. |
| 3:54 |
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Baby, I know you cannot hear me now
'Cause you're fast asleep But I love you now Colors inside your head go spinning around Like a ferris wheel Exploding and falling to the ground Oh, people are screaming, people are screaming My baby, she's dreaming Oh, people are shouting, people are freaking I'm just staring at the ceiling Waiting for the feeling Oh, oh but when she calls, I know she's the one Makes me want her harder Makes me want to be a little stronger Still I see monsters Still I see monsters Baby, I know you cannot hear me now 'Cause you're flying around At the speed of sound Colors inside your head go spinning around Like a ferris wheel Exploding and falling to the ground Oh, people are screaming, people are screaming My babies, she's dreaming Oh, people are shouting, people are freaking I'm just staring at the ceiling Waiting for the feeling Oh, oh when she calls I know that she's the one Makes me want it harder Makes me want to be a little stronger Still I see the monsters Still I see the monsters |
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| 5. |
| 5:41 |
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English girls are pretty when they play guitar
Crazy like a day just a-breaking I ain't sure what for Ain't got a mother or father or place to fall She got a brother in the blues, but he doesn't know the blues at all Said you didn't love me, it was right on time, I was just about to tell you but okay, alright Said you didn't love me, didn't want a thing, English girls can be so mean She's got eyes as pretty as a pair of jewels Falling down a canyon like a couple drunken criminals She had a messy bedroom on the edge of town I ain't ever been good enough to ever keep around Said you didn't love me, it was right on time, I was just about to tell you but okay, alright. Said you didn't love me, didn't mean a thing, English girls can be so mean But, ohh, look at you now Ohh, look at you now Mmmm, best I've ever seen Just a tall drink of water, just a-pourin' on down the sink Tall drink of water, she's a Norfolk waterfall Little daybreaker, she's a shootin' like a cannonball Crazy like a rocket when you're coming through my radio Kept me in your bed till the wintertime turned to fall Fall time coming, and I guess my little bird can sing Come on Elizabeth, a come on a Bethany Come on further, I'm tired and I want to sleep My little dove flew, and I guess she was done with me Said you didn't love me, it was right on time, I was just about to tell you but okay, alright Said you didn't love me, didn't want a thing, English girls can be so mean But ohh, look at you now Ohh, look at you now Mmmm, best I've ever seen Just a tall drink of water, just a-pourin' on down the sink Kiss me on the lips when my heart just laughed it off Words may move, but they're never moving fast enough Celebrate the differences, I celebrate the songs you sing Just three words, my love: you meant everything You meant everything You meant everything You meant everything |
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| 2:50 |
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Everyone, when she was young,
They said she was the pretty one She's lovely now, just watch her as she goes Waiting for the birds to come She holds the hands of someone young Whose mother comes and she sees her and she smiles Thank you Louise Thank you Louise Mother of three Waiting in the check-out line The supermarket, Christmas time She eyes someone who doesn't have the change Takes a dollar from her purse She pays and doesn't say a word She winks and grins and 'Merry Christmas, friend!' Thank you Louise Thank you Louise Mother of three In Baltimore, the freezing cold, That chills her darling to the bone She leaves her work and quits her job Her brother lay upon the bed With broken teeth and busted head He hears the phone and he knows his brother's dead Thank you Louise Thank you Louise Mother of two. |
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| 5:10 |
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How long's it gonna be, babe
Before I get over you, doll You're tearin' the stuff right out of me kid What with you living right up the hall And I'm tired of living in this hotel Fire and ashes blowin' cross the sheets And I'm tired of livin' on 23rd Street Strung out like some Christmas lights Out there in the Chelsea night Maybe you just didn't read me right The lights went out and you just sitting on the stair I played your song but I couldn't get the melody right Why don't you just shoot up like a ball of rubber bands And I'm tired of living in this hotel TV and dirty magazines And I'm tired of livin' on 23rd Street Strung out like some Christmas lights Out there in the Chelsea night I fell like getting rid of all my things Maybe just disappear into the fall The traffic roars and my stomach screams Sittin' here watchin' roaches climb the wall And I'm tired of living here in this hotel Following a rainbow into town And I'm just trying to get a little sleep Strung out like some Christmas lights Out there in the Chelsea night |
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| 8. |
| 7:28 |
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Slowly
Coming over me Like fire and ice Confusion All to the ground Stone me Like you own me The strangest moving patterns All flow through this city Strummin' As she's cumin' She starts a revolution But never shows up So holy Give me coma Alkaline And mainframes Into a kiss Cities destroyed And so pretty The patterns of illusion Burn through the ground And I'm a faker Faker I'm a faker I'm a faker I'm a faker Vampire Coffins to kiss I'm a faker I'm a faker Morning may crawl Fuck you And fuck the universe Ah, etc. Fuck the universe Fuck the universe Fuck the universe Oh, ah, etc. |
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| 9. |
| 4:14 |
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Candy is quick and she's good at impressions She's stacked on the corner, man, she's stacked on the street She's got pills that distort her depression Counting her friends on her hands and her feet You let it roll right through your fingertips, babe Running as hard and as fast as you could Stealing the boots of the soldiers who were otherwise done Misunderstanding what was misunderstood Is twice as bad as love, oh Twice as bad as love, and not that sad Twice as bad as love Once to be heard, twice to be had Imagine yourself as a saint or a poet Stealing the boots off the dead and well-worn Hosea was some fuck that she met in the projects Yeah, but he made her feel like she belonged You let it roll right through your fingertips, Candy Running as hard and as fast as you could A bucket full of pills and some [???] Misunderstanding what was misunderstood Is twice as bad as love, oh Twice as bad as love, but not that sad Twice as bad as love Once to be heard, twice to be had |
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