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| 1. |
| 4:32 | 
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He is drinking water from the faucet from the river
From the tributary it comes through rusted pipes Outside his window he sees the water that's supposed to be clean By the chemicals polluted by the candy factory lines Someplace on the edge of town Someplace on the edge of town Is where they live -- Political scientists So now she is crawling on her hands and her knees She is dirtying her jeans choking on her own perfume With a pen she writes below the sink in someone's restaurant This place is inconvenient for my name She forgets to write it anyway She forgets to write it anyway The government supplies the cocaine Political scientists There's no guarantees There's no guarantees There's no guarantees Banging hard upon a crooked drum She feels them tearing down Salvation Army houses back in Michigan Her husband's divorced but he treats her that way of course Because he needs her just like he needs medicine She forgets to write him anyway She forgets to write him anyway What's red and white and nearly over Political scientist Political scientist Political scientist There's no guarantees There's no guarantees There's no guarantees |
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| 2. |
| 4:13 |
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Look at this ocean with everyone drowning Idiots screaming and everyone sinking in slowly We're surrounded In the yellow lights of the city wasted as bodies In bed with somebody a touch away with nothing to do We're surrounded I'm really dying here I'm really dying here And I'm afraid, no I'm scared She started freezing, lungs all collapsing The momentum is passing, but the moment is eating us whole We're surrounded Put the guns in the water, they're turning to vodka Triggering nothing we're sinking the sea takes the ship And I'm really dying in here I'm really dying in here I'm afraid. I'm afraid. No, I'm scared. No I'm scared. I'm just scared. Just let me down. I'm getting really cold and I'm cold and I'm looking at you You're not moving I'm getting really cold and I'm cold and I'm looking at you You're not moving I'm getting really cold and I'm cold and I'm looking at you And you're not moving |
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| 3. |
| 3:54 |
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Tell 'em that the house is not for sale
We're still livin' here, how come nobody can tell They're takin' all the furniture, movin' our things Come on little honey, put your head on my knee Tell 'em that the house is not for sale And calm down, calm down, calm down Calm down, calm down, calm down Do you remember when we even bought this thing? I danced you across the wooden floor and you signed the lease What happened in the car that night? What happened in the car that night? Tell 'em that the house is not for sale And calm down, calm down, calm down Calm down, calm down, calm down Calm down Tell 'em that the house is not for sale We could grab a couple sheets, yeah, give 'em quite a scare I remember lyin' on the bedroom floor You were holding me, little honey, kissin' my soul Tell 'em that the house is not for sale And calm down, calm down, calm down Calm down, calm down, calm down Calm down Calm down |
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| 4. |
| 5:31 |
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So, I am in the twilight of my youth
Not that I'm going to remember Have you seen the moon tonight, is it full? Still burning it's embers The people dancing in the corner They seem happy, but I am sad I am still dancing in the coma of the drinks I just had Does anybody wanna take me home? Does anybody wanna take me home? Take me to your house and I'll leave you alone Of course I will, of course I won't It seems so tragic, but it disappears like magic Like magic Like magic Can you recommend an education or drugs Because I'm bored with you already I'm on Broadway and I think it's a parade I'm covered in pieces of confetti And I am in the twilight of my youth Not that I'm going to remember Dancing and slowly and finding the truth And it covered in coma All these people in my life, they seem so in love Well, I am not Memorizing my shoes in a cigarette shop Does anybody wanna take me home? Does anybody wanna take me home? I'm kinda lonely, will you take me home? Of course you will, of course you won't Of course I'm crass, it seems so tragic Of course you will, of course you won't But I'll disappear, I'll disappear Just like magic Just like magic Just like magic |
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| 5. |
| 3:19 |
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There's strange weather in the back of the room
And she's pretty just a-spinning the tunes Eye lashes, and some white leather boots God, what have I been drinking? I could be serious but I'm just kiddin' around I could be anything, anything but stick around Love is hell Love is hell Love is . . . hell Is . . .hell It's raining, I can see it outside Funny I'm still [???] Just sitting here with Johnny and [???] Oh, till the room stops spinning I could be serious but I'm just kiddin' around I could be anything, nothing, whatever, oh well Love is hell Love is hell Love is . . . hell Love is . . . hell Love is . . . hell Love is . . . hell Love is . . . hell Love is . . . hell Love is . . . hell Is . . . hell |
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| 6. |
| 4:08 |
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Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you By now you should've somehow Realized what you gotta do I don't believe that anybody Feels the way I do about you now Backbeat the word was on the street That the fire in your heart is out I'm sure you've heard it all before But you never really had a doubt I don't believe that anybody feels The way I do about you now And all the roads we have to walk along are winding And all the lights that lead us there are blinding There are many things that I would Like to say to you I don't know how Because maybe You're gonna be the one who saves me? And after all You're my wonderwall Today was gonna be the day But they'll never throw it back to you By now you should've somehow Realized what you're not to do I don't believe that anybody Feels the way I do About you now And all the roads that lead to you were winding And all the lights that light the way are blinding There are many things that I would like to say to you I don't know how I said maybe You're gonna be the one who saves me? And after all You're my wonderwall I said maybe You're gonna be the one who saves me? And after all You're my wonderwall Said maybe You're gonna be the one that saves me You're gonna be the one that saves me You're gonna be the one that saves me |
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| 7. |
| 5:19 |
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God, please bring the rain
Yeah, and bring it soon Let it flood right through the houses Into Judy's room With a father on amphetamines Her mother hides the pearls Reach out into the darkness And find my little girl 'Cause she's angry like a salesman That couldn't make a sale Threw her wedding ring in the sewer And damned them all to hell Please lead her to the mountain That you fashioned out of sand While the roaches climb the walls From the hotel where he calls Most people never find a love Most people never find a love Sometimes you just can be a man Sometimes you just can be a man When your living in the darkness Of the shadowlands The shadowlands The shadowlands |
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| 8. |
| 4:16 |
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Porcelain doll
Your mother runs an antique shop She takes some stuff, I take a lot We sleep all day Slow response I'm feelin' like an afterthought I guess I'm kinda lost in space And London's okay She don't even ask what time it is anymore Dressed up like its World War 24 Sugar sweet She loves it when it hits her teeth The river hides the carousel In London, oh well Coma comes Like bullets from a candy gun Delivers us into the sun Of London, my love She don't even ask what time it is anymore Dressed up like its World War 24 And if we get too high We'll burn this town We'll burn this town We'll burn this town Oh, baby, bring me down Oh, baby, bring me down Oh, baby, bring me down Oh, baby, bring me down I'm all yours I'm all yours I'm all yours |
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| 9. |
| 5:07 |
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I found your photograph in a cardboard box in a magazine
I can't remember you, remember us or anything I taught you how to feel, but you just feel numb They taught you how to feel, but you just feel numb She comes apart in the avalanche Fades out like a dance Crawls back into bed When it's over When it's over When it's over And it's over I watch the window and listen for the sound of cars I can't remember the last time that it was yours I taught you how to feel, why do you feel numb They taught us how to feel, but we just feel numb She falls apart in the avalanche Fades out like a dance Crawls back into bed When it's over When it's over When it's over When it's over She falls apart in the avalanche Fades out like a dance Crawls back into bed When it's over And it's over When it's over |
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| 10. |
| 2:22 |
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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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| 11. |
| 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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| 12. |
| 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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| 13. |
| 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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| 14. |
| 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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| 15. |
| 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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| 16. |
| 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 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 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 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 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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