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I was bought on by my mother as her carry-on
She had me in the toilet when the seat-belt sign was on I crawled up to the captain down the other end I hid under the seats that's where I played pretend And I ate the wild pretzel and the nuts that fell And the screech of brakes was all I knew for my schoolbell And I know I've got the whole world at my feet In my window seat I learned to eat the sweet, I learned to swallow hard I learned to ease the pressure with free playing cards Spent my teenage setting off all of the smoke alarms Then running down the alley saying "please stay calm" Met the girl in 7B, we tried to settle down But we couldn't reach the aisle before we hit the ground And I know I've got the whole world at my feet In my window seat And now the sisters of the sky think I'm deaf and dumb As I wait around for upgrades that will never come But I know that we will one day sit on his right hand Be his automatic pilot when this plane must land And the stewardess of Babylon will spread her arms And show us all a thing or two about her charms We'll be tempted by the devil with the magic wand He'll make us stand with arms outstretched then wave us on Into the great beyond (our boarding passes gone) And I know I've got the whole world at my feet In my window seat |
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If I die tomorrow
Don't read too much into this song I'll be as surprised as you are I always get predictions wrong If I die tomorrow Break out and play my best guitars Don't put this one in the Hard Rock Cafe In a case above the bar I'd like to take this chance to say good-bye You want the answers, don't look in my eyes You're asking me my opinion Well, baby, we're all gonna burn So light up and wait your turn in the fire I'm telling you my decision Baby we're all gonna burn There will be no return 'Cause, baby, we're all gonna burn If I die tomorrow There's one thing I'd ask of you A favour for your favourite friend When his living days are through Make sure it's me up on the funeral pyre Make sure the house band's playing Light My Fire You're asking me my opinion Well, baby, we're all gonna burn So light up and wait your turn in the fire I'm telling you my decision Baby we're all gonna burn There will be no return 'Cause, baby, we're all gonna burn |
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I am here
You are here too my dear We're drowning in the sun We're so near We're getting closer and We're sweat tears blood and come We are now Our skin is fusing somehow What will we become? Why write songs? They only turn out wrong Sweat tears blood and come But I think that I know That I want more of you What are we? Some future yet to be? The present leaves me numb Look at you There's so much left of you to do Sweat tears blood and come But I think that I know That I want more of you We're inside Who would want to hide? Who would need to run? We're afloat The bed's a drunken boat Of sweat tears blood and come |
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Poor heart
What to do? Dim the light There's no respite For you Poor heart Can you see? Or will you beat A sad retreat for me Poor heart? Poor mouth Poor eyes Poor soul Poor mind Poor start Poor heart Poor heart Look around Who else remains Who can contain Your frown? Poor heart Why so vain? Are you rich enough To play so rough Again Poor heart? Poor heart Poor eyes Poor soul Poor mind Poor start Poor heart Poor heart Play your part Nothing's done Til it is sung Poor heart |
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I was born with a coathanger in my mouth
Oh yeah, and I was dumped down south I was found by the richest man in the world Oh yeah, who bought me up as a girl My sheets are satin but my mind's a mess But there are worse things I confess Than drinking tea in a pretty dress and I'm here to tell you that it's not all bad Count your blessings and maybe you'll be glad When he died, I inherited his wealth Oh yeah and I revealed my self I was snubbed by the friends he'd never had Oh yeah, who sided with my dad All my riches are beyond control But it's the same old rigmarole They say I've lost my very soul Maybe I have But I'm here to tell you that it's not all bad Count your blessings and maybe you'll be glad And as I grew so did my fame So I gave it up and changed my name It's catch as catch can and You'll never know who I am When I died, I hoped to hear the angel's song Oh yeah, but was I wrong They threw me back there in that lane Oh yeah and they said "start again" So when you're turning out the bedside light Consider me and my wretched plight Looks like I'm gonna have to get it right this time But I'm here to tell you that it's not all bad Count your blessings and maybe You'll be glad |
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I wish I could go back in time
Tell you it has turned out fine Like it has, like it has, like it has I sit here singing in the sun Words not meant for anyone Just you, just you, just you 'Cause this is the song, this is the song Oh yeah This is the song that I wrote myself in the future The air was shot of hope Knots became your name for the rope Then the noose, then the noose, then the noose You put it down and found it made no sense You bought the farm and then you built the fence At your expense, at your expense And this is the song, this is the song Oh yeah This is the song that I wrote myself in the future I know it's hard as you hear this for you to see The desperation you feel now will disappear one day For you, for me 'Cause this is the song, this is the song Oh yeah This is the song that you wrote yourself in the future |
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Dear Mum
Everything's gone wrong And I wish I'd listened to what you said The times you sat down on my bed And told me 'bout my life Told me 'bout my life Dear Mum I've been out of touch I guess I just didn't need you that much But now I'll scream and shout Cos I've got something to write home about Dear Mum Everything has changed I don't know if you'd know me today I wonder what we'd have to say When I told you 'bout my life Now everything's a blur I know what happened but lost the words We can't live without Now I've got something to write home about And so It's time to go I'm glad we've had this time alone It almost felt like time at home Before I went away Now I've got something to write home about |
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There's a man in a pitch black hat
And his underwear's made of mud He jumps like a pouncing cat And he lands with a sickening thud His head is surrounded by ravens The plague has progressed to his heart Best that you meet him clean shaven Cos his razor is not kept sharp And he's wearing a wooden overcoat He's known in the underworld He lives in the undergrowth And he's knowingly undersold Though he's never been under oath His devil's are arrayed in armies And his angels will fix the fight He'll shape you like origami And throw you away at night And he's wearing a wooden overcoat His house is a damp museum And all of his servants worms Mating in mausoleums Licking the floor for germs And his cabinet's full of wonders There's specimens everywhere He's negative six feet under And has to submerge for air And he's wearing a wooden overcoat Don't ever act too humble Don't eat away thy heart He's tearing apart each dungeon His tail's an evil dart And he's wearing a wooden overcoat |
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I just woke up
And I feel so good And I'm looking straight ahead My thoughts are wild All I do is smile And I'm jumping out of bed I Just woke up (just woke up) I just woke up And the sun is bright And it's shining down on me If you've got big ideas I'm all ears But all I plan to do is be And I just woke up (just woke up) From a bad dream...... I just woke up (just woke up) |
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Who did you say it was brother?
Who was it fell by the way? When whiskey and blood run together Did you hear anyone pray? I didn't hear nobody pray, dear brother I didn't hear nobody pray I heard the crash on the highway But, I didn't hear nobody pray When I heard the crash on the highway I knew what it was from the start I went to the scene of destruction And a picture was stamped on my heart. There was whiskey and blood all together Mixed with glass where they lay Death played her hand in destruction But I didn't hear nobody pray. I wish I could change this sad story That I am now telling you But there is no way I can change it For somebody's life is now through. Their soul has been called by the Master They died in a crash on the way And I heard the groans of the dying But, I didn't hear nobody pray. I didn't hear nobody pray, dear brother I didn't hear nobody pray I heard the crash on the highway But, I didn't hear nobody pray |
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