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Plain Jane
03:02
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It’s just the same old you beaten black and blue
Born under evil constellation
You were an awkward teen with a ruptured spleen
It was an awful consolation
You found a way to be far away from here
You say a prayer to Saint Elsewhere
You’ve worn the same old thing since you were seventeen
Was out of fashion when you bought it
A beauty queen dress under too much stress
A perfect statement of your station
It’s just the same old you beaten black and blue
Born under evil constellation
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True Enough
03:25
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Breaking up and staring off into space
Smoke and cough and feel the love in your face
True enough to care
True enough to share
Cast it off and read the moss like a prayer
Weigh the cost and take the loss every day
True enough to care
True enough to share
True enough to care for you
True enough to share with you
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Late in the Game
04:50
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The glistening moon reflects dark on the waves
Telling me what I should say
Forging the words in a desolate place
Taking the time that I made
Watching the world from an object in space
There’s always a lot going on
Breaking apart from the place that I hate
I’ve waited too long to move on
We’ve gone way too fast and we’ve come far too far
It’s easy to tell where we start
A mockery of all the old feelings of love
Waking me up with a shove
Hey now, hey now, don’t be afraid
You gotta say what you wanna say
Ooh I wanna tell you you’re the only soul here
(It’s getting late into the game)
Hey now, hey now, don’t be afraid
You came to play so we’re gonna play
Ooh I wanna tell you you’re the only soul here
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Feather
04:33
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It's time that something came along
An explanation for what's wrong
I heard a rumour that we once
Believed the power of our songs
I read they used a feather
Words were tied together
Books were bound in leather
Somewhere we went wrong
A million ways to fuck this up
Nothing matters anymore
If I delete this I'll write more
I won't remember it for long
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Sinking Ships
03:37
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To my sinking ships I wrote a note
To say they should have thought ahead
Before they threw me overboard
It’s kind of you to say you’re sorry
But it is getting pretty late
I should get home, maybe you should
Build a cabin by the lake, light the fireplace
And wait until the snowflakes
Erase your pretty face
From my memory
All your electrons they twist and turn
Agitated little bits looking for wire to burn
It’s kind to say it wasn’t personal
No, wait, it’s not kind at all
It just kind of proves the point
That you’re not the kind to close the line
Face tsunamis side by side
You just never tried
You’re not one to plot a course
Based upon our common goals
You just row alone
Row to your cabin by the lake,
Light the fireplace and wait until the snowflakes
Erase your pretty face
From my memory
To my sinking ships a wrote a note
To say they should have thought ahead
Before they made me mad
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Time to Play
04:12
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Find the girl, she’s the only in the world
Sky above is so much easier to love
I found a girl who’s as lonely in this world
I found a girl who’s as lonely as the world
Taste the wine, it is here to kill my time
Lift it up, drain the endless cup
It takes your mind, just the one cell at a time
It makes you blind, a gradual process in the eyes
Time to play, be a kid today
Time to play, try to live today
Time to play, be a kid today
Time to play, try to live today
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Gift
06:47
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Something in the way
Insufficient time to play and
I forget to call
All in all, something’s wrong
It’s getting hard to see
When we’ll be released from here and
Summer’s all begun
Will we be done when it is gone?
I don’t know, something’s wrong
A gift arrived today
Right on time but just too late and
One more song to sing
And then we’re done with this thing
I don’t know, something’s wrong
Summer has begone
So much work left to be done
Everything is lost
Any thoughts are blown away like dust
I don’t know, something’s wrong
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Yamahaze
03:24
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Taste of the summer
Rain in the season's daze
Play unencumbered
Sounds of the Yamahaze
While away the long forgotten days
All that remains are the songs
Spending all my time in the shade
All that I want to be done
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Three Little Birds
04:57
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Three little birds with no blues to sing
Flew off to experience new things
Three little birds with their luck about to run out
Three little birds with their tail feathers spread on my couch
When you flew in, you knew it would hurt
When you fly high, your wings will burn
Burn me down
Three little beaks chirping all shrill
Excited about all those new thrills
Three little beaks eating out of my hand
When you flew in, you knew it would hurt
When you fly high, your wings will burn
Burn me down
You know it will hurt but you don’t mind
Just one little sting and then you’re fire will spread around
Burn me down
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Deaf
09:07
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I've found the sound is gone
I've found a way to make it stop
No more cause for false alarm
I've found a way to turn it off
It's so peaceful now it's gone
A Ludwig bust upon my desk
There's an easy day to come
Everything that's left
Are some unfinished songs
Only silence now instead
Peace and quiet in my head
The need to lay it down has left
Metallic dust upon my chest
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