1. |
Come To Texas She Said
04:13
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come to texas she said
we’ll sleep beneath a sky disguised as a ceiling
i’m feeling
like we could wake up the dead
we’ll galvanize old galveston til it’s reeling
it’s reeling
dancing with a drawl
grinding hip to hip
margarita salt
when you kiss my lips
come to texas she said
there’s something in my soul that says you belong here
belong here
there’s star wars sheets on the bed
hey can you feel the force?
i’m told that it’s strong here
it’s strong here
dancing with a drawl
grinding hip to hip
margarita salt
when you kiss my lips
i keep my wits
cuz i’m not leaving new york city
no i’m not leaving new york city
no i’m not leaving new york city for nothin
not for nothing
come to texas she said
where there is no before and there is no after
just laughter
come to texas she said
where nobody’s imploring you to walk faster
walk faster
dancing with a drawl
grinding hip to hip
margarita salt
when you kiss my lips
i keep my wits
cuz i’m not leaving new york city
no i’m not leaving new york city
no i’m not leaving new york city for nothin
not for nothing
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2. |
Think Too Hard
03:48
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television’s buzzin’
our bartender’s fussing with her bangs
me and my second cousin
are both watching the game
it’s not that we’re such big fans
and i’m not even sure i know who’s who
it’s just a sunday evening
it’s just something to do
i don’t wanna think too hard
all my dreams are outnumbered
by the mosquitoes in our backyard
opposing regimes deal in whispers and screams while we slumber
i don’t wanna think too hard
i don’t wanna think too hard
television crackles
the game gives way to mug shot potpourri
their arms and legs in shackles
names on the marquee
my second cousin asks me
“can you believe what’s happening over there?
the emperor’s standing naked
and no one seems to care”
i don’t wanna think too hard
all my dreams are outnumbered
by the mosquitoes in our backyard
opposing regimes
deal in whispers and screams
while nobody at all stands guard
i don’t wanna think too hard
i don’t wanna think too hard
i don’t wanna think too hard
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3. |
My Hiding Place
04:55
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pour myself another round
drink 'til i can taste
my hiding place
line 'em up and knock 'em down
drifting into space
my hiding place
hard to wrap my head around
the lines upon my face
my hiding place
my dreams are running underground
and i'm too tired to chase
my hiding place
everybody just talks
but their words are made of chalk i will erase
everybody just walks
they walk away and i so i stay
in my hiding place
telenova turn it down
close captioned upper case
my hiding place
roberto loves juanita now
maria hides her face
my hiding place
the sun goes up the sun goes down
not one drop goes to waste
my hiding place
a sorrow never really drowns
it only gets misplaced
my hiding place
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4. |
What's The Over/Under?
02:50
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i've never been much of gambler
i don't know why i bet against your love
I’ve never had much of handle
on what i want until i fuck it up
now i'm playing the odds
tell me honest to god
until you call my number
what's the over-under
what's the over-under i lose you?
until you call my number
what's the over-under
what's the over-under i lose you once and for all?
i've never been much of a liar
i don't know why i lied to you my dear
you're holding my feet to the fire
i'm holding on to what you want to hear
i don't know what to say
pull the lever and pray
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5. |
I Walk In Circles
04:37
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ding dong the phantom gong
can you hear it ringing through your mind?
you’re too old to be so bold
with a girl who’s never been unkind
take in on the chin
yeah you said that to me
think about it one, two, three
take it on the chin
before they take it for free
eventually
meet cute the malamute
she can feel him breathing down her neck
straitlaced and poker-faced
but her heart is bouncing like a check
take in on the chin
yeah you said that to me
think about it one, two, three
take it on the chin
before they take it for free
eventually
i walk in circles
‘round every hurdle
i don’t know what to do
i don’t know what to do
backstage you tear a page
out of someone’s book you’ve never read
heartstrings refuse to sing
not without the voices in your head
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6. |
Loose Change
03:29
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a telepathic tumbleweed inside a bottle
reminding me you're not my baby
sometimes i think that happiness is hard to swallow
sometimes i think i love you maybe
don't tell me 'bout the way things used to be
you're just a grain of salt in the sea
don't tell me 'bout the way things used to be
between you and me
i remember sunlight streaming through your bedroom
vibrating phones like roosters crowing
and how your crazy dreaming left so little legroom
and how i loved you never knowing
don't tell me 'bout the way things used to be
you're just a grain of salt in the sea
don't tell me 'bout the way things used to be
between you and me
loose change, loose change
just janglin' around
just janglin' around
in my hands
loose change, loose change
just janglin' around
all the lives i've lived before
put 'em all together
it adds up to nothin'
remember when your roommate caught us in the kitchen?
i'm never living down that laughter
was kind of hard to run and hide in our condition
i never felt a heart beat faster
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you know you're such a mystery to me
you're masquerading as somebody somebody else used to be
and nothing but the truth will set you free
lump in my throat
i wanna know why you
i wanna know why you don't love me
anymore
and now i walk these streets in reverie
another blue jean benediction dripping from my memory
turning a question into a decree
lump in my throat
i wanna know why you
i wanna know why you don't love me
anymore
washed my face in a truck stop mirror
thoughts misplaced but my conscience clear
i can hear what my heart won't say
score one more for the poltergeist
haunting me the like the sacrifice
now i know you were never going to make
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8. |
The Crystal Ball
05:07
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another saturday night and i stare into the crystal ball
looking for another lonely soul who needs a place to fall
if you wanna be my lover i can be your party doll
look into my eyes
is there someone there you recognize?
subwoofer serenade me my off my feet
breaking up my brain like hot concrete
a sea of smiles
but i'm sinking like a stone in the surf
it's not worthwhile
if it's not for her
another saturday night and i stare into the crystal ball
looking for another lonely soul who needs a place to fall
if you wanna be my lover i can be your party doll
look into my eyes
is there someone there you recognize?
"hello how are you?"
she met my eye
a flicker in the blue
but no reply
a sunburn blooms
a tomato coming straight for my face
i can't undo
but i can erase
another saturday night and i stare into the crystal ball
like a drunkard scrawling out his number on a bathroom stall
if you wanna be my lover i can be your party doll
look into my eyes
is there someone there you recognize?
slumped behind the wheel
the goddess spoke
"you tried to make a meal of jack and coke.
so take my hand.
and baby take a good look around.
the sun comes up on the hunting ground"
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9. |
Kilimanjaro
05:25
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every time i see you i just turn into vapor
i never did believe you though it looked good on paper
now you complain that we were born too late
and there’s nothing left to desecrate
you know big mike’s still polishing the same greasy spoon
delivering what folks like morning night afternoon
he’s making outlines for his masterpiece
on the back of wadded up receipts
maybe tomorrow
kilimanjaro
john would sell his soul if he could just find a buyer
he’s got a staple gun
he’s got a fistful of flyers
he wants to turn his whole world upside down
he’s gonna start by wallpapering this town
maybe tomorrow
kilimanjaro
another teenage bride is being led to the river
the groom is by her side but he’s got nothing to give her
except the secrets that her eyes betray
if she can only make it through today
maybe tomorrow
kilimanjaro
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Jake Winstrom New York
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