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Heartache
03:10
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Heartache, you’ll lose your weight
You’re gaining strength for goodbye
Parting, you earned your wings
In fading strains sing of next time
Practiced and controlled review
Smoky lines withdraw with you
Startled awake by early birdsong
In sharpened air, my rising blue
Heartache, you’ll lose your wings
You’re feigning strength for goodbye
Parting, you’ll lose your way
In fading strains, sing one last time
Practiced and controlled review
Smoky lines withdraw with you
Startled awake by early birdsong
In sharpened air, my rising blue
Heartache, you’ll lose your weight
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You and me
We're a pedestrian street
We're the feeling that you get
When there's someone that you meet
That you don’t want to see
You and me
We’re actin’ seventy three
We're the feeling that you get
When there's someone that you dream
And you wake with a scream
She’s my sucker punch
She’s not for sale
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Karen
04:09
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You're such a superstar
Sing a song to make the whole world sing out loud
You're part of it all
February eighty-three
Careening yearning for
some divinity
for proximity
To something more
Raise your tired eyes to the sky
Ears to the lark's sweet lullaby
Look in the mirror take a hand
To guide you through the dark and damned
A shining light at your command
I'll lose myself in your eyes
But when you show your broken smile I realize
Inside you cry
Glamorous imagery
Careening yearning for
some divinity
for proximity
To something more
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Carve
03:36
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He wanted to fool her just one time
To lure her out of her wickered corner
To lure her out of her macramé
And just one time to hear her say
I’ll stay
He wanted to rule her just one time
To lure her out of her wicked order
To lure her out of her masquerade
And just one time to hear her say
I’ll stay
And she’ll say…
It’s only here for you, it's here
It’s only you, you crying fool
It’s only you
It’s only here for you
For you to love
He wanted to rule her just one time
To carve her out like a winding border
To carve her out like a dark café
And just one time to hear her say
I’ll stay
And she'll say...
It’s only here for you, it's here
It’s only you, you crying fool
It’s only you
It’s only
It’s only here for you, it's here
It’s only you, you crying fool
It’s only you
It’s only here for you
For you to love
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Smile
03:30
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When I lose my mind
I'll leave the rest to you
All's well -- Not quite
I hold the gun for you
A little better and it's gone
A bottle and love
The wheel's got our day
Don’t know where you are
A little better when the bottle is my love
Oh bay-baby, a little smile
Oh bay-baby, a little smile
smile again, smile again,
leaving
A little better and it's gone
A bottle and love
Oh bay-baby, a little smile
Oh bay-baby, a little smile
smile again, smile again,
leaving
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Staring at the stars
I crave the silence
The universe is ours
With sweet defiance
Rest my head on your shoulder
And my dreams
Feel it's getting colder
Silver screens
Walking home at dawn
Wipe away a tear
Keep the curtains drawn
A shadow disappears
You put me on the shelf
You’re not here
Looks like I’m talking to myself
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Birthday
04:00
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Crying in your hallway
Banging on your door
Tumbling down your staircase
Sending signs by semaphore
I want you for my birthday
Package by the door
Gonna rip the wrapper open
Pop the bubbles on the floor
Stay while I name each dot on your back
It’s something you just gotta know
Say I’m insane but I won't send you back
That’s something you just gotta know
Ooo Sha la
O sha la wee ooo
Ooo Sha la
O sha la wee
Ooo Sha la
O sha la wee ooo
Ooo Sha la
Happy birthday to me
I want you for my birthday
Package by the door
Gonna rip the wrapper open
Pop the bubbles on the floor
Stay while I name each dot on your back
It’s something you just gotta know
Say I’m insane but I won't send you back
That’s something you just gotta know
Ooo Sha la
O sha la wee ooo
Ooo Sha la
O sha la wee
Ooo Sha la
O sha la wee ooo
Ooo Sha la
Happy birthday to me
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Made of Stone
02:27
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I try to imagine the grave of my father
It’s made of stone
There’s an airplane flying low over
My father’s mother
I look into the grave of my mother
There’s no one home
There’s an airplane flying low over
My mother’s mother
And I’m tripping down the road when the rain explodes
It’s not enough to cry when you’re wet and cold
And I’m tripping down the road when the rain explodes
And you’re wonderin’ if it’s real
That you’ll ever know
By Friday
And I’m tripping down the road when the rain explodes
It’s not enough to cry when you’re wet and cold
And you’re wonderin’ if it’s real
That you’ll ever know
By Friday
I try to imagine the grave of my father
It’s made of stone
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