1. |
my shadow
03:27
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a sand in time is all you
ever seem to be
a nightmare haunted home
and me, a memory
i can't see your face
'cause i been lookin' at you
...the way you walk
...the way you step on though
...the way you do all the things you do
i can't tell truth
my shadow
my shadow is stuck
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2. |
rock n roll
04:46
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Jenny said when she was just five years old
There was nothin' happ'nin' at all
Every time she puts on the radio
There was nothin' goin' down at all, not at all
Then one fine morning, she puts on a New York station
You know, she don't believe what she heard at all
She started shaking to that fine, fine music
You know, her life was saved by rock and roll
Despite all the amputations
You know, you could just go out and dance to the rock and roll station
And it was all right (It was all right)
Hey, baby, you know, it was all right (It was all right)
Jenny said when she was just about 5 years old
"You know, my parents are gonna be the death of us all
Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars
Well, you know, ain't gonna help me at all, not just a tiny bit"
Then one fine morning, she turns on a New York station
She doesn't believe what she hears at all
Ooh, she started dancin' to that fine, fine music
You know, her life was saved by rock and roll, yeah, rock and roll
Despite all the computations
You could just change it to that rock and roll station
And baby, it was all right (It was all right)
Hey, it was all right (It was all right)
Hey, here she comes now
Now, Jenny said when she was just about five years old
"Hey, you know, there's nothing happenin' at all, not at all
Every time I put on the radio
You know, there's nothin' goin' down at all, not at all"
But one fine morning, she hears a New York station
She doesn't believe what she heard at all, hey, not at all
She started dancing to that fine, fine music
You know, her life was saved by rock and roll, yes, rock and roll
Ooh, despite all the computation
You know, you could just dance to a rock and roll station
All right, all right
And it was all right
Are you list'nin' to me now?
And it was all right
Come on now, listen ta me
It was all right, it was all right
Man, it was all right (All right)
It's all right (All right)
Baby, it's all right now (All right)
Baby, it's all right now (All right)
Man, it's all right (All right)
Said all right now (All right)
It's all right right now (All right)
It's all right now (All right)
Oh, baby (All right)
Oh, baby (All right)
Oh, baby (All right)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (All right)
Now it's all right now (All right)
Ooh, it's all right now (All right)
Oh, oh (All right)
All right now (All right)
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3. |
there's too much love
03:39
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i could hang about and burn my fingers
i've been waiting out here waiting for something to start
you think i'm thoughtless to a t
my manners set impeccably
but underneath i am the same as you
i could dance all night like i'm a soul boy
but you know i'd rather drag myself across the dance floor
i feel like dancing on my own
where know one knows me and where i
can cause offense just by the way i look
and when i come to blows
when i am numbering my foes
just hope that you are on my side my dear
but it's best to finish as i started
with my face head down
staring at the brown formica
it's safer not to look around
i can't hide my feelings from you now
there's too much love to go around these days
you say i've got another face
that's not a fault of mine these days
i'm brutal honest and afraid of you
it's safer not to look around
i can't hide my feelings from you now
i'm brutal honest and afraid of you
you say i've got another face
that's not a fault of mine these days
i'm brutal honest and afraid of you
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4. |
electric dream it's over
03:47
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you don't have to touch it to know
love is everywhere that you go
you don't have to touch it to feel
love is every second we steal
love is love is nothing without you
love is love is everything you do
open up your eyes and you will see
love is love is everything to me
there is freedom within
there is freedom without
try to catch the deluge in a paper cup
there's a battle ahead
many battles are lost
but you'll never see the end of the road while you're traveling with me
hey now hey now
don't dream it's over
hey now hey now
when the world come in and they come
they come to be the wall between us
you know they won't win
and you know that love is love
it's written in black and blue
and everything you say
must bring her closer
closer to you
don't let them win
hey now hey now
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5. |
airbag to yourself
04:51
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can't get the stink out
it's been hanging round for days
comes like a comet
suckered you but not your friends
one day i'll get to you
and teach you how to be a holy cow
you do it to yourself
you do
that's what really hurts
you do it to yourself
just you
you and no one else
you do it to yourself
don't get my sympathy
hanging out the 15th floor
change the locks 3 times
and still come reeling through the door
one day i'll get to you
and teach you how to be your purest self
you do it to yourself
you do
that's what really hurts
you do it to yourself
just you
you and no one else
you do it to yourself
you do it to yourself
you do
that's what really hurts
you do it to yourself
just you
you and no one else
you do it to yourself
fitter happier
more productive
comfortable
not drinking too much
regular excercise at the gym 3 days a week
getting along better with your associate employee contemporaries
friends enjoy a drink now and then
with frequent check credit at moral bank
hole in the wall
favours for favours
fond but not in love
charity standing order on sunday
green grove supermarket
no killing moths
or pouring boiling water on snails
carwash always on sunday
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6. |
our time is running out
04:29
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i think I'm drowning
asphyxiated
i wanna break this spell
that you've created
you're something beautiful
a contradiction
i wanna play the game
i want the friction
you will be the death of me
you will be the death of me
bury it
i won't let you bury it
i won't let you smother it
i won't let you murder it
our time is running out
our time is running out
you can't push it underground
you can't stop it screaming out
i wanted freedom
bound and restricted
i tried to give you up
but I'm addicted
now that you know i'm trapped sense of elation
you'd never dream of
breaking this fixation
you will squeeze the life out of me
bury it
i won't let you bury it
i won't let you smother it
i won't let you murder it
our time is running out
our time is running out
you can't push it underground
you can't stop it screaming out
how did it come to this?
eww yeah
you will suck the life out of me
bury it
i won't let you bury it
i won't let you smother it
i won't let you murder it
our time is running out
our time is running out
you can't push it underground
you can't stop it screaming out
how did it come to this?
eww yeah
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7. |
dance yourself clean
04:42
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don't you want me to wake up
then give me just a bit of your time
arguments are made for make-ups
so give it just a little more time
we've got to bring the resources
i wanna play it 'til the time comes
forget your string of divorces
you go and throw your little hands up
it's late
oh
honey, it's late
oh
i miss the way the night goes
with friends who always make it feel good
this basement has a cold glow
though it's better than a bunch of others
so go and dance yourself clean
go and dance yourself clean
you're blowing Marxism to pieces
their little arguments to pieces
it's your show
it's your show
it's your show
it's your show
it's your show...
put your little feet down
and hang out
and you go
stop, stop, stop, stop
stop, stop, stop, stop
break me into bigger pieces
so some of me is home with you
wait until the weekend
and we can make our bad dreams come true
and it's a-go
yeah, it's a-go
and if we wait until the weekend
we can miss the best things to do
go and dance yourself clean, ah
go and dance yourself clean, yeah
you're blowing Marxism to pieces
their little arguments to pieces
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8. |
safe surfer
08:40
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....and i saw my old man
exploding out of the tunnel
i knew what came next
recognized that cruel scene
that brought the downfall
of the distant gaze, distant gaze
welcome in, a son of Clovius Boofus
just another sheep boy
duck call, swan song
idiot son of donkey kong and i say
you don't have to be afraid, love
'cause i'm a safesurfer, darlin'
you don't have to be afraid, love
'cause i'm a safesurfer, darlin'
you don't have to be afraid, love
'cause i'm a safesurfer, darlin'
you don't have to be afraid, love
'cause i'm a safesurfer, darlin'
you don't have to be afraid, love
'cause i'm a safesurfer, darlin'
you don't have to be afraid, love
'cause i'm a safesurfer, darlin'
You don't have to be afraid, love
'Cause I'm a safesurfer, darlin'
You don't have to be afraid, love
'Cause I'm a safesurfer, darlin'
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9. |
mother
06:02
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mother
you had me
but i never had you
i wanted you
you didn't want me
father
you left me
but i never left you
i needed you
you didn't need me
children
don't do what i have done
i couldn't walk
and i tried to run
so i just gotta tell you
good bye
momma don't go
daddy come home
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10. |
hyacinth house
03:10
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what are they doing in the hyacinth house?
what are they doing in the hyacinth house
to please the lions, yeah, this day?
i need a brand new friend who doesn't trouble me
i need a brand new friend who doesn't bother me
i need someone, yeah, who doesn't need me
i see the bathroom is clear
i think that someone is here
i'm sure that someone is following me
oh yeah....
why did you throw the jack of hearts away?
why did you throw the jack of hearts away?
it was the only card in the deck that i had left to play.
...and i'll say it again
i need a brand new friend
...and i'll say it again
i need a brand new friend
...and i'll say it again
i need a brand new friend
the end
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11. |
some weird sin
03:36
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i never got my license to live
they won't give it up
so i stand at the world's edge
i'm trying to break in, but i know it's not for me
and the sight of it all makes me sad, and ill
that's when i want
some weird sin
things get too straight
i can't bare it
i feel stuck
...stuck on a pin
i'm trying to break in
but i know it's not for me
...and the sight of it all
makes me sad, and ill
that's when i want
some weird sin
that's when i want
some weird sin just to relax with
yeah, some dumb weird sin
for a while anyway
with my head on the ledge
that's what you get out on the ledge
some weird sin
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12. |
someday
02:57
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in many ways they'll miss the good old days
someday, someday
yeah it hurts to say, but i want you to stay
sometimes, sometimes
when we was young oh man did we have fun
always, always
promises they break before they're made
sometimes, sometimes
oh, naia says im lacking in depth
i will do my best
you say you wanna stay by my side
darling your head's not right
alone we stand together we fall apart
yeah, i think i'll be alright
i'm working so i won't have to try so hard
tables they turn sometimes.
oh someday.
i ain't wasting no more time.
and now my fears, they come to me in threes
so i, sometimes
say "fate my friend, you say the strangest things,
i find, sometimes."
oh, naia says i'm lacking in depth
say i will do my best
you say you wanna stay by my side
darling your head's not right
alone we stand together we fall apart
yeah, i think I'll be alright
i'm working so i won't have to try so hard
tables they turn sometimes.
oh someday
i ain't wasting no more time
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13. |
half of what
03:38
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the shape of your head is a twist of the truth
the skulls on these walls are they connected to you?
the stars are like eyes coming out of the mist
temperatures rise like an easter morning sun
it's not something you learn
it's something you do
sometimes i wonder if my other half is you
cuz i am only half
of what i am
...and half of that is what...
lies can do
...and where the rest is...
i don't know
...and i'm not sure if i want to know
back on my own
it took me this long
to get to the top of this misty mountainside you're on
now i can see where it's all been leading to
the skulls on these walls
are they connected to you?
walking with you down a slippery slope
and she said...
"if i were the sun you'd be the world i'd shine onto"
cuz i am only half
of what i am
...and half of that is what
lies can do
...and where the rest is...
i don't know
...and i'm not sure if i want to know
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14. |
youth of america
06:56
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youth of america
living in the jungle
fighting for survival
with the wrong place to go
youth of america
the wall is all around
the walls are crumbling
tumbling down on you
it is time we rectify this now
we've got to heal it it now
got to heal it now now now
woo
well they attack you from the left side
down the right side
down the middle till you don't know who you are
well stick around cuz you don't really matter
they're tryin' put ya
6 feet under the ground
it is time we rectify this now
we got to feel it now
got to feel it now, now, now
woo
it is time we rectify this now
we've got to heal it now
got to heal it now, now, now
woo
rich
the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer
this place is no existence
i don't want to be born here again
do you want to be born here again?
this place is no existence
living in the jungle
beware the guys in disguise
fighting for survival
living in the jungle fighting for survival
fighting for survival
they attack you from the right side
down the left side
down the middle till you don't know who you are
well stick around cuz you don't really matter
they're tryna put ya six feet under the ground
we've got to heal it now
got to heal it now, now, now
woo
youth of america
youth of america
youth youth youth youth youth youth youth youth youth
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15. |
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i'm totally confused by you
i'm totally confused by you
ten foot man making my lunch
you'll never understand
i want you so much
...and i never ever wanted...
i'm totally confused by you
i'm totally confused by you
screaming in my face
whisper in my ear
put me in a suitcase with a can of beer
...and i never ever wanted...
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16. |
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nah nah nah nah
nah nah nah nah
you're keeping in step
in the line
got your chin held high,
and you feel just fine
cuz you do
what you're told
but inside your heart it is black and it's hollow and it's cold
just how deep do you believe?
will you bite the hand that feeds?
will you chew until it bleeds?
can you get up off your knees?
are you brave enough to see?
do you wanna change it?
what if this whole crusade's a charade
and behind it all there's a price to be paid
for the blood on which we dine?
justified in the name of the holy and the divine...
just how deep do you believe?
will you bite the hand that feeds?
will you chew until it bleeds?
can you get up off your knees?
are you brave enough to see?
do you wanna change it?
so naive
I keep holding on to what I wanna believe
I can see
but I keep holding on and on and on and on
you are the only person i know
but i take you round to people who are on the go
well you took me out to a picture show
and what's the first thing i see
but them burning pictures of my head to toe hey!
I'm not an effigy
no no
now that sounds rad
front man write the songs that say I like that
hold on
I'm calling
calling back to the ball
and we'll dazzle them all
hold on
pick up the phone
and I want to go home now
break down
sentimental heartbreaking
everything is my fault
sentimental heartbreaking
everything is my fault
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17. |
in my room
03:29
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i stand alone and watch the clock
i only wait for it to stop
the doors are shut
and all the windows locked
the only sound is from the clock
i sit and wait alone
in my room
and in my room against the wall
there is a picture very small
a photograph i took some years ago
it shows a picture of a room i know
i sit and wait alone
in my room
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18. |
i wanna be your dog
03:10
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all messed up
i want you here
in my room
i want you here
now we're gonna be face to face
and i'm gonna sit right on your face
now i wanna be your dog
now i wanna be your dog
now i wanna be your dog
well c'mon
now i'm ready to close my eyes
now i'm ready to close my mind
now i'm ready to feel your hand
and lose my ass on the burning sand
now i wanna be your dog
now i wanna be your dog
now i wanna be your dog
well c'mon
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19. |
shout
05:08
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shout
shout
let it all out
these are the things i can do without
come on
i'm talking to you
come on
shout
shout
let it all out
these are the things i can do without
come on
i'm talking to you
come on
in violent times
you shouldn't have to sell your soul
in black and white
they really-really ought to know
those one-track minds
that took you for a working boy
kiss them goodbye
you shouldn't have to jump for joy
you shouldn't have to jump for joy
shout
shout
let it all out
these are the things i can do without
come on
i'm talking to you
come on
they gave you life
and in return you gave them hell
as cold as ice
i hope we live to tell the tale
i hope we live to tell the tale
shout
shout
let it all out
these are the things i can do without
come on
i'm talking to you
come on
and when you've taken down your guard
if I could change your mind
i'd really love to break your heart
i'd really love to break your heart
shout
shout
let it all out
these are the things i can do without
come on
i'm talking to you
come on
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20. |
this will be our year
02:13
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the warmth of your smile's
like the warmth of the sun
this will be our year
took a long time to come
you don't have to worry
all your worry days are gone
this will be our year.
took a long time to come
...and i won't forget the way you helped me
up when i was down
...and i won't forget the way you said
darling I love you,
you give me strength to go on
now we're there,
and we've only just begun
this will be our year.
took a long time to come.
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21. |
when i'm down
04:21
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what say you now?
the door is opening on your vigil
and I'm in my usual way
i save my breath, knowing what you're
wanting me to say
i only love you when I'm down
you say that midnight opens its arms to me
leaving you alone, and I fly so far away
until the light blurs my vision
and I have nowhere to roam
i only love you when I'm down
and I only love you when I'm down
and I'm only near you when I'm gone
but one thing for you to keep in mind, you know
i'm down all the time
well I know you're reaching out
and you need to feel my hand
you want to be understood, yeah well I understand
i know you hold precious little hope for me
and in your hapiness
i'm always drowning in my grief
and I only love you when I'm down
and I'm only near you when I'm gone
but one thing for you to keep in mind, you know
i'm down all the time
all the time, all the time, all the time
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22. |
st. ides heaven
03:09
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everything is exactly right as i walk around here drunk every night
with an open container from seven eleven
it's st. ides heaven
i've been out haunting the neighborhood
and everybody can see i'm no good
when i'm walking out there between parked cars
with my head full of stars
high on amphetamines
the moon is a light bulb breaking
it'll go around with anyone
but it won't come down for anyone
you think you know what brings me down
that i want those things you could never allow
you see me smile and you think it's a frown
turned upside down
cus everyone is fucking pro
and they've all got answers from troubles we've known
and they've all gotta say what you should, and shouldn't do
but they don't have a clue
high on amphetamines
the moon is a light bulb breaking
it'll go around with anyone
but it won't come down for anyone
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23. |
the battle of achilles
09:08
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it was an april morning when they told us we should go
as i turn to you, you smiled at me
how could we say no?
oh, the fun to have
to live the dreams we always had
oh, the songs to sing
when we at last return again
slipping off a glancing kiss
to those who claim they know
below the streets that steam and hiss
the devil's in his hole
oh, to sail away
to sandy lands and other days
oh, to touch the dream
hides inside and never seen, yeah
into the sun, the south, the north
at last the birds have flown
the shackles of commitment fell
in pieces on the ground
oh, to ride the wind
to tread the air above the din
oh, to laugh aloud
dancing as we fought the crowds, yeah
to seek the man whose pointing hand
the giant step unfolds
with guidance from the curving path
that churns up into stone
if one bell should ring
in celebration for a king
so fast the heart should beat
as proud the head with heavy feet, yeah
days went by when you and i
bathed in eternal summer's glow
as far away and distant
our mutual child did grow
oh the sweet refrain
soothes the soul and calms the pain
oh albion remains
sleeping now to rise again
wandering and wandering
what place to rest the search?
when the mighty arms of atlas
hold the heavens from the earth
for the mighty arms of Atlas
hold the heavens from the earth
from the earth
i know the way, know the way, know the way, know the way
i know the way, know the way, know the way, know the way
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh
ah, ah, ah, ah
ah, ah, ah, ah
ah, ah, ah, ah
ah, ah, ah, ah
ah, ah, ah, ah
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh
for the mighty arms of atlas
hold the heavens from the earth
ah, ah, ah, ah
ah, ah, ah, ah
ah, ah, ah, ah
ah, ah, ah, ah
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24. |
rip it up
04:57
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25. |
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Schatten werfen keine Schatten
Deine Wort waren mir lange im Gedächtnis
Manchmal war es lästig
Wenn wir beide eng umschlungen
Mit an Starrsinn grenzender Beharrlichkeit
Zeitgleich in die Mitte eines Zwischensreichs
Uns ziehen ließen
Blumen sprießen an den Ränden dieses Pfades
Der verschlungen und nicht gerade
In die Tiefe dessen führte
Was wir beide noch nicht kannten
Aber instinktiv verstanden
Denn wir wissen ganz bestimmt
Dass wir beide Schatten sind
Diese werfen diese nicht
Man kann sich selber nicht erlangen
Der Grund vor uns war schwarz vor Augen
Wir verlangen eine Wiederholung dessen
Gegen das Vergessen
Was wir waren noch vor Jahren
Denn wir wissen ganz bestimmt
Dass wir beide Schatten sind
Manchmal wenn wir liegen
In einem Zustand des Erwachens
Zwischen Nacht und Tag
Dann müssen wir fast lachen
Über den Umkreis dieser unheimlichen Sachen
Über die Blitze der Erinnerung
Die wie um uns zu dem zu machen
Was wir heute sind uns so umfahren
So wie diese hellen Strahlen
Denn wir wissen ganz bestimmt
Dass wir beide Schatten sind
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26. |
mammal
02:09
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glass of milk
standing in between extinction in the cold
and explosive radiating growth
so the warm blood flows
through the large four-chambered heart
maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have
mammal, mammal
their names are called
they raise a paw
the bat, the cat
dolphin and dog
koala bear and hog
one of us might lose his hair
but you're reminded that it once was there
from the embryonic whale to the monkey with no tail
so the warm blood flows
with the red blood cells lacking nuclei
through the large four-chambered heart
maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have
mammal, mammal
their names are called
they raise a paw
the bat, the cat
dolphin and dog
koala bear and hog
placental the sister of her brother Marsupial
their cousin called Monotreme
dead uncle Allotheria
mammal, mammal
their names are called
they raise a paw
the bat, the cat
dolphin and dog
koala bear and hog
the fox, the ox
giraffe and shrew
echidna, caribou
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27. |
i'm not saying
02:52
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i'm not sayin' that i love you
i'm not sayin' that i'll care if you love me
i'm not sayin' that i'll care
i'm not sayin' i'll be there when you want me
i can't give my heart to you
or tell you that i'll sing your name up to the sky
i can't lay the promise down
that i'll always be around when you need me
now i may not be alone each time you see me
along the street or in a small cafe
but still i won't deny or mistreat you
maybe if you let me have my way
i'm not sayin' i'll be sorry
for all the things that i might say that make you cry
i can't say i'll always do
the things you want me to
i'm not sayin' i'll be true but i'll try
now i may not be alone each time you see me
or show up when i promised that i would
but still i won't deny or mistreat you
maybe if you love me like you should
i'm not sayin' i'll be sorry
for all the things that i might say that make you cry
i can't say i'll always do
the things you want me to
i'm not sayin' i'll be true but i'll try
i can't say i'll always do
the things you want me to
i'm not sayin' i'll be true but i'll try
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28. |
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29. |
these days
03:47
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30. |
jugband blues
03:09
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it's awfully considerate of you to think of me here
and i'm most obliged to you for ma making it clear that I'm not here,
and i never knew the moon could be so big,
and i never knew the moon could be so blue,
and i'm grateful that you threw away my old shoes,
and brought me here instead dressed in red,
and i'm wondering who could be writing this song.
i don't care if the sun don't shine,
and i don't care if nothing is mine,
and i don't care if I'm nervous with you.
i'll do my loving in the winter,
and the sea isn't green,
and i love the queen,
and what exactly is a dream,
and what exactly is a joke?
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31. |
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all messed up
I want you here
in my room
I want you here
now we're gonna be face to face
and I'm gonna sit right on your face
now i wanna be your dog
now I wanna be your dog
now I wanna be your dog
well c'mon
now I'm ready to close my eyes
now I'm ready to close my mind
now I'm ready to feel your hand
and lose my ass on the burning sand
now I wanna be your dog
now I wanna be your dog
now I wanna be your dog
well c'mon
c'mon iggy
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