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Standing Still
03:15
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Put these thoughts in my head into action
Action beyond my own satisfaction
Remembering what you told me and how you scold me
I pull back the curtain
you told me a lie
Now I'm just standing still
I know my place is pardoned
Standing still
But now my heart's been hardened
When you look in the mirror is it crystal clear?
You're not who you were - did they leave you behind?
Trying to get it together in stormy weather
Two roads diverge -- can't make up your mind
So you're just standing still
You know your place is pardoned
Standing still
But now your heart's been hardened
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Beating Drum
04:27
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My heart is a beating drum
I thought we were having some fun
Now she's wielding her words like a gun
My heart, my heart is a beating drum
My legs won't stop shaking in bed
She got up inside of my head
Now it seems as though I'm better off dead
My legs, my legs won't stop shaking in bed
I've gotta say
She's got a way
of making everything my fault
Holding hands and feeling alive
If you grip too tightly the flowers will die
I'm in the squeeze and I'm trying to survive
Holding hands and feeling alive
And I've gotta say
She's got a way
of making everything my fault
In the kitchen and full of regret
She's got needs and they need to be met
I tried to fool her, and take back my bet,
Now I'm in the kitchen and full of regret
And I've gotta say
I've got a way
of making everything her fault
It's her fault
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New City
03:59
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Sad farewell
Emerald city glow
Maybe it's the people that you hold
Hold on tight, this rental truck just might
Break 55 if we drive all night
Night is different here
It's crystal clear
This city never ever goes to
Sleep my dear
This cozy one bedroom
Keeps us closer driving us apart
It's driving us apart
Saturday
The 1 train takes us down
To Chinatown to buy some food to
Cook each day as we lay in our bed
No AC
Will August ever end?
It's a full-time job to find work
Perpetual machine
You know what I mean
We're just cogs in this clockwork city
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The Robots Among Us
05:32
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It's dirty, dirty, dirty
Down doing the laundry
He must be blind to not see the robot he's become
A flight out of the country
To check up on a factory
Where they'll work for nearly nothing
He's gonna make a fortune
He sells himself for money
But the house is nice and his teeth are white, oh
Oh no
You better watch your back
and be careful who you trust
There are robots among us
They don't understand the warmth of human touch
These robots among us
It's shady, shady, shady
In the land of milk of honey
Where we walk the thin line between
What we need and greed
We'll do it for the money
Cause though we're fake
The benefits are great, oh
Oh no
You better watch your back
and be careful who you trust
There are robots among us
They don't understand the warmth of human touch
These robots among us
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I become the father
As I slip under the water
Looking for the purpose
As I slide below the surface
Losing all movement
As my lungs fill with fliud
Dreams are forgotten
As I sink towards the bottom
Then my heart begins to glow
Cause I'm longing to be home
and the surface slips away
and steals the light of day
And I'm breathing for the first time as I go down
I'm breathing for the first time as I drown
The plan goes into motion
At night by the ocean
Thinking of the distance
and my lack of persistence
Waves crash like thunder
They're pulling me under
Dreams are remembered
In the sea in November
And my heart begins to glow
Cause I'm longing to be home
and the surface slips away
and steals the light of day
And I'm breathing for the first time as I go down
I'm breathing for the first time as I drown
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Small Coastal Towns
04:43
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You rode your bike into my atmosphere
With ocean breezes blowing in your hair
I saw you down at the county store
Yesterday, now I'm back for more
I just wanted to say I'd never let you go
My lifeline is tied to your soul
I reach out to touch your hand
As we're stepping out onto moonlit sand
And love comes so easily
in small coastal towns like these
But in a couple of years
after the pain and the tears
Will you still cling so tight to me?
I'd only known her for about a week
When she proclaimed that she would marry me
I wrote her a song on a cheap guitar
It was out of tune, but it won her heart
I just wanted to say I'd never let you go
My lifeline is tied to your soul
I reach out to touch your hand
As we're stepping out onto moonlit sand
And love comes so easily
in small coastal towns like these
But in a couple of years
after the pain and the tears
Will you still cling so tight to me?
Can love come so easily?
I don't know
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Hurricanes
04:37
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I lost my mind
All in due time
I'm underneath these processed trees in hiding
Outside my window
The hurricanes blow
I'm underneath these processed trees in hiding
Will someone please heed the call?
This is more than we're ready for
I can hear the levee break
and the ground begins to shake
As the water rushes in
I hung my head
And knelt at her bed
She said I know you have to go my darling
Outside her window
The ocean now flows
She said I know you have to go my darling
Will someone please heed the call?
This is more than we're ready for
I can hear the levee break
and the ground begins to shake
As the water rushes in
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She took the cigarettes
and all the coke
and left me here
an addict broke
She had the cash
to pay our rent
she even found my secret stash
now my money's all been spent
And here I am
In need of a revival
All she left was her Bible
So Lord, Lord, I'm on my knees for you
She took the furniture too
I never thought our love would fade
True, I've always been one to doubt
But I had her figured out
I never thought our love would fade
I'm stabbed by an unseen blade
She took my confidence
She took my pride
Took my innocence
She took me by surprise
So here I am
I'm ready for my revival
Cause all she left was her Bible
So Lord, Lord, I'm on my knees for you
She took the furniture too
I never thought our love would fade
True, I've always been one to doubt
But I had her figured out
I never thought our love would fade
I'm stabbed by an unseen blade
Sure, I know we needed a tune-up
but I could still hear the engine humming
With the knife still in my back
I never saw this one coming
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The Phone Call
04:54
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The take-off
the long flight
into the dark and moonless night
The phone call that woke me cried
That you had died
Relationship broken
For years we had not spoken
I thought that you didn't care
And I was scared
All these years it's been the same
You had your fortune and local fame
Now you're gone and the phone call claims
You left it all in my name
The touchdown
The sunrise
I had to see with my own eyes
The phone call that woke me said
That you were dead
You're gone
Goodbye
So long
Too late
You're gone
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Let the Stereo Play
02:59
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When I wake up
I press a pot and drink a cup
In the morning air
Birds are flying everywhere
And when she wakes up
I kiss her lips and fill her cup
Sitting in our underpants
when we feel the urge to dance
So we do
Turn off your cell phone and your pager
This is major
Let the stereo play
We'll dance the morning away
And when the day finally turns into afternoon
We'll flip the record and dance to new tunes
'Cause we
Will dance the morning away
Don't care what the neighbors say
Just let the stereo play
All day
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Irony of Empire
05:08
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As the morning breaks, first light
She'll dress, soundless, and sigh
Take the clothes from off the line
That she forgot last night
Will there still be work today?
Some pennies toward the loan?
Or will rich white men like me spend holiday at home?
Shadow of consumer god
The have-nots won't sing praise
As your temple reaches higher
broken hands they'll raise
And as if it's not enough to roll my cigarettes
She'll prostitute her little girl
I'll inhale and forget
Shadow of consumer god
The have-nots won't sing praise
As your temple reaches higher
broken hands they'll raise
I don't have to worry
She doesn't have a prayer
I'll drink my cup coffee
And she'll stay way out there
Invisible, forgotten, unthought of or unknown
The fabric that she weaves decorates my home
The irony of empire
is that the untouched land
seems to be our favorite vacation in the sand
We want to retire to islands in the sun
Yet all of these islands are fast becoming one
They're fast becoming one
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Eyes Shut
03:00
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Kneel down
Close tight those eyes or I might
Lose track of thoughts
These words are all that I've got
To keep on track
To get off my back
Guilty conscience
Do you think that He watches me?
Because my eyes are shut
These shoes, this car
I know they will take me far
From here I'll go
To where I don't really know
But I'll give thanks
Prosperity takes my work
It's all me
Don't say I'm lucky
With my eyes shut I can't see them
I don't want my eyes wide open
After all, it makes it harder
To pray
With my eyes shut I can't see them
I don't want my eyes wide open
After all, it makes it harder
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