Maybe That’s Something

We lay around just like gurusIn borrowed robesAnd talk about nothingWell maybe that’s somethingMaybe that’s something You stretch out across a long long tableWithout hesitationYou say, "I’m willing and able" [Chorus]Maybe that’s somethingMaybe that’s one thing more than I’ve seenMaybe that’s something more than nothing You say good, I say […]


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Anything But Down

I light your cigarettesI bring you apples from the vineHow quickly you forgetI run the bath and pour the wineI bring you everything that floats into your mind But you don’t bring me anything but downYou don’t bring me anything but downYou don’t bring me anything but downWhen you come […]


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My Favorite Mistake

I woke up and called this morningThe tone of your voice was a warningThat you don’t care for me anymore I made up the bed we sleep inI looked at the clock when you creep inIt’s 6 a.m. and I’m alone [Chorus]Did you know when you goIt’s the perfect endingTo […]


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Riverwide

I spent a year in the mouth of a whaleWith a flame and a book of signsYou’ll never know how hard I’ve failedTrying to make up for lost time Once I believed in things unseenI was blinded by the darkOut of the multitude to meHe came and broke my heart […]


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Am I Getting Through (part 1 & 2)

[Part I:] I am strongI am ableI spill milk on your tableThen I crawl like a babyJust to see if you save me I am sweetI am uglyI am mean if you love meI’ll try hard just to please youWhen I say I don’t need you I dress up with […]


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Mississippi

Every step of the wayWe walk the lineYour days are numberedSo are mine Time is piling upWe struggle and we scrapeAll boxed inNowhere to escape The city’s just a jungleMore games to playI’m trapped in the heart of itTrying to get away I was raised in the countryBeen working in […]


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Subway

[Chorus]Do do do do, do do do doDo do do do, do do do do I was riding on the e-trainI was whistling to the rhythmI was thinking about my live-inI was feeling pretty fineI asked the timeGot a poke in the eye When I read the latest newsHow we […]


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It Don't Hurt

It don’t hurt like it didI can sing my song againIt don’t hurt like it didI can sing my song again. I scraped the paper off the wallI put down carpet in the hallI left no trace of you at allAnd I can sing my song again I don’t dream […]


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Members Only

Uncle Larry’s hooked on ice againHe seems to be stuck in the 80’sHe wears his members only jacketCause he thinks it turns on all the ladies And all the white folks shake their assesLooking for the two and fourI’ll have mine in martini glassesCause I can’t take it anymore These […]


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Crash And Burn

I watched the sun come up on PortlandI waved goodbye to all my friendsI packed my car and headed to LAI gave away all my loose ends Somebody said you gotta get awayTo wanna go back home againI left my universe standing thereHolding the hand of my best friend And […]


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Resuscitation

Short circulatedSleeping through the dopamineWhen you’ve got nothing to fearToo low to noticeSuperman in disco jeansHaving a good timeJust wish I was here ResuscitationBring me aroundResuscitationBring me down So separatedUnder watergun balletWhen you’ve got no mapYou’ve got no place to goSome sexy killjoyBring everybody downWell, I eat confusionAnd spit it […]


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