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Farce
05:34
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Walk me over the rise
If you believe it, is it still a lie?
You've got caves in your face and the wind's blowing through
It's a shame the things we things we think we have to do
Keep that silver spoon to remind you
Sharpen your harpoon, they'll find you
Oh
Bring me that bottle painted a medical blue
Oh
I hope you don't think about me as much as I
Think about you
Your grandfather let out a cry
'You don't eat, you don't shit, you don't shit you die'
He's got more advice for you too
Drinking that bachelor's brew
Cussing along to the news
He won't let you know he's so easily bruised
It's a shame the things we things we think we have to do
Keep that silver spoon to remind you
Sharpen your harpoon, they'll find you
Oh
Bring me that bottle painted a medical blue
Oh
I hope you don't think about me as much as I
Think about you
Oh, something's wrong
Something's wrong again
Ahhhhh
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My hungry eyes are crying out for more
but I can hardly fit through the door
I'll be relegated for sure to be rolling on the floor
Why did I eat so much food?
I'll be maxing out that visa debit
but that hotpot, man, I've got to get it
Oh brother I know you thought it but I went ahead and said it
Why did I eat so much food?
Salt and pepper pain in my stomach once again
Didn't picture it this way
I thought that we'd be rolling in the hay
oh, I know it's only Toblerone but my god, it feels like clay
Why did I eat so much food?
Find a witch and turn me to a cow
take a look and see who's smiling now
I've got more stomachs than eyebrows, and I'll fill up all the hours
with pecan pie and toblerone and you
Why did I eat so much food?
Salt and pepper pain in my stomach once again
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Gregor Samsa
01:48
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My
My brain
My brain is
My brain is an
My brain is an idiot
My brain is an idiot
My brain is an idiot
Now
My
My brain
My brain is
My brain is an
My brain is an idiot
My brain is an idiot
My brain is an idiot
Now
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Well, Jesus Christ I know that he
was not a lot older than me
when he claimed to be all of those things he claimed to be
But don't try to say that I don't admire
the man that they all called a liar
it's just that dying is a big responsibility
& I know that if it was on me
& I didn't think that I would make it out of my 30s
the job description that would come to me
would probably not be
'Carpenter'
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5. |
Ramadan Blues
04:10
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Didn't anybody ever tell you where to find that old Qur'an
'cause I
I
Don't have the time
to tell you now
I've got the Ramadan Blues
The Ramadan Blues
I've got the Ramadan Blues
Talkin' Ramadan Blues
Sun is high in the sky but it warms me none
I'm a thief and a spy, but at least I'm a solid one
Wa-ooo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Forty days and forty nights
we ride the Ferriss Wheel
& I
I know you do too
I've got the Ramadan Blues
The Ramadan Blues
I've got the Ramadan Blues
Talkin' Ramadan Blues
Sun is high in the sky but it warms me none
I'm a thief and a spy, but at least I'm a solid one
Wa-ooo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Forty days and forty nights
we ride the Ferriss Wheel
& I
I know you do too
It's a hard way to go
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Artificial Brain
03:42
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You got by, you ran dry
and what do you do when you can't go home?
You had time
But you waited this long just to watch it go away
Aritficial Brain
Sometimes, oh sometimes
a man wishes he wasn't born at sea
I'm all vowels babe
consonants are a luxury to me
it's an artificial breeze
You got by, you ran dry
and what do you do when you can't go home?
You had time
But you waited this long just to watch it go away
Aritficial Brain
In the artificial breeze
(repeat a bit)
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7. |
No Hand Was At The Wheel
05:24
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the darkest day of the year
and my heart is on the rail
the darkest day of the year
and whose hand is at the wheel
whose hand's at the wheel
who will tell 'em what has happened
out here beyond the dawn
out here beyond the horizon
who will tell 'em that you're gone
oh, the breaking sigh
no answer in the mystery
once you held me helpless
once it mighta been
cold was sharp across the high desert
you and me in the secrets
once it must have been
not only my heart on the rail
once it must have been
no hand was at the wheel
that no hand was at the wheel
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You're a sad little part of my life
Oh, I know
I wish that you were bigger
& you make me want to stay in my dreams
longer and longer and longer and longer
There's a devil creeping up on me
Gonna use my soul for kindling and timber
& His voice is like a tambourine
Ringing underwater in the winter
I wanna hear the alcohol in my mouth
I've forgotten more songs than I remember
But if I live a couple decades more
I'm sure I'll wish that I'm a couple decades younger
There's a devil creeping up on me
Gonna use my soul for kindling and timber
& His voice is like a tambourine
Ringing underwater in the winter
ain't the greatest gals born on a
ain't the greatest gals born on a December
ain't the greatest gals born on a
ain't the greatest gals born on a December
There's a devil creeping up on me
Gonna use my soul for kindling and timber
& His voice is like a tambourine
Ringing underwater in the winter
I've written songs about Louisianne
Though I ain't never been to America
And I don't even have a flag
And I'm scared of guns, but I've got a bumper sticker
There's a devil creeping up on me
Gonna use my soul for kindling and timber
& His voice is like a tambourine
Ringing underwater in the winter
I'll be swimming in your pockets (high harmony)
I'll be in your brain, twirling all the dials
I'll be swimming in your pockets (high harmony)
I'll be in your brain, twirling all the dials
There's a devil creeping up on me
Gonna use my soul for kindling and timber
& His voice is like a tambourine
Ringing underwater in the winter
I feel like a shitty hotel
my knives are damp
and my food's been there for ages
well my dumbwaiter ain't much but it's mine
but my bookshelves are like animal cages
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Cows and Guns
06:10
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You closed your eyes and saw
a land of sulfuric underground fire
& you thought that'd suit you fine
so you set yourself a-tumbling down
I walk into your house and all the fish stop swimming 'round
maybe they feel it too
everybody thought that I was singing about god
but I was singing about you
Everyone you love is still alive
you're waiting for someone to take a dive
Mmm
You're not groovy
you're not groovy
you're not groovy at all
When I hear you talk
I could open a non-screwtop bottle with my bare hands
when you call me out
I feel like the dog
that couldn't bark
I walk into your house and all the fish stop swimming 'round
maybe they feel it too
everybody thought that I was talking about god
but I was talking about you
Everyone you love is still alive
you're waiting for someone to take a dive
Mmm
You're not groovy
you're not groovy
you're not groovy at all
Alright
I walk into your house and all the fish stop swimming 'round
maybe they feel it too
everybody knew that I was talking about you
did you even want me to?
Everyone I love is still alive
they might as well be on the other side
Mmm
I'm not groovy
I'm not groovy
I'm not groovy at all
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You don't have a lot of songs in your heart
but you don't charge for the ones that you find
but the wolves have got the scent on your clothes and they know
and the ink is running down your arms
Where'd you go?
and how long have you been gone?
You don't have a lot of fear in your eyes
but bring her up and you'll bring it all out
and I can't say enough to you in my mind
to make it seem like you're around
Where'd I go?
and how long have I been gone?
Well, wherever it was
It rained so hard, I forgot who I was
thought I was a bird on the road, getting killed by cars
made of howling steel
all studded with stars
and it rained so hard
the whole damn town sank into the sea
I don't have a lot
of love
in my life
but lord, I've got a lot of pills
Where'd I go?
and how long have I been gone?
Well, wherever it was
It rained so hard, I forgot who I was
thought I was a bird on the road, getting killed by cars
made of howling steel
all studded with stars
and it rained so hard
the whole damn town sank into the sea
Shirley, oh Shirley, surely you know
that there ain't no time to be wasting
and even if we had that time
surely now wouldn't be the time to be wasting that time
Don't close the lid on me,
I
Won't close the lid on you
(x2)
Casey, oh Casey, in case you don't know
We've got another joint to be casing
and even if we had that dough
we wouldn't really have that dough
Don't close the lid on me,
I
Won't close the lid on you
(x2)
Amanda, Amanda, a man doesn't know
how many steps he'd be taking
to walk across the waves to you
walk across the waves and start wasting your time
Don't close the lid on me,
I
Won't close the lid on you
(x2)
Well, wherever I was
I wrote you a note out of cuttlefish bone
tried to sing it to you, but my throat was on loan
and all of the well-known nobodies went home
and it rained so hard
the whole damn town sank into the sea
Into the sea
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Finn Johansson Wellington, New Zealand
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