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Schooner of Cool
02:45
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girl, i love the way you walk
and judging by your lips i think i’d like your talk
your flagpole swagger swings against your arms
and your accidental winking advertises your charm
girl, i love the way you move
fluid was your pupil learning how to be smooth
you trickle so unfickle through the fortunate mass
and your students take a lesson ‘n what it means to have class
you are the schooner of cool
turbulent seas are a tease as you maintain
the calm of a glass-surface pool
girl, i love it when you hop
you’re bouncing up and down like you won’t ever stop
your thoughts are tied in knots that they could never undo
and your words are stamped in concrete like a premature shoe
you are the eight ball crusade
a game that they think they are playing
though they’re being played
girl, i love the way you smell
on the level you’re the devil and they’re going to hell
your pitchfork fragrance like a vagrant daffodil
has ‘em sniffin’ while they’re wishin’ that they’d written a will
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Craigslist
03:47
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You wanted a boxcar, I gave you a train
You wanted discomfort, and I brought you pain
Couldn’t see because that windshield spiderweb grew
and when you left the premises, I thought that you knew
I met you on Craigslist, connection was missed
when we reconnected, you surely were pissed
Landscapes they were flying by at rates yet unseen
and every gosh-darn thought you think is flippin obscene
Because I want it, so I can; I like to think I’m that kind of man
If you’d stop thinking you’d understand
That the things that you want are the things of your father
But you don’t understand, no you don’t understand
Turned on the light switch, the breaker had blown
it would have been cheaper if we would have flown
It’s been about three weeks since I last watered those plants
and no one took the trash out, and now we’ve got ants
The table unsturdy, the chair would collapse
your skin was too oily, my lips were too chapped
The only way to see the things that tangled our hair
was to break the microscope a leave with a stare
But I don’t want it, got no plan
Don’t want to wander don’t want to land
You never thought that you’d understand
That the things that you want are as fluid as water
The wake of your dreams are as real as they seem
I don’t want it, got no plan
Don’t want to wander don’t want to land
You never thought that you’d understand
That the things that you want are as fluid as water
You cannot remember but you haven’t forgot her
The wake of your dreams are as real as they seem
Don’t want it dirty, don’t want it clean
So you don’t understand, but you do what you can
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3. |
Mayberry Street
04:07
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I built a house on Mayberry Street
Oh, isn’t it neat how we wave to each other
Living alone, well, it doesn’t exist
Your presence is missed
And I love my brother
The raintime and sunshine make prismagic phantograms
In a headstand they look like a smile
The “Who are you?”s answered by “Who I Am!”s
Then a handshake, trading shoes for a mile
People have heard now of Mayberry Street
They’re arriving in fleets, seems that we’ve been discovered
It’s growing larger than we could’ve wished; each act kindness has kissed
Now mankind has discovered/time to make some new brothers
Every friend’s at the party and there ain’t no foes
There’s no want for departing or forgotten woes or unneeded clothes
Of course we’ve all been down to Mayberry Street
Oh, wasn’t it neat how we waved at each other
A place where we all lent a hand to our bliss, moments oh so delicious
Why can’t we have another?
Yeah, well, maybe one more but I’m not ‘xactly sure
If you think what you remember will probably be
far better maybe than what the next time you will see
then we can’t because it’d just be a bore
The raintime and sunshine make prismagic phantograms
In a headstand they look like a smile
The “Who are you?”s answered by “Who I Am!”s
Then a handshake, trading shoes for a mile
If you breathe it in it will last for a while
Oh well isn’t it neat, yeah it’s so super sweet
Right down on Mayberry Street
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4. |
The Actress
03:49
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I can see by the way you look at me, what you’re thinking
And I know by the look you show, all your smiling and winking
I can tell what you’re trying to sell, when you’re dancing and drinking
If they opened up your chest,
They’d find your friend that’s best
That hardest, coldest, glitteringest stone
I can write it down, how you fool around, and what you’re making
It’s in the books all those cunning looks that you’re faking
With each exchange you rearrange what you’re taking
Yeah it’s in your eyes, all those other guys you been breaking
As an actress, you’re so smooth
Your morals never move
The end that justifies the means, your own
Intermission’s got you wishin that they’d not go out for smokes
You wonder if they’re coming back
Your suspicion of attrition is not just an empty joke
On my way out the door, you won’t see me no more,
I’m skipping the second act
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5. |
Dress So Red
05:03
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Woman on a road in a dress so red
She didn’t seem alive but she didn’t look dead
The wind was whispering her song
Stuck in my ear even though it’s so long
She reached out as she sang about
How warm and comfortable I’d be
That notion seemed so sweet to me
My eyelids fell, so strong her spell, my heartbeat slowed
Swirling amber cooled by a cube so clear
The glass began to tilt as my lips drew near
That burn it soothes those aches so deep
Top waters calm, raging storm underneath
A second drink, it beckoned me
To sit and sip and draw the fleece
Impersonation made of peace
That womb-like spell by morning fell, thoughts run away
To stop is to be halted, burning until spent
The only dollar I’ve got left is the one I was just lent
Wildly circle ‘round that flame, another moth to lose the game
forever chasing after something else because I can’t control myself
All in, spare not one dime
The wager’s in my favor every single time
There’s not a game that I won’t play
Every friend is an end, every night is a day
The thrill of the deal, the spin of the wheel
I’m floating ’til my next big break
How long until those chances take
The dice then fell, disaster spelled, creditors grim
It’s a poison that you choose
When you find your way to lose
Four back at you one points at everything else
The machine you fight’s your mind
The man you fight’s the human kind
All that’s left, an opponent truly yourself
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kinda didn’t wanna know
how that stuff is made
but i know now
and i don’t wanna change
but i know now
finding out is the start of the hard part
try to lose that stuff i learned
offset my guilt with loosely fitting thrift store shirts
i’m keeping warm watching the others burn
kinda didn’t wanna go
but i couldn’t stay
and somehow
i know i gotta change
certainty all around me
crumbling to pieces
somehow grounding
into my surroundings
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7. |
Brick and a Window
04:24
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A brick and window make it easy to believe
Change is a thing of immediacy
But millions of footsteps to gather salt left by the sea
Turned tides to halt an empire’s fleet
And so it goes; so shall it be
Am I changing it - is it changing me?
I’m dancing with reality
(do-si-do, round ya go, catch a tiger by the toe)
Embrace each taste that I get to lead
(do-si-do, round ya go, catch a tiger by the toe)
I’m dancing with reality
(do-si-do, round ya go, catch a tiger by the toe)
This time astride ephemerality
Bends in a river windin’ wider over time
Tumblin’ grains of the canyon it carves
Fallin’ white quiet blankets an alpine town sublime
Crashin’ avalanche wipes it clean as a scar
Even the cosmos doesn’t know eternity
At a simmer gettin’ dimmer ’til it’s outa heat
So I’m steppin’ hot to feel that burnin’ beat
If this dance is a chance, like a breath, well then I’m breathin’ deep
…Finest line to ride
Ain’t no wrong or right
This time astride
My dance with entropy
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8. |
Write You a Letter
03:34
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We all stopped so quick that the dance got too thick, stacked in a sharp disarray
A reminder to be kinder, it don’t cost much; thank you for slowing so we can keep going on our way
And you’re right there waiting for me, I’m gonna pass that charity
I can see you respect how I feel, I wanna show that I agree
Amazed to see the pace of your life;
how are the kids how is the wife?
Hope you all get home safe tonight
The maze you pick to weave and wind;
it leaves a trace four miles behind, but it might not look so clever
Every time that I’m riding in line, I notice some quirks that you got
Sometimes you like to spy on my back-bumper style
And then you flip out, and wanna skip out, but why?
Yeah, I want to respect how you feel, I wanna see what you see
I’ll look for ways to play to your rights;
I won’t accelerate at brake lights
And I’ll let you in front of me
Now we’re moving as a fluid
Polite to you if you would too
It might just make somebody’s day
Give them an easier way
Giving your time could be a life you save
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9. |
Raindrop
04:08
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If youth is just believing that there is a meaning, then I’m old
And if tragedy over time turns to comedy, that jokes been told
Weeping and laughing ain’t that far apart
True pain and pleasure both beat from the heart, whatever that is
Your love is my anchor
Your weight keeps me free
I’m a raindrop, you’re the sea
Receiving reprieve, as it’s we
If old age is just believing I understand my feelings, I’m a child
When a frown turned upside keeps you spiraling, life is so wild
Help me see what’s real
Teach me how to feel
I breathe free because of your faith in me
It’s the only way I know I can see
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10. |
What Could You Have Done
04:12
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What could you have done?
You’ve got enough time to think about
All those wrongs you made right
All those darks you made light
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