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On the day of the rapture
And the people float away who are of worth
Baby you know I’m gonna tether myself to the earth
I’m gonna weather it out until gravity kicks back in
Spend all the rest of my days lost and lonely again.
Baby I know I will lose you on that regretful day
You’ll be in Heaven and I’ll be here on earth wasting away
In a darkened bar, I will find my own oblivion
And maybe in my drunken stupor, I will stumble upon you again.
Goodbye, love.
Stand on the shore, watch the waves
Pray that you come back.
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2. |
Tidal Wave
03:20
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The love I feel for you is so strong
All I want to do to you is wrong
Sneak up like a tidal wave
Sweep you out to sea where you can’t be saved.
Ever since I was a little boy
Looking for a little girl I could annoy
Girl, I’ll make you so mad
Be the best damn lover that you ever done had.
Now pretty girls never do get lonely
Got their mirrors to keep them company
Girl you’d better duck fast
I’m gonna be the stone that breaks that glass.
My my my hey hey hey
Will you stay with me till my dying day?
Do you love me the best?
Don’t care what you say as long as you say yes.
The love I feel for you is so strong
All I want to do to you is wrong
Sneak up like a tidal wave
Sweep you out to sea where you can’t be saved.
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Dark Winter
02:09
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Living alone is the hardest part
The hardest part about saying goodbye to you.
Living alone is the hardest part
The hardest part about saying goodbye to you.
I’m going down, deep underground
Where the wolves can’t hear me shiver
Saying goodbye
This is my deep dark winter.
Being alone is the hardest part
The hardest part about saying goodbye to you.
Being alone is the hardest part
The hardest part about saying goodbye to you.
I’m going down, deep underground
Where the wolves can’t hear me shiver
Saying goodbye
This is my deep dark winter.
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4. |
Co-Star of My Own Life
04:47
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Walking on a tightrope
Climbing up a steep slope
Falling down with no hope
For so long
Praying for success
Just can’t make progress
By sitting in the darkness
For so long
Missing my rehearsals
For deadlines and commercials
To run around in circles
For so long
Sweeping up breadcrumbs
Beating on a dead drum
Praying my ship will come
For so long
Co-star of my own life
Always standing stage right
Haven’t seen the spotlight
For so long
Who’s up on the marquee?
Someone else but not me
Once I thought I would be
For so long.
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The Way You Hold Me Down
03:39
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The feel of your skin like warm summer nights
The look in your eyes like Las Vegas lights
The weight of your gravity pulling me to the ground
Oh my love, the way you hold me down.
The sound of my name falling from your lips
The begging I do and the way you resist
I get a floating feeling when I’m thrashing on the ground
Oh my love, the way you hold me down.
All the jealous gods protest from their heights
None of them could sway me from your spell tonight
Just one look from you leaves me breathless and bound
Oh my love, the way you hold me down
The culling of the stars, the downfall of the saints
If it’s your desire then nothing will remain
Just you and I stuck in this love we found
And oh my love, the way you hold me down.
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6. |
Marine Layer
04:24
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A marine layer covers this city again
Haven’t seen the sun since I don’t know when
Inside the city, a chill in the air
Voices are calling from I don’t know where
Follow these streetlights
Maybe I’ll find my way home.
Sometimes I think I’ll give it one more shot
But most days I know I’ve given all that I’ve got
Inside the city, I whisper a prayer
Voices are calling from I don’t know where
Follow these streetlights
Maybe I’ll find my way home.
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Come on baby, let’s drive until we get out of this town
All these so-called friends of mine ain’t doing nothing but bringing me down
I don’t wanna fake it, just wanna take it day by day
‘Cause nothing I do is of any importance anyway.
Between Heaven and Jonestown, there’s a motel that’s off the grid
We’ll drink until them demons stop shouting ‘bout them things I never did
Watch TV until I learn every word those reruns say
And they say nothing I do is of any importance anyway.
They tell me I can do it, they tell me I got what it takes
To overcome my troubles and forgive all my mistakes
They tell me to live every moment, they tell me to seize the day
But nothing I do is of any importance anyway.
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8. |
The Invisible Man
03:31
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Walk down your street
You can’t see my face
You won’t see my face
As I enter your place
Climb up your stairs
You can’t see my eyes
You won’t see my eyes
But I’m right there, surprise surprise
Right at this moment
What would you do?
If you knew
I was watching you
Right at this moment
Where would you hide?
If you knew
I was right by your side
Bring down your mountain
With an evil tongue
With my evil tongue
Who is there? There is no one.
Crawl in your bed
You can feel my hands
You can feel my hands
But you see no man
No ma’am
Right at this moment
Where would you hide?
If you knew
I was right by your side
Right at this moment
What would you do?
If you knew
I was watching you
I’m sorry, ma’am
It’s just who I am
It’s just who I am
It’s just who I am.
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9. |
Kate the Terrible
04:50
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Kate the Terrible calls me at three in the afternoon
She’s spending all her money on the way down from the moon
She could never hold her liquor, try though she might
In the daytime you can see her shaking like it’s a winter night
And she says
“One day, you’ll be shivering for me, babe.”
Kate the Terrible calls me from somewhere beyond the grave
With a voice that still haunts me, and a memory that won’t behave
She says, “Remember all those nights we spent together?
Let’s spend another sometime.
We can light up this darkness
You know the locals don’t mind.
They all say one day, you’ll be shivering for me, babe.”
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Lonesome Girl
02:50
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Sky turns red, sky turns blue
Morning collapses onto you
Any luck you’ll sleep right through it
Ain’t that right
Sky turns red, sky turns black
Somewhere you fell right off the track
Try as you might, you can’t get back
Ain’t that right
Ain’t that right, lonesome girl?
Taking a drive up the coast
With the boy you like the most
Monday comes you’ll be a ghost in his mind.
Friday night, a traffic jam
Weekend’s here and nothing’s planned
Sleep till Monday if you can
Ain’t that right
Ain’t that right, lonesome girl?
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11. |
The Contender
02:55
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Enough about you, let’s talk about me
That’s what you used to say to company
They watched and listened so attentively
Stirring your finger in your martini
Well back then I was just a little kid
Living inside my head and there I hid
You were the ego, man, you were the id
No one could beat you, man, Heaven forbid.
Oh the contender that I could’ve been
Just look at all the fights I couldn’t win
Count every single towel that I threw in
For you for you for you for you
Oh my God, how I could’ve been a contender
I could’ve killed ‘em with my Martin and Fender
Now every fight only ends up in surrender
To you to you for you
Well now you’re older and you’re far away
A setting sun somewhere beyond L.A.
And still you’re acting like you rule the day
Still think you’re handsome though you’re -
I like to think that when you’re finished here
I’ll find forgiveness in place of my fear
But up in Heaven shadows only grow longer
And down on earth resentment only gets stronger.
Oh the contender that I could’ve been
Just look at all the fights I couldn’t win
Count every single towel that I threw in
For you for you for you for you
Oh yes I know I could’ve been a contender
Last time I won, my God, I just don’t remember
One day I’ll fight and I will never surrender
To you to you to you to you
To you.
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Cement Truck
03:57
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Working 9-to-5 is killing me
I’m so tired I can hardly see
I don’t wanna face it baby
You can erase it baby
When I’m stuck
Be my cement truck
And roll right over me.
Buddha sits beneath the lotus tree
Teach me, baby, I’m your devotee
We’re all gonna die someday, baby
I’m already dead inside, baby
I’m so stuck
I need a cement truck
To roll right over me.
Got nothing to do, nowhere to be
Anytime you want to, I’ll be free
You get the whiskey baby
I’ll get the wine now baby
When I’m stuck
Be my cement truck
And roll right over me.
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Dream Parade
03:34
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There’s Allen Ginsberg, he’s howling poems at the crowd
I think that’s Sid Vicious, didn’t think he would be allowed
There’s Salvador Dali, his mustache is melting upon the clouds
There’s Marlon Brando making out with Karen Carpenter over there
There’s Evel Kneivel, his motorcycle is flying through the air
There’s Sharon Tate laughing, her and Che Guevara are playing truth or dare.
Call me crazy
I think I see you there, too.
Here comes Heath Ledger, he’s walking side by side with Johnny Cash
There’s Harry Houdini, looks like he’s trying to saw Sylvia Plath in half
There’s Johnny Carson, he’s trying to make Diane Arbus laugh.
And there’s Jimi Hendrix, he’s waving his freak flag high
There’s Marilyn Monroe, I can see her waving bye-bye.
Call me crazy
I think I see you there too.
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U R My Star
04:13
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Down on 3rd street where the dreamers die
It was Myra and Jackie and Joey and I
We were arguing with waitresses about the war
The only thing that I’m sure of anymore
Is you are my star.
Standing on the crossroads of infinity
There was a savior, a cynic, a believer and me
A voice from the crowd tried to call me king
Without you, I know I’m not anything
‘Cause you are my star.
Tried to make a play, tried to get away
Tried to make a plea for who I am
Just a grain of sand in the palm of your hand.
So I’ll be the blade in your guillotene
We’ll watch the heads roll, watch the grass turn red from green
I’ll be your sailor at sea alone
When I’m lost, I’ll watch the skies to find my way home
For you are my star.
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15. |
The Magician
05:19
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Driving through the canyons, I am gone
Driving by the beaches where I don’t belong
Driving through the back roads to the great beyond
Driving down this highway, so long.
Sometimes I’m here
Sometimes I disappear
Driving on Topanga, I am gone
Driving on Mulholland to my favorite songs
Winding down on Kanan to the great beyond
Driving down this highway, so long.
Sometimes I’m here
Sometimes I disappear.
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