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My Sinking Ship
03:44
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Whatever you’re thinking
Can never see the light
Whatever just happened
Bury it deep and out of sight
You better go your way
I better go mine
Find me when your time is wearing thin
I’ll find you when my sinking ship comes in
If only we’d listened
Where would we be tonight
If things had been different
We could have done all right
But who knows what might be coming
Down the line
Maybe it’s easy for me to say
From so far away
Maybe it’s over before you know
You were never alone
Anyway
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Trusted
04:01
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Did you know
You tell a lot and never show
You talk too fast and listen way too slow
Did you know
Are you mad
The shiny things you never had
It’s a drug, and it’s easy to go bad bad bad
Are you mad
And I wonder how you ever got so angry
The gratitude you missed with your swinging wild fist
You’ll take my time enough to finally blame me
For the moment we first kissed and I wound up on your list
Of the people you never really trusted
Do you care
The box you’re in is made of air
Nothing real ever really told you life was fair
Do you care
And I wonder how we ever get so blinded
By what we think we need, what it looks like to succeed
But do you even want to be reminded
That no matter what the speed, you’re not close to breaking free
From the people you never really trusted
Line ‘em up against the wall
And tell everybody else for once and for all you know
Your secret’s safe with someone new
If only you could hold on to the strength you need
To truly close your eyes
Do you doubt
That have yet to figure out
The time we have is running out
And I wonder where I’ll be the day you get it
That everything you see is all you let yourself believe
And will I know if you had grown up to regret it
And will this moment be something I can still retrieve
From the people you never really trusted
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More Than This
03:16
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4. |
Not Your Fault
03:32
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You are what you are
You're like a car that's fun to drive
But when the highway comes alive
You start to shake
Like the wheels are falling off
And we'll both end up in a ditch
But I can't bitch about what you were built to take
You never lied
Some gifts never shine as bright
As they do when they're wrapped up tight
And no one's torn the paper yet
The candle smoke's still hanging in the air
The cake's not cut
And all the writing still makes sense
And all the wishes might come true
That's what I thought
About you
But that's not your fault
I don't know what I'm thinking
To be acting disappointed
I've been waiting for a dog to climb a tree
So why take it hard and kick myself
When years start falling off the shelf
And all that dog can do is stare at me
Like no one died
The good news is I'm still alive
I guess I figured out how to survive
I will survive
The more I see the less I've seen
It's good or bad or just a dream
Where you know everything I mean
I open up my eyes
And there you are
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The Arecibo
02:38
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She said "I don't like to waste my time but you seem teachable
Half-open mind, or at least one that's reachable
Just 'cause I'm smiling doesn't mean that I'm having fun but
Don't think I go around showing just anyone
The Arecibo
Come on inside
The Arecibo
Come on and go for a ride
Ride
Wanna go for a ride
Wanna go for a
When opportunity knocks
Get the door
Get it high
Get it down on your waterbed at your pied a terre in Bed Stuy
Fate all depends upon who blew the dice you throw but
Even the devil learned from someone who knows
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Buses and Planes
03:10
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The car to the airport
To the bar
I'll be there for
Just enough time
Just enough time
Guitar in a hard case
With scars from a rat race
Erasing my mind
Erasing my mind
It's all that I asked for
My heroes did much more
Most of them died on the road
In buses and planes
On drugs or in flames
Their suit jackets hang
In the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
And nobody bats an eye
And I never understood why
The sound all around me
The silence surrounds me
I know how it goes
I know how it goes
It goes "How you all feeling
I said how you all feeling"
Maybe I know
Maybe I know
But life is in motion
To stop is to roll in
Whatever hole in the ground
In whatever dust bowl town
I know how it goes
I know how it goes
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7. |
Why Do You Call
04:14
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I know your voice
I remember your number
I remember some other things you said to me
How could I forget
It wasn't my choice
But I'm a survivor
I've even had minor fits of happiness
Sometimes they last a while
Still in the neighborhood, well imagine that
Your mom and dad are good, well imagine that
You've gotta go
I know
Why do you call
And ask how I'm feeling
Don't you know how I'm feeling by now
I stare at the wall
And up at the ceiling
You could say I've been dealing
If that helps you out
Memory lane
I want to set it on fire
I want to build something higher than we ever had
And stop feeling so ashamed
That it's taken so long
But at least you were worth it
You were so close to perfect
And yet so far away
Your brother is making good, well imagine that
Moving to Hollywood, well imagine that
You never know
I know
Here's a little twist
Pretend I don't exist
And if I want to talk, I'll talk
But I don't want to talk now
I want to get through this somehow
I need a little more time
A little more time
So much misunderstood, imagine that
It worked out the way it should, imagine that
You've gotta go
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I'm so tired
Of being tired of being worried
About being too tired
To get everything I want to get done
Done
And have a little something that I used to call fun
Fun with my eyes closed
Wind in the trees
A buzz and a breeze
Dreaming is free you know
But when I'm so close I can almost touch it
I gotta chuck it in the Fuck-It Bucket
'Cause there's money, there's time
And there's sweet peace of mind
But you can only have two
You've got to leave the other one behind
It's funny
But it's really only kind of funny
When the universal joke's on you
Wake up, straight up decide
What it's gonna be
Money, time, or peace of mind
It goes too fast
It costs too much
And when I stop and smell the roses
I spend a week catching up
The days are never long enough
The coffee's never strong enough
And I just want to make enough
In a short enough time
To get both days of the weekend
To try and unwind
And remember we're lucky for what we've got
If it's enough to get by, that's a hell of a lot
Whatcha gonna do
When you see the truth
Staring straight back at you
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9. |
Going My Way
02:38
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Born no one
Born nowhere
With miles to go
Born early
Born late
With so little to show
If time couldn't heal it
What can I say
I lived tired
I lived restless
My hands in a fist
And I ran them
Along ancient scars
On her wrists
If she couldn't feel it
What can I say
I wish you were here
And going my way
I died
As we all do
I died as I lived
Stepping over
The bodies
I meant to forgive
If fate couldn't seal it
What can I say
I wish you were here
And going my way
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When it comes to an end
I'll take all I can spend
And buy a few rounds
For all my new friends
We'll drink till we drop
We'll cry till we stop
We'll sing till we're no longer scared of the clock
Here's to the end of the world
Drink up with your eyes open wide
Here's to the end of the world
I'll see you on the other side
From the edge of my chair
I'll agree it's unfair
And wonder aloud
If somewhere out there
Is a civilization
That can save us tonight
If they came here in peace
Would we win in a fight
Will Jesus arrive (he's coming this time)
Will he do any better (he's doing just fine)
With so much of our lives spent so torn apart
We're all going through this one
Together
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