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oh you
02:34
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crashing down at the edge of Meigs
do you think they can see us in your car?
you're laughing as you pull me under again
'cause you know more than me about who we are
oh you-- you always keep me guessing
oh you-- please take me away
oh you-- it's some tragic blessing
oh you-- that I can't make you stay
don't let Mothman steal my baby
I only have this weekend and I need it
my spooky girlfriend drives me in circles
but it only makes sense-- I can see it
(chorus)
anticipation is so much better
and when I finally make it, your breath seems wetter
I found your human hands inching up my sweater
Casey says, 'you know her?' I say, 'I've hardly met her!'
(chorus two times)
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clutter
04:05
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I don't know how to take it easy
I'm so nice, but still my thoughts slip sleazy
come up to my room and look around
and on the graying carpet, you lay yourself down
and tell me things you could rearrange
though you know how I fear change
still, I really want to let you in
I'm becoming obsessed with living in sin
it's nothing but clutter
I'm trying to clean up
but it's nothing but clutter
I keep trying to prove myself
you say I don't have to, but it's for my health
and I'm hoping there's something that makes us stick
it's strange I feel so good when I feel sick
I want you to love, I want you to be free
and I don't know why you spend your time on me
you sit back down on the floor with a sigh
and say you were tired of watching me pass by
(chorus, then an instrumental part, then chorus several more times)
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hello college girls
01:47
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I know you're scared and I am too
this isn't what we wanted
and no one knows who'll make it through
I guess that's why I'm telling everything to you
hello college girls
I know we really don't know nothing
and time is moving very slow
and this time it's so uncertain
it's all our ifs against the when
all my hope is with you
as short feelings die again
and the crushing sludge within me makes me blue
hello college girls, hello college girls
hello college girls, hello
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you'll have to figure these ones out for yourself.
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sleep in your garden
03:41
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when I saw you lying on your front lawn looking my way
hair from a bottle, as is my solace, you're okay
it took some time, but we shared a bottle of wine
and stayed up all night and spoke of paradise thine
I woke up with you on my arm, hair in mouth, sun in eyes
I think you could teach me something about where love lies
I'll sleep in your garden, light shining down, it's all alright
your sister finds us, I'm sure it's quite a sight
I believe that I could be good, I just have to try
you take my hand, you understand, you can tell me why
press yourself against me so our hearts can meet
the wonders of a morning walk down the street
I'll pray when I'm drunk if you will pray for me
I don't need to be saved, it's just help I need
and I belonged on my back under your skies of gray
weather changing, books arranging, it will be a good day
love is patient, love is kind-- I know yours and you know mine
bodies mean so much if one only takes the time
in your garden, in your garden.
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ma colocataire
02:58
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how many times will I try?
how many times will you ask why?
how many times will I say I don't know?
can you even stand me?
do you understand me?
we all have many roads to follow
we drive ourselves around
you take me up and down
you say you're bad with directions, well, I am too
so that's something we share
you laugh and tell me where
and why do I feel this way around you?
come on, let's keep this building
come on, let's take this town
come on, let's live together
and keep each other from going down
is this so messy?
watching you undress, see?
this is just the way of life we've found
and perhaps we quarrel
everyone less or more will
but it's us against them and we're the underground
(chorus)
be my problem, be my best friend
take some time and work out an end
where's the money? where's the beer?
you don't have to worry, 'cause I'm here
(chorus)
down, down, down
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help
02:03
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could I ask for your advice?
it's just that you seem nice
and maybe you would understand
we walked around your block
I listened to you talk
you watched me pretend to act a man
we made it to the park
conversations, hearts grew dark
I pinned a flower in your hair
it didn't help, it was so unfair
I asked for stories sold
lost amongst fear of getting old
and I knew that you would help
you were looking cute in your eye-green boots
sand couldn't scuff the soul of your suit
anxious, worthless sadness, I could tell
it was time to say goodbye
though I still didn't quite know why
tell yourself what it's about
I let you in; you led me out
I knew you could help.
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hell on earth is here and it's come to stay
it's getting very hard to make it through each day
I'm so sick of gloom, I'm so bored with doom
I find a friend, I find a girl, I bring her to my room
bottle, bottle, I'm slipping away
throttle and coddle-- it's been a bad day
I keep thinking about our ends
it's time to get out of here and go live with my friends
home feels less and less and less like home each day
and when I finally make it out, I don't have much to say
I just quit my job, I threw it all away
I had to take things into my own hands 'cause there's no one else here today
(chorus)
I never feel okay by myself these days
I breathe when I get into your car
will I be alright alone another night?
I guess I'll have to; I've made it this far
(chorus)
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purple label
02:46
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I feel like Faron Young and I don't know what to do
guess I'll have another drink, try to forget about you
but that doesn't work, so I just sit here like a jerk
thinking about how it felt to have my hands under your shirt
put on a country record to blow off my steam
it makes me feel worse, but that's just what I need
I haven't written anything good in three months
and it's hard to remember if I ever did once
baby, you were easy to find
you were just hard to keep
I thought you could read my mind
turns out I just needed sleep
I feel like Faron Young, guess I'll end up like him
have another Lemmy, go on out for a swim
'cause it's no good trying, Syd, that's a fact
and I'm too tired to keep up the act
(chorus)
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empty buildings
02:59
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it's day four or was it day three?
I can't forget the last time you talked to me
I can't forget the last time I felt alive
but when was it? is this day five?
I can't seem to sleep these days
I'm getting pulled too many ways
by myself and I say that's fine
as another night ends with another mug of wine
I want to sleep in empty buildings
they seem like they're everywhere
and I want you to sleep there with me
but they say we can't go there
it's another day and I'm on a walk
tripping over art of sidewalk chalk
it's a heart and it's smeared with dust
my hand goes to my pocket in a wave of lust
the same hand's shaking as I give you a call
I steady myself, scratch paint off the wall
there's no answer, I knew there wouldn't be
there are no lonesome forests for me
I want to sleep in empty buildings
they seem like they're everywhere
and I want you to sleep there with me
but you say we can't go there
I want to sleep in empty buildings
they seem like they're everywhere
and I want you to sleep with me
oh, if only you could care.
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