1. |
Brother Time
03:57
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Brother time
won't you slow down?
won't you slow down?
and give me a minute
to get back in it
Catch my breath
I'm still goin'
but I could use a little rest
Brother time
you know you used to be my friend
a big blue sky
that went on without end
a slow-rolling boxcar
on a steady uphill climb
I could see where I was going
I could hop off any time
But now
everything's changed
Now
You got yourself an aeroplane
and you fly, you fly, you fly
Brother time
Brother time
Brother time
Now,I'm not asking
for some machine
to take me back
take me back
I'm still strong
I'm strong and I'm ready
And I'll take on the world
if the world'd just hold steady
But now
everything's changed
Now
it's not the same
you fly, you fly, you fly
Brother time
won't you slow down?
Won't you slow down
and give me a minute?
give me a minute
to catch my breath
I'll be fine
you go on ahead
Brother time
Brother time
Brother time
© Ira Marlowe/Slow Reveal Music (BMI)
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2. |
$16.15
02:53
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Want no trouble but it comes my way
Fifth of each month like judgement day
Scrapin' by is how you play
Try to make do, try to make my way
I keep up with the day's events
but each day leaves me in suspense
In spite of all my good intents...
$16.15
I got $16.15
Not like I don't know the deal
Keep my shoulder to the wheel
Pushin' harder every day
All it does is roll away
I can say in my defense
I can't live at no expense
Look at all the evidence
$16.15
I got $16.15
But there's a place somewhere
where it ain't what you got
It ain't what you got but what you share
So if you need it, you can have it
It's all there
I paid my bills (paid my bills)
I paid my rent (paid my rent)
Here it is -- what I ain't spent
($16.15)
Bangin' 'round here collecting dents
($16.15)
Here it was and there it went
($16.15)
Can't live without those dead presidents
($16.15)
($16.15)
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3. |
All In Love Is Fair
03:07
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ALL IN LOVE IS FAIR
She's got a smile
just like a gun
won't you please put that away
before you hurt someone?
You had your hands
up in the air
then she took off all her clothes
beauty like a rose, and--
All in love is fair, all in love is fair
All in love is fair, all in love is fair
All in love is fair, all in love is fair
All in love is fair, all in love is fair
And if you share yourself
Can you prepare yourself?
She's got a heart
it must be true
that's the only explanation
for the part of you
coming around
ever since when
stumbling after something
that you want to feel again
CHORUS
And do you spare yourself?
Or dare yourself?
You say you know
you know the game
but she'll never let you walk away
the way you came
Get yourself lost
anywhere new
Stumble into someone else
who's just as lost as you
CHORUS
Share yourself
Share yourself
CHORUS
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4. |
Troublesome Sky 2
03:23
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Gonna float like a cloud
That’s so full of rain
that it falls to the ground
And won’t get back up again
Let me stay here
Safe from the troublesome sky
Gonna swing like a door
Open so wide
That hills and the fields
Can all come inside
Sit yourself down
Safe from the troublesome sky
I will not falter
I will not run
I will not lose my way
Despite how lost I may become
There will be thunder
Sounding its might
I will walk under
as it goes by
Gonna sing like a sailor
Drunk as the sea
That knows everything
And all things to be
Rising and falling
Watching the troublesome sky
Gonna fly like a leaf
Borne on the wind
Just to see where I go
And look where I been
Nowhere and everywhere
Up in the troublesome sky
I will not falter
I will not run
I will not lose my way
Despite how lost I may become
There will be thunder
Sounding its might
I will walk under
as it goes by
I will walk under
Safe from the troublesome sky
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5. |
Up on the 10th Floor
02:57
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People lookin' up
from the street
People lookin' up
say "Where's that beat?"
First floor? Nope.
Second Floor? Nope.
You gotta want it cuz the elevator broke
Closer and closer
every step you take
closer and closer
feel the whole jam shake!
Up on the tenth floor
they're turnin' up the juice
Up on the tenth floor
the walls are comin' loose
Fat lady dancin’
She ain’t never gonna sing
We ain't comin' down
until the wreckiin' ball swings
Marvin, Aretha and Earth, Wind and Fire
They never been louder
and they never been higher
We're swayin' and we're groovin'
to Tina and The Reverend Al
Old School is cool and soul is the rule
Cops came a-knockin ‘bout half past 9
Before somebody answered
they were knockin' in time
Up on the tenth floor
We're turnin' up the heat
Up on the tenth floor
we set it on repeat
Fat lady' dancin'
it's a joy to behold
No one's going home until this story gets told
Up on the tenth floor
Up on the tenth floor
Up on the tenth floor
somebody bangin with a broomstick on their ceiling
somebody poundin on their livingroom floor
baby, don't fight it, everyone's invited
it’s loud and it’s proud
all the love behind this door
Up on the tenth floor
they're turnin' up the juice
Up on the tenth floor
the walls are comin' loose
Fat lady dancin’
She ain’t never gonna sing
No, we ain't comin' down
We ain't comin' down
Bottom thumpin and your hips start swingin'
and the floor starts movin' and your ears start ringin'
step right up, the funk'll do you fine
And nothing much doin' on one thru nine…
( nothing much doin' on one thru nine)
Up on the tenth floor
Up on the tenth floor
Up on the tenth floor
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6. |
Venus de Milo
04:11
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Watch out for beauty
somebody said
when the world's at your feet
it'll go to your head
I told myself
look inside instead
then you come around
Watch out for sorrow
dressed in disguise
I've come this far so
you think I'd be wise
and look in your heart
and not in your eyes
when you come around
Venus de Milo
it's out of my hands
all that I've seen
is all I can stand
you're comin' home late
with your arms still 'round
some other man
Didn't I know?
Each time I see you
I know what to say
It's right on my tongue
I rehearsed it all day
See, I've got my pride
and I won't live this way
then you come around
And what kind of goddess
are you s'posed to be?
to scatter your love
like the winds on the sea
The ships on the bottom
they call out to me
when you come around
Venus de Milo
it's out of my hands
all that I've seen
is all I can stand
you're comin' home late
with your arms still 'round
some other man
Venus de Milo
all I can do
is try to believe
what'll never be true
that there'll come a day
when I'll be holding all of you
didn't I know?
didn't I know?
Venus De Milo
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7. |
One Hand Free
03:44
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ONE HAND FREE
Lightning's on a power trip
trying to see if he can rip
the sky in tiny pieces
till it falls to the ground
and the rain's comin' hard
in his rusty old car
driving like a madman
and raving at the stars
The wind is whipping
like a wicked overseer
and the trees all cower in fear
Put it all together
and you're singin' Stormy Weather
in God's dark bar room she opened down here
But I've got my coat
got my hat
got this big umbrella
And one hand free
I've got one hand free
Stand with me
Since you got created
you been perforated
Punched so full of holes
you can see right through
So I know you're not lyin'
when you say how hard you're trying
You give your all until
there's almost nothing left of you
Hurricanes get names
like baby girls and boys
They twirl and twirl in joy
Here on the ground
we're runnin' around
Trying not break like a toy
But I've got my coat
got my hat
got my this umbrella
And one hand free
I've got one hand free
Stand with me
Standing alone
Is it all we've ever known?
But you and me together
Can you imagine that?
You and me could take 'em
with one hand behind our back
And one hand free
One hand free
One hand free
Stand with me
Stand with me
Stand with me
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8. |
If We Were In Love
03:26
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We sat there talking
the car still running
neither of us noticing the time
and even in the dark
I saw it in your eyes
that shine
And each time you laughed
just when I laughed
I had a thought I almost thought was real
That if we were in love
this is how we'd feel
We've got no business
going near this
It's something we both know
it shouldn't be so hard
to see things as they are
and let go
So you told a story
and I told a story
and we never came close to a kiss
But if we were in love
it would feel like this
And maybe there's a place somewhere
and everything not meant to be
is meant to be there
where the laughter goes on
and the sorrow is gone
and the stars all align...
We sat there talking
the car still running
And I told you what I couldn't help but say
and you got quiet
and I got quiet
like that might make the whole thing go away
and I caught myself
and you caught yourself
then you took my hand and said you had to go
If we were in love
If we were in love
If we were in love
we would know
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9. |
Rodeo
04:34
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Well, I used to be a cowboy
Well not quite a cowboy
I lived in Kansas City
back in 1892
And I wore me a six-gun
but I never got to use it
'cept for shootin' down bottles
back of Murphy's saloon
And I can't wait
for the rodeo to call
for the rodeo to call my name
One sweet ride
and the skies are gonna clear
and it's never gonna be the same
Oh, sunshine
you been on my mind
Once I had a partner
this old palomino
blind in one eye
but ever so true
And the day that she left me
I just stood on the corner
sayin' sweet nothins
with nothin' to do
And I can't wait
for the rodeo to call
for the rodeo to call my name
And I can't wait
til the skies are gonna clear
and it's never gonna be the same
Oh, sunshine
you been on my mind
wondering' what you'll see
come the day
you smile my way
hi de ho
in my rodeo
Now I pass a lotta paper
and some of it's money
the rest is just wishes
for a little more time
see, good days are comin'
anyone'll tell you
hard as it gets
it'll turn on a dime
It'll turn on a dime
And I can't wait
for the rodeo to call
for the rodeo to call my name
One sweet ride
and the skies are gonna clear
and it's never gonna be the same
Oh, sunshine
you been on my mind
wondering' who you'll see
come that day
you smile my way
hi de ho
in my rodeo
in my rodeo
in my rodeo
in my rodeo
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10. |
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Well, I made my entrance to the sound of broken glass
and I told your boyfriend he could kiss my ass
Standing in his Docker jeans
lookin' like a stockbroker at 17
Well, I never saw you since that sweaty summer night
and I thought you moved away to have your 2.5
So imagine my surprise
when I see you stumble in my lucky dive
Welcome to the Monkey House, my dear
Something tells me you might like it here
Underneath it all, it's all so clear
Welcome, welcome
Yeah, I used to see you in your daddy's Cadillac
Making pretty circles on the right side of the tracks
But the road can take you down
Look at all your new friends here in happytown
CHORUS
Underneath is all, you find out who you are
Who'd have ever pegged this girl for Maker's Mark?
Every broken dream tonight
has a thousand pieces left to catch the light
Catch the light
Welcome to the Monkey House, my dear
Something tells me you might like it here
Underneath it all, it's all so clear
Weclome to the Monkey House my dear
(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah)
Welcome, welcome, welcome
to the Monkey House
(Ooh-ooh, ah-ah)
Welcome, welcome, welcome
to the Monkey House
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11. |
Paper Wings (country)
03:21
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PAPER WINGS
Well I think I’m gonna go
To a little place I know
And sit back in a corner in the dark
And have myself a few
Give myself a talking to
And come up with a reason
For this boy to keep believin’
Everybody’s tellin’ me to smile
But they don’t know
No, they don’t know
These paper wings that let you fly
If you’re brave enough to try
And I got up in the air
and I was somewhere
This kind of world that leads you on
With its stories and its songs
Of love and magic things
Pretty words that float on paper wings
I can hear them even now
“Get your head out of the clouds
And two feet on the ground where they belong.”
And I thought I’d finally learned
Til I stumbled into her
Then everything I thought I knew was gone
All in all I shouldn’t be surprised
To watch her go
From far below
These paper wings that wouldn’t fly
I was fool enough to try
But I got up in the air
And I was somewhere
This kind of world that leads you on
With its stories and its songs
Of love and magic things
Like everybody sings
But some of us are bound
to tumble to the ground
on paper wings
Yeah, some of us are bound
to tumble to the ground
on paper wings
© 2011 Ira Marlowe/Slow reveal Music (BMI)
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12. |
The Wilderness Years
04:41
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Out on the wilds
Out on the road
You've seen them bend beneath their load
And in their dark
They see no dawn
They hardly know how far they've gone
Raise up your glass
Those were the wilderness years
Those were the wilderness years that led you home
Drink to the past
Thank her for gettin' you here
For all the days you gave away
She paid you dear
There was a younger man
He spoke of many things
He heard a call that drove him on
Those endless days
That mirrored maze
Where every door you tried was wrong
chorus
Paid you in trouble, paid you in tears
Paid you in love with a box on the ears
Paid you in faith or whatever you found
While you screamed at the sky
with your back to the ground
chorus
Those were the wilderness years
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SOMEONE ELSE LIKE YOU
Another 2 AM rolls round again
the music stops
it's time to go
So I throw twenty on the bar
find my car
remind myself to take it slow
Ain't how it funny I thought right now
I'd be livin' so fast and free
then I look around and tell myself
there's got to be--
Someone else like you
to help me through these crazy times
to take my hand
and understand this heart of mine
'cause I thought I wanted something more
and I said I wanted someone knew
Now all I want is someone else like you
And the radio play another song
'bout another guy guy
who had it all
and the whole drive home I sing along
and tell myself I ought to call
yeah, but I know every word you'd say
that I'm livin' in a crazy dream
don't know the first thing about love
well baby, all I know's the one thing
I been dreamin' of
CHORUS
And everybody thinks
everybody seems to think I'm doin' fine
but i'm just about to lose my mind
CHORUS
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14. |
Adelena
03:39
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The game goes on forever
and a few hours after that
And if the dollars let you down
the dimes can bring you back
See, every town is Vegas
once the traffic lights start blinking
but every face on every queen
Well, I know what they're thinking
Adelena, Adelena
Even now I feel your head against my shoulder
Even now I hear you breathing by my side
I don't sleep
I barely try
The game goes on forever
some nights you get the cards
That night I fell under your spell
I hit the floor so hard
They say the key to magic
is where you lead their eyes
mine were looking down at yours
To the heavens, to the skies
Adelena, Adelena
Did you know it's where you left it on the table
Did you know I never read the whole way through?
either way
I guess I knew
Yeah, the money splashes in
and the money trickles out
So many things I let fall through my hands
But each time I came home to you
with my pockets inside out
I was still the luckiest man
Adelena, Adelena
When you get this, could you do me just one favor?
Find a silver coin and let it spin
Heads I lose
tails you win
Adelena
Adelena
My Adelena
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15. |
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CHECK, PLEASE!
You told me that you’d feed my hungry heart
And darlin’, I believed you at the start
But it ain’t turned out quite that way at all
Cuz the food was bad
And the portions were small
I loved you, yes I did and that’s no lie
I praised you to the earth and to the sky
I gave you all I had until you had me on my knees
…Check, please!
You told me that you’d warm me up inside
And feed me all the love I’d been denied
But warm and tender never was your style
So you served it cold, without a smile
I loved you, yes I did, you know it’s true
I praised you to the stars and to the moon
I did my very best, the way you tested and you teased
…Check, please!
Check it and you’ll find it to be true
That everything you give comes back to you
And when you’re old and lonely and you hang your head to cry
Please check the mirror and you’ll see the reason why
Check, please!
I was trying to find a table at the Restaurant of Love
You asked me if I had a reservation
And when I told you, “Darlin’ I been waitin’ all my life!”
You said, “Honey, won’t you sit down in my station?”
My hunger made me leap before I looked
I shoulda gotten take-out, I got took
You made me stand in line behind the busboy and the cook
And now I need…a check, please!!!!
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16. |
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WASH THAT LOVE AWAY
Hey, mister would you pour me out another
I’m takin’ all my troubles on the town
But you wont have to hear my dirty laundry
Just keep these suds a-comin’ and we’ll clean it up right now
Tonight I’m gonna wash that love away
And soak up all my thoughts of yesterday
Nothing seems too urgent
When I’m drinkin’ this detergent, hey, hey
Gonna was that love away
Bartender, now I know I’m lookin’ ragged
With bleary eyes and this ol’ three-day growth
But I assure you I won’t be no trouble
And when I’m seein’ double I’ll be sure to tip you both
Tonight I’m gonna wash that love away
And soak up all my thoughts of yesterday
Nothing seems too urgent
When I’m drinkin’ this detergent, hey, hey
Gonna was that love away
Tonight I’m gonna put her in the past
And thank her from the bottom of my glass
She put me through the wringer
Now that ring is off her finger, hey, hey!
Gonna wash that love away
She got into a sticky situation
And I don’t have to tell you what I mean
It put a stain upon my reputation
And only now’s it starting to come clean
Chorus
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17. |
Boy Meets Girl
03:32
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Here's lookin' at you
That remarkable face
that starred for awhile in my show
Here's lookin' at you
who I can't replace
in that movie I know you know
Boy meets girl
loses girl
gets her back again
The whole room cheers
through their tears
but that's not how this ends
Here's lookin' at you
and those trademark curls
those eyes so bright and blue
I used to call myself
the luckiest man
Too bad that was only Act Two
Boy meets girl
loses girl
still believes he'll win
Sings his song
to someone gone
who calls herself his friend
Is it really romantic
hatching a plan
to convince her to fly
from the bed of a guy
who's got money and charm
that's as long as your arm
Is he actually making her happy?
Don't I want her to be?
Even if it's not me?
Here's lookin' at you
in a bright red dress
the one you wore that night
Up with a big brass band
the town at your command
Laughing at life
Boy meets girl
loses girl
finds himself again
He can smile
alone awhile
but that's not how this ends
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Gonna float like a cloud
That’s so full of rain
that it falls to the ground
And won’t get back up again
Let me stay here
Safe from the troublesome sky
Gonna swing like a door
Open so wide
That hills and the fields
Can all come inside
Sit yourself down
Safe from the troublesome sky
You will not falter
You will not run
You will not lose your way
Despite how lost you may become
There will be thunder
Sounding its might
You will walk under
As it goes by
Gonna sing like a sailor
Drunk as the sea
That knows everything
And all things to be
Rising and falling
Watching the troublesome sky
Gonna fly like a leaf
Borne on the wind
Just to see where I go
And look where I been
Nowhere and everywhere
Up in the troublesome sky
You will not falter
You will not run
You will not lose your way
Despite how lost you may become
There will be thunder
Sounding its might
You will walk under as it goes by
You will walk under
Safe from the troublesome sky
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19. |
Patience (anthem)
02:23
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If I gotta wait, for the next time around
living in the lobby with a book I found
Elevator numbers go up and down
Doors open
I'm always hopin'
If I gotta wait, til hell runs cold
Finger in my ear just like my teachers told
Wrinkled in the bathtub, it's gettin old
Never had it, never had it, never had it, never had it
Patience
Gimme what I want, when I want it
Fuck patience
Tellin' me to slow this freight train down
How'm I gonna, How'm I gonna get around?
If I gotta wait, just one more day
Tunnel and a teaspoon to chip away
Double shot of dynamite is what I say
Never had it, never had it, never had it, never had it
Patience
Gimme what I want, when I want it
Fuck patience
Tellin' me to be that guru man
When you know I never can
No I never can
Life's too good
to fit in every minute of the day
There's no time
to wait around for somebody to say
Stand in line
Tellin' me to mellow with the elevator music
Never had it, never had it, never had it, never had it
Patience
Never had it, never had it, never had it, never had it
Patience
Gimme what I want
and I want it
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20. |
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FOREVER
I hope your dreams come true
at least a chosen few
The ones
you wanted after all
I hope your head is high
no matter how they try
to make you feel
so small
I hope you dance each day
in some peculiar way
past the others
marching single file
And I hope
you live forever
for awhile
I hope the river flows
the way you want to go
I hope
the wind blows from behind
and all the mighty trees
are waving in the breeze
to say a sweet hello
as you go by
I hope the sky can see
the majesty
of everything beneath it
running wild
And I hope
you live forever
for awhile
I hope you will be kind
and there I know you’ll find
your answer
whatever it should be
I hope your dreams come true
You know, I really do
And when they do
I hope you see
And maybe time will teach us
not to hurry
But know each step
of every mile
And I hope
we live forever
for awhile
Yeah, I hope we live forever
for awhile
© 2011 Ira Marlowe/Slow Reveal Music (BMI)
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21. |
Umbrella People
03:52
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Here they come
look at ‘em scatter
see them run
out of the rain
I’ll get wet
what does it matter?
What does it matter today?
Umbrella people
and it’s hardly even raining
Umbrella people
and the sun’s comin’ through
I’ll stand here
underneath this rainbow
colors I got from you
colors I got from you
Here they come
look at ‘em scatter
Hurry up, get ‘em up
it could start to pour
I’ll just watch
the rivers gather
‘round my feet
as I’m walking to your door
chorus
And it’s only been a day or two
How do I know? But still I do
It’s comin’ true
Umbrella people
and it’s hardly even raining
Umbrella people
and the sun’s comin’ through
I’ll stand here
underneath this rainbow
colors I got , I got, I got, I got
I got you
underneath this rainbow
and it’s all comin’ true
I'll stand here
looking at the sky
opened up so wide
and you're the reason
you're the reason
Umbrella people
no they don't even know
Umbrella people
open up, open up
let it go, let it go
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22. |
Arielle
03:40
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ARIELLE
You pace the world in circles
Looking for a heart that’s really true
You down a couple strong ones
And now anyone would do
Hanging around at the Café Du Nord
With those people all so professionally bored
It’s scary. Ordinary.
Arielle, you’re so much better
than your puny poser friends
Arielle, I’d like to see you take
the whole damn thing again
Arielle, no you’re not falling
you’re just scared to death and stalling
I can tell
I used to hear you playing
At that club on Lincoln Way
You had a way of singing
What my heart refused to say
Now all you do is run from the beauty
You were born to share
Is that enough now?
Should I shut up now?
Arielle, you’re so much smarter
than the stupid things you do
Arielle, I wish just one time
I could climb inside of you
And spend an hour livin’
with the things that you’ve been given
Yes, it’s true. What will you do?
Hanging around at the Tip Top Room
Breathing the smoke and the gloom and doom
It’s crazy. Please amaze me.
Arielle, you’re gonna find it
in a place you always knew
Arielle, you’re gonna see yourself
and finally know it’s true
The you’re gonna rise
and pull us all across the skies
upon your song.
Don’t be long. Don’t be long.
Arielle
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23. |
"House" (moody)
06:02
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“HOUSE”
I live in a house
Where the portraits have the eyes cut out
Where the piano plays all by itself
Where the clock strikes when it wants to
I live in a house
Of hidden rooms and secret stairs
And every darkness leads somewhere
and all the eyes just watch you
And you came
On a dare, on a dare
Knocking at my door
But you did not run like all the ones before
You stayed, saying--
I… ain’t going anywhere
Nothing in this world
Nothing in this wicked world
Could move me anywhere
I… ain’t going anywhere
And I don’t believe in ghosts
A ghost is just a heart without a home
Now open this door
I live in a house
And when a big orange moon comes out
It lights a room once filled with doubt
That things could ever change here
But you came
On a dare
On a deadly cold and windy night
Lightening flashing in the sky
You stayed, saying--
I… ain’t going anywhere
Nothing in this world
Nothing in this wicked world
Could move me anywhere
I… ain’t going anywhere
And I don’t believe in ghosts
A ghost is just a heart without a home
Now open this door
Open this door
Open this door
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24. |
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LIVING WITH ROBOTS
Living with robots
Is making me feel so slow
And they’re the ones
Just zeroes and ones
Living with robots
Will they ever understand
How good it feels
Smashing the wheels
And I’m trying to change and fit inside
This wonderworld that must collide
With everything I held so tight for so long
And I’m trying to learn about myself
And know when I can use some help
This wonderworld is all I have to go on
Living with fear
And if I had my way I’d stay right here
Under here
With you
Building a time machine by hand
Hatching our plan,
And I’m trying to change and fit inside
This wonderworld that must collide
With everything I held so tight for so long
And I’m trying to move myself around
And make some room for what comes now
This wonderworld will show me how to go on
Go on
Let it come to you
We’re leaving now
What will you do?
***
And I’m trying to change and fit inside
This wonderworld that must collide
With everything I held so tight for so long
And I’m trying to move myself around
And make some room for what comes now
This wonderworld will show me how to go on
Go on…
Living with robots
Living with robots
Living with robots
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25. |
Crazier Than You
03:36
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CRAZIER THAN YOU
This little girl comes up to me
And mister, I apologize
She seemed so innocent
Skinny hips and Bambi eyes
Pale as the man in the moon
Talking ‘bout some people
Who might find her soon
No matter what you think
No matter what you do
Never fall in love with someone
Crazier than you
She’s got this photograph
She’s keeping from the CIA
Somebody famous
Wearing what looks like a negligee
Time for the wages of sin:
“Boy, I need a favor
That’s where you come in…”
Chorus
Count yourself lucky
You still can fly
Count yourself lucky
You’re too cool to die
Everybody’s got somebody
Living in the hole inside their head
Who bangs the Underwood
And writes the words you wish you never said
And all the things you swore
You’d never really do
Oh, come on, mister
I know you been there, too
Chorus
Count yourself lucky
You’re too cool to die
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26. |
Ship in a Bottle
04:24
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SHIP IN A BOTTLE
Carry me home to the love that I know
Is waiting for me at the end of the sea
And I’ve packed my belongings and said my goodbyes
The ship in the bottle is ready to ride the waves
Johnny Walker Red
Is a blue-talking sailor
All the words he said
You’ll apologize later
Drinks from your glass
as he climbs up the mast
And points to the gathering stars
That’s where you learn
Which way to turn
chorus
Jose Cuervo Gold
Is a shipwreck survivor
Left him with the soul
Of a mad taxi driver
Run through the light with him
Stay out all night with him
Crashing the rocks on the waves
Ask your bartender
What to remember
Mickey’s Bigmouth Ale
Yeah, we all know what that means
Hoist her tattered sail
Your ocean is wide and green
And served in a barrel, the pride of O’Farrell St.
Pouring you out in the foam
Finally a friend
Finally a home
chorus
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27. |
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LOOK FOR ME
She sleeps a little later than she used to
her room’s still pretty much the way it was
I move some things around
to see if she might notice
but she never does
I will wait for you
She wears a lot of black but I’m not honored
she always wore a lot of black before
she makes herself a fire
and curls up with her jornal
on the cold wood floor
I will wait for you
I will wait for you
Call it gray
call it in-between
call it unknown, unheard, unbelieved
In this house
I will stay
Look for me
when you look my way
I helped her write the song I hear her singing
I guess she thinks the words are all her own
I thought for just awhile
she’d recognize the style
now I leave her pretty much alone
I watch her as she reads the Sunday paper
she’s cut her hair, she’s no longer a girl
some other time and place
some other day
some oher world
Call it gray
call it in-between
call it unknown, unheard, unseen, unbelieved
In this house
I will stay
Look for me
when you look my way
I will wait for you
I will wait for you
I will wait for you
I will wait for you
I will wait for you
I will wait for you
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28. |
Proper Bagdad
03:59
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Flying carpet
Take me to the proper Bagdad
I get so disoriented sometimes
Take me somewhere
Where I can be somebody new
Somebody you won’t even recognize
And all these crazy people trying to put me in their world
I don’t wanna hear the lies that they’re knowin’
And all along the long way down they’re calling out my name
I ain’t goin’
I ain’t goin’
Cleopatra
Oh my god what’s that you’re
Holding to the breast I’d like to hold to me
Is it so bad?
Or are you just another
Prisoner of the way they say it oughta be
And all these crazy people trying to put me in their world
I don’t wanna see the colors they’re showin’
And all along the long way down I went so nearly blind
I ain’t goin’
I ain’t goin’
Can you see it coming?
With their program for an automatic world
Where everything is easy
But it will hurt you if you don’t believe
And I don’t believe
chorus
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29. |
Losertown
04:02
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LOSERTOWN
It used to look bleak
Now it’s colorful
This low-rent life
Is gettin’ so fashionable
Yeah, but I was on the floor before
These new suburban social-divers
Came along and cluttered up the scene
And I was going nowhere
Back when nowhere wasn’t such a place to be
And if it’s so cool
To be so down
Then you can rent my space
And take my place here in losertown
Yeah, I been here a while now
But it ain’t like I planned it
Some people run from the hell they come from
While other people just line up and demand it
So before you and tell your whole damned story
‘bout the way they made you
everything you’re never gonna be
just hang around and bum some change
and when you’ve got enough get back to me
CHORUS
Just look around, there’s people here with kids
And how they gonna feed ‘em?
And other people on the skids
‘cause once the war was over
who needs em’?
yeah, but these are people tryin’, really tryin’
trying to get out of this place
and you’re just trying to shock me
with your attitude of nothing
and those holes in your face
CHORUS
And if it’s so chic just to jump off your feet
And lie there on the ground
Well, knock yourself out but it’s a shame to be proud
Of this losertown
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30. |
5:00 at the Satellite
04:23
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|
5:00 AT THE SATELLITE
Murphy collects his waitresses
like coins or stamps or bruises
does his best reconnaissance
on three hours sleep
says you judge a man
by the company he chooses
says you judge a woman
by the hours she keeps
Early morning... late night
5:00 at the Satellite
Chelsea takes your order
like some angel out of nowhere
smiles as if she knows you
and you just don’t know
She wants to be in love
if she could find a way to go there
Wants to be in bed
a couple hours ago
chorus
And love comes raining down
when no one’s looking
and no one sees it
pouring from the skies
And when you step outside
the streets are shining
Colored light reflects
into your eyes
And I’m collecting anecdotes
I’ll tell ‘em if you let me
I’ll say it’s for my novel
and it could be true
I measure my disasters
by the laughs that they could get me
chasing off the past again
with someone new
5:00 at the Satellite
And love comes raining down
when no one’s looking
and no one sees it
pouring from the skies
And when you step outside
the streets are shining
Colored light reflects
into your eyes
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31. |
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BROTHER TIME (vocal: Tommy Banks)
© 2011, Ira Marlowe/Slow Reveal Music (BMI)
Brother time
won't you slow down?
won't you slow down?
and give me a minute
to get back in it
Catch my breath
I'm still goin'
but I could use a little rest
Brother time
you know you used to be my friend
a big blue sky
that went on without end
a slow-rolling boxcar
on a steady uphill climb
I could see where I was going
I could hop off any time
But now
everything's changed
Now
You got yourself an aeroplane
and you fly, you fly, you fly
Brother time
Brother time
Brother time
Now,I'm not asking
for some machine
to take me back
take me back
I'm still strong
I'm strong and I'm ready
And I'll take on the world
if the world'd just hold steady
But now
everything's changed
Now
it's not the same
you fly, you fly, you fly
Brother time
won't you slow down?
Won't you slow down
and give me a minute?
give me a minute
to catch my breath
I'll be fine
you go ahead
Brother time
Brother time
Brother time
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32. |
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In the void and the haze and the six long days
When the dark and the light went separate ways
Dark and light, noon and night
Man and woman, wrong and right
And the question came when it all was young
Fork in the road on a serpent’s tongue
And the question said, "Do you still want more?
Do you want whatever’s behind that door?"
It’s always modern times
Always modern times
Every lucky day we fly
Our rocket to the other side
And don’t let go
‘Cause there isn’t far to go
Baby, close your eyes
Keep your hands inside
Came the rain and came the flood
Two by two in a river of mud
Two by two in a sea of love
Ocean covering all that was
And the walls came down
The walls came down
The waters parted and the men were drowned
The sinners lost, the good ones saved
The unbelievers all enslaved
It’s always modern times
Always modern times
Every brand-new day we fly
Our rocket to the other side
And don’t be scared
Can’t you see we’re almost there?
Baby, close your eyes
Just let it all go by
And the crystal cars and the men from Mars
If they never did come, well they can’t be far
Gonna pack our things for a place we’re told
Top of the world where it still gets cold
And the water runs down, the water runs down
The sea came up where there once were towns
And you can’t go back, you don’t go back,
You never look back
It’s always modern times
Always modern times
Every precious day we fly
Our rocket to the other side
And don’t despair
'cause you know we’re almost there
Baby, don’t you cry
Just let it all go by
It’s always modern times
Always modern times
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33. |
Dressed Like a Vampire
04:10
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She dressed like a vampire
She talked like an English major
We met a theater
She asked me if I could guess her age
I said, “At least a thousand years…”
She slept in the daytime
She told me she didn’t like the sun
I called her at midnight
She said, “Are you brave enough to come?”
Her cat watched all night long
As we made love to Avalon
And on and on and on and I said—
Where do you think you’re going with my life?
Where do you think you’re going with my life?
I woke in the morning
‘Cept it was three or maybe four
Alone in a strange place
I looked for her behind every door
I said, “I know you’re here”
And when the night came down she did appear
As real as love, as dark as fear, and I said—
Where do you think you’re going with my life?
Where do you think you’re going?
Would you steal it in the night?
Quiet now
Make no sound
And then the pain was gone
And we made love to Avalon
And on and on and on and on and
Where do you think you’re going with my life?
Where do you think you’re going with my life?
Where do you think you’re going?
Would you steal it in the night?
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34. |
Scary as a Clown
04:14
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|
SCARY AS A CLOWN
If you see her
Could you tell her
That I’m taking off the hat
With the propeller
I’ve kicked off my size-18’s
And put away those comic dreams
They were bringing me down
Bringing me down
Nothing’s quite as scary
As a clown
Mirror, mirror
Who’s the fairest?
I was so impassioned
Now I’m so embarrassed
And I thought she’d be so impressed
Now the whole world sees the way I’m dressed
And it’s bringing me down
Bringing me down
Nothing’s quite as scary
Nothing’s quite as scary
As a clown
And now I choose
To wipe off these white-faced blues
And find the brighter news that must come after
‘Cause heaven knows
When you put on that big red nose
Just make sure you’re ready
For the laughter
It was bringing me down
Bringing me down
Nothing’s quite as scary
Nothing’s quite as scary
As a clown
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35. |
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I know more than three chords
I don’t read music
I live in a cardboard box outside the art museum
I miss all my old friends
Don’t like my new friends
I’d feel sorry for them, but they’re just like me
And it wasn’t long ago I thought
That this could never happen
I passed out quarters
Like pieces of my golden heart
Real smart in high school
Couldn’t take college
Sometimes when it rains I hit the art museum
I look at the paintings
There’s one of a lady
She covers up and turns away before I see
And it wasn’t long ago I thought
That this could never happen
I rolled off dollar bills
Like pieces of my golden heart
I looked for a real job
They said I was crazy
Sent me to a man, he gave me pills and things
I did like he told me
But that made me crazy
Walkin’ ‘round this world and I could not feel a thing
And it wasn’t long ago I thought
That this could never happen
I helped my sister do her homework while my mother slept
I made up songs about the blues and Charlie Chaplin
A dozen verses
Like pieces of my golden heart
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36. |
The Watcher
04:29
|
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|
You look so pretty sitting in your dressing gown
Of course you never see me when I come around
At the stroke of midnight or the crack of dawn
Pretty girls like you should keep their curtains drawn
You never know what goes on
But ooh, if you only knew
I wonder what you’d do
Ooh, if you only knew
Outside of your window is the perfect place
To stare in silent wonder at that special face
To satisfy my every curiosity
What more could be expected
Of a man like me
You never know what you’ll see
chorus
Perhaps you’d scream and beg for me to go
Perhaps you’d only smile and say hello
Or if you saw me seeing you perhaps you’d cry
And curse the world that made a person such as I
But here I am again and though you look at me
In the glass you see just what you want to see
Reflections of a pretty girl all dressed in white
To you and me the picture is a lovely sight
On a lovely night
chorus
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37. |
The Silver Moon
05:22
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That wicked old witch with her dirty old hands
tossin' my dreams in her frying pan
stir it up, stir it up, stir it up best you can
that old lady make a meal of my plans
But the silver moon
in the midnight sky
older than forever
but it still can fly
I can see
by that silver light
and I might make it home
tonight
Mean old ghost with a rusty chain
Callin' me the least of names
Talk it up, talk it up, talk it up all day long
Nighttime comes he still ain't gone
But the silver moon
in the midnight sky
Older than forever
but it still can fly
I can see
by that silver light
and I might make it home
tonight
Bible man with a bony fist
Says I ain't on the list
make it up, make it up, make it up, call it truth
I got all I need but proof
Black cat talkin' in the devil's tongue
Used to speak when I was young
Give it up, give it, give it up while you can
No one livin's seen the plan
But the silver moon
in the midnight sky
Can no longer sing
but he still can fly
I can see
by his silver light
that alone will get me home tonight
baby don't shake, don't cry. don't try to run
you know we're underneath the silver moon
forget about all your magic spells
the only magic north of hell
the silver moon
maybe somebody put it there so long ago
so we would know
it's coming soon
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38. |
There We Are
03:36
|
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|
THERE WE ARE
The spirits in the cellar
Of some broken down heart
Were talking ‘bout tomorrow
like it’s just too late to start
Mumblin’ in the dusty air
And the angels you carry
In your miracle bag
Were only as real as the day you had
Comin’ home to no one there
There is something strange here
Suddenly something’s changed here
I’ve never been
this far before
I’m gonna need you near me while we—
Look
for a treasure map
All that the world
has been holding back
We can sing a pirate song
And the bad luck
is gonna change
All of the stars
are rearranged
Watching from a time long gone
There is something wrong here
Suddenly we belong here
Raise high the roof
Up through the clouds
Look from the tallest window
There we are now
There we are
There we are
There we are
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39. |
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Gonna float like a cloud
That’s so full of rain
that it falls to the ground
And won’t get back up again
Let me stay here
Safe from the troublesome sky
Gonna swing like a door
Open so wide
That hills and the fields
Can all come inside
Sit yourself down
Safe from the troublesome sky
You will not falter
You will not run
You will not lose your way
Despite how lost you may become
There will be thunder
Sounding its might
You will walk under
As it goes by
Gonna sing like a sailor
Old as the sea
That knows everything
And all things to be
Rising and falling
Watching the troublesome sky
Gonna fly like a leaf
Borne on the wind
Just to see where I go
And look where I been
Nowhere and everywhere
Up in the troublesome sky
You will not falter
You will not run
You will not lose yourself
Despite how lost you may become
There will be thunder
Sounding its might
You will walk under as it goes by
You will walk under
Safe from the troublesome sky
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40. |
Vaudeville
03:48
|
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|
VAUDEVILLE
They’re closing down Vaudeville
They’ve cancelled the show
And all of the ghosts
In the ripped velvet seats
Have nowhere to go
The song wasn’t over
The band was just getting’ in gear
They’re closing down Vaudeville
They’re already here
And the angels in the balconies
Singing “Nearer My God To Thee”
Circling over the stage…
But the dancers keep on dancing anyway
‘Cause anyway
It’s just change
She used to be laughing
There used to be tears in her eyes
And now she feels nothing
She says it’s alright
And I hardly remember
She wasn’t the one
They’re closing down Vaudeville
It’s already done
And the angels in the balconies
Singing “Nearer My God To Thee”
Circling over the stage
But the dancers keep on dancing anyway
‘Cause anyway
it’s just change
It’s just change.
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41. |
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|
ALTERNATE LYRICS:
VALENTINES’S DAY
Cupid was just some poor romantic kid
Who shot off his bow and just didn’t know
The damage he did
Finding his mark on the luckiest hearts
While so many wait to be found
But once a year
He used to come around, and say--
It’s Valentine’s Day
It’s Valentine’s Day
And in its time
Love will find its own way
For every heart
That lives as one
Your day will come
Out of my dreams, out of the blue you came
Riding the wings of impossible things
That happen just the same
Cupid tries and his arrow flies
Til one day his arrow flies true
That’s what I found
The day I found you
It’s Valentine’s Day
It’s Valentine’s Day
and in its time
Love will find its own way
For every heart
That lives as on
Your day will come
It’s Valentine’s Day
It’s Valentine’s Day
© 2010, Jake Marlowe/Slow Reveal Music (BMI)
VALENTINE’S DAY
Cupid was just some fat annoying kid
Who shot off his bow and just didn’t know
The damage he did
But Aphrodite in her silver light
And Venus in her shimmering gown
Once a year
They used to come around, and say…
It’s Valentine’s Day
It’s Valentine’s Day
And in its time
Love will find its own way
For every heart
That lives alone
We have prepared a home
Out of the sky, down from the clouds
They came
Riding the wings of impossible things
That happen just the same
Aphrodite, with the smile of a child
And Venus with her eyes of green and blue
There at my door
To tell me once more…
It’s Valentine’s Day
It’s Valentine’s Day
And in its time
Love will find its own way
For every heart
That lives alone
We have prepared a home
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42. |
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FRANKENSTEIN THE MATCHMAKER
Frankenstein the matchmaker
Builds the perfect lover
From the faces and the voices
And the memory of the others
He could almost love
Can you see him up all night?
Stitching up the final changes
Will he ever get it right?
Isn’t he somebody
You could almost love?
Almost
Any word that comes so close
Is only gonna tell you just how far you have to go
Stay there
Tell yourself there’s someone out there
Waiting in a story
Now get back to your laboratory
Frankenstein the doctor
Isn’t it appalling
How it got so out of hand
How he missed his calling
It was almost love
Every chance you wouldn’t take
Every flame that couldn’t last
Now you’ve got your pictures out
You’re drinking to the past
And all that almost was
Any time a moment came
You watched it til it turned away
You blamed it on the gods
As if you even hear a word they say
Cover up your ears before
The sound of all that came before
Comes calling, yeah it’s calling
You’re almost ready now
Is that what you’d say?
Almost
Any word that comes so close
Is only gonna tell you just how far you have to go
Go there
Could you ever dare
To step outside your perfect mind
Scary what you just might find
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43. |
17
03:49
|
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|
17
There are 17 versions of the roo-roo joke
each one ends with there’s no hope
stuck in the jungle what’s to do
but laugh the whole day through
17 ways to say goodbye
two that end in please don’t cry
one you never heard before
you were too far out the door
and the other world
that calls your name
ringing in your ears
it always sounds the same
and the other you
you tried to be
that’s the only one they’ll see
Welcome to the Liar’s Club
grab a number, step right up
stuck in the jungle, what’s to do
c’mon you know it’s true
17 years you didn’t know
then it hits you kinda slow
it’ll find you anywhere you go
and the other world
that calls your name
ringing in your ears
it always sounds the same
and the other you
you tried to be
that’s the only one they’ll …
see I don’t
see the invisible
things I used to see
it’s all so solid now
falling down
around me
17 rules in the book of life
one that keeps you up all night
stuck in the jungle what’s to do
but laugh the whole day through
17 hours in any day
til they let you get away
turn out the light
it’s brighter than they say
and the other world
that calls your name
you hear it in your heart
it always sounds the same
and the other you
you tried be
that’s the only one they’ll see
see I don’t
see the invisible
things I used to see
it’s all so solid now
falling down
around me
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44. |
House of Wax
03:32
|
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|
The lady from the house of wax
smiles until her makeup cracks
she offers me the job, I tell her fine
the broker with the derby
gets the broom and says I'm early
I can make the morning papers
if I harden up in time
Get me out, get me out, get me out
I'm falling down
Oh... what a ridiculous town
Sal the king of Glamourville
despite the shortage gets his fill
avoid him when he's looking underfed
Powder monkey, china blue
the only white man privy to
a million dirty things Confucius knew
but never said
Chorus
You can't try to tell me down is up
black is white, wrong is right
no, that won't work this time
We gotta rip, rip that velvet cord
This house of wax must have a door
Frankenstein Maloney
and his stooges and his cronies
and his partner with the cauliflower ear
Doesn't matter what you done
the less you did, the more the fun
forget about it all
cuz even God won't find you here
Chorus
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Ira Marlowe
Ira Marlowe's songs have appeared in indy films, been featured on NPR and Dr. Demento, and received a Parent's Choice Award. He's taught songwriting at UC Berkeley and penned the tunes for four shows by a Tony-winning theatre troupe.
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If indie pop went on a date with grunge, it would sound like London band Flowers' contribution to Slumberland's singles series.
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A Very Too Many Zooz Xmas
by Too Many Zooz
Too Many Zooz return with holiday classics performed in their own inimitable style.
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