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Five Lovin' Days
04:49
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Sitting in the sunlight in your front seat
Watching you running down the street
We were trying to figure out our top speeds, come on
You said it would never work for me
I think it’s got something to do with heat
But I don’t know
You said anything you want is what you’ll have
I love those moments before it all goes bad
When I hope it won’t
I want lilacs in the morning, love letters at noon
A broken down villa beneath a blood red moon
And that’s all I want
Give me something, darlin, that’s a perfect fit
Five lovin’ days I’ll make a mess of it
That’s how it goes
Give me something, darlin, that’s a perfect fit
Five lovin’ days I’ll make a mess of it
That’s all I know
Standing in the kitchen looking down the drain
You handed me a butcher knife and a bottle of champagne
Sleeping in mansions listening to the rain
I can’t see the road
Tell me I can stay here in this backyard
Looking at the weeds and the broken cars
Hoping for the best, wishing on the stars
That fall on me
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Can't Catch A Break
04:34
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I went fishing for breaks but the breaks weren’t biting
I sat there all day drinking white lightning
I got me a pony but she turned out ornery
I paid for salvation but the preacher conned me
What a shame, what a shame, what a shame
I can’t catch a break
I hold the world’s record for the biggest losing streak
It’s a thousand miles long and twice as deep
I was born in a barn in the year of the cricket
I chose the right numbers but I lost the ticket
What a shame, what a shame, what a shame
I can’t catch a break
I planned on playing concerts to show the world my tunes
I wound up on the porch with the possums and raccoons
It feels like forever but it was yesterday
I’m stuck in the corner with a fresh coat of paint
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3. |
Better Off Dead
04:13
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Was it better when it was broken
When nearly everything was wrong
Living deep in the red, better off dead
I felt fine barely hanging on
I don’t remember wanting to fix it
Listening to the rats in the walls
I wasn't looking for fights out in the night
I was searching for a soft place to fall
I’d rather be barely hanging on
Than to find out I’m already gone
I’m already gone
It went quiet in the chaos
Caught in the eye of the storm
Dodging defeat, high on repeat
Burning bridges to stay warm
Every window is rattling
It’s the fifty-second season of wind
They’re taking cars apart in the yard
I’m still scrambling to cover the rent
I’d rather be barely hanging on
Than to find out I’m already gone
I’m already gone
Take me up to the treeline
I’ll dive in the clearest lake
Tell me those lights are always gonna shine
Baby, forgive me my mistakes
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4. |
Fake Fighting
04:45
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We’re a long way from having anything to lose
Anything to lose, anything to lose
But I’ve got some cash stashed
So put on your alligator boots
Your alligator boots, those alligator boots
And let’s go, let’s go
Fake fighting in the streets, fake fighting in the streets
Fake fighting in the streets, fake fighting
Wishful thinking ‘til the lights stop blinking
‘Til the lights stop blinking
It’s wishful thinking ‘til the lights stop blinking
‘Til the lights stop blinking, and finally glow
Or fucking explode
We’re a long way from having nothing to lose
Nothing to lose, nothing to lose
But I’ve got some cash stashed
So put on your alligator boots
Your alligator boots, those alligator boots
And let’s go, let’s go
Fake fighting in the streets
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Night Birds
03:54
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Restless women and peaceful men
Have been getting it wrong since I don’t know when
Peaceful men need steady gals
Who let them get some sleep in the wee, wee hours
La-la-la-la, la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la-la
But the wee hours are when the night birds sing
It’s the only time time they tell me anything
I’m trying to see the future from way up high
And hoping something happens before I die
La-la-la-la, la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la-la
They canceled the things I wanted to be
I turned into a prism of monotony
Now my days are like fractured beams
I stay up late hiding from my dreams
La-la-la-la, la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Hurry before your treasure turns to trash
Spend it quick, it won’t last
I don’t answer I’ve got nothing to say
Six months later it’s the same damn day
La-la-la-la, la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la-la
I hope restless women and peaceful men
Go dancing with the night birds someday again
We’ll meet in the streets, we’ll hold on tight
Then I’ll probably call you up in the middle of the night
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Empty Piñata
03:14
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7. |
I Can Just Leave
04:18
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I get to feeling good
I get to feeling good
I forget that anything
Could be bad
I hope you’re feeling good
I hope you’re feeling good
I think of all the good times
That we’ve had
Tell me I don’t have to work today
Tell me the lies will shake out okay
Tell me that the drinks are for free
And if I don’t want to stay then I can just leave
I can just leave
I get to feeling good
I get to feeling good
I forget that anything
Could go wrong
I hope you’re feeling good
I hope you’re feeling good
Where are the good times
It’s been so long
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Mental Picture
07:54
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I got dizzy spinning there
Beneath the shadows of the fronds
And the glass of ice melting
Felt cool on my palm
Will you pour me one more please
Or let me borrow the jug
I get tired without touching
Holding onto nothing
I miss cutting up the rug
It’s not even dark
Don’t turn the light on yet
I should take a mental picture
Before I forget
First they tell you what they’ll sell you
Then they turn their backs
I quit counting on all those nights in
To help me relax
And the misled are spoonfed
There’s not a cracked spine in their stacks
We spend our lifetimes holy diving
Chasing the bright things
Blissfully falling through the cracks
It’s not even dark
Don’t turn the light on yet
I should take a mental picture
Before I forget
Everybody is covering
Up against the wind
It’s the start of some summer
You can feel it on your skin
If we hold on a little longer
We might break on through
I miss missing my connection
I miss night walking
Calling out to you
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