1. |
harvester
03:53
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I heard everything you said
down there by the riverbed
I was hiding in the cottontails
while you washed away the red
I always knew your tongue was a knife
but I didn't know it was wielded by your wife
what a pair of dirty souls
harvesting naivete for gold
how much money til you love me
I bet you had it written down exactly
now all the promises you made are gone
what a devastating discovery
I always knew your tongue was a knife
but I didn't know it was wielded by your wife
what a pair of dirty souls
harvesting naivete for gold
gold dust
covers up the stain of
cold blood
your hands are filthy
and I won't trust
anything you say again
anything you say again
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2. |
cigarettes & youth
04:17
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she
smells like cigarettes and youth
and she never tells the truth
but that's alright
I can rely on being lied to
we
went to get matching tattoos
of a picture that she drew
when I got mine
she decided not to
and then she ran
and then she ran into
the arms of another man
because she can
I think she likes to
cause she does it over and over again
don't forget
your cigarettes
she
she's got sorrow in her eyes
she says that love is compromise
which she can't do
cause she doesn't have the time
we
stayed up to watch the sun rise
she said it took her by surprise
she fought back tears
and she apologized
and then she ran
and then she ran into
the arms of another man
because she can
I think she likes to
cause she does it over and over again
don't forget
your cigarettes
she
smells like cigarettes and youth
and I love her more than you
but that's alright
she can see who she wants to
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3. |
warning
03:53
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I'm going to go for a long walk
last one I'll ever take
cause if I never ever go to sleep again
I can walk straight to my dying day
here I stand
broken
all my fears
unspoken
my heart is stuck
it won't open
one foot in front of the other
past moonbeams and tall fur trees
you said loving me came easy for you, babe
well then it should be just as easy to leave
here I stand
broken
all my fears
unspoken
my heart is stuck
it won't open
I'll break you too
it's just a warning
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4. |
creature
03:42
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look behind you
is there a creature coming
can you feel his eyes
if there isn't
be sure to check back often
you never know what he'll try
I can understand
if you don't want me to be with you
I'm forever panic prone
plus I'm already taken
cause me and my creature make two
and he never leaves me alone
never alone
I'm a loser
creature lets me know it
he whispers in my ear
can't you see him
he's big and quite imposing
his words are always clear
I can understand
if you don't want me to be with you
I'm forever panic prone
plus I'm already taken
cause me and my creature make two
and he never leaves me alone
never alone
look behind you
is there a creature coming
can you feel his eyes
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5. |
memories burn
05:00
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guess what, my love
the house is on fire
memories burn
as I perspire
the flames lick the walls
where all of our photographs hang
pictures of us
are mixing with smoke
and they're falling like dust
it's making me choke
all these images of you
fill up my lungs as I sing
I'll go down in flames
lay with ashes of our memories
I'll see you today
my love
I'm burning for you
I remember it well
that day in 2000
right after we wed
you said now we're spouses
so follow the rules
and always let women go first
well I held true to that
without even trying
I picture you there
in the hospital dying
I'll be with you soon
I'm not going to try and escape
I'll go down in flames
lay with ashes of our memories
I'll call out your name
speaking with brevity
I'll see you today
my love
I'm burning for you
guess what, my love
the house is on fire
memories burn
as I perspire
the flames lick the walls
where all of our photographs hang
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6. |
twelve roses
03:53
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twelve roses in the gutter
twelve roses in the street
twelve roses that I gave to you
straight from the heart of me
but you would not accept it
for you've rejected me
twelve roses in the gutter
twelve roses in the street
cold shoulder from a lover
cold shoulder straight from thee
cold shoulder that I gave to you
is now returned to me
I will happily accept it
and I will let you be
twelve roses in the gutter
twelve roses in the street
I let you down
way down
right from the start of it
I let you fall
out of love
right from the start of it
don't stop
I'll never be part of it now
twelve roses in the gutter
twelve roses in the street
twelve roses could not make up for
how cold my heart has been
I'll leave them where they landed
but save the memory
twelve roses in the gutter
twelve roses in the street
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7. |
storm girl
03:40
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I can smell the rain
it's getting close
we still have time to find shelter though
I know what's in your heart
yet I still follow
maybe you'll love me more
tomorrow
hurry now
the storm is almost here
just in time
to cover all my tears
I know what's in your heart
yet I still folllow
maybe you'll love me more
tomorrow
every time I tell you how I feel
you talk about the rain
and how it cleanses everything that's real
yet causes so much pain
with no one there to blame
I never know
how much of myself to give you
you never give much back
yet I continue
thunder booming
all around our head
the only thing you share with me
is a bed
I know what's in your heart
yet I still follow
maybe you'll love me more
tomorrow
there should be a warning ahead of you
like there is before a storm
sirens screaming as you come to view
red sky in the morn
despondent and forlorn
I can smell the rain
it's getting close
we still have time to find shelter though
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8. |
jeanette
04:54
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please don't follow me
cause I'm going down
I'm going all the way
no stopping me now
and when I hit bottom
there'll be no one around
I'll be all alone
with my favorite sound
jeanette
she grows and twirls and thickens
around my head
she opens my mouth and crawls her way
down to her bed
but she doesn't slumber
she screams instead
and just like a fire
she must be fed
my jeanette
I can love you today
but I ain't gonna stay
the ghost of her follows me
she's never too far away
but I can love you today
you see out your window
how the sky grows dark
it means I'll be packing up
moving out of your heart
it's just like I told you
from the very start
you can keep all the memories
but I'll never part
with jeanette
I can love you today
but I ain't gonna stay
the ghost of her follows me
she's never too far away
but I can love you today
please don't follow me
cause I'm going down
I'm going all the way
no stopping me now
and when I hit bottom
there'll be no one around
I'll block out the living
so the only sound is
jeanette
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9. |
borrowed time
04:02
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we're all just living on borrowed time
and if you want, babe, you can borrow mine
we may not
need much more
get into my car and we can just drive
tear off the mirrors, leave it all behind
just open
the door
if we drive real fast
we could escape our past
and learn to love again
I'll be a better man
you'll do the best you can
and we can start again
start all over again
the more you use the better I feel
the more I lose the less you heal
my foot's
on the gas
our silence rivals the desert air
a road sign casts a blinding glare
last chance
to pass
if we drive real fast
we could escape our past
and learn to love again
I'll be a better man
you'll do the best you can
and we can start again
start all over again
start all over again
start all over again
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