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I Been Mistaken Before
05:15
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Thought I knew what I knew
I believed in what I believed
But I was wrong, I was wrong
Took me years to know what I know
But now I just don’t know
Yeah, I was wrong, so wrong
Thought I was on my way
On my way to a brighter day
But I been mistaken before
Thought I’d figured it out
I had no doubt
I been mistaken before
Mistaken before
I read me a lot of books
I probed and I questioned
But I got it wrong, I got it wrong
Thought I knew the truth
Thought truly understood
But I was wrong, so wrong
What do I know
When I don’t know a goddamn thing
What do I know
What will the future bring
Thought I’d grow wise with age
Thought I’d answer my many questions
But I was wrong, I was wrong
I believed in God
And I followed all his teachings
But I got wrong, so wrong
So wrong, so wrong
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2. |
Objectify
05:01
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I see the beauty that’s in you
I do not deny your essence
I want to shine a light
A light that glows like fluorescence
I want to know just who you are
Go beyond the veneer
I want to bring out the inner you
I want that to come clear
It’s my hope that I will feel
The person that is you
And the whole wide world open up
To some kind of clearer view
If I objectify
What am I, what am I
If I objectify
Who are you, who are you
If I objectify
How I see what is true
Your beauty it so moves me
It stirs up my desire
I want to know if it’s just me
Or if everyone else feels your fire
So I go and paint me a picture
Or go and I write me a song
So maybe I can somehow get closer
Figure out why I feel so strong
Don’t want to negate your humanity
That’s not my motivation
Just want to express the love I feel
The love that gives me such elation
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Objects of My Affections
03:58
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Raindrops and mittens
Sleigh bells and kittens
Pretty girls in white satin sashes
Dogs that bite on my nose and eyelashes
Silver geese all tied up with strings
There is a world of wonderful things
These are the objects of my affections
They just have meaning to me
For all these objects of my affections
I hold them close as can be
Ponies and noodles
Doorbells and poodles
Bright copper bees and Singapore slings
There is a world of wonderful things
Indica and sativa
Memory and amnesia
Brown paper roses that wilt from the heat
A bowler hat like the one by Magritte
Cream colored whiskers with schnitzel and wings
There is a world of wonderful things
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4. |
Who Am I to Judge?
04:40
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You get by like you always have
And it don't bother you
You got nowhere to go
You'd be happy doing nothing at all
In fact, nothing at all
Should be your motto
Sometimes you wanna go traveling
So then you make you plan
And then you do it
You don't give it much thought at all
You just do it like there's nothing to it
Well who am I judge you
Doing your thing ain't on me to guess
Who am I to be the judge of you
Because my life is such a mess
You may think you'e something special
And who's to say you're not
Maybe you like what's in the mirror
Maybe to you you look hot
Some folks they feel so confident
They like the feel of their own skin
They like it when they know best
They like it when they win
I've seen you be not so nice
And that is kind of understating it
You're the master of the putdown
There's no debating it
Do I think that you are good or bad
It don't matter quite frankly
Whatever you are is whatever you are
To put it succinctly
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5. |
Same Ol' Me
04:24
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Every year I call you on your birthday
Just to have a little chat
Wanna see how you are doing
Wanna see where you are at
I begin by saying “fuffbay”
From a book we read when we were but wee
It’s the dear, sweet way I let you know
Hey it’s the same ol’ me
Nothing much is going on out here
Haven’t finished with the renovations
My house is still a great big mess
Ready to fall off its foundations
What the heck’s going on with you
Sorry I’ve been so absentee
Whatever the heck is going on with you
Hey it’s the same ol’ me
Someone told me you got shingles
And someone said you’ve been depressed
Someone said your back went out
Guess you’re not feeling your best
Frankly I don’t know much about about you
I’m not much good with empathy
You must’ve sensed that all along
Hey it’s the same ol’ me
Gotta tell you that I love you
Something I cannot not say
Want you to know I really truly mean it
Even if it makes me sound kinda gay
Don’t know why I am so damn flaky
What do you expect me to be
It’s what I’ve been since time immemorial
Hey it’s the same ol’ me
Don't know why I'm the way I am
It's just the way I turned out to be
I couldn't be any different even if I tried
Hey it's the same ol' me
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6. |
Work
04:34
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I can’t change it
Even though I wish I could
Can’t make it right
Yeah you could say I ain’t no good
The world’s gone to hell
But what can you do
There’s no place to run away
That’s it, that’s all, we’re through
No there’s no place to run away
That’s it, that’s all, we’re through
I’m feeling pretty broken
You’re looking low down
The day drags on and on
When your trapped in your town
People keep their distance
No one’s at the barbecue
There’s no place to run away
That’s it, that’s all, we’re through
No there’s no place to run away
That’s it, that’s all, we’re through
You better stay away, better stay away
Better stay away from me
No one’s ever seen this
Nothing like this has happened before
It just blows your mind
Like some ancient folklore
No one knows what’s next
It’s twisted as a corkscrew
There’s no place to run away
That’s it, that’s all, we’re through
No there’s no place to run away
That’s it, that’s all, we’re through
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7. |
My Zaza
04:06
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She was a pretty little thing
But boy what a mouth
The kind of mouth that could swallow you whole
Wish she’d eat me alive
Stick me in her belly
Ooh, jellyroll
C’mon Zaza
C’mon Zaza
Love you Zaza
Down in my soul
She once got burnt to a crisp
She’s still has the scars
But in turn she drew strength from her cuts
She’d seen the worst
Or so she thought
No ifs, no ands, no butts
C’mon Zaza
C’mon Zaza
Love you Zaza
Down in my guts
In the end the world was way too hard
And it crushed her
Yeah it really blew her all apart
She got lost
So sad to see
Done, done before the start
C’mon Zaza
C’mon Zaza
Love you Zaza
Down in my heart
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We revolve around each other
Like planets around a sun
Spinning wildly, madly
A natural attraction
The pull is overwhelming
When we stick we stick like glue
When love has found its object
There is nothing we can do
We want it, we need it, we got it, oh yeah
We love it, we hold it, we kill it, oh yeah
All these fucking politicians
Act so righteous and so smug
And all the evil deeds that they do
They want to sweep under the rug
They think they are above it all
They speak from up on high
But when love finds its object
The truth becomes a lie
We try to fight the feelings
In our hearts and in our heads
But resistance is quite futile
Just like the Borg once said
We build a civilization
Think we know what we're all about
But when love has found its object
The animal comes out
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9. |
Does This Amuse You?
04:36
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I laid myself bare for you in a way I never done before
I told you all my stories, stories galore
I told you about my dad and how he beat me to a pulp
Then he’d take a swig of whiskey with one big gulp
I told you about my mom who was so frickin’ ice cream cold
Yeah she froze me out in that frosty household
I told you about my sisters
A real pair of narcissistic birds
I bet they thought they loved me
But they never spoke the words
Does this amuse you
Am I just a culture in your Petri dish
Does this amuse you
If I do then I guess you get your wish
I laid myself bare for you in a way I never thought I could
I filled in all the characters from my old neighborhood
I told you about Billy and how he tried to molest me in his pool
And I didn’t try to stop him which only added to the fuel
I told you about Marla and how she perished in a plane crash
Never quite got over that one
I was always suffering succotash
I told you about Mister Darling and how he cracked up his car
Turns out it was deliberate, his way of saying au revoir
Do you think I'm funny, do you think I'm sad
Do you think I'm happy, do you think I'm mad
I think I'm mad
I laid myself bare for you in a way
I never could have dreamed
I made it super loud and clear I am pretty unredeemed
I told you about my feelings
Feelings so deep they’ve blown me open wide
I told you that I love you even though I know it’s cockeyed
I told you I can’t live without you
Even though I know you don’t feel the same
I told you I would die for you and you would not be to blame
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10. |
There Are No Words
03:18
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There are no words
That explains this away
There are no words that'll give you solace
There are no words
To make this right
Like expecting your life to be flawless
I had to do what I had to do
Didn’t see I had no choice
So let me make one thing perfectly clear
While I still have a voice
There are no words
That'll make you feel better
There are no words that will change a thing
There are no words
That will justify my actions
That will ever take out the sting
Sorry for the hurt I’ve caused
It's got nothing to do with you
You see I got this rotten old thing
That colors my world blue
There are no words
That will make you not hate me
There are no words that will bring me back
This is gonna haunt you
For the rest of your days
The outlook is admittedly black
I wish I had the will
To turn it all around
But you see I been laid so low
So low I’m already underground
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11. |
I Can See
05:26
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I saw you sprawled out in a field
It was right out of Christina's World
There was a wildness in your look
As if all of your flags had unfurled
Come on and take me
Come on and take me away
And I am everywhere you are
Everywhere you want me to be
No matter near or far
I can see
I can see
We drank ourselves sick with lust
We spit into the brown southern night
We made a pact sealed with a prick
Somehow that black blood felt so right
Come on and run away
Come on and run away with me
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12. |
Gone for Good
04:11
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The sun still rises or more likely it don’t
It’s hard to know for certain
Maybe this life is a theater of the mind
And I can’t see behind the curtain
What I thought I knew I do not know
And there ain’t no going back
The world I lived is gone for good
It’s all out of whack
Gone for good
The wife I married don’t hardly recognize her
She’s like a stranger to me
We made those vows, we swore an oath
But that was a separate reality
When I think about it, when I try to fight the fight
It's like I’m pushing against a ghost
Wanna kick it in
Wanna run far, far away
But there ain’t no signpost
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