1. |
All Our Days
04:25
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We get up bright and early
And we drink our cup, drink our cup
We brush our teeth and drag ourselves out the door
We get in our cars and we wait in line, wait in line
We do it every day and we don't think what for
Well we run, run, run, run, run and we never stop, never stop
Never really see our crazy ways
Yeah we run, run, run, run, run and we never stop, never stop
All our days, all our days
We sit at our desk and we drink our cup, drink our cup
And stare at a screen and fake our way through the day
We stare at a clock and it goes tick and tock, tick and tock
We wait for the moment we can get away
And we wind up wishing we were done and gone
Done and gone
And we wind up finding our whole life's a yawn
We try to make our peace with who we are, who we are
We rationalize and say that it's all right
And time goes flying by like a passing train, passing train
That's barreling off into an uncertain night
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2. |
A Hobo's Life
05:23
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I am vagabond and I live out on the open road
I go along to where I want to go
My home is where I lay my load
No I don't want for much
Gimme a bed to lay my head
I’ll take any gig that I can get
Just so I can make my bread
I do what I need to do, I’m a doing kind of guy
I do what I need to do so I can get by
Got a banjo on my knee
Got purple mountain majesty
God shed his grace on thee
It's a hobo's life for me
I am a vagabond and I hit the bricks
Ain’t no one can bail me out
Whenever I get in a fix
No I don't want for much
Just the occasional meal
Whatever I can’t connive
I just go ahead and steal
I do what I need to do, I’m a doing kind of dude
I do what I need to do, that’s my me-first attitude
I get to live my life like Kerouac
Ain’t got no monkey on my back
Never bothered to take myself a wife
But that don't matter, the road is my life
I am a vagabond and I live my life by my wits
No one tells me what to do
And I ain’t one of them hypocrites
No I don't want for much
I only need a couple of bucks
Don’t want no mansion on a hill
The street is my deluxe
I do what I need to do, I’m a doing kind of bro
I do what I need to do just so I can get up and go
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3. |
All I Got
04:49
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I know it ain't much but you're all I got
All I got to hold me up and I know it's kind of sad
Kind of pathetic, go ahead and interrupt
No one wants to carry that much load
You take it on and you explode
No one wants to bear that much weight
That much weight can built up hate
But you're all I got
All I got, all I got in this world
You're all I got, believe it or not
You're all I got girl
I know it's kinda stupid to have no other plan
To have no one else in mind
Yeah I got family, yeah I got friends
Yeah I got none of the kind
I know I bug ya perhaps too much
You got your own thing that I can't touch
I can't go sniffing 'round, I can't be a bother
You ain't my mother, you ain't my father
You're all I got believe it or not
So don't you let me go
You're all I got believe it or not
I live in your shadow
I know it's kinda lame, it's a big ask
Will you stand up for me
I wouldn't be beggin' if there weren't no one else
I'm pushing the command key
I bet you're pretty sick of hearing all my crap
You want me to shove it, give me a good slap
I know I come on strong but I'm pretty weak
Still that don't stop me from getting what I seek
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Everything was going just fine
Until you came along
You with your droopy old face
You with your sad old song
Don't want to hear about it
You and your world of pain
Don't care that your dad has died
Or that your mom has gone insane
Don't try to bring me down
You won't succeed
Go ahead and cut yourself
I won't watch you bleed
I don't like things to think about
I like things to go on
Everything was going just fine
Then you upset the flow
Had stuff set up just right
And you knocked it down like a domino
You make a great big noise
Some people fear you
Go ahead and cry for help
I won't ever hear you
Some folks they love their siblings
Or so I've heard
Well I could call you brother
But it's a meaningless word
Goodnight lady
Lady goodnight
Goodnight lady
It's time to say goodbye
Farewell lady
Farewell lady
It's time to say
It's time to say goodbye
Everything was going just fine
Until you made a scene
With you it's always something
High, low and in-between
I got my own thing going
Don't mean to be hard-hearted
You're not the only one with problems
Don't get me started
Go on and do your thing
And I'll do mine
And if by chance we meet
We can say that it is by design
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5. |
Some Day, Some Way
05:44
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What am I doing here
Gotta know, gotta know
What is the meaning of this
The seeds I sow
Where is it all leading to
I wanna care, I wanna care
How will it all work out
Will it wind up fair
It will be brighter
Some day, some way
It will be brighter
Some way, some day
Why should I bother
What's the point, what's the point
People trash the planet
It's a messed up joint
Will I make a difference
Who's to say, who's to say
Will things get any better
I hope and pray
It is gonna be brighter
Much brighter than it's been
It is gonna be brighter
Brighter without and within
And I will find that all my dreams
Are merely windows for me to see through
And I will find that all my dreams
Are really dreams come true
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6. |
Glory
04:26
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Put your hands together
Get down on your knees
Grovel, grovel if you must
All around you
The world is going to hell
Your empire is turning to dust
Glory for you and glory for me
And glory for everyone in between
Glory of all or glory for none
Ain’t that the golden mean
Take out the good book
Do only your best work
Ring them bells across the nation
Love your brothers and your sisters
Raise your voice
Show some righteous indignation
Raise yourself up
Get yourself straight
Do it now before it’s too late
Hold up a mirror
Look at yourself
Do you look like something strange
Can you live with
The person you see
Or are ready to make a change
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7. |
Nothing Can Hurt Me
03:51
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I stubbed my toe on the corner of the chair
As I wandered into the darkened living room
The cat was sleeping on the edge of the couch
It smelled like some ancient tomb
I sat myself down and my timbers they shivered
My sciatica was flaring up again
I’ve tried meditation for all the good that it does
But with pain like this you can't pretend
And I say over and over
Nothing can hurt me
And I say over and over
Nothing can hurt me
I smashed my thumb while I was pounding on a nail
And now it’s throbbing like on an old cartoon
Don’t how much more pain this old body can take
There’s nothing from which I’m immune
Everything creaks and everything’s shaky
Like a car with diminishing returns
I’ve tried meditation for all the good that it does
But it doesn’t address my concerns
And I say over and over
Nothing can hurt me
And I say over and over
Nothing can hurt me
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8. |
Never Gonna Change
04:20
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You got your way
And I got my way
That’s the way it’s always been
You do your thing
And I do my thing
It’s our way since way back when
You want what you want
And I want what I want
And no one’s gonna win
No one’s gonna win
Na-na-na-na
Never gonna change
You got your side
And I got my side
And neither side can connect
You got your needs
And I got my needs
And they all go unchecked
You get mad at me
And I get mad at you
And what we built gets wrecked
Yeah, what we built gets wrecked
We wish it weren’t so hopeless
But we don’t know what else to do
We’ve tried it all and nothing works
We’re stuck in the middle we two
You got your dreams
And I got my dreams
And our dreams just ain't the same
You so want it all
And I so want it all
That’s such a losing game
It’s who we are now
Compared to what we were
It’s such a goddamn shame
It’s such a goddamn shame
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9. |
On Departin'
04:33
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Never got to hear the new Dylan record
Never got to see Trump tossed out on his ass
Never got eat another slice of Lou Malnati’s
Never got to smoke any more killer grass
Never got to go to Paris in the springtime
Never got to drive an Aston Martin
Never got to kiss you straight on the mouth
I was too busy departin’
Never got to witness One Direction reunited
Never got a seat on the gravy train
Never got to have sex with Norah Jones
Never got to buy condo in Jamaica Plain
Never got to kill my asshole of a boss
Never got to play Madison Square Garden
Never got to hold, hold you by the hand
I was too busy departin’
Never got to meet Barack Obama
Never got to shoot up in Amsterdam
Never got to sip a glass of Campari
Never got 10 likes on Instagram
Never got to see my little girl get married
Never got to witness the Red Sea partin’
Never got to eat a banana split
I was too busy departin’
Never lived out my dreams to the max
I stopped before startin'
I was too busy departin’
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10. |
Tenderly
03:13
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You have touched me
Like no one’s touched me
You have reached me
And made me come alive
And it is strange and it is wild
And it is deep
As the deep blue sea
And I la-la-love you tenderly
I was broken
In a million pieces
But you repaired me
And you made me whole
And it is grand and it is mad
And it’s got roots
As deep as a tree
And I la-la-love you
I la-la-love you
I la-la-love you
I la-la-love you tenderly
I was hurting
Hurting real badly
When up you came
And you licked my wounds
And it feels swell and it feels groovy
You heard me right
I’m just an old hippy
I la-la-love you
I la-la-love you
I la-la-love you
I was fucked up
Right out of my mind
But you chilled me out
And you eased my pain
And I feel joy and I feel bliss
And above all else
I am happy
And I la-la-love you tenderly
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11. |
All This and More
04:00
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This is just crazy
Every single tiny piece of it
It’s like living in a funhouse mirror
Don’t know if I should laugh
Don’t know if I should scream my head off
But the evidence could not be clearer
All this and more
All this and more
Michael row your boat ashore
All this and more
This is just stupid
None of it makes a lick of sense
Wanna say fuck it and smash the glass
Don’t see a way forward
And there’s no way I can go back
Wanna say fuck it and kiss my ass
I am living in the here and the now
How could I be living any other way anyhow
This is just funny
When you get on down to it
It’s like living in a cosmic joke
No point in fighting
You just gotta laugh it off
Swim on downstream with an upstroke
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12. |
Daydreams and Moonbeams
04:41
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Who are we and where are we going
And can we get there from here
I'd like to know 'cause I'm on my way
But I've got lost I fear
Tell me gentle stranger
Make it perfectly clear
We're just daydreams and moonbeams
When the day is done
We're just daydreams and moonbeams
Floating 'round the sun
Why must we always fight each other
Why must we maim and kill
What does it do and what does it solve
Is it all for the thrill
Tell me gentle stranger
I am waiting here still
Who searches for the moonbeam
Who was last seen
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