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Regrets, Moi?
04:18
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Done some things
I'm none too proud of
And I wish I could go back
I'd change my mistakes
Get on a better track
Do it over, roll in clover
Get myself straight out of whack
Do I have regrets
You bet I do, Jack
I can really lose my cool
And say stuff that I just don't mean
Like you're about the dumbest cluck
That I've ever seen
But I am stupid
Ain't no cupid
'Specially when I vent my spleen
Do I have regrets
High, low and in-between
I feel embarrassed to say what I have done
I have put myself first but what have I won
Now I regret
Done some things I'm none too proud of
That I wish I could undo
Like the time I kicked you in the teeth
Like a crazy kangaroo
Love and hate
My mental state
You can read it on my knuckles tattoo
Do I have regrets
Hell yes, you bet I do
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2. |
Armistice Day
04:48
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What would it take to end
All this fighting
What could we do to stop
All the war
It's been going on
Since the very first caveman
Since he figured out
What a club was for
Lay 'em down, lay 'em down, lay 'em down
Lay down your arms
C'mon and be a soldier of love
What would it take to end
All this hating
What good does it do
To pillage and kill
Do you think it will solve
Any problem
Does peace ever come
From the blood you spill
Let's say that we're done with the fighting
Let's say that we'll find a better way
Let's say that we'll love one another
Let's say it is Armistice Day
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3. |
Betrayal
04:28
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You walked into the room
Put your jacket on the chair
I took you in my heart
And you handed me a crooked stare
It was such a betrayal of who we were
Such a betrayal you saboteur
It was such a betrayal of our solemn vow
We have killed the sacred cow
You flipped on the the light
And dashed away all the dark
You brought out the truth in me
Never had I seen myself so stark
We are dead, dead, dead
You had your testimony
And I no good defense
And I asked you for some mercy
You kept me in suspense
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You tell me that I'm a grown man
And I can make my own choices
But what I hear is I'm a little boy
Who heeds belittling voices
What you say and what I hear
Are two very different things
What you say and what I hear
Is that part that stings
What you say, what I hear
What you say, what I hear
You tell me that I should buck up
And I can handle the pain
But what I hear is that you think I'm weak
And I can't get out of the rain
Does it matter what you say
When I can't hear
You tell me you're wary of motives
And you can't give me what I need
What I hear is you want to leave
And it plants that doubting seed
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Look at all them things I done
Look at all the mess I made
Look at all them pots I stirred
Never made no lemonade
Look at all them people I hurt
Look at all the plans I wrecked
Look at all the lies I denied
But I couldn't avoid cause and effect
So many regrets
So little time
So many regrets
So little time, time, time
Look at all the shit I've said
Look at all shit I will say
Look at all hate I've caused
Leading us all down to doomsday
Look at all the money I have
Look at all the shit I bought
Look at all the houses I've built
While I leave all the homeless to rot
Look at all the walls I built
Look at all helpless I've broke
Look all all dummies I tricked
Sent all their dreams up in smoke
Do you think I care
Do you think I care for goodness sake
Do you think I care
Let them eat their cake
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6. |
My Pretty Little One
06:15
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I can recall when I first fell so hard
You looked right through me and I swooned
There was something blue
In your soft green eyes
You disarmed me and the walls fell down, down
I will walk you out of the desert, you said
And I believed you
'Cause I wanted to believe
I will take you by the hand, you said
I held out my hand and you pulled away
My pretty little one, my pretty little one
Forever and ever, I remember
My pretty little one, my pretty little one
Forever and ever, I remember
My pretty little one, I remember
My pretty little one, forever and ever
I can recall when it first took shape
Like camera lens coming to focus
And I rushed to meet the tide
And I felt bowled over
Mostly ‘cause I was fool enough let you in
I let you take over
And you ran the joint right into the ground
You tossed a match and set the whole world on fire
And we danced among the ruins
And we drank and we died laughing
What do I see, what is you and what is me
One plus one is three
I could be angry
But the anger would kill the love
Because love is fragile and anger devours it
And I don’t want what we have
To come to ruins
To be like all those others
All the others who lost their patience
And left me alone out in this desert
That I mentioned above
I just want to feel love
Hold on to it tight
I want to hold onto that love forever
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7. |
Mistaken Before
05:03
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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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8. |
I Was Wrong
04:21
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Thought that I knew what could be known
Somehow I missed a couple of things
There were desires that I projected
That stretched the chords of my heartstrings
Thought that you were a sweet honeybee
But I felt the prick of your venomous stings
Oh what a fool I was
I was wrong
Wrong about you
Didn’t get nothing right
I was wrong
Wrong about you
You crashed down from such a great height
I was wrong
You once said you’d take my hand
And walk me out of the wild
I believed in you and it gave me hope
When I was such a hopeless child
But then you left and you cut me loose
And ever since I been exiled
Oh what a fool I was
Thought we had an pact but it seems we don’t
It's just something that sounded good
You turned away like it was nothing at all
And you left me out here in the wood
I guess you did what you had to do
But it’s something I’ve never quite understood
Oh what a fool I was
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9. |
Fabulous Mistake
05:16
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We all did a dumb, dumb thing
A dumb, dumb thing
One we don't wanna admit
And this old dumb, dumb thing
Dumb, dumb thing
Well it won't ever quit
It just got bigger, it just got worse and worse
Till it's swallowed us up in its dumb, dumb curse
And then who could we blame
Who could we shame, what's his name
It was a fabulous mistake
And now we can't go back
We can't go back
It was a fabulous mistake
Now we're out of whack, we're out of whack
We all did a cretinous deed, a cretinous deed
It should make us feel regret
And this old cretinous deed, cretinous deed
We're afraid to admit it just yet
It just festers, it just grows and grows
It gets as big and long Pinocchio's nose
And then we can't look away
It's here to stay, until doomsday
We all made such a foolish choice, a foolish choice
And now we have to live with it
And this old foolish choice, this foolish choice
We have to give in to it
It is ugly, it is deep and wide
The kind of shit we wish could hide
But now it's stung us, it walks among us
Look what it's brung us
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Fontainebleau
04:12
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When I look at you
What do I see
Who is that person I imagine you to be
I can only know you
From what you care to share
So what I know is a sliver of a degree
How can I get through
When you won't take me in
You got some good reasons not to
But if you'd just give me
A single second thought
Maybe you'd think you ought to
What would I give up to get next to you
How far would I be willing to go
How much do I want you
I want you more than Tom can tell
In the lone brakes of Fontainebleau
When I look at you
What do I see
I see everything I've ever think I've wanted
I see all the people
Who populate my dreams
But somehow it don't feel haunted
I wish you could touch you
And you could touch me back
But we both know that that's verboten
We could have some laughs
And we could have some fights
And we'd keep our boat a-floatin'
Here we go, here we go
Fontainebleau
When I look at you
What do I see
I see all my dreams rolled up into one
You got the heart
You got the soul
You got everything under the sun
There's got to be a way
You can let me in
They say that love can conquer all
If you have the will
I will say I will and the rest is merely folderol
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11. |
Without Illusion
04:00
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Lies, lies all you hear are lies
They don't come wrapped in any sudden surprise
Why should they come as any kind of shock
From the sermon on the mount to your neighbor next door
From the judge on the bench to the twenty-dollar whore
To the angry punk rocker playing his punk rock
Oh to live a life without illusion
Is to never find yourself at peace
Oh to live a life without illusion
Is to hope for a sweet release
Truth, truth you never hear the truth
To know people mean you have to be a sleuth
Or know well how to read in between the lines
From the farmer in the fields to your mighty president
They say what they mean but you don't know what was meant
All these crazy words that no one ever defines
Blah, blah, blah, all you hear is blah
Makes no sense at all lah-de-dah-de-dah
Might as well go out and live in the woods
From the rabbi on the bima to the guy who comes from Fema
From the teacher in your class to the girl with the big ass
To the people who make all your durable goods
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12. |
Follow You Home
05:13
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You can say whatever you want
In whatever way that you want to
But that don’t mean that I gotta buy it
You can conjure up some silly old tale
You can make sound true as can be
But in truth you will deny it
You can try to push me away
Say some truly hateful things
But that won't make me want to flee
‘Cause deep down I feel your love
Deep down you can fake it
Can’t fake what you feel for me
Just like some faithful old pet
I will follow you home
I believe you aren't done with me yet
Not done with me yet
So I will follow you home
I will follow you home
You can put on your graces and airs
You can tell yourself what you need to hear
But it all seems like a lot of work
You can believe I don’t mean nothing
Believe you can remain unmoved
You can believe you think I’m a jerk
You can say I should be mad you
You can say that’s what I should feel
But that just takes you off the hook
I see right through your game
I know it all too well
Yeah I should know ‘cause I wrote the book
Wherever you go, I will go
Wherever you are, I won’t be far
One day I bet you’ll kick yourself
And wonder why you let me go
And you didn’t do more to hold me tight
One day I bet you’ll be sorry
And you will miss me like no other
It’s always twenty-twenty in hindsight
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