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My Imperfect Life
05:15
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Done some things I'm none too proud of
Done some thing I kind of regret
Done some things that made me look stupid
Done some things I wish I could forget
Done some things that were ill-advised
Been a bad guy undisguised
Through the good times and through the bad times
Through the fun times and through the sad times
Through the up times and through the down times
Trough the grin times and through the frown times
What can I say
What can I say
Done some things that I shouldn't oughta
Done some things that seem sorta cruel
Done some things that were both foolish and wise
Done some things where I look like a fool
Done some things that have caused me pain
Brought down thunder and brought down rain
Through the good times and through the bad times
Through the fun times and through the sad times
Through the up times and through the down times
Trough the grin times and through the frown times
What can I say
What can I say
This is my imperfect life
This is my imperfect life
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The Great Crash of 85
04:28
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Took a drive out to the middle of nowhere
Got into a terrible accident
A truck ran me off the road
He never looked back at where I went
I spun out and my car it flipped and rolled
And I wound up in a ditch
And it was happening I thought
This is how I fucking die
Son of a bitch
Something happened that day
And I can’t say what
But it was something
That changed me overnight
It seems I skidded into a different dimension
Where nothing works quite right
Can you take me back
To where I came from
Can you take me there
Can you take me back
To where I came from
In the middle of nowhere
The next thing I recall I was upside down
And a brown dust was blowing in the air
I crawled out and touched myself
Just to make sure that I was still all there
I walked back up to the road
And a truck of farm workers came to my aid
We drove on into that hot summer night
And I thought about my escapade
It was somewhere in-between
The Lost Hills and Paso Robles
That I did get my final kicks
My old car it spun like a dervish
And wound up deep down in a ditch
Way out on Highway 46
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3. |
I Am Free
04:27
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I am free
You have liberated me
I am free
You have turned the master key
You let me be who I am
And you do not judge
And when I think you'll walk away
You do not budge
You call me out on my stuff
With loving care
You lift me up off the ground
I'm light as air
You listen to my every word
Even when I swear
You look me straight in the eye
I know that you care
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4. |
I Don't Believe in Fate
04:49
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I kinda sorta wonder what brought me here
To this very specific point in history
What if I'd gone left instead going of right
Would I be the person I turned out to be
I don't believe in fate
That's not my conception
I don't believe in fate
When I go seeking affection
I don't believe in fate
No I don't believe in fate
But in your case I'll make an exception
What about that time I crashed my car
And I walked away completely unhurt
I went on living what I thought was my life
When I should have been
Should have been dead in the dirt
What if we'd met in a different place and time
What if we'd fallen so madly in love
There ain't no telling how it might've gone
There ain't no direction coming from above
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5. |
Little Girl Lost
04:52
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You got a map and a GPS
But you can't figure out
Which way to go
You should have turned left
When you should have turned right
Then you look at me
Like I should know, yeah
You're a little girl lost, oh yeah
You're a little girl lost, oh yeah
Little girl lost
Your daddy used to tell you
How to get there from here
He wrote it all down in vivid detail
But since he died
You drive 'round and 'round
Like a pilgrim searching
For the holy grail
You see the world
As a ball of confusion
Too many roads
That lead to nowhere
You could go here
Or you could go there
Any way that you go
You don't got a prayer
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6. |
Let Me Live in Your City
05:40
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Let me come to you
In the middle of the night
Let me do sweet things
That are pleasing in your sight
Let me hold you
Like you've never been held before
Let me love you
Let me end this war
Let me live in your city
Let me live in your heart
Let me live in your city
Show me where to start
Open up your doors
Open up your doors
Let me come to you
And whisper in your ear
Let me cross your threshold
And take away all your fear
Tell me all that matters most
Tell me all that matters least
Tell me your secrets
Let me be your priest
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7. |
A Hella Good Time
04:33
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What the hell was I thinking
Or was I not thinking
Just reacting to the visions I see
And the visions I see
Are a different history
Where I followed a road
That took an alternate trajectory
It was a hella good time
A hella good time
It was pretty freaking great
It was a hella good time
A hella good time
It was a different fate
I had this funny notion
That you and I were connected
In some different time
And some different place
I know it may sound crazy
Like my life is some TV show
But some feelings
Well you can't erase
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Feeling crippled
Heart broke down
All alone here on the wrong side of town
Doing what I can
To make it better
Read a book, write a letter
Who am I kidding
Not me
No matter what I do
I can't not not see
This is my world, this is my lot
Trying to appreciate what little I got
How will I ever get through this
How do we ever get through this
Feeling splintered
All in tatters
Nothing going on
Nothing matters
Wanna change it but I can't succeed
Heart wide open
See me bleed
This is my story
I know it well
It rings in my head like a bell
So many people
So much to miss
How do we ever
Get though this
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9. |
Latter Days
04:27
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I am like a con trail evaporating
Disappearing before my own eyes
Each day a little more has gone away
My oh my how the time flies
Soon I’ll vanish like a ghost
With no record and no signpost
What can I say about these latter days
It ain’t no fun growing old
What can I make of these latter days
Climbing to the top of the threshold
Who do I see in the mirror
A face I barely recognize
I can tell myself I am proud of all I’ve done
But I that would be a bunch of lies
Yeah I can see how this is gonna end
And there’s no way I can pretend
I feel real shitty from the bottom to the top
I sense my memories starting to go
I see my old friends all sick and dying off
I miss that youthful glow
I am like a ball that’s low on air
No one around to pump me up
Everyone else is suffering just like me
No one’s has a full cup
Every night I fear could be my last
Funny how life goes by so fast
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10. |
Perfection
03:32
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There's a man in the woods
And his eyes are gray
He all walks alone
No one passes his way
He dreams of the woman
He does not speak
But if he could he'd say
Très magnifique
She was perfection
To his regret
But she was not real
He could not forget
She was perfection
To his chagrin
He could not touch her
A la prochaine
This man in the woods
He wanders alone
Got mud on his boots
And a stump for a throne
He dreams of the woman
Every now and then
How he dreams of the woman
Tres bien
She was perfection
What more could he say
She was perfection
In every single way
This man in the woods
No one can see
He will be out there
For eternity
He can dream of the woman
For all the good it'll do
She appears like a ghost
And he says adieu
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11. |
Color Me Out
04:36
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Together as one
So why are we fightin’
Tear down your walls
And let some light in
Together as one
So why aren’t we tryin’
Why aren't we trying to break through
You will not color me
Color me out
I will not disappear
You will not color me
Color me out
I will always be here
There’s a whole wide world
There’s a whole wide world
There’s a whole wide world to see
Together as one
That’s what you told me
Let's nail down the floors
And put our feet down
Together as one
So why are we hurtin’
When could be making love
Together as one
So why are we broken
Reach out your arms
And pull me in
Together as one
So why I can’t I touch you
When all I want is to love you
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12. |
In This Lifetime
06:06
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So many things that I could’ve done
That I chose not to do
So many paths I might have taken
But I was afraid to
So many choices that I might have made
But I could not make up my mind
And then I got left behind
I got left behind
In this lifetime
In this lifetime
So many ways things could’ve gone
But this is how it turned out
So many random forces that pulled me in
A strange turnabout
So many hands that I’ve been dealt
But I never got that one big score
Now I am bent and broken
Like some old sycamore
In this lifetime
In this lifetime
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