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The Whole Shebang
04:40
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Life, what's the meaning
What's inside the magic box
Will it give you all the answers
Or is it just a pair of socks
You spend your whole life seeking
You find that it is all unfair
People tell you what's really going on
But mostly they are filled with hot air
It's the whole enchilada
Not a little but a lotta
It's the whole shebang
But it don't mean a goddamn thing
Life, what's the deal
Who can ever figure it out
One minute you think you got the answer
And the next you're in a world of doubt
You read your verses from the bible
All in the hope that something will seep in
You try to be pure and righteous
But in the end you wind up living in sin
If God is up there I bet He's laughing
At all us people and our folly
I bet He regrets He ever made us
He says, "goddamn" and "gee golly"
"You turned out to be such a rotten disgrace
You know I hate the whole entire human race"
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2. |
This Is All That I Am
04:37
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Sorry if I haven't measured up
To all your high expectations, oh yeah
I'm simply not good enough, good enough
I don't give off good vibrations
To you I'm just a big-time loser
Haven't held a steady job in years
How can I hope to defend myself
When what I say always falls on deaf ears
This is all that I am
You got certain high standards
That I could never hope to meet
I'm simply not good enough, good enough
To kneel at your royal feet
Maybe I should go to finishing school
And learn some proper etiquette
But no matter how hard I try
You will look at me like I'm all wet
This is all that I am
You've got a dream life going
And me I'm living a living nightmare
How can you get where I am coming from
When you got nothing, nothing to compare
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We had so many plans
We had so many dreams
Why did so few of them come true
We didn't think too hard
We're just human beings
And human beings don't have a clue
We could live for tomorrow
Then pay back all we borrow
So many things we'd hoped we'd see
But now the future ain't what it used to be
Tried to make peace but what we just could not agree
And now the future ain't what it used to be
We wanted what we wanted
We lived like maniacs
Ate up all the fish in the sea
Smoked our cigarettes
Drove our SUVs
Did it all in the name of humanity
Never minded consequences
Thought in terms of present tenses
We only have ourselves to blame
Although we try to deny it
We may have yearned for a better way
But we never cared to apply it
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4. |
A Manual of Errors
04:35
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Began at the tippy top thinking that I was the best
But as it turned out in time I was like the rest
I had big dreams I could go so very far
Go all the way to the White House in fine and fancy car
I used to think of myself as a classy operator
And eventually everyone else would get that sooner or later
I liked to throw it down and bust a couple of moves
Sample some funky beats and lock them in the grooves
Yeah I guess I thought that I was pretty bitchen
Those sweet and tasty goodies well I whipped up in my kitchen
But it was really just mirrors and some smoke
And deep down deep I was an ordinary jamoke
It was a manual of errors, so many mistakes
It was a manual of errors, them's the breaks
Chicks really dug me but their boyfriends not so much
But they all used to admit that I really had the touch
I set the scene, I was hip, I was cool
I could kick it with the best who were kicking it in the old school
Knew how to dress the part all the way up to the nines
I wore strictly designer wear no ordinary designs
I knew the way to talk and act like I could care
And worked real hard perfectly messing up my hair
Did I done good or I did I done whack
Who's to say and who's gonna keep a close track
I screwed up but so did you, boo hoo, boo hoo
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When I was a little boy
I wanted to be in a band
Just like the Beatles and Stones
That's how I would make my bones
We might take over the world
Make all of the young girls scream
That was my dream
That was my dream
Every tale has its arc
A place that the story can wind and wend
The beginning, the middle and the end
Every life has its time
Not so hard to comprehend
The beginning, the middle and the end
Things didn't go as planned
For my little rock 'n' roll band
Couldn't seem to catch a break
Had to give it up for goodness sake
Got myself a so-called a life
Got a job and got a wife
That's how it goes
Then one day I was driving myself to work
When I got cut off by some stupid jerk
We got into a fight and he pulled a knife
And that's the way I concluded my life
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6. |
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
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
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7. |
Raise High the Roof Beam
04:13
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Ran away from his own wedding
Didn't bother to say why
Was it that he was afraid to get married or maybe he was just shy
How will we ever know, why did he want to go
Saw him make a dash for the exit
He had fear on his breath
He had a look of panic in his eyes
Like he were being chased unto death
Where was he headed to
He's got himself in quite a stew
Raise high the roof beam, carpenters
Like Ares comes the bridegroom
Raise high the roof beam, carpenters
Taller far than a tall man
They say he lived in a fantasy but they were only guessing
If he had a story he could tell well he ain't confessing
He kept it all close to the vest, it’s the kind of life he knew best
"I have these scars on my hands from touching certain people
I have so much I to tell you and nowhere to begin"
Always was a curious sort of guy, never knew what made him tick
He pulled off a great vanishing act, it was quite a neat trick
His bride is still at the altar, where is her Rock of Gibraltar
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First Person Singular
06:52
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There is only one, there is only me
I am, I am I said all through history
And how, how, how
I am the world, in every grain of sand
I am the fountainhead, lean and tanned
I have the answer, handed down by God
I am the real deal, I am no fraud
Come take a walk with me
Come live my dream
Come take a walk with me
Be a part of my team
First person singular
And how, how, how
First person singular
Wow, wow, wow
I want it and I want it now
Come to my room, I got quite a view
I can see to Connecticut, sacre bleu!
I dine with heads of state on Kobe beef
They sit around and sing, Hail to the chief
I am more than qualified, ready and able
I want to meet you, come sit at my table
I got big plans, would you like to hear them
I love my people and I want to steer them
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9. |
The Bell
04:32
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Whenever I start to feel down, down, down, down
I listen for that one special sound, sound, sound
There's a bell that rings inside of me
And it sets my sad soul free
It's a sweet, sweet good vibration
It's a pleasant excitation
And I hear the sound
The sound of the bell
And I hear the sound
And it sounds so swell
And I hear the sound
The sound of the bell
And I hear the sound
And it makes me well
Whenever I start to feel blue, blue, blue
All I need to do is think of you, you, you
And that bell it rings inside of me
And it fills me up with glee
It brings me peace of mind
All the peace I could hope to find
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10. |
All Hail Anhedonia
05:32
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Nowadays it's easy to be down, down, down
With all of the hate and conflict around, 'round, 'round
Forget about your bright and sunny day
There really is no other freakin' way
Guess I'll sing the chorus of this song
Fifty billion people can't be wrong
All hail Anhedonia
Anhedonia, I’m coming home
All hail Anhedonia
Anhedonia, when in Rome
Try to have a positive attitude
But I am overwhelmed by a dark and disturbing mood
I just want to lash out at a friend
Especially the one who lives to pretend
Guess I'll sing the chorus of this song
Fifty billion people can't be wrong
When in Rome do as the Romans do
When in Rome adopt the Roman point of view
When in Rome do as the Romans do
When in Rome live the Roman dream come true
Try to find some comfort and some joy
But I get shot down like a messenger boy
Easy to be cynical and to gripe
There ain't no peace left in the peace pipe
Guess I'll sing the chorus of this song
Fifty billion people can't be wrong
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We like the same flavor ice cream
We listen to the same kind of songs
We share the same political leanings
Got the same dim view of the unwashed throngs
We are vegetarians
We watch "The Daily Show"
We are urban dwellers
We ride the subway to get to where we want to go
We got a groovy thing going
Our kid's school is in midtown, PS 35
She's got to be tough to stick it out
Don't know how she'll ever survive
But we kind of sort of like it here
Even though it's not very safe
Folks are strange and a little bit scary
And sometimes the lunacy makes you chafe
We came here back when the rents were cheap
Then we got afraid to leave
Outside the city it's all gun-toting Nazis
With some crazy shit up their sleeve
We buy our food at the local co-op
We read Camus at the local coffee bar
Everything we need is just down the street
We love not having to go very far
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12. |
Always Leaving
05:47
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I got to know you
Or at least I thought I did
I mean who were you really
When I looked up to you as a kid
You said you that felt my pain
But then you split before the grieving
Why oh why are people always leaving
Why oh why are people always leaving
I tried to love you
But you would not let me in
You kept me at a distance
Like a vestigial twin
You lied to me so sweetly
And I wanted to go on believing
Why oh why are people always leaving
Why oh why are people always leaving
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