1. |
Map of the Human Heart
04:39
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The closer I get, the further I am
And that leaves me here
In the middle of nowhere
Ain’t got no kin, ain’t got no kith
Like being lost in a crowd in Times Square
It don't matter where I go
I don't where I'm going
It don't matter where I am
I have no way of knowing
In the map of the human heart
In the map of the human heart
I scale the heights, tumble into the depths
But then I wind up broke down, battered and beaten
Looking for relief
Looking for a little loving
Someone who won’t treat me like a cretin
Maybe I will go to Paris
Maybe I will go to Rome
I'll go anywhere
If can call it my home
Ain’t much to look at, ain’t all the smart
Don’t got anything you would find appealing
But that ain't stopped me
It hasn’t kept me down
I’m set to bust right through the ceiling
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2. |
Away With You
04:59
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I've seen you fade in the autumn
I've seen you reawaken in the spring
I've seen you in the depths of delight
And I've seen you when you felt a sting
I've seen you when you got knocked down
And I've seen you when they left for dead
I've seen you climb out from the ashes
I've seen you when all others have fled
And I have seen them, yeah I have seen them
Nearly split you in two
But they can't do away with you
Away with you
I've seen you get on down on your knees
I've seen you buckle under from stress
And I've seen you take it right on the jaw
I've seen you nearly acquiesce
I've seen you cry out in your despair
I've seen you stand alone on the brink
I've seen you blow away like blizzard, yeah
And I've seen you not know just what to think
They can try to put you down, down, down
They can rip you apart
But they can't stop the beating
They can't stop the beating
They can't stop the beating of your heart
I've seen you fade away in the autumn
And I've seen you reawaken in the spring
I've seen you in the depths of delight
And I've seen you when you felt a sting
I've seen you with your spirit nearly broken
I've seen you lost in a hullabaloo
I've seen your light nearly faded out
And I've seen they can't do away with you
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3. |
I Can't Reach You
03:37
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Put my hand out
But you don’t take it
I say, Just this once
Try to fake it
Try to pretend that you care
Try to force yourself to share
It’s not so tough to act as if
As if we’re in love
You know the riff
I can’t reach you
I can’t reach you
I can’t reach you
No matter what I do
I try to kiss you
But you rebuff me
When I ask why
You try to bluff me
It’s been so long
Since we last made it
Whatever the cost
I think I paid it
Desperation
Is setting in
I forget what it’s like
To touch your skin
I’m not horny
I’m just lonely
Looking for my
One and only
It’s not so tough to act as if
As if we’re in love
You know the riff
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4. |
Gay Deceiver
05:10
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There was a time
When I was oh so happy
And nothing, no nothing ever got me down
You could always see me
Having a gay old time
Having a gay old time all over town
I was so bold
I was unafraid
I could make the whole world go 'round
I was a gay deceiver
A gay deceiver
I left a million broken hearts in my wake
Yeah I was a gay deceiver
A gay deceiver
Everything for me was always jake
Always jake
There was a time
When I was king of the world
And everything I touched turned to gold
I made a ton of money
The old American way
I lied and I cheated and I stoled
Nothing I couldn't have
Nothing I didn't want
'Cause everything can be bought and sold
So now is the time
When I feel a little humbled
Not everything had worked out my way
They took my ass
And they hauled me off to jail
After they chased me down on the freeway
Now I stare at these walls
Wonder where I went wrong
I guess everyone had their own Bastille Day
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5. |
Mirror Me
04:09
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There’s a part of me I can’t explain
A part that I don’t get
There’s a part of me I don’t recognize
A part that doesn’t fit
It’s unsettling, it’s surreal
I don’t get it, what’s the deal
When I look in the mirror
I don’t know what I see
‘Cause when I look in the mirror
What I see doesn’t mirror me
Mirror me, mirror me
It feels so weird to acknowledge this
I don’t know who I am
What is that name I keep calling out
The one on my monogram
It makes me crazy, it makes me tense
This tiny thing it's immense
Mirror me, mirror you
Something inside you can't see through
Mirror me, mirror you
It all depends on a point of view
There’s a part of me that makes no sense
A part that feels obscure
There’s a part of me that’s sick as shit
A part that has no cure
It gets me down, keeps me awake
Makes for feelings I can’t shake
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6. |
Sweet Heart
04:41
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You got a sweet heart
Sweet heart, sweet heart
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Some people are born to be bad
And some are just born good
And some are those born to be somewhere in-between
You were born to be someone
No one has known before
You were born to be the one
That everybody would adore
Oooh sweet as a honey bee
Oooh spread your sweet on me
Oooh sweet as you can be
Some people are born to hate
And some are born to love
And some are born somewhere in-between
You were born to be someone
Who would lead us all to peace
You were born to be the one
To wear the Golden Fleece
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7. |
Daisy Gaye
05:51
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Long ago and not so far away
I met a girl who stole my heart
I would do for her any dumb ol’ thing
If she’d be Becall to my Bogart
I wanted you and you wanted me
We thought that we were meant to be
Why didn’t make it my Daisy Gaye
I wrote it all down and made you this song
To show how I got it wrong
Why didn’t make it my Daisy Gaye
She thought that I was funny and maybe just a little bit nuts
That’s ‘cause she drove me out of my mind
She told me my approach took more than a little guts
I said that’s the way I was designed
Some stuff’s best left a fantasy
Especially the stuff between you and me
We may have wilted like an old bouquet
But I still love you my Daisy Gaye
My Daisy Gaye, my Daisy Gaye, my sweet Daisy Gaye
Long ago and not so far away
I met a girl who stole my heart
I would do for her any dumb ol’ thing
If she’d be Josefine to my Bonaparte
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Say what you will, act like you’re cool
I know that you will never really hate my guts
Sometimes your eyes give you away
Excuse me if I think that I might drive you nuts
C’mon and love me
Yeah, love me, won’t you love me
Let me worm my way into your soul
Admit that what we are you can’t control
You’re gonna come ‘round
You’re gonna come ‘round
You’re gonna come ‘round to me
You’re gonna come ‘round
You’re gonna come ‘round
You’re gonna come ‘round wait and see
Act like I’m dust, act like I’m vapor
But you know that it is really only all an act
You can deny, you can pretend
But I think I’ve got your psyche yeah pretty well cracked
C’mon and love me, yeah, love me
Won’t you love me
Let me prove to you that I can be true
And all those other jokers well they don’t have a clue
Do what you want, see if I care
I know that in the end you will surrender to me
Don’t you resist, what is the point
Won’t you give it up so we can be forever happy
C’mon and love me, yeah, love me
Won’t you love me
I promise I won’t let you down
Together we will cross love’s battleground
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9. |
Fly Little Starling, Fly
05:07
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You're set to go
The runway’s clear
Whenever you want
Let go of your fear
You got a map
You got a heading
Better get on your way
A fog is spreading
You will be missed that’s for sure
You gotta get gone just as soon as you can
You gotta spread out your wing span
Fly little starling, fly
Fly, fly, fly
Fly, fly, fly
Fly away to where the north winds blow
Fly away to where you want to go
You've been waiting for this
Don't you back down now
You can't chicken out
You've taken a vow
This place is a drag
A new world awaits
Strap yourself in
And drop your weights
You will be missed that’s for sure
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10. |
Want
03:50
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Desire eats through me
Like acid eats through skin
Can’t contain it
Much to my chagrin
It is a fire that burns
Out of my control
I light the spark
And then duck, cover and roll
What I want, what I got
What I need, what I want
What I got, what I bleed
Can’t you hear me
Can’t you hear me now
I am your slave
Nailed to you like a cross
I ain’t kidding
You are my albatross
What I want
Got to let it go
But it ain't easy
When you're caught in the throe
I feel your light
Just like a million stars
They make me dream
Of all that could be ours
If you felt
Just what I feel
Would you resist it
Say that it's not real
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11. |
Last Night on Earth
06:15
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Put down that phone
Turn off the TV
And look me straight in the eye
The time has come
The walrus said
Yeah, the time, the time is nigh
Ring them bells for all to hear
Ring them loud and ring them clear
It’s our last night on earth
Get in step with the band
Prepare yourself for something grand
It’s our last night on earth
Pick yourself up
And get on down
Get on down in that disco in the sky
Sing this song
For all to hear
Sing it from here to Versailles
Will you wake up my dear
Don’t you know the end is near
It’s our last night on the earth
Dress yourself up to nines
Spiky as a peck of porcupines
It’s our last night on the earth
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12. |
No One Gets Out Alive
05:44
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You've chased me down
Nearly all my days
And nearly all my nights
I hear you whisper
In my ears
Singing to me my last rites
"Come away, come away with me
Let me show you
What's beyond these parts"
I know, I know
I know, I know
I got my maps and I got my charts
No one, no, no one
Gets out alive
You made my life
A living hell
Still don't know your intent
You could've picked
A different fool
Never had my consent
"Come away, come away with me
Let me show you
What's beyond these hills"
I know, I know
I know, I know
It is how you get your thri
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