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Telegraph Hill
04:08
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She's got lots she wants to tell you
Whether you want to hear it or not
She stirs it up just to thicken the plot
Well her life is so fascinating
She does so many interesting things
She pulls the wool, she pulls the strings
She's got lots of crazy stories
She's always told them, she always will
She's got lots of crazy stories
She's the girl on Telegraph Hill
She does her work out in the morning
Well maybe sometimes when she's in the mood
When she's hungry she eats food
Fancies herself some sort of singer
Wants to be in a rock and roll band
But no one gets her, they don't understand
She does broadcast from her tower
A million watts so all will hear
She has some sort of crazy power
She comes in loud and clear
She is on for twenty-four hours
Yeah, she broadcasts around the clock
She has listeners, she has a flock
She is seeking new subscribers
She's more popular than PBS
Won't you accept her, won't you say yes
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2. |
She Done Come and Gone
05:13
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She blew through here like a hurricane
Turned the chairs upside down
Never seen anything like her before
She leveled an entire town
She had the smell malice on her breath
She had blood stains on her dress
She always left trouble in her wake
She always left a mess
She done come
She done come and gone
She done come and gone
She done come
She done come and gone
From the land of once upon
She shattered all the windows on our house
She knocked down all our trees
People say it was an act of God
She did it with such ease
No nothing could tame her wildness
Nothing could rope her in
If you ever try to hold her back
Well that would be a sin
She made the ocean rise above its banks
Ripped away the entire shore
We screamed, Will you have mercy on our mortal souls
She said, You're just asking for more
No we will never quite forget the day
That she came to call
We had been expecting such a gentle rain
Instead we got a a squall
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I go down a back road
And I get lost along the way
Nothing feels familiar
The sky's a scalding gray
How far down will I descend
Won't you help me find my strength again
Down, down and down I go
Down, down and down I go
My barricades are all broken
My windows have been smashed
My dreams are like fractals
My future has been trashed
I'm going down to where
No one should go
I'm going down beneath
The ice and snow
I walk through a withered field
The harvest never came
My feet are sore and bloody
But I am walking just the same
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4. |
Rest in Peace
04:41
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Last night I had that dream again
It just keeps recurring
I am stuck in an uncomfortable place
Barely enduring
The scene it looks familiar
As do the faces
It's like the ghosts of my life
Are trying to leave their traces
Let me rest in peace
Rest in peace
Don't wanna dream anymore
About you
Let me rest in peace
Rest in peace
Get out of my head
We're through
Why don't they ever leave me alone
They don't really need me
It's not like they will give me love
Or they want to feed me
They seem to want to tear me apart
With their constant churning
This is not the place I belong
This place I keep returning
Come on and let me go
Come on and let me go
No, no, no
No, no, no
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5. |
Time to Come On Home
06:14
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You been out there
Running around for so long
You lost your way
Not even all those breadcrumbs
You left will help you to get back OK
But sooner or later
You got to make your way
Down the road
And when you do
When you do
You can drop your heavy load
It is time to come on home
It's time to come on home
You got dropped like a busy line
When they had enough of your stuff
I guess you never got handed the word
When they said, Enough is enough
But now's the time to make your amends
And get together
With your kith and your kin
They're the ones who will take you back
Take you back
From where you been
Weren't you the guy who changed his name
And never gave a reason why
Weren't you the guy who turned his back on us all
And never bothered to say goodbye
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6. |
Soul Magnets
03:56
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We have a strong attraction
Just like it was meant to be
We have a strong interaction
Sweet soul magnets are we
We are always drawn together
Just like two opposite poles
We have our magnetic moments
Deep down in our souls
I just can't seem to resist you
Whenever I enter your field
I am attracted to you
And all the power you wield
I am so stuck on you
I mean that literally
Everything points in your direction
Your high coercivity
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7. |
Bad Times
05:55
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I used to be on a losing streak
I would knock down
Knock down the mild and meek
I did some things that I now regret
I did some things I would like to forget
But then I changed my wicked ways
And I blew away the haze
Bad times they are all in my past
Bad times they are all fading fast
And I am gonna all right
And I will sleep through the night
I was like the monster under the bed
Say one wrong word and I would see red
I always acted so rough and so tough
No human being could call my bluff
But then I learned how to get along
And I saw that I was wrong
You can be a cruel-hearted cad
You can be someone who treats someone bad
You can put a stop to the joy and fun
But what will it get you in the long run
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8. |
Good Life
02:58
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La, la, la, la, la good life
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la good life
La, la, la, la, la yeah
We got ourselves hot and cold running water
We got our food in our Frigidaire
We got our Rolling Stones on our radios
We say goodnight with our good Lord's prayer
We got ourselves a good internet connection
We steal it from our neighbors next door
We got our porno mags by our turlits
We swipe them from our convenience store
We do anything we damn well please
We live our lives of leisure and ease
No one tells us what we should do
And if there's no one to thank well we can thank you
We got ourselves early onset diabetes
We got from all the shit we eat
We don't ever wanna think about tomorrow
When today it tastes so sweet
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9. |
Saint Theresa
02:28
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I remember those days
Just like they were yesterday
Even though they were 40 years ago
I want to go back
But we can never go back
Oh, oh Saint Theresa
Oh, oh Saint Theresa
You broke my heart
Shattered it to smithereens
They never found all the parts
I can't seem to forget
But I'm sure you have
Oh, oh Saint Theresa
Oh, oh Saint Theresa
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10. |
Why Go Back to Kansas
06:01
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Why go back to Kansas
There’s nothing for me there
Just my good old Auntie Em
And tornadoes in the air
I grew up in a black and white town
Where things were pretty easy
The attitudes were a bit naive
The sentiments light and breezy
Why, oh why, would I ever let that go
I got transported to a Technicolor world
A topsy-turvy wonderland
Where all my dreams unfurled
There's no place like home
There's no place like home
There's no place like home
There's no place like home
I began to long for my home
With all its crummy flaws
I preferred my old sun-parched fields
To the wondrous Land of Oz
Why, oh why, would I ever let that go
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11. |
Little Song
02:15
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All those times that I felt
so scared deep down inside
And all those times I felt
The need to run and hide
I hummed a melody
Dum-dum-dum-dum-dee
Well you know you won't go wrong
When you sing, sing, sing a little song
All those times I felt
Abandoned and confused
And all those times I felt
So knocked down and abused
I sang a harmony
Dum-dum-dum-dum-dee
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12. |
Enough Already
06:48
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I stand at the edge
About to fall through
Then something bad grabs me
Right out of the blue
Like nothing I've known
It rips me apart
Like a bloody stake
Like a bloody stake
Nailed right to my heart
I've said it once, yeah
And I'll say it again
Enough is enough already
Amen, brother, amen
I've been though the mill
I've run out of all hope
I would take my own life
If I had enough rope
I'm no longer hungry
Don't care much for sex
I've given up coffee
I've cleared all the decks
What makes you go on living
What makes you survive
Do you think things will get better
And you'll be glad you're alive
Do you think your tomorrows
Will bring to you a happier phase
Do you think all your tomorrows
Will bring you happier days
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