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Davey-o
04:12
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I can still remember the last time we talked
You’d said that thing that broke my heart
You told me that I was a big, fat waste of time
How’s that for a start
Well, we don’t talk that much no more
When we do it's always the same old shit
And I don't feel like you hear me
You gotta a line of bull that just won’t quit
Davy-o, letting go, letting go, letting go
You tend to exaggerate here and there
And it leaves me wonderin’ if everything is all a lie
To hear you tell it you’re on top of the world
The very same world that’s passed me by
We had some good times a long time ago
The past means more to you than me
You seem to wanna live there most all the time
But to me it’s ancient history
I got a lot of questions ‘bout where we’re at
But none of your answers ever satisfy
You’re charming and you’re glib
And you seem quite so sincere
But you lie through your teeth
And I don’t get why
Davy-o, letting go, letting go, letting go
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When I was a young twit
I bought me a great big model kit
Spread all those pieces out across the floor
Shut myself in and locked the door
There were all these plastic trees
And directions written in Cantonese
Whipped out a tube of my model cement
Took one whiff and away I went
Tried to get it together
Tried to be all big and strong
But no matter what I did
And no matter what I do
Everything done gone wrong
When I was a rising star
I built me a great big electric car
I thought that it might just take over the world
That ain't the way that it unfurled
I went to China, left Carolina
Let's say that it was not a great big hit
They turned it into a model kit
No matter what I do, I can't get it right
No matter how I try with all my might
Can't get it right with all my might
Now I am an old man
My life over before it began
Mostly I sit and stare at the Internet
Look at porn and place a bet
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I am yours and you are mine
For better and for worse
I need you and you need me
A blessing and a curse
We will always be together
Birth to earth, womb to tomb
In any kind of rotten weather
Birth to earth, womb to tomb
Together till we die
My other half of the sky
Our bodies make a most perfect shape
I am yang and you are yin
Alone we are on the losing end
But together we do win
Well I'm so lucky that I found you
And you tell me you're pretty lucky too
Without each other we'd be all alone
Then what the hell would we do
When I wake up at the crack of dawn
Just want to kiss your head
And hold you tight, as tight as I can
And never, ever leave that bed
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4. |
We Have the Stars
03:57
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We should be satisfied
With what we've got
But we always long for
What we have not
When is enough enough
Yours, mine and ours
Don't let us ask for the moon
We have the stars
We want what we want, yeah
And we want it now
And if we don't get it, oh no
We have a cow
Not talking 'bout settling
Or some sort of compromise
Just take what's sufficient, yeah
It's a word to the wise
I can get some satisfaction
I can get some girl reaction
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5. |
Lie to Me
04:52
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Well I can’t believe that this is where
You and me we gotten to
With you saying things to me
That you know are patently untrue
It brings me down, down, down
To know that it has come to this
And there ain’t no going back, no going back
Ain’t that a piss
Don’t you lie to me
Don’t you lie to me, little girl
It breaks my heart
Don’t you lie to me
Don’t you tell me a fib
No, no, no, no
Don’t you make up some tale
You know is untrue
I can tell what you are doing
I know what you do
I have eyes that see
So yeah don’t you lie to me
Don’t lie to me
Well it blows my mind that we treat each other
So shitily
Don’t you con yourself that I am some kind of fool
Don’t think I don’t know diddly
I’ve heard a million tall tales
And they ain’t so tough for me to decipher
When it comes to committing to the truth
Well I’m some kind of lifer
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6. |
The Thread
05:10
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Michelle got mad at me for messing up her birthday
I forgot that she preferred chocolate cake
She said, You are the worst man in the whole wide world
And I thought, well, for goodness sake
And Jen’s beef with me was that I helped her write some songs
I presumed I was doing her a favor
Turns out that I had stepped into her sticky web
Where I was just this week’s flavor
Why oh why oh why am I
Why am I the bad guy
And Scott pretended that he was my closest friend
Just so he could con me out of cash
And when I let him know that I was nobody’s fool
He threw our friendship into the trash
And Erica, she accused me of being narcissistic
When I wouldn’t go along with her every thought
She said, You only do whatever the fuck you wanna do
That’s the same thing I heard from Scott
I sit her now and I try to connect the dots
And put it altogether in my head
I would take the blame for all the wrongs I’ve done
If I could only find the thread
Betty and Jon, well they got real steamed at me
When I went and moved away from LA
At first I thought they thought I was abandoning them
Turns out that Jon was secretly gay
And Sharon, well she hate me just because I was there
When her mom went and blew out her brains
And I know that it was in no way my fault, no, no
But who else was she gonna blame
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7. |
Salad Days
04:46
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We live in fear
What seems like most of the time
It's a world of hate, it’s a world of crime
Someone's always wrecking someone else's day
Wouldn't it be nice
If it wasn't that way
Zip-a-dee-do-dah, zip-a-dee-a
Salad days are here again
Got a reason to cheer again
Salad days are here again
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
We want to change but somehow we don't
Is it 'cause we can't or we just won't
We break each other's hearts
We engage in foul play
Wouldn't it be nice if it wasn't that way
Zip-a-dee-do-dah, zip-a-dee-a
When it's good for me it is good for you
When it's good for everyone, everywhere
Imagine what we can do
We want to love
Have a brighter day
Wouldn't it be nice
If it was that way
Zip-a-dee-do-dah, zip-a-dee-a
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The day began like any other day
With me minding my own P's and Q's
Then a man got up my face
Said, "Its time for you to pay your dues"
Why is this happening
I just gotta get to work
Now I am running every which a-way
Darts, farts, false starts, Bonaparts
I really make for an easy prey
Darts, farts, false starts, Bonaparts
The day continued in the strangest way
With nothing going according to plan
The big promotion that I thought I had
Was not in the can
Didn't understand
Why is this happening
Did I do something wrong
I did my duty and I did it well
Worked every day until the final bell
Never made a ruckus or a single stink
Why did my life suddenly go out of sync
The day ended in a crazy way
Got mugged on the subway home
Took what I had of my dignity
My wallet, my iPhone
Why is this happening
Was I bad in another life
Bad to the bone
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9. |
Hello Moon
04:16
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The sun's going down
On this dirty old town
The air’s turning cool
In this world so cruel
Hello moon
The end’s coming soon
It’s a sad, sad tune
The air smells like rain
Through my broke windowpane
The world does unfold
The center don’t hold
Hello moon
The end’s coming soon
It’s a sad, sad tune
The moon’s on the rise
The time it flies
Another day is done
The night has begun
Goodnight old clocks
And goodnight old socks
Goodnight old air
Goodnight noises everywhere
The day it is done
There ain't no more sun
I drift into dreams
Nothing's what it seems
Hello moon
The end’s coming soon
It’s a sad, sad tune
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10. |
Sometimes It Rains
05:09
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Lightning arcs out across the sky
Like so many trembling fingers
It strikes in a flash then vanishes
But still something awful still lingers
Sometimes it rains
Sometimes it's a drought
Sometimes it's in-between
The badlands and the wash out
Sometimes it rains
Sometimes it rains
Blood-thirsty soldiers loot a town
Leaving graveyards in their wake
And the refugees stream like a river of heat
These casualties that even God won't forsake
Sometimes the rain can rinse us clean
Sometimes the rain can wash our sins away
Sometimes the rain can give us life
And sometimes the rain only brings decay
There are times when your glass is empty
And you need something to fill it up
The sky darkens and rain starts to pour down
And it runneth over your crummy little cup
Here comes the rain
Gonna wash us down the drain
Here comes the rain
You don't need a weather vane
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11. |
Too Bad About Me
05:25
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Everyone is happy
Here, there and everywhere
Everyone is laughing
Living life without a care
Everyone is loving
They are loved by their friends
Everyone is having a party
It's a party that never ends
Everyone, everywhere
They got the whole world in their hands
And they write their very own history
But when it comes to this gloomy Gus
They say it's too bad
Too bad about me
Everyone is grinning
Like they're in on the joke
Everyone is passing notes
With familiar folk
Everyone is dancing
They are dancing in the street
Everyone is together
They don't ever feel incomplete
Everyone, everywhere
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We all got limits and I've reached mine
I'll shut my mouth, suits me fine
I told my tale
The bitter and the sweet
I said it all, reet petite
Don't want to bore you, don't want to preach
Don't want to come off like your fucking high school teach
I had a few problems, got 'em off my chest
Said all I had to say in the way that I know best
Now it's time to go
This has got to be the end
I'm pretty angry, downright mad
You pissed me off
Made me feel real bad
I don't trust you and I won't forgive
You put me through stuff
I'd rather not relive
I don't believe you, I know it's all lies
You tried to trick me but then I got wise
I've turned my back, heading for the heights
This is me reading to us our last rites
Now it's time to go
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