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Nuclear Summer
04:22
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2. |
This Might Sting a Bit
04:26
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It may not seem like it but this really good for you
It's good for your mind and good for your heart
It may not look like it but this will help you out
Take your prosaic life and make it a work of art
This might sting a bit
But I believe it's gonna do you good
This might sting a bit
Just so I'm not misunderstood
It may not seem like it but you're on the right path
Just keep on going further up ahead
It may not endow you with a sense of self-confidence
But I believe that very soon you will see the thread
It may not seem like it but this is gonna change your life
Just got to get past your initial fears
It may not look like it but this could save your soul
It's one of those things that isn't quite what it appears
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Well I spent my summer dancing
And having a good time
Didn't care about the perils of improvidence
I drank and smoked and squandered all the last of my supplies
Didn't listen to the ant
And his wise common sense
"Why you work so hard, dear ant
Come and rest awhile
Summer's here and the days are long and warm"
"I'm saving up, dear grasshopper
For the dark times ahead
I'm preparing myself for the winter's storm"
And now I'm up shits creek without a paddle
Can someone come to my rescue
I am up shits creek without a paddle
All the good times are done and through
Well I thought the ant was foolish
For wasting all his time
Toiling away while I drown my sorrows
Life is for living
Living in the now
Ain't no sense in worrying about your tomorrows
"Where are you going with all them heavy things"
"I'm saving up and you should do the same"
"Why not sing with me instead of working hard"
"When the winter comes you're gonna have no one to blame"
Well the winter came and brought with it
A ton of sleet and snow
And me, well I got left out in cold
I look back on all those hazy, crazy summer days
And I wish I did what I'd been told
"Can you spare some food, dear ant
Just a crumb or two
Just a crumb or two and I'll skedaddle"
"Well it's too bad for you, grasshopper
That you're ill-prepared
Now you're up shits creek and you ain't got no paddle"
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4. |
One Poor Correspondent
05:10
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I travel the world
I take it all in
I take lots pictures of all the places I've been
Here is the Taj Mahal
Here is Stonehenge
I have lots of stories
I won't bore you to tears
Yes, I've gone lots of places over the years
They say I am one poor correspondent
They say I am too, too hard to find
But you can find me
I am no mere tourist
Don't wear Bermuda shorts
Don't have a fanny pack or lodge at family resorts
Paddled down the Amazon
Stayed in strange ports
Caught myself diphtheria
Caught myself some typhoid
Swatted off tsetse flies they're a must to avoid
It's a great big world
And I go it alone
Don't got no internet
Don't got no phone
I've seen the seven wonders and crossed the seven seas
Went to the wailing wall
Got down on my knees
Camped in the redwoods under redwood trees
I've stayed in hostels
Lived on the cheap
But when I lay down at night I dream you in my sleep
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5. |
The Inspired Fake
05:10
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How can I tell what's true
Leave it up to experts like you
You know what is real
Tell me what's the real deal
It's an inspired fake
For goodness sake
Make no mistake
It's an inspired fake
I can count on you
You always come through
Teach me 'bout the finer stuff
Like what is substance and what is fluff
And when I want to know the answer
You're my very own internet
You tell my what's a long shot
And what is my best bet
One day I was stumped
Like the whole world had got me trumped
I turned to my personal god
Found out you were a fraud
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6. |
Schadenfreude
03:41
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I knew a girl
She was on top of the world
You could say that she had it going on
She'd say
Hey, hey, hey get out of my way
She looked at you like you were a pawn
Then one day, well, she got killed
Someone somewhere got their wish fulfilled
Schadenfreude
I knew a boy
He was so full of joy
So much so it made you want to puke
He bought and sold
Turned his trash into gold
You thought it was some sort of fluke
Then one day, well, his house burned down
I don't recall anyone giving up a frown
It's not like I get off on other people's troubles
Please don't think of me as a misanthropic dude
Sometimes it's nice when the world evens out
And I'm not the only one who gets screwed
Once was a king
The king of everything
He didn't give a shit how his people suffered
He lived high on the hog
Treated his servant like a dog
Yes he had himself pretty well buffered
One day, well, he choked to death on a bone
Across the land a big old party was thrown
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7. |
I Will Never Be the Same
04:18
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I got into my car and I hit the gas
And I vowed that I would never look back
I drove out of my town just as fast as I could
Out to where the wild blue turns black
I turned a corner but I did not see
What was 'round the bend
And I will never be the same
I will never be the same
I will never be the same again
I got horribly lost and I went out of my mind
There was nothing I could recognize
I got out of my car and I ran every which way
But that proved to be extremely unwise
All the people standing 'round
Didn't make a single sound
When I asked them for some simple directions
"What's the name of this place
Can you tell me to my face
Can you please help me to make some connections"
I got back in my car and I hit the gas
And I headed off into the unknown
I felt strangely good and I understood
That in this life I am on my own
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Strange
06:59
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Samantha chose to disappear
She left no forwarding address
She left it up to rest of us
To clean her filthy mess
She had so much going for her
But she didn't seem to care
What she had in mind we'll never know
Her mind was as blank as her stare
She was strange
Strange
She was strange
Strange
We can't know her
No we can't know her
Roger woke up in a quandary
He decided to change his life
He didn't like the sound of his own voice
Or the look of his ugly wife
He took a knife and he cut her up
And he cut himself up too
When the detectives arrived on the scene
They didn't have a clue
He was strange
Strange
He was strange
Strange
We can't know him
No we can't know him
We are strange
Strange
We are strange
Strange
We can't know what we can't know
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We have our teeny tiny universe
And we keep it hid
We will never let go of each other
God forbid
It's just you and me till the end of time
Just you and me kid
Oh-oh let me whisper sweet somethings
In your tiny ear
Oh-oh let me whisper sweet somethings
For you and me to hear
If you ever feel scared or blue
You can hold my hand
If you ever got a story to tell
I will try to understand
If you ever get caught in a flood
I will be your dry land
Don't let it
Don't let that sound scare you
There's nothing under the bed
Don't let it
Don't let that sound scare you
You won't wake the dead
Don't let it
Don't let that sound scare you
There's no need to be afraid
Don't let it
Don't let that sound scare you
I will come to your aid
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10. |
Down the Rabbit Hole
03:39
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Well there ain't no internal logic here
No semblance of sense
Things are suddenly small
And then they are suddenly immense
It's all drink me and eat me
And you will shrink then grow
You might drown in a pool of tears
And be as dead as a dodo
Curiouser and curiouser
This landscape of your soul
As you tumble down, down, down the rabbit hole
Down, down, down the rabbit hole
"Well who are you," the caterpillar asks
As he takes a toke from his pipe
"Why don't you have a slice of my 'shroom
My little guttersnipe
One bite will make you taller
And one will make you shrink
It's up to you what you want to do
Don't matter what I think"
Well the Queen of Hearts is hard to please
Wants white roses painted red
Just the slightest indiscretion
And she screams, "Off with his head"
Reminds of a boss I once had
Who picked on my every flaw
Life inside his rabbit hole had no good rule of law
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11. |
Nuclear Winter
04:17
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12. |
The Great Escape
04:25
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The train lurched along the dirty old tracks
Filled with dirty people with dirty old sacks
All of their dreams were about to take shape
And they sang
Come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
It's the great escape
The train gathered speed as it moved on ahead
It was bound for glory, at least that's what they said
Well you can come and join us if ain't no demimonde
They sang
Here comes, here comes, here comes
Here comes, here comes, here comes
The great beyond
There will be good times when we reach our destination
It will be like a life on permanent vacation
There is no freakin' bureaucracy, there is no red tape
So come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
It's the great escape
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The Revenants Boston, Massachusetts
"It was hell," recalls former child.
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