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Most of the time it's just me by myself
And I feel so all alone
Got no one else to talk to
So I sit off in the corner
As silent as a stone
If only someone knew me
Like I know me
But no one gives a flying toss
It’s just too bad ‘cause in the end
It’s their loss
So I am having a talk with myself
And I’m talking about every single thing
I am having a talk with myself
And what I say I find kinda interesting
Most of the time it’s me just by my lonesome
In a city of a billion
I am dancing by myself
While everyone else is off at a cotillion
If only I could reach out
And make some kind of deep connection
But I’ll keep it with mine
If only for protection
What does it matter
What anyone thinks
Who’s to say and who’s to judge
Say what you will
Or say what you won’t
I won’t carry a grudge
Most of the time I'm feeling pretty isolated
And no man is an island
I am living off the low road
And I can find the high land
If only I could wake up
Out of this alternate dimension
But what I think can be known
Is beyond my comprehension
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When did it happen
Can't say I know
My guess it was a long, long time ago
You dropped your hand and I pulled away
My guess we just ran out of things to say
It makes me sad but what can I do
When I can't find a way to get back to you
When did you stop loving me?
When I look back it just makes me sad
What we've lost and all we had
Oh yeah I know it's hard to hold on
Passion is a wave that crests and it's gone
Time goes by
Feelings go dead
I look at you and see a stranger in my bed
Yeah it's such a sad and such a familiar story
Two people in love, two people in love
Yeah they're in the shadow of a former glory
Two people in love, two people in love
Why did it happen, can't say I know
I guess that everything is bound to plateau
Blame it on scorn, blame familiarity
Love comes with no lifetime guarantee
We start a believer then we fall off the path
We count on one another then we do the math
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Mosquito
04:05
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Go on, go on ahead
Stab me with your alkali
Suck on me, suck on me
Suck me till I’m dry
Sting my butt
Sting my toe
Sting me mosquito
Go on, go on ahead
And drink my sweet old blood
Sip it down, sip it down
Let me be your stud
Sting my butt
Sting my toe
Sting me mosquito
Go on, go on ahead
Make me scratch and itch
Suck on me, suck on me
Let me be your bitch
Sting my butt
Sting my toe
Sting me mosquito
Go on, go on ahead
I will be your pin cushion
Suck on me, suck on me
I won’t stop you pushin’
Sting my butt
Sting my toe
Sting me mosquito
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What I Want, What I Need
04:44
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I got a lot of questions
Much more than my share
I make a big fuss
And I get in your hair
I’m happy when you listen
Upset when you won’t
Some days you care
Some days you just don’t
Well I know that I can be a burden
And I know that you are a-hurtin’
Even my mom would call me a pill
But this mountain ain’t no molehill
What I need is not what I want
And what I want is not what I need
I walk around with my wounds wide open
See me bleed
I got a lot of issues
Maybe more than a few
And when I’m desperate
I take ‘em out on you
You roll your eyes
When I start to complain
‘Bout all my crazy shit
And all my shitty pain
Well I know that I can be a squeaky wheel
Yeah I know you got your own deal
But I can’t help that I get so damn blue
It’s all to do with me and none to you
I got a lot of chutzpah
To think that I should matter
The world has got its troubles
Don’t wanna add to the chatter
Sorry if I’ve hurt you
And made you all pissed
But I’d hope somehow
When I’m gone I will be missed
Well I don’t know what it is I do
That offends everyone I get close to
Just one time I wanna to bust out of my skin
And be someone I've never been
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Can't Get Enough
05:13
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There’s a heart in the glass by the bed
It is talking to me through its aorta
In its way it issues me a warning
I think I get it, I get it kinda sorta
Can’t get enough of this feeling
Wanna cling to it like a sticky paste
Can’t get enough of this feeling
Don’t want nothing to go to waste
There’s a pain at the bottom of my spine
There’s a nerve being pinched by a disk
It feels like a knife with a jagged edge
Just sitting down for me is some kinda risk
Ow, ow, ow, ow
Everything hurt
Ow, ow, ow, ow
Red alert, red alert
Ow, ow, ow, ow
I’m in constant pain
Ow, ow, ow, ow
Don’t mean to complain
Can’t get enough of this feeling
Wanna cling to it like a sticky paste
Can’t get enough of this feeling
Don’t want nothing to go to waste
Last night I dreamed I was floating
I’d left my broken body far behind
I could feel the weight of your soul
And all the stars had aligned
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6. |
Where No Storms Come
04:17
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Oh the mind it has mountains
These jagged cliffs of fall
Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed
These mountains tall
Dead awake or wide asleep
On the edge I take a leap
I awoke to feel the fell
Of dark not day
And I have asked to be
Where no storms come
Where no storms come
Full fathom five
My father lies
Of his bones are coral made
Those are pearls that were once his eyes
Nothing of him does fade
Here are clothes he wore
Still stuffed inside his drawer
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum
No storms come
And I have asked to be
Where no storms come
Where the green fields swell
Is in the havens dumb
I have desire to go
To fields where few lilies blow
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7. |
See You on the Flip Side
04:34
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Sometimes I wonder if the life that I’m living
Is a mirror of another me
And maybe this other me is having a good time
Better than this insanity
This other me has all the stuff
That this me has always been denied
Well I stay up all night just pondering
How I can get me to this other side
See you on the flip side
See you on the flip side
I’m gonna get there soon
Have me a honeymoon
Here comes the bride
Well this other me he is pretty happy
He don’t get down and depressed
He has a good job and he lives a good life
And all his needs are clearly addressed
But most of all he is madly in love
With someone who loves him madly back
They make big love all the livelong day
Not like this poor old sad sack
Well I’ve long believed in parallel worlds
That exist somehow side by side
In one the road is always bumpy
In the other you get a sweet ride
Every night I hope that when I lay me down
That I'll awaken in this better place
And I hope that when I wake up there
The first thing I see is your sweet face
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8. |
Never Like Now
06:02
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I have always been a seeker
And I have paid a price
And of the things that I have sought
Some are not so nice
Thought I’d find an answer
Thought I’d find the truth
Thought I’d find the solace
That went missing in my youth
What I've needed
And what I never got
What I've wanted
And what I've always sought
Never like now
I have always been a wanderer
I’ve been hither and yon
And some things that I have seen
Have made me woebegone
Thought I’d find belonging
Thought I’d find a home
Thought I’d find a match
With another chromosome
When will it be my time
When do I get my chance
When will I let go
And be free of my circumstance
I have always been a searcher
I have reached beyond my grasp
Hanging in as best I can
Until I breathe my last gasp
Thought I’d find salvation
Thought I’d find some hope
Thought I’d a reason to live
But I’m at the end of my rope
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Something's Gotta Give
05:01
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It’s up to you, it’s up to you
What you do, what you do
Don’t give up, don’t give up
Don’t give in, no, don’t give in
Take a stand, yeah, take a stand
Hit the gas, kick some ass
Give yourself over to the change
And it won’t seem so strange
Something's gotta give
Give it up, give it, give it up
Something's gotta give
Live it up, live it up, live it up
Conquer fear, conquer fear
Stop the hate before it’s too late
Bang the drum, bang the drum
Make a big noise, make a big noise
Lend a voice, lend a voice
Go all in, go all in
Raise the volume to a constant thrum
Don’t you be struck dumb
Give it up, live it up
Light a fire, light a fire
Burn it down, burn it down, burn it down
Take your shot, take your shot
Make it count, make it count
Stand and fight, stand and fight
Fuck the man, fuck the man
Give yourself over to the cause
Death may be your Santa Claus
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You and You Alone
07:47
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Hold me, hold me tight
And never, never let me go
Bring me into your light
Bathe me in your afterglow
Keep me, keep me close
Never far from your sight
Love me, love me hard
Love me with all of your might
It’s you and you alone
You can save this broken boy
Yes you and you alone
You can bring me back my joy
Take me, take me by the hand
And walk me through this world
Draw me, draw me close
Fuck me till my toes have curled
Tell me, tell me the truth
I am your sole desire
Love me, love me hard
Love me like you’re heart’s on fire
It’s you and you alone
Squeeze me, squeeze me rough
Squeeze me till I hurt
Pick me up off the ground
Lift me off the dirt
Bleed me, bleed me dry
Drain me of my fear
Love me, love me hard
Love me till I disappear
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I Am Haunted
03:35
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I can feel you in my world
You touch my skin
And reach into my heart
You have got me
Like no one has got me
And it is tearing me, it's tearing me apart
Don't let go
Don't let go
Stay right where you belong
Don't let go
Don't let go
Don't let go you secret song
I can feel you in my dreams
Embracing me
With a ghostly spirit
I want to touch
But I can't touch
Don't seem no way that I can get near it
I am haunted
I am haunted
And I'll be haunted
For the rest of my days
I can feel you in my guts
Like a knot
All tied up in my belly
Want to try to force you out
But when I do
My knees turn to jelly
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John and Betty well they were my friends
Right when I moved out of LA
I think they thought they were better than me
What if they were but who's to say
They did not like me for who I was
As if they were any better
They wrote it down and they told me so
And sent it off in a letter
The persistence of memory
Will never let me go
The persistence of memory
Hello, hello
I am not perfect and that's for sure
Then again I never claimed I am
Not like you, you got it going on
Every hit a grand slam
I make choices the best I can
Some are good and some unsound
If you stand in judgment of me
You better stand on firm ground
You are dead
You are dead to me
I cast you out
Cast you out to sea
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