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Trompe L'oeil
04:39
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I thought I heard a whisperin'
As I came through the door
There were clothes piled high on the bed
And a pair of sneakers on the floor
Everything was totally still
It kind of creeped me out
But I thought I would wait awhile
If only to discover what this was about
What am I staring at
It looks pretty lifelike to me
But there's something about it
That makes it not what it's cracked up to be
Trompe l'oeil
Different rules apply
Is what I'm seeing totally real
Or is it just a trick of the eye
Everything is self-contained
No need to go anywhere
Don't ever have to shower or shave
Or think about cutting my hair
What is now always is
And always will forever be
It's as still as a painting
And it'll be still for eternity
I know that I must be safe
Everything is in its place
These are my favorite books
Sitting on my bookcase
Don't think that I will ever leave
Where would I roam
I know that I am welcome here
'Cause there's no place like my home
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2. |
You Could Belong to Me
04:04
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I'm a pretty good catch as catches go
I'm funny, I'm smart and I'm sensitive
And I ain't exactly hard on the eye
You could do worse than to be with me
You could do much better
Yeah, that's for sure
But I gotta ask you, why
I am loving
You are needing
I could fill up your empty heart
Take my hand
And I will hold you
And we'll never be far apart
I am as seasoned as seasons go
I've been around the block once or twice
And I've had my share of ups and downs
We can make a go of it, yes we can
We can do what all the happy couples do
We can take to the limit and out of bounds
Just think, you could belong to me
And nobody else
Just think, you could belong to me
I am handy 'round the house and garden
I can cook and I can clean
I fold my boxers and put them away
I don't sit around watching the Super Bowl
I don't text, yeah I am a luddite
I will hang on every word that you say
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3. |
Your Bleeding Heart
04:45
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You march in the street
You won't take defeat
You hold up a sign
"Give me what is mine"
You have a plan
Gonna stick it to the man
Your bleeding heart bleeds
Your bleeding heart bleeds
Just not for me
You are on a crusade
To give comfort and aid
You fight the good fight
Until late in the night
You believe in your cause
You want to change the laws
You protest what's unfair
You act just like you care
You chant, "We shall prevail"
Save an owl, save a whale
But you left me behind
And you don't seem to mind
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4. |
Have a Heart
04:52
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You and me
We got a history
Back a long, long way
From where we stand today
How can we give in
It would be a sin
To let it all go
Woe, woe, woe
If you'll just have a heart
Have some mercy on me
Won't you just have a heart
And we can be who we want to be
You know who I'm talking to
I'm talking to you baby
We can't screw it up now
That would be a crying shame
This is my message to you
Never stop your lovin'
'Cause if you do
The whole world will come to an end
If you'll just have a heart
Have some mercy on me
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5. |
The Big Idea
04:08
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I believe if I kill enough of you
That you will go away
For forever and a day
And I believe if I kill enough of you
I can kill off your beliefs
All the Indians and the chiefs
I got the big idea
And it goes like this
My idea is a can't miss
I believe I gotta kill enough of you
Blow you all to smithereens
With all my ways and means
And I believe I gotta kill enough of you
Make you pay for all your crimes
A hundred million times
No place for you to run and hide
It's gonna be a mass genocide
Run like a ninny and squeal like a pig
I'm coming to get you
Hot diggity-dig
I believe that if wipe you all out
I'll rid the world of vermin
That's what I determine
And I believe that if wipe you all out
This will be a better place
When we're all a single race
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6. |
Got No Home
04:41
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I done kicked around both hither and yon
And I never found a place where I could belong
Never had a home to call my own
Never had a closet to hang my coat
And my momma, well she barely kept us afloat
And my poppa he was a rolling stone
Got no home that I can call my home
I live out in the sticks where the buffalo roam
'Cause where I roam is where I'm at
Got no space where I can store my stuff
I live my life and I don't take guff
The world is my own welcome mat
Well I hooked up with Katie and her broke-down van
Got all our meals from a garbage can
It wasn't so neat but then it wasn't so bad
I played guitar and she played the drums
We rambled all around like a couple of bums
Then she went and left me for a dude named Brad
Home, old bitter home
Home, old bitter home
Tried to get a job but there were none to be had
Just one more unemployed liberal-arts grad
With dirt on his shoes and a song in his heart
I moved to Chicago and then to Spokane
Then I wound up in the place where I began
But by then it was too late to make a new start
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7. |
Funny Kind of Guy
04:31
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He makes it all up and for what
It's not like anyone told him to
Sometimes he kills, sometimes he bombs
Sometimes they hit him with a shoe
But he hangs around, this silly ol' clown
Nothing seems to keep him down
He gets on by with his sly charm
He flips over your ol' frown
No one can deny he's a funny kind of guy
Ha, ha, ho, ho
So why's he make you cry
This funny kind of guy
Boo-hoo
He works a crowd just like a pro
Just like a stand-up comedian
He busts you up, tears you apart
Right down the median
He is subtle, no easy jokes
Makes you work hard for a laugh
And when he dies he will be missed
They'll put "Funny" on his epitaph
Who's laughing now at this funny kind of guy
Who's laughing now when he makes you wanna cry
Who's laughing now at this funny, funny kind of guy
Sometimes he's on top, sometimes he's not
It all depends on the day of the week
But when he's good he's really good
You laugh so hard you can barely speak
He gets depressed but you'd never know
He puts it in the act
He's a master of subterfuge
Yes that's one cold, hard fact
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8. |
I Don't Know You Anymore
05:43
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It kind of shocked me
This total change
Took me by complete surprise
The girl that I once knew
Seemed distant and strange
Like someone else was behind her eyes
She'd cut her hair real short
She'd gotten fat
She stopped wearing her cool clothes
Her face was careworn
Had a hardened heart
The bloom was off the rose
I don't know you anymore
And maybe I never did
You're not who I thought you were
Unless you kept it hid
I was shaken
Down to my bones
It's all seemed out of the blue
Yeah, we all change
But not like this
This was not the person I knew
She had a new accent
Ques ca c'est
Maybe British or maybe French
She smoked like a chimney
Drank to extreme
With a thirst she could not quench
Can I take off the mask to reveal
The person that I once recall
I bet she's hiding there behind
This newly built impenetrable wall
She acted phony
Just like her dad
The nut don't fall far from the tree
Pegged her different
Much better than this
There was lots I did not see
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9. |
Falling Down
05:34
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I try get up, I try stand up
I try to do the very best that I can
But still I'm falling down
I raise my hand high, I raise my voice up
Up into the holy stratosphere
But still I'm falling down
I lift myself up, I stretch my legs out
I take a run into a brutal wind
But still I'm falling down
I guess I am clumsy, I guess I am an clod
Every time I try to break on through
I go and blow my wad
I get my hopes up, I roll my dreams out
I try my best to be all hunky dory
But still I'm falling down
I drag myself out, I pour my guts out
I put on my the bestest that face I can
But still I'm falling down
I do my duty, I bust my buttons
And I all but blow off the top of my head
But still I'm falling down
I guess I am foolish, I guess I am a dope
I cling to thought things will get better
When there isn't any reason to hope
I do the best that I can but I'm only the person I am
And the person I am is only trying to stand
You may not see me, I may not be here
But if I'm not why does it hurt
When I am falling down
I do my business, I have my say
I try to be as clear as clear as I can
But still I am falling down
I make my music, put out my records
And I do it with all sincerity
But still I am falling down
I may look stupid and I may seem naive
But if you look closer
Maybe you too will believe
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10. |
Cries and Whispers
06:35
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Never was quite clear how you felt about me
Always thought you were better off without me
We never were close, never got along
Every word you'd say sounded somehow wrong
Did you ever love me, well I doubt it
Never once made any bones about it
Oh, oh, oh, cries and whispers
I tried to find a way to make a connection
Wound up skipping out for the sake of protection
You made a lot of promises
And then you'd renege
When I needed you most
You didn't give a fig
There was no getting close, no hugs and kisses
Just a standard Christmas card
From you and the misses
"Come what may, this is happiness
I cannot wish for anything better
Now, for a few minutes, I can experience perfection
And I feel profoundly grateful to my life
Which gives me so much"
They tell me blood is thicker than water
I know, I get that with my very own daughter
But with you the blood runs cold
Like in suspended animation
I try to break the seal
But you don't feel any sensation
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11. |
A Thousand Times No
05:09
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Said I'd never talk to you, no, no, no
Not for all the money in Kuwait
Said I'd never play your game, yeah, yeah
For me I could never dream a worse fate
Said I'd never gaze again into your gray eyes
And all of the chaos that they create
No, no, a thousand times no I won't be no fool
No, no, a thousand times no I won't be your tool
No, no a thousand times no
Said I'd never come back home, no, no, no
And that is not no idle threat
Said I'd never give you back
Your dumb old books
Don't have a single shred of regret
Said I'd never play into your perfect hand
That is one most certain bet
I say no but my heart says yes
I say no then I acquiesce
Yes, yes, yes, oh yes
Said I'd never wait around, no, no, no
Not for all the golden bricks in Fort Knox
Said I'd never buy into your tired old lies
Sit ourselves down and have one of our talks
Said I'd never give into your tricky ways
Seal your memory inside a fool-proof box
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12. |
The Lion Inside the Lamb
05:06
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He's got a truth and it works for him
He thinks everybody should believe in it too
He don't want doubters or folks who ask questions
They take his message and they misconstrue
"Let me take you from the road you're on
And keep you from eternal sin
And should you choose to not go on with me
No one will ever save your skin"
He's got the lion
He's got the lion inside the lamb
He's got the lion
He's got the lion
Thank you, ma'am
Does what he needs to build up his flock
He uses every single trick in the book
He does it all for the Lord thy God
The King of the Church of the Holy Spook
"I want you to let me into your life
I'll take you on the path to peace
All I ask is that you hand me your soul
And watch as your happiness doth increase"
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