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Christine
It's been 37 years
While I shower in hypocrisy
I wrote this one just for your ears
Because your hands are looking older
Yeah the veins are starting to show
and my crooked British teeth have turned
a lazy shade of yellow
Well I'd rather hear the trees
Bending in the wind
Than to see you waste your time
Trying to change the mind of a bad friend
For how long
Can you celebrate with a frown?
I dug my nails into this armchair
Like it's a fucking roller-coaster
Everyday you're looking sadder
like an upside clown
And all the ones we used to know around here
are on the grapevine or a gravestone
No it isn't cute or sweet
It's fucking sickening to see
How a man like him can control your destiny
Well I'll stop him if you let me
Bad friend
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In Another Life
03:04
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For every leaf that falls from city trees
There will be a million more like you and me
So shut me up or pay the price
No you wouldn’t want to be me in another life
Take me out with the trash and don’t think twice
There’s really nothing left here worth to see
a disconnected short-circuited culture
Vacant through hyper popularity
Don't go getting any big ideas
Histories already forgotten you were even here
So meet me in the vapor trails
I’m down on the floor
So shut me up or pay the price
Cos you wouldn’t want to be me in another life
Well I wouldn’t want to be here in another life
So take me out with the trash and don’t think twice
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Poltergeist
03:42
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You say you keep turning over a brand new leaf
Like the fucking things just grow on trees
I offered you my hand in solidarity
But I cannot be the man that you want me to be
Because my poltergeist is more laid back than me
No I don’t believe in ghosts
Just like you don’t believe in me
Take care of the weeds around your family tree
You’re always rubbed up the wrong way
Hollowed out fried sick senseless and boiling
You need to go home for a holiday
But going home always feels like folding
Take care of the weeds around your family tree
That's you and me
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Autumn
01:33
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When you come home stay a while
You flick the ash off the sweetest melody
You twist and you turn and break the moon from its mold
Our best days are only ever seconds old
You are the experiment and I’m results
Finally I’ve lost enough to feel free
Take comfort in the values of feeling happy sad and angry
Take comfort in what we might have been
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5. |
Palpitations
02:07
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California
06:33
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It was a cold day in California
When's it ever cold in California?
I kept my shirt on at work
When did I ever go to work?
I would never keep my shirt on at work
I wish I had met you
Before I got cold
Before I got savvy to the shit a man's gotta know
To survive where the streets are paved with gold
Privy to the tricks that a man's got to know
To stay alive until he is old
Not to die before he gets old
Was there ever really gold in California?
I saw you hold your tongue today
Since when did your tongue ever get in the way
You said the best things in life are free
So I called you but you were busy
Hey man that's such a bullshit theory
I got caught up in the rush
But I did not come for gold
I would settle for coal
I would settle for not feeling cold
I would settle for not feeling
Was there ever really gold in California?
Well I just wanted to stay warm for you
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7. |
Downtown Heart
03:52
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Some things are better left unsaid
93 percent of what’s in your head
Some things are better left unsaid
And some people are better left undead
But not you, not me...
Cos I’m a Friday night vampire and a Saturday zombie
Not you, or me...
From the belly to the cemetery
My downtown heart just keeps falling apart
Keeps falling apart downtown
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Hey it’s been a while since we last spoke
Since we did anything of note
I spent Christmas alone
In an old motel
In a back street in New Orleans
And you know what that means
When the flowers arrive
Please leave them to die
Leave them
Just leave them
And turn around just one more time
But don’t give him what he wants
You’re too good for that
It was nice to see your face
Through glass on a cracked screen
And to remember what it’s like to hear you breathe
I would come to you if I could
Yeah I know you know I would
If I could turn back time
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Marrakesh
04:21
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In the photo of you and your father
Stood in front of the limestone cliffs
A crooked picture frame presents the image
Of just what you and him did
On the ferry that night I couldn’t sleep
And over breakfast you refused to speak
I looked for dolphins in the sea
But all I saw was you staring at me
I wish I had a brother, a sister or at least a dad
So I could ask for some sage advice
On how to stop fucking up so bad
Instead I’m drinking at the end of the bar
In my home town
London’s a deep scar
No I won’t shut up and I won’t settle down
cos I’m drinking at the end of the bar
In my home town
New York’s not that far
So turn the jukebox up and buy another round
And meet me at the end of the bar
There was no photo of you and your mum
I found that curious and sad
Cos you would capture every fleeting moment
while I was fucking up so bad
And in the back of the bus I tried to sleep
But all you wanted to do with me was speak
In the back of the bus I tried to sleep
But I ended up sharing my seat
So I wish I had an aeroplane
Or at least a little spare cash
So I could hit the road to Cuba
Or buy a one-way to Marrakesh
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Integrity
04:57
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Didn’t make enough excuses
To be remembered down here on earth
Didn’t make enough people smile enough of the time
To be chosen for your inherent worth
So what are principles
And what is dignity
What is pride and integrity
Didn’t shoot enough glances
Inside wearing sunglasses
Sat alone in the dark
Didn’t take enough chances
To be remembered as a brilliant spark
So what is honorable
And what is loyalty
What is pride and integrity
I could
I could hold you
I could hold you to this
But what’s the use
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