1. |
I Don't Wanna Talk
04:35
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I don't wanna talk
I don't wanna talk
I don't wanna talk
I don't wanna talk to you
made that mistake
I made it before
not making that mistake
anymore
I don't wanna talk
to you
I don't wanna talk
to you
always tell me
the same thing
always blowing your
smoke screen
if I wanna hear
if I wanna hear
if I wanna hear
if I wanna hear lies
I turn on the tv
scroll through
the endless sea
of bullshit
shovelin' shovelin'
each and every day
always tellin' me
the same thing
always blowing their
smoke screen
I'm seeing clearly
I'm seeing clearly
I'm seeing clearly
for the first time
but for the first time
think I'll talk to myself
think I'll talk to myself
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2. |
Sure Thing
06:02
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they tried to take him out twice
the one at the road was nice
tried to take him out
once and for all
did he learn his lesson
or did he fall
go home at night
punch a hole in the wall
tired of feelin'
two inches tall
I'm forgetting myself
I'm forgetting myself
I was here
before
I was alone
with the one you most adore
though she had
my name on her breath
wouldn't you like to know
how it felt
I
I'm wasting my time
I
I've been wasting my time
waiting for a sure thing
waiting for a sure thing
waiting for the sure thing
I collected a list
of those starved for attention
I didn't resist
to give them affection
I'm sure
you kept yourself up nights
wonderin' about the sound of the voice
quiet in the dark when
I
did it again and again
lookin' for a sure thing
always the sure thing
the sure thing
always go for the sure thing
(whistling)
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3. |
Class Clown
03:46
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forgive my longwindedness
tell me when did this become
a journey through the past
wouldn't know her if I saw her
again
wouldn't know if her if I saw her
wouldn't know if her if I saw her
again
so why are you breakin' my balls
since when was this a free for all
I'm takin' the punches now
but I can't respond
what are you on
what are you on
what are you on
tell me I was the first
is that what it is
I might got mine in ahead
mighta gone ahead
first one alive
means you're the first one
that's dead
tell me why are you
breakin' my balls
since when was this a free
a fuckin' free for all
it's not fair
since when did you go there
it's not fair
since when did you go there
I guess your jealousy
it has no bounds
20 years later
in a different town
I guess it has no bounds
maybe you shouldn't have been
such a fuckin' callous class clown
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4. |
That's About Fair
02:49
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I like a movie about
how a guy feels about
his brother
when somebody's takin'
pot shots at me
I like 'em
one after another
and that's about all
that I'm really willin' to share
yeah that's about all
that I'm willin' to share
I think that's about fair
you know it takes
a couple decades
to sometimes get things straight
so maybe you were there
all the time
maybe I'm a couple years late
and that's about all
that there is to say
I'm still thinkin' of you
now are you still thinkin' of me
I'm sorry
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5. |
Thirsty
04:45
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it's fair
it's fair
sometimes it just flows
like a river
I don't know
how long
till I surender
to the flow
I never know
I am probably
on another of my highs
can you see me
can you see me
your fresh
even after all this time
green
ripe
and hangin' on the vine
I am
probably just on
one of my highs
can you see me
floating on the ceiling
floating on the ceiling
I'm standing on the ceiling
like a good shaman
when you put the tape on
to play me my old songs
when you put the tape on
play me my old songs
well I don't want to listen
not like they're brand new
that was a different person
that is back when I was you
and you were more like me
but then you got full
and I got thirsty
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6. |
I Know
04:39
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I don't understand
how am I supposed to
I don't know what I did
I guess try to get close to you
but with all my
flailing movements
will all of my
flailing movements
I would be surprised
if you didn't get hit
just want to say
I'm sorry about it
but that's the way it goes
everyone's too stupid to know
what the effects will be
till we're farther up the stream
I have a good memory
not much has happened since to me
done a lot of reading
feeling this pulse
as it thumps and pumps
its blood
through my veins
but not too often to the
pleasure center of this brain
starin' at the screen
tryin' to deduce its meaning
is this you
is this me
I don't know
what I'm seein'
can you remember now
or did you ever recall
how hard I came down on you all
like a fuckin' bomb
like a fuckin' bomb
maybe I seemed harmless
maybe I seemed cruel
maybe I was callous
maybe I was cruel
but I know
I know
I know
where the lights go
when they fade
where the lights go
when they fade
where the lights go
when they fade
I tell you
I have been saved
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7. |
The Fool
05:23
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fortunate enough
to be a fool
to find no purpose in anything
I would do
and when I see you now
I remember
what it was like to
hang out in the wind
and be dismembered
and it's still
fuckin' day to day
find it hard to believe
there's anyone
who doesn't feel this way
lucky to know
I didn't know a damn thing
lucky to start
at the beginning
and not where I thought
not where I thought
it would be
when I see you now
I feel alive
when I see you now
I want to learn to survive
out here
out here
we're all out here
with our cheese in the wind
waiting for it all to begin
but I'm playin'
been playin' too long
to
go back now
wouldn't expect you
to understand
wouldn't expect you
to meet this crazy demand
but it's all I have
to ask
could you tell me once
what it was like to see
could you tell me once
what it was like to see
to see me
couldn't see myself
couldn't see me
no I think that would help
maybe I could tell you
what I saw
maybe I could tell you
what I thought
about about all
about all
of y'all
you know I love you
I love you
you know I really do
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8. |
Poison
02:02
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I got poison in my blood
I've always known
I take what I can
to cover it up
the wound
the wound
I got hate in my heart
it's nearly fuckin' torn me apart
I don't recommend
carrying it
for my fellow man
for my fellow man
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9. |
Dream Talker
04:45
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it happened again
I was back with all of you
writin' my name on the wall
tryin' to get you
to look
to look in my eyes
to look
to look in my eyes
so I could freeze
and feel my human parts move
so I could freeze
wonder what to do
you and me
you and me
you and me
in my sleep
when I think about it
I know it's common
a common tale
but when I can't help
when I can't help myself
I dream
of reaching
reaching
reaching
out
mountain walker
and the dream
I'm the dream talker
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10. |
...
03:07
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I don't know if I'm awake
all I know's I've given up
given up on my escape
escape from the dream
so it's true what Poe had said
and me I'm doublin' down I guess
it's a dream within a dream within a dream
dream within a dream within a dream
and it's a
strange feeling
strange feeling
to be back
in my skin
let the real
bleeding
begin
(whistling)
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