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steady
02:17
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tell me what you want and i will have it for you any chance i get
type it out and send it off, pick it up or set it in my head
when you find out i'm steady, show me inside your boundary
movies with the captions on, stitching something, sewing up in bed
makeup mirror, good advice, window, wine-drunk should suffice instead
when you find out i'm steady, show me inside your boundary
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peppercorn
02:13
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wash my hands away from harm
use your shoulder to rest my arm
watch the bitter broken scene
keep a smile with sertraline
fold my hands beneath the dirt
clear the mess from around my shirt
rest your fingers on the chair
crack me open so i don't care
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frisbee
02:27
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waiting on the park bench, wondering if i can fake it anymore
toe a short line to be with you
sneaking smiles across the bookstore, glance for chances setting forth
such a short time to be with you
hold the phone, collect my thoughts, and catch my breath to walk to you
there's an issue with telling you
campus, clutching hands, pavilion, a million times to see it through
said i'll miss you to make it true
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pandering
02:59
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i can't keep pandering my thoughts aside it
you gotta make it clear you're not one-sided
there's a no-frills zone i could show you around if i'm ever righteous
live in social homes where the whole floor knows, gotta try not to mind it
and still, i fall too hard too fast inside this
i'll make a lap to map out why i'm hiding
let me split the scene apart, traffic slights get me so far out
so sussed out on a shadow's doubt, let's take off, let me shake around
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crochet
02:14
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she's crocheting on the couch as i write these words down
turn the stove off silently, let her head sleep sound
she's sudoku, i'm a crossword guy, scanning wikipedia, curled up on the side
she kicks me in her sleep, but it's alright
watch the starlings settle into place in the parking lot
gas money traded for a lunch, wallet's shot out
she's sudoku, i'm a crossword guy, warmest when she sleeps, curled up on the side
i tend to snore but she says it's alright
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headcount
02:49
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what's the word on your family now?
you've got my head bent down, so down
the false idols i'm fostering
still smoking off a negative headcount
what you got's what i want
thirty dollars for a haircut
whispering rumors on the dateline
i could spot what you want
but there's a mind of its own
terrorized from cabernet on the late night
i'll catch you later or something
these devil tricks have got me hoping for a frown-off
i'm looking grim in the morning
still hoping for a cash-out to round off
if we find an aside in places that we reside
our headspaces heading up from the ground floor
and i might take the time
so we embrace the collide
i know my face is dread, so tell me what you're down for
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stubble
06:03
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loan your letter to the dial tone
we can pass time, make time, sit in silence on the phone
know you're better off skipping stones
if you scratch my back, then i'll scratch my name outside your home
i can't say enough about you
it all jus surrounds you, the people around you
you wanna jam your fingernails beneath my skin
concealed within, ask me where i've been
i'll let you know when i'm coming into town
home is calling me to you again
you're a fine, fine hostess, closest out of all my friends
smokes are choking down to my head
checking in on me, keep me settled down in your bed
i can't shake the city around you
i can't be me without you, it's a pity without you
we shared a free drink under the lights and talked our shit
the feelings within, ask me where i've been
i'll let you know when i'm coming into town
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obamacare
02:20
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so, tell me what you're thinking 'bout
after the fall
doesn't have to be proper, now
nobody minds at all
at sundown, you smoke around
wisps in the air, brush your hair
by the light of the lava lamp
ponder for a while about it
healthcare heart, you know just what i want
wrap me in your shirt alone
rocks at your window, look in the mirror
at the light from the tv glow
outside your room
in the suburbs, i'm cutting ties
hiding out from the cop call kids
lift my legs from the panic room
understand my pitch
healthcare heart, you know just what i want
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fatigue
03:13
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you're carrying the wind
and your wide eyes are gone now
geriatric and jaundiced
all cleared out again
kept the calm after storm in your hands
in the morning
why can't we stick around?
what's mine is yours now
and i'm setting out blankets
but the ground cannot catch you
all cleared out again
kept the calm after storm in your hands
in the morning
why can't we stick around?
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county
03:49
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when the world puts a shine on your shin
and senators send your causes to the bin
you know i'm gonna get out and get down
from farmhouses around my town
and believe me, i'll come for your scene
like a day-drunk dad through a school zone street
i'll do a lot to live in peace
run my mind through requests that you've said
pick out quotes from the books that you've read
lend a hand, hold a hand, if i can
i'm on my way as fast as i can
and believe me, i'll come for your scene
like a day-drunk dad through a school zone street
i'll do a lot to live in peace
somewhere else, you've got your whole life through
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tommy oeffling Johnsburg, Illinois
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