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at the movies
06:21
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waking up to barking dogs on city streets
i want you to know what's on my mind
dreaming dreams just makes reality lesser
i don't care, i want to see your eyes
split the scene, we hide out clean, we disappear
now, i don't know exactly what i did wrong
something in the water makes me hate myself
friends have come and gone and so have you
taking daytrips without no one knowing
at the movies with no single trace
i can't take the things you say much longer
friends have come and gone and so have you
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2. |
keep a picture
00:37
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well, the t-shirt that you bought me
it's swaying in the breeze
and from time to time, i wear it
but it don't mean nothing to me
i remember forming winter
there was nothing else to do
keep a picture on your nightstand
it might mean something to you
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3. |
inside out
02:49
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you came from the inside
saying i don't look right
you said you'd turn me right round
flip me all inside out
you saw it from a mile away
bitter breath and empty space
threw your coat off on my bed
singing songs inside my head
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4. |
prairie state crapshoot
02:24
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i think it's fair to say that i want you
but it's safer to say it's not true
as long as my friends have holes in their pockets
i'll spend time in solitude
do you even know what i'm talking about?
the look on your face just looms
if time just passes without secret stashes
it's safe to assume that you flew
karma's a cop on a backstreet
stopping riots in the houses at night
blue eyes bluer from the bottles obnoxious
can't get up to turn on a light
i think it's easy to say that i know you
but it's safer to say you're away
such a strange situation, it takes a vacation
just to get to your arms home safe
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5. |
cynics on the loose
03:07
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you talk with your face on backwards
say it alright, give me a sign
you strut with a self-sure sadness
swaying all night, might take some time
and always, always, you're the one
now i've said enough
and always, always, take me from
saying too much
no matter what you say, i'll always see another day
to make me alright, give me a sign
your head, it shakes with doubt, so just know what i'm all about
i'll give you a sign to make me alright
and always, always, you're the one
now i've said enough
and always, always, take me from
saying too much
now i've said enough
and always, always, you're the one
now i've said enough
and always, always, take me from
saying too much
now i've said enough
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6. |
hand-in-hand
00:40
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(instrumental)
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7. |
couples league
01:57
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come in to find you standing there
wind blowing in, cold through your hair
let's split the scene, let's play it fair
play it by ear all day long
pick up the phone to say i'm wrong
let's split the scene, let's play it fair
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8. |
drunk drivers
02:54
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i went walking out for finding
past the bottle cruisers driving
walk two miles just to see you
winter cold blows underneath you
just to see you
just to see you
just to see you
just to see you
drunk drivers cut the line (it'll never end)
how will we ever find the time? (it'll never end)
i'm still mindless (it'll never end)
in your silence (it'll never end)
just to see you
just to see you
just to see you
just to see you
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9. |
out of tune again
03:38
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in this town of a thousand people
where there's nothing much to do
i'll be at your door next morning
and when cars finally quit pollution
and you're laughing with a lovable grin
i'll be at your door next morning
if the cops quit knocking down people
just a few towns over from you
i'll be skipping through main street waiting
for the time that you come from the big town
to where exhaust fumes simply decay
i'll be hoping for the breaking
since last june, she's been going out of tune
she only calls once in a blue moon
when there's nothing much to do
she hates when the imp kids try to start
she trips over spoiled kids laying in the park
with the picnic residue
she works shops and says "try it on for size"
only wants to cry when it's coming out her eyes
and there's nothing else to do
she writes slowly 'cause she can't hold a pen
she says a lot of things that she never even meant
but it's in good fun to do
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10. |
clumsy
01:58
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i took out the summertime for now
every time i think it's right, it hurts so damn much
and up, another one to dust
i fall too hard when i have fun
make amends with the sense that it's too damn much
and up, another one to dust
and up, and up, another one to dust
i thought i was fine, but it's all dumb
grab a tape, put it in, turn it too damn much
way up, i'm quitting on another one
way up, way up, i'm quitting on another one
way up, way up, i'm quitting on another one
another one
and up, and up, i'm quitting on another one
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11. |
bear hug
03:48
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the greatest shame i've ever seen
is that the time won't start to seize
it tells me all is evident
it's all i've ever known to be
the soft focus surrounding me
the empty bottle dividends
in times, i get in my own head
my little lion book is read
i can't turn back the ringing sound
when life just isn't fun no more
you best believe i'm at your door
a bear hug just to hold me down
you fall off in your simple ways
you tell me take it day by day
but nothing's ever happening
i can't begin to make it clear
you're all i've ever know to fear
it's coming fast right into me
i hope someday i can
do well hand-in-hand
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tommy oeffling Johnsburg, Illinois
sometimes loud, sometimes quiet
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