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Tickets To Tahiti
01:54
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I wonder where you go
and I desperately want to know
will you be with me
will you be with me
will you be with me
I came in the side door
when I saw your shadow on the floor
will you stay with me
will you stay with me
will you stay with me
I received tickets today
I booked off the month of may
will you go with me
will you go with me
will you go with me
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2. |
Anti-Vampire Song
02:18
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orange sunset fell on the milk white plain
out in a field someone had written your name
in the snow all wrong I saw your rage in your eyes
they'd fallen under your spell and fallen for your lies
but i never will
i never will
i never will
i never will
late sunset brushed across the snowy scape
and down in the open fields there was no escape
from the fact that i could leave whenever wanted
the house was lovely and the house was haunted
but someday i will
someday i will
someday i will
someday i will
weak sun high in the midday sky
and i'll stay here til the day i die
and its a shame that the curtains have to stay closed
and they have since the day you came and the river froze
and they always will
they always will
they always will
they always will
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Weather Forecast
02:31
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fresh snow fell on the lawn
i thought spring was supposed to be here
i guess the weatherman got the weather wrong
it shouldn't be this cold this time of year
we blame it on the weatherman
when we talk about the weather
the pond out back froze
when the sky fell last night
and in summer when the fresh plants grow
i will wipe this memory from sight
i turned the television on
and i cursed the evening news
the weatherman got the weather wrong
and I've got the three fresh feet of snow blues
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I guess you should be leaving now
Get some fresh air in your lungs
You meet dragons with quick tongues
Kiss only the important ones
I hold you down
To a haven that you hate
Now I see it's getting late
Don't think you should have to wait
Nonetheless do not turn back
Refuse to hear another thing
You've always been a marionette
So go alone
Cut your own strings
Cut your own strings
Cut your own strings
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late morning sun shining in through the bars
never get a moments peace from the palace guards
in the corner of the cell with some parchment and a pen
try to hammer out the truths again
as inspiration strikes i catch my breath
i'm far from home but close to death
even though it seems all is circling the drain
to live is christ to die is gain
even though it seems all is circling the drain
to live is christ to die is gain
he didn't consider equality something to be grasped
i consider this as starlight falls through the bars
i say your name to myself 3 times through my teeth
and the truth stands out like an artist's relief
and even though my flesh is red and raw
joy settles on my head and covers the floor
and even though i'm far from my friends
to live is christ to die is gain
and even though i'm far from my friends
to live is christ to die is gain
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6. |
The Morning Light
03:16
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when the black sly erupts
and the sun pierces through the clouds
the wind blows across the patios
and the sky says night to the owls
i sing good morning world
i sing good riddance night
then i walk down stairs
and shrug off my cares
and greet the morning light
the morning light
the morning light
when the bin men arrive
and they career down our road
in their bright green truck and with any luck
they drive off with our unwanted load
when the kettle boils
and I plunge the coffee down
i pour in the milk standing in my silk
brand new dressing gown
when the alarm goes off
but I'm already wide awake
i laugh to myself and shove food in my mouth
and head off to the lake
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7. |
Terraform
01:48
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hurried down to the second floor
window and guess what i saw
its not deliberate but i want more
i saw a terraform
i saw a terraform
i saw a terraform
i saw a terraform
hung around near the washing line
its plain to see i can't be kind
spoke in the language of signs
i do this all the time
i do this all the time
i do this all the time
i do this all the time
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after three nights in jail, i head north from toyavale.
switch to 285 in pecos, head up to red bluff.
my walk's real steady and my eyes are real cold
but i feel like i'm all of sixteen years old --
lost in the travel lodge, with the television on with the sound down,
i don't feel so tough.
old issues of sunset magazine to read,
sleep for twelve hours, and dream about home.
i have no place to go, so i drive up to new mexico.
fix my eyes in the rearview when i cross the state line.
and i panic, i guess. and although it's quite late,
i take the first exit to 128.
i am coming back to midlind.
i hope you won't mind.
polaroids of the two of us scattered on the passenger's seat.
i drive slowly
and evenly
and i dream about home.
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9. |
Ayrton Senna
02:44
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its march 1991
another tropical day in brazil
but when you reach the zone
you feel the racetrack in your bones
and through your fingers easily feel the wheel
when they carry you on to the podium
when the crowd are hollering your name
you set your foot upon the ground
but can't hear a single sound
and there's still time to take your enemy's name in vain
when you cross the finish line
you send ecstatic cries down the microphone
then you pass out in the car
and no longer know who you are
your body is no longer your own
the crowd goes completely wild
you transmit a bitter smile through the pain
and although you dont know what to say
you say it anyway
and there's still time to take your enemy's name in vain
you thank your beloved from the tv show
you thank your saviour who died upon the cross
but what mostly makes you pleased
and it clutches to you like a disease
is the fact that you beat alain prost
on lap 60 when your gearbox breaks
and the clouds explode with rain
the pressure on your neck is great
and you can barely take the weight
and there's still time to take your enemy's name in vain
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tearing through the poorly lit corridors
scuffing up all the varnish on the doors
when I push them through to enter a new room
pick up some health supply before i go into the tomb
ludicrously large gun on my shoulders
light spills into the room and i see monsters in the corners
edging my way along the suspension bridge
hope to make my way to the ridge
when I see some ammunition on a ledge
i kneel down and reach across the edge
gunning down some savage looking animals
then diving into the pristine blue pools
everything is quiet in the water down there
but then i reach the end level bosses lair
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11. |
Let You Go
01:46
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even i won't see you go
even i won't ever know
even i won't see it through
even i won't know what to do
even i will hold your hand
even i know where you stand
even i can't hold back the day
even i don't know what to say
even i know the code
even i have to begun to erode
even i see shadows on the wall
even i stand strong and tall
even i have begun to arise
even i see through your lies
even i can stand the snow
even i will let you go
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12. |
Wood Farm, 1934
03:08
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sawdust on the stone floor
light spilling into the abandoned barn
the door swinging on its hinges
apart from that everything is calm
knowing what last year brought
was what brought me here
and knowing what you've got
is gonna keep me here all year
platinum between bales of hay
the oak tree forty feet tall
and we've been waiting all year
to try out the swimming pool
tanks of some nameless gas
lining up against the sky
I didn't come here to throw it all away
no I didn't come here to die
tomatoes just past their best
important letters never read
I'm sleeping here on the rocking chair
ocassionally nodding my head
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