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Real Slow
04:03
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I've been tryin' just to get myself together a long time, too long I suppose
My mind is looking like an agent undercover committing crimes, just to keep from being exposed
What's my line again? Did I stay too long? It's never enough, I know
I'm a searchin' for a something that'll help me comb through it all, yeah I'll try it all, yes I'll try
Been recommended I start bending over backwards and raking sand, with my hands placed shoulders apart
I'm sayin' words a little wrong because I read 'em, but right away I'm a garden in its own graveyard
I've been breathin' hard, but I'm grateful for it before it comes along
I'm a wonderin' if it's once, twice, twenty? How many times til this all starts working?
Hey, I can figure it out real slow
Hey, let me figure it out real slow
Hey, I can figure it out real slow
I'll be good to me
To be good to you
Maybe I is we
What you going through?
Ayurveda elevator didn't let me off on the ground floor. Am I misinformed or sanguine?
I'm thinking surely there's something more, but if there's no good and evil where's the movie where the guru wins?
Am I doing it right? Cuz I'm drowsy-eyed. Stayed awake but I could sleep all day
I'm fighting hard to let it ride and leave it all alone, that's okay. Yeah it's all alright cuz
Hey, I can figure it out real slow
Hey, let me figure it out real slow
Hey, I can figure it out real slow
I'll be good to me
To be good to you
Maybe I is we
What you going through?
I'll be good to me
To be good to you
Maybe I is we
What you going through?
Hey, I can figure it out real slow
Hey, let me figure it out real slow
Hey, I can figure it out real slow
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Rio Hondo
03:48
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I took a walk by the people on the porches just a swingin' in the rhythm of the wind, thinking about
We both had another lover not a year ago
Your papa was a song, the hymn hangs above you just enough to keep you clapping out of time
Singing "Oh my my, say bye before we start something up"
You've come a long way from Rio Hondo, baby
Your daddy ain't drunk and you ain't poor no more
Why you gotta act this way? I think I better say something
Cuz I'm crawling 'round blind and tryin' to find my glasses on the floor
You stole my heart and you helped me look for it just enough to keep me coming around
Like a candle turning shadows into picture shows
Lonely little girl looking out for her brother with her mother's apron dragging on the ground
You say you love me but your face can't decide whether it wants to start swingin' or just pick up and run
You've come a long way from Rio Hondo, baby
Your daddy ain't drunk and you ain't poor no more
Why you gotta act this way? I think I better say something
Cuz I'm crawling 'round blind and trying to find my glasses on the floor
Say the word and I'll be gone, gone, gone, my dear
I won't interfere
You've come a long way from Rio Hondo, baby
Your daddy ain't drunk and you ain't poor no more
Why you gotta act this way? I think I better say something
Cuz I'm crawling 'round blind and trying to find my glasses on the floor
You've come a long way from Rio Hondo, baby
Your daddy ain't drunk and you ain't poor no more
Why you gotta act this way? I think I better say something
You got me crawling 'round blind and trying to find my glasses on the floor
Yeah I'm crawling 'round blind and trying to find my glasses on the floor
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Mercy Mercy
03:16
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Oh Caroline, I never knew I loved you until the day you let your daddy die
You strung him out on pain pills and you hung him up by piano wire
And only your momma knew the reasons why
Mercy, mercy looks like noone's home
But noone's someone that I used to know
How happy I would be if you would murder me
With a song like your mamma's singin' Mercy Mercy me
You know she laughed the hardest when they pulled the throttle down
And smiled as she kissed her love goodbye
She wore her dress from white to black, a proper wedding gown
Then hummed a hymn and slapped his ass and sent him off to fly
Mercy, mercy looks like noone's home
But noone's someone that I used to know
How happy I would be if you would murder me
With a song like your mamma's singin' Mercy Mercy me
Well I've seen you with no make-up on, I've seen you in the books
I've seen you when your thoughts drift out to see
But that day I saw myself taking second looks, when I heard you softly singing your own melody
Mercy, mercy looks like noone's home
But noone's someone that I used to know
How happy I would be if you would murder me
With a song like your mamma's singin'
Mercy, mercy looks like noone's home
But noone's someone that I used to know
How happy I would be if you would murder me
With a song like your mamma's singin' Mercy Mercy me
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Belle and The Ring
03:41
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Does your new girl know about me?
Do you mention to someone you see
About the Belle and the ring that burned your finger?
Does your new girl know about me?
Does your new girl have nothing to hide?
Not a lover or the tears that she's cried?
On my good days I'm sorry, on the bad I'm justified
Does your new girl have nothing to hide?
Do you talk about all of your plans?
Feel ok with things you don't understand?
While I'm homesick for your arms with my head down in my hands
Do you talk about all of your plans?
Ohhhh Ohhhh
Oooooooooohhhhhhh Oooohhhh
Ohhhhh Ohhhh Ohh Ohoh
La'mmmm La'mmmm
Does your new girl know about me?
Do you mention to someone you see
About the Belle and the ring that burned your finger?
Does your new girl know about me?
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5. |
NYC Babe
02:56
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New York City are you doing alright?
Do you take your pills?
Do you get some sleep at night?
Can your mind stay still?
I know you've gotta feel two ways, like a window in the cold
I'm sorry that I laughed so hard, when you said we're getting old
Where'd you go when you arrived?
And was I at the bar?
Do you let your demons drive?
Did my dog catch the car?
I know we haven't spoken much, or at least said things out loud
It's been easy staying sober since, because I wanna make you mad and proud
Was it ever all that bad?
Or maybe just not good?
Did we do things well, not wise?
Because we could, not should?
He lost her in a lucid spell he was trying to preserve
Now they're standing on the salt flats, babe, disappearing at the edge of the earth
And into the view
View
And into the view
View
New York City are you doing alright?
Do you take your pills?
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6. |
You Won't Be Happy Here
03:47
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You won't be happy here
Even though I know you love me
Even though you know, In my mind
They hung the stars for you
I'm not saying you should stay where
You feel a part of you has faded
Where our heartstrings come unbraided
Or you're afraid to be sincere
Wander far beyond the window where you're waiting
Straight through the barriers of sound and speed and fear
Wake me gently with a morning medititation
Cuz if you ain't happy in Hoboken, you won't be happy here
I've tried the same before
Ran away to a new region
Started again another season
And found next to nothing there
I guess I should say I'm sorry
For not offering an answer
But the best part of love and dancing
Is the strolling up the stairs
Wander far beyond the window where you're waiting
Straight through the barriers of sound and speed and fear
Wake me gently with a morning medititation
Cuz if you ain't happy in Hoboken, you won't be happy here
If you ain't happy in Hoboken, you won't be happy here
If you ain't happy in Hoboken, you won't be happy here
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7. |
All's Enough
04:33
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Wheel away til the sculpture gets relief
And the lighwaves don the veil of grief
All's enough
Leave a lamp on, feet up in the chair
While the night comes sneaking down the stairs
All's enough
Not a moment too shy, Ado
All of love's enough of love
Loud enough so you lean in close to talk
Share a secret, getting by on getting caught
All's enough
Shimmer sits above a drink
Quote calliope, you're such a silly minx
All's enough
Not a moment too shy, Ado
All of love's enough of love
Working backwards to reach the final form
Cuz my rapture's red dogs dreaming on the floor
All of love's enough of love
Love
Of Love
Mmmmmm
Mmm
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It's All Over
03:57
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I got a handle, I got a hold on it all
I got a handle to hold when I start to recall
All the brown paper bags, and closets full of clothes with security tags
It's all over, over all
I had a love that shined out like the knives of the sun
I had a love that she liked while we had all our fun
It was clouds and balloons, sneaking dogs into hotel rooms
It's all over, done and done
She's decaf coffee and a spray of some dry shampoo
She's decaf coffee and the sleeve on a bad tattoo
When the thrill's gone too far, she's running red lights in a funeral car
It's all over, naked and new
I know you've got a heavy heart, I played a part in breaking
Tell me what where you taking that took you so far away from here now
I got a handle, I got a hold on it all
I got a handle to hold when I start to recall
All the clouds and balloons, sneaking dogs into hotel rooms
It's all over, over all
It's all over, over all
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