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Stars Align
02:59
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Can't slow - a landslide
Get one stiff rope - to climb
Strict code - unwinds
You're getting close - the stars align
Seen things - not right
We iron kinks - despite
The futility - of these fights
When crystal clinks - the stars align
Don't stay - resigned
Conjugate - don't imply
A delay - behind
Your royal day - the stars align
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2. |
Road Rager
03:31
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I was thinking of something to say
Then again I'm always saying something anyway
Call me wrong, call me right
Just don't hold on baby
At least not too tight
And so - then I knew
Then I knew you were right
Put some flowers on my grave
I won't see them any way
Hang me up
Throw me off of the the top
Of the Sterling Hotel
You can call the cops
And go - then I knew
Then I knew you were right
And you don't owe - then I knew
Then I knew you were right
I can take a walk
Or a run with you
Maybe I can leave town
Right now with you
I got a car
I got some gas
Let's keep driving now baby
This thing
It won't last - then I knew
Then I knew you were right
And you don't owe - then I knew
Then I knew you were right
And so = then I knew
Then I knew you were right
Then I knew
Then I knew you were right
(But why?)
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3. |
Numb
03:40
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Freefallling with a club on the steering wheel
Freefalling if only life wasn't so real
Fire behind, it's time to breath the smoke
I can't see through the clouds
I can't see where there is to go
Daydreaming, this desk is prison bound
Daydreaming, can't tell the difference now
Dead weighting, bathed in a screen's glow
Slipping from purpose
Slipping from life
It's no way to sharpen the mind
Feeling numb
So numb
Sleepwalking, I'm taking a swim in stride
Sleepwalking, no day's one of a kind
Still reeling, feeling my forward throb
I can't think straight
I can barely think at all
Loitering, standing still running away
Loitering, never will find a way
Low level, the bottom of the pole
I can't go back
But I can't climb up
Feels like I've been stuck for so long
Feeling numb
So numb
The system deals to win
And we enable
Grind you 'til the end
As long as you're able
Feeling numb
So numb
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4. |
Becoming Bourgeoisie
03:16
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Born with shovels in hand
Told to dig to suceed
We all want our troubles to be taken away
Becoming bourgeoisie
Dark brew to keep us up
Blue pills to put us asleep
Physicians prescribe many a names
Becoming bourgeoisie
50 weeks on land
2 spent on the sea
X-ing out days to be taken away
Becoming bourgeoisie
I've waited a lifetime
Waited a lifetime to own my property
Half of a century
Half of a century to slice off my private piece
We used to tumble through dusty times
Now we complain about the price of things
Ain't it funny how age makes most lean right
Becoming bourgeoise
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Tell me the secrets you dearly hold
They seem to take their toll
Sharing can help you let it go
Can't let anger boil until it blows
I see action behind your eyes
Clearly a detached mind
It's piercing to deal that silent type
Knowing you're still stuck in the crime
-chorus-
Lies don't look so good on you
Baby don't
Crash this moment
Lies don't let us swap shoes
You gotta know
We got a good thing going
Don't be afraid to lay it on me
Your hopes and your fears
We need to keep each other honest
Open hearts, open ears
Private burdens keep us lonely
Only cause confused tears
The good and the bad
Links us to our past
Dancing in diction we arrange
Stances to block old ways
It's demanding to separate the shapes
Of smoke signals blown to spell our days
Standing in the back of my mind
A man screams "Make things right"
So can we put down our pride
And show the depth of all that's trapped inside
-chorus-
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6. |
Broken Man
05:57
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Always the same kind of issues
By this age I know my flaws all too well
To admire or dismiss you
So disconnected, oh, I can hardly tell
-chorus-
This broken man can't easily stand
All on my own, I'm lost picking at ends
Can there be a fix to the faults I comprehend
Briefly stalled or permanently damaged
With so many miscues
Trying too hard to force everything right
There's plenty of excuses
Just like there's plenty of self-loathing nights
-chorus-
-chorus-
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7. |
The Fairweather Kind
04:42
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We've been through grade school
Skipped our share of time
Played hooky, act cool
A friend of a friend who
Would flake out once in a while
Yet always seemed true
But our talk was always small
Til we spoke of nothing at all
-chorus-
You claim to be a friend of mine
Got a funny way of showing
You're more like the fairweather kind
Sure, we've known each other a long, long time
Not worth owing
Now you're only an acquaintance of mine
Had ladies known to
Skew our eye to eye
We somehow hung through
Lately we've kept to
Handshakes and goodbyes
Brief words, nothing new
But our talk was always small
Til we spoke of nothing at all
-chorus-
-chorus-
Don't mean to be unkind
We made the most of our time
You're only an acquaintance of mine
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8. |
Natural Remedy
03:17
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You've spent countless nights
With open eyes
Thinking about things you can't define
You can't explain
Why you feel this way
It's something in you that you can't convey
It's nagging at you
It's an open wound
I've moved on while you stay mute
It's foolish to think that you'll never die
But you shouldn't waste another worried night
Forget about your new technology
'Cos I got the natural remedy
All your concerns
Are unsure
You're looking for answers you've got to learn
If you feel flat
Just relax
Keep your head moving, you're on the right track
You can't shine
Without the light
Open the doors, don't speak out of sight
It's not about who's wrong or right
There's no second chance to make up time
Forget about your new technology
'Cos I got the natural remedy
It's foolish to think that you'll never die
But you shouldn't waste another worried night
Forget about your new technology
'Cos I got the natural remedy
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9. |
The Fool and the Flirt
04:30
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Among a thousand dates
I've told a thousand lines
Even sold myself several lies
The fool and the flirt coincide
I exaggerate
From time to time
To accentuate a punchline
Anything to entertain, steal a smile
Darling, can you spare a sec I swear I'm not crazy
I overheard your conversation with that young lady
Dropping all these references I see you on my wavelength
Maybe this is fate, I really needed something to say
Approach most things
With an open mind
To lead my soul, empathize
But I'm fallible sometimes I can't decide
What I bring
Is a fire inside
That will compel us both to inspire
To create and love, synchronized
I'm not peddling platitudes or hiding my face
I could understand your hesitation, lend me some faith
Feeling this connection might be hard to explain
Maybe this is fate, I really needed something to say
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10. |
Mixed Signals
03:38
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Oh my lady - please don't put me on
I need to know now - where you're coming from
As graceful - as the morning sun
In my mind - you're second to none
-chorus-
Mixed signals are keeping me confused
When headlines change like the evening news
I want you madly baby, I just need to hear it from you
To my face - you're so sincere
But your phonecalls - I don't ever hear
When you're around - dims feel with cheer
As you stray - it proves to disappear
-chorus-
Oh my lady - how you turn me on
Of all your beauty - will I only fawn
-chorus-
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11. |
Girl Called Anything
06:24
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When I got up the gall to approach her side of the bar
I was pleasantly surprised
She remembered me, yes, she did recall
So I slid up a stool by her side
She appeared on the scene after a show for charity
A friend introduced me
She told me "You can call me Anything"
I said "Anything sounds lovely"
And that's how it begun
-chorus-
In some ways I'm fulfilled but I'm still incomplete
As the craving appears so does the clinging
Though I search myself it's always someone I seek
Or maybe Anything
Maybe Anything
The line seemed pretty lame, not the top of my game
She laughed despite the saying
I pressed to talk, it was already late
Said goodbye and went on our way
Now she's touching her hair, I'm trying not to stare
The talk is easy, I'm failling in
How her wit and her charm ensare
Until she brought up her boyfriend
Isn't that my luck
-chorus-
And it burns, it burns,
It burns so bad
To yearn for someone you'll never have
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12. |
Car Culture
06:00
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Miles and miles - of pavement stretching through the desert
Mountainsides - surrounding a valley of entertaining pleasures
Lanes are wide - the city seems to sprawl forever
Take it all in stride - after all you really came for the weather
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To see the sights of southern California
Pistons ignite
It's part of car culture, part of car culture, part of car culture
Can't survive without fuel and a motor
You won't get far in southern California
Without taking a drive
It's part of car culture, part of car culture, part of car culture
Gotta fill up your ride to get where you're going to
Power lines - mingle with the palm trees
Hazy skies - that are rarely cloudy
Gridlocked times - are a regular of these
Dashboard lives - the golden state dreams
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