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| 1. |
| 4:24 | 
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They say misery loves company
We could start a company and make misery Frustrated, Incorporated Well I know just what you need I might just have the thing I know what you'd pay to see Put me out of my misery I'd do it for you, would you do it for me We will always be busy making misery We could build a factory and make misery We'll create the cure; we made the disease Frustrated, Incorporated Frustrated, Incorporated Well I know just what you need I might just have the thing I know what you'd pay to feel Put me out of my misery All you suicide kings and you drama queens Forever after happily, making misery Did you satisfy your greed, get what you need Was it only envy, so empty Frustrated, Incorporated Frustrated, Incorporated Frustrated, Incorporated (put me out of my misery) Frustrated, Incorporated (I'd do it for you, would you do it for me) Frustrated, Incorporated (forever after happily) Frustrated, Incorporated (making misery) |
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| 2. |
| 2:51 |
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I've been vindicated
I've been loved and hated I've been pulled aside and told that life was overrated No, I don't believe it I just can't conceive it I can write all night but in the morning I can't read it Oh no, don't know what's the matter Stuck up on a ladder, scared of coming down If I don't get what I want And there ain't enough to go around I become oblivious to the obvious Just ridiculous As I flip the pages You're a time that ageless In between us lies a calm before the storm that rages Though we were related Couldn't be separated Tried to get ahead but only got decapitated If I don't get what you want And you don't get what I need We become oblivious to the obvious Just dysfunctional Shut down When I can't get keep from getting down And I grow tired of hangin' 'round I become invisible, unlivable Just dysfunctional Shut down |
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| 3. |
| 2:52 |
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Shouldn't'a got so loaded
I damn near exploded Oh Lord, you know I should'a known it Whatever the price is, whatever the crisis Oh please don't leave me to my own devices Please don't leave me to my own devices Oh please don't leave me to my own devices She was a pretty good waitress Said she waited on Elvis Said she talks too much Please don't leave me to my own devices Oh please don't leave me to my own devices Save it up for a rainy day It just rained yesterday Whatever the price is, whatever the crisis Oh please don't leave me to my own devices Please don't leave me to my own devices Oh please don't leave me to my own devices |
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| 4. |
| 3:51 |
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There's just no substitute for fun
I've tried every single one And no one can take your place Everybody gets replaced My time has neither come nor gone It just slips out when I yawn Without hope I can't go wrong Don't get my hopes up now Don't get my hopes up now It's so hard to settle down Don't recognize my home town Home is where I hang my head Lost in all these things I said Been holding my breath for so long I don't need air anymore If you never let me breathe I'll never breathe Don't get my hopes up now Don't get my hopes up now Don't know what I was hoping for I feel like feeling better than I ever felt before My time has neither come nor gone It just slips out when I yawn Holding my breath for so long Don't want to be bored no more I know there's so much more Don't know what I was hoping for I feel like feeling better than I ever felt before Don't get my hopes up now Don't get my hopes up now |
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| 5. |
| 3:14 |
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Streets are filled with broken glass
You get buried by the past Give me just a little taste Lay this mess to waste Take me home My mind is racing take me home My body's achin'so alone I'll make you want to stay with me Befriended by the enemy One more time And every little thing about this tells me Nothing out there is ever gonna help me All these words that I hear spoken just promises broken now Looking outside from my window sill Throw another coin in the wishing well You'll never find what you're looking for Fifteen miles Your dim light shines from so far away Your sad smile Is all I see when I say That every little thing about this tells me Nothing out there is ever gonna help me All these words that I hear spoken just promises broken now From the Hotel Satellite Don't look like you're living right Here's a deal you can't refuse You ain't got as much to lose Can you tell your troubles to Someone who won't laugh at you It's all right And as I watch you walk away Hope a part of you would stay It's all right And every little thing about this tells me Nothing out there is ever gonna help me All these words that I hear spoken just promises broken now |
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| 6. |
| 3:34 |
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Why you always want to get the best of me
I'm like a seeing-eye dog and I can't even see They're naked and they're following my master who is blind And my mind's gone to pieces, I could use some piece of mind So I picked up the pieces and I made a new start Stole an old stiletto, started stabbing in the dark I can't live without it, I would surely fall apart But it's hard to make arrangements 'round a bittersweetheart Bittersweetheart Better get yourself a little street smart Bittersweetheart, sad but true It's a bittersweetheart that's a hard heart to cure It's just my bittersweetheart It's like a suicide mission when you can't see no end Tired of compliment-fishing and impressing your friends I never kissed no one just to kiss and tell It's a little bit of heaven and a whole lot of hell In the eye of the beholder is a beautiful start But you always seem to end up with a bittersweetheart There's a darkness looming but the sun is shining bright I can live to see the morning if I stay up all night Bittersweetheart Without a shortcut, without a head-start Bittersweetheart, sad but true It's a bittersweetheart that's a hard heart to cure My bittersweetheart It's the hardest part Bittersweetheart Are you in there, are you beating Beating me up until I'm bleeding How much blood can you spare Bittersweetheart Think just a drink might get you to the good part Lyin' in bed just a'wonderin' what to do, It's a bittersweetheart that'a a hard heart to cure In time inside you find you always wind up with a bittersweetheart |
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| 7. |
| 4:55 |
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She swings the string of pearls on the corner
The street lights reflect the light in the water The string it snaps and the pearls go sailing And they splash and bounce and roll 'cross the wet street As she bends to chase the pearls a car swings 'round the corner She darts from the eyes of the panic-struck driver Who's racing to the delivery room 'Cause in the back seat his wife is busting out of her womb And the sack breaks and out come the Siamese Twins Who grow up to become the first President With two heads Are better than one He puts his heads in his hands, says I got to put my heads together I can become the best President ever And not just President Fend for yourself Signs his name, takes the blame for all of the names with no shame In their beliefs They adjourn and they leave, and in walks a man With a broom and a knife and blood on his hands And he sweeps everything under the rug And goes home to his kids and gives them a hug But his wife was not there, she had just left a letter That said "you'd be much better off without me" Now his wife took the train to her ex-lover's funeral Who died in the bathroom, hit his head on a urinal When they got together, the knowledge was carnal And the widow was at the funeral, and they had quite a catfight And they fell into the hole where the casket was resting And the preacher just left in the middle of the service 'Cause death was one thing, but women made him nervous And he ran to his car and he drove 'round the corner Then something in the street caught the light in his eye He pulled over, reached down, and picked up a pearl from the gutter And he didn't know what to think And he brought it home and washed it in the sink And he gave the pearl to Sister Mary Teresa Who could not accept it so she gave it to Lisa, A young prostitute who was missing a pearl On the necklace that broke late last night |
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| 8. |
| 4:00 |
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You got me going
So get me out of here I should be blowin' In someone else's ear I'm looking forward to looking back On days like today Though I wish you would go away Stay, won't you stay I'm gonna crawl I never felt better just crawling home I'm gonna crawl home, crawl home alone Good to see you, see you later, maybe one more beer I'm gonna crawl home from here Some respond to pleasure Some respond to pain I'm hangin' out to dry In the pouring rain Victims of temptation Never can complain I could use the sensation You see I can't feel pain I'm gonna crawl I never ever said I'd never make it home It's just a stone's throw, a crawl home Good to see you, see you later, maybe one more beer I'm just a crawl home from here I could use someone To drag me out of here I am that someone It's all become quite clear So get me out of here I never felt better just crawling home I'm gonna crawl home, crawl home alone Good to see you, see you later, and I'm outta here I'm just a crawl home from here |
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| 9. |
| 3:03 |
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Why don't you go home and crawl into your hole
Why don't you go home and spend some time alone In the corner I looked across the room To the other corner, I knew I'd be there soon Caged rat (x12) In the corner I looked across the room I knew I'd be there soon, in the (other) corner Caged rat (x12) Why don't you go home and crawl into your hole Why don't you go home and spend some time alone From the corner I looked across the room To the other corner, I knew I'd be there soon Caged rat (x12) |
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| 10. |
| 3:32 |
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She had 13 kids, each one had 13 problems
Three uppers, ten downers, just to put up with this And she don't know which children belong to which father But she loves them all anyway and they each get a kiss And the toilet ain't flushing and the toaster is smoking The vacuum don't suck but it needs a new belt But she saw the world through the eyes of a child And remembers how good it was and how good it felt He picked up the paper from the bitter cold morning He had just gone to sleep, he had to get up for work By morning he's a watchman and by night he's a waiter In the late afternoon he works as a clerk And he can't pay the doctor bills, he just can't afford the pills The car's repossesed and the child support's due But he saw the world through the eyes of a child Big problems seem smaller and old things seem new She was just six when she turned her first trick Now she's thirteen and it don't make her sick And she does lots of crystal and she owns her own pistol Got a goldfish named Silver and a pimp who's named Rick And some are like customers and some are like patients She'd have gone back to school if she'd just had the patience But she saw the world through the eyes of a child None of the nightmares, and nothing to deny She saw the world through the eyes of a child Yes she's seen it all and she knows they're all lies |
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| 2:47 |
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She walks into the outhouse
The cold night breathes into her face The flies are standing still now The moon it spills through the place And she starts wondering it's like to be liked by everyone And like everyone be just like anyone And just wants to be so just like anyone She reaches through the darkness Her fingers touch the porcelain seat She spins and pulls her pants down The cold air holds her like a theif She starts wondering what they mean, do they just mean to be mean And thinking about the scene, do they just want to be seen And trying not to seem so just like anyone The door comes screeching open She walks into the evening air She disappears in the darkness All that's left's the faint smell of her hair She's done wondering what it's like to be liked by everyone And like everyone be just like anyone And just wants to be so just like anyone And wondering what they mean, do they just mean to be mean And thinking about the scene, do they just want to be seen And trying not to seem so just like anyone |
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| 12. |
| 3:41 |
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She's all by herself at the end of the day
She'd talk to herself but wouldn't know what to say Wrings her hands and steps out of the bath The mirror laughs and splits her in half She looks around the room At her carpeted tomb Threw the phone on the floor Left the keys in the door Tell me when does life begin She got in the car and looked up at the stars And made a wish She held her breath and considered death And in the rearview mirror She looked back on her reflection She was a long way from she wanted to be And a long way from perfection Tell me when does life begin She chickened out and she called triple-A And told them the way After she paid they fixed the car She got on her way and she drove past the bar Where no one bought her a drink at She always though it was 'cause she was too fat And now she knows those places blow Or maybe it was her nose Tell me when does life begin |
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| 13. |
| 3:14 |
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Dear mother, what can I say
It's been so long since I went away And yes, I miss the comforts of home But I guess I'm better off on my own No one told me people could be so cruel Nobody told me about any of this in school Still nobody understands the things that I don't understand I've nothing to write home about Nothing I have figured out Still I have the same old doubts Nothing to write home about Dear John, that ain't my name I'm just hangin' 'round to take the blame I'm filled with guilt, I'm filled with shame Too much or not enough it's all the same And no one wants to talk about the loss No one wants to talk about the cost Every one just looks away, just like any other day I've nothing to write home about Nothing I have figured out Still I have the same old doubts Nothing to write home about Who can teach me how to change my ways Who will come and save the day Who will tell me what to say When there's nothing left to say Nobody told me about any of this in school No one told me I'd be taken for a fool And everyone just looks away, and tries to make it through the day I've nothing to write home about Nothing I have figured out Still I have the same old doubts Nothing to write home about |
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| 14. |
| 3:45 |
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Holed up in the dressing room without a dress
Kneeling at the confessional with nothing to confess And I knew all about my surprise party I was spoiled and depressed Hey I acted surprised and I told lots of lies Yes I did my best Stop the truck at the truck stop, I need something to help me crash Food stamps, checks and credits cards, but they only accepted cash There was sweat beating on my brow My heart was beating out of my chest So I stole everything they couldn't give away Yes I did my best And I did the best that I could do With all the mess that I've been through What did you expect me to do I did my best for you I was waiting for a chain reaction with the missing link Waiting for that trickle-down forever circling the sink I was tired of being tired I could not get no rest So I kept sleep-walking and talking in my sleep Yes I did my best And I did the best that I could do With all the mess that I've been through What did you expect me to do I did my best for you |
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