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| 1. |
| 4:08 | 
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There's an angel on the stairs
(as if you'd even care) When the lights go up, and the sun has nearly gone down. Did you see him on the street? Did you pass him at your feet? Did you think aloud, "How dare they even look me in the eye'? And he loves the girls. And he loves the boys. Going to make twenty dollars before the weekends over. So set him up, Let him fall. Turn him over in your hands. God save the King of New Orleans. Got a ticket to a show. Going to see him take a blow. When the drunk one said, "Cat Sssstevens was the greatest singer!" And did you kick him in the head? Did you see the blood run down? Did you laugh at all when the people walked right by and said aloud, "You gutter punks are all the same. " Probably make twenty dollars 'fore the weekends over."? So set him up, Then let him fall. Turn him over in your hands. God save the King of New Orleans. Radio in my head. Radio in that car. Going down again, he's going down again.... Anyway you look, anyway you talk it over. It's easier to let it slip out of your mind. But it rips your heart out. Then it kicks your head in. Just give him one more chance, try to see the beauty in his world. All the way in on my hands, in on my feet, and shoulders. Going to make twenty dollars before the weekend's over. So set him up, Then let him fall. Turn him over in your hands. God save the King of New Orleans. God save the King of New Orleans. |
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| 2. |
| 3:07 |
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Cut a tape of my favorite songs
Said what I can't face to face I hoped that you would share all my thoughts We are young and unimpressed, with all you'd recognize. So play it all over Turn it wide. Now there is nothing but a Mix tape left behind Now it won't rewind In my care we are superstars Run you lipstick down your chin While up ahead we saw such a crash Right there a song became a soundtrack for this space in time. So play it all over Turn it wide. Now there is nothing but a Mix tape left behind Now it won't rewind Wonder is often lost Jaded at such a cost Age undermines you when you close your eyes. We pass right by you. So play it all over Turn it wide. Now there is nothing But a mix tape left behind Now it won't rewind. Rewind. Yeah-eh-eh-eh-heh. |
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| 3. |
| 3:41 |
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Are you lost?
Do you find life turning out Not quite the way you planned? Come around stay awhile That's okay That's all right Couldn't get to sleep so talk about it. Let's talk about it right now. Here it comes on my head again I guess I'm born to be the long lost friend. (A-woo-oooh) Friend Long Lost Friend Are you cold? Is there no place better, safer, friendlier than this? Call me up, I'm alone. That's okay That's all right Rather it be me than go without it So don't think about it right now. Here it comes on my head again I guess I'm born to be the long lost friend (A-woo-ooh-hooo) Friend Long lost friend I've given ballast Held you up when you were falling down What happens when I'm not around? Friend? Friend? Long Lost Friend. |
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| 4. |
| 3:39 |
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I still remember you dressed in grey.
Working undercover for the CIA You were cursing Silber Living in Back Bay Sailing on the Charles when I heard you say Let's go down to Normal Town Right now Down, Down, down I washed you lover and scrubbed your face Running from Miss Porter's you showed up one day From a flat in South End where you made me strong You said, 'We're burning out at both ends.' So I came along. Let's go down to Normal Town Right now Down, down, down Hey! Wouldn't it be great To never worry 'bout your future, never asking why? Hey! Hey! In a subdivision Watching television And our lives go by. Let's go down to Normal Town. Let's go down to Normal Town. Right now Down, down, down.... |
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| 5. |
| 4:06 |
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Strong hands
Big plans All reduced to this. Hard won freedom How could you have missed? Scared, are you? You do it on your own You do it all alone. We all did. Scared, are you? Half the lines we make up dear The best that we can do. Everything you would be Passed you like a ghost. And kind words are scarce at best When you need them the most. Scared, are you? You do it on your own We all did. Scared, are you? Half the lines you make up here. The best that we can do. Hope brings you luck Doors open up. And if you should fall, I'll catch you dear. It must be! It must be! Scared, are you? Finally on your own You do it all alone We all did Scared, are you? Half the lines you make up dear. The best that we can do And we do.... |
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| 6. |
| 2:55 |
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High stool sweet tarts
Equipped with green cards Chomp their 401 k's Semi-chocolate brie Digging in Los Cruces for an army drab container Carbon dating clothes for the last time they were washed Shelby and Sheila Onomatopoeia Catch hang nail on Banlon Shiver Martin Sheen Preschool mothers in Technicolor Are fire bombing Dresden Stanton, Harry Dean Feeding line caught tuna to a neutered Bodhisattva Writhing peaches for the President Out on the White House lawn Beating Herbert Hoover With a leather tipped Pinada Thorn and Katy drink the milk tinted Amerasian Green RETURN, RETURN, RETURN B A C |
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| 7. |
| 3:47 |
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They say you're off
(A bit confused) But when the day is done I'll be with you I like your eyes They say you're true The others whisper and lie And you framed the sun Shot out the stars You paled the sky And hung the moon They say, 'your loss' That your mind's diseased But when you've finally won, Tell me who always believed And you framed the sun Shot out the stars You paled the sky And hung the moon Down way low They never remember Down way low Down way low You always remember Don't let the words you hear Leave your head. The say you're gone That you left today But if you change your mind Know I still feel that same way And you framed the sun Shot out the stars You paled the sky And hung the moon |
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| 8. |
| 4:37 |
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Past the road to your house
That you never called home Where they turned out the lights Though they say you'll never know I remember running through the wet grass Falling a step behind Both of us never tiring Desperately Wanting When they pumped out your guts Filled you full of those pills You were never quite right Deserving all the chills They say the worst is over Kicked it over and ran Then they ask what went wrong When they turn you on again They turn you on again. I remember running through the wet grass Falling a step behind Both of us never tiring Desperately Wanting Kick them right in the face Make them wish they weren't born And if they bring up your name Well they'll say you won the war. Baby burst in the world Never given a chance Then they ask what went wrong When you never had it right Oh, the letters have dropped off Though they say you got them all I finally figured out some things you'll never know. Take back your life and let me inside We'll find the door if you care to anymore. I remember running through the wet grass Falling a step behind Both of us never tiring Desperately Wanting. |
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| 9. |
| 3:59 |
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Everybody talking saying you will be walking
This neighborhood will never be the same You said we'd understand You found out what's happening now So we all sat down and you broke the news Now Daddy don't love her anymore It's still life with Cooley Now Daddy don't love her anymore It's just still life with Cooley All your friends show on time They come in bringing red wine You said if it's over then we'll go in style You better best take care keep one hand to your ear So you're not left hanging when they're finally gone Now Daddy don't love her anymore It's still life with Cooley Now Daddy don't love her anymore It's just still life with Cooley Whatcha' saying? You're going to stay of at St. Madigan's? (reeled in again) You're just fooling around fooling around, yeah People hanging with their good friends Listening to those old songs Now Daddy don't love her anymore. It's still life with Cooley Now Daddy don't love her anymore. It's just still life It's just still life with Cooley. |
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| 10. |
| 4:21 |
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WWOZ is on in stereo
A string of flowers haloed around your head Candle light Ceiling fan Curtains blow away and back again Back again Don't wake me, I think I'm in a dream Sleeping is easy I used to lay in bed for hours I've waited a lifetime now maybe I'll learn Calling back and forth through heavy air The barges sound their warnings in the dark Peace comes like a trusted friend As it starts to rain again fall away Fall away So don't wake me I think, I'm in a dream Sleeping is easy I used to lay in bed for hours I've waited a lifetime now maybe I'll learn Sleeping is easy I used to walk the streets for hours I've waited a lifetime now maybe I'll learn Let go of your fear, let's grow old together Find a place along the way Let's reel through the years Each makes the other better. But what thoughts can I call allies When this circle of ribs keeps working on its own? Chorus WWOZ's on in stereo. Well it's on in stereo. |
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| 11. |
| 2:43 |
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And though you will say I'm wrong.
It's much easier with you along. Sundays were made for this. Seeing Bond give the villain a kiss Holding your face in the glow Play on, Play on Happy endings I thought that you'd like to know. I'm finally letting her go. You always said, 'Tell me when. . . You're ready at last to begin.' Learning to chance it again Play on, play on Happy endings So let them all dissolve And welcome a new resolve Here's where the credits run Riding off into the sun And love is real Reading your eyes in the glow Play on, play on Happy endings |
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| 12. |
| 4:09 |
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If they calm you down,
Then excite them If they call you out, Then ignore them. You're speeding up You're speeding up To slow down When they all believe, You reject it. When they all are for, Be against it. You're speeding up You're speeding up To slow down If they call you out They will tear you down When your world falls in Then they'll leave you dry You're speeding up You're speeding up To slow down Down, down, down |
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| 13. |
| 6:38 | 
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