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At last I understand the consequences of my love
But how could there be a heaven when they kicked you out 'Cuz you kicked out your chair from above? Everybody loves to stick with a winner But you showed me the line between victory and dying Couldn't get much thinner 'cuz you You found out how to get down Down Like Me When my self-pity became less than full time work I meditated on the methods and the means And whether or not it would hurt Then I got the call they found you swinging out over the earth So over me you win again In finishes, forms, in finals and in firsts You finally had to get down Down Like Me "By the time you read this I will no longer be here" I had to read these words to all your family/friends Everybody you never held dear We'll keep an empty place at dinner forever And I'll maintain and empty chair so you can set in And we'll never grow old together You showed 'em how to get down Down Like Me |
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Drink up and pay and it's time to move on
This place is dying and they've turned the lights on Nobody wants to hear the ravings of a bad drunk They're afraid he'll speak their minds and say That you'll find yourself alone No matter who lives in your home You better find yourself alone My life's a car wreck on the side of the road Say nothing but you can't turn away Not a pleasant subject, so I don't blame you for turning away It's the least you could do anyway Then you find yourself alone No matter who lives in your home You better find yourself alone 'Cause it doesn't matter--who you are No it doesn't matter--what you make Stand on your own or say goodbye Goodbye I watch myself laying on the floor If there's pain here I can't feel it no more If you're beautiful, if you're young If your talents exceed your faults Here's a reason to be selfish You'll find yourself alone No matter who lives in your home You better find yourself alone Cause you'll find yourself alone No matter who lives in your home You better find yourself alone |
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Despite what you have heard
You cannot cage this bird The sparrow on the wing Longs to hear you sing Once you have opened your heart to its church You find that the sparrow won't come to its perch Tears in conceit Narrow as your caged beliefs If you must assume the rose may never bloom Is creation such a fact? Can it be taken back? Once you have opened your heart to its church You find that your heart won't come home to its perch Years to complete Arrow winds in two wounds deep Once for those who put a size on love Once for those who only look above for sideways eights Once you have opened your heart to its church You find that your heart has come home to its perch |
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There's so much pain
Pain behind us, behind beside us, pain through us Pain to make us or erase our sense of trust Pain to bring us close or to undo us I wanted you In truth I want you still But you're so far away Unless I play the rules by which you want to play But then I feel you push me back As if it's challenge that you lack I say lover reveal love, never conceal love I want you still Lover be careful before you lose me I won't be still You're so alone Do you deserve it I know you think so Do you know what's real? Are you afraid what something real could make you feel? You stayed with him On the losing side, you never gave in But he's so far away And if he didn't help you then, he won't today And you're afraid to make the leap But I only play my heart for keeps I say lover reveal love, never conceal love I want you still Lover be careful before you lose me I won't be still I want you still Or I could wait for you to come To the realization And say lover reveal love, never conceal love--I want you still Lover be careful before you lose me--I won't be still Cause I want you still--I want you still |
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Come all you scions of old-time Berlin
With nights of in tolerance soon to begin Feel the lights dim After the rally’s done wolf becomes faun Sharing a cigarette in your salon- he tries your boots on Despite the times you feel quite liberal You even prefer negro spirituals over Ophuls Run for cover, you’ ll find your lover there As a shot splits the air Tell me what you did there- alone or in pairs With your body bare Tell me how long you stared before you said yes You must show no feelings for him tho’ it’s not fair But these are the uniforms that we must wear And you wouldn’t dare to resist the order The fighting is savage the contest is brief The bloodshed is localized and yet you feel grief in that sweet relief Run for cover, you’ ll find your lover there As a shot splits the air Tell me what you did there- alone or in pairs With your body bare Tell me how long you stared before you said yes A war’s a human thing and to each man it brings The ability to walk in straight lines But these lines, they can and do break If only just to show there ’s only so much loyalty a man can take Loyal to his beliefs he wears what suits him ’til He takes them off and shows, and shows what’s underneath A man who is most beautiful when he’s free Run for cover, you’ ll find your lover there As a shot splits the air Tell me what you did there- alone or in pairs With your body bare Tell me how long you stared before you said yes Tell me what you did there alone or in pairs Under a nom de guerre Tell what you did to stop the nightmare Tell me what you did there Did to stop the nightmare? Fortune prefers one who dares Tell me what you did there |
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One morning when you wake up all a lone what do you see?
For walls and for your troubles one less friend awakens thee Just because you would rather wake up alone Doesn’t mean that another lover’s the worst thing you’ve known Did no one ever hold you when you cried when you were small? So now you hold yourself up like a star ? outshine us all Pretty soon pretty face pretty out of touch The kind of thing when you lose it don’ t miss it that much, Not that much Can’t compete with you Guess I’ll be complete without you One morning when you wake up wonder what Will you do now Free from despair you struggle for a cause To now pursue Never once did it cross your mind to see That the author of happiness could be sad as me Shed the old disguises ? try your new luck on for size One morning when you think you’re all alone Just wake me up |
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All I was in front of you was half a face
Eyes held back I let you pass without a trace But everyone comes to conclusions eventually That maybe what you didn't want to show them is what they will see All used up I let them take what was left I assumed that my good works had no effect Buy my way, or beg to play it's all the same But everyone comes to conclusions eventually That maybe what you didn't think to show them Is what they should see Worse that could happen is that you would choose what to turn into Turn into something that answers this question I offer to you That's all that you had to say |
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In the jar there were fireflies
And when their bodies turned black you cried Cursing someone who'd take away The living things that you wanted for your play On the beach there were pails and sand A helium balloon tied to your hand Now from the Hamptons to Hollywood Your pleasure's not as free as it should be In your life there are living dolls They can't say no and you want them all Feeling good as you stretch your claws And take refreshments that make you pause |
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