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I Need A Drought
03:10
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Yeah, you're running out of time
So be gay, do crime
Stars fall in this tiny ashtray
Ground down to dust
universes collapsing
I need, I need a drought
I need a drought of doubt
I need, I need a flood
I need a flood of love
All this work and no reward
Except the work itself
Taste the salt
and then you taste the sword
I'm the Queen of Nothing
A Prince of Poverty, yeah
I can see that we are free and I can feel it
And you can feel it
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Extra Ultra
03:33
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Feelin' past the ceilin'
beyond the sky and Mars
Hummin' and strummin'
comin' off like superstars
so extra ultra if you know what I'm sayin'
so extra ultra I can't even explain
Shiny times and funny lines
always pull you through
everything all at once is the least that you can do
I know the drain of drudgery and busy work
play it your way despite the boss his loss just shirk
Here we are in outer space
on some gigantic rock
your wildest smile is more worthwhile than any share of stock
You know the stain
bad choices out of fear
it washes out and soon you'll drink the boss' beer
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Everything is rock and roll and rock and roll is everything
Birth and death and in between
sex and love and drug and drink
god and man and satan too
all of it
Revolution revolting
nothing something anything
yes and no and maybe too
all of it
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Running in the Rain
03:35
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Everywhere you look things are getting hard
and all the shots you took
you're faking it so well
Running in the rain
running from the pain
Anywhere you are
you're followed by that feeling
from here to that red star
got nothing left to sell
Running from the rain
gods can't quite explain
you fade away
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Devious Lick
01:51
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Exits Exist
05:00
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I don’t even believe in myself
I can’t prove I’m even here
Yet I can see you just fine
Not sure that you can see mine
Just a shape in space where I’m supposed to be
There’s a body here but is it me
Like a leaf falling off the tree
Except there’s no leaf, just fall
Exits exist
Just a sack of blood and guts
Just a rack of bones and dust
It isn’t me or he or whatever
Not trying to just be clever
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Hard to Live
03:10
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It's hard to live with your folks/your friends/yourself/your life
It's not too late to change your fate/to agitate
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Wrong Citer
02:17
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You never cite the rights
Everything's not blacks and whites
I'm just glad I'm so very glad
that you're not a songwriter
The hurt feelings club
Got an infinite membership
The hurt feelings society's
Logo is a quiv'ring lip
Nothing's perfect nothing's safe
Nothing hurts like a little faith
I'm just sad I'm so very sad
That your load is not lighter
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The Happy Song
02:18
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Can the band play the happy song?
Oh yes they can
Can the man understand his life
Can the child understand herself
Can your fruit for apple pies
My mom she cries, she lives to die oh yeah
Can the drugs really pull the plug
Can the body overcome the mind
Cancer is a government scam
like Roswell heaven hell oh yeah
Can the bomb get the upper hand
Can the sea engulf the shore
Can the sky kiss you back
The sun will sing its latest hit
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What It Isn't
04:07
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It’s a quote from a book I never finished reading
a scar from the love I never stopped needing
a bite from the meal you’ll never be feeding
a loop from that moment never stops repeating
It isn’t what it isn’t
Can’t be more than what it’s not
Dreams or nightmares woke you up
Gotta fight reality
It’s not like I can help feeling this way
Can never find the right words to say
Try to be real and not just cosplay
Sometimes you want tomorrow but just get today
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Just a man, his evil deeds, and the stars...and some cool indie rock tunes! If you need a drought of doubt and a flood of love, check out Happy Grief...
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