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1. |
Country
03:56
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Driving over hills
with waving trees
going somewhere I suppose
to the sunset
Stopped to grab a Coke
we spoke of feelings
Pink Floyd and how to avoid
Being torn apart
you and I in the country
watching blackbirds fill the branches
Picking at clover
taking horses home at dark
Being torn apart
you and I in the country
and I made you laugh
on the porch of the trailer
and that's what makes me want you
I brought you lightning
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2. |
Afraid of Her
04:01
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Will she want me if I approach her
with roses, chocolates, and confidence
that can't be shaken
when I assert that I know some funny jokes
and she proves that I'm mistaken
Will she want me with stacks of money
if I'm a built rich genius
with a line of people
clamoring to be my friend
or wanting at least to be seen waiting
I'm afraid I'm afraid of her
Will she have me if I decide to look up
always the talker
while the water tower rusts
and I wait at the Sunflower
I'm afraid I'm afraid of her
speeding off to the crayon forest
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3. |
Failure Chain
04:49
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I'm killing myself with kindness
why couldn't it be you instead
I have to get sick before I get well
I'm not fit for human contact
I'm not as sane as we thought
I didn't learn as much as I was taught
like the best minds of my disintegration
sitting in the dark in the handicapped spaces
I tried to make myself get up
and build a world that I could live on
The world caved in
A bullet-eating balloon
I showed her the ad which said
"Is you child caught"
I thought, "no doubt"
she said "Come on, that's not you"
I tried to make myself get up and build
a world that I could live on
Viewfinder registered nothing
I loaded up my backpack
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4. |
Stareater
04:20
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I tried to explain love to myself
I still didn't get it
she dismantled jokes and breathed wine
waiting for words to fill her sentences
Flowers by Georgia
relieve me, release me
from hourly anomie
deserts become seasons
and seasons of centuries
She finished off all of her thoughts
by pulling up her socks
then we headed out for the coast
and the coast for the postcards
took the air from her hair
making harmony for energy
Then we called off the calendar
to invent these super-times
when we split our own atomic schemes
to prove the theory of ourselves
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5. |
Crawfish
02:42
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You dropped me off in hell
on your way to church
how could you piss
on the fire we built together
Now all of my friends are foreigners
we talked over crawfish
but nothing would come out right
I'm tired of hating you
You were my left hand
and my salt
and my electrician
You are my worst man
jughead of your jug band
I have to wonder were you just a trick
but it's worse than that
you make me sick
I can't believe I feel and say all this stuff
but I do believe I've had enough
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6. |
People's Shoe Repair
04:26
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She came from the tropics
globe sits rocking on speakers
people run inside themselves
peel back the warning label
How does a blind man get turned on
Forming opinions into laws of nature
Hold it you're not mad enough
mister, I'll need your religion
Scratch your thoughts for blood
her hand appears across blue static
When the wind comes to an end
bring the mountains with you
when the wind comes to an end
take your final solo
Humanity fits you just so
Take your broken feet to people's shoe repair
When the wind begins again
bring the mountains with you
when the wind begins again
take your final solo
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7. |
Where Did Kick Go
04:15
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My soul won't grow back
I made the right indecision
after reading my loaded Bible
Barbie Dopehead
you don't have to explain
why you're insane
is that your married name
Where did Kick go
where is he
where did Kick go
Not enough people
understand art
everyone understands
commercial power
You're my sweet love of the earth, baby
Where did Kick go
where is he?
Tennessee, in the sea
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8. |
Hazel's Fruit Stand
03:07
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Hazel's Fruit Stand
is where I met my true love
she was thumping melons and squeezing tomatoes
she was ripe already
I asked her about her favorite fruit
she ignored me at first and only bought a few things
Took her to the top of a telephone pole
and we listened to everyone's conversations
she ate an apple and I had a pear
wasn't a lot to say up there
Take me there
So we got down
and paid Hazel for her time
and became granules of sugar
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9. |
Beauty Fire
03:44
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Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Not so huge you can't escape the buildings
you live there
I do not
I try to move
for now I visit in your room
Picayune, Mississippi
the Paris of the county
on a pine tree pedestal
And you let me see you naked
There's a sign that say "Jesus is the lord over Picayune"
And we'll read Ecclesiastes
And we'll sit beneath the temple rubbings
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10. |
Take A Zero
02:58
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Roaches in every corner
no one ever says excuse my French
Take a zero
make a hundred
fifty average
The importance of the river
is that it's made of electricity
laughing for eight straight hours
listening to the world band radio
Pistol in hand smoke or get smoked
tanks and tractors
fuel for plastic, kiss your sister
Twisted sister/sister kisser
true slash false guilt
can't sleep right
I'm defective
I am my own insult
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11. |
Nothing Is (Live 1997)
05:51
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All the professors
in all their schools
surely all of them
cannot be fools
So many churches
religion-ing
which just happen to have
just the god you're looking for
I would never try to lie to you
Nothing's more important than the truth
Except maybe your health
your cash and perhaps your ass
oh, and last but not least...
perhaps your beliefs
Nothing's more important than the truth
whatever that is
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12. |
Panther (Live 1997)
03:07
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Game Theory reminds me of you
sparkles in grey and a single pickup
yes I saw your guitar in the pawn shop
and I wondered what the hell you went and sold it for
The world was asleep while you were awake
me too man and I really listened
your collection of 45s really was the shit
to the coolness of your bands I readily admit
You burned one in the back and you tried to share
the show began but you had to stop it
halfway through to show the notes to the bass player
counted off the song again and kicked it Panther-like
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13. |
Crawfish (Live 1997)
03:37
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14. |
Country (Live 1997)
03:44
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18. |
Take A Zero (Live 1997)
03:00
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A seated dog and standing master
paused on time stairs at spring landing
next to a bathed blue-grey analyst
struggling to tame his patience
with his patients
prostrate screaming from the couch
On the edge of the rungs of history
playing games at sea
as the grasshopper clings to the face of the girl
Suddenly a streamer-tailed redfish
swims through air
focused on pale spread thighs
baby picture floats through guard rails
The infinite wish rises
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