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Grow Your Garden
02:51
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Grow Your Garden
If I was inside the door
Of some payphone that don’t work no more
I’d disconnect the dialtone
That soundtrack of being alone
Because wandering don’t keep you strong
It works in spurts but not for long
Your roots they need some lovin’ on
The soul can be a desert
Only you can grow your garden
If I was a lightning strike
I’d climb down every key and Kite
Until I found some solid ground
To plant a brand new life around
If I was the dirt beneath
The sneakers on your Souless feet
I’d nudge you far from the Mirage
So you could see the water
Only you can grow your garden
We can do so much better than this
If I was a raging tied
I’d have nothing to hide inside
And that don’t get me anywhere
But bludgeoned by the air up there
But if I was the safety raft
That pulled you from the aftermath
I’d give your sleepy cheek a smack
So you could see the future
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What'd Ya Got to Lose?
03:27
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WHAT’D YA GOT TO LOSE?
Meet me at high noon
I’ll try to
Tell you how I feel
If I got the guts
Cause what do I got to lose?
...When I’m finite
Like limelight
You stand in all the time
Give me just one try
What’d ya got to lose?
You left me at midnight
It’s alright
Now I’m stronger than I was
I learn straight from the pain
Cause what do I got to lose?
Now, the fear is a punchline
I’m setting up to kill
‘Cause life is but a joke
So what do I got to lose?
We got to find a compromise
Why you baggin’ on me?
It’s time that we enjoy this life
Before it’s dark infinity
So tell me…
What do we got to lose?
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Do It Again
02:54
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DO IT AGAIN LYRICS
Yeah you know it’s just a feeling
It’s a feeling that you learn to protect
But you feel yourself falling for her again
Instead you just dive right in
Your heart back thru the ringer and…
You do it again
You do it again
Your heart’s an idiot and you follow it
It’s a place that you’ve been before
And you swear you wouldn’t go there anymore
But you feel yourself falling for her again
And you feel your car pullin'
Back into her driveway and…
You do it again
You do it again
Your heart’s in idiot and you follow it
It wouldn’t be so bad
At least you keep telling yourself that
That little voice in your head…
Can’t be trusted but you listen and…
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4. |
No Self Control
03:37
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NO SELF CONTROL
I got no self-control
Traffic in my head
Exhaust in my throat
I gotta relax
I gotta let go
The more I think, the less I know
I often wish
I could store my mind offsite
Or trade it for one that operates right
It’s constantly jonesing for targets
Where it can scream some garbage
The light in the attic’s a racket
And Miss Cerebellum tells me that she knows
But she don't
I got no self-control
Traffic in my head
Exhaust in my throat
I gotta relax
I gotta let go
The more I think, the less I know
The most cliche lyric of all time
Is “Save me from myself”
And it’s hard to listen to
But that don't mean that it ain’t true
Perhaps I should invest in easy listening
to mellow out my soul
So that it’s safe to be alone
But you know I won’t
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Last Dance
02:30
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LAST DANCE
It’s pretty hard to not look out of the eyeballs
From the back of my head
And I try and try and try to forget the angry hearts
But that’s just how it is
I ain’t trying to build new Amsterdam
I’m just looking for a reason to exist
In a world where everybody feels so small, so insignificant
Cleaning up the mess from the battle is a waste
When the war goes on forever
Man, nothing’s gonna change
A man who fights with desperation never stands a chance
‘Cause a dance with desperation is the last dance
Anyone can tell you I’m an animal but i’ll never be your dog
So I walk around the world without an accomplice, without a God
I ain’t trying to build the ark
I just really wanna learn how to swim
Thru a sea of plastic bottles, all the refuse, the mess we are in
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Pure Garbage
02:42
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PURE GARBAGE
Been owned by you way too long
Ten years and some change
This can’t be healthy
It don't make sense staying around you
I play checkers you play chess
Same boat, different lake
This can’t be healthy
It don't make sense staying around you
I know there’s still a long way to go
I love you cause you’re crazy
But we both need our sanity
So let’s be crazy separately
I’ve been deafened by your old ways
Like trucks on garbage day
This can’t be healthy
It don’t make sense being around you
I know there’s still a long way to go
I love you cause you’re crazy
But we both need our sanity
So let’s be crazy, separately
I’m going solo
Which is so much better than being alone
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Lousy T-Shirt
02:57
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LOUSY T-SHIRT
Choking down American breakfast so that I can stomach
All the BS that comes next
In these tiny TV times
I’m in the backseat of a TAXI
Feeling naked and afraid
I’m not making any headlines
It’s a failures parade
I drove all the way to Hollywood
And all I got’s this lousy t-shirt
Passed a hobo down on Pico
He was looking so much cooler than me
As he danced in the backstreets, on the backbeat
Feeling groovy and composed
I’m not making any headlines
It’s a failures parade
I drove all the way to Hollywood
And all I got’s this lousy t-shirt
Everybody gets their 15 minutes of fame
But don't spend it all too quickly
Or you’ll never be the same
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8. |
Buy Me A Soul
02:37
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BUY ME A SOUL
I never ever read the news
Dog food
God Knew
This is what people would do
They’ll bleed for identity
C’mon and buy me a soul
C’mon and buy me a soul
C’mon and buy me a soul
I don’t want to be broke no more
I wanna kick in the TV
Bitch please
Sell me something that I truly need
You agree?
I want to be worth something
But I got nothin’
Step out from behind
These little screens that rule our lives
I’m sick of highlights
Cause we’re an empty shell
And we’re on earth but we’re in hell
Can anybody hear me?
Is this a permanent bad dream?
Or is it too much reality?
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Effervescent
03:45
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EFFERVESCENT
Woke up on High Street
Feeling as low as I could be
Are we a memory?
Is there a prayer for you and me?
Effervescent
You’re my only
When will you believe?
There’s no other
To discover
If not you than nobody
Walked down the avenue
Desperate for somewhere I could sleep
Found me a lonely room
A catalyst for some real bad dreams of you and me
Used to be different, used to be fun
Used to feel like there was no one but us
How did it go so far off track?
I’m begging for you to take me back
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10. |
Fight Song
02:23
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FIGHT SONG
Please take the reins away from me
Why can't I ever let it go?
I can't ever let it be
Sing a song before you leave
Because sitting in silence is one of the worst ways to fall asleep
One more sleep
One more dream
One more time
One more night
And after this I swear I'll stick up for myself
No more playing dead while I’m alive
If you want to be my friend, I'll be good to you
You will need somebody by your side
Yeah there is still a fight song left to write
The a.m. hits me in the face
It's freezing in my room
But they tell me what to do so I obey
The bell ringing in my ear
Like some kind of prison yard
I swear next year will be my year
One more day
One more haze
One last time
No more pain
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