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The States
Must be a big big day
The caffeine store gives change in 10’s
Must be a dashing suit
Looking like Bruce Wayne again
Must be the afternoon
Post-lunch nap has left us wrecked
Must be a villain’s game
Jokers drawn out from the deck
You don’t want the extra me
When there’s strings attached
Not like these puppets you make dance…spontaneously
While the world outside dissolves
I sit and solve your little thought clouds in the States
Must be the supper hour
Children’s plates are filled like men’s
Must be a three-piece suit
Looking like Capone again
Must be the end of the day
Clothes on the floor in a heaping mess
Must be the end of the States
The only time left is a half a sec, wait a sec, we don’t have a second now
You don’t want the extra me
When there’s strings attached
Like life support you can afford…financially
While the world outside dissolves
I sit and solve your little thought clouds in the States
Mutual friends went hindering
Killing the seed and pulled a leaf off of my clover now there’s three
There’s a key with a lock I’m jimmying
To your stock I’ll try to sell before it’s plummeting
You don’t want the extra me
When there’s strings attached
Like time outside the bar we’d spend…haphazardly
While the world outside dissolves
I sit and solve your little thought clouds in the States
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Frustrating the Shit Out of You
Dragged her around, made her wait
Ran the battery out of her car and then I walked away
I lost my head, she lost hers too
I’m frustrated I frustrated the shit out of you
I turned my back, head up my ass
Then I left her down on Mound Street all alone with just her cat
I lost my touch, she lost hers too
I’m frustrated I frustrated the shit out of you
It must have been about a year she hung around my place
I should probably start kissing things 3 inches from my face
My time ran out, her patience too
I’m frustrated I frustrated the shit out of you
Long drought, wrong route, another shout out
But it’s not so pleased, it’s pissed this time around
It must have been a dozen times that she stayed at my place
I should probably start kissing things 3 inches from my face
My time ran out, her patience too
I feel like shit for all the shit I did to you
She turned her back, said grow a pair
I’m heading out without you now from all this wear and tear
I lost my friend, she lost hers too
I’m frustrated, I frustrated the shit out of you
I lost my friend, she lost hers too
I feel like shit for all the shit I did to you
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Shoddy Heart
03:15
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Shoddy Heart
Where’d he go?!
To every longitude and latitude
What’d he do?!
He smashed it up, he went looking for scrubbers
A young Aussie bloke addicted to the road
Through every dirty mattress and the bed bug bites
And the sound of the construction he would sleep so tight
And all the lonely planets and the sentimental things
He never got too attached because he knew it would sting
He delivered a shoddy heart to her
Praying that she wouldn’t shoot the messenger.
It was a sport for him it was a love for her
He broke every communication barrier
Through her Spanish dialect she was a perfect little thing
But he knew if he tried to love her, the sooner it’d sting
Through every little hostel he was paid in full
And all the duty-free stands in the terminal
Went back to the outback and never clung to a thing
The sooner you hold onto something, the sooner it stings
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Watering Hole
03:40
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Watering Hole
You’re on the run getting gunned down for fun
Deep in the heart of Texas with nowhere to go
Except the Watering Hole
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you
Two in a heart that’s been dead from the start
You know, you know
It’s gonna bring you somewhere you don’t wanna go
Told, you’ve been told
All the memories come back to scold
Oh no
Down on the ground with no one around
Dirt cold as New England
And asking for help
It comes out like a yelp
No one will ever believe you
Two in the chest, dead like the rest
Magnifying glass
That trek got burned right off your map
Against that old west sky
Where the watering hole runs dry
And you can’t wet your whistle to save your life
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Talk in Code
03:31
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Talk in Code
Seemingly straight small family
Family tree, crashed quickly
Familiar cold wind blew
Through the family room
The sex was complex, she was her ex
Family carries weight he packs
Strain upon their lower backs
The son he stayed pissed while the daughters dismissed the fact
They might miss their father
The normal days seemed so long ago
He decided to stay put
And keep the same friends best he could
But it won’t work that way
The normal days weren’t that long ago
The makeup on their faces
Made up a fake marriage
Imitated their neighbors
For twenty years, kids, and tax forms
His new throat, it talks in code
They all met at church last Sunday
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Hometown Kid
04:47
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Hometown Kid
That was kids’ stuff when we met
At least we knew each other existed
I flew under the radar set
At least you knew that I existed
Formed a base, learned your face
At least I knew that you existed
Then hiding came and took your place
And we never would’ve known if we would have coexisted
So roll me over Misses Juliet
I’m not a stud but I could play one on TV
Back then I loved everything that you did
Yeah, you little hometown kid
That was kids’ stuff when we met
At least we knew each other existed
I flew under the radar set
At least you knew that I existed
That stuff smarts, that stuff stings
If you pretend that I had never existed
By those smug social things
That other people say to hurt my existence
I’m gonna add to the chances that I blew
Distracted by the conversations that you dominated
And I still like almost everything that you do
Yeah, you little hometown kid
And maybe you’ll click with this
Maybe we’ve got something in common
At least a few trends in pop culture
And maybe I’ll be lashing out
Maybe I’ll cause a scene
Maybe I wont be me, at least right now…
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