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Bulldozer
02:32
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LYRICS
it's alright that i wait by the door jamb
and my head carries a weight like a door slam
bang bang you smile when you smile wide
all the autumn leaves say hey look it's thundering
peripheral shouts
spin baby (spin)
it's alright whenever you come in
i bet on a thing cause i wanted more
bulldozer your heart knows my crash course
the sun has grievances too and i can't/couldn't please you
here come all your friends at the front door
peripheral shouts
spin baby (spin)
it's alright when(ever) you come in
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Nemesis Du Jour
02:31
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this is what you said
the only person you know
who makes lightening
is god
this is how you put it
until you press the keys
and fire shoots out
you don't realize the association
between your body and fire
between your body and fire
between your body and fire
and a piano a piano
if you talk anymore
i'm gonna have to replace you
with someone i don't know
cause it's like you said
until you press the keys
and fire shoots out
you don't realize the association
between your body and fire
between your body and fire
between your body and fire
and a piano a piano
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Freeze Ray Knees
01:21
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lyrics:
freeze ray legs freeze ray legs
looking for coffee in the evening
one two three with the freeze ray knees
here they come again
walking down 5th street
boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom
it's just about seven
uh huh uh huh uh huh uh huh huh
very next day more or less the same
looking for coffee in the evening
one two three with the freeze ray knees
here they come again
walking down 5th street
boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom
it's just about seven
uh huh uh huh uh huh uh huh huh
walking down 5th street
boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom
looking for coffee looking for fun
uh huh uh huh uh huh uh huh huh
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Hippodrome
02:31
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this is how it goes
just so you know
lunch with the ghosts
i don't get their jokes
and we feel and we feel
and we feel and we feel
and we don't know where we're going but
all i know is i'm glad you're here
maps in the car (honeycomb)
tell us where we are (gastronome)
can't be that far (aerodrome)
untwist the jar (hippodrome)
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on the road by nine
speed limit 25
pass the graveyard on the hillside
passing diners every five miles
i'm crashed out in the back
johnny cash is singing don't take your guns to town
johnny cash is singing don't take your guns to town
one less day of hanging around
reading turn of the screw
and losing my mind like the governess
like the governess
summer before junior year
flag hanging down
sign says welcome back shorty
route 79
and caroline's birthday
nick needs a new transmission
i'm passed out in the back
sometimes things get tense people don't do what you want them to
sometimes things get tense people don't do what you want them to
one less day of hanging around
reading turn of the screw
and losing my mind like the governess
like the governess
summer before junior year
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barracudas drill holes
but lampreys aren't like that
lampreys aren't like that
not a fish not an eel
but still kind of round (yeah)
a mouth full of teeth
everything you don't like but bigger and in tube form
everything you don't like but bigger and in tube form
got a mouth like a mynock
but won't attack spaceships
cause lampreys aren't like that
the exogorth and the sarlacc
have nothing on lampreys
except maybe size
everything you don't like but bigger and in tube form
everything you don't like but bigger and in tube form
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Sunday Party Report
01:54
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it was a perfect day for a party
cabbage patch face pillow fight hair
you peeled all the mangoes you brought in a bowl
and then you wanted to go so you wanted to go
but come as you are
come as you are
come as you are
come as you are
you went to the show and you drank half a glass
you liked the new record so you danced your ass off
and then you wanted to break down the bar
well if you wanna start fights we can start a fight
but come as you are
come as you are
come as you are
come as you are
nobody cares
no one by far
come as you are
come as you are
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grass is high
hills are wide
we will drive down to LA
yay yay
i watch you aim i watch your arms
i watch them drop, it's half the charm
if you want me it's alright
if you want to stay the night
it won't keep you where you wanna be
no perfections
that can keep you where you wanna be
no good intentions
that can keep you where you wanna be
come sneak in line for the show
i watch the dance floor spin you round
touch and go you with the sound
if you want me it's alright
if you wanna stay the night
it won't keep me where i wanna be
your affections
won't keep me where i wanna be
no good intentions
are gonna keep me where i wanna be
come sneak in line for the show
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Zoetrope
02:17
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we look at the frogs
behind the glass
not frozen in time
the monkey one
has opposable thumbs
he can climb
but the zoetrope
you like the way it sounds
and the zoetrope moves
one lives two-thirds ice
in a winter pond
up til the spring
some get blocked by fungus
and they can’t breathe
through their skin
but the zoetrope
you like the way that it sounds
the zoetrope moves
the zoetrope
you like the way that it sounds
zoetrope
you say
you often find
you like the way paul brings things to mind
later we will come back from the bar
and we will say how lucky we are
out on the steps with all the stars
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The Invisible Cities San Francisco, California
loud quiet crunchy loopy dreamy and dancy, gears shifting from song to song. We are fans of The Expanse and El Buen Comer in SF.
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