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Sally Timms
02:16
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peter thought the movie was clever
anita thought it was weak
they talked about that thing
that did that thing to everyone
they tried their best not to spoil it
everybody loved james franco though
everyone everyone everyone
everybody loved james franco oh
everyone everyone everyone
the mekons
at the swedish american
tom sang so sloppy it was great
sally tried to keep things together
kept saying he was jet lagged
and then he let me shake his hand
everyone of us had a crush on sally timms
everyone everyone everyone
everyone of us has a crush on sally timms
everyone everyone everyone
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2. |
Victorians
04:50
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star crossed we ride until we hop off
at fillmore and pine street
crossroads you don the consolation cape
that finds you by twilight
pass the victorians
carousel colors gas stations
soot covered page and divis
up the tiled steps you can see the houses in the sunset
nick drake i can't help but to think of you
full moon's above me
tomorrow we can fall asleep at hayes green
wilting in daylight
pass the victorians
carousel colors gas stations
soot covered page and divis
up the tiled steps you can see the houses in the sunset
nick drake i can't help but to think of you
full moon's above me
tomorrow we can fall asleep at hayes green
wilting in daylight
victorians
carousel colors gas stations
soot covered 6th and clement
up the tiled steps you can see the houses in the sunset
pass the victorians
carousel colors gas stations
soo-oot covered page and divis
up the tiled steps you can see the houses in the sunset
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3. |
Deals
03:08
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someone tell me where this anger comes from
there's not fuel enough for all this heat
your data's incomplete
your data's incomplete
pinned down to the mat
in no time flat
how can the entire coast be clear?
i ask the questions here
i ask the questions here
i ask the questions here, my dear
(i ask the questions here)
pages smell like vinegar
the story's never linear
the nurse the taxidermist and it's quick quick quick
she's the ghost that studies all my landings
that I still have to stick stick stick stick stick
i climbed up on the velvet chair
to breathe some of that svelte air
to jump the cushy cushions
and to put some cushy distance
between my face and your ten yard stare
you're so even-keeled
it's time to seal the deal
it's time to seal the...
all your circles and your squiggles
just signal your ambitions
riding through the wiggle
like it's really your decision
you're running up the road
i'm running up that hill
i'm breathing hard but i'm breathing still
look them in the eye address them directly
i think you have just the right appeal
for you to seal the deal
it's time to seal the deal
for you to seal the deal
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all the dumb shit
i say to you
picks me up
when i'm feeling blue
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5. |
MT-60 Wakes Up
03:14
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call the evening seance
close your eyes and say it to me once
that you’ll hold my hand tight
keep me safe on the leeside
slide me into a warm bath
dissolve all these tired worn out paths
keep me safe on the leeside
steadfast and steely-eyed
these are necklace stones
i retain all the goddamned rights
to refer to this restless starlight
sea's a blue green crayon
if i talk just say come on, come on
keep me safe on the leeside
drop your shoulders now it's alright
convene the evening seance
close your eyes and say it to me once
that you’ll hold my hand tight
keep me safe on the leeside
these are necklace stones
i retain all the goddamned rights
to refer to this restless starlight
convene the evening seance
close your eyes and say it to me once
that you’ll hold my hand tight
keep me safe on the leeside
slide me into a warm bath
dissolve all these tired worn out paths
keep me safe on the leeside
steadfast and steely-eyed
i'm gonna drop my guard down
so I can lay down on the ground
beneath the restless starlight
hear the waves from the leeside
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6. |
December Bees
02:19
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7. |
All Hail the Yay Flag
02:06
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every time i think i’m done
happens again
every time i think i’m done
happens again
this is not surprising
not in any way
i promised you whiskey
you had a lot to say
every time i think i’m done
happens again
every time you think it’s over
it happens again
every time i think i’m done
happens again
every time i think i’m done
happens again
every time i think i’m done
happens again
this is not surprising
no not in any way
we might drink a lot of whiskey
if you have a lot to say
we won’t go too far out of our way
we won’t go too far out of our way
all hail
all hail
all hail to the yay flag
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8. |
Up with the Trucks
03:11
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five walls you get so you cannot speak
someone i once knew, do i, look, it’s not complete
there, i said it
down on your luck
up with the trucks
a little bit yeah a little bit
nothing's enough
protect and corrupt
nothing but a little bit
transmitting ah um you’re, the bird in the call
come away with this what you are
there, i said it
down on your luck
up with the trucks
a little bit a little bit
nothing enough
protect and corrupt
nothing but a little bit
down on your luck
down on your love
a little bit a little bit
up with the trucks
protect and corrupt
nothing but a little bit
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i don’t think it’s contagious
because it happens all the time
oh hey can i tell you the story
about the freight trains
in my brain
they start out in the freight yard
when it’s time to put them on the track
i spit them out all in the wrong order
this is my brain
these are my thoughts
the head the hands the feet
the head the hands the feet
it’s nothing if not complete
and it’s so hard to explain
so hard to explain
i’m glad it’s not like jesus
he had a crappy lot of friends
hey wait can i tell you bout
that feeling i get almost every day
yeah it’s happening again
that’s how it is when you’re a cartoon
and the scenery changes right behind you
and you don't know if you're walking off a cliff
or something less dramatic
something less dramatic
the head the hands the feet
the head the hands the feet
it’s nothing if not complete
and it’s so hard to explain
so hard to explain
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10. |
Garden Path
03:24
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don't you think it's all too easy
weaving down the garden path
everything i say is
up for grabs and don't you know
oh we ever after all
can see the zones through street food stalls
conceal the light inside our
some delights inside are
soon to be on loan so
time is trapped in this skyscraper
we confuse the afternoon
waiting for the sunset
read aloud for ambient sound
through the walls and la la la
we're on the street yeah we're on the town
all the lights they shine down
through the alleys, down the hall
read along we're all sound
i feel loud and i found the tune
lost in the crowd and it's gone too soon
lock our step in the tango
arms across the infinite bow
seoul we finally know now
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11. |
C'est Bon
02:57
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it’s a beautiful day
kitty carlisle and the highway
i am skyline cowboy
you are the boulevard
c’est bon c’est bon b-b-b bon
another beautiful day
sweet relish and the get away
i've got philosophy
dada and the borzois
c’est bon c’est bon b-b-b bon
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12. |
Toytraktor
02:40
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13. |
I Am the Leveler
02:51
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cities of clownfish
night is a drawbridge
calling to
thoughts are not shipwrecks
no emerald green flecks
sultry in the bay
if treasure is a sodden string
measuring forgotten things
i am the leveler
i am the leveler
fire mosaics
sounds algebraic
falling to
a signal's decay rate
gone before daybreak
leaves they brawl and burn
if treasure is the distant trace
measuring the marks that you've erased
i am the leveler
i am the leveler
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14. |
Notes from the ISS
06:45
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sixteen times light comes rolling from the other side
это рассвет
sixteen times we watch a dissipating tide
это закат
ночью нил светится, как морской дракон
как конёк
как только закроем глаза, берег расстелется
слева направо
окружаем мир
окружаем вас
saturday i'm looking down i'm gazing out,
a buttermint is melting in my mouth
evening porches all light up though i can't see them
asterion takes a break, enjoys their tea
meanwhile, parties on the beach
some kind of moonlit trapeze
a maze of bees a whirl of blues
oceans swirling by in hues
шестнадцать раз, свет приходит с другой стороны
it's the sun
шестнадцать раз, видим рассеивающийся зыбь
and it's gone
ночью нил светится, как морской дракон
как конёк
как только закроем глаза, берег расстелется
слева направо
окружаем мир
окружаем вас
saturday i'm looking down i'm gazing out,
a buttermint is melting in my mouth
evening porches all light up though i can't see them
asterion takes a break, enjoys their tea
meanwhile, parties on the beach
some kind of moonlit trapeze
a maze of bees a whirl of blues
oceans swirling by in hues
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15. |
Flash! Wrasse!
02:24
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hello rock hello sand
so calm and gray static land
watch the coral through waves just for play
we all float around in the sway
then hey
wrasse wrasse wrasse
now the hour seems so late
in a pavlovian way
but i turn around focus back
might as well look around and then
flash and flash and flash
and wrasse wrasse wrasse
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