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55mm
04:03
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The opening shot's of a house just down the street
Then cross cut quick: your open door, my running feet
You might catch a cold outside,
Cause we'll be out till we're satesfied
So put on a sweater, cause you'll look better
For the 55mm in my eye
Cut to the lot where the Groucho's used to be
Lean in as she's whispering the line to me
She says "c'mon, lets stoke the fire"
And I never felt a room get higher
With Dog on my side, looks great every time
For the 55mm in my eye
I thought you'd turn, I though I'd fall
I thought so many thing that never happened at all
I said "let's meet up to play it again"
But I don't know where and I don't know when
Perched on the curb for the regular shoot to start
Just looking for a little action for this aching heart
Say, we're looking for a brand new sound
And we heard of something on downtown
So we're out on the night to find
Cause we're reeling from the feeling but we don't know why
Raise from the bed and start to pace the floor
I'm afraid I've seen this one too many times before
I wanna see what this thing can do
I got a feeling that you do too
This little light of mine
With a 55mm in my eye
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Introducing The Medicine Man
Presented in iris, Ey this seems so funny to me
If you're using The Medicine Man
Why's it in when you can be so good but it all seem so different to me
When you shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot
And fall flat every time
When you shoot from the hip, what you use when you dip
When did the moon get so high?
Introducing The Medicine Man
He starts as an extra, but thats when he gets ya so intimately
Make way - The Medicine Man
He can get you so mad when he says
"Well if you think you're going to make it then you're CRAZY!"
When you shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot
And fall flat every time
When you shoot from the hip, what you use when you dip
When did the moon get so high?
You're pure boned, a natural poet
Smoke rings from the backseat, treat for my senses
So many times, you've got to lose
But now you get a way to choose
Introducing the Medicine Man
A standing ovation, with no hesitation he exist the scene.
You're not choosing the Medicine Man
He's a fixture demand when the expectations are bleeding me
When you shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot
And fall flat every time
When you shoot from the hip, what you use when you dip
And The Medicine Man is on your mind
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In the eastern interstate tunnel
Johnston saw it first
His system'd gone wry as he muttered
"Oh my, did it hurt"
Do you believe there's a heaven?
Do you believe up above?
I believe there are ghosts in the tunnel of love
When we roared through on the bandbus
Chanting faithfulness
You said "Hold me tight,
Cause otherwise we could be next"
Do you believe there's a heaven?
Do you believe up above?
I believe there are ghosts in the tunnel of love
You're the one who can take me
To the other side
I just wish there were more
time left before the flame died.
I believe in the stories I've sung
I believe that it don't matter what, babe
And I believe...
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They can't hurt me
To the preachers, the sneakers, the motherhood teachers.
To the men who believe in the government
And the men who believe in the internet science
Oh you lose and you lose but just maybe
Chorus
To the movers, the shakers, the heartbreakers, and the babymakers.
I love you
I don't want to be famous
but do ya?
Chorus
Every moment
Eyes are watching
All they see is
Chorus
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5. |
Colours
03:41
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Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair
In the morning, when we rise
In the morning, when we rise
That's the time (That's the time)
That's the time (That's the time)
I love the best
Blue is the colour of the sky
In the morning, when we rise
In the morning, when we rise
That's the time (That's the time)
That's the time (That's the time)
I love the best
Green is the colour of our sparkling car
In the morning, when we rise
In the morning, when we rise
That's the time (That's the time)
That's the time (That's the time)
I love the best
Mellow is the feeling that I get
When I see her (Mmmmm)
When I see her (Mmmmm)
That's the time (That's the time)
That's the time (That's the time)
I love the best
Freedom is a word, I rarely use
Without thinking (Mmmmm)
Without thinking (Mmmmm)
Of the time (Of the time)
Of the time (Of the time)
When I've been loved
That's the time (That's the time)
That's the time (That's the time)
I love the best
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6. |
The Losing End
04:40
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7. |
Flower Row
02:53
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Alway checking my back
The picture was bright
but they all fade to black
One hour till the day has begun
Two is the moon and the sun
Oh, lately
Three prayers to the powers that be
For my lovely to want even less from me
Hello, flower row
Don't have much money
Got no place to roam
Spent all I had on a
Bag of tricks
and a couple of song
One felt like I need to get high
Cause two is the same but with wine
Oh, lately
Three quiet impeccable needs
For the wide open windows and tapestries
Hello, flower row
Don't have much money
Got no place to roam
Spent all I had on a
Bag of tricks
and a couple of song
One hour till the day has begun
Two is the moon and the sun
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8. |
Little Atlas
04:36
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Little Atlas holds a glass of red wine
History is lighter than the breeze
Now that you have got it in your pocket
Take a load off, Little Atlas
Hey you're not on the ride
Meet me around outside
Theres so much going on it makes me wanna cry
Take a load off, Little Atlas
I see two
In the sky
Of changing colour
But who's the other
Who's the mother
Why the struggle
When I hole my
World up tall
If I crash
If I fall
I will know all
See all the children running out into the sun
I know it's hard but look we just begun
Out into the waste but what else can we do
My head, it aches, my narrative concludes
Take a load off, Little Atlas
Take a load, off of your shoulders.
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9. |
Nilda
03:40
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Hey sister spin till the sun comes up
Got a link for a ride, got a link for a bump
All the vampires give it when there's youth in the air
When you can tumble an empire with jet black hair
So rockabye baby, one more song
You gave me the dream but now it's all gone wrong
Rockabye baby, can't catch your break
When you're given more than you can take
But then the conscious slips away
And you're seeing your reflection in the milky way
You don't think about it often but you think about it 'nuff to tell
I think about you often as well
Do you remember in the summertime
I was a wanderer an you were the sky
With an overnight bag, the tracks from your tears
I don't ask for the answers I don't want to hear
Rockabye baby, one more night
I may be young but I can set this right
But when the black car pulled with the money you spent
Hell, I don't give a fuck where she went
But then the objects every day
They seem to grasp you more in an ephemeral way
You don't think about it often but you think about it 'nuff to tell
I think about you often as well
Rockabye baby
On the tree tops
Rockabye baby
The cradle will rock
Feel the motion, feel the sway
And know you're comin crashing to the ground anyday
You don't think about it often but you think about it 'nuff to tell
(Oh, I wanna tell ya)
I think about you often as well
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10. |
Dollhouse
04:28
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Twenty-five years of Twenty-five memories
C'mon be telling me, what did you want to be in '79?
Twenty-five years all intergalactic
On the weekly wage, it's all the rage to get higher than high.
No one's gonna tell you about it
But I'm pretty sure someone should tell you about it
Make good choices, lovers do
But darling, sometimes it ain't much about you
In the dollhouse, when they shake it up
I was sitting on the train tracks 'neath the DVP
Between this side and Leaside, the colour of your teeth
C'mon be telling me, what did you want to be in '79?
But if you're asking me, I never wanna be
caught on the other side of that line
No one's gonna tell you about it
But I'm pretty sure someone should tell you about it
Make good choices, lovers do
But darling, sometimes it ain't much about you
In the dollhouse, when they shake it up
Twenty-five years, and twenty-five stars
Hell, none of it's perfect, but all of it's ours
I was sitting on the train tracks 'neath the DVP
And either/or I never could afford one of those automobiles flyin over me
No one's gonna tell you about it
But I'm pretty sure someone should tell you about it
Make good choices, darling do do
But damnit! This time it's just not about you
In the dollhouse, when they shake it up
They're shaking it up
Ah! They're gonna shake it around
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11. |
Junk
02:20
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Your Junk is on my mind
I love you more as time goes by
As time goes by
Free woman, free my soul
I don't know who I am anymore
Who I am anymore
Your Junk becomes my Junk
Becomes your Junk becomes
Makes us whole
No wave anymore
When everything is numbered, eveything's a bore
No wave anymore
Blow, sucker on my lips
What more could I want from a devil's kiss?
From a devil's kiss
Your Junk becomes my Junk
Becomes your Junk becomes
My junk becomes your junk
Makes us whole
Makes us whole
Makes us Junk, Junk, Junk
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12. |
When I Hold Ya
03:46
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When I hold ya
Before the sun
The rush of the morn
Like a hermit, his tinderbox
Like Achilles, his goldilocks
Like a rifled soldier
When I hold ya
She's been worrying a many sleepless nights
I know she's hovering above a tune
Won't be poor for long
Cause you bring me the song
When I hold ya
Swinging wide the gates of your love
Then I promised you all my health
You said "Darling control yourself"
But thats what I told ya
When I'd hold ya
She's been worrying a many sleepless nights
I know she's hovering above a tune
I'll bring you this song
And we'll spend a whole life long
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13. |
Where I've Been
03:08
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I'm leaning off the rails of a ferry boat
Tossing off scraps and thinking bout home
Near to shore
A rumble and I'm overboard
The fish show me land all mine
When I'm knocked out from behind
Oh so hot!
I wake up in a boiling pot
Scare the monsters with a mighty laugh
And finish my bath
You won't believe
Where I've been
Where I've been
Where I've been
Tiger's quick
but no match for my pointed stick
Snakes are very clever though
I tied him in a bow
Empty town
Following the grotto down
Hear a voice I know so well
Sitting by the gates of hell
You won't believe
Where I've been
Where I've been
Where I've been
Light of day
A celebration underway
Out home's across the biggest blue
So I guess this'll have to do
A grand parade
Singing songs that will recall the day
Laugh and tumble all the way to bed
Then do it all again
You won't believe
Where I've been
Where I've been
Where I've been
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14. |
Chelsea Girl
03:40
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We're pre-ing and your saying how we've gotten too thin
When your school aesthetic crew pulls out a bottle of gin
I said "Hello, I love you. Lets see if we can go all the way"
We're in the heart of the city, at the end of the world
And you think you'll make it good cause you're a chelsea girl
I said "Hello, hear that sound." And it keeps me comin down
Cause it's always all around
So hold
Onto my heart
Or we'll fall
Apart
There's something when I wake up and when I go to bed
But then the next day we're going again
I said "Hello, I love you. Lets see if we can go all the way."
Theres a heavenly fixture, a moral command
Says we'll toil for our future but you stop where you stand
I said "Hello, hear that sound." And it keeps me comin down
Cause it's always all around
So hold
Onto my heart
Or we'll fall
Apart
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15. |
Cynthia's Theme
02:31
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Tears on my shoulder
Wind take the wheel
They stole all that I had
So I tend to understand
The broken people
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If you cannot sleep
My place is not too far
I'm growing my hair out
If you cannot sleep
Fog windows of my car
Lets grow our hair out
The window's open night and day
So linger here, your crystal gaze
You fix me with a single look
Its always better what you took
I can see it in the way you are
One day here, the next afar
In fairy dreams
Lie to me
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Welcome Home
03:34
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Mother's death defying gift of electrifying belief
At home you find relief
From your worries and your grief
Wrapped in the curtain, a proud hero's bane
Dawning a crown of plastic and jade
Crouched in the closet for fear of the mess that he's made.
Now on the doorstep the years since took flight
On a travelling circus, with no end in sight.
Seeking a purpose if any such thing can be found.
Mother's death defying gift of electrifying belief
At home you find relief
From your worries and your grief
Mother's tone implying wanting for rest, wanting for sleep
She's got a child to keep
Off in disbelief
Carry on,
Godspeed to the price
Carry on,
To crest the young throne
Carry on,
Like your father once did
Cut loose your bindings with bludgeonous bone
Cause the blisters are worth all the love you will know
You're being hard on yourself,
Yeah well maybe I'm not.
I fear all the matter that stands on this doorstep is all that I got.
You've been hard on yourself
Since you've been a child
So calm your need to carry on, and lay down for awhile.
Mother's death defying gift of electrifying belief
At home you find relief
From your worries and your grief
Mother's tone implying wanting for rest, wanting for sleep
She's got a child to keep
Off in disbelief
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18. |
Control
04:05
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Well you see it so much clearer when you look at us
Got the feeling comin on and it's treacherous
I'm emptying my pockets cause I'm thinking of us
Cause us was all I was till you betrayed my trust
They're gonna eat me whole
They say it's rock and roll
Oh b-b-b-b-bless my soul
I don't want to lose control
(No no no)
(Lose control, no no)
Well you wanna do it quick cause you got something to say
And it feels a little better when you do it your way
You're emptying your pockets, you got something to say]
Now nothing else but to pray to take the feeling away
They're gonna eat me whole
They say it's rock and roll
Oh b-b-b-b-bless my soul
I don't want to lose control
(No no no)
(Lose control, no no)
And you feel it comin on like a thunder bolt
But the words and the tune are catching in my throat
You said your part, you let it out
Now there's nothing left to do but scream and shout
Well you see it so much clearer when you look at us
Got the feeling comin on and it's treacherous
I'm emptying my pockets cause I'm thinking of us
Cause us was all I was till you betrayed my trust
They're gonna eat me whole
They say it's rock and roll
But I'm on my roll and blowing a fuse
Falling to the floor, got nothin to lose
Oh bless my soul
I don't want to lose control
(No no no)
(Lose control, no no)
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19. |
Turn Me On
03:58
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Kids play down on the bend
It makes me recall a friend
But when I do it's best to clear my mind
I tried to be all I said
But the pile's become too high
That I must climb
Those were days
Hearts ablaze
Burned up like the sun
Turn me on
I feel my heels wearing down
And I feel sick of this town
I'm reading my I Ching to pass the time
It told me something crazy
That I'd love to tell you, friend
To talk again
I see you there
In the air
I love you, please hold on
Turn me on
(Turn Me On)
My final trick
A slight of hand
The passion, then it's gone
Turn me on
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Mercy
03:39
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Nobody Cares
About this place
The cemetary bears the name
On every face
In your silver mirror
The poet's grand review
The torn up, tearstained truth
That we're kicking up dirt for something to do
Oh Ahh
Singing mercy, mercy me
Got nowhere to be
And got no one you're trying to see
Oh Ahh
I'm gonna break it clear one day
And mercy, mercy me
I'll hear them say
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