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Life Is Glorious
02:20
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Life is just a pretty candy colored sweet surprise
That's what they tell you when you're five
Then you grow up and you realize
That no one's on your side
And you work until you die
And the ones you think that love you
Are the ones who'll twist the knife
So baby
Pray with me
To a god that isn't there
In a world where no one cares
Till the vultures pick our bones
It's a sunny Sunday morning
And there's not a cloud in sight
And I'll spend this perfect day inside
Trying really hard to hide
From the people that I see
Walking gaily down the street
Holding hands, laughing, and dancing
But they can't fool me
Because I know that they go home
Dejected and alone
And pulling out their hair
In a world where no one cares
So baby
Pray with me
To a god that isn't there
In a world where no one cares
Till the vultures pick our bones
I've spoiled a lot of good things
Darkened a lot of mood rings
But everybody thinks I'm a happy-go-lucky guy
I can't even count the times
I've contemplated suicide
But I don't have the balls
To spray my brains against the walls
And let my roommates find my body two days later
Oh that ice cream truck is singing
And the phone it keeps on ringing
But I'll never pick it up to say
I don't wanna buy their shit today
I don't need a cellphone plan
Or a credit card glued to my hand
I don't want a mortgage loan
To work my fingers to the bone
To make payments on an ice cream cone
When I just want to be left alone
In a world that tears us both apart
And it keeps breaking my heart
Till the vultures pick our bones
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Baby, have you been to the sun?
You can dance like Buddy Holly
But you won't get what you want if you don't got the right shoes
Baby, have you been to the sun?
You can burn out at the turn out
With the good times leaving you cashed, trashed, and used
Baby, have you been to the sun?
You can wind up a famous doll
And let the press read all about it in the news
Baby, have you been to the sun?
You can drink all the whiskey in the world
But you still can't get enough to black out the blues
Someday I'm gonna die
And crawl out of that hole in the sky
Oh well,
I won't remember a thing I've done
Baby, have you been to the sun?
Baby, have you been to the sun?
With the promise of a good time
The skin socks line the blocks just to push and shove
Baby, have you been to the sun?
Why speak of love, or the lack of it
When there's a golden ball of plenty shining down from above?
Someday I'm gonna die
And lose the picture that's behind my eye
Oh well,
I will tap my head and let it run
Baby, have you been to the sun?
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3. |
All Over (With You)
03:21
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I would lay it all on the line
I'd risk it all
I'd gamble everything
Just to do it again all over with you
And I got things on my mind
But I'll put 'em off
Just for the outside chance
I could do it again all over with you
You know that I would
I would spend my whole life
Talking backwards
On the phone
All alone
No one home
I would travel through time
I'd steal a cop car
I'd smash all the stained-glass windows
Just to do it again all over with you
And I would drink from a toilet
I'd wear a tank top to a business meeting
Just to do it again all over with you
You know that I would
I would trade my lifeforce
For a passport to foreign times
Some peace of mind
I'm inclined
To stay behind
For one last time
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4. |
Black Pearls
02:28
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The drunken boat sails the endless night
Around in circles with no safe harbor in sight
Another monkey with a pen begins to write
Televisions emit a light
To entertain us with a circus of death
And hold our tongues as we hold our breath
And hold our eyes so we can see the light
And the light reveals a smile
On the skull of every human child
And through this faith we can accept our fate
We know where to go, and when to go, and when to wait
We get our signals from the flashing light
And the light reveals a smile
On the skull of every human child
Let’s put them all into a pile
And build a pyramid to the one true god
So many choices, yes it’s true
But all these choices have been chosen for you
Anything that you can think to do
The television has told you to
We’re not trying to get in the way
Of these American “happy days”
But these days are numbered by the beast
So whistle while you work and enjoy the feast
A cornucopia of bile
A modern love that’s pronounced “sieg heil”
Bodies burn, but burn with style
We’re pimping hip now for the one true god
Upon roads paved with bones
We walk down future fallout zones
Blind to their true design that’s
Been in the making for a while
From D.C. back to the Nile
And there will never be a trial
For the followers of the one true god
And so we line up single-file
To make love to the necrophile
On every skull there is a smile.
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You keep a long cold stare in your room
You sleep with a broom
You're wearing nothing but butterflies
I try and I try just to look in your eyes
But it comes as a big surprise
When I see that you won't even
Open your eyes
Just for a little while
Please help me smile
And I don't know where you stand
You're like a crooked old man
Shaking most of my hands
Shaking hands with your left hand
Please tell me that I can stay
I won't get in your way
I'm very good at being very small
When you're chasing a dog
With a bat in his mouth
Beware of the sign that says
"Beware of the dog"
When you're picking on windows
A knock at the door
It's quarter to four and it's starting to rain
And I'm catching the train just to see you again
Behaving like strangers when we should be friends
I understand, yes I do
Sometimes it gets very hard
Coming and going and breaking apart
You're breaking my heart
If I were you I would be less like you
Yes it's true
Don't be confused
Cuz I don't mean to be mean
But it seems that you don't even want me around
My head's on the ground
And I feel like a clown
Hitting myself in the face with a pie
It's high time you and I
Laid it out on the line
I can see you from here
Making a brand new start with the first of the year
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She Knows
03:27
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She'll give you everything
You never wanted and more
(And that's the way it is)
And she'll love you endlessly
When you just want it to end
(And that's the way it is)
She'll bring you flowers
When you're holed up in your house
(And it's on fire)
Because she knows
She knows
She'll sing you love songs
While you're drowning in the sound
(And you're on fire)
Because she knows
She knows
And she may change her ways
But I wouldn't hold my breath
(And that's the way it is)
And every step you take
Is one step closer to death
(And that's the way it is)
She'll bring you flowers
When you're holed up in your house
(And it's on fire)
Because she knows
She knows
She'll sing you love songs
While you're drowning in the sound
(And you're on fire)
Because she knows
She knows better
She knows better
She's out of her mind
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I Do (If I Love You)
02:24
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And if that's all there is
Just a passing glance between us on the street
If I love you then why don't I say, "I love you"
And if I don't does that mean I'm not thinking of you?
Oh tell me why this heart shouldn't break
I see you hold his hand
But not as tightly as the hold you have on me
If I love you, but I don't tell you, "I love you"
Instead in silence I sleep only dreaming of you
Oh tell me why this heart shouldn't break
Why call these loving arms
When we just use them to keep us apart?
Oh why?
Why don't I tell you that I do
If I love you?
And if that's how it is
And now I see you walking my way down the street
I love you so I'm telling you, "I love you"
I love you, I love you, I love you
Now tell me why this heart shouldn't break
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Totally Wrong
03:00
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She's got a poison smile
That anyone's eyes can see
She keeps a deck of cards
Without any fours or threes
She's like a muscle man
That gets into fights with trees
And even though I know she's beautiful
And wonderful
She's totally wrong for me
Now she's leaning on my window
As the glass begins to crack
I pack my things into a suitcase because
I know that you know I know
I'm never coming back
A golden sunrise in the morning
A brilliant moon shines down at night
A million passengers on aeroplanes
And bullet trains
With broken brains
And let me tell you why
I know somewhere that there's a girl for me
She's probably somewhere near a coconut tree
I know some day I'll find her
The fortune cookie told me so
And it would never lie to me
She leaves her lipstick on my pillow
She leaves me standing in the rain
And as the seasons change
And days go by
And time goes by
And life goes by
And we all die alone
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Debt Collector
02:46
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I should have been a debt collector, baby
Living off of tears that aren’t our own
And if I was a debt collector honey
So much money would be rolling in we wouldn’t know what to do
We could get out of here
“Nothing is for free,” replied my baby
She lit a cigarette, and showed me the door
Another silhouette, framed by her window
Oh, the money keeps on rolling in while she’s rolling with him
There’s no way out of here.
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Into The Universe
07:17
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We'll set our solar sails
And fly like nightingales
We'll float through clouds absorbing hues
Of yellows, oranges, pinks, and blues
We'll sail a crystal sea
Of vapor-shrouded mystery
We'll dance along a colored wind
Towards a never-ending
And undying love that we could share forever
Your time is limited
So don't be so inhibited
Reach for the brightest star you see
Till it consumes you in its light
Cuz everything belongs to you
And all you really have to do
Is take what's waiting there for you
And give until your soul explodes
In brilliant color covering the universe
Cuz when it comes down to it
Everything's already gone
Dust to dust
Steel turns to rust
Endless questions with no answers
All is over
No more rain
No more pain
One
To live to die
Two
Together
To laugh to cry
Three
Grant me vision
To see
The path laid out before
Grant me power
Grant me riches
Grant me fame
Eternal life
Earthquakes
Fire
Rain down on my enemies
Let their blood flow through the streets
Let them wither on the vine
Because the universe is ours
Let's take back what's been stolen
And poisoned
And watered down
And sold to us for profit
And money
We give to you our lives
Our souls
Our essence
Our all
Of pure unadulterated love
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