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Mockingbird
Black sheep, too deep, can't sleep
let go, slow ride, low tide
couldn't hurt a fly
don't try to know
don't even try
actions spoke
too loud and much too bright
Be yourself or be loved, be yourself or be loved, be yourself, or be loved, be ...
insides, open wide, don't cry
too smart, apple cart
don't knock it till you've tried
try not to think
best not to feel so much
don’t you know, love?
you’ve got to shut up, or go
Be yourself or be loved, be yourself or be loved, be yourself, or be loved, be ...
Shoot the messenger if you don't want to hear the news
stay away from him if you don’t wanna catch the blues
nonsense, too intense
cover up your eyes
never look in the book
the cover will suffice
don’t glow, don’t shine, it’s a sin
mockingbird, never heard
he just blends right in
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Black Hole
I've fallen into a black hole
looked like your heart
felt like my soul
now I’ve got nowhere to go
from this side out looks like the end of the world
Why'd you have to roll over me that way?
you mowed me like a wheat field on a patent black tractor
with your back-ho jeering me from back at the farm house
you got your baby cake and still eaten me whole
Paste my face in the middle of a dart board
break that toy truck before it's out of the store
all this driving with the brakes on gets to be a drag
and all this playacting’s getting to be a bore
Where on earth did you learn about relationships?
reading Charles Atlas getting sand in your face
you used to be a loser so you punish all the girls
c’mon - getting your feet wet can't be all that bad
I'm a falling tree and you're a wood with no ears
screaming platitudes inside of a vacuum
a hundred hands clapping and you feel no better
can't get any damper than the middle of a tide pool
You know there's nothing to these school girl fantasies
but you take this licking cause the clock keeps on ticking
that flying angel savior's a no show
but you gotta go deeper it's the only way out
only way out
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Mona Lisa in a Comic Book
He's a square peg, in a round hole
but no one would ever know
jams his long legs in the economy row
but you'll never hear him complain
he's a Jaguar in a Chevrolet
he's a jet plane in a double prop
he's a thousand thread count burlap bag
she's the ocean in a paper cup
He's a gold mine in a junkyard
so nobody digs him
she's an elevator on a slippery slope
but nobody's taking a ride
She's the heir to the throne on a Greyhound bus
he's the president of his own four walls
he's a masterwork in a paperback
she's Mona Lisa in a comic book
Chip away, make it fit, hit it a little bit harder
make it fit, chip away, until there's nothing left
pay your respects to the man inside the bottle
he's doing the best that you'll let him
He's a bright light, in a dark room
so nobody turns him on
she's a slow fuse, in a tinder box
but nobody's found a match
he's a big fish in a small pond
has a high IQ and a magic wand
he's a ticket to ride on a slow boat to China
so she doesn't know he's alive
he's an atom bomb in your crackerjacks
she's a waterfall at last call
you can try to give him sugar but he'll send it back
she's a daisy in a parking lot
she's a daisy in a parking lot
Mona Lisa in a comic book
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Thatched Roof Glass House
I didn't want to write a song about you
I felt that somehow you were fundamentally different
you got me topped off, spun out
not knowing if I'm in or out
but with your hand on the gear
I feel we're moving in the proper direction
I couldn't say what I was made of
until I looked at you and saw myself in your eyes
forget that cracked pot, saddle sore
we're gonna work this horse some more
we'll sit this pony till it reaches the next town
Can't say I need more possessions
but I'd be lying if I said I didn't want more of you
don't have to give up our freedom
but I think it's all becoming clear
‘cause when I say I'll be right back
you say I'll be right here
If I'm a sailor you're an anchor, baby
I show you how to float the waves
you show me how to stay in one place
knock down that thatched roof glass house
build a domicile that's quake-proof
to free us from this prison
takes a stone thrown through our window walls
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One Day the Sun Came Up (9/11/2001)
One day the sun came up
we were high over the canyon
and headed for home
racing the sunrise
don't look back
you know California's a dream to you now
And somehow I don't sleep
no comfort
no matter how high are my head or my feet
I can't look at me now
all is falling
is it the years or the loss
on my face?
one day the sun rose behind us
to light the way
somehow, I think
it got lost in the clouds
Thinking about you
it passes - thank god
I can't live that again
Smoke, fire, and dust
as we all drift away up high
floating goodbye
you know those who are left behind
feel it the most
and still I don't sleep
no comfort
no matter how high are my head or my feet
One day the sun came back
smoke, fire, and dust
we will settle back down
dusting the ground
float away on the river
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Every Day You Break My Heart
You don’t see anything I do
and absence doesn’t make you fonder
and one more moment is too long for me to stay
mama you break my heart every day
slow down, back up
no one believes a single word you say
shoot up that poison
it couldn’t hurt if you believe that it won’t
Don’t listen to a word we say
a shame your children don’t know better
can’t change a thing about the time you threw away
mama you break our hearts every day
What do you see when you look in the mirror
a pretty young girl with a beautiful mind
do you really believe all the things that you tell us
do you think just to wish hard enough makes it so?
let go, wake up
you’ll never get back what you let get away
suck down that suicide
you’ll never see past all that smoke in the way
let go, don’t look back
so sad you don’t know you deserve what you need
give up that death wish
just one day left means that it’s not too late
You said we could be anything
but your eyes taught me something different
I look at you and see the future
mama you break my heart every day
mama you break my heart every day
mama you break my heart
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Reconsider Me
03:02
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Reconsider Me
If you’re all alone
and you need someone
call me up
and I’ll come running
reconsider me, reconsider me
If it’s still the past
that makes you doubt
well darlin’ that was then
and this is now
reconsider me, reconsider me
And I’ll never make you sad again
‘cause I swear that I’ve changed since then
and I promise that I’ll never make you cry
let’s let bygones be forgotten
reconsider me
please consider me
You can go and be who you want to be
and it’ll be alright if we disagree
I’m the one who cares
and I hope you’ll see
that I”m the one who loves you
reconsider me
Let’s let bygones be forgotten
reconsider me
please consider me
And I’ll never make you sad again
‘cause I swear that I’ve changed since then
and I promise that I’ll never make you cry
And I’ll never make you sad again
‘cause I swear that I’ve changed since then
and I promise that I’ll never make you cry
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Alpha Cat New York, New York
How do you take the image of a black hole and make it positive? According to Alpha Cat, "When I wrote the song I'd read how astronomers had determined that you could escape a black hole, but only by going all the way through and out the other side. And that leads to this worm hole theory, where not only do you avoid annihilation, but you arrive at a place you might never have reached otherwise. ... more
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