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All Afternoon
03:29
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the fever broke that summer
when all of the basements went cold
but there's still a box of clothes that you brought me
when i lost all of my own.
we broke into my house on your last night in town
and we kicked a big whole in the wall
and we found a stash that belonged to my dad
must've been a couple years old
and you know that i'm hungry
but i don't want to leave
i want to fall asleep hungry
i want to want in my dreams
and that was one hell of a bender
you could say we had a pretty good run
between pinpricks and saucers if no one's the wiser
i guess we had the going for us
and so i left that hall back to my own four walls
they sway and they swell like a tide
and i said fuck it, man, threw some ash in the can
remnants of some long burning fire
so it's true i'm still hungry
but i've got things to do
so if i sleep thru the morning
i've got all afternoon
i've got all afternoon
i've got all afternoon
the fever broke that summer
when all of the basements went cold
but there's still a box full of things that you brought me
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Ambulance Poetry
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Last night's dinner is still sitting on the porch
and the people that I'd came with are all passed out on the floor.
And everyone's a-runnin', just to see what went down.
and I'm homeward bound.
I have walked thru every street
like chemotherapy
running through your bones.
Yeah, I have walked thru every street
ambulance po-e-tree
they're cuttiin' thru my clothes.
I, I went out there just to see what I could find
I had my heart stretched out in all directions just to learn my love was unkind
a-a-nd every-one's a-shufflin' just to see what might be around!
and I'm homeward bound.
I have walked thru every street
like chemotherapy
running through your bones.
Yeah, I have walked thru every street
ambulance po-e-tree
they're cuttiin' thru my clothes.
Well, Jonah came back from the belly of the beast
He said "We're gonna party when we get back east."
yeah, we started singin', started dancin', started drinkin'
bottles of wine in the Garden of Eden.
Yeah, that's how it was.
And I have walked thru every street,
like chemotherapy
used to run in your bones.
And now my God won't speak to me
the pain that's in
your
knees
it can only
growWwWwWWw
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Someone Else's Eden
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In a past life we had all that we needed
that's not our paradise, that's someone else's eden
and i keep my hands tied to work on my breathing
i walk to the store, i walk home
now we're on guilford and east 23rd
i do not mean to argue but are you so sure?
between hell in my handbag and the gun in your purse
and always and everywhere the word
always and every the word
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i heard he was a sailor before he went gray
but the tides do not shine like they did in his day
and before there were mirrors a smooth glass display
in the water caught the look on his face
and he kept a guitar 'round for when the house croaked
and he'd sing all the old songs that his old friends wrote
he says "alright, maybe it's true and the center can't hold
what would it mean if we even could know?
what would it mean if we even could know?"
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and in a past life you had got the right treatment
that's not what it's like and this sure ain't no eden
still i marvel at the strength that you found in believing
that all that might rise might converge
now i still have dreams of a hospital room
where you're talking to me and i'm talking to you
and the whole thing's so lifelike it's hard to know what's true
i leave a note for myself in the morning
that's just something that i carve in the door
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Half My Life
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I know there's a path you follow
in the darkness of the room
and I will call you back tomorrow
'cause someone's missing from the tomb
Despite our indifference
we build lives with fragile gifts
and not everyone makes it down the hall
but please don't ever ask me where I go
no, I've lived there for half my life before.
You know there's a place I go to
When I'm afraid of the way that I think
and it is ugly when I leave you
it's ugly when I live my body.
Despite our indifference
we build lives with fragile gifts
Maybe this is all just a story I tell myself in the dark.
but please don't ever ask me what I are
no I died there a long, long time before.
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Paranoid
04:45
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You say you're not much like the other boys
when you smoke you get kinda paranoid
You know I'm not much like the other girls
in fact, most people don't even know
but I was drunk before my lips touched your wine
and I get kinda paranoid.
Thought I was not so much like the other kids
Wouldn't trust no snakes, no not like my mother did.
thought I was not so much like I was before
except on nights like this.
but I was lost before my lips heard the wo-rrr-dddd
and I get kinda paranoid.
I know, I know it's where I go
I really think you'd rather just not know
and stay away from me.
I'm bad, I'm bad in the Year of Glad
the worst summer we'd ever had
but you ask me to eat.
You say you're not much like the other boys
when you smoke you get kinda paranoid
You know I'm not much like the other girls
in fact, most people don't even know
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6. |
Land of Nod
05:17
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And I got lost
in the Land of Nod
Asleep on the bus,
have a drink on the metro.
I might be gone
but I keep on singing your songs
now I all I want is to hear you
sing along with me
your voice soft and sweet
but that's a tall glass of water
that you gave to me.
You know I'm your only daughter
so why you act so mean?
I never did so fine in the land of milk and honey
I never did so fine in the land where my daddy raised me
I never got as high as I did when the devil found me
I never felt as right as I did with your arms, your arms around me.
Now I'm waking up
with the sun
with an alarm clock.
A bed that's too small,
a room with a window.
And if I could
sing a song to bring the dogs home
you know that I would
but that's one thing I beg you never
ask of me.
I'm not so good with tall orders
just like my mama Eve.
She said heaven was too boring
that's why she had to leave.
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My Boy
03:01
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My boy is like fire
burning on his own.
I wanna be his desire.
I wanna be there when he comes home.
And I never meant to love a man
Never meant to love no one.
But then he pushed down on my hand
and he burned me like the sun.
And I was making noise
in the back room w/ that boy
and a whole lotta trouble on my mind
And he might be the one
I don't think about it much
I really don't have the time.
My boy is water
flowing from the cup.
I might ask for a bit longer
I might ask him to tie me up.
And he might be the missing leaves of the fruitless fig tree
and I know he ain't no religion but I still get down on my knees!
And I was making noise
in the back room w/ that boy
and a whole lotta trouble on my mind.
And he might be the one
Id on't think about it much
I really don't have time.
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Song for O+J
03:41
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the weight it is staggering and the cost of the whole thing's astonishing
i've become a stranger who brings bad news to your family
and i know you're pissed off but you should probably know people care
you say, "i know that that's true but there's no one who can keep me anywhere."
the last time i saw you
you hit the trailway
the last time i saw you-oo-oo-oou
was the driveway
i saw you in the driveway
and it's ugly and repulsive. the disease is comes in a full swing
the glossier the eyes, the louder the songs that we used to sing
saying, "i know you're fucked off but you got options besides staying out there."
you say, "i know that that's true, good insurance it will take me anywhere."
the last time i saw you
you were getting in the backseat
after a hospital room where you were little more than a bedsheet
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In The Water
04:17
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bury me in the water
the <3 is a lonely hunter
and you know i'm yr only daughter
bury me in the water
could ya meet me at the station?
you know that city drives me crazy
and i've been feeling mighty vacant
could ya meet me at the station?
and if you stick around a little longer
could you tell me 'bout yr time?
was it hard to keep your tape collection
when you're coming all the time?
and livin' where you're livin'
it's a land haunted by Christ
in yr mind.
bury me in the water
the <3 is a lonely hunter
and you know i'm yr only daughter
bury me in the water
if i show up late for dinner
i hope that you would start w/o me
'cause i just wanna be a sinner
if i show up late for dinnre
and if you stick around a little longer
could you tell me 'bout yr time?
was it hard to keep yr tape collectoin
when you're moving all the time
and livni' where yr livin'
it's a land haunted by Christ
in yr mind.
and i've been feeling mighty pretty in my hospital bed.
couldya meet me in the city with some birds in my head?
and i ask the good lord to take me instead
(me instead)
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10. |
Ask Me to Eat
06:10
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they saved all the medication
for a special day when they get home
this is not my dedication
i still sing the same songs at the same shows
yea, i know!
my baby drinks his whiskey
my baby drinks Merlot <3
though I love when you come to see-e-ee me
I just can't talk to you when you put that shit up yr nose
I don't know why you keep me from the fountain,
keep me away but you ask me to drink.
I don't know why you keep me from the table,
keep me away but you ask me to eat.
but you know I can't eat.
heavy hammers in the attic
rusted tools out in the shed
tried to make sense of the sta-a-tic
got this ringin' in both of my ears instead
i got this instead.
so if I asked you to untie me
would ya do the opposite?
'cause maybe all i've ever wa-an-ted
is to look so good w/ yr rope around my wrist.
I don't know why you keep me from the fountain,
keep me away but you ask me to drink.
I don't know why you keep me from the table,
keep me away but you ask me to eat.
but you know I can't -
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