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1. |
How Many Listeners?
02:56
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I'm going to teach you appeal!
she had only one delay
delay in this lifetime
he had only one delight
flirting with the idea
set your phasers back to stun
and point em at what you want
set your phasers back to stun
and point em at everyone
cause your heartbeat like a humdrum
it goes boom tsk (boom tsk) like it was done
that might work for some
set your phasers back to stun
the deaf are talking cross a traffic jam
deaf are talking cross a traffic jam
you can only look at your hands
I can only look at my hands
now the priest still preach from the front
and the host still take from the prompter
art still hangs on a wall
and the wall still hinges at ninety
the band still plays on a stage
curious approach
skulls all live in a cage
everybody look at your hands
flirting with the idea
they were flirting with the idea
flirting with the idea
they were flirting with the idea
with the idea
with the idea
with the idea
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2. |
Thick Heads
02:35
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It's easy
to assume
(ba ba ba ba)
that you're marked
marked for noon
(ba ba ba ba)
and to walk (walk, walk, walk, walk)
and to walk (walk, walk, walk, walk)
and to walk (walk, walk, walk, walk)
with a pistol (oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
silhouette
you think violence
is in bloom (better sensations to be chasing)
you cower
while we croon (can't win it's the sun you're facing)
and your talk (talk, talk, talk, talk)
and your talk (talk, talk, talk, talk)
and your talk (talk, talk, talk, talk)
it blows tumbleweeds
through this fake
mindset
(mind, mind, mind, mind, mind)
(mind, mind, mind, mind, mind)
set
(mind, mind, mind, mind, mind)
(mind, mind, mind, mind, mind)
set
(mind, mind, mind, mind, mind)
(mind, mind, mind, mind, mind)
set
(mind, mind, mind, mind, mind)
(mind, mind, mind, mind, mind)
set
man, you gotta fix your thick head
(mind, mind, mind, mind, mind)
(mind, mind, mind, mind, mind)
set
(mind, mind, mind, mind, mind)
(mind, mind, mind, mind, mind)
set
(mind, mind, mind, mind, mind)
(mind, mind, mind, mind, mind)
set
(mind, mind, mind, mind, mind)
(mind, mind, mind, mind, mind)
set
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3. |
Bride's Head
02:20
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you want to make the bride
a widow
and the groom
her ghost
but you ain't quite sure
what to do with yourself
push familiar
further
keep the stranger
known
they're all dying
my you have grown
oh sigh, oh sigh, oh you'll sigh, by and by
oh you'll sigh, oh you'll sigh, oh you'll sigh, by and by
the guests
were occupied
the bride was
slipping down
the guests
were entertained
you wish bride's head
was in town
nobodies touching that big ol' punch bowl
no, nobodies touching that big ol' punch bowl
oh sigh
hear the ladle cry
the bride's a widow
and the grooms a ghost (ain't my fault)
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4. |
Casual Piracy Revisited
05:06
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a piss-take poor
illustration
you did of me
you fired away
fired away
into my hull
into my heart
into my hull
into my heart
you said
"I'll hunt you down and eat your firstborn
if you ever hurt me."
I tire away
tire away
of things that you say
but don't exactly mean
you were never deserving
of this second berthing
no never deserving
of this second berthing
If you smile
too much
in this life
you will make enemies
they fire away
fire away
fire at will
into yours still
oh man these seas are high
but I have sailed higher seas
place this betwixt knees
and just feel the breeze
you were never deserving
of this second berthing
no never deserving
of this second berthing
I turn into the sea
and everything I've ever known
it slides out of me
fire when ready
fire when ready
'cause we are all victims of
casual piracy
real intentions don't please
real intentions don't please
don't please
don't please
don't please
don't please
don't please
don't please
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5. |
Cig No Fire
02:33
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Fire
don't know it's on fire
these words
don't know they're on fire
water and hand
water and hand
water and hand
can't extinguish this fire
young shaver
he got a cig
but no fire
pensioner
he got a pipe
but no fire
trust in the band
trust in the band
trust in the band
to deliver you fire
"steal everything," says, Jim
"steal everything," says, Jim
"steal everything," says, Jim
Arthur, he answers him
Arthur, he answers him
Arthur, he answers him
"Just watch me try ah"
steal it all
steal it all
steal it all
steal it all
ahahahaha
steal it all
ahahahaha
steal it all
ahahahaha
steal it all
ahahahaha
steal it all
ahahahaha
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6. |
Slow Fire Dentist
03:35
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Ah your mouth is bothering you so much these days
you got teeth so weak man
they ride horses
and your tongue is caught
between your teeth and cheek
let's stop for the slow fire dentist
anyhow
I think
"he can still operate"
I think
"he can still operate"
I think
"he can still operate"
I think
"can he still operate?"
slow fire is and slow fire does
slow fire will and slow fire was
round before even you and me e e
let's stop
take a look-see
I think
"he can still operate"
I think
"he can still operate"
I think
"he can still operate"
I think
"can he still operate?"
Ah your mouth is bothering you so much these days
if it's bothering you, you gotta hear what they say
all the places seen and the places you've known
it's enough to make your own mouth
groan
I think
"he can still operate"
I think
"he can still operate"
I think
"he can still operate"
I think
"can he still operate?"
I slip down a side one
provisional
past the hangdog hollers
taking tonal tones
neither Mr. or missed
he said to "take it slow
and that's how you feel operational"
and now I'm feeling operational
and now I'm feeling operational
and now I'm feeling operational
and now I'm feeling operational
I think
"he can still operate"
I think
"he can still operate"
I think
"he can still operate"
I think
"can he still operate?"
operational
operational
operational
operational
operational
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7. |
Beck and Call
04:15
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Ten drown on a summer day in Turkey
stoned men paid to wash a dust line
I'm laughing at nothing in particular
serving for a general crime
my wife was the fairest maid
she looked like the froth on the tide
but she lacked an animal grace
so I skinned for another hide
hide, hide, hide,
don't hideaway
hide, hide, hide,
don't hideaway
hide, hide, hide
don't hide away
come outside!
pardon me while I sit so near
tell you one thing that's on my mind
did you hear about the amphitheater in Izmir?
under houses the whole fucking time
time, time, time,
time awaits
time, time, time
time awaits
time, time, time,
time awaits
don't calcify!
some scratch and forty leer
a fun ticket for the coming ride
move along Mr. officer
the moon will break you
as sure as the tide
I met her on a ferry in the clear
we exchanged numbers with 'lectronic device
thin jokes poked the atmosphere
the sun was reaching for some calcium light
light, light, light,
year away
light, light, light,
years away
light, light, light,
years away
still, we try
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
come outside
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
don't calcify
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
come outside
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (in your run and in your crawl, I'll be singing this back and call)
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (in your run and in your crawl I'll be at your beck and call)
beck and call
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
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8. |
Raise A Laugh
03:30
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My ten gods will forgive your one
meter's on
think it over son
my ten gods will forgive your one
it's a pardon born of
oblivion
seven demons lighter
since the priest has left my cell
Will your one god just forgive my ten?
take your time
mull it over, friend
Will your one god just forgive my ten?
It's a pardon born of
oblivion
seven demons lighter
since I left that job in sales
I had a dream
I resisted myself
I had a dream
I embraced myself
I had a dream
I resisted myself
I was the toughest gentleman
in the room
down on the streets, there are
outstretched hands
some hold kids
and some hold instruments
down on the streets, there are
outstretched hands
left the hoof
and the talisman
and the change it jingles on my hip. bone
like some tambourine
those who die young
well the gods love them
Alexander and Lot
yeah the gods love them
but those with us
they are young shaven
those with us
they are young shaven!
raise a laugh (raise a laugh)
this too will pass
as will we
as will we
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9. |
Blue Spell
05:27
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Closed my eyes
and I saw, I saw barbed wire
closed my eyes
and I saw, I saw barbed wire
running blue, running blue
over my mind
you said
"don't sleep like that
unless you're tired"
"don't you sleep like that
unless you're tired"
the pollen broke, the pollen broke
rust is your voice
I closed my eyes
and I, I saw
barbed wire
I closed my eyes
and I, I saw
barbed wire
running blue, running blue, running blue
you said
'don't sleep like that man
'less you tired" ('less you tired, 'less you tired)
you said
'don't sleep like that man
'less you tired" ('less you tired, 'less you tired)
and the pollen broke, the pollen broke, the pollen broke
rust is your voice
went back and forth
with a kicked up dust
of a memory just gone by
went back and forth
with a kicked up dust
of his memory just gone by
went back and forth
with a kicked up dust
of his memory just gone by
went back and forth
with a kicked up dust
of his memory just gone by
bye
you look at me
so hungrily
can you look me in the eye?
you look at me
so hungrily
can you look me in the eye?
I
Closed my eyes
and I, I saw
barbed wire
Closed my eyes
and I, I saw
barbed wire
running blue (harmed and broken, broken and harmed)
running blue (harmed and broken, broken and harmed)
running blue (harmed and broken, broken and harmed)
(harmed and broken, broken and harmed)
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10. |
Trinidad/Tobago
02:27
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A man
a lover of song
a man
he won't be for long
a man
until he is aa man no more
a love
of infinite gesture (gesture)
a love
it won't be sequestered (sequestered)
a love
until those plans fly out that door
those cracked linoleum floors
lead to change
and most in the town
well they treat you strange
and what's worse
those who don't see you at all
a mind
alchemist of gender
so long
he's legally tender
and headed for some far off distant shore
faded posters of fighters
in rings
the country doctor
"sure" he sings
and the sun vanquishes all
Trinidad was calling you Tobago (no man is an island)
Trinidad is calling you Tobago (but many are peninsulas)
Trinidad is calling you Tobago (no man is a rock)
Trinidad is calling you Tobago (but many are islanders)
(and we're gonna do two Colorados)
Trinidad is calling you Colorado
Trinidad is calling you Colorado
Trinidad was calling you so they go
and they've gone, and they've gone
and they went
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