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We've Got the Goods
03:57
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Now and then
Now and then it seems like we’ve got no friends
Then again
Then again we know we’ll always have friends
It’s not wrong to long to belong
Won’t be long until we belong again
All we know
All we know is that we don’t know it all
All we do
All we do is what we always do
After all
Aren’t we all after all
After all aren’t we all after all the same things
The same things
Don’t doubt it we’ve got the goods
Let’s shout it
Let’s do it
Let’s do something we’d never do but should
Woah oh oh
We got the goods (repeat)
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She's Got it Bad
03:42
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Jenny’s always looking for a sign
Simple has to be the first in line
She’s got it. She’s got it bad.
Spends the morning listening to a voice
Lines her glasses up and makes a choice
She’s got it. She’s got it bad.
She’s got it. She’s got it bad.
Record store, flipping through the T’s
Making sure, making sure he sees that she’s
Already got Bandwagonesque
Cranes her neck, head bobbing to the Pixies
So she can check all the picks that he’s
Already started to collect.
Jenny emulates a retro charm
Gently rest her hand next to his arm
She’s got it. She’s got it bad.
She’s got it. She’s got it bad.
What does she need another vinyl copy for?
She puts the record back once he’s left the store
Finds a spot just outside the venue
Hears the shot of a snare drum in and empty hall
It’s the greatest sound that she knows
Claims her space listening to the soundcheck
Checks her face maybe he’ll remember her
Standing in the front row.
Jenny’s always looking for as sign
Snaps a photo of herself in the line
She’s got it. She’s got it bad.
She’s got it. She’s got it bad.
She’s got it. She’s got it bad.
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3. |
Knock Knock Knock
02:02
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Save us, darling. It’s so cold outside.
Help us, baby. It looks so nice inside.
Can’t you see we’re dying to get…
Knock knock knock
What you want
We wanna be let in
Knock knock knock
What you want
We wanna be let in
How you gonna be our best friend
If you won’t let us in?
Knock knock knock
What you want
We wanna be let in
Save us, darling. The sun is going down.
Help us, baby. The saddest part of town.
Can’t you see we’re dying to get…
Knock knock knock
What you want
We wanna be let in
Knock knock knock
What you want
We wanna be let in
How you gonna be our best friend
If you won’t let us in?
Knock knock knock
What you want
We wanna be let in
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This could only happen to you
This could only happen to you
All the junk you’ve put us through
This could only happen to you
This could only happen to you
This could only happen to you
All the junk you’ve put us through
This could only happen to you
How did you get into this mess
It’s classic it’s magic
Your timing is tragic
We’ll help you out again I guess
What will it cost us
You’re gonna exhaust us
This could only happen to you
This could only happen to you
All the junk you’ve put us through
This could only happen to you
This could only happen to you
This could only happen to you
All the junk you’ve put us through
This could only happen to you
You read the room wrong once again
Grudges you’ve earned them
Bridges you’ve burned them
What was that thing you always said?
Permission is harder
Forgiveness is smarter
And you, you can’t see
That the only thing that all the awful moments have in common
Is you
This could only happen to you
This could only happen to you
All the junk you’ve put us through
This could only happen to you
This could only happen to you
This could only happen to you
All the junk you’ve put us through
This could only happen to you
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5. |
A Few More Lifetimes
04:32
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Take you time and save your time if you can
Because time doesn’t mind if you’ve made some other plans
Stop. It won’t be this way forever.
Stop. You’ve got to dig it like a treasure.
On those nights when the hours ignite in the clouds,
And you’re afraid you might wake the world, you’re thinking so loud,
Wait. Don’t commit the greatest crime and
Say. I’ll do it better next time.
A few more lifetimes is all we need.
A few more lifetimes that’s all we need.
Try to see what’s slipping right through your hands.
And someday soon you’ll wish you had taken a chance.
Wait. Don’t commit the greatest crime and
Say. I’ll do it better next time.
A few more lifetimes is all we need.
A few more lifetimes that’s all we need.
A few more lifetimes is all we need.
A few more lifetimes that’s all we need.
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Doused in citronella scratching a mosquito bite
Pass the frikedeller, leftovers from Tuesday night
Sing it acapella, something doesn’t sound quite right
I don’t like the way they do the drums.
Picky Cinderella shoeless on a Friday night
Picking out a fella, Mr. Left or Mr. Right
Opens her umbrella, maybe she could be a kite
Grab the scissors, cut the string and fly
There’s a world in the world
Where the sweetest people are recognized
A world in the world
Where the kind and caring win a prize
The empathetic always rise and rule the world
Go down to the cellar, looking for a fake moustache
Automatic teller, we trust the robot with our cash
I don’t want to tell her, don’t do anything too rash
Mosquitoes mean that summer’s finally here
There’s a world in the world
Where the sweetest people are recognized
A world in the world
Where the kind and caring win a prize
The empathetic always rise and rule the world
There’s a world in the world
Where the sweetest people are recognized
A world in the world
Where the kind and caring win a prize
The empathetic always rise and rule the world
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Overused hues
Orange and blues
In a rolled up poster lassoed with a rubber band
Telescope Eye
You be the spy
In the circle scenes of a move that was unplanned
You’re always talking to yourself but you’re never listening
Standing on the edge of a big decision
Lean, then catch your fall
Looking at a life you have to disassemble
Bravery is doing things that make you tremble
Lean, then catch your fall.
Lean, then catch your fall.
A last look around
We don’t make a sound
Until the onramp fires us out onto the open road.
You’re always talking to yourself but you’re never listening
Standing on the edge of a big decision
Lean, then catch your fall
Lean, then catch your fall
Lean, then catch your fall
Lean, then catch your fall
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They Know, They Know
02:26
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They know, they know, they always know
They know, they know, they know
I didn’t want to be alone again today
So I called some friends and they called some friends
We gathered in a field where the corn stalks grow so high
We could only see our hands, we could only see our hands
They know, they know, they always know
They know, they know, they know
The wind was like an uncle it tousled all our hair
There were dead leaves on the ground and pumpkins all around
Someone got an apple from the back seat of the van
They threw it in the air, it never came back down
They know, they know, they always know
They know, they know, they know
We didn’t have much to do
So we didn’t do much
But we did it really well
Leaning on a pole
Leaning on a car
Walking across the parking lot listening for a bell
They know, they know, they always know
They know, they know, they know
They know, they know, they always know
They know, they know, they know
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Ancient Bones
04:26
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Beneath the surface
Feeling nervous
Straightens his tie and backs against the wall
Eyes on the exits
Ears on the echos
Of all the footsteps that are coming down the hall
Rise
You’ll be the tide
Building in waves
Smashing against the old old stones
Can’t stop a flood
You’ll clean it all up
Rinsing away the ancient bones.
Can resist them
Start a new system
Don’t care about the way things have been down
He’s feeling jilted
Table’s been tilted
He is no longer the only golden one
Rise
You’ll be the tide
Building in waves
Smashing against the old old stones
Can’t stop a flood
You’ll clean it all up
Rinsing away the ancient bones.
They know better
They do worse
They know better
They do worse
Rise
You’ll be the tide
Building in waves
Smashing against the old old stones
Can’t stop a flood
You’ll clean it all up
Rinsing away the ancient bones.
Rise
You’ll be the tide
Building in waves
Smashing against the old old stones
Can’t stop a flood
You’ll clean it all up
Rinsing away the ancient bones.
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You Can't Take It Back
01:55
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We all know what you took took
Read your face just like a book book
We all know that you’re a crook crook
We all know what you took took
You can’t take it back, you can’t take it back
You can’t take it back, you can’t take it back
We all heard what you said said
We all saw you turning red red
We all saw you turn your head head
We all heard what you said said
You can’t take it back, you can’t take it back
You can’t take it back, you can’t take it back
How can you take it back we all heard what you said
That was more than just a joke joke
It was a fire made the smoke smoke
Wasn’t laugher made us choke choke
That was more than just a joke joke
You can’t take it back, you can’t take it back
You can’t take it back, you can’t take it back
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Photograph
It proves a memory
But what’s is the truth gonna get me?
Memories
They’re not quite static
Some of them are coy, some of them emphatic
What we did and what we didn’t do
What we did and what we didn’t do
What we did and what we didn’t
What we did and what we didn’t do.
Anyway
It doesn’t matter
You can let it go or you can get madder.
Arguments
There’s just no winning
The only way to end them is to not begin them
What we did and what we didn’t do
What we did and what we didn’t do
What we did and what we didn’t
What we did and what we didn’t do.
You put your crossword down and look out at the yard
Who knew that living on your own would be this hard
But you can chose to do anything you want to any time
But what is it?
Compromise,
Might equal freedom
You won't know your soulmates if you never meet 'em.
What we did and what we didn’t do
What we did and what we didn’t do
What we did and what we didn’t
What we did and what we didn’t do.
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