Rewind
Cut a tape of my favourite songs
Said what I can't face to face
I hoped that you would share all my thoughts
We are young and unimpressed
With all you'd recognise
So play it all over
Turn it wide
Now there is nothing but a
Mix tape left behind
Now it won't rewind
In my care we are superstars
Run your lipstick down your chin
While up ahead we saw such a crash
Right there a song became a soundtrack
For this space in time
So play it all over
Turn it wide
Now there is nothing but a
Mix tape left behind
Now it won't rewind
Wonder is often lost
Jaded at such a cost
Time undermines you
When you close your eyes
We pass right by you
So play it all over
Turn it wide
Now there is nothing but a
Mix tape left behind
Now it won't rewind
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Long Lost
Are you lost
Do you find life turning out
Not quite the way you planned
Come around stay awhile
That's ok
That's alright
Couldn't get to sleep so talk about it
Let's talk about it right now
Here it comes on my head again
I guess I'm born to be the long lost friend
Long lost friend
Are you cold
Is there no place better, safer, friendlier than this
Call me up, I'm alone
That's ok
That's alright
Rather it be me than go without it
So don't think about it right now
Here it comes on my head again
I guess I'm born to be the long lost friend
Long lost friend
I've given ballast
Held you up when you were falling down
What happened when I'm not around
Friend
Friend
Long lost friend
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Normal Town
I still remember you dressed in grey.
Working undercover for the CIA
You were cursing Silber living in Back Bay
Sailing on the Charles when I heard you say
Let's go down to Normal Town
Right now
Down, down, down
I washed you lover and scrubbed your face
Running from Miss Porter's you showed up one day
From a flat in South End where you made me strong
You said, "We're burning out at both ends"
So I came along
Let's go down to Normal Town
Right now
Down, down, down
Hey, wouldn't it be great to never worry
about your future never asking why
Hey. Hey? In a subdivision watching television
And our lives go by
Let's go down to Normal Town
Let's go down to Normal Town
Right now
Down, down, down
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Scared Are You
Strong hands
Big plans
All reduced to this
Hard won freedom
How could you have missed
Scared, are you
You do it on your own
You do it all alone
We all did
Scared, are you
Half the lines we make up dear
The best that you can do
Everything you would be
Pass you like a ghost
And kind words are scarce at best
When you need them the most
Scared, are you
You do it on your own
We all did
Scared, are you
Half the lines you make up here
The best that we can do
Hope brings you luck
Doors open up
And if you should fall
I'll catch you dear
It must be
It must be
Scared, are you
Finally on your own
You do it all alone
We all did
Scared, are you
Half the lines you make up dear
The best that we can do
And we do
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Return Of The Postmoderns
Ten cent lovers
Beneath the covers
Riding on a wet dream
Silver tonic free
High stool sweet tarts
Equipped with green cards
Chomp their 401k's
Semi-chocolate brie
Digging in Los Cruces
For an army drab container
Carbon dating clothes
For the last time they were washed
Shelby and Sheila
Onomatopoeia
Catch hang nail on Banion
Shiver Martin Sheen
Preschool mothers
In Technicolor
Are fire bombing Dresden
Stanton, Harry Dean
Feeding line caught tuna
To a neutered Bodhisattva
Writhing peached for the President
Out on the White House lawn
Beating Herbert Hoover
With a leather tipped Pinada
Thorn and Katy drink the milk
tinted Amerasian Green
Return, return, return
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Hung The Moon
They say you're off
A bit confused
But when the day is done
I'll be with you
I like your eyes
They say you're true
The others whisper and lie
And you framed the sun
Shot out the stars
You paled the sky
And hung the moon
They say "your loss"
That your mind's diseased
But when you've finally won
Tell me who always believed
Down way low
They never remember
Down way low
Down way low
You always remember
Don't let the words you hear leave your head
The say you're gone
That you left today
But if you change your mind
Know I still feel that same way
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Still Life With Cooley
Everybody talking saying you will be walking
This neighbourhood will never be the same
You said we'd understand
You found out what's happening now
So we all sat down and you broke the news
Now daddy don't love her any more
It's still life with Cooley
Now Daddy don't love her any more
It's just still life with Cooley
All your friends show on time
They come in bringing red wine
You said if it's over then we'll go in style
You better best take care keep one hand to your ear
So you're not left hanging when they're finally gone
Watcha' saying
You're going to stay of at St. Madigan's
Reeled in again
You're just fooling around fooling around
People hanging with their good friends
Listening to those old songs
Now Daddy don't love her any more
It's still life with Cooley
Now Daddy don't love her any more
It's just still life
It's just still life with Cooley
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Desperately Wanting
Past the road to your house
That you never called home
Where they turned out the lights
Though they say you'll never know
I remember running through the wet grass
And falling a step behind
Both of us never tiring
Desperately wanting
When they pumped out your guts
And filled you full of those pills
You were never quite right
Deserving all the chills
They say the worst is over
Kicked it over and ran
Then they ask what went wrong
When they turn you on again
They turn you on again.
I remember running through the wet grass
And falling a step behind
Both of us never tiring
Desperately wanting
Kick them right in the face
Make them wish they weren't born
And if they bring up your name
Well they'll say you won the war
Baby burst in the world
Never given a chance
Then they as what went wrong
When you never had it right
Oh the letters they have dropped off
Though they say you got them all
I finally figured out some things you'll never know
Take back your life and let me inside
We'll find the door if you care to any more
I remember running through the wet grass
And falling a step behind
Both of us never tiring
Desperately wanting
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WWOZ
WWOZ is on in stereo
A string of flowers haloed around your head
Candle light
Ceiling fan
Curtains blow away and back again
Back again
Don't wake me, I think I'm in a dream
Sleeping is easy
I used to lay in bed for hours
I've waited a lifetime now maybe I'll learn
Calling back and forth through heavy air
The barges sound their warnings in the dark
Peace comes like a trusted friend
As it starts to rain again fall away
Fall away
So don't wake me I think, I'm in a dream
Now sleeping is easy
I used to lay in bed for hours
I've waited a lifetime now maybe I'll learn
Sleeping is easy
I used to walk the streets for hours
I've waited a lifetime now maybe I'll learn
Let go of your fear, let's grow old together
Find a place along the way
Let's reel through the years
Each makes the other better.
But what thoughts can I call allies
When this circle of ribs keeps working on its own
Chorus
WWOZ's on in stereo
Well it's on in stereo
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Happy Endings
And though you will say I'm wrong
It's much easier with you along
Sundays were made for this
Seeing Bond give the villain a kiss
Holding your face in the glow
Play on
Play on
Happy endings
I thought that you'd like to know
I'm finally letting her go
You always said, "Tell me when
You're ready at last to begin"
Learning to chance it again
Play on, play on
Happy endings
So let them all dissolve
And welcome a new resolve
Here's where the credits run
Riding off into the sun
And love is real
Reading your eyes in the glow
Play on, play on
Happy endings
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Speeding Up To Down Slow
If they calm you down
Then excite them
If they call you out
Then ignore them
You're speeding up
You're speeding up
To slow down
When they all believe
You reject it
When they all are for
Be against it
You're speeding up
You're speeding up
To slow down
If they call you out
They will tear you down
When your world falls in
Then they'll leave you dry
You're speeding up
You're speeding up
To slow down
Down, down, down
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