I wonder what it’s like to be the rainmaker

I wonder what it’s like to know that I make the rain

I’d store it in boxes with little yellow tags on everyone

and you can come see them when I’m...done, when I’m done

I wonder what it’s like to be a super hero

I wonder where I’d go if I could fly around downtown

from some other planet, I get this funky high on yellow sun

boy I bet my friends will all be...stunned, they’re stunned

straight up, what did you hope to learn about here

if I were someone else, would this all fall apart

strange, where were you, when we started this gig,

I wish the real world, would just stop hassling me

I wonder what it’s like to be the head honcho

I wonder what I’d do if they all did just what I said

I’d shout out an order, I think we’re out of this man get me some

boy don’t make me wanna change my...tone, my tone

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please don’t change, please don’t break

the only thing that seems to work at all is you

please don’t change, at all from me to you, and you to me

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it’s sitting by the overcoat, the second shelf, the note she wrote

that I can’t bring myself to throw away

and also reach she said for no one else but you,

cuz you won’t turn away when someone else is gone

I’m sorry ‘bout the attitude I need to give when I’m with you

but no one else would take this shit from me

and I’m so terrified of no one else but me

I’m here all the time I won’t go away

it’s me, yeah I can’t get myself to go away

it’s me, and I can’t get myself to go away

oh God shouldn’t feel this way

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reach down your hand in your pocket

pull out some hope for me

it’s been a long day, always ain’t that right

and no Lord your hand won’t stop it

just keep you trembling

it’s been a long day, always ain’t that right

well I’m surprised that you’d believe

in any thing that comes from me

I didn’t hear from you or from someone else

and you’re so set in life man, a pisser they’re waiting

too damn bad you get so far so fast so what, so long

it’s me, yeah and I can’t get myself to go away

it’s me, yeah and I can’t get myself to go away

oh God I shouldn’t feel this way

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she say it’s cold outside and she hands me my raincoat

she’s always worried about things like that

she says it’s all gonna end and it might as well be my fault

and she only sleeps when it’s raining

and she screams and her voice is straining

she says baby it’s 3 am I must be lonely

when she says baby

well I can’t help but be scared of it all sometimes

says the rain’s gonna wash away I believe it

she’s got a little bit of something,

God it’s better than nothing

and in her color portrait world she believes that she’s got it all

she swears the moon don’t hang quite as high as it used to

and she only sleeps when it’s raining

and she screams and her voice is straining

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she believes that life is made up of all that you’re used to

and the clock on the wall has been stuck at three for days, and days

she thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway

but outside it’s stopped raining

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she said I don’t know if I’ve ever been good enough

I’m a little bit rusty, and I think my head is caving in

and I don’t know if I’ve ever been really loved

by a hand that’s touched me,

well I feel like something’s gonna give

and I’m a little bit angry, well

this ain’t over, no not here,

not while I still need you around

you don’t owe me,

we might change yeah we just might feel good

I wanna push you around, I will, I will

I wanna push you down, I will, I will

I wanna take you for granted,

I wanna take you for granted I will

she said I don’t know why you ever would lie to me

like I’m a little untrusting when I think that the truth is gonna hurt ya

and I don’t know why you couldn’t just stay with me

you couldn’t stand to be near me when my face don’t seem to want to shine

cuz it’s a little bit dirty well

don’t just stand there, say nice things to me

I’ve been cheated I’ve been wronged,

and you you don’t know me, I can’t change I won’t do anything at all

oh but don’t bowl me over just wait a minute well it kinda fell apart,

things get so crazy, crazy don’t rush this baby, don’t rush this baby

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you think this life would make me bolder

but I’m running scared is all I hang on everything about you

you think I’d settle down cuz I’m older but I roll with the changes is all

I’m same old trailer trash in new shoes

she gets sad when there’s nothing going on

she says it makes her feel damn worthless

well you got to think with a girl like that any love at all,

is better than nothing it’s better than nothing

I put my hands around your shoulder

you’re saying you’re scared is all

I think I know too much about you y

ou think this life would make me colder

I’d give in to the alcohol I put my loving arms around you, child

you knew damn well there was nothing going on is

that what makes you feel damn worthless

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well you got to think with a girl like that

any love is better than nothing it’s better than nothing

you got to think, with a girl like that any love at all,

is better than nothing it’s better than nothing

yeah she drags you down

and she pulls you up she pulls you up

says that she’s sorry now but it’s not enough to pull you up she’s sorry

I wake up quick just like I want to

yeah but I stay out much too late

you think this life can get a bit unkind

but she stays down till the worth is gone

and pulls you up, she pulls you up, she pulls you up and over, over

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it’s nothing, it’s so normal

you just stand there I could say so much

but I don’t go there cuz I don’t want to

I was thinking if you were lonely

maybe we could leave here and no one would know

at least not to the point that we would think so

everyone here, knows everyone here is thinking about somebody else

it’s best if we all keep it under our heads

I couldn’t tell, if anyone here was feeling the way I do

but I’m lonely now, and I don’t know how to get it back to good

this don’t mean that, you own me well

this ain’t no good, in fact it’s phony as hell

but things worked out just like you wanted too

if you see me out you don’t know me

try to turn your head,

try to give me some room

to figure out just what I’m going to do

and everyone here,

hates everyone here for doing just like they do

it’s best if we all keep this quiet instead

and I couldn’t tell,

why everyone here was doing me like they do

but I’m sorry now, and I don’t know how to get it back to good

everyone here,

is wondering what it’s like to be with somebody else

everyone here’s to blame,

everyone here gets caught up in the pleasure of the pain,

everyone hides shades of shame,

but looking inside we’re the same, we’re the same

and we’re all grown now, but we don’t know how to get it back to good

everyone here, knows everyone here is thinking ‘bout somebody else

it’s best if we all keep this under our heads

I couldn’t tell, if anyone here was feeling the way I do

but it’s over now, and I don’t know how,

it’s over now there’s no getting back to good

this old world well don’t it make you wanna think damn

this cold girl well I know she wanna make you scream, damn

what’s the matter girl well don’t you think I’m good enough

this old heart’s had a whole lot a breakin’ down

she’s got all these reasons in her head

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all that time she knew if I lied you can bet she will

she’s taking her time ‘til I thought I would die and I can’t sit still

things got turned ‘round don’t know where I started from, damn

I can’t eat, can’t sleep could have been a bigger man, damn

oh what’s the matter girl well don’t you think I’m bright enough

this old man had hard time getting here

you can leave your number at the door

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and there’s nothing at all

yeah there’s nothing at all

well there’s nothing at all

to make her change her mind

I'll make her change her mind,

to make her change her mind

This old house been quiet since you went away, damn

mixed up fixed out don’t forget who got you here, damn

oh what’s the matter world well don’t you see I opened up

this whole part been played by another man

I pulled out the reason card instead

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says she can find the things that make up a life

I bet she will she stays behind,

I could stay here all night I could stay here until

until there’s nothing at all

yeah there’s nothing at all

well there’s nothing at all

to make her change her mind

she don’t, but she will

he says anything to keep her by him

she takes what she gets,

and she never did flinch, no

so over, and over, well anyone

with any mind would think that’s all she gets

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if you want you can get to know me well

we get along so we shouldn’t argue, yeah

and I don’t know yes, said I don’t know no

all these feelings cloud up my reasoning

yeah they cloud up my reasoning

I know, but I still

believe in ignorance as my best defense

so go on, wreck me

funny how I carry on, and not be taken

over will not roll over on anyone,

cuz anyone would stand up on my side

you know it’s funny how sometimes, it don’t work out like you want to

no you never get nothing at all

then she tells you that it’s over, boy don’t you hate it when it’s over

I guess something just got lost, and it deeply saddens me

so over, and over anyone, who’s anyone

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kody sat down on the avenue

he tapped his feet,

to the humming of the highway

he watched the light shine down on the broken glass

and thought

I don’t got no reasons, yet

there it is and there it was

it was clear to all of us

we kept this hat of broken dreams

and we pulled them out, when we needed them around

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so please hand me the bottle,

I think I’m lonely now

and please give me direction,

I think the hurt set in

and I don’t feel nothing

there’s a squeak hinge down on the back gate

it lets us know if he comes around

I don’t sleep that good anyway

if you’ve never heard the silence,

it’s a God awful sound

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I don’t feel nothing,

no I don’t feel nothing

there’s nothing to feel good about here

don’t much get down to the avenue

I could drive, but it takes so much to get there

don’t get off on all the broken glass, the cadillac scene,

well I’ve seen a lot of good things die

and I’m in an over emotional way

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I forget when words were only words

she knows the party makes me

nervous in this stage we can’t get hurt

don’t try to understand me

we’re too cool to be alone

but, not too crazy to get busted

I found out one life just ain’t enough

I need another soul to feed on

I’m the flame I can’t get burnt

I’m wholly understated

I found silence in this space

an on and off again attraction

I need such amazing grace heaven sweep me away

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love don’t change, don’t come around here

don’t wear my heart on your sleeve like a high school letter

don’t strain, cuz nothing ever comes from it

and the people we’ve become, well they’ve never been the people who we are

I strap on one horse and prayed for luck

I dug another hole to bleed

I know exactly how this works

I need a new feel dirty

I don’t need you crowding up my space

I just want to get inside you.

You can’t blame the heart you save giving something away.

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I dreamed that the world was crumbling down

we sat on my back porch and watched it.

I dreamed that the buildings all fell down

we sat on my back porch and watched it

in my head I heard the sound like fifteen strangers dancing

but oh how I want you to know me

oh how I want you to know me

oh how I wish I was somebody else, baby

oh how I wish you could own me

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what we learned here is love tastes bitter when it’s gone

past yourself forget the light, things look dirty when it’s on

funny how it comes to pass, that all the good slips away

and there’s no one around you can remember being good to you

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shame, shouldn’t try you, couldn’t step by you and open up more

shame, shame, shame

what we lost here is something better left alone

second steps have been forgotten, will you tell me how they go

set yourself, situate, like a fool try again

there’s no one around you can remember being good, for you so

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shame, shouldn’t try you, couldn’t step by you, and open up more shame,

shame, shame

shame, shouldn’t try you, couldn’t step by you and open up more shame,

shame, shame

we never thought we’d get so troubled

we could never think that much it should never get this bad

so let the wind blow ya, across a big floor

but there’s no one around who can tell us what we’re here for

funny in a certain light, how we all look the same

and there’s no one in life you can remember ever stood for you, so

she grabs her magazines

she packs her things and she goes

she leaves the pictures hanging on the wall,

she burns all her notes and she knows,

she’s been here too few years to feel this old

he smokes his cigarette,

he stays outside ‘till it’s gone

if anybody ever had a heart,

he wouldn’t be alone

he knows, she’s been here too few years,

to be gone

and we always say, it would be good to go away, someday

but if there’s nothing there to make things change

if it’s the same for you I’ll just hang

the trouble understand, is she got reasons he don’t

funny how he couldn’t see at all, ‘til she grabbed up her coat

and she goes, she’s been here too few years

to take it all in stride but still it’s much too long,

to let hurt go (you let her go)

and we always say, it would be good to go away, someday

but if there’s nothing there to make things change

if it’s the same for you I’ll just hang

the same for you I’ll always hang

well I always say, it would be good to go away

but if things don’t work out like we think

and there’s nothing there to ease this ache

but if there’s nothing there to make things change

if it’s the same for you, I’ll just hang