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The Bar
03:58
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could you spare a smoke boy cuz im fresh out
trouble you for a light boy cuz im without
im slurring my speech I hope you dont mind
could you trade it for a kiss girl cuz im starstruck
i know its hit or miss girl but im dumb luck
im slurring my speech i hope you dont mind
and suddenly the bar clears out
its you and me and my big dumb mouth
you take a drag and speaking slow said
you better pucker up boy cuz i'll call your bluff
show me what your made of cuz im tough stuff
im slurrin my speech i hope you dont mind
and suddenly we're all alone
your lips on mine
and im in drunk love
the suddenly we're pulled apart and
im in the cab home girl, thank god i got your name
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2. |
Light Of The Afternoon
02:06
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I met you on the subway
I caught your eye you
looked down at your feet as if to say
"maybe when we are older I'll always be there for you and maybe we'll never have to be alone"
Later, we crashed the party
where we knew no one
you never made it about yourself
upstairs behind the sofa
we spun the bottle
alone and blushing
we showed each other just how we felt
you met my parents
i met your brother
after the wedding
we never told a lie
you found my first grey
hair and i did the dishes
to old McCartney records
in the light of the afternoon
but I lost you on the subway
never got your name but
you'll never know just
how much you meant when I was down
and out
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im a light house keeper
your full name in a correspondance
has left me breathless
and my common sense
has taken its daily vacation
and left me restless
you're the whitehouse speaker
not a new one to takin chances
and im hopeless
standing on the corner of the L&M
tryna work up the courage to ask you to be mine
oh ive lost my mind
you gotta know when to quit boy you know
you're holdin out too long
cuz this is the end of it boy you know
you're holding out too long
im a broken record
stuck in the same romances
that leave me guessing
walkin round the corner of catalpa av
hopin i still cross your mind from time to time
as you do mine
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4. |
If You Want Me To
02:41
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wake up slowly
and roll out of bed
"its all in your head"
"but they dont need you"
so if you want me to
i'll wake up
slowly
and tug at the blinds
im stayin in tonight
cuz i dont feel how i used to feel
waitin for someone to tell me
that "i know what you're goin through"
tell me what I mean to you
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5. |
Becomes The Bottle
03:51
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a quick resolution
the easy way out
of a tense situation
without opening your mouth
one glass becomes two
becomes the bottle
becomes my bed
hoping for reprieve but tomorrow comes instead
how do you start again?
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6. |
Ridgewood
04:28
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buck up sport its easy come
i know you'll find another one
chin up kid its easy go
step outside for a smoke alone
so lock the door and take a stroll
with no particular place to go
start to smile as you pass
the signs for cheap beer and laundromats
and discount photograph developers are handin out fake cash
to match all the parked car fliers posted on the dash as you say
oh i know
there'll always be another city i can go
to when i feel all hung up and im feelin so alone
i know (i can always go)
I know (i guess i'll go)
to ridgewood
ridgewood
so tie your shoe and hit the street
with no particular date to keep
push your hair back as you pass
the nameless cross streets and subway maps
the endless cookie cutter coffee shops the painted green tint brass
to match all the worn down statues hauntin up the aves as you say
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7. |
Walking Penance
02:43
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walking penance
too cheap for a 1 train
thru holes in my shoes
from 57th to world trade
what if these blue eyes fade to grey?
will all i have to offer go the same way?
a kiss on the corner
a change in the crosswalk
a flashing red light
the audacity of love in this world after midnight
my walking absence
too cheap for the new age
through holes in my clothes
from 27's to earl grey
what if my blue eyes fade to grey?
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8. |
Ceiling Dreamer
02:22
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and in your shower conversations
you're chewin all us out
with a distinct observation
that never leaves your mouth
why do you waste your precious time
holdin in whats on your mind?
so ceiling dreamer, why do you drink?
why do you hold on to what drags you to the brink
why do you let it bring you down?
so ceiling dreamer, heavy sleeper
we're blowin out the new reciever in your living room
but somehow all that noise it never bothers you
fakin asleep, oh you're not foolin me
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Passing Taxi Cabs
03:05
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check my reflection
in passing taxi cabs
my stress sweats a collar
that trickles down the avenue
fit jacket and matching tailored slacks
hang in the closet just inches out of grasp
check my reflection
in passing subway lines
adjust the gigline
each seam a bit too
tighten up your act
the aisles lookin bright
straighten your back and
fumble for the light
but whatd you expect?
trading paycheck after paycheck for the pain in your back
its not as easy as it seems
to drift off to sleep
when the thoughts of the jacket and the matching tailored slacks
gather dust in the closet
you know that shes not comin back
so check my reflection
in passing taxi cabs
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10. |
If I'm Alone
03:01
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Baby, i think i'm leaving
got all my reasons
all of them involving you
i didnt mean to
get so angry
but all those promises you made were never true
so whats the point
of sunsets on west side
drinks on the high rise
hoppin the turnstiles baby
with no one there to bring me home
so baby, dont come callin
dont leave a key for me
oh baby cant you see
so whats the point
of sunsets on west side
drinks on the high rise
hoppin the turnstiles baby
if i'm alone
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