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I Got A Message
03:10
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I Got A Message
I took the last train to hell on my porch
I didn’t know what to think
There was nothing I could do with my thoughts
They kept my soul in the sink
And I sort of stopped - knowing what I was
Something had shifted - And I saw the loss
I got a message to face the fact
I wouldn’t get any younger
It told me something about the track
I was meant to be on
I climbed the wreckage right out of the bar
And met her there on the brink
She rode rings round the rest of the girls
We spent the night on the drink
Then I saw the light shining in her eyes
Something was different and I changed that night
I got a message to face the fact
I wouldn’t get any younger
It told me something about the track
That I was meant to be on
She punched a hole in my astronaut suit
I didn’t stand a chance
Pushed me out with a parachute
I had to get out and dance
I got a message to face the fact
I wouldn’t get any younger
You told me something about the track
That I was meant to be on...
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2. |
An Enlarged Heart
04:46
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An Enlarged Heart
You said you’d be alright
As the cracks begin to show in the night
Said you’d gone to your next friend
As the truth begins to show on your face
It’s not alright to have an enlarged heart
When you don’t get close enough to get close enough to get a real response
It’s not intact when you’re not in love
You keep in covered up in a safe place too long
You said you’d reached the end
Of the rope that separates the bits
And I’m supposed to make new plans
As the grass begins to grow around my feet
You said you’d make it swift
As the blows begin to rain down around my neck
And now there’s not a snowball’s chance
I will ever even make a dent
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3. |
Stop The World
03:35
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Stop the World
Face down in a shallow bath I can feel the world and its warm and wet
Is there more to life or is that enough then the lights go out and I start to fret
And I know you’re there because I can hear you laugh and you take my head and you pull me up
Then you lead me down like an usherette you say the movie hasn’t finished yet
And I poke around in your things a bit and you know I’m there but you pretend you don’t
And its fine at first then it starts to spit but the music doesn’t stop at that
And I’m closing in on a shallow thought that I fell in love with the girl next door
But she’s married now and got a kid and you’re the one, you’re the one I’m with
Stop the world don’t let it pass you can hold that thought for the rest of the day
Hold your horses make them stop till the moment splits us into different waves
Lie down and you better wait till there’s someone kissing on your back
And its fine at first then he starts to lick but the movement doesn’t stop at that
I’m closing in on a shallow spot that you know is there but you pretend you don’t
Then the feeling’s gone before it starts better stop the world don’t let it pass
Stop the world don’t let it pass you can hold that thought for the rest of the day
Hold your horses make them stop till the moment splits us into different waves
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4. |
We Are Strangers
04:29
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We Are Strangers
She’s crazy in one of those moods
Where it’s no picnic and I can never say anything wrong
She’ll soon be coming down
To those old home truths - she’s got a method of her own
And it breaks my heart when she lets on
That she’s going to bed alone
It’s a wonder we can function at all
With the weight of who we are
It’s no good making plans
When conditions can change with a wave of a hand
I’m totally out of my zone
And in the wink of an eye I could be totally out on my own
We are strangers in a very strange way
That we don’t know at all
We are famous for a very strange thing
When we get caught they give it a name
She’ll soon be someone new
And I’ll be lucky if I can ever be anything more
She’s only passing though
And I’m sitting in state like an alien in a room
And it breaks my heart when she lets on
That she’s going to bed alone
It’s a wonder we can function at all
With the weight of who we are
We are strangers in a very strange way
That we don’t know at all
We are famous for a very strange thing
When we get caught they give it a name
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5. |
The Lassie
03:36
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The Lassie
There’s nothing wrong with the lassie
She’s the courage to be what she is
Her virgin white it’s the source of her light
She’s the colour of autumn she is
There’s nothing sacred in lassie
She’s the mother of all that she knows
She could make you her goal you could wind up as one
You could cover her in all of these things
And I sit and watch her grow into a woman
And I stay at home while she’s out being a woman
Lassie it’d be great to be home
Fine time to pick a fight we’ve been known to have a few
Is it all over money is it buried deep in the soil
Walk down the end of the road
Even a worm’s got a point of view yeah
There’s nothing savage in lassie
She’s the sister to all that she sings
She could write you a song you could wind up in one
She could cover you in all of these things
And I sit and watch her grow into a woman
And I stay at home while she’s out being a woman
Lassie it’d be great to be home
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6. |
A Blood Bond
04:14
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A Blood Bond
Come right back to me this minute
Got yourself a new man
Give up your big ideas and listen
I can repair I can really change
Get back to basics she’s numb and I’m on fire
Cold flesh is hard - thoughts are vague till she comes
We got a blood bond hold me when I die
Shake me when I try to come back to life
We carry on like two things dressed as one
Shake me if I’m wrong I’d rather go down in flame
See my eyes I’m well considered
I’ve changed my life I’m really clean
Feel my skin I’m not a lizard
A dose of my arms could put you straight
Let me in on what you’re doing
I can be there in any event
Be yourself and flee whatever
Just let me know if it gets out of hand
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7. |
Some Of The Joy
03:33
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Some Of The Joy
When we first met you were such a beautiful rose
I always knew you’d pose such thorny questions
And I suppose I’d been neglecting all your changes
It wasn’t long before you stole my heart
And I was taken in a new direction
But you were smart - you learned the lesson from the very start
And when you think that it’s all for naught
Just remember the time - when she was so fine
And you can give back some of the joy and love that she gave
The way you left it nearly tore me apart
Though I could see it was a tough decision
So I’ll depart a hard admission to be guilty of
And when you think that it’s all for naught
Just remember the time when she was so fine
And you can give back some of the joy and love that she gave
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8. |
Stole My Dreams
03:51
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Stole my Dreams
Oh I know all about being carried away
I pursue course with a vigour
I’ll thank you to stay in close supply
Although I know we both know it won’t be no easy road
I watch you burn and I keep you hid
On fire with a torch of endless thought
You curl my lips in a half-baked way
And possess the thoughts I had or thought I thought I did
Then you stole my dreams
Then you stole my dreams
When you stole my dreams
Oh I know what it is to be going nowhere
I been too long with the poet
I’ll thank you to stand way over there
While I figure out where it is I’m going
Then you stole my dreams
Then you stole my dreams
When you stole my dreams
Stop for a minute see what you’re doing you’ll never get that feeling back boy
So you rock on up to the limit you terrify the general public
Whether you’re a romantic or a republic
One of us winds up laughing and one of us sleeps in the bath
Oh I know what’s like to be nothing at all
I’ve been so long with the Buddha
I was a basketball case back and forth inside my head
Hoping to score but I’m dreaming instead
Then you stole my dreams
Then you took my dreams
When you stole my dreams
Whether it’s a whisper or a tsunami
Nothing blows like Mother Nature
And nothing ever will
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9. |
I Know The Sun Will Set
03:35
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I Know The Sun Will Set
I smell the room and look about the place and wonder
I’ve never been much of a sleuth but I see the truth
There’s been a major happening here
Your focus group knew it was bogus from the start
You’d never leave me for a chant
But I can read a chart
There’s been a major happening here
And the sun shone through the night’s collapse
And the pictures grew in my mind
And I wondered who was seeing you
But it’s okay I know the sun will set
Your latest bloke he missed the deadline by an inch
I’ve always been such of a cinch but I feel the pinch
There’s been a major happening here
And the sun shone through the night’s collapse
And the pictures grew in my mind
And I wondered who was seeing you
But it’s okay I know the sun will set
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10. |
The Great Unloved
05:08
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The Great Unloved
I’ve been trying to wrest myself from home
Sliding down a road that you would know
I’ve been thinking of love
And hanging for too long
You left your heart in the great unloved
I’ve been reaching the point of no return
Waiting for the call that has to come
You found your voice
In your abandoned choice
In the great unloved
We’ve been wasted broken on the tide
Hated to kill the child inside
We’ve tasted of love
And taken our own
You left your heart
In the great unloved
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