Blind

Cynical, just your wayYou play the doubting ThomasFeel the scars and wipe the stains So you fight, and retreatAnd talk yourself out of believingin any peace that you can’t see Blind words you callBlind words will fall You’re logical, you can’t findany reason to believe in loveyou are blind Crucify, and deny, pass the blame […]


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Magdalene

She was only seventeenIn her prime of life she was leanAnd her only dream was to be on the silver screenShe hailed from north of BaltimoreHer mama says she’d end up a whoreAnd she spent up all her dough at the movie show She’s all go go go yeah yeahShe wears her pants on her […]


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Stray Cat Blues

I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs I know you’re no scare-eyed honey. There’ll be a feast if you just come upstairs But it’s no hanging matter It’s no capital crime I can see that you’re fifteen years old No I don’t want your I.D. You look so rest-less and you’re so […]


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Love Me Do

Love, love me doYou know I love youI’ll always be trueSo please, love me doOh, love me do Love, love me doYou know I love youI’ll always be trueSo please, love me doOh, love me do Someone to loveSomebody newSomeone to loveSomeone like you Love, love me doYou know I love youI’ll always be trueSo […]


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Staring Into Space

Take this worldThen all it’s becomeI wanna get out of this placeWe’re all living under the sunWhy just staring into spaceGive yourself a chance to be creativeYou gotta give yourself a breakAnd the other love you receiveThey say good to the love you take Close your eyes, do you remember your pastIn the park smell […]


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Big Long Now

It’s not cold enoughplease put his side upshe is moon graycan we show our faces now I’m not in a stringshe’s not turning graysimple as it seemscan we show our faces now endless climbI am blindwhat can I hearcall a liespeaking a phraseinstantly grownI am blindwaiting in line[again, substituting ‘why am I sure’ as the […]


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London Loves

A malady has taken him overCoughing tar in his japanese motorThe lights are magicAnd he feels luckyAnd he’s got moneyShoots like an arrow – oh LONDON LOVESTHE MYSTERY OF A SPEEDING CARLONDON LOVESTHE MISERY OF A SPEEDING HEART Its love u like, and everyone’s at itAnd words are cheap when the mind is elasticHe loves […]


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Sore Loser

You tried out for the high school teamSo you would have some childhood dreamsThat you and your father could shareFootball coach said you’re too smallDon’t even think of basketballYou knew you were destined to fail Went to the track meetYou wanna be an athlete (sore loser)Get back in your seat they saidGo to the dugoutThree […]


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Lemons Never Do Forget

Incident’ly there should some changes made.You’ve got to work if you should have to save.An apple is a fool but lemons never do forget.You’ve got to play it cool before they come and throw the net. Wait a while and straighten out the tie you wear.You’ve got to take it easy if you dare.An apple […]


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Lifesupport

Shoot it like a gunFor you’ve never been so wrongYou’ve been taken it too farOnly out to surviveAnd it’s heavy to endureYeah, we need a lifesupport And every single day, came as it wasIt’s only fair to say, leave me out for a whileCause it’s heavy to endureYou’re way beyond repair And the price you […]


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