1. |
Bodie
03:56
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There were three of us left
You, me and the ghost
of the little boy that played with matches
Goodbye God! Are we really staying here in Bodie?
Was there anyone here
or was it just me?
Everything here looks the same
Bodie
I'm lonely at home
How could you let me go?
There's nowhere else for me
Lonely alone with you here
is the loneliest place I've ever known
I was promised Gold
I wish I could taste that coffee
It looks good but it's gone to dust
Oh good, by god, are we really staying here in Bodie?
Am I trying to change
or did it just happen?
Am I bored when you talk
or am I not listening...
Bodie
I'm lonely at home
How could you let me go?
There's nowhere else for me
Lonely at home with you here
Is the loneliest place I've ever known
I was promised Gold
I was promised Gold! I was promised more!
Is there life? Is it a dream?
The more that I kick up the dust the harder it is to see
The less that I can see
I'll scratch the itch
I'll pick the seam
until there's nothing left for you.. and me.
I was promised Gold
I was promised Gold!
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2. |
2041
03:27
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A message came back
There's somebody there
asking for me
Ethereal tether
to pull me together
An alien of faith in me
There's a man screaming in the hallway
and I can't hear myself think
There's a man screaming out in pencil
while I whisper in ink:
I think I know
They say it's absurd
They say I misheard
Things aren't always as they seem
I wrote the signal
I sent the signal
I don't know what it means
There's a man bursting through the tanoy
every time I catch my flow
There's a man ready to head out there
they asked me but they asked...
And I said NO!
My rocket's off without me
I missed my chance to go
Years studying the scripture
They asked me but they asked
and I said no...
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3. |
Betty
04:09
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Let me tell you what
Let me tell you what
Let me tell you what happened
Let me tell you what
Let me tell you what
Let me tell you what happened
Somebody ate my mother's lipstick
Somebody tried to read my palm
Somebody called me Cinderella
so I hit the fire alarm
and I opened the door
and I walked down the road
and I came here to watch
slip out of your clothes and mourn..
I'll wear a dress Betty
or maybe less
Hurtling, let me
throw my best
bones from your nest
Falling free
Who was I supposed to be?
That's not the whole
That's the whole
That's not the whole story
That's not the whole
That's the whole
That's not the whole story
My mama tucked me in too tight
My mama sewed me to the bed
My mama baked all my ideas
and kicked me in the head
So I broke down the door
and I bulldozed the house
And I came here to watch you
unbutton your blouse and mourn...
I'll wear a dress Betty
or maybe less
Hurtling, let me
throw my best
bones from your nest
Falling free
Who was I supposed to be?
and I opened the door
and I walked down the road
and I came here to watch
slip out of your clothes and mourn...
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4. |
Captain Dorego
03:01
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I'll be the old man out at sea
Still and silent finally
Something dreamed up where I'll be
catching fish to set them free...
Carp fishing maybe bass
Out of the stream ourselves at last
As idyllic as it seems
I don't know what idyllic means
Let's play house
a couple of acres, pigs and cows
Rabbits George! And no elsewhere
No tomorrow, when we're there
I'll make you tea...
Can't you see..
that this busy life was not cut out for
someone like me
Can I cut the wood
Can I stoke the fire
Can I sing in the small church choir
Fill it up with gasoline
Light a match and wait
for you to scream...
Hitch hike down route 66
Kill the driver just for kicks
Smash and crush and grind my phone
I'll walk into the wild alone
Meeting strangers every night
for sharing beds and bloody fights
Kiss me George! so I can feel
Hit me so I know it's real
That there's a land for me
A life that I'm supposed to lead
Something dreamed up where I'll be
catching fish to set them free...
I'll make you tea...
Can't you see..
that this busy life was not cut out for
someone like me
I'll be the old man out at sea
Still and silent finally
Something dreamed up where I'll be
catching fish to set them free
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