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and i'll fly
over hill and over sea
so the knights won't know
where to find me
and i'll fly
over town over country
call the aviation authority
if you want me
cause i am so sick of sitting around
and i'm never ever coming down
when the knights in argyle want you
failure is not an option
so put the jets into it
or it's not worth doing
and you may as well just let them have you
and they will have you
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Can't Find the Girl
02:21
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mockingbird out of the sunlight
the riptide
the winds high
clapping along with her in time
so rare and pleasant
couldn't keep up with her vital signs
i've hung my stethoscope out to dry
luck so far has only been the dumb kind
can't find the girl
insufficient fun and adolescent lies
are all i get for listening to her eyes
feels like science but it's alchemized
i learned the ancient secrets
but they do no good at bedtime
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Do the Envelope Math
02:35
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i am productive
i've got records i've got treats
i've got a head backed up with ancient secrets
i've got a sink backed up with ancient dishes
nothing new under the sponge
do the solitude dance
do the dead-eyed trance
do the envelope math
i am improved
i am easing gracefully
into a role so thoughtfully laid out for me
i'm making mind-body connections
slowly gaining some control
face the nutrition facts
face the less traveled-by path
face the envelope math
do the full collapse
do the oxygen mask
do the envelope math
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here come the prose police
here come the prose police yeah
what are my words to you
more than only artifacts and dissertations
more than merely objects for analysis
i wish they could reach you
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Dodge City Lawman
02:19
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healthy wealthy or otherwise
no i cannot take credit for that line
maybe i'm a villain of the old west kind
a boomtown baddie with a sinister tan
yeah that's right i ain't no dodge city lawman
shoot the moon when it's full at night
how dare you burden my dark with light
can't you see i'm trying to loosen these chains
they're too tight
i was not born to share this ground where you stand
i was not born to be no dodge city lawman
and it's strange the games this city plays
those well-worn nights and those sugary days
i'm asking you are you a suitcase man
outta my way jack
i'm on my way to fairer sands
this song got into the wrong hands
busy day for a dodge city lawman
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6. |
Blue Bugs
01:29
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blue bugs crawling under my front door
blue bugs stepping on all my fun
why can't these blue bugs leave me alone
why must these blue bugs spoil the party for everyone
all i wanted was to stay in my four walls
where nothing is wrong and everything is guilt-free
why must these blue bugs come in from the outside
nothing out there is important or useful to me
i pour bleach on bugs for fun
why can't they just take a joke
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7. |
Precious Yellow Bag
02:24
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one star over
a world just like our own
but you don't wanna believe
you wanna be the only one
out here in the land of la la
a precious yellow bag is worth more
than all our lifelong friendships can afford
you better stick to your guns girl
you never know how it will work out
you never know how it will work out
you better shoot from the hip girl
nobody knows how it will work out
nobody knows how it will work out
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natalie look at the cloth you are cut from
natalie look at the street where you live
just a wrought iron girl
with no one to keep your embers lit
don't mind me i'm just a man of the people
don't mind me i'm just an arm of the state
got a way with a word
come on boys come on girl come congregate
i know your legs are tired from standing still
i know your sleepy head is full of dreams
there's a place for you up there natalie
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everybody get together
give me some of your time
oh you know there ain't no reason
for the tearing up and teasing
i'm no entertainer
i am one who relies on working nine to five
sometimes it's easy to forget i'm alive
but i just wanna sing
and gets kicks out of little things
i am not a poet
i am no politician
i'm not much of a lover
i just want us to see more of each other
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did you catch your own reflection
in a teardrop on her cheek
got what you wanted
and got off what you thought was scot free
caught in the snares
of all you shared
a fine romance
and now it's time for isabella's downward dance
heaven knows the whys and wherefores
you'll never fit her to a t
you're just a change of human scenery
don't monologue your sorrys
she's got no use for your pleas
your sin was growing so enchanted
by such modest chemistry
and now you're doing the downward dance...
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11. |
Baudrillard After Dark
00:57
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i just found out i have no need
for love like what you give me
the need was manufactured
by the human race
the human race is not a race of people
just a show about a race of people
and the things they think they need
but oh it feels nice to have things
and oh it feels nice to watch tv and play with toys
nice to drink apricot lacroix
enjoy
you need not question why to enjoy
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Don't You Let Me Down
02:44
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this is a call to everyone:
don't you let me down
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Senators
02:39
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i traded all my bacon for stamina
for life-giving stamina
got fat and gave up again
gave up and gave away my banana trees
my stupid banana trees
that bore no mangoes for me
no mangoes and no true satisfaction here
can't get satisfaction here
just suffering and saturated fats
my saturated fats are my only friends
my oldest and only friends
we're all getting old
i hate to tell you but this world is gonna let you down
your children will grow up to be senators
smiling suited senators
shaking hands in some photographs
red white and blue signs on the avenues
the suburban avenues
and they'll have some children too
their children will grow up to be presidents
maybe model presidents
correcting the sins of the past
their sins will be new and improved again
we're all getting old again
we're all getting old
i hate to tell you but this world is gonna let you down
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