Perfect Blue Buildings

Just down the street from your hotel, baby I stay at home with my disease And ain’t this position familiar, darling Well, all monkeys do what they see Help me stay awake, I’m falling… Down on Virginia and La Loma Where I got friends who’ll care for me You got an attitude of everything I […]


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Miami

Guess I think I feel alright You come circling through the lightThe skyline baby is bright tonightOne more perfect rendezvous Sundown paints the shadows through Daylight aiming? on what we do It looks like darkness to me, oh Drifting down into Miami Miami Can I say I wish that this weather would never leave It […]


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Speedway

I get so nervous I’m shakingGets so I got no pride at allGets so bad but I just keep coming back for moreI guess I just get off on that stuff I’m thinking about taking some timeI’m thinking about leaving soon I got some things I can’t tell anyoneI got some things I just can’t […]


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I’m Not Sleeping

She comes to me at night when I’m sleeping She comes to me when I’m alone She comes to me, she holds my head when I’m crying She comes to me, she shuts my eyes She brings me home But I’m not sleeping anymore, anymore But I’m not sleeping anymore, anymore She tells me when […]


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Hanginaround

She sat right down on the sofaI said, "Where have you been? I’ve been waiting for youCause last night I had something so goodThese days get so long and I got nothing to do" I been hanginaround this town on the cornerI been bummin’ around this old town so longI been hanginaround this town on […]


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Colorblind

I am colorblindCoffee black and egg whitePull me out from insideI am ready, I am ready, I am readyI am taffy stuck and tongue tiedStutter shook and uptightPull me out from insideI am ready, I am ready, I am readyI am fine I am covered in skinNo one gets to come inPull me out from […]


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Kid Things (Bonus)

What’s there that makes you want to be lonelyWhat’s there that keep you sitting at homeHe’d always say no no no as if he wanted you to be hungryWell the same things you’re missing could get you into something else Better leave when to stay is only nothing but being aloneWhat I wanted you to […]


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Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby

Well I woke up in mid-afternoon cause that’s when it all hurts the mostI dream I never know anyone at the party and I’m always the hostIf dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghostsYou can never escape, you can only move south down the coast Well, I am an idiot walking a […]


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Catapult

All of the sudden she disappears Just yesterday she was here Somebody tell me if I am sleeping Someone should be with me here Cause I don’t wanna be alone I wanna be the knife that cuts into my hand And I wanna be scattered from here in this catapult What a big baby won’t […]


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Mr. Jones

I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl Mr. Jones srikes up a coversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer She dances while his father plays guitar She’s suddenly beautiful We all want something beautiful I wish I was beautiful So come dance this silence down through the morning Cut up, Maria! […]


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