1. |
People Take Pictures
01:18
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Patti took pictures
I didn’t ask her to
Nice to see places
People hardly do
Not who you were
Or what you’re going through
And I know…
Tanya took pictures
I never asked her to
Nice to see her
How people hardly do
Not what I did
Or what I’m going through
People take pictures
I never ask ‘em to
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2. |
Bad Inside
01:42
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Bad inside
Sensitively handling the long goodbyes
Carefully unpacking all the safe-insides
Happy when you’re playing something else
Bad inside
Excellently excavating alibis
Positively ID’ing innocent guys
Happy when you’re thinking something else
Bad inside
Relatively tolerating other sides
Hopelessly repairing your once-white disguise
Happy when you’re living somewhere else
Bad inside
Awkwardly undressing in another’s eyes
Patiently accepting of your lover’s lies
Happy when you’re playing someone else
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3. |
Don't Share
01:46
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I knew
Some of you
Broke locks and security
Hard men and fragility
The words
Went unheard
See you standing on your own
At risk in the safety zone
You see
Some of me
Kinds hands and hostility
Loose lips and virginity
You know
It’s for show
Deface signs and you don’t care
Leave the letter over there
Don’t share
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4. |
Pain Pills & Ache Pills
02:01
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Pain pills and ache pills
And God’s only friend
I can remember
The bit at the end
Plain food and brain food
And God’s lonely night
I can remember
The clothes all got tight
Game shows and fame shows
And God’s tiny room
I can remember
The man in the moon
Jane there and Jane where
And God’s broken game
I can remember
When we were the same
Train tracks and vein tracks
And God’s fallen men
I can remember
The street sign and when
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5. |
I'm Not
01:02
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I’m not good
I attract not-good things
I never went near my wife
I’m all black
I attract all-black things
I only met Mum and Dad twice
I’m not nice
I attract not-nice things
I never got near your life
I’m all lost
I attract all-lost things
I only had half of the price
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6. |
Green About It
02:13
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Frozen on the Harbury hillside
On your own…
Wrong about it
Right about it
Black about it
White about it
Loud about it
Quiet about it
Loose about it
Tight about it
Frozen on the Rugby roadside
On your own…
Write about it
Read about it
Blue about it
Green about it
Proud about it
Shy about it
Truth about it
Lie about it
Frozen in the Loxley landslide
On your own…
Stuck about it
Free about it
You about it
Me about it
High about it
Down about it
Swim about it
Drown about it
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7. |
Marilyn Monroe Repeating
01:24
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At a loss
Make a cross
Marilyn Monroe repeating…
You’ve heard of me
The wannabe
The Factory
A concrete hole
Leave the coal
Owned and stole
Wallpaper roll
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8. |
Cornflower Blue Days
00:44
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Cornflower blue days
Don’t bother me
Tear me up
I’m coming
Tear me up
And coming
I press their petals
I press their wings
Tear me up
And coming
Tear me up
I’m coming
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9. |
Paint It Green
01:26
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You can paint it green
But I ain’t got the time
For bullshit any more
Not even yours, Cherie
You can set the fire
But I ain’t got the strength
For bullshit any more
Not even yours, Cherie
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10. |
Numbers Of Three
00:57
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Flow-ow-ow-owers
On a muddy grave
Never once knew you
Never once knew you
Hour-our-our-ours
Of aching pain
Never once came true
Never once came true
Pow-ow-ow-owers
That be with you
Never once knew me
Never once knew me
Tow-ow-ow-owers
Of strength in numbers
Of three
Numbers of three
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11. |
Took You
01:03
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Took you
To outhouses and garages
And only ever taught me to dance
You knew
The scatterings of oranges
Were something like a loser’s last chance
They say
That underneath the orphanage
Are tunnels to The United States
One day
At funerals and marriages
They’ll force you to confront your mistakes
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12. |
You Take
02:10
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You take a boy over
You’re taking a wild cat inside
It’s not that it’s over
More all the lines are complicating
You take a boy over
You’re taking your time to run and hide
You think it all over
When all the kids are Jack and Jill-ing
You take a boy over
You’re taking an outsider denied
You’re driving run-over
And all the girls are sad-expecting
You take a boy over
You’re taking a zombie man who died
You’d better pull over
‘Cause all the boys are ill-advising
You take a boy over
You’re taking a circus clown who cried
You only gloss over
When all the police are death-inspecting
You take a boy over
You’re taking a final lonely ride
You flip and glaze over
And all the links are red-connecting
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