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Days are long and they keep getting longer
- the season and the mood -
I’ve got a lot of things to do,
God knows I try hard to
Wonder how long it has been since I last
danced and cruised the floors
No, that’s right, it was last New Year’s
It seems so long ago
The horses are kicking,
I guess they can smell
the change on the grange
But Spring won’t be long now
and then I will let them out
They’ll be fine
I’ve had a lot of time to think,
but I hardly ever do
I have no real use for thoughts -
I save them all for you
The next time that I see the mailman
I’ll ask him where they’ve gone,
all those letters you have sent me
I guess he just forgot
The horses are kicking,
I guess they can smell
the change on the grange
But they will calm down
just as soon as they see
the ground’s Summer gown
The horses are kicking,
I guess they can smell
the change on the range
Autumn is chilly -
I think they could use your touch
Soon enough...
The horses are kicking,
I guess they can smell
the change on the grange
Winter means time to relax
but they roam out back
near your shack
How ‘bout that?
They think that
you won’t be back
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Make It Go Away
03:58
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It’s a Wednesday, it’s been a bad day
Not to mention Saturday or Sunday
No need to ramble,
so here are eleven shaken words:
I had a girl, I loved her and I lost her
So say what you have to say
to make it go away
I saw a family
It seemed so likely it seemed true
We’d grown so close
that it was time to calm down
It took a minute,
now all that’s settled here is dust
I court each girl I see
and I don’t know why
So say what you have to say
to make it go away
Do what you have to do
so i won’t dream of you
“So you’ll just look yourself indoors...
But come on, believe me
You’ve got to believe me
There is plenty to hope for
so show me some faith, boy
Show me some faith”
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Swansong
03:18
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You say it’s OK, I say it’s OK -
You never led me by the hand
Now I can work hard
Oh, yeah, I’ll work hard
I’m gonna make myself a name
It’s not the loving that cuts the day short,
it’s just the hassles ‘round it all
I’ve heard what folks say -
they all think you should stay
but it’s OK to be alone
I say it’s OK, you say it’s OK -
there is need for throwing things
I’ll take the TV, the bed and the CDs
and you can have that old guitar
How can you worry about silly detail?
This is a life-defining thing!
Where’s your compassion
and the vows that we made?
Tell me you don’t feel anything!
Don’t make a scene now
Let’s be adults now
Cause I don’t want to lose a friend
I do respect you, but I don’t love you
But then I know I really did
You might as well stop now,
cause this is goodbye
There is no way we could stay friends
How could I ever look into your eyes
when they remind me that I failed?
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Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you
Damn you, damn you, damn you
Cause you don’t know my pain
You don’t know my pain
So fuck you, fuck you, fuck you
Damn you, damn you, damn you
Cause you can’t judge my life
You can’t judge my life
If you’d liked to know,
you just had to ask me
If you really cared,
Oh fuck that, you’ve earned it!
Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you
Damn you, damn you, damn you
Cause you don’t know my pain
You don’t know my pain
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6. |
Hope In Hell (demo)
02:52
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It’s said “When they hurt you,
you grow more skin”
The plan is to stop you
from hurting again
Now life is more painful
than I’ve ever known,
but skin knows no proverbs,
my skin is gone
I can feel your sympathy,
but that won’t heal a single cell
Yeah, it’s true, you’ve got lives too
but all I ask for is a friend
Soft snow is falling,
the sky has turned grey
A black cloud spits pure snow
and there’s hope in hell
So say that you’ll be there
or don’t say a word
‘Cause I need my friends now
and I need a girl
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Intonation
03:04
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OK, I’ll tell you what I hear in your voice:
I only hear things that are real
I know you think I’m touchy as hell,
but your words show me how you feel.
No, you know I can’t prove anything,
but if I did, what would it change?
I don’t mind it if you’re angry with me,
just don’t pretend that you’re OK.
Maybe we should be
working on speaking our mind
If words could replace intonation
perhaps we’d be fine.
So you see it’s not all in my mind -
there’s even scientific proof
that you can tell me how you’re feeling tonight
all in saying “we are through”.
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A worn-out cup that bears her name
Mail that is hers, there’s some every day
Dresses and jewellery I had no idea that I kept
A box full of pictures, guess what they’re of?
Fantasy postcards, cause that can’t be us...?
The space that I don’t use on her side of the bed
Her relics are around me every day
So as long as these eyes can see
she won’t go away, she will stay
A bookmark in plastic that reads "I love you"
Cards say "forever" - oh, we were such fools
The name on my key chain is hers
and I know that won’t change
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9. |
Guess I'll Never Know
01:39
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So she said
she had another place to crawl into
I guess that was you
Should have known,
I should have known but I felt ridiculed,
like a goddamn fool
Was it all what she said?
Was it all in the way she said it?
Could there be much more?
Was it all in her head?
Was it all in the way we lived it?
Guess I’ll never know
Could have fooled,
she could have lied to me but she’s too good
That I understood
I don’t mind,
but what on God’s green earth could I say?
I just wish she’d stayed
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Anniversary (demo)
03:03
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I won’t say that I’m angry with you
or that I still care
I could even act polite
and say I like your hair
but don’t tell me that I’m fine
Whatever I feel now, it’s just mine
Mm, I know that time has passed
and now I should move on
But today it’s seven years
To me that’s just too long
So don’t tell me that I’m fine
Whatever I feel now, it’s just mine
I just wanna go out drinking
I just wanna go out drinking
Please take me out drinking
But I raise my stiff-lipped scotch
to an anniversary that was lost
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11. |
My Share Of Crying
02:50
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You said you had an open mind
And so said I, but nevermind
We looked so fine until the end
But being open doesn’t mean you change
No, I won’t brood and I won’t cuss
There’s still a world out there for us
Though it will never be the same,
it seems quite new and that’s a change
Cause I’ve done my share of crying
I’ve done my share of crying
Woke up last night, I know, again
I think it’s day at 3 a. m.
Between the strange thoughts I went through
not even one, dear, featured you
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