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1.
Pillar of Salt 03:28
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I saw her standing there She cut me into squares Like a Warhol The room buzzed as a bee Lit by debauchery And alcohol Her Audrey Hepburn stance Was stone amongst the dance She shot a look I caught it in the chest I'd fix this bloody mess But oh, I'm hooked now Maybe we'll find a common page With words we can both read clear the same Baby, we'll nurse ourselves to health Poking our heads out of our shells Could do us well I can't see out my eyes But that don't mean I try I let it be The elephant's around Not looking to be found Well, fine by me Maybe we'll find a common page With words we can both read clear the same Baby, we'll nurse ourselves to health Poking our heads out of our shells Could do us well Taking a look back's the one thing A pillar of salt is bound to sting The mountain should keep our toes in line Cos cities will fall, they fall all the time Cities will fall, they fall all the time
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Lights Out 03:38
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We found Billy facedown in the swimming pool Underneath the inflatable raft He'd been only under for a little while Just long enough for the water to fill his little lungs up fast Birds fled as a howl cut the air like a hot knife Adirondack chairs were lying on their backs There was no time to go in slow and get used to it And some drunk guy was spooked and mad and trying to get the facts Skin blue, lights out, just now, what, how Give another fist pound, fist pound Skin blue, lights out, just now, what, how Give another fist pound His eyes wide, but empty, open toward the clouds above A trail of blood coming out the corner of his mouth Our Billy Boy looked like he'd just seen a ghost, just seen a ghost, oh The ghost was him, the ghost was him and he was busting out If only we hadn't been so caught up in our own inventions Little Bill would be out there in the yard Jumping, struggling to catch those pretty, pretty fireflies Dropping back for a midnight movie in the stars Skin blue, lights out, just now, what, how Give another fist pound, fist pound Skin blue, lights out, just now, what, how Give another fist pound
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Concrete Thunder 02:49
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Throwing down right like a brother-brother Head aflowing with the end of summer Neighbor Teddy, look at one another, cry Red and white and blue and jarring, blaring Someone ought to better call on Karen Pity, singing off and awful swearing, why And I can't seem to stay awake for very long Convinced, engrossed, all limbs in throes and under The clap of shoes away a concrete thunder If only let me go, oh, let me wander, no! A broken mirror and a worn-out picture A mark of rose up on the lighting fixture He says 'goodnight' because he knows he'll miss her so But I can't seem to stay awake for very long Do you see true? Why can't you let me rest my eyes? I tell you nothing's wrong I'm falling through Through what I knew As tried and true I'm falling through
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Changing Colors 03:31
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Calling it quits, another dead day in the city Where all the good things have come to pass Dry lightning's got your Kid frightened, you've been Uptight and hold a fistfight in your mind Now she's headed for the quick fix, kicking fast Well, I was moving on my toes When they were grooving in the street So I've been changing all my clothes For the slight chance we ought to meet Johnny Walker, please Can't you feed my needs? I'm walking on my knees planting weeds And seeing the forest for the trees My heart is thinning fast I doubt that it'll last Or all of this will pass as her laugh Ricochets in my empty glass I'm hating the season's changing colors The basic way it shifts so fine I've carved myself in stone And when they find my bones They'll decide I didn't try
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Sideways 05:30
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Your mother's mother called me on the phone She showed me what it means to be alone She told me, 'When I go home, there's no one home' I see you drowning sideways in the light A wave of wool crashing down around your eyes 'When I go home, there's no one home' When you go home, it won't be home A constant's set in like the heavy midday sun And time is melting, you can't muster strength to run But look I'm here, I'm here to hold you until it's done Oh, don't cry, no, don't cry The braving dogs, they're pulling chains out of the mood Running loose, wreaking havoc around the neighborhood You find you're fainting at the slightest sight of blood Well, that's why, oh, that's why You're alive If you won't think it, I will think it, I will You're alright Though you don't think it, I do think it, I do Do you remember when you called me on the phone? You told me how it hurts so much to be alone You told me, 'When I go home, it isn't home' 'When I go home, it's just not home' A high that sets in like a heavy midday sun A world is melting, you can't summon strength to run But I'm alert and you can rest assured it's done Oh, don't cry, no don't cry You know you got to pull your chain out of the mud Show your teeth around, your teeth around the neighborhood Although you still faint at the slightest sight of blood And that's why, yeah, that's why You're alive If you won't think it, I will think it, I will You're alright Though you don't think it, I do think it, I do I'm not going to wait yet another day Going on about you Say what you will say, not another day More marching all around you
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Wrecking Ball 02:25
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You got me pegged You got me pegged You got me pegged again And you shot me dead You shot me dead You shot me dead again But that's not to say I won't see you soon No, that's not to say I won't see you soon That's not to say you won't see me placing my arms around the moon I'm all a wreck I'm all a wreck And you, you're my wrecking ball But nothing was said No, nothing's been said Because you won't, you won't return my calls But that's not to say I won't see you soon No, that's not to say I won't see you soon That's not to say you won't see me placing my arms around the moon But that's not saying you won't fall hard too That's not saying you won't fall hard too And when you fall hard, I'll be placing my arms, placing my arms My poison arms around you
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I Saw You in the Clouds 03:36
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Oh, I want to know Know why you don't say hey Oh, I want to know Know why you've gone away And all the things I said I can't believe, I think I said 'I'm such a nervous wreck' You said, 'You're not a nervous wreck' I said, 'Okay, maybe just a little tweaked' 'I know it's only been a week' 'But I've got to say I love you' Oh, I want to know Know why I'm losing face Oh, I want to know Know why you've gone away I saw you in the clouds You told me you'd be coming down A couple days ago again But not a single word, and then Okay, maybe I just sort of freaked Now, it's been over a week But I've come to think I lost you
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Little Chickadee 01:25
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Hey there, chickadee Dancing about the Christmas tree Pretty little thing How you move so free! Little chickadee Come and sit on my knee Pretty little thing Sing a song for me And so she sang 'All you need is love, love' And so she sang 'Love, love, love' And so she sang 'All you need is love, love Love is all you need' Little chickadee Dancing about the Christmas tree Pretty little thing Sing a song for me Hey there, chickadee Come and sit on my knee Pretty little thing How you move so free! And so she sang 'All you need is love, love' And so she sang 'Love, love, love' And so she sang 'All you need is love, love Love is all you need'

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released October 31, 2007

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