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Coastline
03:52
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A stone-cold margarita
And I, a red-eyed Clyde
Took off in the summer
For where a red sun shines
And on our way down
Florida-bound, passing through towns
If Charleston has no room let's try Savannah
Keep the moon on our left side
A hundred miles in a heartbeat
Straight down 95
We were both so young
We would drive all night
And on our way down
Florida-bound, passing through towns
If Charleston has no room, let's try Savannah
Keep the moon on our left side
We're gonna make it
But we all might crash and burn
Imagine Stonewall Jackson
Coughing blood right here
Or stern parents in '31
Raking mud all year
Ghosts
Up and down this coast
Put their hands on you
But you're alive
Ghosts
Up and down this coast
Put their hands on you
But you're alive
Ghosts
Up and down this coast
Put their hands on you
But you're alive
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Glass Towers
03:33
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I took a stroll down Broadway
In a part of town I used to know well
Maybe I'm stuck in the old days
But I miss a little show and tell
They hear the moans in the alleyway
Everybody's got their window down
They're stuck at home on a Friday
The uptight make uptight sounds
Glass towers in the sunlight
Like an orange on fire
Or teeth in a skull
When they glow in the moonlight
But there's a place downtown I still go
I've been looking all day
For the places
Where we spent those nights
But maybe when the day breaks
Everything changes
Disappears in the daylight
I heard a joke from an old man playing guitar
In the shade of a tree, down in Washington Square
A doppelganger and a ghost walked into a bar
The bartender said nothing
There was nobody there
Glass towers in the moonlight
Like an orange on fire
Or teeth in a skull
When they glow in the moonlight
But there's a place downtown I still go
I've been looking all day
For the places
Where we spent those nights
But maybe when the day breaks
Everything changes
Disappears in the daylight
I've been looking all day
For the places
Where we spent those nights
But maybe when the day breaks
Everything changes
Disappears in the daylight
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Dogs on the Corner
03:28
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A bunch of dogs on the corner
Every tail awag
One struts off to the corner
To smell a sealed black bag
Meanwhile, back in the circle of dogs
A couple terriers are sniffin
And a westy and a poodle faced off in that uptight way that they do
But meanwhile, where are you?
It's been a long time since I've seen you:
And I miss the way
You look in the sun
And I miss those days
In the dog run
No one smells like you
I know you're the one
But meanwhile, where are you?
It's been a long time since I've seen you:
And I miss the way
You look in the sun
And I miss those days
In the dog run
No one smells like you
I know you're the one
When last we saw our gray-haired hero
He was sniffing the trash
Would you believe that he found
A piece of meat on the ground
And made the bone last
And the terriers
They fell in love
And against all odds, the westy and the poodle became best buds
But meanwhile, where are you?
It's been a long time since I've seen you:
And I miss the way
You look in the sun
And I miss those days
In the dog run
No one smells like you
I know you're the one
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4. |
Lost Time
03:15
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Down the line
Lost time
Pools in the strangest way
Lukewarm water in the tray
And all this while
The days go by
Lost in the fury
Awash in the fray
Is it the right time to say
You're looking absent in the eye
You don't laugh the same these days
But you say that you're alright
Slow down
I'm my brother's keeper,
But who's my keeper while you're on the nod
I cut you off and pour myself another: take that
I don't get it either
But every time I turn around
Something else is missing
Is it the right time to say
You're looking absent in the eye
You don't laugh the same these days
But you say that you're alright
And you wear me out
Or do I do it to myself
No you wear me out
Now I think I can't trust nobody else
You lost my time
Everything looks so distant from so high
You twist in the wind and the dust gets in your eye
Since way back when, I've been at your side
Now I don't know if you're gonna be alright
Now
Right now
We are losing time
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May Day
03:37
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Like water: a lot of people go to people
My neighbor rises with the sun
To go and tend to those in pain
Others operate the trains
Cook food, deliver mail
But some don't serve a single soul
They only think of making sales
You're a two-bit boy
Foaming at the mouth for a kiss
A full of shhhh, boy
May you drown in piss
For a rich boy
You sure do stay hungry
You're just a black hole
Wrathful and alone
People fighting
Holding onto
Something deep inside
There's no way
That we won't win
Seeing truth through lies
You're a two-bit boy
Foaming at the mouth for a kiss
A full of shhhh, boy
May you drown in piss
For a rich boy
You sure do stay hungry
You're just a black hole
Wrathful and alone
Dry mouth, watching the sun go down
We're all taking on water
New York under water too
Gary under water too...
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Tide
03:07
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Hear that mourning dove
Keep calling on a wet winter day
Most birds have chose to fly
They need the snow
These days it's mostly rain
One day we'll turn around
See the streets beneath the waterline
But while the sirens sound
We carry on, disregard
And even as the tide comes in
This is my kind of place
When everything's lost in the wind
Does a town leave a trace?
The Broadway River cut the island clean in half; it changed it all
Statues carved in stone but built on blood were always bound to fall
Jet-black waves lap at the feet of Columbus in the corner of the park
What evil comes from the sea is guaranteed to slip back down
And even as the tide comes in
This is my kind of place
When everything's lost in the wind
Does a town leave a trace?
There's so much money to be made
Turning out the earth
That the men with the deed to the land
Would flood it first
And even as the tide comes in
This is my kind of place
When everything's lost in the wind
Does a town leave a trace?
And even as the tide comes in
This is my kind of place
When everything's lost in the wind
Does a town leave a trace?
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