1. |
I Wanna Be
02:47
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well I wanna be
the boy in your arms
who does you no harm
who visits your mom
who stays at your place
toothbrush and suitcase
and walks around town
with you on his arm
well I wanna be
the boy of your dreams
who takes you on trips
to tropical seas
who knows how to please you
who knows how to tease you
whoâd never unease you
who would rub your feet
iâve got a nice place
clean with ample space
and throughout the week
i scratch for my meat
but somethingâs incomplete
thereâs one empty seat
thereâs nights all alone
thereâs reasons to drink
yes, thereâs reasons to think
my lifeâs in the sink
my timeâs a mirage
calendar montage
whereâs my Debbie Harry?
iâm ready to marry
iâd spend my last dime
on my Chrissie Hynde
please feel welcome to my life
your shoes, your jacket to the far right
for âbe with meâ please mark âwell I mightâ
youâre neat, and particularly sweet
thatâs why I wanna be
well I wanna be
yes, I wanna be
steady like weather
and always together
just like salt and pepper
like birds of a feather
forever and ever
till death do us leave
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2. |
You and Also Me
03:21
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you paint pretty pictures
i write songs like Nancy Vicious
youâre a cool drink
iâm three wishes
yes itâs true
we want Withersâ castles
we want pure love with no hassles
weâd take sex gloves and bike tassels
me and you
is it any wonder the world crawls at our feet
when the myth of what weâre doing is so complete?
you and also me
crossing continents of ecstasy
filling swimming pools with eco-conscious post-sex debris
lifeâs knit with disasters
lifeâs a cruel bitch, then youâre past her
cause life moves quick, always faster
short and rude
we make hot arrangements
trysts, public banquets
thereâs a perforated popcorn box to which I allude
yes itâs true
iâve got a popcorn box with a hole cut for me and you
is it any wonder the girls bawl at our feet
when the pith of what weâre doing is so sweet?
donât you ever wonder how Christ kept things discreet
when like apostles weâre playing with each otherâs feet?
you and also me
crossing continents of Ecstasy
filling swimming pools with undulating tides of our pee
yes our pee!
through a popcorn box with a hole cut for you and me
oh you and also me
appearing in this chorus on repeat
singing through a popcorn box with a hole cut just for our dreams
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3. |
Bye Bye
03:32
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follow your dreams
pre-soak your beans
cover your eyes
old life, bye-bye
hey, youâll be okay
cross my heart and die
youâre meant to achieve
youâre meant to fly
the moon is a she
pronoun royal we
sheâs frequently high
she unfucks the sky
and with aplomb, she rides
and gives out hi-fives
sheâll carry you
old life, toodle-oo
loveâs a form of sedition
time is lifeâs ammunition
in the interior world of your dome
you feel like nobodyâs home
you want some feeling of value
youâll need a steadfast morale to
in the interior world of your dreams
your old lifeâs just what it seems
you deserve love
and luxurious drugs
and miles of smiles
like, so many smiles
youâre tough like crocodiles
so willing to learn
and ready for your trials
like some lawyerâs files
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4. |
Invitation-Proof
03:47
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you could paint me a picture
something I would put on the shelf
watercolours and a bristle
you taught me how to whistle
i find myself inside an orange
trying to give you orange juice
wonât you invite me to your party?
promise you wonât be sorry
wonât you invite me to your party?
iâm not invitation-proof
youâre a light and Iâm a lampshade
did you need me or do I need you?
leave it up to mathematicians
try different sexual positions
inside the palm of my hand
my love line scares psychics still
but still, you make me feel special
like ancient men who wrestle
i don't want to but I guess'll
i guess i'll get out of your grill
oh baby, you own me
and for tax purposes you should keep that receipt
i'm not sorry i met you
i'm only sorry when we meet
if i say i'm sorry
would you be less aloof?
would you invite me to your party?
iâm not invitation-proof
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5. |
All for Me
05:41
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for the first time I wanted to die
to feel my blood blowing across the sky
to feel her hands riding my dreams
with gas in my mouth and blood in my sleep
blood in my sleep, all for me
when I first saw her space blew out wide
the rings of Saturn heeled at her side
she crushed me like a god between her two lips
i flew through clouds of broken dynamite
broken dynamite, all for me
she confirmed to me to suck on the stars
she said their futures are bright and stretch to the bed
she said the sun hangs from a string in the sky
and its warmth sometimes stops a foot above your head
everything above my head, all for me
i pushed dogteeth inside her hair
her red dewy warmth hasnât been seen anywhere
a creature stood straight in the dark
crushed up hearts raining through the air
crushed up hearts, all for me
for the first time I wanted to die
to feel my face no longer pressed on this hornetâs nest
to feel her hands cradling mine
my eyes the stars, my soul the night
all of the night, all for me
all for me
all for me
itâs all for me
all for me
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6. |
Beautiful Things
04:23
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weâre passing by beautiful things
weâre all passing by beautiful things
saying beautyâs not enough for me right now, Iâm passing
yeah beautyâs not enough for me now, Iâm just passing
no nothing is enough for us now so weâre passing
beautiful things
well the world passes by like a fly
hold it tight but donât let it die
just put your hands to your eyesÂ
and block out all the disasters
brace up and be brave cause lifeâll keep going faster and faster
if you could just see your sweet little face
the butterflies would all float away
and you could spend every day
helping others be happy
clapping your hands while your friends finish their track meet
look me in the eyes and tell me hey wouldnât that beÂ
a beautiful thing
they say make new friends and keep the old
and that one is silver and the other gold
well Iâm making ends meat in the cold
but I still force myself to stop and think
about the beautiful things
growing up isnât always great
you end up with a lot on your plate
and you give up time everydayÂ
helping others make money
i know that to you this all must sound very funny
but youâll forget sometimes to give your love
to ride your bike and be gentle with bugs
and youâll thank the great god above
if youâre hit with a feeling
cause not every kiss is gonna send you reeling
there is a glass ceiling, itâs not that appealing
they say to begin, you first must start
we say write your name down in the dark
and donât ever silence your spark
and whatever your heart tells you, well itâs right
and donât you be like those people who go
their whole lives without giving love
try to be one of the none of the above
to see yourself through a prism of delight
so please keep that light in your hair
and keep breathing on that rarified air
cause youâre you and thatâs rare
and at the heart of the picture
your essence is needed to perfect the mixture
but theyâreâll always be some things you donât understand
and youâve got this feeling like your inside a man
thinking âam I this man, this real-life maneuverer?â
caught in glance youâre just who you knew you were
iâm telling you babe thereâs nothing truer-er
from the left to the ride side of the universe
and everyone whoâs ever had a perfect heart
writes their names down in the dark
and has eschewed bite and itâs bark
in their lives
yeah everyone whoâs ever had a perfect heart
writes their name down in the dark
yeah writes their name down in the park
and writes their name down in their heart
and writes their pain down in their art
and writes their name tag and does their part
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7. |
This Love
02:07
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this love is all I need
this love
this love is all I need
this love
this life is cracked
cracked like an egg
and like an egg there is a
yolk there, placed on your head
it feels less heavy when youâre there in my bed
this love is all I need
this love
this love is all I need
this love
i love my phone
i love its screen
i love the feeling when it
vibrates when youâre calling me
i'll say it one more time âcause my call log agrees
your love
is all I need
my mood is black
i taste like hair
iâm feeling worthless when you
appear with takeout and beer
wrote you this song just incase it wasnât clear
oh, my dear
this love
is all I need
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8. |
On and Off Like TV
02:53
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i loved you and wanted to be ya
since I first saw your artists panoply
you were cool, collected
i was undone in seconds
weâre on and off like tv
weâre on and off like tv
but it didnât pan out
cause nothing comes easy
i loved you but I struggled to show it
there was insecurities and I couldnât stow it
there were guilty feelings with excessive revealings
weâre on and off like tv
weâre on and off like tv
wish Iâd done things different
couldâve loved you freely
see the daisies growing backwards
explain the breakup, hmm, many factors
see the stars perform their sadness
what would you give to take back your actions
weâre on and off like tv
weâre on and off like tv
weâre on and off like tv
weâre on and off like tv
gave me the nix like Stevie
weâre on and off like tv
weâre on and off like tv
weâre running out like tp
weâre on and off like tv
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9. |
Pure as Rain
04:10
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listen to me, Iâm the girl mansplaining
trapped inside someoneâs malevolent painting
suffering blows of outrageous misfortune
yes Iâve tried rectifying my proportions
yes Iâve tried changing my naming
iâm a girlâs unabridged new history
delicate just like a princessâ wrist be
watching birds as they fly betwixt me
âŠinsisting
on the stage is a little boy
with a heart just as wide as the ocean
holding hands with trees
in his Garden of Eve
far beneath hardened beliefs
thank God Iâm made of tougher stuff, now
thank God I am a creature of luff, now
getting by on my new air of mystery
rare herbs grow in the places you kiss me
cause Iâm a woman pure as rain
emoting in this refrain
forcefully wed to time
sensitive and insane
yes, Iâm a female cured in shame
with a rose inside my brain
which is right next to my mind
which is where I feel my pain
whoâs my protector
how does an idiot become the chief inspector
we die alone in the blink of an evening
cry on the phone at the brink of me leaving
âŠso seeming
in my age is a little boy
whoâs love is tantamount to magic potions
hands stuffed in his pleats
in a garden of ease
in a huge continent of relief
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10. |
Suzie Q
04:39
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dear mom,
i hope youâre doing well
i hope that dad and the dogs are good too
i miss you guys if you canât tell
i miss coming home from school to you,
suzie q
iâm glad you have a phone
i call you when Iâm home alone
iâm zen âcause youâre my friend
i love you completely, end to end, head to shoe
youâre too cool,
suzie q
and I hope you feel my love
hope you feel my love
feel my love
cause you deserve my love
you deserve my love
you deserve my love, because
when I was sick youâd heal my pain
weâd watch TV all day against the rules
youâd let me and Ted play in the rain
thereâs no end to the list of the things you did for yours true
she loves you, too,
suzie q
youâre cool like a tortilla
grow up I wanna be ya
those big brown eyes
and Iâm lucky like no other
because youâre my mother
in you I do confide
if this songâs not relating iâm making you a painting
the two of us in Maine eating pizzas and fries
but I hope itâs done its service and shown you what your worth is
in the eyes of your first kid, of joy and pride
prudie pie
when things have got you down
iâll try to turn that frown around
and if lifeâs ever gets you low
iâll be by your side rain, sleet or snow
donât you know?
itâs me and you,
suzie q
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11. |
Love of Never
03:47
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love escapes my labors
love dissipates live vapors
love hides away like neighbors
love finds a way, on paper
can you come and get me
and take me to my wet dream
and reaffix my joy
affix joy to this boy
when camels sing to fishes
that's when i'll receive loves missives
stranded out on dude island
fomenting loveless dishes
cycles come like dryers
in which love has retired
in which love doesn't list me
a motivated buyer
i'm love hungry perpetually
i'm at the corners of desire
i'd change myself if i could let me
swap out my essences like tires
kaleidoscopic, yet in plain view
i see love out there, i need love showers
i'm ready for my big love debut
to flip this love house, to start love two
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12. |
Emerald Green
04:04
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i love to be
soft and sweet
drinking down
the breath you breath
i reach my hand
through your head
and pick the rose
where your eye once glowed
as I throw our coin
into the sky
my tongue is bright
as a moonless night
my loveâs a ghost
outside your window
and though I try
i canât do
all these things
be nice to you
and give you love
like I should do
for now Iâll let you be
soft and sweet
i took your heart
and left a seed
if something grows
tall and green
iâll rest this star
on our Christmas tree
and in the smallest night
turn your emerald green
i love to be
soft and sweet
drinking down
the breath of thee
i reach my hand
through your head
and pick the rose
where your eye once glowed
as I throw our coin
into the sky
my tongue is bright
as a moonless night
my loveâs a ghost
outside your window
and though I try
i canât do
all these things
be nice to you
and give you love
like I should do
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13. |
The Weirde Sister
01:52
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coming to your town on an old-fashioned broom
the sultan of séance, the goddess of gloom
her signature scent comes from her newtâs-eye shampoo
she emerges from the mist
soft and gentle as a kiss
donât blink or you may just miss her
the weirde sister
this January sheâs 108
sheâs been speaking tongues since she was in 2nd grade
yet sheâs all alone because no one can relate
to the life that she lives
she still has a heart in her ribs
if all the world could switch
theyâd see itâs hard being a witch
theyâd see that the magicâs all-to-real
for those in touch with what they feel
keep out an eye for cauldrons full of dry ice
sheâll be by your side through these dark and stormy nights
she doesnât care if youâve been naughty or nice
true hearts canât resist her
with all the strength of a âmisterâ
sheâll slip through your room like a whisper
the weirde sister
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