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Leisure Town
02:34
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All the drinks are free
But the bucket is full of ordinary
Someone licked the lollipop for free
Someone's dogging on Leisure Town
Someone's dogging on Leisure Town
Again
It’s a casual night
For a casual fight
Look who’s blowing the lead again
We’ll be stomping ‘round Leisure Town
We’ll be stomping ‘round Leisure Town
Again
All the drinks are free
But the bucket is full of ordinary
Someone licked the lollipop for free
Someone’s chasing the featured clown
Someone’s chasing the featured clown
Away
We’ll be stomping on Leisure Town
We’ll be stomping on Leisure Town
Again
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2. |
The Scaredest Sundog
03:56
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I couldn’t wake although I tried
Been chasing that rascal of a moon
It’s always the scaredest sundog that bites
you
I don’t know what’s up
But I’m just landed on summertime
The landing was soft, but a scary flight
Teasing the sun that I’m waning away
I don’t want a bite
I don’t want a fight
I don’t want to fight with you
I don’t know what’s up
But I’m just landed on summertime
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3. |
Ghost In My Pocket
03:27
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I know there’s no ghost in my pocket
There’s beer caps and matches
from one favorite place
that Polly said is just fine
I know there’s no light in the socket
But I’ll hit the switch every once in a bit
Just to remind you that I’m here
and after a while I might decide to stay
even if for just one day
all the places where I’ve stayed
become home
Oh no, regrets won’t calling me back again
‘cause I’ve blocked their calls turned away from it all
And watched it float away
Untold are our stories from yesteryear
When we got perplexed by the shifts had a fit
but everything turned out fine
And the days that we stayed
Were always golden
Everyplace that I’ve stayed
Becomes home
I know there’s no hole in my pocket
I’ve got the beer caps and matches and things
That tell me I’ve been here
And the days that we stayed
Were golden
Everyplace that I’ve stayed
Becomes home
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4. |
Something Smaller
00:59
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Only four breaks a day
Staying in the lines
Staying in the lines
Awkward that the call came today
Staying in the lines
and staying here
Calm isn’t a dream
Staying in the lines
Straying on the lines
Straying from the lines
I know where the calm sleeps away
With something smaller
Something smaller
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5. |
Leave The Light On
02:49
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Close wins make heroes
And a hell of an afterparty
All the spin
And a yarn to pass time
I sort of like the light in the corner on
I sort of like pushing the day on, long
I sort of like the light in the corner on
I sort of like the light in the corner
I sort of like the light in the corner on
I sort of like the light in the corner
Push pins in pillows
And we’ll say it’s a knitting party
Just leave the light on
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6. |
Ark and Saw
01:58
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This is just a candied-ass retreat
I’m sinking shepherds in my sleep
When jack-assed coffee man carries me away
I could tell you everything’s a song
That you won’t be playing long
It’s hard to handle if you hold on to hassles
And you know
As you go
You won’t get too far
Maybe he’ll build an ark and saw a hole for a sink
Or maybe he’s just complaining for the feel
Sequins on your tie and a bowl of shiny metal
Won’t make you a president of the muttering fellows
And he knows as he goes that he won’t get too far
And he knows as he goes that he won’t get too far
And he knows as he goes that his throw isn’t too far
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7. |
The Whole Day
02:41
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Several friends came to my porch today
The mockingbird came by to throw some shade
The mourning dove just sat and stayed
For the day
For the whole day
For the whole day
For the whole day
Several things cluttering up the plate today
A swallow asks what I need to take a break
Give me the whole day
Give me whole day
Just give me whole day
Give me whole day
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8. |
Stupid Bird
02:39
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Hey blue little bird
Stop singing in my yard
Hey blue little bird
Stop singing on my lawn
Walk away, or fly, or run, just be gone
Stupid little bird
Stupid little bird
Throwing rocks at trains with words that don’t mean anything at all
I just want a bird that will sing me all my favorite songs
Stupid little bird
Hop away
Hop hop hop hop
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9. |
Jolly Chimp
03:29
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Kinda’ been meaning to call
Didn’t mean to pass you up
Something stopping me short
Probably been long enough
Been a long time
Over there is a monkey with a hat
he bangs his drum he’s acting dumb
to score some change from a chump
But wouldn’t you throw Thoreau some dough
to buy a piece of heaven on a stick
Or a chance to belong
For a while but not too long
Cold is blowing in the fog
I’m not with the joke anymore
If I could yell from where I’m stuck
I’d probably breeze on through
On the outside
Over there is a monkey with a hat
he bangs his drum he’s acting dumb
to score some change from a chump
But wouldn’t you throw Thoreau some dough
to buy a piece of heaven on a stick
Or a chance to belong
For a while but not too long
Blowing on through
then I’ll leave on you
For a while but not too long
Over again the monkey sits with a hat
he bangs his drum he’s acting dumb
then turns around and begs for Cheetos
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10. |
Downtown (Bad Water)
02:16
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Severed all the safety cords
The train is leaving all aboard
It’s just another day
Flirting past the second story
The sidewalk is the floor beneath your feet
Downtown there’s a place with bad water
It’s a place with bad water
It’s a place you don’t want to be
Downtown there’s a place with bad water
It’s a place with bad water
It’s a place you don’t want to drink
The first time was extraordinary the second one is a bit more blurry
Just another day
Downtown there’s a place with bad water
It’s a place with bad water
It’s a place you don’t want to be
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11. |
Breezes
02:24
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We should spend some time together
Talking about not or whether
We might go
Maybe shed some light on the way
Days are just breezes they blow away
Making up my mind on it
I wouldn’t bet a farm on it
I don’t own
The ‘farm’ is like a metaphor anyway
With days being breezes in the trees that go away
There’s a ball of twine hidden
That no one ever finds here
It’s a failing rope
No one ever seems to get the joke
Like leaves in the breeze the day blows away
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12. |
Cellophane Wrapper
02:24
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Well, I got my place card
And I think I should find my seat
By the window would be nice
Any chance they’ll bring us drinks?
On the wayside
I think I found my chance to feel complete
In a cellophane wrapper to play on repeat
And the wrapper blows down the road
And the wrapper blows down the road
You know that outside chance that I might break my own rule?
It’s beginning to look like a real possibility
And the sum of our stories seem invalid here
And all the scars we claim are a little insincere
Well, I got my place card
And I think that I’ve found my seat
Any chance you might join
For a chat and a drink?
You know that outside chance that I might break my own rule?
It’s beginning to look like a real possibility
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