1. |
Southern Line
04:58
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i went down on the Southern Line
to meet a man about a modest crime
and i had a drink
and no time to think
but i was feelin' fine
but if i ever made up my mind
on the Southern Line
so i went down to find myself a place
where i could hide from all of my disgrace
and i brought my dogs
and a little Scotch
and then i hid away
but if i ever could go back in time
on the Southern Line
i went down on the Southern Line
to meet a man about a modest crime
and i had a drink
and some time to think
while i cleaned my knife
you know i never made up my mind
on the Southern Line
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2. |
Brief Romances
03:08
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in a way you were moving too fast
or was i too slow to make it last?
i'm feeling empty, feeling empty
and i don't mind the brief romances
i just have more fun taking chances
i'd rather let it grow than let it go
so tell it straight, no saving face
'cause i'm not a piece for you to place
to check the king or kill his mate
a quarter past an hour late
the rabbit off to meet his fate
but Alice only sees the chase
and i don't mind the brief romances
but i got plans for second dances
and oh, if you only knew
and if i was just moving too slow
on Fountain Ave. or that E.P. row
shouldn't you have told me so?
and i know that you've been hurt before
baby we've all bled behind doors
in empty beds and liquor stores
and though i don't mind the brief romances
i was hoping for something substantial
but no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
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3. |
Mining the Coal
04:26
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well
it's what i've come to expect
it's where i'm comfortable
and i do not mind mining the coal
well
if i wasn't good
if i misunderstood
then i guess i got what i earned
on my way out
i took the time to count
the cracks in the tile
that i'd laid down
when the door shut
i turned around
and you were painting the house
a color i could not place
a color i never would place
when i drove by last
i noticed the grass
was greener than i'd ever seen
from inside i heard a cry
the sound of new life
and i swore i'd never drive by ever again, at all
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4. |
Pretense
02:37
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the day is going
and in this glowing
i felt the throwing glance of your demands
walking always
some anxious hallway
trying desperately to place those graces
i can't seem to win with you
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5. |
Slow Sighs
04:01
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to step into the shadows you follow certain rules
i've been making a list in an ink somewhere between grey and blue
it's kind of hard to take place when you're just rambling around
with a half empty glass of something you know you couldn't keep down
oh i don't even watch the trains go by
i just take in the sounds
and all the words that you want, i wanted to say, never came out of my mouth
just slow sighs
autumn has always felt so strange to me, you feel the change in the cold
and all the times that i ever felt in love are still stuck in the folds
no i don't even watch the trains go by
i just soak in the sounds
and all the words that you want, i wanted to say, never came out of my mouth
no i don't even watch the trains go by
i just take in the sounds
and all the words that you want, i wanted to say, never came out of my mouth
just slow sighs
i'm just an image of my parents' parents' parents
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6. |
Couches
02:40
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on your way out
noticed your couches were out of place
but i guess you could say there's been a lot of movin' around these days
a dragonfly died as it collided with your windshield on i-19
your windows down, everything felt
like some kind of dream
oh did it seem so surreal?
like some kind of dream where you fell asleep at the wheel
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7. |
Names
02:22
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i'm not the only one to notice you changed
it's just i was the one who stayed the same
now we both go by new names
i will return to accept the blame
like i wanted the change
and then we'll both go separate ways
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8. |
Bloom
05:36
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i always knew
it was there within the way that you moved
though i tried
i couldn't keep my distance from you
and i know
we moved slow
and i was always trying to kick up the groove
and you know
you got so cold
but you should've let me go with the truth
so i . . .
it was always there
entombed within the way that you move
that i would never be
the seed that you would water to bloom
and i know
we moved slow
and i was always trying to amp up the groove
and you know
you got so cold
but you should have let me go with some truth
i don't wanna be kind
i just want you to feel the way i do
i don't wanna be kind
i just deserved some semblance of the truth
so i . . .
it was always there
entombed within the way that you move
that i would never be
the seed that you would water to bloom
and i know
we moved slow
and i was always trying to amp up the groove
and you know
you got so cold
but you should have let me go with some truth
i don't wanna be kind
i just want you to feel the way i do
i don't wanna be kind
i just deserved some semblance of the truth
i don't wanna be kind
i just want you to see things how i do
i don't wanna be kind
and know what could have prospered from the bloom
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