1. |
Getting Obscene
03:26
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Getting Obscene, when you were young,
No holes in your jeans, it’s all alone,
Better bake your ideas, they’re underdone,
Boy you’re a tool now, get stuck in anything,
Well my heart is broken like everyone’s,
But there’s a song in my bones that keeps me hanging on,
And it’s you, and you, and you,
And She is not angry, she’s just contemplating,
All of the things we see and how we make them,
Turn on my stove and warm your bottoms,
Take a look in my throat it’s just a hollow cavern,
Give ‘em the chorus, make ‘em adore us,
Just give ‘em the chorus honey,
Give ‘em the chorus, make ‘em adore us,
Just give ‘em the chorus
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2. |
All the Better
04:10
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Light on the air that day,
Coming to the open play,
Whistles on the breeze,
Traffic in the trees,
Holding up the bear cub state,
Oh! That I am young,
Would never hurt no-one,
Come to leave the shire,
Taken to the fire,
Hold man I’ll hold my tongue,
What big eyes you have,
What big arms you have,
What big teeth you have,
What big brains you have,
All the better to greet you with,
So I told them you were not there,
And again they asked me where,
Just above the C-note, lost if I know,
Around my heart somewhere,
And I grew and you grew too,
The past was always new,
Getting and we got here,
Looking kind of good dear,
Holding up the light to you,
What big eyes you have,
What big arms you have,
What big teeth you have,
What big brains you have,
All the better to meet you with
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3. |
One of the Guys
04:05
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Hot that heat was blowing,
Nothing but the eyes were showing,
It’s the tumbling dice but not as you know him
I’ll say one thing I’ll say another,
And then I’ll blame it on my mother,
In trying times there is a shoe-in,
When you’ve got this kind of weapon,
See I was born and then I grew up,
Hiding all that made me human,
And in these clothes I live forever,
Man it’s such a simple pleasure
Because I’m one of the guys,
One of the guys, one of the guys, one of the guys
I’m one of the guys,
One of the guys, one of the guys…
And I’ve got plans to build a kingdom,
And if I can’t then I’ll just sell them,
You know it’s just a part of nature,
That I’ve learned to fool my brothers
Don’t let me down ‘cus if you do I’ll,
Take more than might seem cruel,
My will is strong I’ll have no laughter,
For an eye I’ll take your daughters
Because I’m of the guys,
One of the guys, one of the guys, one of the guys,
I’m one of the guys,
One of the guys, one of the guys, one of the guys,
I’m one of the guys,
One of the guys,
Yeah I’m one of the guys,
One of the guys.
I’m only one step away,
I run this fever every day,
And when it comes to descending the stair,
Who’ll be down to meet you there?
Will you change or open the locks?
Will you venture to see what you’ve lost?
And when it comes calling you hear knock-knock,
Do you dare do you not?
Do you dare do you not?
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4. |
Dylan
02:03
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I thought you were Bob Dylan,
Until you started singing,
Where’s my hands to grow?
Run off down the road
I’ve got a place that maybe you can stay at,
Just round the corner if we make it to the border,
There’s juice in the oven and fire in the cupboard,
A little bit of damp but a whole-lotta-loving,
And dog is on the wind-shield shielding no thrills,
When your mother hit the water she didn’t mean to,
Dancing on the table fighting Cain and Able,
Leave it on the mantle-side until you see your father cry
Where’s my hands to grow?
Run off down the road…
And I thought you were Bob Dylan
Until you started singing,
Where’s my hands to grow?
Run off down the road
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5. |
Humdinger
04:13
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Sure enough the bells are ringing,
And the streets are filled with bones,
Going back to a carnal pack,
We can never be alone
They’ve got a new one it’s a big one,
And it sounds like us it does,
Like and like until you’re headstrong,
Fall apart when you find love
And I said lo’ humdinger,
I’m just a lazy singer with my mind in two,
And go ahead my brother my sister’s quite another,
So far from blue
And in the evening of our summer,
I will pick what I can eat,
Fill our bags for all the others,
Let them in and let them leave,
And if you see her won’t you tell her,
That you heard nothing from me,
I got a feeling by the altar,
But the charms won’t help you sleep,
And I said lo’ humdinger,
I’m just a lazy singer with my mind in two,
And go ahead my brother my sister’s quite another,
So far from blue
And I said lo’ humdinger,
I’m just an inky slinger with my mind in five,
And go ahead my brother my sister’s quite another,
And she’s alright
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6. |
Overnight Horror
05:16
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Lay down, darling, lay down,
These men are coming around,
Gold gold silver and gold,
So love me do as you’re told,
Well I sold my pictures and my goods,
I’ve kept you as long as I could,
And now as fortune does dictate,
My darling I send you on your way
Long live the queen on papered things,
Each to their own and us to them,
Give me the goose I have not seen,
And rest in faith that men are men
I’ve got this feeling it’s all wrong man,
I’ve got this feeling in my bones,
And if you listen to the ground man,
I think you’d hear we’re not alone
I woke up last night,
Woke in a sweat,
Saw the other laughing at me,
Thought he’s about to break his neck,
And I have small time for small things,
No clue for things that you’ve seen,
And all I feel is my body convulsing,
And the water’s gone bad but you know I keep drinking
Darling I’ve been dreaming of the ocean,
And on the rocks out there I see you hold them,
Money in my pocket,
A tune in my boots,
Well I go out late at night to see everyone looks like you
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7. |
Come Around
03:50
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Don’t listen to no more songs,
Their words falling out wrong,
Crooning noises baritone voices,
Something said but not done,
I’m all ears I’m all yours,
And this time there’s still more,
Anxious carousing,
Naked rough-housing,
Missteps to good doors
Well come around,
Oh come get down,
And play, play around,
With the safety you’ve found,
Eat a peach break your leg,
Stop listening instead
Edna Holme watched her home fall into the sea,
And it wasn’t long ‘til her husband John said this isn’t me,
Oh what story told,
Or movie sold could give you a chance?
To see it through make your truce with truth,
And see out your last?
Well come around! Oh come get down!
And play, play around,
With the safety you’ve found,
Eat a peach break your leg,
Stop listening instead,
All right come on yeah
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8. |
Hare
04:01
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If I were a hare I would chase you from here to there,
Across all fields and through the hallowed woods,
But here in the city I can dream of you hear with me,
Under the lights that shine so bright,
They strip us of our mortal-might and other people
Down by the garden,
I found a way into the earth,
And so far I’ve seen how it’s all that we are worth,
And how loud the night howls,
Under a blue moon with your blue cloud,
You know I have found our own place to go
Strung out lying about,
Found my home with no house,
Taken down hole in the ground,
I think I’ll be in country-town,
Where the birds still sing,
As the trains roll in,
And fly-tippers fly away
Fly away, fly away,
If only for a day,
You don’t have to die to reach the sky,
Or draw the ones you love,
On rainy days and sunny eves,
The song goes on the trees don’t leave,
There might just be,
A sleeping sea of tumult and duress
Strung out lying about,
Found my home with no house,
Taken down hole in the ground,
I think I’ll be in country-town,
Where the birds still sing,
As the trains roll in,
And fly-tippers tip their hats
I’ll fly away, fly away,
Oh glory,
I’ll fly away,
When I die hallelujah by and by,
I’ll fly away
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9. |
Lulu Walls
05:46
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Holy run circles up east where they found her,
Well at least one part,
The others were nowhere to be found
With no clothes on,
No sign of another,
Though we’d all heard him sing those long murderous love songs
Lulu Walls she was young she was tall,
A gifted new mind left the top of her school,
And in that summer,
She longed it were over,
So she could leave town,
And learn from professors
But in that town where Lulu was born,
Lived a man whose name we don’t say anymore,
Though he was a talent,
Did little but sing,
About a love so scolding,
And a lady so deserving of him
And his love songs,
His amply spaced home,
Where a lady could spend all of her days alone,
Encased in fencing,
Twenty-feet tall,
So no-one could gaze at his dear Lulu Walls
One night he saw her,
Across the moonlit river,
Struck by her beauty,
Decided to call her,
May I walk you home,
Through the pale unknown?
And if I make this stand,
Won’t you take my hand?
For days he bothered and followed her home,
While Lulu just wanted to be on her own,
And had no interest in married old mind-sets,
And looked to the west,
Where her adventures they lay next,
He stormed back home,
He ceased to sleep,
That aggravating beauty,
He named her and weeped,
Well this is not right,
It’s not part of my plan,
And if I cannot have her,
Then nobody can
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10. |
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On a cold white a blue day,
The new-year seemed waylaid,
As if it had maybe twenty-five miles left in the tank,
And on that morning a snowdrop was calling,
And it ended up screaming its way out of the world,
There was no vision there was no plan,
It just happened to happen because it could because it can,
And isn’t that enough?
Isn’t that enough for you man?
Isn’t that enough?
Isn’t that enough for you?
The daybreak that broke had nowhere to go,
Except your eager hand,
I like to see the smiles you pulled
As you shoot the fruit clean off the stand,
There was a lantern sky filled with starry eyes,
For miles and miles all across the land
And isn’t that enough?
Isn’t that enough for you man?
Isn’t that enough?
Isn’t that enough for you?
And don’t change your tune,
And don’t look to lose,
No-one is bullet-fool proof,
And you’re like a child,
When you get riled,
And I know, I know all this too
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