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Told You To Go
03:40
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TOLD YOU TO GO
Were you willing to bet you could out run those cells?
You’ve lost the race I saw you wasting away
Saw you lying in bed i learned that it doesn’t get much prettier
You know i fell to my knees
I told you to go, i told you to go
I have never felt strange about that
No time to prepare or remain unaware
I have my strengths, I can put it away
My crying is done, I can help everyone
Just form a line, you know we comfort this way
I told you to go, i told you to go
I have never felt strange about that
I dont miss you anymore than i did then
If i forget you it will trouble me no end
Solo
My crying is done, I can help everyone
Just form a line, you know we comfort this way
Saw you lying in bed i learned that it doesn’t get much prettier
You know i fell to my knees
I told you to go, i told you to go
I have never felt strange about that
I dont miss you anymore than i did then
If i forget you it will trouble me no end
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Evaporate
02:59
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never thought id see
the jealous coach in me
you got your crowd on hold
they all do what they’re told
how would it be?
she takes your picture for free
she and your webhost don’t agree
ch
hey, careful what you say
they'll evaporate, they'll evaporate
your charming currency
is wearing thin with me
so good at blowing smoke
your fire's needing stoked
she tires of you
you lament and rue
at least the songs you write come true
rpt. ch--- solo
stickers on our car
tell us just how far
we think apart
that's not my fault
ill try to be
open to a degree
today it just doesn’t feel like me
rpt ch 2x
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Where Do We Go From Here
03:17
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Myth To Struggle With
03:09
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MYTH TO STRUGGLE WITH
you said go ahead
and get it over with
is it a myth that I struggle with?
how on earth could I juggle all of this?
seems so petty now I’m ashamed
I’m like a little kid
crying over cake
you can’t take me anywhere
my eyes are everywhere it’s punitive
sometimes the talks don’t work
I can’t get rid of it
the moon looks the same in other time zones
A luxury I can’t afford to miss
I don’t often get myself mixed up in other worldliness
have you seen the deus ex machina?
is that what you want for your dénouement
words can’t measure out the time we drifted
miles speak only to the tires tread
success has always been a hidden metric
slung on wired fallout that the hurtful said
headlamps light the interstate
Taillights fall away to outer space.
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Burn Out The Lampposts
04:34
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I don’t burn out the lampposts like I used to do
I don’t paint the town any other hue
I don’t bring the seasons any kind of joy
Don’t kung fu grip me like your other toys
took my chucks for a walk and kicked a can or two
need a friend right now to kick the time change blues
I’m like the Yukon not a province yet
you're my Alaska now the sun won't set
Last Sunday
I fired a flare toward you
it read:
Do you find me in any private thoughts?
instead
of the one who makes you happy?
the one good reason to keep this to myself
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Nothin' Doin' Today
04:24
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NOTHING DOING TODAY
Nothing doing today needs done
Unplugging the ocean, unplugging the sun
You're gonna die trying
It's still trying to wake
It's too icy a season to be comfortably safe
Barricaded by the past
It's a naked jib across your mast
You answer to no one
You're accomplice to none
You're the worst kept secret on everyone's tongue
days are brighter now than they ever had to be
Sometimes forgotten scenes are the best part of the scenery
Like snowflakes in the sand, they drift away
Tortured tourist in the cracking storm
Tattered cases weathered, worn
Guitars are tougher than guns, and nothing's tougher than drums
I can feel the new season on the tips of my thumbs
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Apology
04:30
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APOLOGY
Sorry we fought--how are your injuries?
I know that you got a face full of inquiries
I know that it’s not a good apology
accepting day
I’d buy you a bike
so you could ride away
and get us some smokes
but that was Saturday
and Sundays need strokes
and Monday
just needs some encouraging
ch1:
but if you see to it that I am paroled
I’ll see you to your easy chair when we're old
now I'm out of work let me boss you around
there’s pictures of us there on the window sill
I’m taller than you -your heart is bigger still
apartments outside pink in the morning sun
there's hardly a tree in Ballard
ch2:
now I’m out of work let me boss you around
now you need some time and you’re kicking me out
but if you see to it that I am paroled
I am paroled--- I am paroled
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Roy Orbison
02:37
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10. |
End Of All Things
04:18
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The Riffbrokers Seattle, Washington
Northwest powerpop twang outfit formed 1999, Boise Idaho. Band nucleus Nick and Heather Millward moved to Seattle the following year. They've traveled the land since and released over five full length albums on their homemade label Unsmashable Records.
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