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Mulligan's Island
03:33
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I used to walk alone and write
of all the silly things
and the pretty light
I used to lay in fields and feel
watching the clouds disappear
I watched my parents fight and stole
from my brothers happy meal
Jumped from my bed to the open door
Avoiding monsters on my floor
I demand a do-over, do-over
I would like a childhood that's so good
All the fears that I have been feeling
I could watch them fade away
I told stories about werewolves
living in our closets
I had nightmares about tiny witches
chasing me on rockets
I wanted braces so I could feel grown up
in my third grade fantasy
I thought that no one understood
'cept for the crew from Goonies
I demand a do-over, do-over
I would like a childhood that's so good
All the fears that I have been feeling
I could watch them fade away
I demand a do-over, do-over
I would like a childhood that's so good
All the fears that I have been feeling
I could watch them fade away
I demand a do-over, do-over
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2. |
Sunshine
03:37
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I wait for the day
to come to a close
It’s only begun
a moment ago in this town
The minutes are hours
dusting my bones
Settling here and
there in my soul And this town
Is not what I thought
it’s not what I dreamed
It’s not why I ran
away from myself to this town
Asleep on the floor
a tear in my eye
Reminds me to cry
reminds me to lie to myself
Will I never go
Where the sun Shines
Hating myself
fading away
I ran out of wine
I ran out of time In this town
Asleep on the floor
a tear in my eye
Reminds me to cry
reminds me to lie to myself
Will I never go
Where the sun Shines
solo
I wait for the day
to come to a close
It’s only begun
a moment ago in this town
Asleep on the floor
a tear in my eye
Reminds me to cry
reminds me to lie to myself
Will I never go
Where the sun Shines
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3. |
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You see me drivin' down the street
I'm bored with looking good
I got both hands off the wheel
The cops are comin'
I listen to the music with no fear
You can hear it too if you're sincere
'Cause I'm a punkrocker, yes I am
Well I'm a punkrocker, yes I am
I see you stagger in the street
And you can't stay on your feet
And you're fakin' in your sleep
You wish that you were deep
You can hear me laughing to myself
If you could, you would be someone elsep
'Cause I'm a punkrocker, yes I am
Well I'm a punkrocker, yes I am
See me die on bleaker street
I'm bored with being God
See me sneering in my car
I'm driving to my star
I'm listening to the music with no fear
You can hear it too if you're sincere
'Cause I'm a punkrocker, yes I am
Well I'm a punkrocker, yes I am
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4. |
Red Rover
03:35
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Light shines through
Daylight fades
Light shines through
Daylight fades
I am shattered in the evening on the back of the beast
All the ghosts of the future are following me
I run right through my spirit guides
I’m riding high search and hide for you
Light shines through
Daylight fades
When I run I run away from myself
When I shout for joy I leave pride on the shelf
When I spin around we all fall down
Bloody Mary in the mirror stands upside down
Daylight fades
Light shines through
Red rover red rover set love right
Red rover red rover send the right one through
Red rover red rover shed love’s light
Red rover red rover send the right one through
In a game for kids no one else can win
We all fall down in a pile of sin
When I play charades no one guesses my name
My face may change but my heart's the same
Daylight fades
Red rover red rover set love right
Red rover red rover send the right one through
Red rover red rover shed love’s light
Red rover red rover make my dreams come true
Light shines through
Dreams do come true
Light shines through
Daylight...
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Out on the tar plains,
the glides are moving
All looking for a
new place to drive
You sit beside me,
so newly charming
Sweating dew drops glisten,
fresh in your side
And the sun drips down
bedding heavy behind
The front of your dress,
all shadowy lined
And the droning engine
throbs in time
With your beating heart
Way down the lane away,
living for another day
The aphids swarm up in the
drifting haze
Swim seagull in the sky
Towards that hollow western isle
My envied lady holds you
fast in her gaze
And the sun drips down
bedding heavy behind
The front of your dress,
all shadowy lined
And the droning engine
throbs in time
With your beating heart
Siiiiiiiiiing Blue Silver
And watching lovers part,
I feel you smiling
What glass splinters lie so
deep in your mind
To tear out from your eyes
With a word to stiffen
brooding lies
But I'll only watch you leave me
further behind
And the sun drips down
bedding heavy behind
The front of your dress,
all shadowy lined
And the droning engine
throbs in time
With your beating heart
Sing Blue Silver
Sing Sing Blue Silver
And the sun…
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6. |
Crack in the Back
03:14
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In life sometimes the wonderful
go under stress and crack in the back
A song as obscure as a whale’s goes
fast away
Hear those echoes being raised
rip my eardrum from my head
I used to roll my wheels on the fast lane
couldn’t tell the bad from the nice
Hey babe join me on my skid ride
on thin ice
See that light passing through
Ice opaque sticks like glue
If time is on your side and helps you
carve your track with huge success
lasting long looking up high
called luck
If space is ample beneath your feet
and you’ve taken the millionth walk in the very
same terrain do you feel proud
sedated as a rock
At first we painted a landscape to ourselves
tricky things kept somewhere else
mountain lines and riverbeds
and a few colors in subtractive sense
Chopped down our childhood trees
bonfired the bench of our first kiss
Baby when i met you it was all
already falling apart
being with you was like pollen to the bee
or maybe meat to the shark
Touch my skin and feel my heart
can you heal the crack in the back
Touch my skin and feel my heart
Can you heal the crack in the back
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Grey Sea
04:41
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Thursday evening came and I sang
Dutifully to you
You poured your heartbeat out and smiled
Beautifully blue
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
I can’t love you
The only sun I see
Is from underwater
At the feet of who have been
Could I be another
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
I won’t love you
As the crickets fly
crying out their cry
So dutifully
dark and beautifully
In your ocean
In your ocean
I am drowning
I am drowning
In your grey sea
In your grey sea
Be carried away
Away from me
Solo
In your ocean
In your ocean
I am drowning
I am drowning
In your grey sea
In your grey sea
Be carried away
Away from me
These woods so dark These trees so tall
And I’m on their shoulders Looking down from high above ….Did we grow older?
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