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i could never understand the math
that led you down this career path
you used to only wear rock and roll t-shirts
metal punk and thrash
you'd get so angry when guys said you'd never smile
you're on the track team running mile after mile
oh 1600 candles in a row
you're the second richest girl i know
you were riding in your best firneds car to the city for some show
for all the times you wore your heart-shaped shades
on a landfill or a goodwill somewhere half a life away
i can't look too long like staring at the sun
was my life ever better than in august 2001
what about the orthopaedic shoes
you had the leading actess blues
your father lied and told us bad things only ever come in twos
let's look through magazines and cut out things we see
let's watch olympic skating tapes on cathode-ray tvs
i can't look too long like staring at the sun
was my life ever better than in august 2001
did you get th ephone call the next day
did you kow what it waould say
did you let it ring 500 times wishing it would go away
i could never understand at all
spending hours locked in bathroom stalls
between the tv and the internet they had you pressed up to the wall
you hide your eyes behind your heart-shaped shades
i bet, i bet it never fades
i can't look too long like staring at the sun
was my life ever better than in august 2001
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You turn everything into a car crash
Your brown eyes a mess of tears suddenly I'm standing right here
Mad, sober, sick and sad you think I'm the best you'll ever have
Love wasn't made for us, it's made of better stuff!
So turn the volume up!
Cus I can't stay
Tell your friends I suck
That I don't give a fuck
(ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Oh if there's more to say
Shout shout it out!
Don't be afraid
I won't be in your way
(ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
In the back of a garden I pulled your pants down beg your pardon
I was curious to see what you looked like
A grown man in his pride you'll be my boy and I'll be your bride
Love wasn't made for us, it's made of better stuff!
So turn the volume up!
Cus I can't stay
Tell your friends I suck
That I don't give a fuck
(ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Oh if there's more to say
Shout shout it out!
Don't be afraid
I won't be in your way
(ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
God forgive me I'll push you away, cus you like to call me baby
God forgive me I'll push you away, I never ever wanted to leave
But I cannot stay
Cus you love me way to much, cus you love me all the time
Cus if I break your heart you can't break mine
So turn the volume up!
Cus I can't stay
Tell your friends I suck
That I don't give a fuck
(ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Oh if there's more to say
Shout shout it out!
Don't be afraid
I won't be in your way
(ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
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The girls are out tonight
short skirts and cigarettes
the back of a crowded bar
the place where we last met
but i barely knew you
yeah i barely knew you
Now i've forgoten what to say
never learned it anyway
cuz every time i feel alone
can't even bear to use the phone
and all the times i've tried to wait
i've wound ups tarting way too late
and only you can make me feel
that we are here and we are real
stumble into the night
pressed up against the glass
the city shines so bright
they claim it'be built to last
but it doesn't ring ture
and i barely knew you
Chorus
now i'm alone
with you
and i don't know
what to do
let me know
if you want me to
Chorus
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Eveything fun is a little bit dangerous
Everything dangerous, is a little bit fun
It's not trouble, unless unless you get injured
It's not messy, until you're covered in dirt
it's not fun unless it's naughty
it's not fun until you get caught
you're hearts not racing
until you're being followed
it's not a chase until you run.
run, run run, run run run
everything fun is a little bit dangerous
everything dangerous is a little bit fun
your heart's not racing until you're being followed
it's not a chase, until you run
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I know this road turned out less smooth than we thought it would
but all these dues we paid are to pay back real good
and when i get down feel so stressed out
darkest of days, strongest of doubts
i know you'll be there when i crawl out
that this light never goes out
Together we will run
and from this pain we'll rise up
certain as the stars are shining down on our dreams
certain as the sun always brings its light up
i know there's a place we were both meant to be
we'll go dancing in the stormy weather
have a picnic in the city streets
throw a party with the weeping willows
invite our friends to let their hearts run free
when you call out i'll be strong
know this fire burns bright and long
Together we will run
and from this pain we'll rise up
certain as the stars are shining down on our dreams
certain as the sun always brings its light up
i know there's a place we were both meant to be
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you poured some sugar in my coffee and you sweeted up my mouth
you said so many ways you'd be good to me, that i doid not know about
up and down i swore i met you before
but it could not be true
it was your smile of course, but i wanted more, so i dove deep into you
Bottle blonde, bottle blonde tell me whose side are you really on
my love for you can't be explained
the things you done to be someone
now your real self is almost gone
i'm sure that i never knew your name
playing deboise
on a hundred 3 your pianos keys cry rain
when it's dry out side, throw that window wide, don't play it down the drain
your my chariot why you staying put when your wheels meant to spin
i'll slow it down but just stick around
and flash that easy grin
don't confuse my self with you, what i need with what you do
you know you get the same from me
well
chorus
got your number wrong now that dial tone is ringing in my ear
don't play it cool and i'll expect a fool, all illusions disappear
you make that face you aint' entartained when all my games fall flat
how could i know just whete to go if you never draw a map
don't confuse my self with you, what i need with what you do
you know you get the same from me
yeah
chorus
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I dug a hole i turned it upside down
i sat about as the darkness fell around
i thought i would be safer underground
i thought i would be safer underground
but in the dark flew 7 fire flies
and they formed your face, your mouth, your nose, your eyes
and it made me feel so lonesome I could cry
it made me feel so lonely that i cried
i cried so much i cried myself a sea
floated right out of that hole and then i was free
and of all things that floated back to me
it floated you right back to me
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8. |
Oliver Baer - Page #11
01:02
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If you stand on a corner long enough
everyone that you know will walk by
some of these people will give you stuff
interesting, that others just say hi
Speaking with them i think of the connection
that now tenous strand of events which binds us
i try to strengthen it, my words sewing thread as we speak
but as the fabric tears, the pain increases
until i can no longer stand it
they leave
and i once again, am left alone
to wait the next one
to deal with myself.
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Elana Low - Pollen Path
01:27
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Black moon above, stars overhead
don't you dare guide me back to my bed
the river is frozen, the pollen path's bare
don't wait for me darling there's thorns in my hair
falconry's cross, many moons dead
don't you dare silence this song in my head
the flowers are broken, the pollen path's bare
don't speak to me darling, till blood blades his hair
cause how long, how long, how long was the earth there
how long can we say we belong here
you say, you say,
how long, how long can we stay together
Pardon the sky, pardon the earth
when will we stop this rain of his words?
the stars are all woken, the pollen path's there
so sing with me darling, let down your long hair
cause how long, how long, how long was the earth there
how long can we say we belong here
you say, you say,
how long, how long can we stay together
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Eric Novak - Ghost Town
01:27
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go and tell them that i'm on my way
when i'm walking down the street
the only ones i ever meet
are the ones i recognize from tv shows
new york town is full of ghosts
new york town is full of ghosts
so surprised to see you the other day
you haven't changed at all and i've gone grey
then i rubbed my eyes and cleared my head
you can't stop time you can't raise the dead
it's been 18 years just to be okay
new york town is full of ghosts
new york town is full of ghosts
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