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Rebound
02:38
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No, you can't come over, mister
You have got to be out of your mind
I barely seen ya
And I don't mean to demean ya
But I ain't used to lookin' folks eye-to-eye
This girl's a menace to me
She bore a hole right through me
Back in the summer of '09
She filled it up with love
And now the lack thereof
Makes me want to cry all the time
This is what I've found
Stand up and rebound
Don't let nobody see you down
Stand up and rebound
He flew in from outer space
And landed on a rooftop in Bed-Stuy
Cement against my back
Delicious summer snack
Sweeter 'cause we were sky high
This is what I've found
Stand up and rebound
Don't let nobody see you down
Stand up and rebound
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2. |
Skins
03:33
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Curled up in my seat
I wait for the wail
Of the big train wheels on the north-bound rail
I'm coming to see you
I'm coming to feel your skin
The thick one that you wrap yourself in
She's a big girl now
San Francisco belle
No mother to worry
No father to yell
But she has too much past
And she has too much skin
The scarred kind that she traps herself in
And she knows where I've gone
But she don't know where I've been
Because of each other
We're crocodile tough
But beneath it we ache
'Cause we weren't enough
On the south-bound rail
It felt like a sin
Synapses felt loud and my skull felt thin
'Cause he knows that I'm gone
But he don't know where I've been
Scar on your shoulder
Constellations cajole
I can pin down your patterns
But not your wandering soul
Still, I'm coming to see you
I'm coming to feel your skin
The thick one that you wrap yourself in
And you know that I'm here
But you don't know where I've been
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I was lying on the ground
And through the night air cut the sound of Dan's harmonica
Though the steady bass drum filled my chest
I was unstable at best
Just thinking of the trouble I could cause
Can't you see what we've become
I'm wrapped around your finger
But you're under my thumb
It was hardly an interrogation
For once an ordinary conversation
Both sweet and sad
And then into bed we rolled
For I had asked and you had told
And what did it matter now
You could see what we'd become
I was wrapped around your finger
You were under my thumb
And it scared you, I know
But you said all along
That I'd done nothing wrong
I know
I talk a lot of nonsense
To avoid what's weighing on my conscience
But you never seem to mind
And I think that you're worth fighting for
But God knows I've been wrong before
So it's crazy versus far-fetched, I guess
There's no way out of what I'm in
I'm wrapped around your finger
And you're under my skin
Well I'm gone now
I've moved on now
To somewhere brand new
But you said all along
That I'd done nothing wrong
Come on, what did I do?
So is it wrong now
To say I'm gone now
That I've moved on now beyond you
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4. |
When I Got No One
02:55
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Illuminated against the night are all these white signs
"No parking anytime"
Well, I'm a lover not a fighter
And I'm a law-abider so that's fine
You got me on your mind
And a pretty little twinkle in your eye
And there's no better place to be
Than on your good side
So run along where you wanna
Just please let me tag on for the ride
Oh, where will I go
When I got no one like you
He's a sick sweet talker
He's a two-faced excuse for a man
He's a splinter in my finger
That I'll try to dig out if I can
But I won't make no promises
And I sure as hell don't have a plan
So if what I have to offer ain't enough
Then you know I'll understand
It might do me good
To get back on familiar land
Just say the word and I'll leave
With my imaginary travelin' band
Oh, where will I go
When I got no one like you
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I know when I see you
We'll be the same
'Cause we're caught up in this eternal game
Are you sick of playing
And saying that this turn will be your last
I'm hoping by July I will find
Something resembling peace of mind
Why can't we pinpoint
A when or why or how
Aren't we supposed to be grown-ups by now
What a coincidence that you should choose to flee
For a second I thought you gave a damn for me
And I'm no fool but I'll admit that this time I was wrong
So, so long
I promise to complete what was begun
Never resting until what I'm doin'
Becomes what I've done
Then I'll clean my tired hands of this situation
And begin anew without the likes of you
Relax, my darling
No worries, my dear
After all you've made it clear that I'm to disappear
It's nearly July and I have found
My senses and my defenses
And some safe and stable ground
I saw her in a new light underneath the city sun
She will never be mine, and she'll never be the one
Still, her warm embrace, it does more than you could do
So, so long to you
So long to you
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6. |
Six Days
02:47
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At the time, you made every kind of sense
But looking back, it was a foolish call
Now every moment we have is so significant
That I am crushed under the heaviness of it all
You have a knack for making me wonder
Why people hurt, why people hate
After all, we are mostly water
With clock radios that keep us up-to-date
Already I see a million mistakes
And a million years ahead of me
Will you be alongside for them all
Or only the next two or three
Irrational questions are my recent forte
For any discomfort, I will take the blame
Six days and you seem ever so different
Five nights and I am ever so the same
Six days and you seem ever so different
Five nights and I am ever so the same
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7. |
Sugarcane
04:37
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I know why they call it "heartbreak"
'Cause my literal heart feels like
It's literally exploding
Your silence so foreboding
Such a one-eighty change
Leaves me leaning toward the danger zone
I can't help but wonder why
Someone as French-fluent as you
Is not a better lover
But I don't want no other
Such an all-consuming fear
Keeping my cell phone to my ear for you
Sweetness like sugarcane
Don't mix with my whiskey brain
In forty-eight hours, I think I'll know
If you found someone else
In the shade of your Saturday eve
I'd led myself to believe
Had you under my spell
Instead, I spilled
And I fell on my own weird intentions
Sweetness like sugarcane
Don't mix with my liquored brain
But there's not a lot that I wouldn't do for you
Pendulum swinging
Desperate ringing in my head
Blood pressure high
Doctor wondering why I'm not dead
Sweetness like sugarcane
It's gone, it's gone in my sober brain
'Cause now I know
There's not a lot that you wouldn't do for you
Sweetness like sugarcane
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8. |
The Signs
04:00
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I went back hungry that morning
Thought of breakfast and you all the way home
I imagined you alone,
Knee deep in the knowledge
You're hoping someday to own
My favorite part of our mornings
Were when you'd wake and you'd tell me your dream
The last time was the first time
You hadn't dreamed about me
I am seeing the signs
I am treading emotional landmines
Grasping at silver lines
But what more can I do
I peeled back my skin that morning
So you could better see this here vein
Blue blood pumping quietly, steadily
To the rhythm of your name
I am seeing the signs
I am treading emotional landmines
Grasping at silver lines
But what more can I do
Go on and disappoint me
And I will disappoint you
I am seeing the signs
I am treading emotional landmines
To hell with these silver lines
'Cause what more can I do
Go on and disappoint me
And I will disappoint you
I went back hungry that morning
Starved for you all the way home.
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9. |
The Same Side
03:05
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Woke on the floor at the foot of your bed
With little more than a pillow beneath my head
And I hadn't slept so well in almost 24 years
The night before, all the worst collided
I feel so lost, I confided
And you didn't hesitate
You said, you'll find your way
I'm standing straighter now
Got a girl out west and a boy down south
But I know that I won't find
Anything real anytime soon
'Cause I still sleep on the same side that I occupied
Back when people used to ask you, how was I
And you said fine, we're doing fine
I'm fine
I'm doing fine
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