1. |
Hey Girl
04:07
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Hey, girl
Standing in the line
Hey, girl
Your hair is the sunshine
You turned around, your eyes were shining bright
Back then, girl, we had no idea we'd last more than a night
I didn't care what you thought of me
I'm loud and obnoxious, you can see
But that's just fine by you.
Your smile defined sincerity
Your glow fills the proximity
And I'm in awe that I'm with you.
I remember September 3rd, 2003
I could see the surprise written on your voice when I asked you
We had no clue of the times that lay ahead of us
And I still can't believe, girl, that you feel the same as I do
I didn't care, you didn't care
And we're so comfortable, baby I don't even think at all
(Chorus)
What are we?
Besides lucky.
What are we?
We're you and me.
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2. |
Deaf Girl
03:46
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My girl she wouldn't listen to me, even if she could.
She's radiating pavement waves going on her way to Hollywood.
Her idea of a little space has left me half a continent away.
My fears fell upon deaf ears, and I just don't know what to say (Listen up)
Now she's treading ground, where the stars abound
And the birds chirping overhead
She can see her name on the Walk of Fame
I can only see her in my head
I guess I'm leaving the deaf girl
Leaving the deaf girl behind
Leaving the deaf girl
I must be losing my mind
My heart was a jigsaw puzzle, now I can't make the pieces fit
I feel like a seasick stowaway, but I can't abandon this ship.
And I'm feeling it, now the winter's hit
I'm cold and down on my luck
Loving her's like finding the remote
And finding the mute button is stuck
(chorus)
And where you going, it's not where you been
I really don't like what I'm seeing
Could you sign me if something could be done?
Listen to me, deaf girl, you're the one.
(chorus)
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3. |
Montreal
03:24
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When I went away to Montreal
I had my doubts that I was ever, ever coming back
Thoughts of finding a love so profound
Well, I wonder why I even looked back
I dream about the women there
I dream about the streets, yeah
I even dream in francais
And I dream of you
And when I came to stay in Montreal
I knew that I had found just what I was looking for
Thoughts of finding a love so profound
I got it now, and I know I'm sure
(chorus)
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4. |
Jelly Shoes
04:27
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I like that girl with no fashion sense
I like that girl, her hair is always a mess
I like that girl, she's got tube socks up to her knees
I like the way she "parlez-vous frances"
I like the sound of her Pentax clicking away
I like the way how she just doesn't seem to care
And I don't care what the other boys say
'Cuz they don't know what they're missing out on
I've seen those eyes, and I know what's inside
I like the way that she tries to play guitar
But she gets mad and she don't get very far
But that's OK
'Cuz in my mind she's still a superstar
I like the way she "parlez-vous frances"
I like the sound of her Pentax clicking away
And she don't mind all of the stupid shit I say
(chorus)
And I catch every glance she shoots my way
(chorus)
And if she took just one chance, that'd make my day
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Natalia
03:49
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Oh my dear, what's caused this awful mess?
You're bulletproof, until you take one in the chest
Modern nature has left me so confused
Is there still an "us" for me to lose?
How could you forget
The day we met?
And how the sun shone like our laughter
It was breaking through the clouds
Breaking barriers
Oh, Natalia
I was once all yours
But I won't be again.
Maybe we were like cursive on the page
Not adapting to the modern age
I'm gonna meet ya, on Alameda
You can bring your deck of trick cards
And hold them over me
Fool me once again
Oh, Natalia, I can't be your friend
When I am still in love
Oh, Natalia, put your guns away.
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6. |
Cloudy Skies
02:35
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I woke up to cloudy skies today
Seems the rain still gets me down
It's not the rain that's changed
It's the sun that just don't shine the same anymore
I took a walk down to the park
Just to clear my head
My eyes so all the pretty girls
My mind saw your instead
I turn around, head/heart down, and I find my way back to our place.
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Pornography
04:04
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They can search me at the border
I left everything behind
The hillsides of America
They don't ease my mind
And when the mood would strike me
My most exciting hobby
Was sifting through the pornography
That cluttered up my mind
I got dirty sheets to hide my head
How can I hope to describe
How it feels
When the only star in your sky
Fades away?
And the summer's bleeding daylight
On a hundred aimless days
Without you here by my side
I can't keep the ghosts away
So I stumble across the campus
With its Roman columns round
I imagined I was Nero
And I burned it to the ground
(chorus)
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8. |
World Upside Down
02:49
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Oh, I love the world when it's turned upside down.
Millions of people ask
But do they know that my world is upside down?
When your world is upside down, and you know you can't be found
Anywhere.
Oh, what will you do, when your world is upside down?
Will you go like this?
Gather all your friends, tell the ones you love, to take you to the place where you know the sun will shine.
And don't you forget it.
You will need it
For when it all goes down.
When you world is upside down, will you go like this?
Gather all your friends, tell the ones you love, to take you to the place where you know the sun will shine.
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9. |
Astronaut
03:41
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In the Sea of Tranquility
The pale blue dot looks bluer from here
It matches my eyes of the saddest goodbyes
I disembarked and the world disappeared
And now I'm weightless and helpless
Trying not to focus on how
I'm cold as steel on a January day
In this far off galaxy
But you don't want an astronaut
You want someone you can see.
Through the dark
And in my mind we are still in your room
With your literature and your sweet perfume
And the snow came down on that Christmas Day
So painfully rare, I knew you couldn't stay
(chorus)
And the light years that divided us
They go on for generations.
(chorus)
And I used to bathe in the ocean waves, and revel in the mystery
But now I hate the blue that they gave to you
And the price they made me pay.
They have come and brought me darkness.
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10. |
Extraterrestrial
03:45
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Stick a fork in me, I'm done.
Bending over backwards wasn't fun.
When you unleashed your point of view, there was nothing I could do
You were right, the world is wrong
The moon landing was never true
So I guess that we are through
Extraterrestrial, extraterrestrial
Coming to save us all, coming to save us all
(You've always got something to say)
(I hope the world doesn't get in your way)
Wasting your energy, wasting your time
Squandering your talents is a crime.
When you unleashed your point of view, there was nothing I could do
You were right, the world is wrong
Communism could work too
Stalin gave it a shot, hey why don't you?
(chorus)
You've always got something to say
Hope the world doesn't get in your way...
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