1. |
Always a Stranger
03:59
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Thursday night under crystal light
On the floor and we’re dodgin’ eyes
We’re dancing to the halftime
Tension pulls our insides
Didn’t use to come here separate
Now evasion is all that’s left and
from the way your looks hit I know that I don’t fit
that I’m always
Always a stranger
the first to know
that I don’t have a place here
it’s time for me to go
It’s been this way for a while now
so I try to forget about
how you reduced me down to a face in the background
didn’t think you’d hate me so long
But it’s been six months since we talked
Knowing my friends are gone is something that you feed on
cause I’m always
Always a stranger
the first to know
that I don’t have a place here
it’s time for me to go
The red lenses you see me with are here to stay
so I’m better off without you anyways
Now I’m counting down til finally comes a day
that I can’t match your face back to your name
And I’m always a stranger
the first to know
that I don’t have a place here
it’s time for me to go
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2. |
Mel's
03:48
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There's a bar called Mel's on the south side of town
and it seems that's where we're going tonight
Yeah the bands are bad, held up like gods but they're wack
but all the people are looking fine
We go to Mel's to show our good side
who we wanna be
Paint on a face that wants to be here
cause there's no other place to be
Out and about
Another night down at Mel's and I am drivin' down the drinks to keep my cool
Out and about
Another night we'll forget, you know that's why we're here so don't you be a fool
A night at Mel's
Looky here comes Dave, he can't remember my name
though we've shaken hands 27 times
And across the room someone I took home in June
doesn't get it was just one time
Has everybody been rehearsing small talk on repeat?
Don't know that I still want to be here
but there's no other place to be
Out and about
Another night down at Mel's and I am drivin' down the drinks to keep my cool
Out and about
Another night we'll forget, you know that's why we're here so don't you be a fool
A night at Mel's
I'll lose myself
Drink enough to blind a fish
Can't prevent the ego crisis
Better luck for me next gig
Out and about
Another night down at Mel's and I am drivin' down the drinks to keep my cool
Out and about
Another night we'll forget, you know that's why we're here so don't you be a fool
A night at Mel’s
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3. |
King Spliff
04:15
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King spliff surveys his dominion of clutter and half ideas
When he's preachin' his opinion, there's too much haze to see ya
Opinion? He'd call it the truth
He knows he knows he's being rude
He rolls another, he'll burn em' til he's dead
King Spliff
He's hip
Lord of nothin'
But all that bullshit is going to his head
King Spliff
He's hip
Lord of nothin'
Each day a drop in the ocean of days wasted away
Sitting idly, thinking so highly of himself he'd say
"No one's ever had it so made
I'm the expert, the chancellor of taste"
He rolls another, he'll burn em' til he's dead
King Spliff
He's hip
Lord of nothin'
But all that bullshit is going to his head
King Spliff
He's hip
King Spliff
He's so wrong
He's head strong
He's long gone and I don't think he's dwelling on
The bare bones, the friends outgrown, those who've disowned him
He cannot be dethroned
Delusions, conclusions drawn from nothin'
Really thinks he's somethin'
King spliff, long may he reign!
King Spliff
He's hip
Lord of nothin'
King Spliff
He's hip
Lord of nothin’
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4. |
Back in Love Again
03:20
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So many times we’d break it in our hands
just to put it back the way it goes again
We’d just fall back in love again
We’d hide under the blankets and pretend
that those approaching footsteps are not the end
We’d just fall back in love again
And the projectionist screens our defeat
The end of lovers
We watch the fall scene for scene on repeat
If it’s easier to hate me, then go ahead
However you erase me is what is best
Cause we’ll just fall back in love again
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5. |
Borrowed Time
03:59
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The two of us in our love shack by the sea
it was enough, was everything that we need
But now your voice won’t sing no ballad for me
so should we call the borrowed time company?
They’ll up us fix this (we’ll get an extension)
Let’s get to business
Did we lose it?
Can we bring it back with some borrowed time and then seal the cracks?
Are we moving on two separate tracks wasting borrowed time chasing love that passed?
Are we too late? Are these two hearts broken down
from extra weight we chose to carry around?
Like all the lies that waterfall through your teeth
and all the nights you stayed up waiting for me
If we can’t fix it (we’ll pay it all back)
the time plus interest
Did we lose it?
Can we bring it back with some borrowed time and then seal the cracks?
No improvements, just packing your bags and dividing up all the payments on this borrowed time
Can we bring it back? Can we alter fate with some borrowed time or is it too late?
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6. |
Interlude
01:34
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7. |
In the Money
03:27
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Big shot—your name around the office
You’re never sick or take a day off
Work late and no one can stop ya
One day you’ll become a business god
and buy your wife whatever she likes
Your in the money
bought low and selling high
So in the money
that you don’t realize
Big house—she’s crying inside it
The pearls don’t make her feel less alone
Each night you say you’ll be home late
She’s tempted to call him on the phone
Cause you don’t hear the pain in her sighs
(no you don’t see) the grief in her eyes
You’re in the money
bought low and selling high
So in the money
that you don’t realize
Steve from finance, yeah he saw his chance
went from cooking your books to cooking her breakfast
Cause you live at work away from the hurt
that we should repair (it’s too late) cause
You’re in the money
bought low and selling high
So in the money
that you don’t realize
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8. |
Good for Us
04:07
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Everyone’s been jaded
Everyone’s been stranded by their muse
Can you put it all behind?
I am hurting from wars I never fought and I
I think that it would be good for us baby
To take the damage that’s got you jaded off the shelf
Might be just what this thing needs to save it
I think that it would be good (so good) for us
Wanted not required
I’ve done without before
And I could again
Let’s just make it through the night
Let’s keep talking
I know it’s getting late but I
I think that it would be good for us baby
To take the damage that’s got you jaded off the shelf
Might be just what this thing needs to save it
I think that it would be good (so good) for us
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Conman Bolo Arcata, California
Jazz rock/Soft rock from California's Lost Coast
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