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Coming Down
05:02
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--Backlot--
Come on, darling, let's go down in the basement
And bring your ruby red shoes
We can dance on broken glass
You left after the news
Keeping waltz time with the heartbeat
Coming up out of the floor
We can swing and dance like madmen
Then pretend that things are like before
That's when I start to come down
I should get out of this town
Come on, darling, let's go out on the driveway
Lean back and look to the sky
We can count the stars that shine
Like sympathetic eyes
Then they're moving, and then they're blinking
I guess they weren't all that high
And if machines could grant our wishes
There would be no need to wish tonight
That's when I start to come down
I should get out of this town
Come on, darling, let's go somewhere exciting
Be on our own for a while
See if sound can drown the silence
Just behind your smile
When I called you nobody answered
You didn't leave much behind
An eye for eye for eye for eye
Until we're out of sight and mind
That's when I start to come down
I should get out of this town
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Backlot
02:47
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Seven years old on a Saturday
The finest of tales on the world's greatest stage
But it can't last forever, or so they say
Eleven o'clock
Come on down to the backlot today
Come on down to the backlot today
The heroes and villains have flown away
Let's talk on affordable four-doors in beige
And palaver on merits of Chevrolet
Come see what we got
Come on down to the backlot today
Come on down to the backlot today
Come on down to the backlot
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I Write Horrorshows
04:20
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--I Write Horrorshows--
Well, you’ve been chosen, I have too,
Inside we’re both brown and blue
And I’m just a man who thinks it’s quaint
That butchers see more than the saints
Come along and hang with me
As I show you solidarity
‘Cause vulgar doesn’t mean you’re wrong
It’s ugly where we all belong
So keep your distance, I’ll keep mine
We’ll make it through these troubled times
There’s beauty here that I need to show
Me, I just write horrorshows
Something I can help you find
Is there something weighing on your mind
Whose woods are these, well now you know
Me, I just write horrorshows
I met a man who said I’m smart
Says I’m making works of art
That all this gore it represents
Some wars from foreign governments
And before you know it, all I see
Are kids with fancy art degrees
And dissertations to explain
Why Suzie ate her mother’s brains
So come on
Keep your distance, I’ll keep mine
We’ll make it through these troubled times
There’s beauty here that I need to show
Me, I just write horrorshows
Is there something I can help you find
Is there something weighing on your mind
Whose woods are these, well now you know
Me, I just write horrorshows
And that’s all they ever were
I bring you beauty you’d discard
I bring you Pollocks made of lard
And I bring you banquets finely charred
On beds of Hallmark greeting cards
I bring you raw and honest truth
And I bring you wilting feverfews
I bring you heart without a soul
Still beating while the camera rolls
So keep your distance, I’ll keep mine
We’ll make it through these troubled times
There’s beauty here that I need to show
Me, I just write horrorshows
Something I can help you find
Is there something weighing on your mind
Whose woods are these, well now you know
Me, I just write horrorshows
And I promise nothing more
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Electric Cicadas
03:47
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--Electric Cicadas--
There's lightning in the distance and thunder coming soon
Come on, wave goodbye to this delightful afternoon
Now, I'd know that buzzing anywhere, that gentle humming sound
And these electric cicadas got me down
These electric cicadas got me down
The sun is getting far too bright, radio's getting loud
There’s no place left to lose yourself when every room’s a crowd
Now, and it's all so indescribable, these new thoughts that I've found
And these electric cicadas got me down
These electric cicadas got me down
And I see your hands are shaking, babe, I guess this one's your first
You say it's 'cause you love me and that only makes it worse
And pretty soon you're a psychologist, a doctor and a clown
And these electric cicadas got me down
These electric cicadas got me down
These electric cicadas
Ooh, they got me down now
They got me down
They got me down
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no
Think we're in the clear now, that lightning's come and gone
So why do I feel nervous when you tell me nothing's wrong
Now, will someone call the bomb squad in and say which wire's ground
'Cause these electric cicadas got me down
These electric cicadas got me down
These electric cicadas
They got me down
They got me down
They got me down
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no
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--Building Code Under Fire!--
I'm just a simple man, but Lordy
This new age has got me beat
When teenage psychopaths
Are running through the street
And flying saucers making headlines
On the early morning papers
And by evening
Humankind is in retreat
But through it all
My bedrock still remains
To get me through the tension
And the strain
Banality contrasted with the dire
Here it comes
Down the wire
Building code is under fire
I'm not a scientist, but Lordy
This here headline can't be right
An indestructible man
Haunts us in the night
And at the high school kids are terrified
A werewolf walks among them
As the monster
Takes another for his bride
And through it all
This verse needs a refrain
To teach us right from wrong and keep us sane
Bureaucracy, the kind that we admire
Here it comes
Down the wire
Building code is under fire
Here it comes
Down the wire
Building code is under fire
And through it all
Well nothing really changed
We slay the beast
And give ‘em its new name
Mortality and children getting high
Here it comes
Down the wire
Building code is under fire
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--Harvest Song (C'est La Vie)--
I met the devil in a truck stop
He was waiting for a ride
He snapped his fingers to the radio
That was playing from inside
He smiled and said that the dream was dead
Though the words still travel on
'Cause the war's still fought and the kid's still shot
In the fields outside Saigon
But we all still danced and we felt entranced
'Cause he made those words sound sweet
And we all still danced and we felt entranced
When he made those words sound sweet
C'est la vie
I met the devil in a truck stop
He was outside for a smoke, he said
You're always gonna leave 'em laughing
But you still don't get the joke
'Cause you can't erase their smiling face
When there's nothing underneath
And you can't insist that they're innocent
Or you'd sound a lot like me
But we'll all play nice and we'll act surprised
If you finally start to see
And we'll all play nice and we'll act surprised
If you finally make us see
C'est la vie
I met the devil in a truck stop
And he reeked of kerosene
He said you'd better pay attention
When you see the things I’ve seen
A rush of fire in the coiled barbed wire
And the ashes in the breeze
And specters huddled in the dirt and mud
In a foxhole overseas
But we'll all sing along to the harvest song
As the chaff piles at our feet
And we'll all sing along to the harvest song
'Cause we make those words sound sweet
C'est la vie
C'est la vie
C'est la vie
C'est la vie
C'est la vie
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7. |
Only Monika
04:24
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--Only Monika--
Ink is dripping on the page in a river running down the words
I wrote for you until somebody else
Could get there first
For the best the words were messy though my thoughts were true
What can I do to move my hand if there are
No words left for you
Now it's only Monika
In my head
I'm hanging on your smiles
And the words you said
Now it's only Monika
I need her bad
Dreaming of a life
That I wish we…
Slow pan fade to black
And we're back again
Endless summer nights when life was so mundane
And then I met you, can't forget you
Can't unlearn your name
It's nice to finally meet you was all I could say
And then the world began to move again
And we were swept away
Now it's only Monika
In my brain
A broken record track
Driving me insane
Now it's only Monika
Every night
Looking for the words
That can make you…
Slow pan into white
Won't be sleeping much tonight
Now my evenings fade away like a watercolor in the rain
I could have sworn that I've been here before
But things have changed
You're smiling at me sweetly as the walls break down
Around our heads, I blink again, and
There's no one else around
It's only Monika
Here with me
Staring eye to eye
For eternity
Now it's only Monika
That I can see
Quiet and alone
On our own
In your reality
Now it's only Monika
Here with me
Staring eye to eye
For eternity
Now it's only Monika
That I can see
Quiet and alone
On our own
In your reality
Now it's only Monika
It's only Monika
It's only Monika
It's only Monika
Now it's only Monika
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TexMex
03:18
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The Good Life
04:44
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--The Good Life--
I woke up this morning with a nagging fear that the world was gone
‘Till I opened the blinds and looked around
I put on my best shirt and a pair of jeans and I hit the road
To a liquor store outside of town
And halfway over it finally hit me
I don’t drink and I don’t smoke
The manager looked at me a little pe-ki-ki-ki-culiar
Paying three bucks for a can of Coke
Oh, yeah!
This must be the start of a new day!
Oh, yeah!
This must be the start of the good life!
I woke up this morning with a keen desire to go back in time
And visit some friends I left behind
The lighting was perfect, the heat was intense, the radio played its song
And reveries crawled up and down my spine
But there was no place to go and I recognized
The reasons that I couldn’t stay
Those tacos, you know, they tasted a little pe-ki-ki-ki-culiar
‘Till the Mountain Dew washed the taste away
Oh, yeah!
This must be the start of a new day!
Oh, yeah!
This must be the start of the good life!
Oh, yeah!
This must be the start of a new day!
Oh, yeah!
This must be the start of the good life!
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10. |
Irene's Call
04:41
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--Irene's Call--
Caught up inside a hotel room
Those thoughts of doom and gloom
They’re back again
They’re back again
Running away from your job, your wife
Now you’re running away from life
When will it end, oh let it end
When a ringing nearly scares the brains from your head
And you promised you’d be leaving no loose threads
You reached out to the phone charged by the bed
And you laughed yourself to fresh tears when that voice recording said
My name is Irene with incredible news
Your credit’s finally be approved
If you give me a call back when you get back home
Just use the number on your phone
On the phone
The sanctity and gravitas had disappeared
You were still hear to see the dawn
The lovely dawn
Running home looking for hands to soothe
But life did not improve
It just went on and on and on
Though there’s not much that appeals about time and space
And the thoughts of leaving life without a trace
Still haunt you as you walk about your place
And then history repeats and brings a new smile to your face
My name is Irene with incredible news
Your credit’s finally be approved
If you give me a call back when you get back home
Just use the number on your phone
Again!
My name is Irene with incredible news
Your credit’s finally been approved
If you give me a call back when you get back home
Just use the number on your phone
On the phone
You’re talking now to friends who care
But you’re still aware good times are far away
So far away
It helps to know you’ve been here before
At exactly 3:24 each and every day
Every day!
When they say that all that glitters isn’t gold
Well it helps to know the inverse sometimes holds
Life goes on and insurance still gets sold
And an automated telemarketer can save your soul
My name is Irene with incredible news
Your credit’s finally be approved
If you give me a call back when you get back home
Just use the number on your phone
Again!
My name is Irene with incredible news
Your credit’s finally be approved
If you give me a call back when you get back home
Just use the number on your phone
Repeat!
My name is Irene with incredible news
Your credit’s finally be approved
If you give me a call back when you get back home
Just use the number on your phone
On the phone
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