1. |
Thanks to Gravity
04:50
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Yeah, there's something I wanted to say
But, everything's coming out the same, the same old way
No, I never had to try this hard
But, tonight I'm fallin' apart, apart at the seams
I'm out of sync, out of time
But I think I'm comin', think I'm comin' around
Comin' down
Thanks to gravity
Yeah, it was automatic back then
There was no static on the line to my mind
So, I let it go
No, no, no I'm not makin' excuses
It just seemed like the natural thing to do
At the time
I'm out of sync, out of time
But I think I'm comin', think I'm comin' around
Comin' down
Thanks to gravity
Oh, spinning out of control
With nothing to hold onto
I can't come down
Oh, I was so far out this time
But I know that I'll be alright
'cause it's bringin' me down
Bringin' me around
I'm out of sync, out of time
But I think I'm comin', think I'm comin' around
Comin' down
Thanks to gravity
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2. |
Happy Birthday Elaine
04:36
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As she walks down the hall
Nobody looks her way
You gotta be pretty weird these days
If you want the attention
All the kids from the mall
They all turn and walk away
Noses pierced and heads all shaved
They never give her a mention
Yeah, they ever even notice and she's glad to be anonymous
No way to explain the weight of history upon us
To a bunch of high school punks fresh out of detention
Happy birthday Elaine
They don't even know your name
And the books that you bury your nose in are mostly to blame
As she walks in the door
The conversation doesn't break
Plastic forks and paper plates
There's a party in the kitchen
As she walks across the floor
She sees the big birthday cake
"Happy Sweet 16 Elaine"
In the icing it's written
With a step-dad and a mother and
Two sisters and a brother
No way to explain today was different than the others
She could try a hundred times but they wouldn't listen
Happy birthday Elaine
They had a party and no one came
But tomorrow the newspaper headline will carry your name
Happy birthday Elaine
The world will have its way
You can only give by what you take
You can only heal the things you break
Loving the world was your only mistake
On your birthday Elaine
When her mother remarked,
"You haven't even touched your cake,"
She excused herself with a headache
And slipped out through the kitchen
As she started up the car
The motor and her heart both raced
Started dreaming of some distant place
Maybe New York or London
The cops chased her through the heart of town
Music up and windows down
No way to explain what makes a pretty girl want to drown herself
From the Doctor King bridge
At half past eleven
Happy birthday Elaine
We never even knew your name
But the note that you wrote said you did it for us all the same
Happy birthday Elaine
The world will have its way
You can only give by what you take
You can only heal the things you break
Loving the world was your only mistake
On your birthday Elaine
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3. |
Alright Tonight
04:33
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You've got everything you've ever really wanted
Every little thing turned out the way you planned
You've got a lovely wife, a beautiful son and daughter
No, but I guess you expected something more
As you walk out the door
You could run away, take a midnight train
Throw your wallet in the river and change your name
Don't lose yourself, don't lose your mind
It's gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright tonight
It's gonna be alright
Did you ever think that things could get this bad? No?
What happened to all the fun we were gonna have?
Now you know it's much too late to start again,
Oh, when you're workin' and slavin' every single day
You feel it slippin' away
While the world is burning on the tv news and i
I looks like hell is breaking loose
Don't lose yourself, don't lose your mind
It's gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright tonight
It's gonna be alright
Now you're out on the ledge and you're out of your head
Tellin' yourself you'd be better off dead
Don't lose yourself, don't lose your mind
It's gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright tonight
It's gonna be alright
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4. |
I.C.U.
06:31
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Another cigarette lasts ten minutes
TV shows are thirty minutes apart
I measure the days in TV shows
It's my nineteenth Saturday in a row
Watching the girls walk by my window
I see you but you don't see me
I love you every day, every day, every day
Another cigarette empties the pack
Head down to 7-11 now I'm walking back
I'm measuring the days in cigarettes
Now it's hotter than a blanket on the fourth of July
Sweating and watching the girls walk by
I see you but you don't see me
I love you every day, every day, every day
I see you on the street
I see you on TV
I just wanted you to see me
Rehearsing conversations
Inventing situations with you
In my mind, in my mind
Another cigarette lasts ten minutes
TV shows are thirty minutes apart
I measure the days in TV shows
It's my nineteenth Saturday in a row
Watching the girls walk by my window
I see you but you don't see me
I love you every day, every day, every day
I see you on the street
I see you on TV
I just wanted you to see me
Rehearsing conversations
Inventing situations with you
In my mind, in my mind
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5. |
Dramamine
04:06
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I lost my head out the window
The trees the clouds and the phone lines flying by
Your Chevrolet is moving faster
The cars and trucks come over the hill
We pass em like they're sitting still
Oh no, here we go again, oh no
Here we go
I can't hold on much longer and
You can't slow it down
You can't slow it down
Say you love me one more time
The words your lips and the air across my face
Yeah you move me, like a jet plane
Maybe just a bit too fast
The feeling's good but it won't last
Oh no, here we go again, oh no
Here we go
I can't hold on much longer and
You can't slow it down
You can't slow it down
Takin' a ride with you I feel like I'm flying
Tryin' and winning, beginning again
You've gotta stop this thing now
I need some Dramamine my poor head is spinnin'
Whole world is spinnin' around
I lost my head out the window
The trees the clouds and the phone lines flying by
Yeah you move me, like a jet plane
Maybe just a bit too fast
The feeling's good but it won't last
Oh no, here we go again, oh no
Here we go
I can't hold on much longer and
You can't slow it down
You can't slow it down
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6. |
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Silver screen, seventeen
She is beautiful, she is everything
Black leather, blonde hair
A million dollars she doesn't care
She is living in the black and white
Reel to reel and out of sight, yeah
Living in the black and white, tonight
She's a killer, with a gun
Ridin' free on the run
She's number one, with a face
Like a rocket from outer space
She is living in the black and white
Reel to reel and out of sight, yeah
Living in the black and white, tonight
Going to the movies, going to the Moon
To a place in outer space where everything's cool
Hitting Planet Hollywood
Just beyond the sky
Take a trip in a rocket ship to the world behind her eyes
Oh yeah
A fast car, a teen dream
She is a star, she is everything
She's worldwide at light speed
Dirty looks and dirty deeds
She is living in the black and white
Reel to reel and out of sight, yeah
Living in the black and white
Reel to reel and love at first sight, yeah
Living in the black and white
Reel to reel and out of sight, yeah
Living in the black and white
Reel to reel peelin' out of sight, yeah
Tonight
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7. |
Long Long Way
03:04
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With a dollar in my pocket and my feet on the street
I'm the king of rock-n-roll and I can't be beat
Tonight, I've really got it goin' tonight
But I couldn't get arrested in my own home town
So I hit the ground runnin' and I never turned around again
I've been a long, long way, oh yeah
I've been a long, long way
A long, long way
In a flash blue suit and some brand new shoes
Rollin' over Chuck Berry and the Saint Louis blues tonight
Really gonna rock ya tonight
But I never had a dream til I turned nineteen
I'll live and die for the silver screen someday
I've been a long, long way, oh yeah
I've been a long, long way
A long, long way
It's been a long time comin' but it's comin' around
I'm like a plane when the wheels are leaving the ground
I really got it rollin' tonight
It's such a pity what's a poor boy to do?
Nowhere to go and nothin' to lose, they say
I've been a long, long way, oh yeah
I've been a long, long way
A long, long way
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8. |
SkyVue
04:43
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Drive by, roll your eyes
Someone else is on your mind tonight
It's a waste of time, I won't even try
I'm down the street just one more time tonight
On a Saturday night we got nothing else to do
But hang out at the SkyVue
A big old car, won't go far
Two bucks in gas and it won't last long
We got some beer and the coast is clear
I wish that we would hear that song
On a Saturday night we got nothing else to do
On a Saturday night we got nothing else to do
On a Saturday night we got nothing else to do
But hang out at the SkyVue
It's where I'll meet you, yeah
We're gonna have some fun tonight at the SkyVue
(They tore it down) It's where it's I'll meet you
(The screen is gone) We're gonna have some fun tonight
Drive by, roll your eyes
Someone else is on your mind tonight
It's a waste of time, I won't even try
I'm down the street just one more time tonight
On a Saturday night we got nothing else to do
On a Saturday night we got nothing else to do
On a Saturday night we got nothing else to do
But hang out at the SkyVue
It's where I'll meet you, yeah
We're gonna have some fun tonight at the SkyVue
(They tore it down) It's where it's I'll meet you
(The screen is gone) We're gonna have some fun tonight
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9. |
Completely Blown Away
05:32
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I must be going off my head
Coming in at three AM
The room is spinning around my bed
I'm making promises to God
If he could stop the world then
I could try to hold
Wait for some sign of hope
But the kind of rope I'm hanging onto
Always lets me down
The TV's making static
Lights are flashing in the attic
Into the words I'm blurring, going down
Completely blown, completely blown away
The sky is open much too far
Sun is unforgiving
The morning cuts and leaves a scar
Looking out from the edge of the world
I can see that it's not the end
So I try to hold on
To one moment so clear
But when I get so near to the truth
It always lets me down
This time I almost made it
But the light on the shore is fading
Into the water, drowning, going down
Completely blown, completely blown away
All the red and yellow t-shirts
The colors of the crowd
Cheap cologne and painted faces
Talking extra loud
Now my equilibrium's gone
And I can't hold on
Everything in the universe
It slowly moves away
Hey, hey, hey
This time I almost made it
But the light on the shore is fading
Into the water, drowning, going down
Completely blown, completely blown away
Completely blown, completely blown away
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10. |
False Alarm
04:29
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If the world revolved around you
Would you call that a revolution?
If you really knew the reason
Would you call that a resolution?
Do I have to tell you
It's not the end of the world
It'll be here when we're gone
You can dial 9-1-1
But there's really nothing wrong
If you try to fix holes in the sky
You're bound to start a storm
But it's not a fire
It's a false alarm
If you could generate energy
Would you call that a generation?
So you learned to connect the dots
Would you say that you made a connection?
Do I have to tell you
It's not the end of the world
It'll be here when we're gone
You can dial 9-1-1
But there's really nothing wrong
If you try to fix holes in the sky
You're bound to start a storm
But it's not a fire
It's a false alarm
The world has been turning
For billions of years
The Sun will be burning
When our sons are learning to deal with their fears
But they're not the first ones
And they won't be the last
But you can't build a future when you're stuck in the past
Get out the past
Do I have to tell you
It's not the end of the world
It'll be here when we're gone
You can dial 9-1-1
But there's really nothing wrong
If you try to fix holes in the sky
You're bound to start a storm
But it's not a fire
It's a false alarm
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