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Little Arrow
01:58
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go little arrow
shoot like a wave through the tongue of the taro
bloom every morning
the water, the pepper,
the egg warming
still play that old reel
from every angle
pushing the baby
the blood, the tangle
old light leaking
is it, could it, was it dreaming?
still play that old reel
still play that old reel
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2. |
Masterpiece
03:50
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years, days, makes no difference to me babe
you look exactly the same to me
ain't no time, crossing your legs inside the diner
raising the coffee to your lips, the steam
you saw the masterpiece, she looks a lot like you
wrapping her left arm around your right
ready to walk you through the night
you whispered to a restless ear, "can you get me out of here?
this place smells like piss and beer, can you get me out?"
you were asking me, how to get you free
i only know the recipe to roam
you saw the masterpiece, she looks a lot like you
wrapping her left arm around your right
ready to walk you through the night
old stars, filling up my throat
you gave them to me when i was born, now they're coming out
laying there on the hospital bed your eyes were narrow, blue and red
you took a draw of breath and said to me
you saw the masterpiece, she looks a lot like me
wrapping my left arm around your right
ready to walk you through the night
old friends, old mothers, dogs and brothers
there's only so much letting go you can ask someone to do
so i'll keep you by my side, i will not give you to the tide
i'll even walk you in my stride, marie
cause i saw the masterpiece, she looks a lot like you
wrapping your left arm around my right
ready to walk me through the night
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3. |
Vegas
02:19
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holed up in vegas for only one week
and I caught you tongue and cheek by the side of the road
of an automobile expo
turned up the volume and you started to weep
and I thought you a lamb
even in the sigh of a headlight sea
your tears were salty ocean
you opened up the engine and listened to it sing
and I called you a lamb
you knew your daddy until you were thirteen
and then he took his leave for the likes of the land
and the far off salty ocean
we shook our bodies and we started to scream
and I asked you again
tell me when we grow up do we ever go home?
you said home becomes the highway
we ordered movies on a motel screen until you needed me warm inside of your mouth
and my skin was salty ocean
and then you recommended I'm a woman to keep
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4. |
Real Love
04:17
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having a bad week?
let me touch your cheek
i will always love you
having your face hit
having your lip split
by the one who loves you
real love, real love
real love makes your lungs black
real love is a heart attack
showing your mother
to any other, letting them touch her
looking up to her, watching her do her makeup and hair
real love, real love
real love makes your lungs black
real love is a heart attack
cry like a bird, fly like a baby
mamma got drunk and daddy went crazy
if your speech slurs, if you feel shaky, meet me out back
i'll be there waiting
riding in the back seat
watching the spit fly and the hummingbird cry
o mamma, o papa
o mamma, o papa
how much blood is worth the draw?
real love, real love
real love makes your lungs black
real love is a heart attack
hummingbird watching
watching her young thing
grow up so fast
looking up to her
watching her do her makeup and hair
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5. |
Interstate
03:24
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though you let her down
you don't need to carry
what's far from here is not so scary
though you cannot see her
you don't have to worry
she needs your hand though your eyes are blurry
she is getting thin
you are growing gray and white
and you don't know how to tell her as you say goodnight
interstate, poison freeway
takes you down the line
you could go back in time
you could hold her close
at night in your slumber
dream her as a child when you loved her mother
now you're in her house
she is smiling in a dress
she is now a woman
you are just a guest
interstate, poison freeway
takes you down the line
you could go back in time
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6. |
Lorraine
01:53
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when I saw the first time, the thunder came crashing
your new blue eyeliner caught my distraction
and like we were two lovers forming from friction
your mouth caught my ear with such perfect diction
and there I let you tie my hands back and take me
o lorraine on a saturday morning
o lorraine with your soft, burning hands
we fell asleep in the back of the warehouse
i woke to you kneading and covering my mouth
and like we were hummingbirds screaming at ravens
you started to move me from fact into fable
and there I let you take me under the table
o lorraine on a saturday morning
o lorraine with your soft, burning hands
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7. |
Paul
03:03
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oh the last time I saw paul
i was horrible and almost let him in
but I stopped and caught the wall
and my mouth got dry so all I did was take him for a spin
yeah we hopped inside my car
and I drove in circles 'round the freight train yard
and he turned the headlights off
then he pulled the bottle out
then he showed me what was love
i'll be your morning bright goodnight shadow machine
i'll be your record player baby if you know what i mean
i'll be your real tough cookie with the whiskey breath
i'll be a killer and a thriller and the cause of our death
in the blossom of the months
i was sure that i'd get driven off with thought
so I swallowed all of it,
as I realized there was no one who could kiss away my shit
i'll be your morning bright goodnight shadow machine
i'll be your record player baby if you know what i mean
i'll be your real tough cookie with the whiskey breath
i'll be a killer and a thriller and the cause of our death
paul, i know you said that you'd take me any way i came or went
but i'll push you from my brain
see, you're gentle baby
i couldn't stay, i'd only bring you pain
i was your starry-eyed lover and the one that you saw
i was your hurricane rider and the woman you'd call
we were just two moonshiners on the cusp of a breath
and i've been burning for you baby since the minute I left
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8. |
Humans
03:23
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humans in the honest light
love is a cold infection alright
why in the morn of one bad night
do i fight your touch like a fever
human man you loosen my mind
loosen my hand from the beckoning knife
how in the fortress of your eye
do you lay me down a believer?
i can't see me i can't see you
i can't see me i can't see you
i can't see me i can't see you
i can't see me i can't see you
i’m fooling my heart
fooling my heart
i’m fooling my heart
fooling my heart
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9. |
Velvet Ring
02:35
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shoved in the kitchen of a city tomb
the light would flicker like a violent womb
the night was thicker than a smokey fume
liza waited in the room
benny loved her like he loved no one
the way she’d laugh and hold a smoking gun
the way she always said what’s done is done
and he was not the only one
love is a gentle thing
yours is thicker than a velvet ring
yours is thicker than a velvet ring
a victim healer with a sharp sharp blade
benny knew how she was getting paid
her water broke and they would have to wade
when he knew that she was fooling
he faced the mirror to avoid the thing said
we’re outta money and we sold the bling
and i just wanna take you home, i just wanna take you home
love is a gentle thing
yours is thicker than a velvet ring
yours its thicker than a velvet ring
and i am wandering
i am wandering
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10. |
Animals
02:59
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the animals are wonderful
such a vision in the sun, how they lay low
i catch my breath and count my dough
and i only live to run and i need to go
you and i were born with the same design
nothing in the world will make you make your mind up oh me
she always knew, she’ll always know
that i loved her oh so well, but i need to go
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11. |
Randy
03:09
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oh randy leave it up to me
i'll pour the water if you bring the tree
nothing looks that real to me
i only see two or three colors
what's it like to breathe in
find a friend and gather with him?
i'm a wolf in a city of women
you only know the light is on
will you plant that sycamore baby?
i'll watch it grow from the second floor
i haven't left the house much lately
and you don't come around here anymore
and all those lovers in their velvet gowns
i wanna take that trip uptown
will you tell them to let me out
when you can see the light is on?
found a horse hair in my food
there's a raccoon in my room
there are bluejays all in bloom
all along the cement floor
randy, they say i've gone insane
so could you take me dancing in the pouring rain?
you don't know me but you know my name
will you say it till the light is gone?
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12. |
Parallels
04:23
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don't i make you feel alive?
don't i give you a good home?
in a way i know you're always by my side
but today i think i've always been a long way
one hand to keep me warm
one hand to hold my chin
to be inside your arms,
it's all i'm asking
caterpillar on the floor
can you teach me to transform
i'll step right in and cocoon 'til i’m born
and I can't say that i'll miss my human form much
one hand to keep me warm
one hand to hold my chin
to be inside your arms
it's all i'm asking
i see all parallels
i see all parallels
i see all parallels
i see all parallels
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