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Grief, and Its Due
00:44
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Sick Boy
02:47
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i am a sick boy, but a rich boy
i see the world through, through an old man's eyes
my body made a compromise
i am a rich boy, still a sick boy
i feel the weight of a curious load
but it makes for a cool lookin' shadow
oh sick boy
(you're gonna feel it)
there's no way to avoid
(you're gonna need it baby)
not a thing left around you
(ooooh)
but the grief, and its due
i am a young man, not a strong man
not a strong man in the typical sense
the supplementary is quite immense
(i'd like to think)
vitality is fading, belly is degrading
i blow a kiss to the sky, with a tongue in my cheek
i've been at it for weeks and weeks and weeks
fragile as a baby, delicate as a daisy
watch your step, i'm as precious as a newborn pup
sapid and tasty like a buttercup
heavy as boulder, colder than a cold shoulder
i can be bitter, my body can't befriend a liver
i know he'll go away someday
oh sick boy
(you're gonna feel it)
there's no way to avoid
(you're gonna need it baby)
not a thing left around you
(ooooh)
but the grief, and its due
i am a sick boy
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In the Q
02:44
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OoooooooooO
ooooOOOoooo
syrup in my eggs and
coffee in the dark
the bulb in my brain's feelin' hungry for a spark
all i can do is just talk to myself
and if i'm feelin' antsy rearrange the bookshelf
hopped on caffeine
in the quarantine (boing)
i hate that word
this shit's absurd
watching birds through the glass
while i avoid the evening news
the greening of the grass is what's keeping me amused
shoes on my feet are starting to feel a little strange
i'll just get on to bite my tongue
i still keep entertained
LCD screen
Mr. Coffee bean
polyethylene
gotta keep it clean
OoooooooooO
ooooOOOoooo
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She's My Baby
04:00
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she's my baby
she's not literally a baby, no
she's just my baby
it's plain as fact
and i know that she'll stick by me
til' the last breath i breath
and that last breath won't come easy
but i can hope it won't hurt a bit
and she'll meet me on the other side
of the infinite
one million stars shine in her eye
a silver blue of boundless skies
those eyes burn hotter than a funeral pyre
i could get lost inside unbothered by the fire
and she blows me a kiss
from the lips that i surely miss
her face transmitted through the sky
so at least i still can see the shimmering in her eye
she's my baby
she's not literally a baby, no
she's just my baby
it's plain as fact
and i know that she'll stick by me
til' the last breath i breath
and that last breath won't come easy
but i can hope it won't hurt a bit
and she'll meet me on the other side
of the infinite
i miss the sweetness of her hands
a tenderness anyone could understand
a dying world keeps us apart
it lays a heavy weight on my already aching heart
and she blows me a kiss
from the lips that i surely miss
her face transmitted through the sky
so at least i still can see the shimmering in her eye
she's my baby
she's not literally a baby, no
she's just my baby
it's plain as fact
and i know that she'll stick by me
til' the last breath i breath
and that last breath won't come easy
but i can hope it won't hurt a bit
and she'll meet me on the other side
of the infinite
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day to day, i try to keep this beast at bay
i keep him to myself, and show to no one else
but he cries out for affection and calls on all attention
cuz' he's dying, but i'm trying to give him what i got to give
we drew a line, now he lives out in the back
i keep him locked up in the shed,
if the neighbors find out the'll think i'm wack
but there's no way that they don't hear him howl at night
now i can't pretend that this won't
be my end
doo doo doo
doo doo doo
doo doo doo
day to day, my neighbor's not the same
he's keeping to himself, no need for no on else
his dog's crying every night, i pray it doesn't bite
i know he's trying to keep it quiet, and do what he can
when i see your mother, i don't ask if she's afraid
she tells me anyway. that dog's always on her mind
and i only ask about the weather, i know she's thinking
this could be the end
doo doo doo
doo doo doo
doo doo doo
i guess i'll tell myself it's all okay
it's probably best if i just put that old thing away
such a scary place to be once it's finally time to say bye bye
something better's awaiting on the other side of this cry
there's no more time to wait, standing there at the gate
yeah i'm hungry
let me in
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Farm Song
03:35
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hop up on that horse now baby let's ride
i wanna take you to the place where my forebears did reside
follow me down this long and dusty gravel road
at the end of it you're gonna find something left dead and cold
you see, i come from a long long line of the farming kind
not long after i took my first breath, we left it all behind
now my great-great-grandad's slowly turning in his grave
cuz' his son's son's son must've misbehaved
but that's the farthest thing from the truth
there was nothing that he could do
sometimes there's a sacrifice to make
for your own living's sake
that life is hard i know
if i hadn't left at just three-years-old
i wouldn't be playing this guitar right here
and putting this song into your ear
sometimes i like to sit and think how it would've been
a long day's work with the sweat trickled down to my chin
a life made for myself just livin' off the land
perhaps i would've never even thunk to play in a rock roll band
i've dreamed myself in that place there, taking up that yolk
but now i'm just left to ponder about with the likes of them city folk
i'll go and visit that old farm from time to time
watch the sun hit the hills, reverie, daydream how it could've all been mine
but that's the farthest thing from the truth
there was nothing that he could do
sometimes there's a sacrifice to make
for your own living's sake
that life is hard i know
if i hadn't left at just three-years-old
i wouldn't be playing this guitar right here
and putting this song into your ear
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staring at that little screen, that vicious light stares right back at me
it keeps me up at night, it diverts me from the bite
let me tell you of the pain i know, alligator teeth snapping at my toes
now my hands and feet are gone, haven't felt them in so long
and i wake before the sun, so machines can cleanse my blood
and i buy another day, just wished those gators stayed away
bugs are crawlin' up and down my legs
night after night it's the same again
they stick with me til' dawn, making me rip my own skin off
something inside me don't wanna work
the devil's behind me painting a smirk
and he hangs it on my wall, while i wait here for the call
and whenn they finally sounded the ring, i heard those angels sing
hope you don't have to wait too long,
cuz' it was such a lovely song
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Flying Again
03:52
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so you put a load, well you put a load on my back
well you tried
and i'll admit, you had me cornered and on your leash
but now i'm free
don't be afraid to try again
and now can't you see that i'm flying again?
next time you come around, you'll see i'm nowhere to be found
cuz' i'm in the clouds a thousand miles away
back for a scuffle, you just want me to crumble
a good ruckus might be just what i need
and i'll admit, it hurt a bit. and now i owe you one
and i'm good for it
don't be afraid to try again
and now can't you see that i'm flying again?
next time you come around, you'll see i'm nowhere to be found
cuz' i'm in the clouds a thousand miles away
you're never on a level when you wrestle with the devil
you'll catch hell, with a painful cry
and i'll admit, it wasn't fun. but it's over now
and now i've won
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