1. |
Outside Looking In
03:51
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I'm older than I've ever been
And young as I will ever be
Every morning when I wake up
I'm afraid of what I'll see
I'm riding behind a hearse tonight
And I'm wondering why it's not me inside
CHORUS
Hey, hey, I'm on the outside and I'm looking in
I take a breath, close my eyes and count to ten
Still I find I'm outside looking in
I'm strong as I will ever be
Yet I find I can't compete
With everyone who's come before
The Greek gods and the minotaurs
Oh, as I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to reap
CHORUS REPEAT
Everything I thought I wanted
I got in spades
Down the road that led my father
To an early grave
Every place I go
Every place I think I know
Has been trod before
So much more thoroughly
There's nothing in this world that's mine
So I find myself resigned
CHORUS REPEAT
CHORUS REPEAT
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2. |
Pocketful Of Miracles
04:22
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Her daddy left when she was ten
And she hasn't seen that man since then
Still she thinks about him every now and again
He ran around with every girl in town
When he was feeling bold he'd even bring 'em around
And they'd all go for a picnic at the old playground
Whenever mama wasn't around
Oh daddy's pretty friends were so much fun
It was their little secret what daddy had done
And when daddy left she thought 'bout each and every one
And wondered which one made him run
She's a pocketful of miracles
She held onto her heart through the cold and the dark
She's a pocketful of miracles
Well her mama raised her fast and wild
It wasn't long 'fore she learned just how far a girl can get with a smile
And she became the kind of girl who's always in style
Well she took off ruining down a wayward track
She hit every black mark and those marks hit back
When it came to bad choices that girl had a knack
And all the pills and powders and fucked up men
Couldn't put that girl back together again
There were too many mornings wondering if or when
Walking off another heartache in the January wind
She's a pocketful of miracles
She held onto her heart through the cold and the dark
She's a pocketful of miracles
She's a pocketful of miracles
She held onto her heart through the cold and the dark
She's a pocketful of miracles
She's a pocketful of miracles
She found a way to a brighter day
She's a pocketful of miracles
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3. |
Float Away
05:04
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She pours another shot and wonders
How many men she has lain under
She thinks, I could have been so many things
Locks up the bar, walks to her car, wishes for Spring
At home her mother's on the sofa
She tells her friends it's she who's raising her granddaughter
She says, you should have known that boy'd disown
Anything resembling responsibility
Float away, float away
Why can't she just float away
Float away, float away
How she wants to float away
Her brother Robert used to tell her
Write your own life like a bestseller
He was just twenty-three that Christmas Eve
That say black ice did put him right into that tree
Float away, float away
Oh how could he float away
Float away, float away
How she wants to float away
Float away, float away
She just wants to float away
She says, I wasn't built to live like this
Life's hard enough without this shit
She lights another smoke and wonders
If maybe this will be the summer
She drops twenty pounds, goes from blonde to brown
Perhaps time's come for them to quit this fucking town
Float away, float away
How she wants to float away
Float away, float away
She just wants to float away
Float away, float away
Why can't she just float away
Float away, float away
Float away...
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4. |
Tastes Like Candee
02:26
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She called, said, meet me at the station
Eight o'clock, there was no negotiation
A long time desired situation
She brought a friend, said her name was Candee
The three of us was crammed into the front seat
She said, how about the beach tonight
I felt the rain upon us falling
I heard their voices softly calling
We were getting wet and sandy
And her lips tasted just like Candee
I felt a sudden change in pressure
Forgotten until they both got dressed, yeah
She laughed, man, you came in handy
And now her kisses taste like Candee, oh-oh-oh
She said she loved my little ragtop and
Maybe she'd see me at the nightclub
Told me, don't think this had to do with love
It was all about...
Candee, pretty little motormouth
Candee, speedy little runabout
Candee. moaning now she's coming out
Candee, yeah, she's all about Candee now
Oh she's all about Candee now
All about Candee now
And she tastes like Candee now
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5. |
Batteries Not Included
04:54
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I was born a dirty secret, someone's lustful oversight
In a house of damaged goods I was just one more sleepless night
A true unwanted number, disappeared but for the times
I was truly out of sight and out of mind
I'm a funky piece of puzzle that's been forced to fit between
An actor who has wandered into the wrong damn scene
Somewhere there is a vacuum where once I should have been
Closed like a wound in someone's fading dream
Batteries were not included with this toy
I was built to disappoint and little more
I'm that great underachiever who's always fallen short
I'm the one you'll settle for when you're tired of being sport
When all you want is love
Like a greasy smear of lipstick on a Sunday pillowcase
The way your curtains flutter and remind you of your place
The way your bathroom mirror can only show your one true face
I'm out of time and without space
Batteries were not included with this toy
I was built to disappoint and little more
And what I have to offer seems to never be enough
I'm the one you'll settle for when you're tired of being tough
When all you want is...
There's a road out there somewhere
That's all grown over, weeds and dirt and
If you dig perhaps you'll find my way
Well maybe I'm too selfish, or I'm not selfish enough
Was it strength or was it panic when the going got to rough
A lifetime never learning when or where to place your trust
Does it matter in the end
When you're alone again
Batteries were not included with this toy
I was built to disappoint and little more
I'm that great underachiever who's always fallen short
I'm the one you'll settle for when you're tired of being sport
When all you want is love
Batteries were not included with this toy
I was built to disappoint and little more
And what I have to offer seems to never be enough
I'm the one you'll settle for when you're tired of being tough
When all you want is love
When all you want is love
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6. |
Some Fine Day
05:08
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Some fine day, all our troubles will just blow away
Like dandelions on a summer day, just wait and see
Some fine day, every hurt that you have ever felt
Every injustice you feel you've been dealt, will be put to paid
Some fine day, every penny you have ever spent
Every dollar stuffed into your pants, will be so much sand
Some fine day, every question you have ever had
About the good, bad, ugly and the sad, won't matter at all
Some fine day, don't you know it's just a breath away
There'll be no more misery, there'll be no more you or me
Some fine day, every person you have ever known
Love or hated or just left alone, will be together as one
Some fine day, we won't even be a memory
This very moment ancient history, and you are what you leave
Some fine day, don't you know it's just a breath away
There'll be no more misery, there'll be no more you or me
Don't take it on alone, don't take it on alone
Don't take it on alone, don't take it on alone
Some fine day, don't you know it's just a breath away
There'll be no more misery, there'll be no more you or me
Some fine day, perhaps there'll be no more race
On this dying husk out in space, we'll all have one face
Some fine day, don't you know it's just a breath away
There'll be no more misery, there'll be no more you or me
Some fine day, can't you feel it's just a breath away
Everything you have ever feared, will eventually disappear
Don't take it on alone, don't take it on alone
Don't take it on alone, don't take it on alone
Don't take it on alone, don't take it on alone
Don't take it on alone, don't take it on alone
Don't take it on alone, don't take it on alone
Don't take it on alone, don't take it on alone
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7. |
Body & Soul
03:57
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When she goes, she goes so hard
She goes so fast, so goes so far
She's a got a way, like no one before
A raconteur, a tawdry pet, she wants so much more
And she loved him body and soul
She gave him her body and soul
But it was not to be for she gave so carelessly
Her body and soul, body and soul
When she's lonely, when she's sad
There are places she know that ain't so bad
And it's so easy when you look like that
When you think like that, you talk like that
When you act like that
And she loved them body and soul
She gave them her body and soul
But it was not to be for she gave so carelessly
Her body and soul, her body and soul
And she loved them body and soul
She gave them her body and soul
But it was not to be for she gave so carelessly
Her body and soul, her body and soul
Her body and soul, her body and soul
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8. |
Lookin' For A Reason
03:20
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She left home when she was just seventeen
Too many ghost, too many ugly scenes
See, in the city at night everything's pretty under disco lights
She found herself a dangerous man
She went lookin' for a reason, lookin' for a reason
She called herself Nikki 'coz that's what the boys seemed to like
And Crazy Nikki became a good place to hide
Her life was fun and games, anonymous lovers and lines of cocaine
Hanging from her balcony
She was lookin' for a reason, lookin' for a reason
She's lookin' for a reason for the things she'd done
Lookin' for a reason, trying to understand
She's lookin' for a reason, the way she live her life
Lookin' for a reason out of pinhole eyes
She's lookin' for a reason, lookin' for a, for a
Lookin' for a reason
She's lookin' for a reason, lookin' for a, for a
Lookin' for a reason
He sits alone staring at the terminal glare
He wonders if she's still out there somewhere
For twenty years she's been his go-to girl
Now she's another man's wife, she's another man's world
But she kind of still looks the same
And he's lookin' for a reason, lookin' for a reason
Lookin' for a reason
Lookin' for a reason, lookin' for a reason
Lookin' for a reason, lookin' for a reason
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9. |
She Was Of My Dreams
04:52
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I first saw her on Main Street
A mint chip cone in her hand
Gliding by on dancer's feet
Moving like a rock 'n roll band
She looked my way, looked right through me
With eyes the colour or Spring
I saw her smile and I heard her laugh
And I wanted her everything
And I loved her on sight
Reckless as that seems
I was just a boy that night
And she as of my dreams
She wore a purple dress and five inch heels
Brown hair up in a bun
She had pouty lips that were made to be kissed
She looked to be about twenty-one
I saw, pardon me, miss, but I can't help
But feel we've met before
She smiled and said, I don't think so
'Coz I'd remember you
And I loved her on sight
Reckless as that seems
I was just a boy that night
And she as of my dreams
I said, sweet miss, it is my guess
Your heart is like a poem
She said, and if you break it
You bought it, you take it home
And I loved her on sight
Reckless as that seems
I was just a boy that night
And she as of my dreams
Yes I've loved her since that night
And every in-between
It's been thirty years gone by
And she's still of my dreams
I first saw her on Main Street
A mint chip cone in her hand
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10. |
Over Charlotte
04:13
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I woke over Charlotte
Flight two four three five
New York was behind me
In the sunsetting sky
I came bearing presents
Some fine Brooklyn slate
For an intimate stranger
For whom I could not wait
CHORUS
When I landed at Jackson
She was there at the gate
We shared a kiss like no other
A kiss that founded our faith
In her arms I found comfort
In her eyes, my soulmate
To her love I surrendered
In her bed I did quake
CHORUS
And every road we walked together
Left it's mark on me, I never
Doubted for a single moment
The spell we shared would not be broken
And every taste and every kiss
That sultry mouth, those lover's hips
In my arms tonight she's sleeping
Her precious heart I'll be safe-keeping
CHORUS
CHORUS
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11. |
California
04:36
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Sail on sunny days
I finally found my way
In the arms of a gypsy queen
She'd lived so many lives
Been a lover, been a wife
Tangled up in blue and a sea of green
But there was something feral staring out behind those eyes
Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly
She's gone to California
She said, don't say I didn't warn ya
Sometimes I gotta go off road
'Coz babe that's how I roll
But I'll be back again in a couple of days
Ya just gotta have a little faith
Riding out stormy nights
Trying to hold on tight
Pitching to and fro on a slippery deck
Doing what I can
To be a stand-up man
And not worry to expect
Wo, she'll be cruising that Pacific Coast Highway
Free as a bird from Frisco to L.A.
She's gone to California
She said, don't say I didn't warn ya
You say you don't want me to leave
You've gotta let me breathe
But I'll be back again in a couple of days
Ya just gotta have a little faith
(Him: I just want to know that when I wake up tomorrow you're still gonna
be here.
Her: I can't give you that... nobody can)
Sail on sunny days
I finally found my way
In the arms of a gypsy queen
She's gone to California
She said, don't say I didn't warn ya
You say you wanna help me grow
Well sometimes you gotta let me go
But I'll be back again in a couple of days
Ya just gotta have a little faith
She's gone to California
She said, don't say I didn't warn ya
Sometimes I gotta go off road
'Coz baby that's how I roll
But I'll be back again in a couple of days
Ya just gotta have a little faith
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12. |
The Ballad of El Hombre
02:39
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Friday night he's cruising on the upper east side
Tomorrow he's in Brooklyn, the motherfucker's citywide
He all dressed up in disco, got a sweet Mercedes Benz
Now he don't need a limo to turn out all your friends
Oh yeah, he don't care
He's a freak, he's a punk, he's one sketchy bitch
Oh yeah, but when he's here
He's the man who'll satisfy your every itch
He'll cut off your finger if you come up short
You don't wanna linger, you gotta lose the child support
He's got pistol in his waistband, a blackjack in his boot
He'll give you the backhand, so don't you be irresolute
Oh yeah, he don't care
He's a freak, he's a punk, he's one sketchy bitch
Oh yeah, but when he's here
He's the man who'll satisfy your every itch
All the girls, they want him 'coz he give them what they need
A little bit of dustin' and they doing what he please
Oh yeah, he don't care
He's a freak, he's a punk, he's one sketchy bitch
Oh yeah, but when he's here
He's the man who'll satisfy your every itch
He's the man who'll satisfy your every itch
The man who'll satisfy your every itch
The man who'll satisfy your every itch
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13. |
East Lake Story
04:37
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Oh I've been waiting since forever
Familiar place, I'd never
Been to, or had known
In the weeds is where she left me
Spent behind the bench she
Used to hold her own
Merry Christmas was still in our mouths
Mingled with our wedding vows
In her cap I did look like a sailor
As we sowed that frozen ground
This had taken me a liftetime
Of searching, in the meantime
No southern belle was she
In my arms she wept an told me
She'd forever hold me
She kept my DNA
Merry Christmas was still in our mouths
Mingled with our wedding vows
In her cap I did look like a sailor
As we sowed that frozen ground
In her pale pink party dress
She looked just like a princess
Easting cheeseburgers and cake
At such an unexpected age
She showed me all her special places
Her secret oasis
And sealed it with a kiss
Merry Christmas was still in our mouths
Mingled with our wedding vows
In her cap I did look like a sailor
As we sowed that frozen ground
As we sowed that frozen ground
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14. |
Leave
06:00
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I'm not looking for absolution
You'll never hear my apologize
I can only see one solution
Out of these weary blackened eyes
When you wish upon a scar
The blood runs hotter than before
I'm not looking for affirmation
I've got no time for the silly games
You let me have aspirations
The left me hanging just the same
Years have gone by and nothing changed
Don't you think it's just a little strange
It's time to leave
The way I should have years ago
I suppose I've always known
That it's your dog and pony show
I've been hanging on your opinion
Hoping to be sanctified
Banging on the wall of your dominion
I still feel the sting of your fratricide
You and I will keep going round and round
Til we've run it into the ground
It's time to leave
All the hours that I've spent
Trying to see inside your head
What made you think that I'd forget
You kept me hanging way too long
I never felt that I belonged
You treat me like a tagalong
You and I will keep going round
'Til one of us is in the ground
It's time to leave
It's black or white, no in-between
These pieces are broken
Too much left unspoken
It's time to leave
It's black or white, no in-between
It's all broken
These pieces are broken
It's way past time
It's way past time
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