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1998
03:26
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The premise of this song
is that it’s 1998
and if I’d never met you
that would somehow change your fate
I think of where you were
in school in Minnesota
You took me there to visit once
It was cold and it was winter
And you were alive
And you were alive
And maybe there was a boy
who also liked philosophy
You could play mind games
you were young and you were free
And you were alive
And you were alive
(doing the mind)
(one who lives there)
(one who lives there)
(one who lives there)
(doing the mind guerilla)
And I don’t know why I chose 1998
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2. |
Beer & Wiffeballs
03:03
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They came around from out of town
just to look at you
To say goodbye, try not to cry
what else could they do?
what else could they do?
what else could they do?
We stood around in our yard throwing wiffleballs
Back and forth, playing catch
nothing said at all
(as if George Segal-posed)
nothing said at all
nothing said at all
(nothing said)
(George Segal-posed)
(nothing said)
(George Segal-posed)
Holding cans of beer, lost in fear
some stupid sacrament
The hissing of trees, you and me
this fucking accident
(I don’t want to leave you alone)
(do you need to be alone?)
(I don’t want to leave you alone)
They came around from out of town
just to look at you
To say goodbye, try not to cry
what else could they do?
what else could they do?
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3. |
Just Love Me
03:41
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She sighs at me and says, “Just love me.”
As if I had a choice since I met her
Ready or not I’m coming
This pain cannot be named
She sighs at me and says, “Just love me.”
Every night I say, “I love you.”
Reaching out in the dark to feel if you’re there
Ready or not I’m coming
I’ve never been so sad
She sighs at me and says, “Just love me.”
She sighs at me and says, “Just love me.”
A simple point of fact since I met her
Ready or not I’m coming
Like this I can’t go on
She sighs at me and says, “Just love me.”
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4. |
I Miss You
02:21
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Sometimes I think you loving me
was your only flaw
Sometimes I think you loving me
was your only flaw
I miss you
I miss you
I miss you
I miss you
(thirsty dropsy melts me)
Sometimes I think you loving me
was your only flaw
Sometimes I think you loving me
was your only flaw
I miss you
I miss you
I miss you
I miss you
(thirsty dropsy melts me)
(thirsty dropsy melts me)
I miss you
I miss you
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5. |
Billy Joel
03:15
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Fuck you Billy Joel
The fuck you know about dying?
The good do die young
I can’t stop crying
But I didn’t kill myself today
I didn’t kill myself today
I didn’t kill myself today
And I know what you would say
You’d say, “I need you.”
Songs don’t get it right
Every day is a dark day
I can’t sleep at night
Today was your birthday
But I didn’t kill myself today
I didn’t kill myself today
I didn’t kill myself today
And I know what you would say
You’d say, “I need you.”
You’d say, “I love you.”
You’d say, “I can’t go on without you.”
(pensive and faltering)
(pensive and faltering)
Fuck you Billy Joel
I think you started the fire
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When I see pictures of you
I want to live inside
I want to live inside
pictures of you
I’ll always be in love with you
I see you in his eyes
I see you in his eyes
in pictures of you
I keep looking for you
in places where you took me to
I keep looking for you
Someday I’ll find you
I think of you everytime it rains
everytime it rains
everytime it rains
I think of you
and pictures of you
and pictures of you
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7. |
The Weatherman
02:44
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I saw the weatherman
when I looked at the TV
I was standing in my parents house
A place I never thought I’d be
I was on the floor that I’d layed down
Back in the first summertime
that we started hanging around
we started hanging around
When we had our house
we’d wince every time it rained
and watch how the stains would grow
every time it rained
And your father built us
A brand new metal roof
He didn’t know what else to do
he didn’t know what else to do
Oh Barry Burbank
talking with your Boston accent
make it up as you go along
you’re still on the TV
you stupid motherfucker
you’re still alive
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I thought your name was Leslie
the first time I saw you
Gray sweatshirt on your back
How’d we end up here?
You weren’t supposed to die
I can’t find the point of living without you
without you
We felt the same, always
Talking with our thoughts
Train whistle blowing in the night
How’d we end up here?
You weren’t supposed to die
I can’t find the point of living without you
without you
(I thought your name was Leslie)
(I thought your name was Leslie)
I thought your name was Leslie
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9. |
Auburndale
02:03
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I was such a stupid little boy when we first met
(I didn’t know that the town existed)
I was such a stupid little boy when we first met
(I didn’t know that the town existed)
Oh Auburndale
Oh Auburndale
(I didn’t know that the town existed)
Oh Auburndale
Oh Auburndale
(I didn’t know that the town existed)
Oh Auburndale
You made me into the man I am now I don’t know
(I didn’t know that the town existed)
(you made me)
You made me into the man I am now I don’t know
(you made me)
(I didn’t know that the town existed)
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10. |
I Wish You Were A Ghost
02:30
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I wish you were a ghost
Make yourself invisible
walk through walls of children’s rooms
I wish you were a ghost
It’d mean that you were still alive
instead of haunting people’s minds
instead of haunting people’s minds
Trees used to line this street
Sorrow can’t be washed away
I keep finding new ways to be sad
new ways to be sad about you
(are you driving circles around me?)
I wish you were a ghost
It’d mean that you were still alive
instead of haunting people’s minds
instead of haunting people’s minds
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11. |
The Sea, The Sea
03:15
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It’s always calling me
calling you and calling me
(calling me)
(the nothing)
The sea the sea the sea
The sea the sea the sea
The old book Murdock wrote
you carried in your coat
(calling me)
(the nothing)
We walked along the sea
The sea the sea the sea
(calling me)
(you’re all I ever wish for, all I ever wish for)
This world is bullshit without you
(all I ever wish for)
This world is bullshit without you
And all the things we’ve done
Don’t mean a thing to anyone
(the nothing)
The sea the sea the sea
(calling me)
I walk into the sea
The sea the sea the sea
We walked along the sea
The sea the sea the sea
(calling me)
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12. |
Neponset
03:20
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And it’s lonely
as the place where
they park the school buses at night
I had to watch you slip away
And piece after piece after piece after piece
I had to watch them chip you away
Now we go walking
down to the river
at the end of the block at night
but we cannot find
And we go walking but we cannot find you
and we cannot find
and we cannot find
and we cannot find
and we cannot find
you.
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