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you betcha
03:05
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trying to convince me yr romantic,
yr just wasting yr time
oh i guess also mine,
i'd prefer nothing of the kind.
but it's better than being pedantic,
cos you can't teach me anything.
i'd call you a ruth if knew what that means.
but they say a kid can dream.
oh i been trying so hard. tried it with a lighter heart,
tried it with a lighter touch.
oh but all this bending i do,
i mighta broke myself in two
trying to speak to me iambic
til i'm nodding off to sleep,
but still waking up constantly,
still waking every other beat
and avoiding anything satanic.
we should probably just lie down
before i try to weasel out
of whatever good we got going on right now
oh i been trying so hard. tried it with a lighter heart,
tried it with a lighter touch.
but oh all this bending i do,
i mighta broke myself in two.
oughta move forward today
if i listen to them
if its gonna be torture
then i gotta stay home
yea i gotta stay home,
isnt that what this about
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2. |
killer grin
02:55
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no time to think twice with alternachrist.
it terrifies you but it doesn't suffice.
just try to describe the beast.
and you look so pretty down in studio city,
maybe i could help with the rent.
they said to turn that half bad smile to killer grin
and yr not sure just what they meant.
they say they lookin for that no no touch
in fact they're zeroing in too much
got you new clothes to take off.
just try to confine the beast.
and you look so pretty down in studio city,
baby i could help with the rent.
they said to turn that half bad smile to killer grin
and yr not sure just what they meant
ooh it's good to be bad.
i think you showed up in a dream i had.
before you start diagramming my sentences;
it might just be a joke, just be a joke
par for the course
its performance of course
of course, look where you are.
try to be nice.
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3. |
like mutants
03:25
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occasionally, how i miss slipping a little something in my drink.
teetering in an endless quest to level out.
i said to my soul "be still and stop calling yrself that.
hey, are you gettin fat?"
then we kiss like mutants.
then we kiss like mutants, leaking fluids.
i love the thought of it
as it tries so hard and so hot
to get me back.
diagnosis: minor bummer at best.
talkin bout heavy duty flimsy fervor.
i believe we can pardon the dead from the waist down.
or the shoulders down. or whatever you want
then we kiss like mutants.
then we kiss like mutants, leaking fluids.
i love that thought
as it tries so hard and so hot
to get me back.
then i get it twisted, but yr delicious.
i got proof on the roof of my mouth.
i got proof just spilling out.
up here, i'm still then and there.
i'm still then and there.
i'm still then and there
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4. |
on the fritz
02:54
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oh but don't go too far, you take it too far.
that magician's a joke.
it's an audition, you know it but you on set,
say "you could disappear me baby"
echoes. a bunch of reverbs and echoes
were there from the get go,
then you got let go.
oh, you terrified me when you took the phonecall.
do it for the rock,
the rock rock bottom
when you go beyond,
you could just be calm,
you can be decent. there's just no reason for it.
i miased yr patina.
the way you pound these streets
til you forget about me.
you couldn't surprise a 4 year old,
don't bother.
addicts add it up.
they're always so good at math.
they could teach the remedial class.
i don't mean to be mean,
but yr a bozo ready for open casket cast call
come on.
when you go beyond,
you could just be calm,
you can be decent. there's just no reason for it.
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5. |
gutted
02:54
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i was gutted by it
the way you strutted sunlit.
i was struck, it was clear see through:
i don't need to.
what i wanted doesn't fit.
but it fits you perfect.
yr jane b.
i'm just wandering.
when i flirt it hurts doesn't it?
does it cut you into bits? it doesn't?
i'm gutted.
the toad in my throat explodes and drenches you.
it's a total horror flick.
and the road suddenly split,
there's something under it.
it's like a sudden sun eclipse,
but it doesn't quit. i loved it. i loved it.
i loved everything i was wearing the night that i almost died,
they pulled those crooked scissors out and ruined my shit.
i'm gutted, yeah.
come take a hint with me.
i tried to shave off my heartbreak along with my hair.
turns out it doesn't come from there.
now it's a pile miles high.
take a hint.
i'm gutted.
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6. |
wear white
03:35
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can i wear white?
if i do everything is alright.
in near complete darkness, starlit,
she said i looked good.
why would she lie
when she looked so good?
like a professional should.
but listen,
listen, killer:
i'm not losing my balance.
you're losing my balance.
yr doing yr magnetic best.
my body is a temple with a smoking section.
no vacancy, no pets allowed.
lit by the brake lights.
it's perfect except
i shoulda wore white.
can i wear white.
can't think of a better way to say bye.
i'm beyond belief, i'm beyond being, it's a relief.
come on. it's all pitter patter.
i could tatter it up after the matter and ask
what's the matter with you? huh?
my body is a temple with a smoking section.
no vacancy, no pets allowed.
look by the brake lights.
it's perfect except
i shoulda wore white.
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7. |
rumors and dread
02:24
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time travel, outer space,
i can't promise that i can't change.
ready for bed,
you found ruin instead.
you found rumors and dread,
you insisted on it.
if you got time on yr way out
listen to the vocals.
wish they were more serious
kinda part of the mud
kinda bottled up
ready for bed,
you found ruin instead.
you found rumors and dread,
you insisted on it.
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8. |
too many playboys
02:43
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emerging from the red energy,
the specific stink of a boys' locker room,
a kinda sorta okra aroma
that you can really weave yr hands right thru.
inhale and blow a smoke ring or two,
one inside the other,
one for me, one for you.
and nobody wears those shorts and shoes quite like you do.
i'm around too many playboys
sweet dreams of things you can't unsee.
stinky rotty thoughts, they can smell it,
that's how you got got.
tonite we watch the food rot at 9 o'clock.
tell the doorguy you like yr blue eyed boy just fine.
he's literate, he'll get it.
but he might cutcha.
you might need to split yr lips and shout
i'm around too many playboys
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shoney lamar Concord, North Carolina
he loves to do excercise regularly and also tells others to do that
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