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Stupid Heart
04:07
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I got a stupid heart
you can ask anyone
you could have left me a thousand times
as long as you came back a thousand and one
yeah you really got
your dirty hooks in me
on my heart you've held the mortgage note
since we were seventeen
oh I got a stupid heart
my head's pretty smart
it's good at grown up things
I'm good at balancing my checkbook
and making sure the rent gets paid
It's just that every time
you come creeping back
I'll soon be selling off my assets like a lunatic on crack
oh I got a stupid heart
no I don't love her
not like I love you
but do I really love you or do
i just need to hear you
say to me that i
was the one you really wanted
I really wanted you
i think I've made it clear
i've got a stupid heart
i'm a sentimental imbecile
and such an easy mark
i've got nothing left
you took everything
my dear I'd rather be your servant
than anybody else's king
oh I got a stupid heart
no I don't love her
not like I love you
but do I really love you?
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2. |
AmberLynn
04:02
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i had a dream that i knocked off a liquor store
shot some old man and his wife
they hauled me in front of a judge and a jury
gave me twenty to life
i settled in, lifted weights in the yard
got me a couple tattoos
read the good book as i got right with jesus
kicked all the crystal and booze
but nobody loved me, everyone hated me
i just stopped giving a fuck
amber lynn wrote me letters and sent dirty pictures
and maybe a couple of bucks
i know love was hard with a man behind bars
but she never showed any tears
one sunday a month oh but that was enough
to get us through the rest of those years
the warden he said itthat i was a credit
to the correctional system indeed
so i served my time, did just over a dime
then they put me back out on the streets
amber lynn picked me up just outside of the prison
my heart beating out of my chest
and we held each other for what seemed like forever
then we jumped in her truck and we left
oh, we jumped in her truckand we left
we danced in the moonlight, slept under the stars
singing sweet love songs all the while
she practiced her numbersand played with her stones
while i sipped on my coffee and smiled
but I woke with a start and a pain in my heart
as it dawned on me this was a dream
and that there'd never been any conjugal visits
and she didn't write no letters to me
light a cigarette as i burn with regret
o'er the loss of my sweet amber lynn
i'd smile through the hell of two decades in jail
if it meant i could see her again
oh i wish i could see her again!
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3. |
No Repair
03:26
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how long until the fire is out?
how long before the fall?
how long until we find there's nothing left at all?
how long before we're out of breath from
screaming into the abyss?
how long til we're no longer sure what it meant?
there's an airplane, sputtering and falling out of the air
there's nothing there
there's no repair
how long until we bite the bullet?
how long until the starting gun?
how long before we've lost the energy to run?
how long until the kids are grown
and the dogs are wooden boxes on a shelf?
how long until the family home goes up for sale?
hey mister dinosaur, there's a meteor
but you're tragically unaware
so unprepared
there's no repair
as the machinery of humanity
is programmed for disrepair
and such despair
there's no repair
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4. |
Harmony of Life
02:18
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must be something about the way i'm made
makes me think you're gonna run away
but if i could be bold for just one minute
i'd say i love your world and i wanna be in it
and if we run out of words to say
there's a thousand melodies to play
and as the sun sets upon our fears
the harmony of life will hold us near
broken heart in quarantine
i've broken out and now i'm free
and if i owed the world a single debt
i'd say i've paid it and there's nothing left
the time is gone for guessing games
the time has come for speaking plain
so if you're feeling scared or lost at sea
you'll get nothing but the truth from me
you'll get nothing but the truth from me...
and if we run out of words to say
there's a thousand melodies to play
and as the sun rises upon our years
the harmony of life will hold us, dear...
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5. |
Freedom Parade
04:33
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in the blurry dawn
how we carry on
never giving thought to the waning of days
is it time for school?
is the work all done?
will mother soon be calling us
to lie in our bunks?
gone away are those days
in the month arcane
our manor was ablaze
tried to save the day but our legs were lame
when i got the news
took a girl like you
wore our fancy shoes
to the freedom parade
gone away are those days
i was forest green
you were tangerine
time to dream our dreams
but our dreams were all wrong
full of emptiness
but how you wore that dress
and how you jumped into my lap
and sang me that song
gone away are those days
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6. |
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I sleep with my enemies
I lie to my friends
I take out the garbage and bring it back in
I'm afraid of the dark but even more of the light
And I'm not really sure if I'll ever be right
I associate with all sorts of cheaters and pimps
All warm and cozy with demons and imps
Not trying to be dramatic
Or intentionally trite
But I'm not really sure if I'll ever be right
You could go ask my mother
If I knew where she gone
She got sick of dealing with me early on
You could go ask my wife but I don't think she'd say
She'll just cry and silently wonder why it turned out this way...
It's probably something that I should address
I'd put a gun to my head but I don't want the mess
Something's been lurking there all of my life
And I'm not really sure if I'll ever be right
I'm not really sure if I'll ever be right...
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7. |
Roaches
02:12
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Did you always bend?
Did you finally break?
Did you always make the same mistake?
Did you lust for gold?
Did you pile it up?
Did you ever think it'd be enough?
Did you ever take a battery
And put it to your tongue?
Did you let it slide right down your throat?
Did your father cry
When your mother left?
Are there roaches on your family crest?
Did you fall in love?
Did you take a bride?
Did she run off with some other guy?
Did you ever smash your little toe
With a hammer just for fun
And write a letter in the blood?
Did you buy a house?
A nicer part of town?
Did you ever want to burn it down?
Did you get a dog?
Is she your only friend?
Are you happy with your happy end?
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8. |
You Weren't the One
04:30
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this old heart sure can take a beating
well i'm starting to believe it was meant to
history just keeps repeating
still don't know what i'm getting myself into
but you were the start
of this pain in my heart
and it just doesn't seem to be healing
and it's just some odd
adolescent charade
that for all these long years I've been believing
but you weren't the one you're just the one who was there.
isn't destiny fleeting?
no one wins there's no end to the movie
desperate souls just careening
slow machines decay slowly but surely
i'm just sitting here reeling
we're the ones that your god played a joke on
desperately needed feeding so
he gave us an apple to choke on
and i'm always screaming that there's just no meaning
but nobody seems to believe me
and still you contend that the angels are singing you
hymns from the screen of your tv
but you're not the one You're just the one who was there
guess i should have been clearer
when i said there was nothing left for us
i was writing the verses you were still
singing along with the chorus
you're just a song I've been singing along to
that just didn't have any meaning
the words are banal making no sense at all
as the melody just keeps repeating
but you weren't the one
you're just the one who was there
you weren't the one
you're just someone who was there.
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