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What is it with these people
And their godforsaken ways
Sodom and Gomorrah had a ball
Every time I go and try to set them straight
There’s fire and pitchforks at the gate
Soon they’re gonna crucify us all
Lord, lord, lord, lord help me
Won’t you lend an almighty hand?
Lord, lord, lord, lord help me
I’m a Bible salesman in a godless land
What happened to a dollar earned
For working through the day
Can’t you pull yourself by your bootstraps anymore?
I been selling my whole life
Don’t you know who’s gonna pay the price
Jesus ain’t gonna foot the bill no more
Change
It don’t come easy for everybody
Lord knows not me
Lord knows not me
How
Did things get so complicated
I did everything they told me
I did everything they told me
Give me how it used to be
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Carina
04:15
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There's a you-shaped hole in my heart
Is there a me-shaped hole in you?
If only I had some paper I could fix us up with glue
But all we got's your scissors
Held tight in your hand
If we talked for a minute I could make you understand
Carina
Can't you see what you're doing to me
I'm wearing my heart on my sleeve
Carina
Carina
Lord knows I ain't proud
To shout your name out loud
Carina
Bonnie misses her Clyde
Antarctica misses its shelf
Cleopatra misses old Antoine
And Narcissus misses himself
Now I ain't gonna say
That I miss you terribly
But if I don't get to see you they'll make a story out of me
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Be Kind
03:34
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First time that you caught my eye babe
There was not a thing that I could do
Turned around and ran for my life babe
But every single road led back to you
You were standing there
With your little smile
Took me for a fool
Dragging me along
As if I had a chance
But I knew the truth
Be kind, be kind, it won't take too much time
I want you to let me down easy
Go slow, go slow, I got no place to go
I want you to let me down easy
You say you always tried too hard babe
With me you wouldn't have to try at all
Sit there strumming your guitar babe
Swear it won't be long before I fall
I been trying hard
Not to be the one
To make the first mistake
I don't wanna be
Just another girl
You send on her way
Be kind, be kind, it won't take too much time
I want you to let me down easy
Go slow, go slow, I got no place to go
I want you to let me down easy
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October
03:49
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I forgot about October
Apple sauce and honey wine
I forgot about October
But you remind me all the time
And it's fine
Oh baby, yes it is
Sitting by the telephone
Waiting for someone to call
Someone who can take me dancing
Someone's name I can't recall
And it's fine
Oh baby, yes it is
Because I'm too old to give a damn
And I'm too damn young to forget who I am
I am everything I remember and something more
I am something more
Come one evening sit beside me
Talk about the day we met
Long ago I kept your secrets
Secrets now I'll soon forget
And it's fine
Oh baby, yes it is
Turn the leaves into November
Orange brown and reddish hues
All the things I can't remember
I can still remember you
And your smile
Oh baby, and your smile
I'm too old to give a damn
And too damn young to forget who I am
I am everything I remember and something more
I am something more
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Austin
05:06
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If all my thoughts are borrowed
If all my words are stolen
Would you still see me tomorrow?
Would you tell me where you’re going?
She said, I’m going to Austin
The people here are strange
They ask so much and leave so little change
They take your love and make you rearrange
So I said I’m going to Austin
I’m going to Austin
I'm gonna buy myself a hat
A big old cowboy hat
And talk about the weather
I’m gonna look real different
Gonna feel real different too
Gonna feel much better
When I get to Austin
Met a man in Nashville
Had the clearest eyes that I had ever seen
Said his life was bouncing around and he was caught in between
He said I could really use a change of scene
So I’m going to Austin
Gonna help to keep it weird
Gonna grow myself a beard
And pull myself together
I’m gonna look real different
Gonna feel real different too
Gonna feel much better
When I get to Austin
They kept it good for ten years
Then on June 1st it burst at the seams
Ain’t there nobody who’s exactly as they seem?
She said I could use another song to sing
So I’m going to Austin
Gonna hit that music scene
Gonna help let freedom ring
And write my mom a letter
I’m gonna look real different
Gonna feel real different too
Gonna feel much better
When I get to Austin
So come with me to Austin
We're gonna buy ourselves some hats
Some big old cowboy hats
And talk about the weather
We’re gonna look real different
We're gonna feel real different too
Gonna feel much better
When we all get to Austin
When we all get to Austin
Yes, when we all get to Austin
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HAPPY (Bound to Die)
04:17
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Bird flies north where the wind blows cold
And money don’t stick, that’s what I been told
But you and me will be just fine
Between these hearts lies a deep gold mine
Between these hearts lies a deep gold mine
H A P P Y
Is what I am, I can’t deny
H A P P Y
I spell it out for you and me
H A P P Y
Is what I am though I’m bound to die
Ooo
When I’m older than seventy three
I’ll be sitting picking grinning brimming wishing for teeth
Thinking back on Carolina Pines
The difference is a change of time
The only difference is a change of time
Sometimes I think these feverish nights will stay forever
And sometimes I drink to see if you and me will be together, in the morning
And baby don’t blink, it’ll seem like was never, in the long run
Because forever is a long long time
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Doghouse
04:45
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I did the thing that you said not to do
I could've listened but I chose not to
I intentionally got you all riled up
So I guess that I deserve what I got
Oh can I come out of the Doghouse?
I've got a chill that's rattling all of my bones
I'd take it all back if I could just lie beside you
Oh, won't you open up the door?
You came home smelling like alcohol and cigarettes
You lost all your money from placing your cards on risky, ill-advised bets
I don't differentiate between the things you love and the things you say you hate
But I could stand to live without all your enmity of late
I said some things that I didn't mean
Now I'm ringing your doorbell and begging you to let me come clean
I won't blame you if you never forgive me
But I will howl at your door until I know you can hear me
(What's that your saying?)
You made a mess and you don't know how to fix it all
I'm burying my anger in the backyard
If I choose to let you in, where would we start, where would we begin?
Give me a chance and I promise I will be good again
(I don't know about that!)
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Spoonfuls
03:40
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Here we are
Floating in space
Nothing around us
To hold us in place
What a curious sight
What a strange world
It’ll crush your dreams
And then make your toes curl
Through the pain and the pleasure
A cracked homily:
How lucky I am
To have you here with me
All the rent checks
And funerals
Measure our lives
In spoonfuls
It gets so frantic
Being alive
We gasp and claw
Just to get by
Between the crowds and cacophony
A thought comes to me:
How lucky I am
To have you here with me
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Mountain on Fire
04:44
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I knew a man who looked like you
He owned a shop downtown
His hands were rough but his voice was soft
Though he rarely made a sound
He worked his days in solitude
His nights were much the same
After dark he'd pick a fiddle tune
You could hear him softly sing:
I sold all my dreams to cover the rent
I packed my whole life in a box call the weekend
And everyone else, they don't understand
I'm a mountain on fire, I'm a tiny straw man
The years come down like the pouring rain
And with the rain they pass
We all got somewhere to be going to
If we only had the gas
I sold all my dreams to cover the rent
I packed my whole life in a box call the weekend
And everyone else, they don't understand
I'm a mountain on fire, I'm a tiny straw man
The man downtown, he don't sing no more
His shop was boarded up
His song was carved into the wooden door
Before the flames burnt it up
I sold all my dreams to cover the rent
I packed my whole life in a box call the weekend
And everyone else, they don't understand
I'm a mountain on fire, I'm a tiny straw man
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Work at This
04:10
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I don’t feel right left by myself
So don’t you leave me
Don’t you leave me
When I wake up
My bad dreams gather all around
Can’t you see them?
Something tells me this ain’t going away
Melancholy might be here to stay
We’re gonna have to work at this
If I died here
Would they hold a grand parade?
A grand parade
Don’t you find that
It’s all a part of the charade?
A masquerade
Wait for a moment, let me fix my mask
Before the neighbors all begin to ask
We’re gonna have to work at this
Pour my coffee
All that comes out is smoke
Only smoke
Faces listening
Speak up now and don’t you choke
Don’t you choke
Darling, it’s not fair for you I know
I’m no rose, but someday I’ll grow
We’re gonna have to work at this
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Folk rock / Americana trio based in Bay Area, California; originally from Washington, DC.
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