1. |
Hey Jackie
04:04
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start this story with a dead girl
that’s what makes it just like the others
hey jackie baby it's good to see ya it's been forever
what a hit what a hit what a hit
3AM by the side of the road
whodda thought it'd be you to pull up
same old truck i forgot i forgot
i forgot ya but i guess i musta missed ya
you're asking where i been and where i went
what i done and who i met
tellin' me who's asked and tellin' me who's wondered
the state of the hearts of my mom and ex-lovers
who's shacking up with so-and-so's brother
everyone got married everyone died
everyone's pregnant my oh my
everyone's pregnant my oh my
jackie, do you think it hurts
to hear ‘bout what i left behind?
i'll tell ya now it hurts less
than it did before i left
chorus
even kids lose sleep
even kids lose sleep
thinkin' bout shit like that
even kids lose sleep
even kids lose sleep
thinkin' bout shit like that
un-huh
i worked in an orchard one lonely fall
eating apples straight from the tree
shiftless, shirtless under the night sky
i was always like this they just tried to stop me
the first of the month at the laundromat
haven't found many nights better than that
goin' in dirty comin' out clean
i'm feelin' righteous feelin' mean
i slept in a boxcar in thirty below
jackie, i thought i'd die but i lit a fire
most of my life summed up just so--
i thought i'd die but i lit a fire
chorus
even kids lose sleep
ow
jackie, i wanna dance with you
tonight
start your story with a dead girl
that’s what makes it just like the others
that's the story they'll most believe
go back and tell 'em what happens to
girls like me
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2. |
Go Away Evil
03:20
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what’s that i hear?
1, 2, 3 knocks upon my door
did you come for my brother?
or did you come to settle up the score?
beyond a shadow of a doubt
he’s the terror of the neighbourhood
lock up your cats, lock up your kids
nothing now can come to any good
nothing now can come to any good
nothing now can come any good
so i say
i say
i say
chorus
go away evil
turn away from my door
go away evil
you’re not gonna get what you came for
what’s that i see?
a big, black dog in the street
did you come for my brother?
oh maybe, oh maybe did you come for me?
he left the note upon his bed
on his pillow where he laid his head
right above where he hid the gun
oh brother of mine what have you done?
what have you done?
oh i say
i say
i say
chorus X 2
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3. |
Bye Bye Jubilee
03:26
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ran outta gas money
gotta make the last tank last
we’re coming for you big blue
and we’re coming up fast
two yellow lines
and a big ol’ sky
full of seagulls
life’s a beach
if you keep to yourself
help nobody else
deliver ‘pon the promise of evil
two cokes in a paper bag
shake it up, jimmy, gimme a drag
this slice of the lot ain’t no slice at all
ah burn it up ‘fore we go into freefall
chorus
it gets hard to sleep
with the floodlights on
bye bye jubilee
bye bye jubilee
when you’re kept you keep
your blinders on
bye bye jubilee
bye bye jubilee
head to toe in the freshest polyester
sweating out another carpark siesta
take another drug test i think i can nail it
ha throw me a fiesta ‘cause i’m bound to fail it
like a one trick pony in a one horse town
i’m never gonna live this reputation down
life’s a gas
let’s strike the match
and burn it to the ground
chorus
let the seagulls overhead be angels
they say we’re only safe
when they take our babies away
oh when they lock our babies away
paint my nails on the hood of the car
hoist the sails and count the stars
jesus might just love a shut-in
but we’re open-air and we’re runnin
chorus x 3
ran out of gas money
gotta make the last tank last
we’re coming for you big blue
and we’re coming up fast
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4. |
Misty Morning
04:58
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i’m too young to show you what was
and i’m too old to believe in what will be
these modern ruins, this broken heart
could it be enough to start
a family—
yeah you and me and a couple of friends and a little land
sweetened
by the hard, hard city years
those hard, broke city years
i dreamt i flew over rolling hills of wild heather
forever and ever
and i’ll never sit with my back to the window
or turn away from a friend in need
i dreamt the devil took me in his arms and i liked it
now i can show you how it feels
to make something real
surrounded by the wild green bounty
chorus
misty morning
and i’m hungry
misty morning
i’m so hungry
i crack a highlife on the porch at dawn
it thrills me to recall yeah it really turns me on
every single choice i made that brought me here
to this misty morning
i kiss my shoulder it’s only me
i kiss my hand it’s only me
i kiss your face i kiss our face i kiss their face i kiss a face
it’s only—
i’m so hungry
chorus
even when my body betrays me
even when my memory fails me
i’ll never forget
if you play me the song
i’ll never forget
if you play me the song
that goes like—
chorus
i’m hungry for love
i’m hungry for lust
i’m hungry for the view
i’m hungry for the wilderness
i’m hungry for another piece of you
for another piece of—
i’m hungry
i’m hungry
oh yeah i'm hungry
oh yeah i’m hungry
aw baby i’m hungry
huh huh
chorus
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5. |
anybodys
03:52
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don’t you ask me where i’m going
if you don’t wanna know where i’ve been
i was sleeping in my car
the nightly opening-up of old scars
in dreams
then you shone a light into my eyes
said, “hey baby it’s me—it’s jimmy wise.
i see you got out of the big house in one piece—
you got no clue do you just how happy that makes me”
well good for you, jimmy, looks like you made deputy
now come and take me in your arms
take me in your arms
you always were a hopeless romantic
but even you gotta know
i’m not looking for love
i’m not looking for love
i just got outta jail
and all i wanna do is try and have me some fun for once
you’ve wanted me since we were fifteen
don’t give me grief don’t give me grief don’t give me grief
just give it to me
give it to me, baby
chorus
they said stick to the shadow
but there’s not enough light to cast shadow
everything is dark inside and out
you know exactly what i’m talking about
do you remember how you caught me?
think you were crying when you cuffed me
in the skatepark at dawn
with blood on my face
shot-gunning beers
with the boys with bad taste
watching them do tricks
half-cocked half-pipes
and me laughing
but tricks are for kids
cause i finally did it
i finally did it
like i swore i would
i watched the light leave his eyes
i watched the light leave his eyes
i watched the light leave his eyes
chorus
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6. |
The Swans
02:53
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the swans on the river at dawn
feast upon the scraps of my wedding cake
and life goes on and on and on
and someone calls each take
and just when you think you’ve got a hit
hey baby hey baby
here’s the apocalypse
here’s the apocalypse
and people will talk and talk they like to talk about five year plans
and money down
real estate and interest rates
talk talk talk talk
to which i say--
check out these swans
on the river
eating my cake
chorus
'cause i’m alive
looking out on the river
'cause i’m alive
looking out on the river
'cause i’m alive
looking out on the river
i'm alive oooh
one of these swans is dead
but the others don’t really seem to care
is that such a bad way to be?
fondant on the beak of a regal beast
might just be my greatest release
the biggest relief
i have ever felt
--there is no hell--
i couldn’t tell you what went wrong
except i left the wedding alone
and i got high alone on someone else’s dance floor
on someone else’s wine
on someone else’s dime
and now all i know
all i know
chorus
freeflowin'
oh honey i'm goin'
i'm alive
hallelu
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i rolled into town
like a junkyard dog
at dawn
crossed the tracks and i doubled back
and stumbled along
until i sat
on the swing-set in your backyard
drinking mean and hard
i strained the flies from last night’s wine
and i stood and i
i watched the sky
trembling in the grass
off-my ass
well i’ll die slow
but i’ll live fast
chorus
and i don’t give a damn about a greenback dollar
spend it as fast as i can
no i don’t give a damn about a greenback dollar
spend it as fast as i can
well i’m staring up at your dark windows
while i’m whittling on a stick
thinking sleeping kids
don’t give a
it’s easy to get caught between the sickle and the crop
split in two by haves and have-nots
landlocked, lockjaw, no jackpot
but i don’t dream no white picket dreams
i’m an outlaw yeah
ah-oooh i’m an outlaw yeah
chorus
ah-oooh i’m an outlaw yeah
ah-oooh i’m an outlaw yeah
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i don’t wanna live on the moon without u babe
i don’t wanna live on the moon without u babe
i heard a friend of my daddy
he was talking about the end
saying how he might try to speed it along
so he can move to the moon with his friends
chorus
but i don’t wanna live on the moon without u babe
i don’t wanna live on the moon without u babe
my daddy might have the money to send me but it’s still lonely out in space
my daddy might have the money to send me but it’s still lonely out in space
i love the sun
and i love the sea
and the stars might align
and the end might be nigh
but if it’s my time
oh if it’s my time
i wanna go with you
i wanna go with you
i wanna go with you
chorus
don’t wanna live
don’t wanna live on the moon
without you and you and you and you and you and you and you alright
don’t wanna
without without without
every one of you
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9. |
Full Of Love
04:02
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there’s only so many times
that i will apologize
for my oh my
wandering eye
how i’ve tried
oh how i've tried
to tell you there’s a pain inside
that binds you and i
you and i
chorus
i can’t stop
i can’t stop
i can’t stop
my little hands from seekin out a little extra t + a
my little hands from seekin out a little extra t + a
my little hands from seekin out a little extra t + a
and when the curtain falls
and i've missed every one of your calls
it’s not my fault no not my fault
i’m a little fucked up is all
i get taken for a ride
by the darkness that lives inside
down the highway across the blacktop
i was born to be blue and wild
born to be blue and wild
chorus
in my private hell at the drive-thru taco bell
i feel the feel of roaches from every roadside motel
i pocketed pamphlets for vacations we’d never take
i'm driven by love to be full of hate
you know i'm driven by hate to be full of love
i'm full of love
chorus/outro aggro
you better believe it
i’m coming for you, baby
(evil man voice) i’ll love you i don’t care
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10. |
#1GIRL
03:50
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i know your opinion of yourself is low
you think you’re dirt but you shine like gold
there’s nobody like you in the whole wide world
and i’m happy to tell you you’re my number one girl
you’ve seen me high as a kite
get carried away by a slipstream
i’ve seen you treat yourself like a cigarette
put yourself out right under your feet
chorus
it’s not hard to love you
try as you might to change my mind
i know the truth
it’s not hard to love you
sometimes i understand and other times i don’t
but let me reflect what your mirror won’t
there’s nobody like you in the whole wide world
and i’m delighted to tell you you’re my number one girl
i know you’re tough as nails
but i wish you’d stop looking for a hammer
i’ll meet you after work
we can go to the park and we can get shattered
and i gotta tell you
yeah i gotta tell you
chorus x 2
there’s nobody like you
in the whole damn world
and i gotta tell you you’re my number 1 girl
i gotta tell you you’re my number 1 girl
you’re my number 1 girl
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