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Elevator Toe Jam
02:34
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I saw mama dancing with the refrigerator door to Fats Domino
She said
1, 2,
1, 2, 3,
1, 2, 3, 4
Here we go
She said come on, won't you join in?
Run and tell Uncle Sam you don't wanna fight no more
It's the Elevator Toe Jam
do a little new dance and slide across the kitchen floor
The feeling in your soul
They call it rock and roll
The only thing you know that'll never go away
I've done seen a lot of things and people never learn anything
Not until it's knocking there on their door
I've done made a few friends
As humanist as humans get
I don't really need anymore
When we don't wanna think about
How the world's been down and out
When we don't really wanna feel anymore
We hit the Elevator Toe Jam
Do a little new dance and slide across the kitchen floor
The feeling in our souls
We call it rock and roll
The only thing we know that'll never go away
I saw mama dancing with the refrigerator door to Fats Domino
She said
1, 2
1, 2, 3
1, 2, 3, 4
Here we go
Come on wont you join in
Run and tell Uncle Sam
Where he can stick his little war
It's the Elevator Toe Jam
Do a little old dance and slide across the kitchen floor
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2. |
Sweet Michelle
02:30
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Let me tell you about Michelle
She's the one for me
She's electric
Tangerine dream
She got everything I need
Well, she's a strong queen
Like nicotine she keeps me put together
Let me tell you about Michelle
She's a really rare breed
She's got a face for a magazine
and a giving heart that just don't cease
She's a beauty queen
And she's got a body that's really put together
She's holding me
I'll let her hold onto me forever
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3. |
Imaginary World
03:07
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I've been trying to wrap my head around
Living in an imaginary world filled with her sound
When she says she loves me, her voice sings
Living in an imaginary world where she noticed me
I never could get her attention
I never could get her love
I've been trying to keep my head on straight
Doing all I can to get through these days
When I close my eyes, I see her face
And it takes me away to a place that I have made with her
I never could get her attention
I never could get her love
I've been trying to wrap my head around
Living in a world without her sound
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I guess I’m just running through the motions again
Sometimes I feel like I’ve been placed under mind control
From somewhere I don’t know
This is only the beginning of the imminent end
That’s the way that it is
As the insides drip from the kaleidoscope lens into the sands of the hourglass
An hour has passed since I last
started over again
And have I been abducted by my alien friends
They come and take me again to a place where they laugh out loud and crowd around to point out the chemical imbalance up my head
I’m just devoid of all emotion again
I should probably rent an apartment by the pharmacy
Or better yet
I should just move in
I’m about to lose my senses
What good is touch if you can’t feel
Anything at all
Here I am relying on a potion again
To try to make some sense
Of what we’re doing here
It’s very unclear
(It's very unclear)
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5. |
Happy Now
02:39
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Said you never meant let me down
You never meant to make me cry
Those weren’t tears you just stole my crown
And you spit in my eye
I really hope you’re happy now
You've been living off your daddy's dime
You headed out to California
Just to wait for him to die
I’ve been thinking about your laugh
I remember just how it went
You told a joke to some folks you don’t know
And it didn’t make sense
Take a look at who’s laughing now
Take a look at who made it right
You say it’s spite just for me to wipe
The spit from my eye
When you feel the western breeze
Does it make you think of me
When I was there you didn’t seem to care
You just kept blowing by me
How long you gonna keep this up?
How long you gonna tie me down?
You keep a box on your bedside table
Filled with jewels from my crown
Hide away til you get old
You’re better off on your own
Tell your lies to a passerby
And let 'em take you home
Did you ever find any gold
In the hills where I heard you cry
Those aren’t tears I just finally know
Somebody spit in your eye
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6. |
Summer Everywhere
02:41
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I came back to find you
Lying on the chair
It hit me
I love you
You sure look good lying there
With the sunlight in your hair
Like marigolds
You're summer everywhere
You woke up
I told you
I still hadn’t changed my mind
There’s one thing I won’t do
And that’s let you slip on by
For that would be unfair
When your light shines
It’s summer everywhere
The last time that I knew
What winter was really like
It got cold without you
And then there came a time
All I needed was the warmth the sun provides
And you were there
Summer everywhere
I threw out my old coats
I just don’t need them anymore
Cause your love
When it glows
It melts me to the floor
With the more that you pour from your heart and according to you
There’s nothing like a pair
With the more that you pour from your heart and according to you
There’s nothing like a pair
It’s summer everywhere


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7. |
Bite A Lemon
02:57
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There’s no cats allowed in the lease
I want a cat
But a cat
A cat don’t want me
Such a drag when a cat
A cat don’t want me
Got a scratch and the skin split sweetly
Panic attack
I guess that’s a wrap on my day
There's a cloud by my window and it cries as I nap
No
I don’t like that
Paranoid
You don’t have to try to annoy
I get by fine when I avoid
Anything that’s real
A spinning wheel
Of everything I’d like to feel
Outraces me up the hill
And I fall back down
I fall back down
Maybe I should bite a lemon
There's no cats allowed in the lease
I want a cat
But a cat
A cat don't want me
Such a drag when a cat
A cat don't want me
Got a scratch and the skin split sweetly
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8. |
Left The Party
04:21
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You left the party alone
Saying “never again”
You’ve come too far to go back where you’ve been
Everybody said you had a good time
You sure know how to act fine
You feel it diggin’ at your soul
You slipped up again
You can always call me if you need a friend
Everybody said you had an easy ride
But they don’t know what it’s like
You sure know how to act fine
You’re gonna feel it
Who’s gonna be there when you need it the most
Who’s gonna use you just to see what they can take
Who’s gonna take you home?
You’ve been feeling real low
So you went out again
To lose control it only takes one sip
Everybody said you had a good time
But you don’t remember why
And I saw you at a show
With a bottle in your hand
What you call dancing just distracted the band
You thought everybody had a good time
But now you’ve been banned for life
You stumble into the night
You’re gonna feel it
Who’s gonna be there when you need it the most
Who’s gonna use you just to see what they can take
Who’s gonna take you home?
It won’t be long before you’re dealing
With the people you left feeling put out for so long
And now you're reeling
Blacked out on the side of the road
Who's gonna take you home?
Hoping for a good time
Blocking out the sunshine in your window in the morning
Cause it burns your eyes with the sunlight pours in
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Bath Song
02:53
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She said,
"Why don't you let me draw you a bath?
The world's been dirtying you and you need some rest.
We'll go to bed.
Don't let it go to your head."
She said,
"Why don't you smoke another cigarette?
What's been worrying you doesn't matter one bit.
We'll go to bed.
Don't sweat it.
Just forget it if you can.
Don't you let it go to your head."
She said,
"Why don't you let me draw you a bath?"
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Sleep
03:28
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All I need is for something to work out right for me
Endlessly it keeps my head from drifting off to sleep
Before I can find peace in dreams
Paranoia creeps in for another night spent holding me
All I'm taking is a break from what you think I'm supposed to be
I'm just taking a break from this before it ends up breaking me
Before I can find peace in dreams
Paranoia creeps in for another night spent holding me
If I can get some sleep
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11. |
Get Through To You
03:37
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I tried my hardest to get through to you
But every time I start the conversation’s through
Working in your garden like you always do
I tried my hardest to get through to you
The only thing left for you to do
Is just believe in me when I tell you these truths
The only thing left for you to say
You won’t act that way
And we can have a good day
How long until you make up your mind
(You got to get it all together)
Cause you know, you're taking too much time
(You're not gonna live forever)
And I hope I don't seem too out of line
(I know I could do much better)
The only thing I want is to make you mine
All mine
I tried my hardest to get through to you
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12. |
Hate To Be Wrong
03:32
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I could tell you I love you
If that’s all you want
I could tell you I need you
If my lies don’t bother you none
I could tell you that I’d fall apart if you were gone
But I won’t
Cause you know I hate to be wrong
I could tell I’m sorry for all my little faults
I could tell you don’t worry
Someone’s gonna come along
Someone who can handle all the hurt that you bring on
But I won’t
Cause you know I hate to be wrong
You don’t have to listen to my songs
But if you wanna know how I feel about you sing along
Girl when I found you I could’ve sworn we got along
But it’s true
Because of you
I hate to be wrong
I could tell you were crazy
Well, I’m crazy too
None of that ever made me
Any less crazy for you
I could tell you were breaking
When you cried all weekend long
But I won’t
Cause you know
I hate to be wrong
You don’t have to listen to my songs
But if you wanna know how I feel about you then sing along
Girl when I found you
I could’ve sworn we got along
But it’s true
Because of you
I hate to be wrong
Girl when I found you
I thought we would do it all
But it’s through
It’s not you
I just hate to be wrong
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