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cigarettes and sausages
and lucky lager
burns up my guts
and my friend smokey said
that a beer is a beer
and i found it hard to argue that much
well i put some of my bones
right in this song
if you wanna feel what i feel
babe you just sing along
and we'll dance with the dead
my friend smokey said
hydroplaning thru the party
the dj is on fire tonight
the disease that keeps us all on a roll
she is crying and putting up a fight
well i seen some of these souls like me
and some of them even believe
and we'll lie while we stand on our heads
that's what my friend smokey said on new year's eve
i seen some of these souls and they're just like me
and some of them even believe
and we'll lie in our beds
my friend smokey said
that's what he said on new year's eve
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Have to Laugh
03:36
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loaded words
from a loaded girl
fed up from withdrawals
from withdrawing from this world
the fire hurts your insides
when it hits the broken glass
and you
you just have to laugh
didn't let yourself know it
but you felt it too fast
and one day you'll be lookin back
but for now
you just gotta laugh
even nights like this one must one day pass
pick up the glass, put down the glass
lay yourself down on the grass
do you have enough to make it last
and you choke it back, choke it back
and you try to explain and you feel it catch
you been out of the game too long to understand
so you just explode in happenstance
and you
you just have to laugh
smiling in the dark
i think over how much time has passed
and i sure don't feel like it
but i
i just have to laugh
i just have to laugh
and i just have to laugh
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i been singing the sunday morning blues
every day this week
every day im recovering
from the night before
i still got my hat in my hand but my heart's on the floor
the blues aren't everything you lose howling at the moon
it's the waking up too soon
with nothing changed but you
i been running through the clock
but i can't fall asleep because my head won't drop
the words you said yesterday shook me down
they do every day since you stopped comin around
the mistakes youve made paying dues
you're waking up too soon
with nothing changed but you
oh i'm unsettled
this is round when you fell out of step with everything
you started waking up too soon
with nothing changed but you
and nothings changed but you
and nothings changed but you
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Streetview
03:38
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there were porn stars and prophets lining the avenue
the local theatre was showing some kinda blue revue
the lights didnt blind me but the skin game did
my friend at the auction said if i didnt blink i couldnt bid
i found myself the last payphone in the world
i used my second last quarter to call up this girl
she told me to kick rocks and drink some gasoline
she was just bein honest she wasnt being mean
sandy the surfer hit a wave last night a big one
the tide came back in but she didn't
now i live in fear of what might be hidden
under the water like sharks or women
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Listen to me
I know I never got much relief
I limped when I walked
S-s-stuttered to talk
And the achin’ was just part of me
Listen to me
I know all about agony
When you say that it hurts
More than anybody sees
With a heart colder than
The heart oughta be
‘cause you married a man who lied to you love
But it wasn’t like that when he first picked you up
When he drove you around and he bought you some flowers
Until something had changed and the temperature soured
But I’m alright
Baby I don’t mind
I’ll get on just fine
On them long long drives
Call it a lie
Well whatever brings you back to life
We could turn it around we can drive it straight home
If you wanna be alone for the night
Whatever song you like
From The Souls to Mack the Knife
(here we go, here we go, here we go)
We could turn it up loud
We can put the pedal down
With the rain beading up my love
'Cause you ache for a drug that’ll never be enough
You’re never gonna feel like when he first picked you up
When he drove you around, bought you powder and flowers
Until the thrill was gone
But you said
I’m alright
Baby I don’t mind
I’ll get on just fine
On them long long drives
Last night I remembered being 17
I met a girl with a taste for the world and whiskey and rites of spring
Spent every night with cassettes that she liked
In a car that I borrowed a lot
And I could never get her to believe
'Cause we tasted a kiss that was sent from below
It was cool in the night I was old as a stone
In the back of the car where they try on your heart
Who suddenly showed you their teeth
But you said
I’m alright
Jamie, I don’t mind
I’ll get on just fine
On them long long drives without you
Drives without you
And I still see him sometimes
And he doesn't look right
You left me for him
Then you left him for spite
I hope you never pay that price
Wherever you are tonight
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Paranoid Mind
02:17
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there's no need to add fuel to the fire
i've already got a paranoid mind
dyed my hair black
days like today i wish i bleached it white
i don't know why
got a paranoid mind
paranoid mind
sleep now is harder to find
it's harder to keep it all inside
it's hard when you've got nothing left to hide
and you've got a paranoid mind
a paranoid mind
i didn't mean to leave you all behind
but i promise i will try to try to try
but i've got a paranoid mind
a paranoid mind
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The Acid Rains Edmonton, Alberta
i write songs, play guitar and sing
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