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Magpies
02:37
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those were some bad drugs you got
i guess we forgot
we're not supposed to kill you
you can blame it on
you can blame it all on
all the evil that men do
no one will send you away
your history's been traced
to the lines on your face
and laced in the oncoming day
magpies got a bad rap
in my eyes
don't you like shiny things?
don't you want to fly?
the day we found out
the dollhouse burned down
the plastic faces
were upturned to the ceiling sky
i think that they're afraid to fly
melting faces
into better shapes
they look like us
we can relate
and in the basement something cried
while god forgave the rain
magpies get a bad rap
in my eyes
don't you like shiny things?
don't you want to fly?
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Too Much Nothing
03:10
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sittin thinkin about that Whole Sick Crew
at least the Ramones had something to do
been looking at the ocean through the holes in my jeans
counting the years as they bleed and they bleed out
you got your doubts and you got your weed
i had my knife but i forgot the disease
how did you know before it happened?
how did you know you'd end up alone?
how did you know hope is the last to leave?
and there's too much nothing
too many pickup trucks
i've been sitting here blushing
i've been too many fuckups
and you can get vegas odds on me fucking this one up
feeling pretty evil in my sleep tonight
when you leave don't forget to turn off the bright lights
the sights we'll see will convince the leaves to be free
to stop taking shit from the birds and the bees
never say "leave, if you wanna leave just leave"
i couldn't say if it's the same for me
you had to be there
you had to be scared
repurposing the water in the eaves to freeze
how did you know before it happened?
how did you know it'd go that low?
how did you know that hope is the last to leave?
there's too much nothin
too many pickup trucks
and i've been blushing
i've been too many fuckups
and you can get vegas odds on me fucking this one up
and there's still too much nothing
too much dumb luck
and i'm still blushing
too many fuckups
invest now before stock goes down
vegas magicians, delirious clowns
i will cut this man in half
and pull a rabbit from my hat
it's all part of the act
everybody clap and nobody worry
i'll come up with nothing
negative zero blood
now's your chance
for greener grass
get the gas can and help me blow this thing up
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Always Moving
02:21
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i wanna live on an airplane
i wanna live forever moving
from place to place
from place to place to place
i wanna live on the subway
i want you with me on the train
and always moving
from place to place
from place to place to place
i wanna live in a moving car
always on the way no destination
forever in between
but always moving
from place to place
from place to place to place
from place to place
from place to place to place
but always moving
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Black Boxes
04:23
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guess i should get going now too
nothing for me this side of the moon
been thinking about what's good for me
you're not helping
making me dream of you
cracked spines
foxing on the pages
this book hasn't been opened up in ages
maybe there's something inside to discover
this book belonged to your godfather's mother
the things we say to people we don't like
maybe they wait for us down at the end of the line
where the sky ain't so bright
where the lies ain't so white
and it won't break a marriage
and it won't make the headlines
but you might find it coming alive at the worst times
guess i'll make my way home by signs and omens
nothing for me here that i ain't already broken
been wondering if it's good to be free
even in my dreams i have never seen the ocean
black boxes rocks along the shore
maybe if we keep digging we'll find more
maybe underneath we'll find new lovers
buried bones under the covers
and it wont break a marriage
and it won't make the headlines
but you might find it coming alive at the worst times
the things we say when we're already gone
counting the lines on the page before they're drawn
and we haven't moved on
there's nowhere to move to
how many mistakes can you make before it's too many
i'm asking for you
how many times can you say things that ain't true
before you start believing them too
how many times, exactly, will they forgive it
is there some kind of upper limit
and it won't break a marriage
and it won't make the headlines
but you might find it coming alive at the worst times
and it won't break a marriage
and it won't make the headlines
but you might find it coming alive at the worst times
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Earning Our Guns
02:27
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hey whatever happened to that kid
gun to his head bullet went straight through
i think he's back with the old crew now
and i know in your dreams you're all tied up
somewhere you can't get out of
i know because i'm right there beside you
are we done
earning our guns
it's been a long long night
for something that's supposed to be fun
there are those headlights
and flash frights
and whatever happened to those train collision run-on sentences you used to write
we were blackstars under fluorescent lights
maybe this is how heaven looks at night
private hells gas station bells
and home before midnight
home before midnight
are we done
earning our guns
it's been a long long night
for something that's supposed to be fun
are we done
earning our guns
it's been a long long night
for something that's supposed to be fun
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The Acid Rains Edmonton, Alberta
i write songs, play guitar and sing
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