1. |
Always The Same
03:00
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I’m sittin’ on the train, I’m tryin' to get off the train
I think that I’m going insane; I know that I’m going insane
‘Cause I see them standing there, He’s got short, brown, curly hair
He pushes her to the wall; I watch her fall to the floor
I think that I’m gonna snap..
‘Cause it’s always the same
It’s always the same
It’s always the same
And I know…
Yeah I know...
My baby’s on the train, She tries to get off the train,
I pull her back on the train, and I tell her “It’ll be ok”
‘Cause I see him lying there, and his brain’s lying over there,
I put a knife in his eye; I stuck a gun down his throat,
I watched his body, down the river it floats.
‘Cause it’s always the same...
-DeBenedictis
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2. |
Second Guesses
03:23
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Every day I want to be with you,
I see you walkin' and I'm dreamin', I am dreaming that I'll walk it through,
I wake up in the morning and my sheets are drenched with sweat, not you,
And if you're gone I'll have to throw away my hope for good
So go call her up,
Because I know that you've been dreamin' about it,
Go start it up
Or you'll be bleedin', you'll be bleedin' from the second guesses
I gotta know, I gotta know that you're the one I need,
So long as you are standin' by my side my baby I'll die happily.
Ain't it a shame that we spend so much time with the ones we love?
Only for them to turn around and tell us "It'll never be enough."
So go call her up,
Because I know that you've been dreamin' about it,
Go start it up
Or you'll be bleedin', you'll be bleedin' from the second guesses...
©BlindMouth Music 2015
McCourt/DeBenedictis
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3. |
No Good
03:25
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I could sit and watch you sing for hours, I could listen to her talk forever,
But she speaks around me, and she talks to everyone else…
I could spend all time with you girl, even though you don’t need that much,
But she speaks around me, and she talks to everyone else
I can’t figure out what is worse, A woman who doesn’t know..
Or a woman, who reaps just what she sows..
And maybe I cant take that hint, maybe I should give up on it
But she gives it all to me, and she throws herself out for me
I’ve always loved the girl, with the ocean in her eyes, But finally I’ve found a girl with waves of amber fields in her eyes… and it makes me wanna lay, down in them all day
‘Cause maybe its better to be on solid ground than tossed about in the sea
I can’t figure out what is worse, A woman who doesn’t know..
Or a woman, who reaps just what she sows..
And maybe I cant take that hint, maybe I should give up on it
But she gives it all to me, and she throws herself out for me
She looks at me, while she sings her song and for a second I am happy,
The blood’s pumping through my veins, for a second I am happy,
Fermented in my cotton corpse I see her eyes,
It take me home again.
If we could break out of these cotton shells and flow together in that stormy field,
Would she cut that brick that’s been tied to my heart?
I’ve been drownin’ for all these years.
Would she look at me and tell me not to ever let her go?
She looks at me
She is happy
-DeBenedictis
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4. |
Tease
02:32
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My best friend she calls me every day, she knows I'm so far away,
She knows that I love her, but she don’t give a fuck
'Cause that’s the game that she plays
She tells me about who she’s seen, goes way farther than a tease
I know that in my heart, I’ll be fine.
When I talk to her I trip on all of my words I dig myself a hole six feet deep,
I try to climb out but this hole’s made of sand,
It's crumbling down around me
She tells me about who she’s seen, goes way farther than a tease
I know that in my heart, I’ll be fine.
My best friend she calls me every day, she knows I'm so far away,
She knows that I love her, but she don’t give a fuck
'Cause that’s the game that she plays
She tells me about who she sees, goes way farther than a tease
I know that in my heart, I’ll be fine.
-DeBenedictis
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5. |
Seen a Lot of Trouble
04:12
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I've seen a lot of trouble babe,
Seen a lot of trouble in my lonely day
I've seen a lot of trouble baby,
Seen a lot of trouble in my lonely day
I don't wanna be punished no more,
Send me back to where my woman laid
Maybe it's too late for all my pain
Crawl out of the cracks, into the fame
Second chances just called again
It's what I need to mend
Lord just help me mend
Lord please forgive me
Forgive me for my very sin,
I tried to put my guns down baby
Lord you know I won't mend
Don't wanna walk with the devil no more
(No) darling I just can't
Maybe it's too late for all my pain
Crawl out of the cracks, into the fame
Second chances just called again
It's what I need to mend
McCourt/DeBenedictis
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Pumped up gonna have some fun, Pumped up like a shotgun…
She told me I should go, I stayed,
She told me not to come, I came,
My dad’s gonna be home any day,
I guess today really wasn’t my day…
Pumped up gonna have some fun, Pumped up like a shotgun…
I see him comin’ down the street,
He pulls up in a black Mercedes,
Goes inside to get his gun,
Gives me a chance to run,
Pulled out, should’ve pulled up first...
Pumped up gonna have some fun, Pumped up like a shotgun…
Pumped up...
-DeBenedictis
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7. |
Antidepressed
03:05
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She says it’s “business as usual” But I don’t know if I believe her,
She said it’s business as usual…
She says she’s going on a long vacation, Sends me postcards from around the nation,
But I wish she’d stay… I wish she’d stay…
Every time she gets out of bed , I don’t
Every time she gets in my head, I wont
Every time she hits her head, I don’t
I know, we all know, where she goes…
She says she needs medication, She’s going out of touch with no relation,
She does it for the elation, Comes and goes with out salutation,
You know what can I say? What can I say?
Every time she gets out of bed , I don’t
Every time she gets in my head, I wont
Every time she hits her head, I don’t
I know, we all know, where she goes…
-DeBenedictis
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8. |
Disaster
02:13
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My baby she’s a disaster, She don’t wanna talk to me,
My baby is a disaster, she don’t wanna tell me things,
She don’t wanna tell me all the things that she sees in her head,
And all of her friends, she thinks theyre already dead,
Her head gets heavy and her knees start to shake
When I come in, She starts to scream…
I want you out…
I want you out…
So pack up your bags and sell off your ghosts,
Who the hell wants them? Who the hell knows?
I want you out…
My baby she’s an apparition, I watch her watch me,
My baby, I’m the disaster, I stay up ‘till three
And every night I watch her haunt my halls
I watch her feet walk across the floor
And I can't get over what happened yesterday,
'Cause I can't stop, Screaming what I've seen.
I want you out…
I want you out…
So pack up your bags and sell off your ghosts,
Who the hell wants them? Who the hell knows,
I want you out…
-DeBenedictis
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9. |
Love And War
03:51
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Go to the W.B.C and burn it down, I was raised Catholic, all these super Christian people freak my out,
Who gave them books? Who even taught them how to read? They’re just starting wars making all of God’s children bleed
Take it away, Take it away, take all my thoughts away
Take it away, Take it away, take all my troubles away
‘Cause every time that I have a good day, It just turns to shit the next
Take it away, Maybe someday of this will pass
The man you love isn’t the man you really love,
And baby I’ve been waiting for a long time for you,
I’ll wait forever if it takes forever just to say a word,
Just say I love you just say I do…too…
Take it away, Take it away, take all my thoughts away
Take it away, Take it away, take all my troubles away
‘Cause every time that I have a good day, It just turns to shit the next
Take it away, Maybe someday of this will pass
It’s a shame that you’ve gotta leave your dreams alone,
You don’t need a man to make you who you are,
I’m no James Dean but I know a thing or two about it,
Driving stick with your love killed your man but we don’t talk, about it
Take it away, Take it away, take all my thoughts away
Take it away, Take it away, take all my troubles away
‘Cause every time that I have a good day, It just turns to shit the next
Take it away, Maybe someday of this will pass
-DeBenedictis
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10. |
Nicky
03:25
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If anyone is mean to you,
They can take it up with me,
If they think that they're a better man than I,
Well they can take it to their grave,
Because vanity means nothing to me,
If you can count on one person to always be nice,
You'd be right to count on me,
You're the sweetest person I have ever known,
You're my best friend and it shows,
I don't ever have to reach for the phone,
'Cause I know you're always home,
You're the greatest thing that ever happened to me,
Nicky
And at times things may look rough,
Well they'll only get better from here,
I can't promise you that much my friend,
Except a ticket from here to there,
Mom and dad don't mean the same thing to me,
You're the only one I've got to make it out of life alive with.
You're the sweetest person I have ever known,
You're my best friend and it shows,
I don't ever have to reach for the phone,
'Cause I know you're always home,
You're the greatest thing that ever happened to me,
Nicky
On and on and on...
You're the sweetest person I have ever known,
You're my best friend and it shows,
I don't ever have to reach for the phone,
'Cause I know you're always home,
You're the greatest thing that ever happened to me,
Nicky
-DeBenedictis
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11. |
Timmy
06:35
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Got out of bed the other day,
There, sat an angel with a cigarette,
Said “For a dollar you can have a toke, I’m gonna make you feel alright”
I sold my soul to the lord up above, I sold my soul for a cigarette,
That’s me
I’ll give it to any one who asks, I’ll give it to anyone who asks, nicely
I’ll give it up for anything, I’ll give it up for anything, that’s free
Got stopped the other day, He said “Son do you feel alright?”
I said “Yes sir whats going on?”... “Why don’t you come for a ride”
I sold my soul to be above the law, Got stopped, Got fucked
That’s me
I’ll give it to any one who asks, I’ll give it to anyone who asks, nicely
I’ll give it up for anything, I’ll give it up for anything, that’s free
Got stopped the other day, He said “Son do you feel alright?”
I said “Yes sir whats going on?”... “Why don’t you come for a ride?”
I sold my soul to the lord up above, I sold my soul for a cigarette,
That’s me
I’ll give it to any one who asks, I’ll give it to anyone who asks, nicely
I’ll give it up for anything, I’ll give it up for anything, that’s free
-DeBenedictis
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12. |
St. Frank
03:41
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My lady, she's pulling out to the mountains
That night we laid by the sea
She's glad I didn't turn out like my father
And her face, was gold enough for me
Baby's got a mouth like a diamond
All of her words cut through me
I've got a heart like a diamond
So hard, it takes another to cut me
She's a lover not a lighter, and she burns up my name
I would sign away all my life so our night would never end
I don't remember a thing about seventeen
It all was a blur, life was a dream
Now I'm gonna be twenty, I won't forget her 'till I'm thirty-seven
We would sip wine and drink Sinatra
She's a lover not a lighter, and she burns up my name
I would sign away all my life so our night would never end
If I could find my way into a dream
I would forget about tomorrow
Just a dream of another night,
In the moonlight next to the sea...
Now I don't know a thing about tomorrow
It never comes, it only follows today
Now as my lady, she's pullin' out for the mountains,
And her face, is all I'll ever need
-DeBenedictis
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