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Rental History
05:29
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Every house in this town is haunted
Every ghost will get just what it wanted when
Every bathtub in this town is flooded and
We are washed out to the sea
His dearest love lives in the room above him
He couldn't sleep for fear she did not love him
Every night he lay awake
Afraid his lonely heart would break
Take this bottle fill it full of histories
Tragic accounts of wandering and misery
And when the boat takes you from me
Our curse will float out to the sea
Every house in this town is covered with
Dust and paint and bottles broken over like
Scars and marks of a restless tenant who was
Never sure where to be
A rental history written out in street signs
Laundry lists and personal phone lines
We gain a habit every day
Our bodies demand to have their way
Take this bottle fill it full of histories
Tragic accounts of wandering and misery
And when the boat takes you from me
Our curse will float out to the sea
Every house in this town is shuttered
We packed and left the day that we discovered that
Every couple in this town got wasted and
They all misplaced their keys
Every morning with a scarf of roses the
Couples work their way through foolish poses
They found they hadn't much to say
By the light of brightest day
Take this bottle fill it full of histories
Tragic accounts of wandering and misery
And when the boat takes you from me
Our curse will float out to the sea
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2. |
English Shores
02:50
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Floating in open space
In pieces twinkling like a chandelier
Our last chance for an even break
Was blown like bank vaults from the airplane's rear
Crashed down on English shores
Here is something that I can't believe
Crashed down on English shores
I never knew that the devil could be so bored
A year ago in south beach maze
In girls like flowers, you grew like a weed
I'd been confessing on my knees for days
The phone kept ringing in my time of need
Were I a prince in a graceful gown
I could be floating like a magic thing
To some place where you can't fall down
Where sand and lime taste like a memory
Crashed down on English shores
Here is something that I can't believe
Crashed down on English shores
I never knew that the devil could be so bored
I know it - you're gliding
I'm sinking like a submarine
There is no way to hide it
This is the way that I have always been
Crashed down on English shores
Here is something that I can't believe
Crashed down on English shores
I never knew that the devil could be so bored
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A Million Burning Lights
03:55
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A million burning lights
Keep this city bright
The fumes have made you wired
So drive until you're tired
City after city
The life seems so busy
From one town to the next
You're just like all the rest
You're just like all the rest
So unsure
Some friends you haven't seen
For days or even weeks
Have a couch for you to crash
How long will it last?
A burden on everyone
Time to get things done
You have a job you think's the best
But it's just like all the rest
You're just like all the rest
So unsure
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Blue
03:08
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The last time I saw you alive
I mean really enjoying life
You were proud of your accomplishments
We were happy about our friendship
It's not mine, it's not your fault
Communications have fallen apart
Three thousand miles between us now
The bond is hard to keep up somehow
To live again
And to see my friends
To go ten years back, and relive our past
To see my friend
We made promises to ourselves
We wouldn't separate for someone else
We'd be together for fifty years
And revel in the time we've spent here
So, please now, hear my cry
Come together, stop wasting time
You're my friend and I need you here
I hope you know that I miss you dear
To live again
And to see my friends
To go ten years back, and relive our past
To see my friend
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Born where the river runs out
Down where there's nothing left
Your name is what you sign on a check
Your faith is what you keep to yourself
I walked all over Ohio
I got a hole in my shoe
There wasn't nothing else
That we could do
I broke the bank in Chicago
I hit a man in the third
Is there a lesson there
That I should have learned?
I grabbed a gun in St. Louis
And I got some blood on my shirt
Now there ain't nobody else
To hurt
I lost my name in Lewiston
Now everyone wonders who
Is that man
With nothing left to lose
I found Jesus in Denver
The father said He'd been waiting for me
He said, "Even this far down a tunnel
There's a light you never see."
Was never famous in Arkansas
My jacket spelled bad news
The record played on both sides
I never got to choose
I met some girls in Miami
They knew how to spend the time
They were pretty
And they never spoke out of line
The celebration inside my heart
With desperation and song
I fought my way to the morning light
Because the nights were so long
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Relax
03:48
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Relax, relax
Take some time to find that place
In your mind, in your heart
I know that you are not this way
Confused, abandoned
In this town that has no face
Relax, relax
Someday, someday
Someday, we'll run away.
Relax, relax
Take some time to find that place
In your mind, in your heart
I know that you are not this way
Confused, abandoned
In this town that has no face
Relax, relax
Someday, someday
Someday, we'll run away.
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City Lines
02:36
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You should wrap up in your coat tonight
The stores are closing and the world is freezing
Follow the traffic and the Christmas lights
Too late to hurry, ‘cause the world is creeping
Amanda, your heart
You’re nineteen and it’s breaking apart
Beneath the cracks the serpent city sighs
With the heat of its dark breathing
Pacing mailmen on the city lines
Too late to hurry, ‘cause the world is slinking
Amanda, your heart
You’re nineteen and it’s breaking apart
You should wrap up in your coat tonight
Under the streetlights and the fat thoughtful stars
It ain’t no hurry, it ain’t no surprise
The world is hungry and its heart keeps beating
Amanda, your heart
You’re nineteen and it’s breaking apart
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Dawn Chorus Greensboro, North Carolina
Dawn Chorus was from Greensboro, NC. Usually it was Andrew, Amy, Will and Zachary, but sometimes there were others.
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