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Rental History
07:08
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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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A Million Burning Lights
03:50
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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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You Drive
04:21
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You drive
And I’ll ride
The sunset
Is infinite
I see the road laid out in front of me
It’s covered in dry leaves
A bus that’s dead for months on end
A hole in my shoe, where do I begin?
Your car
Under stars
No lights
From city life
Closer
You whisper
I love you and
I’m happy, and
I see the road laid out in front of me
It’s covered in dry leaves
A bus that’s dead for months on end
A hole in my shoe, where do I begin?
We could run away, and we could marry
Leave both our parents behind
Our nicest clothes we’ll be wearing
Open fields the rest of our lives
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Anne Bolen
04:37
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Oh, so near
Like a brand new coat to wear
It spilled over the glass
Like the whispering of the water under the snow
It's only been a week since Christmas
You know I will be walking home
I can't remember how or where I left you
But this world has gone
I have seen the blast
I have seen its lasting glow
Will the weapons of our madness bring a chorus soft and low?
We may be the last
We may be the last who know
We'll be warmed above by fire, and chilled from down below
It's only been a week since Christmas
You know I will be walking home
I can't remember how or where I left you
But this world has gone
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Robin's Egg
06:28
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To Jasmine, to celebrate the start
A pillow, a peppermint, and a card
In pieces, rubber-banded art
And someone laid a robin's egg in my heart
Six million, six hundred thousand words
With definitions no one ever learned
The sentence will slip and fall apart
And someone laid a robin's egg in my heart
A gunmetal, pressure-dented lock
On a book of words so appropriate and soft
The key fits in the middle of the lock
And someone laid a robin's egg in my heart
Someone laid a robin's egg in my heart
Someone laid a robin's egg in my heart
Someone laid a robin's egg in my heart
Someone laid a robin's egg in my heart
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English Shores
02:40
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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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Kept By The Storm
05:27
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I did wait, up late
For you to call
Hear your voice, see your face
I can’t hear your car
Come up the road
Through the trees, in the dark
In and out of sleep
Are you standing there?
At the foot of our bed
Are you lost?
Are you coming home?
Are you kept by the storm?
I was
Waiting
For you
Saved a
Place and
The bed was
So warm
Waking up, alone
Without you there
So confused, so unsure
Did you make it home safe?
Maybe you're downstairs
On the couch asleep
I can’t imagine home
And the world I know
Washed of so much joy
When I dress and come down stairs
Will you be waiting for me?
What will there be?
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The Fucking Contest
04:26
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We could fill these creeks with the sweat from our sheets
But, when you kiss my cheeks, can you taste defeat?
Every green thing grows toward the light
But on this quiet night there ain't a star in sight
Every ship has always been a lonely one
For the sea holds men so close
And far away from home
In our letters were the codes to bring us back
Oh, finally someone has cared enough to keep track
Under sweating stars, in the whispered parts
I'm flushing out the silence in this cold and aching heart
Every ship has always been a lonely one
For the sea holds men so close
They're far away
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Feels Like Living
02:36
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This is nice, but where are we going
The fields are green
The leaves are turning, something’s wrong
The wheels are spinning
And soon we will be flying, out of our bodies
This feels like living
Wear something nice, cause this will be awesome
I give it to you
The burden of planning something new
Like swimming or hiking
Laughing or talking, just keep on smiling
This feels like living
And if there’s words that your hiding
To keep me from crying
I’ll close my eyes, and I’m listening
To every word that you're whispering
The sun is out, sky is clear, and there’s a cool breeze in the air
Across the room, I caught you looking straight at me
And now your walking over to speak
We’re smart and witty, and soon we will be happy
Our lives we’re sharing
This feels like living
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n the long run, maybe I should avoid these things
But, I was sick this morning
In no control of what the fever brings
You take off your shirt
I put my face between your shoulder blades
In the sweat and steam I think I've finally got it made
I should be sleeping tonight
I should be sleeping tonight
But I had a dream about you
Your silhouette, your coat
Your turtleneck, your childish no's
You're out of breath, you cough
From all that Turkish Gold you smoke
Your halo, my horns
Your disbelief at when the laughing stops
In a daydream, overcome by the heavy sleep
I should be sleeping tonight
I should be sleeping tonight
But I had a dream about you
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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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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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