1. |
Bad Arcade
02:33
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Lookin back at my grave
indefeasible gaze
writing songs about songs
writing people's dates wrong
in a bag marked hate
is my life story to date
in a bag marked love
whiskey can and dum dums
in a bad arcade
is my crime story to date
I wrote it on the train
the motive will never be proclaimed
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2. |
If I Had a Car
02:31
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Kate drives fast
kate drives well
Kate taught me how to raise hell
if i had a car x2
I wanna hit the road like we did that time
I wanna cross the bridge
great lakes great times
if i had a car x2
it could be from the aughts
or the 90s too
doesn't really matter
I'll drive all night to you
if I had a car x2
I could take the train
but it's not the same
I wanna hit the road
cuz fossil fuels are insane
if i had a car
if i had a car
if i had a fucking car
ooohh
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3. |
Nexxt 1
04:52
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American boys
American girls
American boys
American boy now american girl
I saw u in line I didn't say hi
I didn't say hi
I saw u in line where Iggy got signed
where iggy got signed
On a hot street
king can deep
you're a cameo Creep
Dig up yr bones
into the zone
leaving yer home
go back to a time
if You'll oblige
when iggy got high
now on the beach
sun-faded bleach
but the 90s were bleak
and i'm waitin for the nexxt 1
yeah i'm waiting for the nexxt 1 yeah
and i'm waiting for the nexxt 1
and i'm getting on the nexxt 1 so don't stop
I'm getting on the next one
and I'm getting on the nexxt 1 yeah
and i'm getting on the nexxt 1
and i'm getting on the nexxt 1 yeah
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4. |
No X-Mas
01:16
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No x-mas for lou reed
no x-mas for bob quine
no x-mas for keith mooon
no x-mas for d. boon
no x-mas for mark twain
no x-mas for jesus
no x-mas for bob s. (stinson)
no x-mas for x-ray spex
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5. |
Y.O.L.T.
03:12
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You think you need me
You couldn't be more wrong
I'm doing you a solid if I don't pick up the phone
I can try to role play
fit into your life
lights out intermission
you only live twice
you only live twice x4
you think you need me you couldn't be more wrong
it took 28 years to write this song
gather up yr rosebuds and wait here for yr prize
there's more to life than rosebuds but that's not in your eyes
that's not in yr eyes x4
you think you need me you couldn't be more wrong
i'm doing me a solid if i stay at home
you only live twice x4
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6. |
Park Benches
02:52
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What is desire????????????
Am I DEAD????????
she's getting higher
and goes to bed
so audacious!
and always game!
pavement shivers in the sun
park benches call my name
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7. |
Street
03:50
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I was beset
not as in Kennedy
What I mean
Is baby i'm sorry
All mixed-up
I was in-between
dried-out and stuck-up
like a x-mas tree
when i pass love on the street
i look down at the street
when i see love in my dreams
it's always on a different street
I walk thru the mall
and see that it's changed
but the kids still buy hamburgers with pocket change
and the kids still smoke
it keeps them sane
i'm the one wasting my brain
when i pass love on the street
i look down at the street
when i see love in my dreams
i fear no evil i see no creeps
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8. |
Kinks Song
02:33
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Time is of the essence so they say
Kissing boys i'm English so they say
if fashion does require it who's to blame
swallow the words spit out the pain
your friends tell you the truth
you show them it's no fucken use
it's so boring it's so lame
another dislocated brain
you're a miser who can wait
and you don't engage the fates...except the one that's got your back
throwing curses at the moon
right after your silver spoon and it won't come back
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9. |
Nurse
02:56
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I went to the nurse but i forgot how to complain
things were alright did they get worse it did they stay the same?
i went to the nurse i wasn't there
i went to the nurse i just don't care
i went to the nurse you can check with her
i said i went to the nurse you can check with her
i wasn't there
i went to the nurse again
i can explain
i went to the nurse she said, "You have permanent pain"
i went to the nurse i wasn't there
i went to the nurse i just don't care
i went to the nurse you can check with her
i said i went to the nurse you can check with her
i wasn't there
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10. |
Here I Am
00:59
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here i am
there you are
a too hot bench
a deadly bar
and if you like me, find another way to ask that question
looking for a bit of misdirection
finding out you're not worth my
...
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