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Antiseptic Greeting
03:00
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You see me out on a Sunday
Confused by choices at the grocery and I am
Quite drawn back into my own mind
Counting the squares of linoleum
I’m having a nice time
But I seem to have caught someone’s eye
A girl I met once at a party or something
I look like the sun is in my eyes
You had me at goodbye
Oh I know it’s an antiseptic greeting man
You think I could do better
But I don’t think I can
You see me out on a Monday
Doing a crossword at the cafe and all of
The sudden I’m overcome with worry
About whether or not I am pregnant
Or just stressed out
But I seem to have caught someone’s eye
A guy that I went on one boring date with
I look like the sun is in my eyes
You had me at goodbye
Oh I know it’s an antiseptic greeting man
You think I could do better
But I don’t think I can
What happens now is word is spreading I am cruel
When really I am just an oblivious fool
I think I’ll probably always let you down
I look like the sun is in my eyes
You had me at goodbye
You want me to be so upbeat
But I’m running on 3 hours sleep
You think I’m being so mean and snide
But maybe it is that my dog just died
I look like the sun is in my eyes
You had me at goodbye
I know it’s an antiseptic greeting man
You think I could do better but I don’t think I can
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Oh Dear Louis
02:21
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It was late in May or maybe it was June/Laying in the grass, the sky a light maroon/And I was in charge of everything you told me I should be/Exercising, philosophizing, sober for three weeks/Then you went inside/It was too long a time/Oh dear Louis I was in the yard/Oh dear Louis I wasn’t too far to hear you cry/We were at a party by Palmer Square/And I was sick of hearing ‘bout this guy’s band/So I went to the porch to breathe in all that isotopic air/Maybe you lost track of time or maybe you just got too scared/You locked yourself in a room/The panic consumed/Oh dear Louis I was just outside/Oh dear Louis I wasn’t too far to hear you cry/Oh dear Louis I’m always on the line/Oh dear Louis I wasn’t too far to hear you/Oh dear Louis you’re always on my mind/Oh dear Louis I’m not too far to hear you cry
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Loneliest Handsome Man
04:45
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It wasn’t a night to remember so much as it was one that just kinda stuck with me/Randomly walking into a three band bill, death metal show in downtown Calgary/Reaching inside for your usual wink and partial smile that gets you almost anything/The girl at the bar gave you a free beer while I gladly paid and went to find a seat/And I can tell that you’re glad for the company/As whoever this guy is you want to be/You’re the loneliest handsome man in the world/An obvious system, such careful attention to just the right amount of disarray/But the mess has gone inward, you can’t help but wonder the point at which you let it get away from you/Lighting up a cigarette, pacing, and holding your face, it makes the tortured genius bit believable/And even though I’m wise to it, sometimes even I forget, jumping on favors, oh, I’m deceivable/And I can tell that you’re glad for the company/As whoever this guy is you want to be/You’re the loneliest handsome man in the world/And you say you don’t have nobody that you can call/No signal gets through your grand facade/You’re a journey away from a connection/And I can’t just keep on hitting with my kid gloves/You’re the loneliest handsome man/You’re the loneliest handsome man/You’re the loneliest handsome man in the world
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Wise One
03:09
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Wise one, love is not everything/It is not food, it is not water to drink/Love does not mend a bone or fill up a lung/It can not keep the Earth revolving the Sun/Should there be a day when all is lost/Would I trade my love?/Oh I think not/Dear one, love is not your North Star/It can not pull you from the overturned car/It cannot cure the illness growing inside/But for the hope of love, so many will die/Should there be a day when all is lost/Would I trade my love?/Oh I think not/Should there be a day when all is lost/Would I trade my love?/Oh I think not
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Red Sky, Blue Mountain
03:28
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Shutik homma, nanih okchakko, shutik homma/Shutik homma, nanih okchakko, shutik homma/Shutik homma, nanih okchakko, shutik homma/Shutik homma, nanih okchakko, shutik homma/Nan ahni mvt ahli, vttvt yakni ya inlvcha chi/Nan ahni mvt ahli, vttvt yakni ya inlvcha chi/Shutik homma, nanih okchakko, shutik homma/Shutik homma, nanih okchakko, shutik homma/Micha e mihchi tuk, he kia nanta e yohmi tuk/Micha e mihchi tuk, he kia nanta e yohmi tuk/Shutik homma, nanih okchakko, shutik homma
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Smile When
02:56
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I woke up to the thought of you/All alone in the heat of noon/And every chance that I get, when I pass a phone/I sing a song for you into the dial tone/And I know how it seems/But I smile when you call/Smile when you call/Smile when you call/I know work is work/We do what we gotta do/And I left you for somebody new/And although I’m tied in with a ring on my hand/I just can’t forget my Kansas lineman/And I know how it seems/But I smile when you call/Smile when you call/Smile when you call/Smile when you call/Oh those forbidden days/When your voice makes its way through the wire/Do you feel a little less tired?/Because I do/Smile when you call/Smile when you call/Smile when you call/Smile when you call/Smile when you call/Smile when you call
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Betty's Eulogy
03:37
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Early in the morning I needed you/I wanted you by my side/The aviator, the celebrity/Taken from a country and a wife/Oh the Orion to Port Barrow/I had to have known all this time/The land of the midnight sun/The last frontier/My cowboy dear said goodbye/And he was singing “Lord let me live until I die”/He was singing “Lord let me live until I die”/The ropin’ fool, the Cherokee lassoed my heart/My blazing star, I was his sky/Searching for another truth, the next great joke/I’ve always known he could fly/And he was singing “Lord let me live until I die”/He was singing “Lord let me live until I die”/And he was singing “Lord let me live until I die”/He was singing “Lord let me live until I die”
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Windmill Crusader
02:47
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So when you woke up/It wasn't safe/"I wasn't here born yesterday"/There is a darkness/There is a night/Something is coming your precious life/Precious life, precious life/I'm fine/You have to believe me/I'm so sure what you'll find/You have to believe me/These are dangerous times/I'm no windmill crusader/I'm not ill, not blind/Not spoon-fed or paid for/When you had it all/I was just enough/I was just enough for you/When you had it all/I was just enough/I was just enough for you/So I'll find you/Near the ocean/Dying softly/With the city burning/You'll ask me/Why I’m laughing/And also crying at the same time/I'll say I, I’m fine/You have to believe me/I'm so sure what you'll find/You have to believe me/These are dangerous times/I'm no windmill crusader/I'm not ill, not blind/Not spoon-fed or paid for/I’m fine/You have to believe me/I’m so sure what you’ll find/You have to believe me/You have to believe me/You have to believe me
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They were strolling in the gloaming/Where the roses were in bloom/A soldier and his sweetheart brave and true/And their hearts were filled with sorrow/For their thoughts were on tomorrow/As she pinned a rose upon his coat of blue/Do not ask me love to linger/When you know not what to say/For duty calls your sweetheart’s name again/And your heart need not be sighing/If I be among the dying/I’ll be with you when the roses bloom again/When the roses bloom again/Down by the river/And the mockingbird has sung his sweet refrain/In the days of Auld Lang Syne/I’ll be with you sweetheart mine/I’ll be with you when the roses bloom again/’Midst the rattle of the battle/Came a whisper soft and low/A soldier who had fallen in the fray/I am dying, I am dying/And I know I have to go/But I want to say before I pass away/There’s a far and distant river/Where the roses are in bloom/And a sweetheart who is waiting there for me/And it’s there I pray you’ll take me/I’ve been faithful, don’t forsake me/I’ll be with her when the roses bloom again/I’ll be with her when the roses bloom again
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Wreck
03:04
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In the heart of the country/Where the men all love their wives/I'm a wreck with no one there to see/I was burning up all night/They say if outcast hands are cringing/Someone's bound to just appear/But I don't want just anyone/I need a worker not a volunteer/I got so much love to give/It tosses me and it turns/I don't wanna be the wreck that burns and burns and burns and burns/Like a kettle taken off the flame/Still hot for hours more/I fear whatever I am made of/Never cools enough to hold/I think we all want security/With all its healing lore/But with that comes a treaty/And treaties break with war/I got so much love to give/It tosses me and it turns/I don't wanna be the wreck that burns and burns and burns and burns/I got so much love to give/It tosses me and it turns/I don't wanna be the wreck that burns and burns and burns and burns
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