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Earl Grey Kisses
03:48
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Have we been so wrong
Have we been so lost for light
That we wrote sad songs
And squandered every line?
‘Cause there are new ways
Of winding up the gods
And when the song fades
The minor can’t resolve
And I will hold the best of you
Yes and I will kiss the rest of you
For so long
With all your time left
You send pictures from Lyon
Real lives lived
Making real loves
And I tell bad jokes
And I’ve been throwing the big fights
Till your heart broke
So I can slip inside
Listen
Listen
And tell me it’s not wrong
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Let Your Hair Fall Down
03:54
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Last night left some marks on you that I can see
With chapped up lips and bruised up heart set on repeat
Grab me by the shaking hand let’s straighten the crooked out
And let your hair fall down
No one in this town will know our name
The sweat dries on your skin and it tastes like rain
Shake your dress loose bite my tongue let’s straighten the crooked out
And let your hair fall down
And if it happens all the time
What time is the right time to tell you?
Do you recognize a thing you see?
We passed this way before but it was in the Spring
Seems we’ve died a thousand times to straighten the crooked out
So let your hair fall down
And it’s about time we go too far far far
There’s no coming back from far far far
They can’t find us we’re too far far far
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3. |
Duet
02:51
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Out under the moonlight
Up and down the streets you wander
From the open windows come songs that we both know
You sing high and I’ll fall in
Down the streets and through the city
And I will sing with you but I can’t make the show
Sing it all by yourself
Like it’s you and me and no one else
I will sing with you but I can’t make the show
This chord’s a major
These heartstrings ring and chime
You set the tempo
You know how it goes
I can’t remember
These words I meant to write
You say it better
Show me how it goes
Lately I’ve been searching through all the records that you left me
Trying to find you waiting in songs that we both know
Wishing I could hear your voice ring out with me one more time
But it’s too late now you’ll never make the show
Sing it all by myself
Like it’s you and me and no one else
I will sing with you but you can’t make the show
Don’t worry baby
We’re never far apart
Open your window and walk with me down through the city
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4. |
Wasted
02:50
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Gimme that sign
Automated
You know I love that electricity
You wanna get high
I'm frustrated
Girl I'll be the sugar in your tea
All the ways you're found and lost
Where'd you go? Where'd you go?
All the ways these words don't add up it seems so
Wasted wasted wasted
You burn so bright
I'm cremated
Turn it up and on and feel the heat
You drank all night
but never tasted
The morning breaks without an ounce of sleep
All the ways your ship's been tossed
Where'd you go? Where'd you go?
All your lusty sailors lost I feel so
Wasted wasted wasted
Praying for you down upon my knees
Listen for you stumbling up my street, girl
There's must be somewhere loud we can meet
All the ways you're found and lost
Where'd you go? Where'd you go?
Turn the green, green grass to dust until we're
Wasted wasted wasted
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5. |
I Meant To Write
03:26
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Tell them all that I meant to write
Tell them I stayed up all night
But couldn’t get it right
Still, I tried
Took a walk when the sun came up
Felt the heat through a coffee cup
My eyes were cold and numb
Still, I tried
Walking through these gray days, long days, clear ways past all light
There’s a place where the pavement ends
Before the beach and the pier begin
The trains come screaming in
So, I tried
Tell them all it’s a losers’ game
Kiss me baby, say my name
So I’ll come back again
Or, I’ll try
Do you think this breeze is never ending
Where land and sea conspire to keep me standing
Don’t tell me how the winners will be spending their
Cold, dead nights
Tell them all it’s a losers’ game
Kiss me baby, say my name
So I’ll come back again
Or, I’ll try
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6. |
Alfred Starr Hamilton
03:16
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Time's a rag doll
With something bright and cold in its chest
Words can strip bark and seep between the buttons of your vest
The cold is rising
Is someone here to tell me it's fine?
So fine
Smoking by the window
Fine
Freezing in the winter
All right, I'll be listening, I'll be listening, baby
All right, right now
You know I love you
Unravelling and troubling the signs
With words that stand still and brighten in the corners of your eyes
So come inside, dear
Where everyone will tell us it's fine
So fine
Smoking by the window
Fine
Freezing in the winter
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7. |
Baby We're Fine
04:01
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Tall tales in songs that never end
Two ales, and a whisky for my friend
We catch a fever
But how are we now?
We trade secrets
But how are we now?
And do we dream the same at night?
Rolling and tumbling
Baby we’re fine
Believing in something like “time flies”
Who says that we don’t want to know
Stay late, but hurry up and go
We don’t see it
So why are we blind?
We don’t feel it
So why don’t we mind?
And do we dream the same at night?
Time to drink up time to fly, with all our fears and hard luck stories, ‘round in circles you and I
Time for make-up, dry your eyes, someone calls but I won’t answer
Blue sky clear but too far from the ground
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8. |
Broken Falls
03:40
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Come alive or don’t come at all
I don’t think we can make you
My brothers tried, grew cold, lost it all
I don’t think we can make you
Walk back out to the old ovations
Flip the sides never asked the stations why
Spend it all on the new vocation
Rock the baby, dull the nation
Why
Raise your toast or don’t drink at all
I don’t know who would make you
Potions fire sick brews, broken falls
Where’s the love that would make you
Love all you own
Try
Love all you know
Try
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9. |
Your Spell Is Too Late
04:03
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Turn off the light, dear
You see much better at night
I don’t need your night, dear
I see what’s hidden here
Listen the rain has gone still, dear
Will you be alright, dear?
The chill sucks down into your bones
Don’t feed me your lies, dear
I know you’re waiting for
Some sign that I’m scared to go, dear
The moon is a friend of fate
Ghosts rattle garden gates
Maybe your spell is too late
Turn off the light, dear
You’ve had a long, weary day
It’s just the start, dear
I’m spinning webs to catch
Stars that won’t bring me their shine, dear
Turn off the light, dear
Turn off the light, dear
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10. |
Poison Love
02:43
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Have we been so wrong
Have we've been so lost for light
That we wrote sad songs
To hold you through the night
'Cause there are new ways
To reach out for a hand
And when the songs fade
You forget about the band
And I will hold the best of you
Yes and I will kiss the rest of you
For so long
With one more night left
And all the stars above
Walk through this world with me
And sing me poison love
So I tell bad jokes
And I've been throwing the big fights
Till your heart broke
So I can slip inside
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