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Invader
02:38
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before you run away
with yourself
what you see there
won't be no help
try to open up
find something
what you know now
won't mean a thing
invader
i see you're running late
but that's okay
are we better off
not being ashamed
time starts walking
walking to nowhere
is it too late
to get our shit together
invader
so if we all die
oil junkies
what we did here
can't be explained
or maybe light up
all the big bombs
what you know now
how'd it get away
invader
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2. |
Crazy Shit
01:54
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they all into that crazy shit
tattoo with a toothpick
where's it gunna end
where's it gunna end
smoking porcupines
taking turns with the turpentine
how's it gunna go
how's it gunna go
everybody's crying they just want to know, know, know
how we supposed to know
sipping spicy ginger ale
beating on the garbage pails
where's it gunna go
where's it gunna go
open up the poetry
begger's biscuit royal tea
how's it gunna go
how's it gunna go
they all into that crazy shit
tatoo with a blue bic
how's it gunna end
how's it gunna end
smoking porcupines
taking turns with the turpentine
where's it gunna end
where's it gunna end
everybody's crying they just want to know, know, know
how we supposed to know
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3. |
Dumb in Love
02:11
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driving my car through the woods
dumb in love again
like some idiot zombie kid
dumb in love again, again
they don't really want you...
riding my bike through the lake
dumb in love again
punk rock indie rock everything's a fake
dumb in love again, again
no one really wants you
just love me
read my poetry
kick out the james
on the zbc
you're in love again
but you got no friends
late night text drunk poetry
dumb in love again
kicking out the james on the zbc
dumb in love again, again
they don't really want you
just love me
read my poetry
check out the scene
it's a garage dream
you're in love again
but you got not friends
driving my car through the stars
dumb in love again
radio tuned to npr
dumb in love again, again
no-one really wants you
just love me
read my poetry
fresh air screaming into the air
oh please oh please
you're in love again
but you got no friends
only rock n roll feelings
rock n roll feelings
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4. |
If You Catch the Devil
03:37
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on the see through ocean
they carried off my soul
sailed away like a thin
bottle rocket smoke
took me off to paris
on the dark blue sea
drown out all my problems
thinking love is free
but it's not at all...
what you described as hell
was just another day
drank up all the potion
and lost you on the way
i took many wrong turns
with eyes too big to see
that atlantic ocean
would never set us free
not at all...
let me sit and wonder
the madness of the night
with my mind on fire
with my heart alight
so if you catch the devil
never let him go
buried in the garden
but he don't make it grow
not at all..
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5. |
Mercury in Retrograde
02:05
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everybody's screaming mercury's in retrograde
i keep my tv tuned to the evil eye
i keep my dreaming tuned to the whistle of the bomb
screaming through the clouds, makes the second sun
do you mind if i yell hell is coming, wonder why
let's pick out the paintings for the extinction room
the future is not necessarily all gloom and doom
but hey, it sure feels that way
sometimes it feels that way
sometimes it feels that way
sometimes it feels that way
i ran out of steam in the middle of my dream
i lost the train to what became the storyline
i only can recall, the wrong popsicle
and a staring contest with an old friend of mine
who is safe in heaven dead, given his half life
somewhat free from the meatwheel 'til the end of time
so i steal a kerouac line for the body of my gun
'cause i point it at myself, you see, from time to time
in this half life
i see you again
at the end of time
at the end of time
at the end of time
at the end of time
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6. |
Forever, Whatever
01:48
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will this ever end
will this ever end
will this ever end
oh this will never end
i could not make you mine
i could not make you mine
i could not make it
stand outside
somebody's door
don't know why
don't know what for
you would not have eyes only
you would not have eyes only
you would not have eyes for
forever, forever, forever
whatever, whatever, whatever
alone again
alone again
drew a ufo on your knee
and a cowboy on our hand
i could not make you mine
i could not make you mine
i could not make it
forever, forever, forever
whatever, whatever, whatever
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welcome back to the horror show
with your strange and terrifying drink
the perfect seaside symphony
watching the world go blink
welcome to the age where you smile no
standing in a curtain, a handstand on the road
a stale piece of fry bread was the best i ate
but you were far, too far way
oh we're traveling through time
it gets a little fuzzy
made a beaver skull gold madonna
and tossed it into the sea
welcome to the shimmering fool's parade
the mayor just fired the gun
a broken lightbulb somewhere between
watching the children run
oh welcome, welcome, a shine in your eyes
sipping your dandelion tea
a perfect tip toe mystery
watching the world go free
oh we're traveling through time
it gets a little fuzzy
made a beaver skull gold madonna
and tossed it into the sea
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8. |
Wide Awake
03:14
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when you fall in
crystal river
wasted feelings
go down into forever
you don't know
don't know what it is
don't know
don't know what it is
when you go down
the dream is shattered, shattered
the color of the sun
paint splattered, splattered
oh don't
tell me how it is
no don't
tell me how it is
you're the one that's calling...
don't remember
don't forget
wide awake
i'm calling dream insomniacs
unreal
don't know what it is
unreal
don't know what it is
you're the one that's calling..
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9. |
Yucatán
03:01
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last time i saw you
got kinda wasted
you're sort of see through
when you want to be sedated
help, i tried to say to you
help
with vision faded
we wander through the city
all those you've hated
creep around corners of pity
help, i tried to say to you
help
anything might help
the sky is falling
i think you know the story
seemed kinda funny
when you danced to hunky dory
help, i tried to say to you
help
anything might help
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10. |
Skull Space
03:23
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hello mr. thing
how's your good morning
where you gunna be
when the planets fall
hello sweet anne marie
they caught you crying
left the baby downstream
wrapped in smokestack lightning
what could be described
as easier said than done
to make doomsday
an honest mistake
hello my darling son
unlock the cages
the maniac inside
jumps around and rages
what could be described
as easier said than done
turn off the voices
in your skull space
how's your skull space been doing
i don't know but i've been told it's in ruin
can i ask you out for tea
only if you pretend to love me
hello dr. doom
pleased to meet you
wind up all your toys
find an arm to chew
hello make believe lover
hunting in paper dreams
barrel rolling villians
dive bomb the brain
what could be described
as easier said than done
try not to go in the wrong direction
how i'd get in the wrong direction
why must i wake up with an erection
living in the future is no protection
i want my skull space back again
back again...
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Hands and Knees write many different kinds of rock-and-roll songs; it's like the White Album all the time. Sometimes they even hang out. They've been around since 2005.
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