1. |
The Clockout
03:05
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So right now I want to run into the dark night
And clock out take another pass at this life, alright?
So tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me that I’m so wrong, this is so wrong
‘Cause right now the only sound I hear is goodnight to the good life
Woo!
So come on tune in turn on and drop out
And turn down the others ‘cause there’s just no need, you’ll never be free
And tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me it’s been so long with no love songs
‘Cause right now I want to jump into your arms and dream on
Woo!
I’ll travel back to ya
So come on
So come on
So come on
And clock out
Right now
So come on
So come on
So come on
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2. |
She's Just Inside
03:11
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I never thought she’d go this far
Try to relax until tomorrow
Then she cocked back her loaded heart
Then I went black, a head full of sorrow
Wondering lonely, tripping hard
Criminal minds revolve around me
Too many Ms. Mistaken ways
So I went back to beg, steal and borrow
She would never listen to my heart
I would never give her something to hang on to
Out in the rain, looking in
Scratching our names into her doorway
This was a big mistake, I’d say
When I called back, she answered to Sergei
Another day gone to bed and dies
The dream she had of life encircled
Putting hands out to say goodbye
Where is the end, my Oz, the rainbow
She was always there to calm my heart
I was never one to listen just because I felt alone
She’s just inside I know
She’s just inside I know
She’s just inside I know
She’s just inside I know
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3. |
It's Never The Same
03:42
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Good times are coming, you’ll see
Just look what’s under the Christmas tree
You can’t afford to miss the boat
It’s sink or swim so have you learned to float?
You can’t afford to miss the boat
The IOUs are waiting to slit your throat
Dreams are never the same as you thought they’d be
So you try to pretend you’re happy and free
So once more with feeling, look at me
My thinking person split personality
Pretending to discover some new joy
The children’s room is full of abandoned toys
Dreams are never the same as you thought they’d be
So you try to pretend you’re happy and free
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4. |
Water To My Eyes
03:19
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Emergencies I
Contrived to find
I know it’s all up inside my mind
But here I am
The redundant kind
You bring the water to my eye-ay-ay-ay-ayes
And that old school
Of thought that hides
Behind a curtain terrified
Like kicking sand
Your Atlas tried
To bring the water to my eye-ay-ay-ay-ayes
The scene of the crime
What a place to talk it over
Now I’m walking blind
Back into a field of four-leaf clover
Those promises
That you provide
Are nothing more, disqualified
And one fell swoop
Was all it took
To bring the water to my eye-ay-ay-ay-ayes
Once in a while
It seems the good guys win some
But after the trial
You returned to things you said you would refrain from
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5. |
Wonders Never Cease
04:00
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How can I listen
To another lie
When will you ever
Hear the reason I
Say it’s all I can do
To put these tears aside
Handshake to heartache
The breadth of our demise
I contend
Will wonders never cease
She revolves around
The uncertainties
Don’t pretend
They did not see you there
Lurking around
Your contingencies
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6. |
The Firing Line
02:00
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Put a dollar on a land mine
Put a collar on the next in line
Tell your mother he’s the right one
Tell your father have an open mind
Stumble onto Annie’s doorway
Turn up drunk with your shoes untied
Is this how you told the story
Another victim of the
Firing line
Firing line
Firing line
Little left to machinations
Incriminations come and bore me
Obvious is your persuasion
Unoriginal macho energy
I cannot help but wonder
Will you ever leave me in the lurch
Of course you will, it’s a given
Another permit for the
Firing line
Firing line
Firing line
Is this really what you wanted
To be a wonder, an enticement
Empty as a metal jacket
Once it sent its discharge, hell bent
Forgive me Fotheringay
Was that the name you took when you were sworn
Or was it something I said
That drove you onward to the
Firing line
Firing line
Firing line
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Too late, how did we get here
You’re Right, someone turn on the light
You think it’s wonderful
I think it’s comical (a bit)
Weren’t we drunk and unlovely
Weren’t we the ones that the wives despised
Won’t you tell me about the way we ought to be
Send in the clowns
She said it’s better than nothing
Defending something that’s not quite right
A reclining So-and-So
Spits out his warm Pernod
These paths that shouldn’t cross
Are bogged down in the permafrost
Won’t you tell me about the way we ought to be
Send in the clowns
Ah ha ha
Sleeping in my sidewalk curl
Brushing off the bees busy on their way
Not enough time to be disdainful
Ah ha ha
You’re slipping in another pearl
I’ve heard it all before now you’re back again
Feeling somewhat aggravated
He worms in like terminal cancer
Quite right to say that it’s all for naught
She left him a little uneasy
With a hint of malice aforethought
She’s reeling in the years, yeah
Smiling through the tears
Ah ha ha
Slipping in another pearl
You’re half way ‘round and back again
Three steps closer to Armageddon
Ah ha ha
Walking all around this world
You’re half way ‘round and back again
Two steps closer to Armageddon
Ah ha ha
Sinkin’ down the bathroom swirl
Half way ‘round and back again
One step closer to Armageddon
Ah ha ha
I never saw the flags unfurl
Half way there and here I am
We finally made it to Armageddon
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8. |
Unimagineable
02:56
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Real eyes
Realize you’re on the take for
Real lies
I think you’re so unimagineable
At first sight
You’re alright but second glance is
A bomb site
I think you’re so unimagineable
You can’t feel the same thing as I
Wonder and receive your make-believe
Sleep tight
And goodnight to all of that
In hindsight
I think you’re so unimagineable
Uptight
Parasitic influenza
Gravitating toward the Right
I think you’re so unimagineable
Unimagineable
Imagineable
Unimagineable
Imagineable
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Take your time, there’s a man who loves you
I’ll be fine, and go to sleep
You decide, whether to abandon
Your vacant prize, and dare to dream
To go back in time, I always thought it would be
Wonderful, but then you see
It’s not mine, I’m just a man who wandered
Terrified, lost in a dream
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Dot Cotton Los Angeles, California
Transistorized bedroom window music from the land of sprinklers and smog alerts.
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