1. |
Green
01:21
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When the wind blows
Toward the sun
You wonder when
Your wandering
Made you the only one
How you never
Found your scene,
outside the canopy of trees
Infinity of green
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2. |
Mary
01:37
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Mary loves me
this I know
She watches me
with eyes like snow
and limping on her crooked cane
she's comin' round for me again
Mary takes me
to one side
Beneath the roller coaster ride
and between the screams and the big brass band
she says you know
but you don't understand
Twisting one bedraggled braid
tossed across her shoulder blade.
Few friends you keep that ease your mind
But Mary is a different kind.
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3. |
Two Small Snakes
03:14
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Two small snakes on a garden path
Step to the left and I hold my breath
But one goes forward
And the other goes back
And I'm caught in the middle and I can't get past
I'm caught in the middle and I can't get past
You're caught in the middle and you can't get past
You want something that you know won't last
So you don't go forward
and you won't go back
You're caught in the middle and you can't get past
you're caught in the middle and you can't get past
Ooo where did I go wrong?
I never asked for much,
but who could be so strong,
to lift the weight I love to clutch?
Two small snakes on a garden path
One to the other says I can't relax
For something I did and I can't take back
Now I'm caught in the middle and I can't get past
I'm caught in the middle and I can't get past
When two big boots in a cloud of dust
Step to the left with a mighty fuss
And you're caught in the middle til at last, you must
get on, don't you let 'em get the best of us
get on, don't you let 'em get the best of us
get on, don't you let 'em get the best of us
get on, don't you let 'em get the best of us
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4. |
One Thing
02:21
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Merciful world, slow your spin
I can't measure how long it's been
Mind racing there and back again
But I don't remember one thing
One thing
I don't remember one thing
Do you still see me
Like when I was 23
Took you beneath the Judas tree
And I didn't feel anything
Not one thing
I didn't feel anything
Now a day won't contain
The infinite that could have been
Uncertainty, my shapeless friend
I used to know one thing
One thing
I used to know one thing
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5. |
Bird Song
00:37
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6. |
Baby and Me
03:07
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Can't take my eyes off him
He slips so often,
Now there he goes again
Sayin test me, I dare you
I know you stare
Do you think I don't see
You trying to make a fool of me?
I'm a blood-thirsty beast
I couldn't care in the least
go on wear yourself out
feathers fluffed full of clout
if you ain't scared, come on out
My baby
My baby and me
My baby,
My baby and me
My baby,
My baby and me
Who do you have to blame
but the one with the plan?
She makes great demands
can I help it if I can't
Play to the standards
written for another hand
But I wanna do right by
the one who understands me
Come on out,
I won't tell a soul about
what you did
My baby
My baby and me
My baby,
My baby and me
My baby,
My baby and me
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I feel happy
In my room
Where the stillness
Swallows you
Aimless light spills
Laid along the white sills
And in that instant
I am new
Hard-hearted memory
Treat us tenderly
For now, I see
How we forget so quickly
Once I blamed you,
Criticized you
I condemned you
Holding on too tightly
Now it's I who's
Grasping at the reins
Oh memory
Be kind to me
Hard-hearted memory
Treat us tenderly
For now, I see
How we forget so quickly
When the day goes,
Let the night come slowly
Stretch your hand out
At the window with me
I remember
Never wanting more
To feel the wind
To know the score
Hard-hearted memory
Treat us tenderly
For now, I see
How we forget so quickly
Oh memory,
Treat us tenderly
For now I see,
Our days, they go so quickly
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