I’ve got a magic eraser
Just say the words and I’ll erase ya
With a paraffin smile
Sagittarian eyes
… couple pairs of Chuck Taylors
I shoulda left yesterday
got goin’ when the good was just goin’ away
now we’re stuck
fucked up
couple drinks past drunk
got a couple regrets left
to throw in the trunk

Baby, you’re excitable
And maybe I’m excitable too

I’ve got a magic bag of air
Just say the word, I’ll let you have it
With a supermodel smile
Sunglasses on yr eyes
It’s not a habit it’s just havin’ fun
I shoulda left yesterday
Let the cameras steal my soul
Let my body just wither away

Where’d you get that
Baby where’d you get that
Glamorous contortion
And it hit me like a potion

Baby, you’re excitable
And maybe I’m excitable too
But if it wouldn’t be too terrible
Maybe I could spend the night makin’ excuses

I… I… don’t have the words….
Memorized

We spend our separate daydreams
Fallin’ apart at the…
Seems to me that lately
I just can’t say what I mean to mean to mean to…

I got a kindergarten crush
Just say the words, I’ll pull your pigtails
With a monkey bar smile
Power rangers in yr  eyes
Guess I’ll see you at naptime
I shoulda left yesterday
Rode that paper airplane that I folded and thrown it away
Now I’m stuck
Glued shut
Just a kickball to punt
Gotta make it to recess…
Make it to recess…

Baby, you’re excitable
And maybe I’m excitable too
But if it wouldn’t be too terrible
Maybe I could spend the night makin’ excuses

I… I… don’t have the words….
Memorized

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when she was alone
she said, "well, ain't nobody complicated as me"
when she would get tired
she couldn't unwind
always clinging to possibilities

she said, “if I was prettier
than the glass that's melting under my hands.
And I'm spent
it's a permanent dance..."
with legs barely strong enough to stand

and now when everybody laughs
feels like they're smiling on her behalf

when she was alone
they said, "careful of the answers that you seek"
when she would get tired
s'a painting in her mind
canvas stretches to infinity

she said, “if I was prettier
than the pills that are spilling out of my hands.
And I'm spent
it's a different landing"
with legs barely strong enough to stand

and now when everybody laughs
feels like they're smiling on her behalf
and now when everybody sings
still doesn't mean a god-damned thing

not to leave a bitter taste
but nothing's sadder than wasting your time
she'll always be a friend of mine

she said, “if I was prettier than....
luckier than....
more wonderful than...
And I'm spent
it's a permanent dance.."
with legs barely strong enough to stand
 

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Jus’ a song for my little friend DJ
Gots a sensitive soul stuck on replay
He wants everyone to be strong
Everyone to be fair

He say goodbye with a lullaby let-go
Gotta meet up with a girl from the late show
Smile like everybody got some
Everyone’ll be fair

And if he wants it, only matters if it’s real
Matters if he cares enough to tell you how he
Feels like holdin’ on
Only matters if it’s real
Matters if it’s real

He loves this girl with a voice like a ring tone
Says he’ll even give a call on the cell phone
Don’t mind sayin’ that he’ll stay strong
Everybody be fair

She gives him love like a fireworks explode
Got a body burnin’ up, break the fire code
Smile like if everybody got somebody
Gonna be fair

What he don’t know
Is she got another show next door
Rollin’ around like a rodeo
She can’t stay too long
Cause she got another home
Another foot in the door
Another foot in the door

He say goodbye with a lullaby let-go

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if I had to insult myself
would I be a village idiot
or would I be a bit naive

if I had to endure myself
would it make it any easier
to know that you're a bit like me

everything I know is what you tell me I should know
tastes so gullible and bittersweet
I don't know where to go, but I'm starvin'

give my love all my love
give my love all my love
forgive my love all my love
give my love all my love

if it made any bit of sense
would it matter any more if you're
a victim of the cirumstance

if I made a clever excuse
would it it matter if I lied
or if I painted all over the truth

everything I know is what you tell me I should know
tastes so gullible and bittersweet
standing on a vertical between you and defeat
guess it's only poetry to me
I don't know where to go, but I'm starvin'

give my love all my love
give my love all my love
forgive my love all my love
give my love all my love

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if I call you by a name that isn't yours
don't get mad, it means I love you
if an accidental wave makes you think I've  washed away
it means I love you

I've got so many ways of messin' up
it's an avalanche of days—I can't keep up

if I happen to forget the exact hour that we met
it means I love you
if I'm at the Laundromat and I don't know where my socks are at
it means I love you

I've almost forgotten what it's like
I've almost forgotten what it's like
to not have you

What you say to a girl who knows she got everything?
We all get lucky sometimes
Jus' a girl I know who'll give you everything
I know it seems
a bit to me
too much to remember…

If I get a bit upset
don't you worry, don't you fret
it means I love you

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You were right when you said I was lost—I was lost
Not an question of timing, a question of cost
It’s just somebody told me it’s not what it seems
Do you know what I mean?
It’s a slowly unfolding a cellophane scene

You were right when you said I was lost—I was lost
Just an ocean too far that I’m swimming across
Not a question of time but an answer of mine written in dust
Not about who your friends are, it’s about who you trust

You were right to play dumb
I was wrong to believe
Do you know where that leaves us?
We can fight till we come
But it’s better to leave
Do you know where that leaves us
Fast asleep

Seemed like everything's going so well
Maybe it's just a story that we tell ourselves
It's the sand of the desert, dusty as hell
Can't see through the flurry, can't break the spell

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Come off as sudden as a cell phone ringin'
near the end of the movie where the hero is bleeding
and everything is do or die
yr fingers keep on blinking cause they're covering yr eyes
I got the steadfast wisdom of that rollin train
Got them prescription glasses thin as cellophane
I got further to go than just from here to the aisle
and baby I even got some jujubes to make you smile

where we gonna go, what we gonna see, don't matter baby
just kiss me
how’s it gonna go, how we gonna play this little rhapsody
takin' it too slow ain't as bad as sayin' "no"
so I'm treadin' these tender waters kinda carefully
... just kiss me...

got sick and tired bout them hopscotch ladies
got me jumpin’ through hoops makin’ me feel like I’m crazy
always gettin’ high an’ wastin’ time
them bullets got me broadside with a serpentine
fake out, y’made out takin’ that shady
“won’t you call me a lady”
and “baby you know I’m yr baby”
yeah a joke is just a joke
less you choke instead of laugh
nothin’ ventured… don’t even mention… baby I can’t change my past

It’s no good speaking with a bottle in hand
Kinda hard to find the meaning ‘less you understand
I got a telephone smile, eyes baby blue
Can’t stop grinnin’ just lookin’ at you

I got the stab fast twitchin' of a jumpy soul
take a deep breath of you before you make me lose control
I got no games, no better names for the script we're sayin
but if you wanna take it home then baby I feel the same
but while we're still sittin' here waiting for the credits to roll
I gotta move before m'silence makes me pay the toll
and now a peck is just a peck 'less it's answered in a kiss
nothing ventured... don't even mention... can't let the night end like this

Where we gonna go?
Where we gonna go?
Just kiss me.

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If it ever snows again I’m burnin’ the building down
Gotta red hot laserbeam I built myself
Wrote it off to the tax man
Told my landlord, didn’t give a damn
If it ever snows again I’m burning the building down

Thank you January…

If it ever snows again I’m burnin’ the building down
Watch the smoke float up watch the ashes fall down
Never wrote him a rent check
Told my landlord hope he breaks his neck
If it ever has the balls to snow again I’m burning the building down

Thank you January
You’re unnecessarily cruel to me
It’s been a bitter winter here
My blood is colder than my beer
Better call rent control

If it ever snows again I’m burnin’ the building down
Gonna pack my bags
Gonna leave this town…

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