1. |
Get The Lead Out
03:04
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I tried but I couldn't find a way
And more and more I look for the price i'll pay
For the oil inside every pear
The ray of light in the material girl
Luxuries like being understood
By all the people that I wish I could
Go get the lead out
And I tried but I couldn't find a way
To tell you things that I always wished to say
The feelings that I always miss
The loving warm embrace of tenderness
Sounds that let me know I'm not alone
From all the people I can call my home
Go get the lead out
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2. |
Combat
05:41
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"Combat, maybe combat is the cure for everything"
She stares down into her hands, laughs
"Oh you're so mean"
"Where's the fun in all of this,
What's the cost of chances missed"
Looking longing in the backseat
"A night that lasts for years"
"Grab your jacket take my hand"
"Tell me again what's the plan"
"All these losers don't understand that tonight
We live to win"
"And then it's up up over around the bend
Screaming I'm not gonna come home again
It's a dark thing to have to play pretend
Southbound, faded, in skinny black
Jeans in the back of a cadillac"
"I would never want more than that"
"But I do"
"All I wanna do is get a little more close to you"
"I don't have a clue"
"Maybe all that fucking combat
Is the price we have to pay"
Simply put his mouth was shut
She knew just what to say
"I'm done with all these army trends
But I'm dying to know how this one ends"
"Call it sleazy but it's just a trend
Tomorrow it's a deal"
"And then it's up up over around the bend
Screaming I'm not gonna come home again
It's a dark thing to have to play pretend
Southbound, faded, in skinny black
Jeans in the back of a cadillac"
"I would never want more than that"
"But I do"
"All I wanna do is get a little more close to you"
"I don't have a clue"
"And then it's up up over around the bend
Screaming I'm not gonna come home again
It's a dark thing to have to play pretend
Southbound, faded, in skinny black
Jeans in the back of a cadillac"
"I would never want more than that"
"But I do"
"All I wanna do is get a little more close to you"
"I don't have a clue"
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3. |
Heavy Metal
03:36
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I'm sleeping just to dream of you
And every single thing that you do
Till I'm flat on the floor
Trying to dream some more
That you're dreaming about me too
I'm nervous couldn't tell you why
I hate to see that look in your eye
But you see it too
Something I'd never do
And I do this but I don't know why
I won't lie
Heavy metal heartbeats forever align
Caught in time
In the space between Avalon in my mind
And it looks so nice
Now I'm eating but still feeling thin
Cause I don't know what's about to begin
But I know what I've done
That I've hurted someone
That I'm never gonna hurt again
I won't lie
Heavy metal heartbeats forever align
Caught in time
In the space between Avalon in my mind
And it looks so nice
Now I'm sleeping just to dream of you
And every single thing that you do
Till I'm flat on the floor
Trying to dream some more
That you're dreaming about me too
That you're dreaming about me too
That you're dreaming about me too
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Slow pacing down the hall
From wall to wall
Out of the light
Now I don't think that Prairie Rose is coming home tonight
He cried out to Martha
Go grab me a beer
I'm gonna drive all night until Prairie Rose is here
On the heels of hejira
She looked in the mirror
With a bittersweet sense of displace
And an apple being eaten
Like the garden of Eden
Damnation looks better in lace
And babe if you don't think that's true
Take a look at me on channel two
Because just like nostalgia
I'm already gone
Divorced from the pleasures of pain
That kept me hanging around so long
And just like an album
I shall be released
So keep me close
Like truth to a hoax
Write a song
And name it after me
Fast racing like a heart
Little red corvette
Is the only thing heard
And the sweet sound of Prairie Rose
Singing every word
In a gas station bathroom
Somewhere near Estaire
There's a love letter on the wall
That says Prairie Rose was there
Now she sleeps in her perfume
In highway hotel rooms
To find out what America means
Face down in a mattress
She'd make love like an actress
Because that's the American Dream
And if God isn't close to me now
I'll still meet you someday somehow
With a bouquet of flowers
From the side of the road
A gentle reminder that night after night
Someone's baby won't be home
Disturbed in the worst way
Oh I'm your number one fan
Under your thumb
Like blood in the gums of better men
Who never stood a chance
I'll do what you say but never what you've done
Because I've made that mistake too many times
Calling out your name until I break through
You'll say I know it was wrong but I wrote you a song
It's called Prairie Rose, I named it after you
And it's somewhat funny
How you're so absurd
And I'm searching the country
For the things that I deserve
And the pursuit of happiness
Is the fuel that I burn
Twisted for the better
I'll love you forever
XOXO sighed Prairie Rose
Heaven surrounds the unholy ground that's America
And so does Prairie Rose
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5. |
A Million Shades of Blue
02:58
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Let's stay out tonight
We can create a life inside the parking lot lights
Sit in the silence and know it's ok
Because we both know what we'd say anyway
Now we're stuck inside a war
That's not worth fighting for
How can you want more
When we keep on passing through
A million shades of blue
The colour of your lips
The night we kissed and we forgot all the shame
When you said you were curious
I never said I was brave
Now we're stuck inside a war
That's not worth fighting for
How can you want more
When we keep on passing through
A million shades of blue
A million shades of blue
All you ever wanted was the dream of a happy end
All I ever wanted was to be that kid again
In those parking lots where we'd play pretend
Now we're stuck inside a war
That's not worth fighting for
How can you want more
When we keep on passing through
A million shades of blue
A million shades of blue
A million shades of blue
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6. |
Thanks, But No
04:38
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Been so long
So far from home
Had my eye on the damned
Now I feel like a ghost
Whosever heard of that before
All these mods are nothing but cons
But Prairie you're the real thing
Ya you're the queen of the pawns
Oh Prairie I think I wanna marry you
Maybe it's all in my head
Was there something wrong with something that I said
Thinking of it now feels like forever ago
She said "thanks" but simply "no"
Prairie said when she was just seventeen
There's a time and a place somewhere waiting for me
But time runs out and someday it's all gone
And here I am now four years on
I turned all that black denim into silk ciffon
With that being said I'm never going back again
Maybe it's all in my head
Was there something wrong with something that I said
Thinking of it now feels like forever ago
She said "thanks" but simply
Maybe it's a waste of time
The new greatest hit that's playing on my mind
Thinking of it now feels like forever ago
She said "thanks" but simply "no"
All my stars had turned into stripes
And my bleeding red heart was running Canada dry
Take a look it's right here on my sleeve
And Prairie I need you like Bruce needs Springsteen
But that's not an alibi
Oh Prairie I guess this is goodnight
Maybe it's all in my head
Was there something wrong with something that I said
Thinking of it now feels like forever ago
She said "thanks" but simply
Maybe it's a waste of time
The new greatest hit that's playing on my mind
Thinking of it now feels like forever ago
She said "thanks" but simply "no"
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7. |
Wasted
05:46
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Fade away like tides in the ocean
Or whispers in the air
I hear your voice sometimes
In the distance somewhere
I close my eyes and disappear
Across the great divide
I hope it's nice where you are
On Earth it's just fine
Oh I pray there's a heaven
To keep you from this hell again
But I think about you
And the weight of the miles
My heart is as strange as the notion
We're broken by the truth
You say times a virtue
That's wasted on youth
Oh yeah
Wasted on youth
Oh yeah
Wasted
The summers end passed away like an era
And stars were made to feel small
I watch the screen fade to black
And collapse in the fall
Oh I pray there's a heaven
To keep you from this hell again
But I think about you
And the weight of the miles
My heart is as strange as the notion
We're broken by the truth
You say times a virtue
That's wasted on youth
Oh yeah
Wasted on youth
Oh yeah
Wasted on youth
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8. |
Love and Rockets
08:59
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I can't help the reasons that I need you
Counting all the feelings in my heart
I can't help but feeling that I need you
Forever more no never will we part
I was lonely before but now that i'm found
I remember screaming from the nosebleeds
Reaching out for someone just like you
Trying to touch the air that once was your air
And screaming loud enough I might break through
I was lonely before but now that i'm found
I can't help the reasons that I love you
Counting all the feelings in my heart
Lose it all on pills and tasteless tattoos
And want to stop so bad I just won't start
I was lonely before but now that i'm found
I was lonely before but now that i'm found
I was lonely before but now that i'm found
She says to live a little babe, you got nothing to lose
And the gloves are coming off in the bedroom
I have a tendency to pick but I don't really choose
It works a little bit
Heart to hearts can never be undressed
But the closest we can get is chest to chest
And now matter starts to change state
Deeper than a deep fake
Touch me like the first date
It's all in the handshake
And sorry I'm annoying I was being a fan
Always part of all the noise but never part of the band
That was one lucky break from a terrible plan
But still hurts a little bit
Jesus if you're listening i'm a terrible thief
But if anybody noticed I'd just feel relieved
Because it's not worth dying over drugged deceit
But still worth a little bit
And i'm caution thrown in the wind
Pleasure is a passion
Small talk so old fashion
Lets cut to the action
They're up in the bedroom doing the twist
She says she wanted it to happen but not like this
I've never been much of a prude but a bit of a priss
Don't take it so hard when i'm just taking the piss
Mama i'm so sorry for the all things that I said
But it's the best damn story that I've ever read
About a kid who ran away in the their own head
And I can hear your voice now asking is this the end
And whisper pictures of home
And whisper pictures of home
And whisper pictures of home
And whisper pictures of home
And whisper pictures of home
And whisper pictures of home
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