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Beginner
03:30
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when you started, this was exciting
then every year it became less inviting
now you're tired and you can only remember when
you would have even had the energy, to begin again
but time marches on
and you will have the chance
to start over and re-create
every single fuck-up you've ever made
beware of the beginner
beware of the beginner
out of an abundance of caution,
beware of the beginner
if you trust me, then why would you worry
we will broadcast whatever we each do next as surely
as one of us will get drunk at the airport
and there will be no shortage of new mistakes to apologize for
as time marches on
and you will have the chance
to try and repeatedly fail
to predict each of these little disasters before they come
beware of the beginner
beware of the beginner
out of an abundance of caution,
beware of the beginner
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2. |
My Pillow
02:43
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before i send you my pillow
there's one thing that i've got to know
will you keep sleeping on it even when you get bored
please just say yes, before you send me yours
is it soft
is it fair
is it covered in your cat's hair
i don't mind, no i don't mind
this should probably be an even exchange
to the extent that such a thing is possible,
if you know what i mean
will you keep sleeping on it or will you just stay awake
you don't owe me a dream,
but i'd like to have about as much as i can take
will you be soft
will you be fair
will you say you'll always be there
i don't mind, no i don't mind
i have been soft
i have been fair
i know you're told this just about everywhere
i don't mind, no i don't mind
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3. |
Juliet
03:42
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letters and toasts to absent friends
hazy sunday afternoons watching the men's
basketball team trip all over their laces, while i
imagine her in a million places
blinking, yearning and wondering
between epiphanies she's discovering
that the guy across the train saw her pick her nose
fa, fa find me juliet
i'm not too tired to stop looking yet
you're out there and i'm in here
wa, wa waiting for your to get home
i la la love you juliet
even though we haven't quite met just yet
you're out there and i can hear you
knock knock knocking until you find my door
looking for her and it's half past ten, i haven't
been out this way since i don't remember when
into the bar, into the welcome dark
until the door cracks open and stops my heart
kicking, thumping and stuttering
having p-p-palpitations and fluttering
until i realize it's just a couple of wrigleyville bros
fa, fa find me juliet
i'm not too tired to stop looking yet
you're out there and i'm in here
wa, wa waiting for your to get home
i la la love you juliet
even though we haven't quite met just yet
you're out there and i can hear you
knock knock knocking until you find my door
i always wondered what would happen when we
finally got here and i picked up the pen
to let the DJ know which song to prepare, as i
rock the mic, do a kick and take in your totally blank stare
while i'm singing, fa fa find me juliet
i'm not too tired to stop looking yet
you're out there and i'm in here
wa, wa waiting for your to get home
i la la love you juliet
even though we haven't quite met just yet
you're out there and i can hear you
knock knock knocking until you find my door
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4. |
Cool Cats and Kittens
04:06
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i don't like to dance, but i will if you want to
i don't know where to start, so i might just
need a prompt from you
you've been waiting for me
but i'm moving a little slow
my rule of thumb at a party like this
is you don't have to say goodbye if you never said hello
and i've made my peace with the cool cats and kittens
it was easy once i noticed i was slipping
eventually, i promise you'll just let it go, whoa oh oh
you can try so hard, you can tell yourself you're different
but oh my god, it gets tragic in a minute
when you realize everyone's watching you
put on your little show
i don't know where you've been,
i don't know where you've gone to
i usually keep to myself, except for when you
call me and say come through
to where you're waiting for me
but i'm moving a little slow
it would follow i'm a little bit tardy
given that i never really wanted to go
and i've made my peace with the cool cats and kittens
it was easy once i noticed i was slipping
eventually, i promise you'll just let it go, whoa oh oh
you can try so hard, you can tell yourself you're different
but oh my god, it gets tragic in a minute
when you realize everyone's watching you
put on your own little show
and i've made my peace with the cool cats and kittens
it was easy once i noticed i was slipping
eventually, i promise you'll just let it go, whoa oh oh
you can try so hard, you can tell yourself you're different
but oh my god, it gets tragic in a minute
when you realize everyone's all wrapped
up in their own little show
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5. |
Letdown
04:11
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come on, let's go for a ride
you've got a lot of ground to cover
for someone who doesn't know how to drive
come on, you're already in my head
you're stuck in there no matter how often
i might dream the opposite
under the low-hanging sky, as we said our last goodbye
i know you're rightfully expecting another letdown
letdown, ah ah ah
come on, it's better than it looks
you can kill me with your sweetness
you know just where it hurts
come on, we have somewhere else to go
you watched me dream about proximity
every night under my pillow
under the low-hanging sky, as we said our last goodbye
i know you were just expecting another letdown
letdown, ah ah ah
under a closed-off sky, as we said our last goodbye
i watched you float through the air away from another letdown
letdown, ah ah ah
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6. |
Bicentennial
03:26
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the sun is out, but it's still quite cold
i know that somewhere out there
there are all kinds of people i would like to know
it won't be long, but i know it'll feel
like we waited for a couple of centuries
to get to a place where we can finally feel
close to one another
with a warm breeze making me hover
up in the air, above the diamond
ready to feel the sun burn at the bicentennial
can you get off early, meet me at the park
no one will notice you're gone
we've got a few extra hours before it gets dark
i wanted to ask but i could see it in your face
i know you feel it too
we thought it would be a few years
before we saw this place again
where we can be close to one another
rolling in the grass with our sisters and brothers
ground into the sand but it's never hurt
skinned knees in the dirt at the bicentennial
time marches on
and erases all the years
you spent in one place, you go back and it looks like
there might've never really been anything here
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7. |
Other People
04:09
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you don't like other people
you don't like them around, they get too close
slide right up and don't leave room for the holy ghost
you don't like other people
you don't want them around, they're just gonna spread germs
steer the conversation on their own terms
you don't like other people
and god, i know
but i ain't other people, babe
i ain't other people
i ain't other people, i'm better
not like anyone you've known before
i ain't other people
i ain't other people, i have secret knowledge
don't know many people
who can treat you right, they don't have my money
or my memory, or my steely night
but before i show you
just remind me your name
(...)
you don't like other people
and god, i know
but i ain't other people, babe
i ain't other people
i ain't other people, i'm better
i'm not like anyone you've known before
i ain't other people
i ain't other people, i swim with dolphins
i ain't other people
i ain't other people, i'm better
i'm not like anyone you've known before
i ain't other people
i ain't other people, my dad owns a cottage
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8. |
Apology Rock
04:29
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all good things start in the summer
in a basement, and when you come up for air
things are different forever
hand in hand, at the ledge,
too distracted by you to see what's down there
so much of what i need
it's swimming in your eyes
then you so generously
kiss me before i can apologize
for being in love, it just happens
what comes next, we just have to
be as true, and as honest as we can
you won't know, until long after
what went wrong, or what you had there
if that's terrifying to you
don't worry, i feel it too
you don't think it'll ever happen
that you'll ever get what you want this time
when you do, something changes forever
in your own head, at the ledge,
too distracted to see what's out there
and i'll miss what i need
it's swimming in your eyes
and when you share it with me
i feel like i need to apologize
for being in love, it just happens
what comes next, we just have to
be as true, and as honest as we can
you won't know, until long after
what went wrong, or what you had there
if that's terrifying to you
don't worry, i feel it too
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9. |
Fantasy, Star
03:48
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when you close your eyes
and see the constellation
where do you want to go
things haven't been easy, god i know
tell me where your mind goes
in a fantasy, there's a star you dream
but it's out of reach, even when you sleep
in your waking life, there's still so much to love
when you close your eyes
and try to empty your mind
what do you fill it back up with
there hasn't been much to hope for
but i can still feel your heart beat
in a fantasy, there's a star you dream
but it's out of reach, even when you sleep
in your waking life, there's still so much to love
i can still hear your heart beat
in a fantasy, there's a star you dream
but it's out of reach, even when you sleep
in your waking life, there's still so much to love
we have lost so much, in this place and time
and you can't go back, i've seen you try
and it breaks my heart, there's still so much to love
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10. |
I Wish You Would
03:23
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sun's out and i don't know
if i have a ride home
it's hot outside and beautiful
you can see through the sky and it scares me a little
i have a hundred questions if you have the time
another day
walking in place
tomorrow will you put me in my place
i don't know if you can, but honey i wish you would
i hear your voice, it's so clear and so strong
on the right note, in the right key,
so i'll never guess what's going wrong
another day
walking in place
tomorrow will you put me in my place
i don't know if you can, but honey i wish you would
one hundred and twenty-one days
running in place
tomorrow will you put me in my place
i don't know if you can, but honey i wish you would
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