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Cop Light Parade
04:30
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Late for the red train
22 blocks to the station
walking with your heads down
soaking up the sidewalk
20 seedy blocks
people look scared even when they're not lost
they're trying to find the the quickest way back home
and we're riding it out
till the cop light parade
takes us to the places where they'll always stay
we see their reflections
you know it's inside the lake
takes us to the places where they'll always stay
Why are we here
Another slammed door for every changed gear
we're trying to find the quickest way back home
sit and watch our tvs
shakin' our heads counting casualties
and we're waiting on something that never really seems to end
We always wanted so much more
than this never ending war
I used to know this girl
she wore all black and lived inside her head
Yeah, she's waiting for something that never really seems to change
She never told the truth
made collect calls from a telephone booth
she came and went like she was never really there at all
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Abbey Rose
03:38
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It's not like they told you
but it's the way that it'll be
Things have a way of changing frequency
playing in the corner
hair down the back
your little brother's gonna make me smile
with his photograph
Abbey Rose
this is how life goes
I never want to see you feeling bad
Abbey Rose
this is how life goes
I never want to see you feeling sad
you light us all up
like a corner store match
with your love and childhood energy
when things get bad
please don't be sad
you know you can always talk to me
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White Sugar
05:09
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You've been running
since the day you left me
It was a long time coming
but it's the way it's meant to be
I don't want to see you
if you don't mind
I'll call someone who cares
if they can spare me some time
I need time
Hey you, you've got a lot going on
You're half drunk and dreaming of someone
and you know the months can be so long
so long
you've got me wrong
You're talking at me
with a glass in your hand
you got an alcohol smile
and an artificial tan
you said you'd like to see me
because you haven't since the end
back when I told you
I said we'd never be friends
you're gone
You know you put it all on me
you get so drunk you cannot speak
I don't need your religion
cuz I got my own
it's called letting everyone
have their own
we keep moving along
and I used to get so sad
but now I'm just frustrated
cuz things still go bad
so bad
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Memorial Day
02:59
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She's blowing smoke
and I'm blowing it
You know she's cold and grey like Memorial Day
and it's alright
you know it's alright
if you don't know me at all
We bury our hearts
deep in the graveyards
walk six blocks to the end of this town
when you're young you know your heart will break
when you're old, you know nothing will change
there'll be times when your heartaches
it's hard to admit it but you know you're gonna live it down
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Table 8 in Queens
02:55
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Rock n' roll can kiss my ass
it never saved anyone
Driving under the overpass
you never helped anyone
This year has been so great
I'm walking in the shadows of our first date
this year has been so cursed
I've been walking in the shadows of a near divorce
you can't let go
Now that you're grown
you can't leave it alone
what you want is now all gone
and it's here where you belong
Old friends can kiss my ass
they never done anything
and the years go by so fast
and I wouldn't even change a thing
I'm just being honest with you
why can't you honest with yourself too
I'm glad I didn't change my mind
I lost my friends to the neon signs
they couldn't let go
You say you got what you wanted
now you can't write it off your mind
most of this is what you wanted
trying to find something you'll never find
Rock n' roll can kiss my ass
it never saved anyone
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So afraid
like you do
sitting in your chair
as empty as a room
Summer days
couldn't come too soon
darkness at six o' clock
leave me screaming at the bastard moon
cuz I don't know you
like I did
I want to know you
like I did
Times are changing like 18 to a kid
"Summer Babe" plays out loud
Remind me of a time that's so far from now
Did all you could
Nothing to do
Sitting in a late night restaurant
wishing there was more than you
Scream out loud
broken cupboard door
some days are ok and somedays feel like a war
you had it good, born with this brain
that tells me I'm not good enough
that all of this could go away
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Rhode Island
04:17
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Living in your busted broken walls
Living like you'll never run out of time
Meet me in the elevator
said I'd call, I said see you later
down on Rhode Island Avenue
Mad as hell I can't take no more
I got one foot out and you know I've got one more
Every time you open your mouth
I'm never quite sure what's gonna come out
Still you go on anyway
When you're lonely you do stupid things
and sometimes you're surprised at what the morning will bring
Down on Rhode Island Avenue
Wasting all my time you know it's true
Wasting all my time just waiting for you
Meet me in the elevator
said I'd call, I said see you later
down on Rhode Island Avenue
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My White Pages
03:23
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Driving down Highway 42
Trying to figure out what to do to get through to you
Everyday I don't know what to expect
Happy on the outside or a nervous wreck
I don't need the number
to your telephone
sometimes you just need some time alone
You know they make you feel bigger than you are
staring at my white pages trying to figure out where to take it now
You know they build you up so they can tear you down
sending you back to that southern MN town
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Trample With Care
05:30
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I have dreams of you walking towards the light
call you in the morning to see if you're alright
you're overworked and behind on sleep
you've been pleasing everyone it's got you in too deep
you have to learn how to say no
27 washed up at best
you've been staring at the walls while you second guess me
Now I have to learn how to let go
This is what it's like choosing sides
Just this once, do you think you two could let it slide
This is what it's like choosing sides
You want more than you can get
You carefully construct your sentences
Feeling washed up, broken bad at best
You feel broken like the dish from the time that they missed
you want somehow to fill the cracks
We only hurt the ones we love the most
It's about time to give up the ghost
I keep telling you to give it time
Get some rest you know it'll be alright
Sometimes it's best to let sleeping dogs lie
before the words hit you right between the eyes
and the scars grow deeper than you realize
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Partner in Crime
03:01
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Are you proud of me like you were back then
With your yellow hat and your big old grin
can you see things real clear through the clouds and snow
to see how far I can go and where I've been
There are things you'd never say
never let it get in the way
Red Cross, name on the chain
Second world war through a young man's eyes
did what you needed to survive
you wouldn't shoot no one
against what you believe
wearing a Purple Heart on your sleeve
70 years
not enough time
I got you looking out
my partner in crime
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The truth is I don't know what to do
got so much more to prove
sad to see you walk on
You know I believe you know that's true
more than you realize, more than some do
Maybe we'll get there if we stay the course
or maybe again we'll lose
I don't want to believe you when you say you're moving on
don't want to see this all come undone
don't want to believe it
but you're telling me the truth
I want to make you stay
I want to get in your way
I want to get to you
There's a woman
on a wooden bench
said satan's done a number on us
then she gets on the bus
but life is life
what are we supposed to do
can't let it fade out like a series end
we can make something new begin
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Awakened by the Night
03:05
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In the city that never feels like spring
better leave now before it sucks you in
The stars turn metallic and then fall asleep
awakened by the night
in the morning they will say goodbye
In the town with boarded up motels
weekend warriors and stores with nothing on their shelves
the kids get older and their minds need sleep
awakened by the night
in the morning they will say goodbye
Some will grow up to be remembered
some will try all their lives
and leave the towns that they were from
awakened by the night
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High on Stress Minneapolis, Minnesota
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