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The Offer
03:41
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Sometimes I, sometimes I ride, sometimes I writhe
Sometimes I
Two times I, two times I’ve lost, two times I’ve spun
Two times one
Go through the signs, got just in time
I’ve looked out
Now I can see, that you want me
but not for what I have to offer
I’ll say goodbye my love
I can still write you once in a while
but you can’t expect more from me
not anymore
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My shredder comes to me in the night
he says “Oh, I need a place to hide,
for I have come to you with a fight
and I have come to you
with my pride in my hand”
When we go skating in the night
troubles slip now out of sight
Always stop to put things right
this much of me I know you can rely
I’ll do what I can
Got my pride in my hand
gotta do what I can
with my pride in my hand
My girl & I went out one night
up pulled a car said “Get inside”
Now I can’t find her, where she hide?
Looked all over, how I tried
Years have passed, friends have died
Never found out where she’d hide
wonder as I sit inside
how she is and why’d she cut our ties
I’ll do what I can
Got my pride in my hand
gotta do what I can
with my pride in my hand
Tommy comes to me in the night
he says “Oh, I need a place to hide,
for I have come to you with a fight
and I have come to you
with my pride in my hand”
I’ll do what I can
Got my pride in my hand
gotta do what I can
with my pride in my hand
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3. |
Years Of Your Life
03:50
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May all the magic of seven
bring you love and happiness
in this year of your life
of your life
they came and they told a story
about the ones who had entered
beyond that door
and they came back with a tale of glory
for the ones who dare not enter there
for your life, I wanted to let you free
for your life, so that you won’t have to see
for your life, the horrors that I’ve been through
for your life, like BT82
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4. |
Tell My Friend
06:38
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Right now is today and next year is tomorrow no no
man will never see a day without sorrow no no
man has beginnings, man has ends
but time goes on, as man descends
Tell my friend
that you’re much too fond of them
Tell my friend
you wouldn’t want it to happen to them
Tell my friend
Let me tell you a story about
one of my old friends
he didn’t play the game of life
that so his life did descend
I tell you truth
I think you’ll understand
It was there as surely as I wrote this song
Billy never did nothing to no-one
he never did nothing wrong
he thought he had it all down
there’s one thing that he didn’t know
you don’t play the game of life
that you know you gotta go
Everyone saw my friend
just before he died
We got the news
that Billy was dead
you know that we did cry
Tell my friend this has to be the end
Telling my friend this ain’t the end my friend
this ain’t the end
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5. |
Vale Of Tears
02:13
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A blind that shuts out light
a door that lets in cold
A boy that has no hope
a girl that’s given up
A car has taken all my money
so I can’t cop now I feel funny
if you can see the design of it all
let me in on it, let me through that door
These and more are under my vale of tears
My gun is cocked and I see clear
Agonizing time for those who hear
my death-cry lasts for more than a year
Lasts for more than a year
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6. |
Magic Jar
03:02
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Its a magic jar when it never empties
when each thought slides right in
it’s a cared-for jar when its a
telephone and you are connected
somewhere- to - somewhere- to me
Look to faces for salvation
look too fast you’ve passed it by
Look too slowly its passed you by
look at me when I’m talking to you
You
Its a magic card that we’ve played for so long
It has shortened while we’ve grown
now you won’t play and I’m the dealer
trapped inside the lyric to this song
Lyric to this song
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7. |
F.I.R.
03:15
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Cool love, new colors
the feeling of advanced crystal
Each one of us is climbing a hill
So I roll, and stare
(is he really looking anywhere at all)
go through
A lighter way, I didn’t know
Question yourself, cross examine
Makes you feel so crude, so crude
Shake it out or get if off the new styles
No one use me, use me
Feel it out
Mind of tricks
Frustrated internal reflection
Frustrated internal reflection frustrated
Four colors going by all at a time
lost with you here I want sci-fi
Those things you showed me I just couldn’t keep
checked them out closely
they’re yours to keep if you want
Feel it out
Mind of tricks
Frustrated internal reflection
Frustrated internal reflection frustrated
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8. |
Cambridge Street
03:43
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From Boston town, Leverett Circle draw bridge down
Cross the Charles, North Point,
Museum of Science and Lechmere
Willie Alexander told you about Mass Ave.
I’m telling you ‘bout Cambridge Street
On Cambridge Street
The suitcase lady going up and down,
5 suitcases all year round
Post office counter, Nancy and Karen
Curio Coffee, makin’ liege waffles
Courthouse Seafood two blocks later New Deal
how a neighborhood s’posed to feel
Lone Star best pancakes I’ve found
Mezcal drink shakes good sound
Heard live music down at Atwood's
Dan Stuart, Wreckless Eric played there too
Clay pot cooking at Muqueca
Caipirinha chrushin' mint sweet & strong
On Cambridge Street
Cristina’s Ice Cream always there
You got to clarify: Vanilla or Vanilla Bean
Highland Fried, Bukowski’s, S&S
Gather Here - make something,
All included, all welcome
(solo)
Lilypad might have a show,
Nots played, Numero Group had pop-up shop
1369 pull espresso shots
band flyers on the wall living art
Punjabi Dhaba, roadside eats
bhangra dancing on the screen
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9. |
Take A Chance
02:26
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Went downtown,
oval lit windows and other sounds
went to the ones I had heard about,
I heard that it was to you
Looked and found,
decided that I would leave you there
felt like a ghost and Scrooge’s heir,
took one last look, I was gone
Because I’ve looked (looked look)
I can do anything that I want
I can make my hair have a bouffant
might as well choose to have fun
So I found,
a new kind of window, another face
we’re still walking but it’s so great
now that I’m walking with you
We can touch 4x
Because I’ve looked (looked look)
and I’ve turned around more than once,
to meet new eyes at a glance,
please please please take a chance
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10. |
Friend Of The Month Club
04:16
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Friend, Friend of the month club
is that all I’m joining now
Wanted to let it out, wanted to see
wanted to find out if it could be
You had me for a year, maybe more
now I found out just what its for
Friend of the month club is that what I’m joining
While you were out Telephoned please call
Called to see you call again urgent
wants to see you returned your call message
Calculator decision making sourcebook for your devastating
Friend of the month club is that what I’m joining
[repeat from beginning]
Friend, Friend of the month club
is that all I’m joining now
Is that all that I’m joining
Is that all that that I am joining
Is that all that that I am joining
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11. |
Goblin Song
03:24
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Walked down a road and what did I see
some kind of Goblin walking up to me
he said to me without moving at all
son I could show you anything at all
I thought that he was fooling me
so I said “Goblin will that be free”
shift the sidewalk shared a sign
Frolic in brine, goblins be thine
And then he turned yeah
I looked at him and he looked looked at me
oh God I’m atop the highest tree
instantly my mind it knew
seashells and cockles and shades of you
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12. |
Continuous Weekend
02:29
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Having lots of fun again
in the sun till who knows when
skating on the street in town
jumping up and falling down
I want a continuous weekend
I never want to work again
Now they say I’ve got to work
Find out what money is worth
work my hands until there’s welts
sell my time to someone else
I want a continuous weekend
I never want to work again
I don’t want to live that way
(I’d rather) rock all night, party all day!
live my life on my own time
never gonna earn a dime
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13. |
We’re All Children
04:30
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Jump like a light bulb, triangular brain
Take your vitamins, feel your pain
Amplify a whisper, shout my name
Feeling lots of love with concentrated strain
We’re going home, we’re going home
We’re going home, we’re all children, we’re going home
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Gull Boy Boston, Massachusetts
Gull was Carl’s blue fronted amazon parrot companion. He used to look at her, and desire to see the world with the same
wonder her eyes seemed to shine with. That vision inspired the name of his WZBC show Gulls Window Circus, envisioning how Gull saw life from a window.
Gull Boy plays musical stories as Patti Smith once advised, going out on a thread, going over, then returning to tell the story
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