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This is the Liffe
03:31
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Better go fast fore the wine catches up with me
Fifteen minutes until I lose my speed
Here it comes, special delivery
It's a song to sing while walking
The dog around the circle
This is the life that you built out of me
Steve gave you every tape that he could spare
And garbage bags packed full of things to wear
Old tshirts make you wish that you were there
And you sing it when you're walking
The dog around the circle
This is the life co-workers didn't dare
But they could have if you could
You couldn't sing that good
And it's mostly just about making the calls
And every Thursday night
Another band that sounds alright
Writ in Sharpie on the green room walls
It's Thursdays for us all
Better get rid of the post you made last night
Your boss, averse to controversy, has you in her sights
And nothing worse than justify your rights
Give it to em when you're walking
The dog around the circle
This is the life since you gave up the fight
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2. |
On This Bend, Nothing
03:21
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Scattered on the road
broken bottle glass
frisbee stamped in white
graduating class
mom already gone
dad was fading fast
On this bend, nothing
A rising in the road
Just before the curve
Seven years ago
Everybody heard
The same kind of lament
the self-same last words
the same men came to sweep it
What's scary is
It isn't haunted
No markers, memorials
No one watching
Every fifty yards
There ought to be a ghost
standing sentry
Reminding everyone
just a stretch of road
haunted not at all
on this bend, nothing
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3. |
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Flow West the Nile of the frozen North
Down a piece a house, wraparound front porch
Where the healing sun drops beneath the waves
And your dad taught you not to miss these days
(Mascis lead)
Tell me you'll always be here
That's what I need
Kinda like the time had me on your back
Carrying your kid round the walking track
And the autumn leaves cover up the plot
Share it like a band, it's all I've got
Relax, there's more time, at least another year
And room in this chair
Tell me you'll always be here
That's what I need
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Dollhouses
03:25
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Even here I could hear the ticking
In the town we knew it couldn't be
Now that we're surrounded good and loud
That sound found me, cracked records spinning,
And it's made a home
Just give me one thing I am good at
Where I see reflected only skill
And it's not about what's left unfinished
That day I will drum with the ticking
And tolling of the bell
Orange leaves, dollars on the grass to rot
Beat a path downstairs to the grandfather clock
And I'm pretty sure it's there right now
So drag back out the way you came in
Part of me is staying
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5. |
Everybody Gets a Turn
02:50
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I let you down, you should have seen it coming
You've been around long enough to know
That everybody lives and everybody learns
Everybody touches, everybody burns,
And everybody, everybody, everybody gets a turn
Color the curses blue and orange, both favorites of mine
Paint your pictures, sketch the animals
Old buildings photograph well
But no one makes a case your you, you make your own
Patience, little man, it's almost time to go
And everybody, everybody, everybody seems to know
Last time around, look out for your own thing
You're patient now, coming around so soon
But everybody lives and everybody learns
Everybody touches, everybody burns,
Barely make the list of practical concerns
And everybody, everybody, everybody gets a turn
I let you down, you should have seen it coming
You've been around long enough to know
That everybody lives and everybody learns
Everybody touches, everybody burns,
And everybody, everybody, everybody,
Everybody, everybody, everybody,
Everybody, everybody, everybody gets a turn
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6. |
Green Grow the Rashes
04:43
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There's nought but care on ev'ry han'
In every hour that passes, O
What signifies the life o' man
An' 'twere na for the lasses, O
Green grow the rashes, O
Green grow the rashes, O
The sweetest hours that e'er I spent
I spent amang the lasses, O
The war'ly race may riches chase
An' riches still may fly them, O
An' tho' at last they catch them fast
Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O
Green grow the rashes, O
Green grow the rashes, O
The sweetest hours that e'er I spent
I spent amang the lasses, O
But gie me a cannie hour at e'en
My arms about my Dearie, O
An' warly cares, an' warly men
May a' gae tapsalteerie, O
Green grow the rashes, O
Green grow the rashes, O
The sweetest hours that e'er I spent
I spent amang the lasses, O
Auld Nature swears, the lovely Dears
Her noblest work she classes, O
Her prentice han' she try'd on man
An' then she made the lasses, O
Green grow the rashes, O
Green grow the rashes, O
The sweetest hours that e'er I spent
I spent amang the lasses, O
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7. |
Funeral Uniform
03:10
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There's nought but care on ev'ry han'
In every hour that passes, O
What signifies the life o' man
An' 'twere na for the lasses, O
Green grow the rashes, O
Green grow the rashes, O
The sweetest hours that e'er I spent
I spent amang the lasses, O
The war'ly race may riches chase
An' riches still may fly them, O
An' tho' at last they catch them fast
Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O
Green grow the rashes, O
Green grow the rashes, O
The sweetest hours that e'er I spent
I spent amang the lasses, O
But gie me a cannie hour at e'en
My arms about my Dearie, O
An' warly cares, an' warly men
May a' gae tapsalteerie, O
Green grow the rashes, O
Green grow the rashes, O
The sweetest hours that e'er I spent
I spent amang the lasses, O
Auld Nature swears, the lovely Dears
Her noblest work she classes, O
Her prentice han' she try'd on man
An' then she made the lasses, O
Green grow the rashes, O
Green grow the rashes, O
The sweetest hours that e'er I spent
I spent amang the lasses, O
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