1. |
GRAB YOU
02:48
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I wanna grab you
Repeat
And I want you to grab me too
Want you to grab me too
Come on and grab me
We all make mistakes
Given the day, oh anyway
I wanna grab you
Repeat
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2. |
Gay Stripper
02:54
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She was just a girl
Feeling so unsure
Trying to become what she can
Now she's a man
Head starts to spin
Fingers always jumping the gun
'Cause no one understands
Hopeless endeavors now devour my hometeam
Crash into the floor every unit of delivery
Why in the world does it have to be a big deal?
People gonna do what people often will
It was just a brick
Tired and so sick
Hoping to become a wall
With someone else's trick
Now there's many sides
But who out there can straddle the fence?
When it's as clear as black and white
Hopeless endeavors...
How in the world did we ever get so far?
People gonna heal what people often scar
That's right
Sit tight
Gay Stripper
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What should I be at this stage of my life?
Banking on free will
Yeah, doing what I can feel 'cause I can't feel
If you wanna hang on (let go) of all of your vices
Don't take advice from a man buried in a suit
If you wanna let go to all that is killing you
Take my advice before too long it'll be too soon
So, what should I be at this age of my life?
Doe-ray-me-fah
Still banking on free will
Yeah, doing what I must, 'cause I must feel
If you wanna hang on to all of your vices...
I'm a lover in spite of what I'm not giving you
Oh Lord, I should've been a prostitute
And I'm a teacher in spite of what I'm not telling you
Oh Lord, I should've been a substitute
I'm afraid 'cause I don't really know what I am gonna do
Oh Lord, I feel just like a #2
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4. |
DECISIONS
03:08
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Well I can't decide
If going away
Is taking a ride
Or wanting to stay
So now let's change the subject
How'd you get those lines in your brow?
Is heaven crying out loud?
How'd you get that body, growing up where nothing is allowed?
'Cause I can't decide
If I want to stay
Making my mind
Is a terrible waiste
So how'd you get outnumbered?
How come every line in your brow?
Is adding up to something confound
Should we forget this #
Or should we just get on with the crowd?
It's nothing that I have found
I had a mind to tell you off
(but I can't decide)
I had a vision but it got lost
It's these decisions that get me crossed
I had mind but it went off
I can't decide
If walking away
Is taking a step or standing in place
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5. |
When it Happens to You
06:00
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When it happens to you
Well you know it.
When it happens to you
Well you show it.
When it happens to you
Well you blow
When it happens to you
Well you know it.
The lines are subtle
And blatantly in place, to send you there.
Things could matter
The people tell the tales, the tales, they can't spell out any clearer
And I'm just a messenger in some void
So, when it happens to you...
The lines are puddles
And brilliantly in step to throw you off
A path more travelled.
Well people tell the tales, the tales, they all get yelled in the mirror
The King of all cards, the king of all cards
Is a Joker to some
And I'm just a messenger with some tongue.
When it happens to you...
It's gonna happen to you...
When it happens to you...
It's gonna happen!
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6. |
Roadside
02:38
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Roadside pickin' up trash
Goin' outside stretching my legs
Going 'round my wicked old head, round my wicked old head
Repeat
Repeat
...Shaking my leg, gonna run babe, as fast as I can, run babe...
I am just
repeat
They are just, pickin' on you
Roadside...
May I just
Are they just?
I am just
Picking on you
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7. |
Lickety Split
02:48
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8. |
Volative
05:28
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I got a C for trying
I got a D for lying
I got an A for blowin' it
I guess I gotta be more careful
And if I say, that I don't give an F
Would you know what I mean, can't you tell that I'm scared to death?
I've got to be more careful
Before the lies come and eat me
I've got a role and I'll play it
It's not the one, that I'm after
You gotta know, I'm know actor
but I can play the part of your basturd
And if you hear me say, in some sort of drunken way
An incoherent truth, would you want to debate it babe?
I've got to be more careful
Before the lies come and eat me
You're not the one, that I'm after
I went out with Queen Bathery
She must have seen something in me
We swapped spit, it was deadly
I ended up a stain in her pantry
Did i hear you say? That a joke has a funny way
Of sugar coatin' the truth, so we can laugh at our own decay
I've got to be more careful
Before the lies come and greet me
You're not the one that I'm after
I've got to be more careful
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9. |
Last Chance
02:35
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It's the last chance to give it up
Last chance to make it end
Last chance to take a mile
Last chance to give an inch
Last chance so make it last, last chance so make it last
Last chance to rock 'n roll
Last chance to save your soul
Last chance, shut-up and dance
Last chance to take a chance
Last chance to make it last...
Don't you turn your back on this
When it's nothing turns to something
Don't you know you can't resist
Try not to miss
Last chance to bring it in
Last chance to break it down
Last chance to cough it up
Last chance to spit it out
Last chance so make it last...
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10. |
Judy
04:36
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Judy got a gun, yeah she bought it
Judy went out and got her a taste of love
Judy took a shot and thought, hell that is enough
Judy made a pledge, yeah she promised
To never make predictions like Nostradamus
Judy once said she's never going to have a child
Now she's the chauffeur of all and it drives her wild
Judy drives a bus, yeah she loves it. the kids all love it
Judy drives a bus that takes all the children home
Judy drops them off and goes back home alone
Judy woke up Monday morning
Judy looked in the mirror and started the bus
Judy wasn't quite the type to wake up the fuss
Judy said goodbye to all the children, said goodbye to all she's driven
Judy never walks alone on the beach of love
Judy found someone that can now give her enough
Judy...
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11. |
Fire Away
02:06
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Eyes come on shut. we can bring it all together if we just give it up
and then the lights come on, I got to drag myself along
Eyes come on sleep. we've been at it all day just trying to see
And then the lights come on, I got to pull myself around
Toss and turn until I'm free (and then you slip away)
And then the lights go off, thank god I've finally had enough
Fire Away
Repeat
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13. |
LTNT DAN
03:51
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Never thought about it back then
Now I find
I can't get it out of my mind
If everyday's a new day, why do I resolve to stay
A never ending while I'm gone away
So don't ask about tomorrow, 'cause I'm sick of all this sorrow
And every days a new day that's for sure
And I don't want to miss the shadows of your bleeding mystery morals
But I'm bleeding from the words that you once spoke
Probably should've left it alone
And I tried
Can't get you on my side
If only I could give it away
The precious gifts of love and hate
The world would be a better place for not knowing
Never thought about it back then, now I find
I can't get you out of my mind
So don't ask about tomorrow, 'cause I'm sick of all this sorrow
And every days a new day that's for sure
And I don't want to miss the shadows of your bleeding mystery morals
But I'm bleeding from the words that you once spoke
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14. |
4EVER
02:59
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Why did you tell me, you'd love me 4ever, didn't you know that my life was in your hands?
How do you sleep when everything's been shattered, you'd love me 4ever, that's what you said.
Don't you remember?
The mountains we climbed
Over and over, time and time again
4ever is just a memory
Together it was just you and me
4ever
Have you heard the one about the fool on the hill?
You were there in a raincoat singing Strawberry Fields
Laid you down in the tall green grass, your lying there still
Got you off that rain kept coming down
Chorus
Why did you tell me...
Chorus
Repeat
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15. |
Punchline
03:16
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He was such a good friend and then he blew his brains out
He was good at everything
He was good at everything
He was good at everything
We were caught in the middle, swinging to the by and by
Every holy roller, was screaming suicide, suicide
He could do most anything, once he set his mind to it
So he decided that was that, yeah he decided that was that
Left his coat and left his hat, fellas whipped across the back
We were bound, gagged, and measured. Laid out in a straight line
Every child left standing, was shouting filicide step aside
We were brought here together, but never at the same time
It was taking forever
Just to make it to the punchline
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16. |
Invisible Man
03:18
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I'd really like to meet you, but i can't
I'm the invisible man...
I know you want to hurt me, but you can't
I'm the invisible man...
I'm standing right beside you, can't you tell?
I'm the invisible man...
I'd really like to catch you, if you fell
But I'm invisible man...
(don't look at me)
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17. |
GRAB U (Reprise)
05:44
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THE FREDS North Carolina
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THE FREDS were: Jason Davis, Jesse Meyers, and Charles Shoemake
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