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Voices
04:24
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When I'm buggin' out
I talk to my dead friends.
I tell 'em what's going on,
they seem to already know, but they listen anyway :)
and lend perspective;
They laugh at all my problems;
They tell me I got it made, cause they're dead;
and I'm alive.
I'm alive...
They tell me I got it made,
they tell me not to worry, but rather,
that I should go and play,
with those lovely daughters, they say,
"Yo, CG, you should take 'em to the park!
Or take 'em to the movies, or something,"
they say, "You know, it doesn't really matter where you take 'em.
Just take the time;
we left ours behind."
Left 'em behind...
They come to me like visions,
or former Jedi masters, and if they said,
"Yo, CG, you should go to Dagobah, finish your training!"
I'd be all like, "Well, where's my X-wing fighter?"
I guess I'm trying to say,
I hear their voices...
I hear their voices...
I hear their voices...
I hear their voices...
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Snare Drum
02:48
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All my friends'r stumblin round like in a dream
all of us cryin, thumbs on a machine
people I seen on a little white screen
dancin neath my fingers and bleedin in my dreams, but I
I wanna feel the moonlight
and I wanna know if the time's right
and I wanna know what you feel like
Every word's as loud as every other word
every note's as loud as every other note
every drum beat is the same drum beat
made in a computer on 57th street but I
I wanna hear the snare drum
and I wanna feel the bass hum
and I wanna know where you came from
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3. |
I'm the One
04:54
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The flags are hanging like wet rags
halfway down the pole
Someone's getting fired, get 'em up higher!
Up where they're supposed to go.
The flags are hanging like bodies
dangling in the wind.
Swayin' and a-bumpin', it's always somethin'
the times they're a-changin' again.
Yeah, the times they're a-changin' again.
But don't you think twice, son, it's alright;
Hand on your heart with all of your might
Maybe I'm dumb but son, where I'm from,
Salute 'til your arm is numb... I'm The ONE.
Now, I don't know how I got here
I'm as confused as you!
I started out as a little rich scumbag
givin' notice when the rent was due.
No, I don't know how I got here
or what came before the storm.
I started out shooting off my mouth about where black Barry was born.
Yeah, where 44 was born.
But don't you think twice, girl, it's alright;
Hand on your heart, I'll touch what I like.
Maybe I'm scum but girl, where I'm from,
Salute 'til your arm is numb... I'm The ONE.
Now, I don't know what I feel like
or what I'm in the mood for...
Stoke some old fears, troll some more queers,
maybe start a nuclear war.
No, I don't know what I feel like,
but I can point a finger or two.
Fire off a tweet, watch 'em split like sheep,
or monkeys in the National Zoo.
Yeah, monkeys in the National Zoo.
There's 300 million of you!
But don't you think twice, mom, it's alright;
Hand on your heart, I'll grab what I like.
Maybe I'm scum but ma, where I'm from,
Salute 'til your arm is numb... I'm The ONE.
I'm patriotic!
Yeah, a patriotic tough guy;
Five deferments from Vietnam!?
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The Sailor
02:30
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I saw a sailor heading for the ocean
I saw a sailor putting out to sea
heading for the rain
heading for the hurricane
she said it's all the same, come back to me
I saw a mermaid sleeping on the sidewalk
I saw a mermaid scratching up some change
swinging round the pole
trying to give away her soul
the city's oh so cold, and oh so strange
and I felt an angel tap me on the shoulder
I heard that angel whispering to me
he said "I've seen it all...
I've seen the mountain fall
and heard the siren call drifting on the sea."
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