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Demure Shoes
04:18
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You walked in with a friend of a friend
but I could only look at you
you set your own fashion trend
in your dress and demure shoes
The band began to play
I asked to dance with you
we felt each other sway
while I looked down at your shoes.
Demure shoes
Shoes demure
understated
that’s for sure
Shoes demure
Demure shoes
made me fall in love with you.
Don’t get me wrong I love all of you
top to bottom, not just your shoes
your demure shoes were just a clue
to the wonder that is you
Demure shoes
Shoes demure
understated
that’s for sure
Shoes demure
Demure shoes
made me fall in love with you.
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Sales
03:22
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Do I think I got it covered?
I may be over qualified.
Do you think this is fair?
That ain’t yours to decide.
All I can do is
all I can do
and I will
give it my best try.
Here it is you got it comin’
it’s shipping out of Kokomo
Should arrive right on time
in a couple days or so
It gets to you
tell you what you can do:
you use it
and we call it a go.
I don’t wanna pick up the phone.
All I wanna do is go home.
I’m feelin’ tired to the bone.
Got to stay another hour.
Someone shut off the power.
Don’t know what else I could do.
Time for a brew.
Come as you are
let’s go down to the bar
for a few.
The first round is on you.
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Together
03:32
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I’m waiting in the street
that’ where we like to meet
I want to be with her all night.
I feel it in my body
it sweeps over me
want her with all my might.
When we’re together
everything is very nice.
When we’re together
life is just a paradise.
She slides into my car
I say, “Forget the bar”
and we drive over to my place
I try not to drive too fast
make conversation last
until we get there.
When we’re together
everything is very nice.
When we’re together
life is just a paradise.
When our friends always say
we should get a room
that is exactly what we do
We don’t want to ever leave
just stay in there and do
what we love to do.
When we’re together
everything is very nice.
When we’re together
life is just a paradise.
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here’s your things
go on, get out
it’s time for you to go
it’s no mystery why
the reasons you well know
I’m not swayed by your cryin’ babe
enough is enough
take your stuff and go ‘cause we got
nothing further to discuss
you
drank up the bar
wrecked my car
by driving it through my shed
when I said ‘I love you’
you slap me upside the head
I know I said I’d stick with you
no matter how or what
but after this I think we got
nothing further to discuss
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5. |
Alien Blues
04:01
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There is no fur on me
no horns or claws
my bare skin
means I must live indoors
unlike my neighbors
Almost everyone
is afraid of me
they run away
at the sight of me
I do not hunt
or forage
I cook my food
and rent storage
I am an alien
I’m always too warm or cold
I wear a covering
heat my house with fire
in a metal thing
in the summer
air conditioning.
I have systems
to eliminate
bodily and
household waste
I visualize my future
I regret my past
I am an alien
I am an alien
and I got money
to spend
I like my friends
but I don’t smell them
I can talk
with words and tell them
I don’t seem to blend
though I can bend
I think I only pretend
to be a human
I am an alien
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6. |
False Friended
02:33
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I thought we were friended
but you turned out in the end
an enemy to me and my family
You lie right in my face
tellin’ me your book is safe
while trolls and bullies freely play
I’m no longer hypnotized
by your gallery of lies
time you got cut down to size
You ignored the harm you did
and chose to make a buck instead.
You ought to be selling cigarettes.
Just like Nixon you thought
by covering up truth with lies
you would never get caught
Now your ugly truth has come to light
it seems you are in for a fight
Zucky, I have to say I hope you lose.
You are the latest greatest
blossom of the conquest
of the people by the corporation.
“Company over country” is your creed.
Only your lack of caring is greater your greed.
It’s been fun but now I’m done.
and I’m not the only one,
who wants your annihilation.
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7. |
Room for Improvement
02:33
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She said to me, “I love you,
though you are not so perfect.”
I said, “Well I know that’s true,
and neither are you.”
She said, “We deserve each other.”
When I asked her what she meant,
she said, “There will always be
room for improvement.”
One lovely night in bed
we had such a great time.
She rang my bells
and I rang all her chimes.
She sighed and said, “That was great.”
I said, “Yes, it was excellent,
and the best part is,
there will always be room for improvement.”
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