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Rev. John / Friend
02:49
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Picking up the things you left,
I never thought I’d be so upset
about every time you told me you
don’t ever wanna see me again
I don’t mind if you stay tonight
it’s just another promise you never meant
like all those times you told me you
don’t ever wanna see me again
and then “I love you and you’ll always be my friend”
I tried to play by your rules
but you’ve been making them up as you go
though I tried, you told me you
don’t ever wanna see me again
and then “I love you and you’ll always be my friend”
I love you and you’ll always be my friend
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2. |
Shark's Mouth
02:06
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If you wanna be caught in some shark’s mouth
spill a bucket of blood in the water
or take the Chinatown down to your old house
and spend a lonely night up with your father
He’ll deck the halls with blood red and gold
you never felt so scared to be alone
til now
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3. |
Cop Caller
02:49
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I know you’re scheming again tonight
but you’re sincerely upset so I ask you what you want
but the late night stores don’t keep it stocked
Woke up to sweetness and then he tried
some “call the police” shit again but I couldn’t make the call
cause there’s something that always makes me stop
Woke up to sweetness again
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4. |
Maria
01:58
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Everytime you say you wanna know me I get anxious
cause I would probably tell you about some dumb shit
“you wanna hear this story about the time we got arrested at a crack den?
My auntie let us in her name was Mendez, no relation
Krys and I jumped out the bathroom window when they came in
Krys and I came crashing out the window, but they were waiting
Earlier that day we were both clean
but then somebody said,
‘Come back to me because it’s easy
Come back to me, I’ll make you happy
Come back to me and I will make it easy
Come back to me because I’m wrong’”
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5. |
Goodbye / Trouble
03:12
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goodbye, Skinny told you
“You don’t know me til I say I know you”
goodbye, beneath the bleachers
$60 for your metal t-shirt
goodbye, goodbye
Hand on your throat
you bet til you choke
and it’s hell til you fold
goodbye, did it make it stop
when you chained that pack of cigarettes and copped?
goodbye, he said “I can’t ignore you,
I’ve been trying but I still adore you“
goodbye, goodbye
Hand on your throat
you bet til you choke
and it’s hell til you fold
You took an L round Union Square
I never thought that I would find you there
while I was waiting for the sound of god
or any other who could tell me I’m wrong
I took a wallet chain to the head
you didn’t notice but I’ll never forget
how you stayed in trouble
Yeah I’ll stick around you
it doesn’t matter if you’re rubber or glue
cause I would wait for the son of god
or any other who could tell me I’m wrong
I sold some shit to some shady bro’s
you took the money but you left me their clothes and
your pain and trouble
stayed in trouble
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Sweetie
01:49
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I won’t love again after you
and I know what you’d say if I asked you to stay
but I don’t want to
Fuck I’m paranoid, like my mom
and I wished she would say
“Sweetie I’m going away
cause I don’t love you“
I don’t love you
don’t love you
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7. |
Clearer Picture (of You)
02:43
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Maybe I could pretend
it wasn’t like this til the very end
and goddamn you sure had suffered enough
but my love couldn’t cover it up
I saw a clearer picture of you
Maybe I could pretend
I wasn’t blown off by one of my friends
and it hurt when you stuck me again,
was it something that I shouldn’t have said?
I saw a clearer picture of you
Maybe I could pretend
I’m no different than a tool in the shed
and if it’s sharp then you’ll cut til it’s dull
If it floats fuck the hole in the hull
I know your mama treated you bad
but now you’re treating me pretty bad
I saw a clearer picture of you
I saw a clearer picture of you
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Best Behavior
02:52
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You got the radio playing and all I can think is to change it
to some shit I hate
it’s better than something that you like
You got a Big New Job so now you can act like it’s all right
but it’s not
it’s never gonna be all right
And it’s true, sometimes I’m wrong
but I’m on my best behavior, do you like it?
Here’s a photograph where I look like I’m having a good time
but I’m not
and I know you can notice the difference
You got Big Tough Hands so now you can act like it’s all right.
It’s a lie,
but I can’t say any different
And it’s true, sometimes I’m wrong
but I’m on my best behavior, do you like it?
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9. |
Hoping You're Doing Okay
02:47
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Crawling hours drilling your teeth
you sweat through all of your clothes,
tossed off south 16th street
with some friend you don’t wanna know
Pull your sleeves down though it is 93 degrees
cause it’s not the way that you are
it’s what they wanna see, Oh Lord
I still hope your name don’t appear
in some obituary.
I know it’s so unclear
when you’ve begged so long on bruised knees
Couldn’t feel, couldn’t
convince myself I was real
cause it’s not the way that you are
it’s what they wanna see, Oh Lord
Could you see? were you
conscious as they packed to leave?
cause it’s not the way that you are
it’s what you wanna be, don’t go
No, it’s not the way that you are
it’s what you soon will be
don’t go
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