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Locked out of buildings
With a fast approaching snowstorm
I've no time for faith but I know
An angel when I see one
The stars above are most clear
On the black cloudless nights
That will make you freeze to death
I cannot feel my fingers or my toes
I have forgotten how it feels to be warm
These are predicaments I've had before
Most times I can get by with discarded clothes but
This year I'm struggling and how it shows
Curled on a steam vent
The wind never is forgiving
I hope all the whiskey in my
Belly keeps me warm cause the
Setting suns are the most
Beautiful on the days
That will make you freeze to death
No more pain and no more stress
Lungs too cold to see my breath
Lips are blue and nose is red
Wish I had some scotch instead
No rest from this arctic hell
All across the commonwealth
Close my eyes and rest my head
Mom and dad I'll see you again
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Jim Thorpe
01:22
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(Ain't got none)
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He's in the woods again, I know
That tonight it ends, I know
He's after us
That he's after us
Grey eyes, grey skies, grey lives
Will die
So let him fill you with comfort
So let him fill you with comfort
Grey eyes, grey skies, grey lives
Will die
So let him fill you with comfort
So let him fill you with comfort
So let him
So let him
So let him
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(Ain't got none)
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5. |
Cloudshapes
03:59
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We can be replaced
We can both be played
Heather Michaels eat your heart out
You are not the same
So what would it take?
Flowers and Tastykakes?
I've never been great
At these grand romantic gestures
But I try
Don't be so hurt about
Don't be so hurt about it
(That sweet bitter taste)
Don't be so hurt about
(That lingers around)
The things you cannot change
Feelings are enhanced
Changing circumstance
Claire McDouglas eat your heart out
You have missed your chance
So why can't I stop?
Pitchers of Rolling Rock
It's so hard to talk
When I see you at the tailgate
But I try
Don't be so hurt about
Don't be so hurt about it
(That sweet bitter taste)
Don't be so hurt about
(That lingers around)
The things you cannot change
If I pull away
You can see the frame
The greatest trick that I pulled
Is thinking that I'm better
Than you
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And as we're stumbling home from the bar
I hatch ideas of cunning and greed
It's a cog in a perfect design
To fulfill all the basest of needs
And we could hold up a Yuengling truck
We'll live like kings
And we can never be sober again
The drunkest of kings
I know guys who know guys
Who live on the streets
I know guys who never practice what they preach
And they always claim that they're up to no good
My friends and I we call them the Scourge of Wynnewood
And as we ride the R5 to our stop
At least that's what they still call it to me
It's just a jump and a skip and a hop
To the McMansion where we came to meet
And you can tell that their reputations
Precede themselves
They drive a beat-to-shit Mercedes Benz
And like to raise hell
We raid the beer distributor
It's closed late most nights
We smash a row of mailboxes
And spray paint traffic lights
If we ignore we're twenty-four
Let's party for hours
We shotgun cans of Victory
Cause victory is ours
When we get arrested they don't skip a beat
The Main Line kids they're living consequence-free
Their dads bail us out so we
Don't make local news
The scourges of Wynnewood are
Pretty cool dudes
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7. |
Penelope
02:36
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Once in a while
There is a soul that melts your heart
You'll see the light
A beacon among the faces
And she's looking at me
Oh
Penelope you said to me our paths intertwine
Some tremble in your voice was genuine
It's improbable to say the least
That were we're all alive
So let's toast to these odds in style
For a while
Some random memories
Float to the surface from the depths
Days that you spent with me
Moments we shared and nights you slept
Embraced in my arms
Oh
Penelope you said to me our thoughts intertwine
Some tremble in your voice was genuine
It's improbable to say the least
That were we're all alive
So let's toast to the odds before we die
Penelope you're telling me you never could lie
This feeling inside us is genuine
The winding path that led to this
Must have been designed
So let's toast to this time that we've spent
For a while
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And Jupiter is far too far
And buses don't run to the stars
But it doesn't matter where you are
Cause we're the same
And I've never seen this place before
So much to see much to explore
But when you're here there's not much more
To change
Seconds to blastoff
Let's make some progress now
Fill us with wonder
Decimate all our doubts
We're living in the future of
Twenty five years ago
We're living in utopia
A thinking mans town
And the stars don't look how I expect
A poorly-made special effect
Yet here they are I stand corrected now
And Jupiter is on the way
To where we'll settle, where we'll stay
And it's almost here, anticipa-
tion's killing me
And we've made it up over the wall
It stayed just like how I recall
So if you don't mind, I'd like to walk around
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9. |
Creek Froze Last Night
03:52
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Tuck in our scarves
We play on the creek that froze last night
7:15, I dread that I must go home
I know cause and effect
I don't need you to think for myself
Grab the keys from the bowl
I can mull over this
Somewhere else
I can't divine where I should be
But it's not here
I'll shovel snow so I can just stay outside
I have no time for these
Power plays and daily
Screaming matches
Grab the keys to the Ford
And if you're still here I won't come back
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10. |
Lift Your Hearts
04:00
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Lift your hearts and sing
Temporary things
Repaired memories
Mask the stuttering
Lift your hearts to hear
Days that disappear
Check the clock again
Waste another year
I already know
Life's a drag
Don't complain
If you know so well
Life's a drag
Make a change
Lift your hearts and weep
Burdens left to keep
Eyes are bloodshot red
World's too fucked to sleep
Lift your hearts and cry
At the barren skies
Let's all come to terms
This is how we die
I already know
Life's a pain
Don't complain
If you know so well
Life's a pain
Make a change
Lift your hearts and scream
At the other team
They're the enemy
In this fever dream
Lift your hearts to praise
Our melodious phrase
Empty harmonies cork
Nothing left to waste
I already know
Life's no fair
Don't complain
If you know so well
Life's no fair
Make a change
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11. |
We Need You
04:13
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We, we both knew
That this day would come
We, we let it anyway
As it does for everyone
And had you asked
Me a year ago
I'd say you're mad
You'd say I'm right
You did well and you did fine
But I don't think we need you anymore
You did well and served your time
But I don't think we need you anymore
All, all my friends
Are living their lives
While I'm stuck at the
Same old traffic lights
Can you call it
Fear of missing out
If you don't change
When it happens?
You did well and you did fine
But I don't think we need you anymore
You did well and served your time
But I don't think we need you anymore
How could you settle?
How could you settle?
That's what you said so long ago
How could you give up?
How could you give up?
How could you give up on yourself?
You used enough of
Your holding pattern
You have potential more than that
Don't rest on your laurels
They're made of plastic
I think it's time you grew your own
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Do you hate this?
Feeling anxious
Mix it in with love
When it hits you
This mix fits you
Like a glove
Random attacks
All these flashbacks
Keep your head up
Pick up the slack
If you're unsure
If you're done for
Just do nothing
It evens the score
So I don't fight anymore
It's called taking it easy
It's what will save all the sinners
There are new revelations
That will turn men into winners
So drink on it
Gin and tonics
Usually aren't your thing
But your go-to
Has proved untrue
Through poisoning
Darkness washes
Angry bosses
Just take your cut
Cut your losses
We've learned nothing
Believe nothing
Behind closed doors
They're just bluffing
So I don't work anymore
It's called taking it easy
It's what will save all the sinners
There are new revelations
That will turn men into winners
It's called taking it easy
It's what will save all the sinners
There are new revelations
That will eat you alive
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13. |
I Want To Be Recycled
03:38
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This could be a sad song
If you let it under your skin
I had that dream again
I was in high school
All the past had been reset
A chance, a new start
So please recycle me
Made new from old parts
What could go wrong?
What could go wrong?
I want to be recycled
I want to be recycled
I want to be recycled
I want to be recycled
We could join the heap
If I tried to recreate
What worked the first time 'round
They never went the same
It can't be spontaneous
So now I'm stuck with thoughts
Of futures that never will be
Please don't recycle me
It's not worth getting the past so wrong
That's what can go wrong
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Reparations
03:12
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She'll regret it when she's older
She'll regret it when she's colder
And despite all you've said
There is always room for conversation
And despite all you've done
There is always room for reparations
Like a perfect ray of sunlight
Blocked by ugly concrete skylines
And despite all you've said
There is always time for conversation
And despite all you've done
There is always time for reparations
And despite all your love
We were not immune to reservations
Of doubt and remorse
This story's always such a drag
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15. |
Susquehanna
06:39
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Oh! Allegheny
Covered in green that covers the coal
The sun hits the valley
I put it in neutral and let myself roll
Oh! Susquehanna
The November days reflect off the snow
I walk to the river
I see my reflection get lost in the flow
Oh! Octoraro
We live on your banks and camp in the trees
I float in the water
I ride with the current and drift in the breeze
Drive into the city the traffic stops for miles
There's no destination so I can wait a while
Past the Wissahickon, the Conshohocken Curve
We don't have a say 'cept to travel with the herd
Oh! Susquehanna
Forever will run, forever is free
I head for the country
The land, she produces whatever I need
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16. |
Discount Squier Strat
02:10
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There is a music shop
Everything's broken that hangs on the wall
Similarly I only see
Versions of my electric guitar
Looking at Gibsons is
The girl of my dreams, I don't know her at all
She smiles at me as she
Buys a Boss pedal and gets in her car
It's all the same, so it goes
It's all the same, so it goes
It's all the same, so it goes
That's how we live
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