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Introduction
01:02
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2. |
Mind of Mine
03:51
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Same Ol'
03:40
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babe, you told me you're takin' a break and
it's makin' you crazy and lazy and sad
now you're usin', abusin', it's bruisin', you're losin'
and you can't stand, you can't and it's bad
but I don't know what to tell you
it's the same every time you ask
it's a fine line between one time and a life time
and I don't find that it's all that new to you
so you hang back, get your game back, it's the same track
is his name Jack? this time
whatcha gonna do?
'cause i don't know what to tell you
it's the same every time we try
oh, 'cause this time we're taking the long way
there's no way around
I have found this is true
'cause I'd rather be someone with nothing
than nothing with someone
I've found this with you
and I don't know what to tell you
it's the same every time I come back
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Stage Three Clinger
03:15
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5. |
Roller Coaster
02:59
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please won't you tell me if this isn't your thing
would you still love me if I couldn't sing
I get so shaky, uncertain and lost
are my signals getting crossed?
oh how I won you is the craziest thing
and if I stung you never meant it to sting
this roller coaster can be so volatile
gotta get on for a while
give me an answer, are you still there?
a second chance or a third being fair
please let me love you, please sit by my side
I don't get on unless it's for the whole ride
when we're together, we're feeling alright
don't matter whether it's morning or night
you take my hand and I'm no longer alone
next day I'm beggin' you to throw me a bone
you see you're up and down, but you know so am I
some days I'm frownin' and could not tell you why
with you I feel like I've been standing in line
still can't tell if you are mine
give me a sign, a reason to stay
have I lost my mind, pushed you away?
please let me love you, please stay by my side
I don't get on unless it's for the whole ride
I know I may not be your typical gal
sometimes a lover, sometimes more of a pal
you make me laugh which can be so hard to do
but I can't get through to you
sometimes I wonder if this isn't so wise
are we making believe or am I closing my eyes?
I've got no answers, but oh I've got love
please tell me are you thinking of me
give me salvation, show me the light
self-depracation sits so heavy tonight
please let me love you, please don't leave my side
I don't get on unless it's for the whole ride
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7. |
Forwards/Backwards
03:58
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I've been spending too much time feeling hung up over you
attempting to rewind when there's nothing we can do
you really fucked me up, I hope you're feeling fucked up too
that when you hear my name you stop and call yourself a fool
there's something to be said about giving love a shot
but I'm out of my head thinking you're something that you're not
a love so fresh and green can later turn so quick to rot
always knew that you were wrong for me but somehow I got caught
but not anymore
(chorus)
I'm going forward, and you're going backward
I'm moving toward something you can't see
for all the ways you hurt me, could not revert me
then you desert me and I'm set free
good luck in 1993
I waited months and months and months to see you working on yourself
but now I'm finally gone you've just latched on to someone else
I hope for their sake that you learn to clean up your own mess
but me, I've done enough so I don't plan to hold my breath
(chorus)
you were my rock when hard times flooded me, that's where this all begins
I clung on tight to your solidity as the water reached my chin
but then the River calmed and I remembered I could swim
I couldn't drag you with me, so I waded there in lim....bo
but not anymore
(chorus)
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9. |
Stay-Put Blues
03:19
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if I could help it, I'd stay put
oh, but I'm packing up, going on foot
stayed too long sitting here
I'm gone
if I could manage, I'd float away
never to see another day
but I don't choose that, no I won't use that
to go away
here tomorrow, gone today
not sure what it is makes me stay
all can't go away
stay put for now, but oh someday
if you could teach me, I'd learn to love
but you can't reach me, I'm miles above
watching closely, oh but mostly
I'm moving on
I lived without her for so long
before I found her, but now she's gone
oh what'll I do? oh I know
I'm getting gone
I’m here tomorrow, gone today
Don’t know just what it is, makes me stay
All the sorrow, all the pain
comes right along with you on your way
If I could help it, I’d go away
Pick up these heavy bones today
Nothing for me, so ignore me
I’m getting gone
give me patience, give me peace
give me growth and sweet release
stay put for now, but oh someday
I’ll go away
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10. |
Revenge Song
05:39
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Roadside Reststop
04:59
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I'm at a roadside reststop
in I-don't-know-which town
and I wanna get home but the rain's coming down
and where's home anyway?
I'm alone anyway
I keep giving you warnings, but you won't leave my head
I keep waking up mornings thinking I'm in your bed
and I love you so much that it hurts not to hate you
I hate you so much that I just wanna shake you
in my arms, in my arms
'cause all that you been saying
amounts to the same thing
and I'm trying to go away
but some part of me's trying to stay
I know I wasn't perfect, and I wasn't easy
but if that's what you wanted why didn't you leave me
we were bad anyway
don't know what's left to say
I was getting out of town, getting far from you
right away I went down, my aloneness just grew
to the size of the ocean and the weight of the sea
I'm just going through the motions, this ain't even me anymore
'cause all that you been saying
amounts to the same thing
and I'm running to and fro, you know
driving fast but feeling slow
but I better get going before it gets dark
but the rain isn't slowing nor is my beating heart
and what's love anyway?
you said it the other day
I guess I wanted you to hold me without holding me down
now I'm getting dragged under, you're not even around
are you skating on sunshine, have you let go of all this
tell me do you feel sorry, tell me do you feel honest anymore
anymore?
'cause all that you been saying
amounts to the same thing
and I wanna let go, but we won't say goodbye
tell me where do I go? I can't run, I can't hide
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12. |
Queen Ann Lace
04:10
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float me in the ocean
sink me in the sky
I've never known a life
where one is yet afraid to die
I've always felt the need to say
what's better left unsaid
this mouth will shut once and for all
the day they call me dead
and lemons on the neighbor's tree
rosemary underfoot
Queen Ann Lace, and parsley, Sage
time passes as it should
timeless and dreamy
green eyes behind green leaves
soft pages, blank and creamy
for when you've got no time to grieve
same stories become new ones
same heart that aches so sweet
same wind that whispers to me
'tired but soulfully sing'
and those who need to hear it don't
and the words come out all wrong
keep saying what you need to say
the crows will sing along
one for sorrow, two for joy
one tomorrow, two today
one and two alone together
one and two, one and the same
have I lost if I've just quit the game
you really got me good
oh love and hate taste so the same
would I forget you if I could
yes, you were always both, my dear
the poison and the wine
you hurt me and you healed me
neither here nor there, in time
yes, you were always both my dear
you were always both
neither here, nor there, nor now, my dear
you were always both
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