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1. |
The Other Way
02:34
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My blues appear
When you draw near
Off of your lips
Love words I hear
How can I believe
Anything you say
You've got me hooked I'll always look
The other way
Many splendored things
Are all the pangs
Inside my heart
That your love brings
But I hold out
Hoping you might change
So I proceed to turn my cheek
The other way
I'll ride the highs
And bear the lows
I've dimmed the lights
In my heart’s glow
Each move you make
Just brings me pain
I'll take your blows since I don't know
Any other way
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2. |
I'll Be Around
02:27
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Time after time you've said
That you won't see me again
If that's the way you want it then that's fine
Though it hurts to see you go
I just want you to know
I'll be around if you ever change your mind
One by one the tear drops fall
Their collection's on the wall
But I'm not necessarily resigned
To the fact you've gone astray
I'll tell you just in case
I'll be around if you ever change your mind
I'll be around right here where you left me long ago
In the exact same state I've always been confined
Though I'm no longer in demand
I want you to understand
I'll be around if you ever change your mind
I'll be around right here where you left me long ago
And you know precisely what you're going to find
A love sick fool like me
Waiting for you patiently
I'll be around if you ever change your mind
I'll be around if you ever change your mind
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3. |
Taken By You
03:42
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We're bound by this plan, the ropes on the hands
And plans, they rearrange
I'm hanging off your double cross
We really need this change
I'm so taken by you
And you'll be taken by me
There's no telling who's
To be believed
We think we know the why's
But did we think it through?
You'll be taken by me
I'm so taken by you
There's nothing to fear, I need you near
It's clear to see you've an itch to flee
It's just our luck how we've been stuck
This kid's so rich, why aren't we?
I'm so taken by you
And you'll be taken by me
Where're we going to?
Our house amongst the trees
We think we know the why's
But did we think it through?
You'll be taken by me
I'm so taken by you
It's a simple scheme if we work as a team
It's after dark and I can hardly see
If we keep it together, it'll all be better
No one gets hurt but me
I'm so taken by you
And you'll be taken by me
Where're we going to?
Our house amongst the trees
We think we know the why's
But did we think it through?
You'll be taken by me
I'm so taken by you
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4. |
This Hotel Room
03:44
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Sometimes I start to feel the pull
From the ghosts of our love
That haunt me not unlike a welcome guest
We know that it's impossible
To be hand in hand in glove
But we just can't lay some spirits to rest
Though we've both had to confront
Our hearts are tied and bound
We have found a way to cheat our fates
'Cause come once every few months
You'll know where we'll be found
Beneath those neon lights on Interstate
At least we'll always have this hotel room
Where you and I can lie down for a while
If only for a night, just like we used to do
And then we go back to our usual lives
If these sheets could only speak
The secrets they would tell
How each discrete meeting fills me with pain
It leaves my heart completely weak
To know tonight could be the final time
I ever see your face again
At least we'll always have this hotel room
Where you and I can lie down for a while
If only for a night, just like we used to do
And then we go back to our usual lives
At least we'll always have this hotel room
Where we can lie to ourselves for a while
If only for a night, just like we used to do
And then we go back to our usual lives
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5. |
In Your Mind
07:41
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In your mind everything is perfect
Perfect as you'd want it all to be
In you mind everything is perfect
Living in your altered memories
You don't have to take responsibility
Or accept blame for the wrongs you've done
Troubles aren't the product of your making
And yet they seem to pile on one by one
In your mind everything is perfect
Perfect as you'd want it all to be
In you mind everything is perfect
Living in your altered memories
None of your former friends has ever left you
Except when your borderline's trespassed
Blazing trails of regretted lovers
Because none of them ever passed your test
In your mind everything is perfect
Perfect as you'd want it all to be
In you mind everything is perfect
Living in your altered memories
Flights of fancy hang on the horizon
Falsehoods ring out loud and true
You deserve everything you desire
And deserve everything coming to you
In your mind everything is perfect
Perfect as you'd want it all to be
In you mind everything is perfect
Living in your altered memories
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Wouldn't it be such a thrill if the two of us wrote
Staged and scripted a quote - chance meeting - unquote
A simulated encounter on this soap opera set
Let's pretend we're strangers darling like we never met
Let's pretend we're strangers in a crowded house party
I'll watch you work the room just to take a part of me
From our ice cold shaking hands nobody would suspect
We're pretending that we're strangers like we never met
You don't know how I look forward
to the games we'll play
When we're in the maddening crowd in the
harsh light of day
My heart is yearning for you
but I just can't show it yet
Let's pretend we're strangers darling like we never met
Let's pretend we're strangers when we go out in public
And feign the faintest glimpse of each other
would make us sick
I know that you are old enough to keep a secret
Let's pretend we're strangers darling like we never met
Let's pretend we're strangers
when we go out on the town
There'll be no trace of the histories
that lie between us now
Forever I will hold these cards up close to my chest
Let's pretend we're strangers darling like we never met
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7. |
I Only Hit Her Once
04:03
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Can you see just how she's made up
A portrait of style and grace
Standing there in eyeliner and rouge
But no matter how much make up
She applies to her face
It will never fully conceal the bruise
Of when I lay my hands on her
To touch her burns like fire
The flames of which she stands to bear the brunt
And you know how I am sorry
And it won't happen again
But I swear that I only hit her once
It's so hard to learn the lesson
You hurt the ones that love you
Sometimes I think she'll never learn
She threatens her affections
Can always be removed
But no matter what I know she will return
To step back into the ring
Where the kid gloves I'm removing
You know it wouldn't make any difference
In the way I feel about her
Or the way she feels about me
But I swear that I only hit her once
I'm a man and I'll own up to
Actions that I can't undo
Don't you know my poor pride has paid the price
And you know how I am sorry
And it won't happen again
But I swear that I only hit her twice
I mean I swear that I only hit her once
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8. |
Brian Cells
03:56
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Brain cells, killing brain cells
With every substance I consume
Brain cells, killing brain cells
To erase these memories of you
Don't try to tell me how it's over
You know exactly what I'll do
Tonight I can't stand to be sober
Believe when I say it's true
Brain cells, killing brain cells
As I'm sucking down these fumes
Brain cells, killing brain cells
To erase these memories of you
You told me time and time and time again
Not to go down that road
But tonight I think I'll do it
'Cause it's the only way I know
Brain cells, killing brain cells
'Cause it's the only way I know to cope
Brain cells, killing brain cells
'Cause it's the only thing that gives me hope
Brain cells, killing brain cells
With every substance I consume
Brain cells, killing brain cells
To erase these memories of you
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9. |
Last Blue Yodel
03:17
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You always asked for me to write a dedicated tune
This is my last blue yodel to you
All it took was for us to part for this song to come to
This is my last blue yodel to you
A thousand times I've cried your name
in the middle of the night
Without the decency of your reply
I thought that I was over you
but then I thought too soon
This is my last blue yodel to you
My desperate wish is that you catch
this lingering melody
That carries itself on the evening breeze
All I want is to forget but hell what can I do?
This is my last blue yodel to you
This is my last blue yodel to you
Yodel lee hee hey, yodel lee hee hey, yodel lee hee
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