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Hipsters, Vinyl, & Puke
00:54
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I don’t care about folk rock
And I don’t care about old stuff
And I don’t care about all those vinyl records that make you think you’re so cool
And I don’t give a lick about the poetry you sing about
And I don’t care about…
To you I’m just an idiot
Another blabbering miscreant
A social cancer to the betterment of the educated world
You gotta make a stink about everything you think about
And I don’t care about….
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It's Not Gonna Stop
01:36
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Everybody’s talkin’ about the fall of the great generation
And it’s not gonna stop, no it’s not gonna stop
Every brain’s polluted by the junk on the MTV station
And it’s not gonna stop, no it’s not gonna stop
Am I not getting through, When I’m talking to you
We are destined to get what we ought cause it’s not gonna stop
Every band is turning to the panhandle kickstarter nation
And it's not gonna stop, no it's not gonna stop
People scream and whine about the same very picture they painted
And it’s not gonna stop, no it’s not gonna stop
Do you not any shame? No work ethic to name?
By your birth you are helpless and lazy, and it’s not gonna stop
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3. |
Leave The Light On
01:59
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4. |
Time To Let It Go
04:11
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I’ve been lost inside for years holding my head high and fightin’
Feelings that I can’t control
I feel it hard between the ears, that sensation of indictment
And I never let it go
But Sandra I gotta remember to hug ya, and give you all the love I got ya know it’s what I need to feel free
To do what I wanna do, to say what I wanna say now, it’s not too late now, it’s time for me to go and be what I wanna be and see who I wanna see now, it’s time to let it go
People everywhere I go trying hard to hold their water
Battles wage and wars commence
I feel it hard between their souls, that sensation of assessment
And I wanna see it spent
I analyze all my speech, it rattles in between my teeth and my guts begin to turn
But you know i-and I know- I love you, and if that’s all that we can do then we’re gonna have to learn…
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5. |
When I'm A Mess
02:45
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I take it back and I’m doing it myself
Cause I don’t your acknowledgment to prove my mental wealth
You prey on minds and I recognize your kind
Not a kind word have you said to me now you’re wasting all my time
When I’m a mess you can’t bring me down
When I’m a mess you can’t find me out, it’s a vicious cycle – yes
And you can’t sort it out, falling fast and I’m a cancer to myself – disaster to myself
Running out of my patience and good tide
And refusing to exhaust another what or how or why
Picking up back before this all began
I’ll remember how to function be a much happier man
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6. |
Do You Remember?
02:15
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Do you remember when we used to do it better now we do it so awful
It used to come together well and nothing seemed to get in the way
I know it’s true and so do you it’s fragile so you better be careful
Now everything is difficult and people always get in the way
I had a vision of that thing that happened once again it turned out ideal
And all the people there that did the thing they pat me right on the back
I know it’s true and so do you don’t even try to go for the steal
I’ll remember how I wanna so you’re gonna have to cut me some slack
I’m not a wanderer but I’m wondering just how that I got here
I keep trying to remember but I put it in a blender now it all comes out unclear
I’m not a visionist, a revisionist, I make it all up as I go
This nostalgia’s got me lying from head to toe
Once more on singing to the choir and on trying to admire the present
Perfect as it were I’m not afraid to give a run for the cash
I want it here I want now I want it so I’ll try to remember
In another 20 years I had it here I had it now in the past
I’m not a ponderer but I’m pondering just where I’m gonna go
Will I be a better person, or an alternate inversion of a convoluted soul
I’m not a pessimist, a reflectionist, I try to keep my head in line
This nostalgia’s got me lying from one to 9
This nostalga's got me lying most every time
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DIY Music Career
01:51
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Give me a couple years and I'll work it out
Come back to me and we'll figure it out
After all of this time I'm just getting by and I'm
Trying hard to tow the company line
May be weeks, may be hours
May be time to try to fall back in line
If it's not meant to be then it's not meant for mine
Maybe be weeks, maybe not
Get a couple songs on a tv show
Public access concert raring to go
Playing shows for my Mom, I'm chuggin' along
Getting pennies on the dollar for my songs
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8. |
Save The World
01:32
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I really got it out for nobody, nobody
The government shuts down and I don’t mind
To live in ignorance like somebody, somebody
That’s the existence that I’ve come to find
Walking in anger’s like feeding the fire
And now it’s time to act on my concern
I’m on my way to Save the World (x2)
To hell with the hate, seen all I can take
I’m on my way to Save the World
When I was young I wanted anarchy, anarchy
A know it all in a sheltered bright suburban world
To walk in arrogance like somebody, somebody
Blind to the damage that I’d done in turn
Preaching is practice to live your own words
And now it’s time to spread all that I’ve learned
I’m on my way to save the world (x2)
One day at a time, with each word I find
I’m on my way to save the world
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9. |
Runaway
03:12
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If the world ever gets me down she’s my little run away
and I’m never coming back
We’ll run farther every day take me to a better place
Away from all the noise and crowds
She’s making me smile again, like she always did
If the world ever gets me down she’s my ticket out of town
and I’m never going back
We’ll drive further every day leave the serious for another day
And we’re never backing down
She’s making me laugh again, like she always did
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