1. |
Oh Yeah
03:39
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Saturday, 730, November 22
Just me in a bus seat meant to fit two
And you stop to soak em in every 400 metres
Same look in the eyes more of Judas than of Jesus
Tell me your story, I’ve got all night
Oh Yeah
When a body meets a body, comin up the drive
Feelin fine says the toe tag pushin 25
And the pushers, share a wink that’s in the know
Hair of the dog man, keep in on the down low
The same old story, I’ve got all night
Oh yeah
I am lost in the numbers, choking on the net
And you can bet this ain’t the worst that it’ll get
What’s your angle, friend, is it one you will regret?
Set for life? What a crock of shit
Tell me your story, I’ve got all night
Oh Yeah
So let’s get heavy
Turn up the gravity
Nobody might listen to you but I do, but I do, yeah
What’s the good word, did it exist?
Bliss doesn’t matter compared to this
What a trade
Selling souls for beads
As long as its’ not important
We’ve got whatever you need
The same old story
I’ve heard all night
It takes more than bus ride to get things right
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2. |
Waiting For Your Cookie
03:25
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Waiting
Waiting for your cookie
Hand to the sky
Got that look in your eye
That look in your eye
Sneaking round my left shoulder
Isn’t the waiting over?
This is the one
This is the one
This is the one
Heaven is come
This is the one
The stuff of dreams
Spun from the weave
I can’t believe
Couldn’t even conceive
Heaven is come
This is the one
Waiting
Waiting for your cookie
Waiting
Waiting for your cookie
Waiting
Waiting for your cookie
Waiting
Waiting for your cookie
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3. |
These Days
02:49
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Called by your name
Called and you came
Flat on the floor
Broken and sore
There’s fire in the sky
God’s vengeful eye
Take shelter underground
From a flooded Puget Sound
The sky is falling, the waters are rising
And in the middle, there’s you and me
You ask if I can build a raft
I say I’ll google it, and you laugh
So we muddle through, the best we can
The prehistoric future state of man
That’s the way (that’s the way) we’re living these days
That’s the way (that’s the way) we’re living these days
A little spot
On a pale blue dot
A world unto ourselves
Beyond that who can tell
The sky is falling, the waters are rising
And in the middle, there’s you and me
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4. |
Rocketship
02:35
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Gimme the moon, gimme the stars
Gimme the needs of an insatiable heart
I came from the dirt, with just a small loan
Of the riches of a small kingdom
I broke a few skulls, don’t be ungrateful
I’ve got a reputation to keep
With the common people
We’re going to space
And I’m saving face
In front of the whole human race
What’s after everything?
A taste of immortality
On my rocketship, rocketship
Rocketship, rocketship
I bought all the trees
Leased all the seas
Donated a nickel to saving the bees
I got all I wished
Evicted the fish
There’s no room for you on my space mish
On to the skies, make everything mine
I fear that I’ve got, limited time
I want it all, I don’t wanna die
I just don’t wanna die
That’s the saving grace
Of the whole human race
You can’t keep everything
A taste of your mortality
On your rocketship, rocketship
Rocketship, rocketship
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Autobiographical bullshit, yeah
Telling lies and I can’t quit, yeah
Make it simple so you can understand
I practice autographs for future biggest fans
A whole new you, maybe one day true
Tell me a story
Make it about me
Can I be the hero, too?
Make it a good one
Embarrass the villain
Now that’s how it happened
Forever, in canon
Forever, in canon
Forever, forever
Journal entry, day one, blank
Saying nothing, how could you be more frank
Sometimes, there’s just nothing in the tank
I just want to stop
Pretending there’s a topographic map of my life
And just be here tonight
Autobiographical bullshit
Telling lies and I can’t quit
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6. |
Howdy, Neighbour
03:06
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The city’s movin on out
To a wooden shack near a pigsty
And they’re complaining about the smell
They’re complaining about
The goats who are yellin bout
The city folk movin on out
Telling us to get of their lawn
Making homeowner’s associations
For the work from home mass migration
Write a passive aggressive letter
Don’t sign your name just in case you regret’er
Make an enemy out of your future best friend
If you had actually met her
How, Howdy Neighbour. This is your world, and you’re the equator
How, Howdy Neighbour. This is your cosmos, and you’re at the center
Come on down to the cookout
I’ll put you up and won’t even be put out
Meet my cousin’s best friend’s sister’s husband
And her friends if we get a good turnout
Meet a girl in a sundress
Do a sin and then confess
That you’ve never really loved someone
But for her, you could get started
How, Howdy Neighbour. This is your world, and you’re the equator
How, Howdy Neighbour. This is your cosmos, and you’re at the center
Walk on down to their mailbox
For a walk of shame and some real talk
Pull that letter out in the nick of time
And burn it
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7. |
Change For You
02:47
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AT 10:35, I married you alive
I showed up in a sack, not knowing how to act
And I’m sorry for this tune, for rhyming moon with June
For sweating in the heat, for stepping on your feet
And It’s the only time, I swear the only time
And I wanna get this right
I’m gonna change for you
Yes I’m gonna change for you
But only the things that I wanna change for you
Are things I”ll change for you
At 11:59 when you bury me alright
It was always gonna be, and that’s not really me
I’m forever in your mind, alive in better times
What was forever is, in amber and in bliss
And when the void is calling, the void is calling
He’ll just have to wait
I’m gonna stay for you
Yes I’m gonna stay for you
But only as long as God will let me do
I’ll stay here with you
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8. |
Superstar
03:37
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There’s a hole in the road
Where the rock came raining down
There’s a hole in the sky
Where the rocket broke the speed of sound
There’s a hole in the story
Between the death and the glory
Oooo, took it too far
Superstar
Oooo, took it too far
Superstar
There’s a hole in my tooth
It hurts when I tell you the truth
There’s a hole in my arm
Ever since John bit the farm
There’s a hole in my chest
But I’m doing my best
Oooo, took it too far
Superstar
Oooo, took it too far
Superstar
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9. |
Cry Me A Flood
04:17
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At the base of the hill, there’s a smokestack
Blows up twice a week if it blows up at all
And I keep the essentials by the door in a backpack
Not sure when I started, but I was too small
So we’ll stoke the coals
On a long dark night of the soul
Trying to white wash away
Cry me a flood
Cry for the things you thought you loved
Till the river springs
Till the poor bird sings
And if the whole town sank
Oooh, you know who to thank
Where the river springs
The smallest violin sings
Oh, cry me a flood
At the base of the hill, there’s a flower
By the old smokestack, and getting real tall
And the waters are leavin by the hour
The waters are leavin the flowers of fall
So we’ll row our boats, and the tails of finer coats
Trying to white wash away
Cry me a flood
Cry for the things you thought you loved
Till the river springs
Till the poor bird sinks
And if the whole town sang
Oooh, you know who to thank
Where the river springs
The smallest violin sings
Oh, cry me a flood
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10. |
Widow's Peak
02:21
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Mountains in July
Flowers and Blue Sky
Bags are packed, take me home
Cuckoo’s nest is overgrown
Taking my breath away
Under the widow’s peak
So it goes
Clip on bow tie
Midnight shoe shine
Sitting broke with all my friends
Just my two cents left to spend
Taking my breath away
Under the widow’s peak
So it goes
And there in a flash
A halo of hands
Isn’t this where it all began
Hey hey hey
Another chance at the promised land
It’s gonna be a real steep hike again
Taking my breath away
Under the widow’s peak
Taking my breath away
Under the widow’s peak
So it goes
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11. |
Yes I Will
02:19
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I’ve got my ticket for the train
And you ain’t never gonna see me again
I’m going to Branson
I’m gonna be a star
Break out of prison on a prayer and a dream
Gonna build a big fancy time machine
Gonna meet Charlie Manson
Gonna save them lives
Gonna something worth doing, yes I will
I’ll meet a monster at the bottom of the sea
He’ll teach me all about him, I’ll teach him all about me
Say I’m a man, son
We ain’t so different, you and I
Gonna do something worth doing, yes I will
I’ll go to college, start teaching a class
The dean will tell me that you can’t teach that
So I’ll sell him for ransom
To the man in the sky
Gonna do something worth doing, Yes I will
Gonna do something worth doing, Yes I will
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12. |
The Heat
03:26
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Crowsnest
Hope to Peachland
Roads are hopeless
What a washout
Kick the horse pass
Find the green grass
Underwater
What a washout
By default, we’re looking up
Cheer up, buttercup
I’ve got a song for you
We’ll take to higher ground and we’ll be
High over Alaska
Bask in midnight sun
The heat has just begun
High over Alaska
Just ask anyone
The heat has just begun
Island time’s a vacuum
Feel the earth move
Start to freak out
Head for dry land, start to climb and
Cliffs have crumbled
What a freakout
By the fault, we’re looking up
Cheer up, buttercup
I’ve got a song for you
There’s still a life to live, and we’ll be
High over Alaska
Bask in midnight sun
The heat has just begun
High over Alaska
Just ask anyone
The heat has just begun
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13. |
Something Ain't Right
03:21
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I am distractable, busy by choice
Avoiding desperately, the little voice
Something ain’t right
Something ain’t right
On paper ok but just barely alive
Would you please stop killing me?
Or I’ll just accept it, alternatively
Head back to the cycle of glittering screens
I’m watching them, they’re watching me
I try to get informed, but all I gets noise
I’m steadily poorer with fancier toys
Something ain’t right
Something ain’t right
On paper ok but just barely alive
Would you please stop killing me?
And I just accept it with mild ennui
Head back to the cycle of glittering screens
I’m watching them
They’re watching me
I’m watching them
They’re watching me
They’re watching me
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14. |
Rocket Reprise
04:13
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There’s not much left of our hometown
We said goodbye but you’re still around
I see you once every couple days
They had two seats but we couldn’t pay
Can you see the dust down here?
Is it cold in the thermosphere?
There you go, my shining star
How alone we mortals are
These days, all I do is wait
For what’s comin
And hope you’re doin great
On that rocketship, rocketship
Rocketship, rocketship
The innocents, they multiply
Think of what and how, but never why
Spread the people, spread the plague
The growing pains of our own make
These days, something isn’t right
And I know it
I know you feel it too
On that rocketship, rocketship
Rocketship, rocketship
Rocketship, rocketship
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Dave Cherub Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver songwriter and obsessive studio album dork
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