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Spring
02:10
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I'm not like anybody else
I am a new time
You are the bleak, you are the black
I am the springtime
I've come to clean the frost away from your windshield
I am a warmth you've never felt
I am a life giver
A cold so cruel that you have dealt
I've come to build, I've come to melt
I've never loved somebody like I've loved myself
I am the sweetness in the air
I am the first shoots
I am an endless beauty
I am a time so fair
I've never loved somebody like I've loved myself
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Hamilton
03:26
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It's the time of the year when the morning keeps you under the sheets
It's the time of the year when the darkness is falling with a fake
In a moment we will all be just a bright spark
Forgetting all our memories in place for an endless dark
And I can't believe you think money
Will save yourself from all that's coming your way
If the coffee gets cold put it in a hole and call out my name
Push the people aside, mishear and let the maker take the blame
Oh these cardboard, mystical, heaven-held sources of gold
Foreign mister calls my name hear it back on the radio
And I can't believe you think money
Will save yourself from all that's coming
The future won't remember kindly
Your kids will hate you, your wives will leave you this way
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3. |
Gem in the Granite
03:06
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Somehow in all this space and time
Like atoms we collided
Like atoms we divided
You sent me spinning through the air
You read your books
I read your lips
A gem in the granite
You are from another planet
A rule unto yourself
You’re just too good at playing games
With your arms wrapped around me
Your words that confound me
La da da, la da da
And then you let me go
You never know how far I’ll go
For you
You left my house but not my head
You’re in there baking brownies
Poking ‘round where you shouldn’t be
You’re now a shadow on the wall
A whisper in the breeze
A rustle in the trees
Another sleepless night
Another empty cup of tea
But I never let it show
And I’ll never let you know
And I’ll be fucked if I ever do
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4. |
Summer
02:36
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5. |
Tuesday is Rent Day
02:38
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Ask yourself if this is the day
And then ask yourself if there is any other way
How you going to pay the rent
All you do is play guitars
Porn, guitars and playstation
How you going to pay the rent today
You know too well
Yeah you know nothing at all
You made your bed
Yeah you made this call
Just don't cry to me when you fall
Ask yourself if this is the day
And then ask yourself if it is ever gonna pay
Sitting on the couch while you are setting a new high score
Cereal for lunch while you are checking your emails
Something tells me you gotta run
But a-hanging ‘round here ain't your thing
And it ain't much fun
You know too well
Yeah you know nothing at all
You made your bed
Yeah you made this call
Just don't cry to me when you fall
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6. |
All That You've Got
02:08
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We wanna have it, all that you've got
We wanna chase it, we want it hot
We wanna see, all that you see
I wanna act on every urge that's inside me
Yeah your pain is a ride and you're life's only paper
Yeah your wife just called, said she might call later
And a home is a home, and your life is a flat-screen
Yeah don't look now, you're already a has-been
We wanna feel all that you feel
I wanna feel that my time here is a big deal
We wanna have it, we wanna touch it
All that you got, we wanna grab it
What you reap is what you sow
And what you sow is an unknown
Yeah your pain is a ride and you're life's only paper
Yeah your wife just called, said she might call later
And a home is a home, and your life is a flat-screen
Yeah don't look now, you're already a has-been
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Summer's Last Gasp
01:40
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Autumn
03:52
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Feet keep on running
A new light is coming our way
Hands turn to pockets
The blues and the greens turn to browns and greys
Leaves are falling all around
My feet can barely touch the ground
Hold tight, it's time now
It's time to turn the food down to our roots
But don't run and cry yet
'Cause death has never looked so beautiful
Feet keep on tapping
New rhythms we're clapping today
So sweep out your driveway
And hope that a new life comes your way
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Microwave Pizza
03:01
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You're sitting on the couch again
One eye on your watch, one hand changing stations
Will anyone really know you
I feel your pain but why can't I talk to you
You're driving your car
And eating your microwave pizza, again
My blood, my fears, your tears
I am confused by the problem we have here
You know I love you, I love you
I feel your pain but why can't I talk to you
And you keep driving your car
And eating your microwave pizza
‘Cause you don't know what else to do
Yeah ‘cause you don't know what else to do
To do
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Home
02:25
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Home isn't home when it's the back seat of your car
Your life is thrown
And you're left to just watch from the sidelines
And leave all you've known
It's heading down, down, down to a different town
And don't place your hope on turning your life around
'Cos everyone knows that all of this stuff just hangs around
Just hangs around
But you'll soon be tapping your feet to a different sound
And home isn't home when somebody's taken your place
But it's nice to roam a bit before we get taken down
Before we get put back down
Down in the ground
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Winter
04:11
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Look to the sky as she opens up on me
Hands in my pockets, and a smile that only she understands
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Thinking About You
03:53
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You were a hard-faced kid
That was new on the block
An unknown life force
That nobody could stop
You had a mind of black and gold
And every shade in between
You were a paperback boy
With a slate so clean
So come on
So come on
You were my heart-shaped queen
On your way to school
You were a paperback girl
Back before it was cool
You were a bird shot down
With you feathers all red
With your face turned up
And your arms outstretched
Now come on
Now come on
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13. |
The Deep Freeze
02:12
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