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Let's Pretend
03:37
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Let’s pretend you’re an astronaut
I’ll pretend I’m the King of Siam
Doesn’t matter who you are now
Won’t matter who I am
You’re only lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely man
These days all are lonely in lonely, lonely land
Let’s pretend we’re someone else
Let’s pretend we’re someone else
Let’s pretend we’re someone else
Let’s pretend we’re someone else for a while
Let’s pretend you’re John, George, Ringo
I’ll pretend I’m a circus clown
We can be anyone we want to
When no one else is around
You’re only lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely girl
These days all are lonely in lonely lady land
Let’s pretend we’re someone else
Let’s pretend we’re someone else
Let’s pretend we’re someone else
Let’s pretend we’re someone else for a while
Let’s pretend you’re a loving father
I’ll pretend I’m your favorite son
We’ll pretend we’re a happy family
Let’ pretend now won’t that be fun?
You’re only lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely man
These days all are lonely in lonely, lonely land
Let’s pretend we’re someone else
Let’s pretend we’re someone else
Let’s pretend we’re someone else
Let’s pretend we’re someone else for a while
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My Kinda Crazy
03:20
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Shakespeare’s kisses are what you’ve been missing now
Picnic lunches and picture perfect
Clothesline’s empty for once
Don’t think about it too much
My kinda crazy
That’s just who you are
Face it baby
You’re a star
Hand in hand’s the only plan now
Past is gone, in the rear-view mirror
Unpaid bills but so what
Don’t think about about it too much
My kinda crazy
That’s just who you are
Face it baby
You’re a star
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Love at Any Cost
05:01
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Love at any cost
It’s a love forever lost
It’s love at any cost
I’m a man
So why do these things keep on following me?
I’m a man
At least I should be
So why do these things keep on following me?
I can’t trust my heart
I can’t trust my heart
I can’t trust my heart
I can’t trust my heart
Love at any cost
It’s a love forever lost
It’s love at any cost
All this been inside her
Did inside her head
All way home
Love at any cost
It’s a love forever lost
It’s love at any cost
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She Moves Like Sculpture
02:35
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*Lyrics on this one were improvised. Your guess is as good as mine…..*
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Send the Kids to War
02:42
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Let’s send the kids to war
You know I’d go myself
But I’ve got too many things..
To do around the house
Too many things to do around the house
It’s a job that no one wants
So tell me another pretty lie
Sell it to the boys who have to die
Whisper to the mothers as they cry
Let’s send the kids to war
Especially if they’re poor
I don’t want to see them
Please make them go away
It’s a job that no one wants
So tell me another pretty lie
Sell it to the boys who have to die
Whisper to the mothers as they cry
Let’s send the kids to war
We’ll bring em back one day
Wrapped in the flag
Wrapped in the flag
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So Strange
05:15
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I love you, I hate you
You’re so easy to come back to
And even when you lock me out
You never try to take my key
We scream and we fight
But we’ll both be back tomorrow night
Making love or making war
We can’t seem to tell the difference
And Sugar Ray would be proud
If he heard us talking loud
From late at night
To early the next morn
And when the smoke had cleared
Just you and me my dear
No closer than we ever were before
Loving you is hard enough
Loving you means saying no
Loving you is so strange
It means no where else to go
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Lonely Boy
03:28
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If I say that I love you it’s under duress
With teeth clenched, under my breath
A kiss is a bite if its not a caress
If I say that I love you
I must be mistaken
And all the other lovers in our lives are forsaken
And all of this time we must have been faking
If I say that I love you I must be insane
There really must be something going wrong in my brain
If I say that I love you I must not know what I’m saying
But I’m not the only
I’m not the only lonely boy
I’m not the only lonely boy
If I say that I love you I’m truly diseased
It comes from spending all my time down on my knees
Begging you again, Baby please…..
If I say that I love you it’s cause you wanna hear it
You know you like it and I know I fear it
You say we’re in love, we’re not even near it
And I’m not the only
I’m not the only lonely one
I’m not the only lonely boy
I’m not the only
I’m not the only lonely one
I’m not the only lonely boy
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She Just Cries
03:40
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She wears the mask of a person she don't really know
She's got her dreams for life but it just goes too slow
She wants to hide away where no one else can see
She daydreams of a place where she would like to be
Can I catch you when you’re falling?
Can I climb that wall?
Will you see me if you need me?
Am I there at all?
She sends them off to school and kiss them at the door
See stares into the room there must be something more
She cooks and cleans prepares their meals just their way
But no one understands the way she feels today
Can I catch you when you’re falling?
Can I climb that wall?
Will you see me if you need me?
Am I there at all?
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D.I.Y Already
02:28
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Packaged revolution that they're selling at the store
Never run out because are always making more
Why waste time when you’re already bored?
When the music says nothing to you
You keep on trying but nothing gets through
Now you know what you have to do
Do it yourself
In tune, out of tune.
Does it matter anymore?
Two minutes later and they're heading for the door
Why waste time when you’re already bored?
When the music says nothing to you
You keep on trying but nothing gets through
Now you know what you have to do
Do it yourself
And it's easy
So easy
If you wanna know the truth
Easy
So damn easy
Cause when you think about it you've got nothing to lose
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Go, Go Girl
03:01
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She’s got a foot of lead and a head to match
Wouldn’t get attention except for that hatchback
Go Go Girl coming in hot
Behind the wheel she’s everything she’s not
Playing fetch with the drug sniffing dogs
Shortening the sleeves of the long arm of the law
Go Go Girl coming in hot
Behind the wheel she’s everything she’s not
Daddy knows people, knows people, knows people
Daddy knows people, knows people, knows people
Oh Yeah!
She’s looking cute in another new mugshot
She asked the judge “Hey bro, is that all you’ve got?”
Go Go Girl coming in hot
Behind the wheel she’s everything she’s not
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Vampire Polo Hat
04:00
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Vampire Polo Hat
You can run, you can run away
Vampire Polo Hat
You can run, you can run away
Cheerleading everyone but yourself
Not again
Still bleeding over him
Not tonight not again
It’s quiet on your own
Thoughts come out
Hold them down
It’s safer on your own
But you’re scared
Moon pulls tide
Vampire Polo Hat
You can run, you can run away
Vampire Polo Hat
You can run, you can run away
You can be anyone you want to
Except who you are now
You’re stronger and they all know it
But will they understand?
It’s time it’s getting late
Time to sink or swim
Deep breath and a steady hand
Now you can begin
Vampire Polo Hat
You can run, you can run away
Vampire Polo Hat
You can run, you can run away
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12. |
Destiny's Calling
03:27
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Do you hate yourself for missing her
Does it make you feel real bad
Do you give her credit for feelings she never had
Do you think about her late at night
When she should be all alone
Do you worry if she's coming back
Do you always check your phone
Do you give her everything she wants
And get nothing in return
Do you keep telling her you love her
And wonder when she'll learn
Does she sing into your microphone?
Hey, she always did that for me
Do you listen really closely
When she tell you how to be
Did she tell you she loves me
Does she look the same?
Does she still have that locket?
Does she know your name?
Did you pass the audition?
Perform your act of contrition?
Was it worth all the hassle?
Did she give you the keys to the castle?
Do you hate yourself for missing her
Does it make you feel real bad
Do you give her credit for feelings she never had
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Laser Tattoo Removal
04:48
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I’m tagged so she knows I’m hers
It’s indelible, it’s inevitable
Skin deep or a little more
Very practical, or unintelligible
Cosmic rays from a dozen states
Could never blind me to reality
I’ll love you forever
But if not there’s always…
Laser Tattoo Removal
She’s fine and she knows she’s mine
No chance to think cause it’s written in ink
Art for art’s sake or a big mistake
Needle drop just a little prick
Brain that’s dull from the alcohol
Could never blind me to reality
I’ll love you forever
But if not there’s always…
Laser Tattoo Removal
She’s got skulls
And an interest in the occult
And once you get right in
You’ll never ever get right out
She’s bait and I can’t escape
It’s a spider web, it’s where I’ve been led
It’s a stamp from a rattlesnake lamp
Where it’s been – under my skin
Strange noises from another room
Could never make me run away
I’ll love you forever
But if not there’s always…
Laser Tattoo Removal
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So This is How it Ends
03:46
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You know I can never un-love you
But our love never approached the silence of the sun
What did I do wrong what could I have said to make you change your mind
So this is how it ends
Only hindsight can give me what I want
Why were you the only one who knew that it was done
I've been scrambling for scraps of your attention
Why couldn't I see before the depths of your pretension
I was blinded, self-inflicted engrossed with self-deception
So this is how it ends
Only hindsight can give me what I want
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Rubber Clown Car Oswego, Illinois
... a mixture of XTC, Bob Mould, the Damned, the Who, GBV, the Replacements, and Matthew
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... the Beatles on Quaaludes...
Always in search of the perfect pop song we love power-pop, punk, rock, pop, and anything with great lyrics. Formed in 2006 we continue to write and record songs (including selected covers). Pure Pop for Paranoid People.
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