1. |
Round in a Circle Round
03:59
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I like my meat aged
And my fish fresh
Sun tan oil slathered on my chest
I admit I'm more
Than just a little obsessed
With how you look in your little black dress
I like my wine white and my liquor brown
And I need to be seen all over this town
With you baby, hanging on my arm
My governess
I'm upside down
I'm hanging on
I need you round in a circle
Round in a circle round
You turn me on
You shut me down
And I need you
Round in a circle
Round in a circle round
White sand beaches long and lean
From Punta Gorda to Tarpon Springs
Where the sun burns into your skin
Like a cattle iron
And the whiskey pours down fast and cold
By the big sugar and the lemon groves
I'm old fashioned and I'm a little slow
But I'm expensive
I'm upside down
I'm hanging on
I need you round in a circle
Round in a circle round
You turn me on
You shut me down
And I need you
Round in a circle
Round in a circle round
Sun tanned leather savoir faire
And an aging banker's bleached white hair
I'm upside down
I'm hanging on
I need you round in a circle
Round in a circle round
You turn me on
You shut me down
And I need you
Round in a circle
Round in a circle round
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2. |
Radioactive
04:23
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3. |
Dirt Driveway
02:26
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4. |
Bug
04:41
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Sweet, sweet ethanol cleans the veins
Loosens the reins, lets the horses run
Keep, keep the glasses full
The freedom flowing
So we'll keep going
Til the bottle's done
There's a bug in the bottle (a bug in the bottle)
A bug in the bottle (a bug in the bottle)
There's a bug in the bottle that tells me when
To shut my mouth and swallow
Rye, rye, redemption slapped my face
Put me back in place when I went dry
Tried, tried, to keep my mind clear
Now I have no fear, no kids, no wife
There's a bug in the bottle (a bug in the bottle)
A bug in the bottle (a bug in the bottle)
There's a bug in the bottle that tells me when
To shut my mouth and swallow
So much easier to be free
Of care and and responsibility
So the bottle's mine
Til god decides to cut me off
Sleep, sleep comes to hard to me
Cold sweats keep me awake til five
Read, read the manuscript I wrote you
When I broke you and embalmed my pride
There's a bug in the bottle (a bug in the bottle)
A bug in the bottle (a bug in the bottle)
There's a bug in the bottle that tells me when
To shut my mouth and swallow
There's a bug in the bottle...
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5. |
Broke Down Heart
03:57
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There's a 2-ton trailer in the yard in the driveway
Two goliaths hauling all my gear
They got wide leather belts on
Tools of the trade
They've got bulging muscles and facial hair
Well I tip my cap to the amply trained
Paid professionals who ease my pain
I got a broke down heart
From from dead woman's body
I got a broke down soul
From some dead woman's life
I got a broke down heart
I took down off the shelf
I got a broke down heart for myself
200 years doesn't make a nation
200 years doesn't make a town
I been sweatin' bolts watching from the stairwell
Creaking joints from the neck brace down
A ten ton scale's taking all my toll money
Uncontrolled currency just flying around
I got a broke down heart
From from dead woman's body
I got a broke down soul
From some dead woman's life
I got a broke down heart
I took down off the shelf
I got a broke down heart for myself
All I've got left from this torn up tire fire
All I got left from this broke down house
All I got left from this ramshackle tent circle
All I got left from this burned down palace
Is a broke down heart
From from dead woman's body
I got a broke down soul
From some dead woman's life
I got a broke down heart
I took down off the shelf
I got a broke down heart for myself
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6. |
Eleanor
03:33
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V1
Though you've heard it all before
I'll drop the top down to the floor
And make the rake seem even more
Like vertigo in indigo
Call for penance call for pain
Make the jeers sound quiet again
Face the pace of each refrain
As if you know it's time to go
CHORUS
Eleanor I wished you'd called this morning
Every choice made in your voice
Is like heaven is calling
Eleanor I wished you'd called this morning
Every time the toll bell chimes
I hear the angels falling
Eleanor, (Eleanor), Eleanor, (Eleanor)
V2
I wish you'd heard the moaning choir
Wrapped in muslin for their sores
Praying for the suffering poor
To rise and sing of newborn kings
Call for penance call for pain
Make the jeers sound quiet again
Face the pace of each refrain
As if you know it's time to go
BRIDGE
In the darkest rain
The clouds will break
The sun will shine
The new found joy
Will dull the pain
That haunts you
CHORUS
Eleanor I wished you'd called this morning
Every choice made in your voice
Is like heaven is calling
Eleanor I wished you'd called this morning
Every time the toll bell chimes
I hear the angels falling
Eleanor, (Eleanor), Eleanor, (Eleanor)
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7. |
Love You Madly
03:24
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V1
You can make an alligator sing
Set a man on fire on a swing
Make a lover yell your middle name
And I love you madly
V2
You can get a quiet girl to moan
A young mom to leave her kids at home
Get a boy to lock his bedroom door
And I love you madly
PRE CHORUS
You asked if I would run beside you
Change and morph through space while you
Worked on your fears
And I worked on mine...
Together...
Oh baby will I ever
CHORUS
I love you madly
I love you madly
I love you madly
I'll hold down the bottom end
You soar through the sky and
Come back to land by me again
Let's run and run and run
I love you
Madly
You can make a granite canyon sway
Make a geyser blow the world away
Set a crater on its ear by saying
Hey, I love you madly
What's a girl like me to do
I'm a quivering wreck next to you
Can't wait to see tomorrow too
Cuz I love you madly
PRE CHORUS
You asked if I would run beside you
Change and morph through space while you
Worked on your fears
And I worked on mine...
Together...
Oh baby will I ever
I believe in laughter, joy, and bliss
I believe in you and me and this
I believe in sex and pain and lust
I believe in love
I watched the blue sky drown in rain
How could it start from love and grow into pain
Rain takes life and gives anew
But fuck the rain, I just want you
You you you
I love you madly
I love you madly
I love you madly
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8. |
One Tiny Lie
04:00
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Why have you gone away?
I'd preferred you'd stay
With me
Oh, no one leaves that way
This is a mistake
Please
Why would you cry over one tiny lie?
How would this all be through?
Why have you left me here
With my deepest fear
Alone
Why have you gone away?
I assumed you'd stay
With me
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9. |
Margie Stebbins Waltz
06:28
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V1
By the seventeenth of February record snows had come
But a warm southern front brought the rain
It didn't take us long to see if we were gonna save our homes
We'd have to pile up the sandbags by the creek on 5th and Main
Jimmy drove the snowplow truck down loaded up with sand
Bobby brought the co-op's burlap bags
If we had to take a break to rest or warm our hands
We sang the Margie Stebbins Waltz while the others laid the sand
CHORUS
The Margie Stebbins Waltz
The Margie Stebbins Waltz
It was the soundtrack of the flood
Of the flood for us that year
The Margie Stebbins Waltz
The Margie Stebbins Waltz
It was the soundtrack of the flood That echoed in our ears
V2
We stacked piles of sandbags high upon the bank
But the water kept on rising towards the top
And though we all worked tirelessly we could see the game was up
The water kept on coming there was just too much to stop
The hungry rapids took out Bill and Ginny’s house
The water ate it up and spit it out
From the hill we could feel our knees fo weak
Cuz the rapids cut that house in half and dragged in the creek
V3
Once the water washed away we gathered by the church
And thanked the lord that nobody was hurt
Bill and Ginny came to live with us while they’d rebuild
There wasn’t any question it’s just something that we did
I suppose that others might’ve tried
To back away from friends in need standing by their side
But I knew we had stood by them and sung
That lilting Margie Stebbins Waltz when the rains had come
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10. |
Monuments
02:42
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V1
My mother taught me how to write
Documenting my whole life
When she left I told my father to throw away her archives
CHORUS
Cut the bindings, cut the cables
Sit, there's dinner at the table
Talk together, clean your plate
The clock has changed but it can wait
V2
That week I awoke alone
By the ocean where my bones
Saw the mountains in her eyes, reflecting her ambition
BRIDGE
Now I drive and stare
A hundred variations
A thousand miles to go today
I have no destination
Oooooh
V3
The monuments are left behind
Anchors gone that shaped my mind
Drifting in a weightless state no penance I can find
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11. |
Love Bleeds Through
03:18
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Water on paper, oil on a broadcloth shirt
Hair on the collar, a bandaged tattoo
Love, love bleeds through
New silver locks in a twisted copper key
Day-old open bottle, coffee cup rings
Love, love bleeds through
Little reminders everywhere I go
Attachment's a weed that grows and grows and grows
Bleach spot on a pant leg, shopping list on my arm
Night light under the door, in my nightmares too
Love, love bleeds through
Love, love bleeds through
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12. |
Ophelia
03:18
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13. |
Showroom Shine
03:54
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V1
Call me when you've got that showroom shine
Looks like a dollar but costs a dime
Sleek new paint I won't hesitate
To take you on the road
V2
Last time I saw you you were looking rough
After six years thought you'd had enough
Tired of waiting for that long shot pay out
That never came through
PRE-CHORUS
I'll be up dear come on over
No need to call ahead
I'll be up at any hour
I won't make the bed
CHORUS
Sexual tension, another dimension
Not to mention my intention
To undress you when you get here
And we'll drink beer and whiskey hurry up
V3
It's good to see that you still clean up nice
Baby I know you just took bad advice
You didn't mean to hurt me
You were young and scared
BRIDGE
Babe it's been so long since you last turned me on
The back door will be open when you come
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14. |
Sun Gutter Blues
03:08
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15. |
Tucumcari Skyline
03:28
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V1
The highway stretches on forever
Past the cows and tumbleweeds
And that Tucumcari skyline
Just won't let me be
CHORUS
Out in the middle of the desert
So far away from my home
It's been forever since you left me
All alone
V2
I miss my dogs and my children
But I fought to make it work
And that Tucumcari skyline
Pulls my hands into the dirt
BRIDGE
I can't find my cup of coffee
And my phone can't make a call
And that Tucumcari skyline took it all
To be truthful, I've been broken
Lying on the ground since the fall
V3
The highway stretches on forever
Past the cows and tumbleweeds
And that Tucumcari skyline
Is still hanging over me
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16. |
Rosalee
04:22
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V1
Rosalee, honey why're you running to me?
Rosalee, baby why're you running to me?
I bet you left another lying in the street, Rosalee
I'll bet she's bowed and broken just like you left me, Rosalee
V2
Rosalee, honey who you going to see?
Rosalee, baby who you going to see?
If you're leaving now show some decency, Rosalee
You can close the shades so I can cry in peace, Rosalee
BRIDGE
Rosalee, won't you stay with me
I'll love you forever this I guarantee
Rosalee, won't you stay with me, Rosalee
V3
Rosalee, honey whatcha doing to me?
Rosalee, baby whatcha doing to me?
I'm an easy mark, a low-slung piece of meat, Rosalee
And if you ever need me, baby call me please, Rosalee
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17. |
Blue Skies
03:45
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