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Living in clover
03:26
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Remember that game, who could stay awake the longest
went through everything from Tommy down to Who's next
never complained about the time you had to spend
with the younger child of your parents friends
and we were livin' in clover, sleepover hangovers
strong and tall, from a different city
sunburst Les Paul that you let me strum
Your rock n' roll used to pull you through
wish I could go back there and talk to you
when we were livin' in clover, sleepover hangovers
our visits were fewer, further between
Last time I saw you you were 17
punched my arm when I nearly wrecked your car
guess I didn't know about one way streets
I'd only ever been in the passenger seat
now I know that was a very special place, a special place to be
so bittersweet to be last kid standing
you fell asleep and handed me the prize
the day I heard that you had gone
the same lonely feeling came crashing on
when we were livin' in clover, sleepover hangovers
livin' in clover, sleepover hangovers
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2. |
Tight with the man
04:39
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Morning chills me to the core
Each dawn colder then the one before
Missing the fire and beauty we had for a while
tried to write a winter song
cold rain falling, didn't take long
til I made it 'bout us, what went wrong
and my metaphors seemed juvenile
She needs time a little more time and some sanctuary
Lordy I'm hard up and blue again,
She was born again in the stained glass light
I need salvation to spend the night
god damn, I'm getting tight with the man
right with the man
Stormy weather's only one
of the reasons i'm a moody son
our time ain't some kinda dry run for the afterlife
one thing I think that guy should know
she's not just another holy rolling Jane doe
She's a good friend but my rock and roll dreams will never fly
She needs time a little more time and some sanctuary
Lordy I'm hard up and blue again,
She was born again in the stained glass light
I need redemption to see her tonight
god damn, I'm getting tight with the man
right with the man
Still not ready to testify
Just can't seem to say goodbye
Only a fool wouldn't wink an eye and get in line
She needs time a little more time and some sanctuary
Lordy I'm hard up and blue again,
She's a born again lady in the stained glass light
got to find salvation to spend the night
god damn, I'm getting tight with the man
right with the man
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3. |
Highest place to go
03:45
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Woh don’t you want to be below
clinging to the wings
of some bird who knows
the highest place to go
or trail some ship
among the Gales
with the wind against
the back of its sail
seems like you’d never fail
hitchhiking again
from the gravel roads you know
somewhere between the sea
and the sun all aglow
the highest place to go
you know it's hard,
tried to hitch it to a star
a wagon never dreamed to roll that far
now here you are
Finding the truth
stars need burning fuel
you know they'd burn you too just passing through
hitchhiking
again from the gravel roads you know
don't really care if the travels fast or slow
gotta find a place a place
where love can fully grow
somewhere between the sea
and the sun all aglow
the highest place to go
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4. |
Til the love comes down
04:00
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Forget about the despots, i'm a rec hall dancing queen
Every town should have one, the rec hall I mean
When doomsday quits impending we may never hear a sound
So let's practice recreation til the love comes down
Megaton bombs of love turn ‘round this war
Free delivery from the factory to your basement floor
I'll take my table tennis over that sideshow of his
It's been there since the 20s, the table that is
He's gunning to be president says you'll love his golden crown
Think I'll practice recreation til the love comes down
Ain't this just the way heaven should be like
dancing games with friends Sunday open mic
Juans not teaching mambo since the latest shakedown
Said he'll try to warn us when the black shirts come to town
I know I should get out there try to make a change
walk with lady justice but she's acting strange
maybe someone whacked her, dressed up in her blindfold and gown
think I’ll practice recreation til your love comes down
Megaton bombs of love turn round this war
Free delivery from the factory to your basement floor
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5. |
That losin' feeling
04:05
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What's the weight of a troubled mind?
Could it be reunion time?
putting on a yearbook smile
a cruel curiosity, that photograph
Funny now the tyrant of the school
seems the picture of an average fool
Though he carries a prize he didn't win at life
Why play the game? That losin' feeling still remains
He threw that girl like a stone
Skipping over the waves alone
She thought that he could hold her tight
Mrs popularity has disappeared
They were the envy of the scene
Homecoming king and queen
Though they carry the prize they didn't win at life
Why play the game? That losin' feeling still remains
While you're laughing at the ones that stayed the same
you know you'd still answer to that same old nickname
shared circumstances nothing more you say
tell me why you play, tell me why you play
Kept the tassels and the ring
But you say that they don't mean a t hing
though you carry a prize you didn't win at life
Why play the game? That losin' feeling still remains
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In the woodshed
04:06
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She got this far from what she learned by playing a stolen guitar
crept in the rectory basement predawn
hoped it wouldn't be missed
It was so wrong, but she couldn't resist
stashed it in a secret place til it blew over
tried to write her own redemption song
had to get it out of her head
laying low all summer long
in the woodshed, in the woodshed
and she played
Carelessly picking the pieces of an old melody
fumbling in the dark she held him and started to strum
forgetting the trouble to come
nothing ever felt so right like finding a true friend
tried to write her own redemption song
had to get it out of her head
making noise all summer long
in the woodshed, in the woodshed
and she played
You wouldn't know her name
You wouldn't know her shame
Never confessed, did her time instead
all summer long out in the woodshed
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Chip away
03:33
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Kids today think that swing is square
don't need no melody they really couldn't care
just wanna hear that backbeat all night long
that's the way the story all unfurled
the flat top cat and the steady girl
twisting at the sock hop and the back of a Chevrolet
she built herself a wall that night, still trying to chip away
Now the Mrs thought it best that the old man never knew
his only little girl had a package due
package came and went to the care of the state
never sitting on grandpa's knee, if only they had checked to see
he might have opened his heart, let the baby stay
built a wall around his pride, he’s still trying to chip away
So close you can't see it anymore
so high you'd hardly know there was a war
but it isn't any mystery, smash a piece of history
a hammer and chisel with your name
chip away
the boy was set adrift in the space age
nothing much to do at home but hope step daddy's rage
fell in the glow of television, juice and gin
a child with nothing left to choose
but mold green and cornflower blues
staring at a comic strip waiting for a brighter day
built a wall of shame fortified
still trying to chip away
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8. |
No Villain
03:14
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Friend, did I tell you bout my friend, allow me some despair
we shed some tears, sighed and then we waved goodbye into the air
Time, far too young and out of time, how could we prepare
loves reason is for such a day
Wine, his spirit was in the wine, there was enough to spare
and we laughed maniacally, then before me he vanished going down the stairs
Old time religion left me cold, it's hard to pay the fare
loves reason is for such a day
no villain can make me cry
there's nothing more to fear
then common scenarios of the living year
and a quiet tomorrow
oh man when grief it takes me by the hand i'm lost for what to say
loves reason is here to stay
no villain can make me cry
there's nothing more to fear
then common scenarios of the living year
and a quiet tomorrow
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