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Activate Summer
01:59
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ACTIVATE SUMMER
I have lost my fucking mind
Hanging out with you all winter
You were invincible, but now you’re under blankets
Put your water wings on blast
’Cause you know this shit won’t last
It’s fucking summer, man, and you don’t know the difference
You have lost your fucking mind
Hanging in your room all winter
And you never return books that you have borrowed
Put your feelings on display
You know the summer’s here to stay
It’s fucking summer, man, and you don’t know the difference
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2. |
Billy Had A Car
03:27
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BILLY HAD A CAR
Billy had a car
I think it was a Nova
He didn’t live far
He was always coming over
Brian had a bike
His daddy didn’t like him
But Billy had a car
He was always coming over
And no one had a job
And no one was the wiser
Vicky knew karate
So no one tried to fight her
Someone found a roach
But no one had a lighter
Ricky lost a bet
Motherfucker ate a spider
Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen
I liked Paul but you liked Gene
It was 1999 in space
When Brian went to live at his grandma’s place
I saw him one more time that fall
And the one thing I recall
Is Alice Cooper on the wall
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3. |
See the World
04:02
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SEE THE WORLD
We’re down and we find trouble in our autumn times
We get back up, the sun goes down
We talk amongst ourselves, at least we have our laughter
See the world before it’s gone
Although sometimes you barely hear a melody
You hold on until you get bored
You hear another and chase down the whole routine again
See the world before it’s gone
See the world before it’s over
And we’re down and we find trouble in our autumn times
We laugh, can barely hold it in
But we change sometimes when things they are not going our way
See the world before it’s gone
And you’re brave but I’m not half as much
And you’re here, I’m barely hanging on
And I’m tellin’ you that I am not the one
See the world before it’s gone
See the world before it’s over
It’s over
We live our lives like we’ve got something better to do
We try but we can’t see the ground
And we swear that we’ll try harder on our next go round
See the world before it’s gone
We try but figure out that we’re paralyzed
I’m here, thinking ’bout other things
You’re there, you’ll probably run away, but
See the world before it’s gone
See the world before it’s over
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4. |
Dissolving
03:40
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DISSOLVING
It took a long, long time to get this far
And the path is so strung out
That you never even noticed
What this life was all about
Just as you see the sunshine
It’s time for it to set
It took a long, long time to get this far
So let’s have the best night yet
’Cause we’re dissolving
Took a long, long time to find this place
With only half a map
The boundaries realigning
Every time we turn our back
Running toward the sunshine
What a shame it’s getting dark
It took a long, long time to find this place
Without a question mark
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5. |
Westnedge Hillbillies
03:17
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WESTNEDGE HILLBILLIES
And I ain’t gonna work for the man no more
My baby finished college so we won’t be too poor
And creative leanings bleeding down to my core
But dreams don’t pay the bills, no
Dreams don’t pay no bills
So I’ll craft you some cabinets or I’ll trade you an egg
Or I’ll boil up some syrup or I’ll brew up a keg
Teach all the children ’bout the Corporal Clegg
He had a wooden leg, y’all
I wish I had a wooden leg
’Cause I, I had to turn away
I think I got something more to say
Though I won’t sing it from the streets
I like to always know there’s always something here I like to eat
I got a thousand ideas, just a tenth of the time
And I ain’t gonna waste it on no company’s dime
Noose round my neck with a Windsor design
I will sell my friends my skills, lord
I’ll sell my friends my skills
And we’ll prove our independence when our handshakes agree
I will tattoo your shoulder if you chainsaw my tree
Smile through our beards and drink our sweet herbal tea
And await our opportunity
I am owed an opportunity
And I, I have to stay awake
That life, it was more than I could take
I scratched out just a little space to breathe
Supplemental income is the only thing I really need
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6. |
Come January
04:42
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COME JANUARY
I just know that there’ll be snow come January
I believe that in my soul
’Cause where we live’s so cold
I think it’s time to go and I’m so weary
And I know that it will rain again
But I don’t know where or when
Then the dandelions and daisies
Come lazily along to decorate your lawn
Have a hot and heavy summer
With laughter loud as thunder
Then it pulls you poles asunder
When you catch that colder wind it’s autumn blowing in
Daylight’s gone before you know it
Leaves have gone from green to golden
Then with jack-o-lanterns glowin’
It’s mitten time again in the one called Michigan
And I know that there’ll be snow come January
I believe that in my soul
’Cause where we live’s so cold
I think it’s time to go ’cause I’m so weary
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7. |
Frodo's Pony
04:38
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FRODO’S PONY
When Frodo’s pony’s very happy
Everybody wants to sing along
When Frodo’s pony’s very lonely
Everybody sings his sad, sad song
When Frodo’s pony’s ridin’ lonely
Everybody wants to sing along
He runs on oats and making money
Funny, buddy, that’s his bottom line
Got no complaints ’cause interest rates
Are better on the banks of the Brandywine
That hobbit’s pony’s no baloney
Once he neighs you gotta get in line
His money’s straight, make no mistake
He’s headed home to cut himself a line
But touch his stash and you’ll get smashed
And tossed into that river Brandywine
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8. |
Don't Touch Your Eye
02:24
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DON’T TOUCH YOUR EYE
You can trust me with your car
You can trust me with you heart
Don’t touch your eye
I may take out all the trash
Give you a nice place to crash
Don’t touch your eye
You can call when I get home
I’ll almost always be alone
Don’t touch your eye
You better wash your hands,
’Cause you don’t know where I’ve been
You better wash ’em,
’Cause I know where I’ve been
While I might not say a lot
I’ll still give it all I got
Don’t touch your eye
I’ll spend a day inside my head
And always tuck you into bed
Don’t touch your eye
So you can close your eyes assured
I mean almost every word
Don’t touch your eye
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9. |
Michigan Melissa
02:36
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MICHIGAN MELISSA
She is my Michigan Girl
And she loves Michigan
Man, she loves Michigan
More than anywhere else in the world
She’s got a sticker of Michigan
Shaped like a child’s mitten
Stuck on the back of her car
So everyone knows it when
Everyone sees it when
It sits overnight at the bar
Miss Wisconsin, I’m sure someone holds you dear
Aunt Indiana, well, I’m glad that I live here
Say yes to Michigan
It says so on her coffee cup
And as if she had it planned
She shows me on her hand
Exactly where she grew up
Dame Ohio, you just lack a certain poise
Don’t even get me started on that Queen of Illinois
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10. |
Sally Mae
02:31
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SALLY MAE
Would you look outside, it’s Sally Mae
Dancin’ round the yard in her negligee
You should come inside before the neighbors see
She don’t care what the neighbors think, no sirree
But your carryin’ on might cause a scene
She said then let ’em put my face on a movie screen
Shame, Sally Mae! You should act your age
She said I’m old enough to know not to live in a cage
Oh, Sally Mae, what will the neighbors say
Carryin’ on this way
Aw, please, Sally Mae won’t you listen to sense?
She said sense is just an old maid sittin’ a fence
The neighbors are up and they’ve turned on the light
She said I’ll give ’em an eyeful, I’ll give ’em a sight
Please, Sally Mae, I beg you once more
She said but dancin’ in the yard’s what the moonlight’s for
It’s gettin’ cold outside, you comin’ in or not?
She said you go on in, I’m gonna dance myself hot
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11. |
Unrevolutionable
04:18
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UNREVOLUTIONABLE
I’m starting to think
We’re unrevolutionable
Don’t cut my hair in the sink no more
I’m unrevolutionable
But if they change us they have won this war
Don’t know what we’re gonna say
That could make this go away
We can seal it in a baby that we ferry to the sea
I’m starting to think
We’re unrevolutionable
You fuckin’ tickle me pink
Yeah, unrevolutionable
But if they change us they have won this war
Don’t know what we’re gonna do
Maybe just say I love you
Then we’ll seal it in a baby that we ferry to the sea
Don’t know what we’re tryin’ for
We always end up on the floor
Tryin’ hard to make a baby that we ferry to the sea
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12. |
7 x 7
03:36
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7 X 7
747 just sittin’ on the runway
Got a ticket in my pocket but I couldn’t get myself to go
’Cause I got a good feeling ain’t had in such a long time
Seven times seven’s forty-nine
And you need me for killing bugs and things and I need you
You need me to run the yard machines and I need you
I told you twice but I told you nice how I need you
Seven times seven’s forty-nine
At 90 miles a minute you’ll be there before you know it
But I didn’t get on ’cause I’m happy and I know it
Yeah, I got a good feeling and I hope I don’t blow it
Seven times seven’s forty-nine
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13. |
Say Hello
03:48
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15. |
I Lost My Dream
03:46
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