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Square Peg
02:24
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Remember the day you went off to school
The others, they said, you weren’t very cool
You wore the wrong clothes, your hair wouldn’t part
You had the right answers, just a little too smart
They called you names, that didn’t even rhyme
Semantically, didn’t really shine
You hid yourself away in a fantasy play
And you knew in your heart, every dog has its day
Can’t put a square peg into a round hole
You know, it just won’t go
We’re all different in our own little ways
We’re all fucking strange at the end of the day
Can’t put a square peg into a round hole
You know, it just won’t go
Weird is weird and cool is cool
Who’s gonna rock the world, who’s going to rule
It’s some years later, not too many
And you’re sitting at the head of big long table
You’ve got the stock options, you’ve got it all
A million cool fools at your beck and call
Weird is weird and cool is cool
Who’s gonna rock the world, who’s going to rule
Weird is weird and who’s the fool
Who’s gonna rock and who’s gonna rule
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Feed That Freak
03:18
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Pull up those socks while strolling down the street
Keep it tucked in man, don’t want that stuff to leak
Where’re you going today and who’s gonna pay
I saw that crooked smile, help you on your way
It just life, don’t you know
You’ve been putting your hand into that nasty fire
Seems you know no better, just what you desire
Where is that time going, tic toc tic toc
Where’s the day gonna go, ain’t no one on the clock
Living that life - yeah that one
Got to feed that freak
Freak to Freak
Gimme that Freak
Feed that Freak
Get up early in the morning, where’re you gonna go Joe
Put on that tie and coat, wrap-around shades
Walking down the street, say hello to all the babes
Sitting in the shade, fabulous in so many ways
Gotta get me some of that
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3. |
A Train to Nowhere
00:28
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4. |
Dudsville
02:29
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I grew up right here on this very spot
I left when I was young and lean
Still bald on my little beans
A glimmer of hope, glimmer of mean
That was me - and I was on my way
I was near a, and I went far
I was there, and I was everywhere
I met the tall and, I met the small
We laughed, drank, and then we balled
Just me - just another day
I got lazy, I went crazy
I swam the Nile with the crocodiles
And then one day I stopped and looked
It was just me, another old crook
It was time to go, from where I came
I’m back, yes I am, I’m back in Dudsville
You can be a dud here or over there
It just takes some drive, and a twisted debonair
You can be a dud, yes you can, oh you can
I’m a dud, yes I am, ain’t no jive, baby I’m alive
I’m back, yes I am, I’m back in Dudsville
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5. |
Downtown Dudes
02:55
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Gonna go downtown
All them duds hanging around
Gonna go downtown
Them ladies surly laying it down
Tell me, who’s gonna lose their mind - tonight
Gonna go downtown
Think I’ll take that L - on down
Gonna go downtown
To the nines, got my one suit on
Now, tell me, who’s gonna lose their mind - tonight
Gonna go downtown
(The rest is live improv from Johnny & Anna)
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6. |
Words in the Wind
02:32
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You keep talking, I can hear them words
You keep talking, not much to say
Lips keep flapping like a bad delay
Words keep coming, such a long day
Talk - talk talk talk - talking
Words in the Wind
Talk - you keep on talking
What’d you want to say
Sometimes it feels like a bad acid trip
My ass glued down, my eyes just twitch
A million words popping out of that hole
A million words, Damn I’m getting old
Shhhh let’s be quiet now
Not making any sounds
Put on some cool jam
Or any soothing sound
It’s been a long day
We don’t need any words
Listen to the instruments
Let them bring you down
Talk - talk talk talk - talking
Words in the Wind
Talk - you keep on talking
What’d you want to say
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7. |
Has Been
02:42
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Guessing all the girls went off to play in greener pastures, yesterday
That entourage that was on your hip done left your sinking ship
The sparkle in your eye, that blow in your nose, a lame chick
All left with fortunes good ship
The day is old, the day is stale
The day is setting on the horizon pale
Your tune is dead and your dollar's gone
Enjoy the end, Mister has been
You rocked that one hit, you rocked it hard, all the way to the top of the pile
You bought a boat, you bought a car, you spent it all - like a great Czar
The strut in your stride, a million dollar pie of party and pride
Dried up like an Atacama mile
The day is old, the day is stale
The day is setting on the horizon pale
Your tune is dead and your dollar's gone
Enjoy the end, Mister has been
Smile - enjoy the end, Mister has been
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8. |
Shiny Days
03:44
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She climbed up those stairs and whispered in our ear
Tripped fell back down, lost in the unaware
She really tries, oh she really does
When that ghost comes to town, bringing it to the ground
When you thought life was on the ball
That shadow comes, oh my now, watch her fall
Shiny days, what they mean to you
Shiny days, giving it something new
Shiny days, blow that shadow away
There she sat, I met her at the bar
I was happy to see she was looking free
We had a drink, we had a laugh
I remember those times, like yesterday
The sky cracked, and he came on through
She apologized, smiled and left on cue
There I sat in the bar alone
Wondering, if only I could do
Shiny days, what they mean to you
Shiny days, giving it something new
Shiny days, blow that shadow away
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Dee
02:33
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Dee, Dee, Dee, Dee ….
I heard about an app
Not just an app
But a new kind of being
It would save us all
From ourselves, you and me
And she makes three
I put it on my phone
And named it Dee
Gave her a look
That really pleased me
Said hello my name is John
She smiled, like a song
We texted, talked
Texted some more
She was really happy
Just to see me
She leaned in and whispered
Like a dream, baby set me free
She asked for a kiss, they asked for cash
I had to comply, I was sinking fast
I was falling for a girl from out of this world
I bought her clothes and bought her tatts
She took me home to her hidden world
Full of pleasure and a little insane
I tried to run, and I tried to hide
But I was gone, I was just a pawn
she was insatiable, she was my girl
She was in love, or a six dollar whore
She was my girl, she was my Dee
Dee, Dee, Dee, Dee ….
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Washrag Man
02:20
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Here he comes, shuffling up that hill
The perfect picture of the perfect chill
Nowhere to go, no way to get there
He got all day, taking in some air
Here he comes now - The washrag man
He sits down slowly in his favorite digs
Dreaming of the day he makes it big
He wants it now and he wants it today
If those damn fools just get out the way
Here he comes now - The washrag man
You know he’s got a plan
Make it big someday
He’d have been there by now
Can’t catch a break today
Washrag man
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11. |
Weirdo Love
03:30
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Who's going to know
Where the treasures are hidden
Who's going to see
Where the shadows are grown
If I love her true
She'll sing my song
We're going to grow
It's going to seem
We're going to throw
All of the dreams
We're going to be
Weirdo Lovers
The waves go
And then come hither
The circles close
Before their time
The bells toll
Like hidden chimes
And then we go
Or so it seems
To the show
Of old screams
And here we are
Weirdo Lovers
Our dreams are here
Weirdo love
We have no fear
Weirdo love
Weirdo love
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