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I Don't Want to Know
04:48
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I Don't Want to Know
I wish you’d just stop talking ‘bout your politics
Everything you say is doom and gloom
You’re throwing all these facts at me but nothing sticks
All you do is make me want to leave the room
You’re losing sleep 'cause the arctic ice is melting
And you ride your bicycle to work because it’s helping
There’s guilt in everything you do
Now you want me to be like you
I don’t want to know
How the Amazon is shrinking
I don’t want to know
How the warning light is blinking
And the ozone layer is thinning
And the bad guys are all winning
How everything is gonna fall like dominos
I don’t want to know
You try and teach me ‘bout the great conspiracy
It's all just back room deals and dark cabals
You say those towers fell down so suspiciously
Now democracy is shot to hell
All those CEO’s are just making out like bandits
And my SUV is destroying half the planet
Well I’ll just turn my TV up
So I don’t have to hear this stuff
You raise the roof with panicked cries
About the imminent demise
Of everything that’s civilized
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Stingray Killed the Crocodile Man
You can map the sky above
Try to find that killer asteroid
Keep your hands upon the wheel
And both eyes on the road
But there’s a time
And there’s a place
Beside a picture of your face
It doesn’t matter what you plan
Hey, stingray killed the crocodile man
Stingray killed the crocodile man
Get your sleep, eat healthy foods
Watch out for your cholesterol
Ride your bike, and walk to work
Try to keep that ticker strong
But there’s a book, and there’s a page
With a date you can’t erase
Just when he thought that he was in command
The stingray killed the crocodile man
Stingray killed the crocodile man
Nobody knows the final score
When that knock comes at the door
And suddenly the time’s at hand
All you can do is make the best
Of the time that you have left
Take all the happiness you can
The stingray’s waiting in the sand
Build a wall around your house
Keep your rifle by your side
Sit there quiet as a mouse
Wait for fate to walk on by
But pretty soon you’re gonna know
It’s an illusion of control
The truth is we can never understand
Why the stingray killed the crocodile man
Stingray killed the crocodile man
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3. |
My Wildest Dream
04:47
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My Wildest Dream
Beautiful babe, you look at me
And my heart is bursting at the seams
How would I hope you’d be waiting for me
Not in my wildest dreams
My fingertip fills up your hand
And each tiny breath, a little prayer
I’m just beginning to understand
This is my wildest dream
I never thought that I would ever know
A heart so full that it overflows
That yearns and aches and tastes so sweet
Love that feels so complete
I’ve never felt so soft a skin
All my defenses growing thin
Where do I end and where do you begin?
You are my wildest dream
I never thought that I would ever know
A heart so full that it overflows
That yearns and aches and tastes so sweet
Love that feels so complete
Beautiful babe, I know one day
The river will carry you away
But for tonight in my arms you’ll stay
Here in my wildest dream
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4. |
Whatever it Takes
04:30
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Whatever it takes
If you were a train
I'd jump in front of you
To see you again
I don't know what I'd do
I'd take the pain
Darling, if only you
Would just give a thought to me
If you were a window
Well, I'd be a bird
And I'd fly so fast
And I’d crash so hard
Then I'd fall down
Into your yard
Hoping you’d notice me
Whatever it takes
Whatever it takes
I'll take all the chances
I'll make the mistakes
I'll do what I have to do
To stay in the race
Come back, baby
You know I’ll do whatever it takes
If you were a bat
I'd be a ball
I swear I’d be smiling
Going over the wall
Just to know
That after all
You finally noticed me
Whatever it takes
Whatever it takes
I'll take all the chances
I'll make the mistakes
I'll do what I have to do
To stay in the race
Let's cut to the chase
Baby, whatever it takes
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5. |
What Does it Mean?
03:42
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What Does it Mean?
What does it mean when you're not here
But I hear your laughter crystal clear?
What does it mean when I see your face
In every stranger in this place?
What does it mean when I lie awake
Just thinking of you and the things I would say, babe,
If you were lying next to me,
Tell me, what does it mean?
What does it mean when each thing I do
Is just wasted time till it's done with you?
What does it mean when a crowded room flies
Collapses right down to the look in your eyes?
What does it mean if I'd trade away
A long year without you for one single day in your arms
With nothing in between?
I’ve never felt such a powerful force
A waterfall crashing
A river that’s coursing
With one single thought,
To get down to the sea,
Baby, that’s what you mean
To me
What does it mean when I can't explain
These thoughts racing through me like runaway trains?
What does it mean if all I can see
Is the universe turning around you and me?
What does it mean if all I can do
Is wonder how I ever lived without you and your love
Making me so complete
Honey, what does it mean?
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6. |
Suburban Malaise
06:16
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Suburban Malaise
Why does it feel like I’m running
When nothing around’s ever changing?
And why do I catch myself talking
When I know I’ve got nothing to say?
Nothing to say
I used to have dreams of adventure
The road looked so wide back in high-school
But I was frightened by my own desire
And I lost my way
I lost my way
It’s a long way down, but you won’t feel the change
Suburban malaise
My neighbour was browsing on e-bay
Found authentic tickets for Woodstock
And a pristine Hendrix album unopened
He put them in a frame
And I was amazed
It’s a long way down, but you won’t feel the change
Suburban malaise
Lay me down, lay me down
Like a baby in a cradle
Lullaby, till I close my eyes in peace
I keep all my dreams very private
I don’t want my thoughts complicated
The footsteps behind getting closer
Suburban malaise
Suburban malaise
It’s a long way down, but you won’t feel the change
Suburban malaise
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7. |
Stones Inside my Shoe
03:12
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Stones Inside my Shoe
Back when I was seventeen, and the highway had no end
And all I ever needed was my freedom and my friends
Well I had no compass, had no plan
That a sweet girl couldn’t bend
Drawing hearts upon an etch-a-sketch
Shake it up and start again
Well I hung on to my old guitar like it was my parachute
And I leapt into that great unknown looking for some simple truth
Well I had no way of knowing
What regrets were bound to do
I threw them out
Like they were stones inside my shoe
Well I got so high in Amsterdam
That I thought that I was Christ
And I stood there on the busy street
Blessing all the passers-by
Later when they asked me, “boy,
hey, what’s come over you”?
I said it’s just these stones inside my shoe
I can take the pain awhile
Walk another hundred miles
But I know that soon enough I’m gonna crash into the wall
These little stones will make me crawl
Young enough to think I was too old to fall for lies
Molding my philosophy from little baby’s cries
Well I coloured life with poetry
Like Picasso paints in blues
No crown of thorns
Just stones inside my shoe
Well I hitched a ride and got shanghaied
With partiers in Prague
And I took the pills they handed me
And I danced the whole night long
But when I woke up in a field
Stretched out in the nude
I knew it was these stones inside my shoe
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Don’t I Deserve That Much?
When you let me down
Don’t drag it out slow
Don’t you say too much
Only what I need to know
Make your coup de grace
Merciful and kind
Use a gentle touch
Don’t I deserve that much
Don’t I deserve that much
When you close the door
Just turn out the lights
Don’t phone me later on
To say you don’t feel right
Rip the band-aid off
Make it short and sweet
There’s nothing to discuss
Don’t I deserve that much?
Don’t I deserve that much?
After all I’ve done for you
Can’t you give some back to me
Find the strength to end this right
It’s the least that you can do
Let me keep my dignity
Such a little sacrifice
Well, the time is past
For late apologies
Show me some respect
I can get back on my feet
Chalk it up to fate
And what we learn from life
Go without a fuss
Don’t I deserve that much?
Don’t I deserve that much?
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9. |
Broken
04:02
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Broken
All of the pieces that used to be me
Are just scattered around
Like a house broken into
And I'm an old pick-up truck out in the field
Abandoned and rusted
With weeds growing round me
I let our love fall apart at the seams
Then I cut short the play
And I let down the curtain
Pulling at threads and unravelling dreams
Till all I could feel
Was the pain and the hurting
Now I'm broken
I’m torn and I'm shattered
A ship coming home
With its sails all in tatters
And I'm broken
Alone in this bed
My head spinning round
With the things that you said
And I’m broken
All of the answers that once filled my mind
Are just bright coloured beads
Tumbling round in kaleidoscopes
I crossed a hot, blazing desert to find
A dusty mirage that I thought was my only hope
And I'm broken
I’m torn and I'm shattered
A ship coming home
With its sails all in tatters
And I'm broken
Alone in this bed
My head spinning round
With the things that you said
And I’m broken
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10. |
The Beautiful Kiss
05:32
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The Beautiful Kiss
There is a kiss
That's more than the lips
More than the heart
More than the wish
It's always a trace
The tiniest gift
And then it escapes
The beautiful kiss
There is a word
On the tip of the tongue
That wants to be said
That needs to be sung
The unspoken dream
Just trying to be heard
But just out of reach
The beautiful word
I want to feel the kiss with every breath
I want to learn to live with no regret
I want to see the light
In every face
And let it shine the grace
Of the beautiful kiss
There is a love
That can't be contained
Surrounds us like air
Soaks through us like rain
It might be a taste
But it’s never enough
It’s the shadow we chase
Of the beautiful love
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11. |
I am an Idiot
03:53
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I am an Idiot
Well, my friends all believe
What I haven’t seen
I’m just an idiot
Cause whatever I do
I just don’t have a clue
That makes me an idiot
Because I don’t believe the lies
I know what money cannot buy
Because I don’t want endless stuff
I know when I have had enough
Well, the verdict is in
There’s no way I can win
I guess I’m an idiot
And everyone’s sure
I need some kind of cure
I must be an idiot
Because I won’t just play along
And say “my country, right or wrong”
I know my happiness can’t be
Someone else’s misery
I . . . am an idiot
Because I keep my childish faith
That maybe someday love
Will find a way
There’s a girl that I know
Who thinks I missed the boat
She calls me an idiot
Cause I won’t be afraid
Of the monsters they make
I must be an idiot
Because I won’t just fall in line
And wave my flag and close my mind
I won’t give up my liberty
For safety and security
I . . . am an idiot
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Gratitude
03:45
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Gratitude
I am grateful for the summer
Because its beauty never lasts
And I am grateful for the autumn
Because the colours change so fast
I am thankful for the snowfall
Just because it melts away
And I am thankful for the springtime
Because the circle turns again
I don’t want to waste one minute
Wishing for what I don’t have
Every moment has happiness in it
All I need, right in my hand
I am grateful for the music
Because I know that silence waits
And I am grateful that you love me
Because I know what loving takes
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13. |
Rain Song
03:35
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Rain Song
Here comes the rain now
We’ve been feeling it for hours
It’s been such a sticky heat
Let’s hope the air tonight is cool for sleeping
Let’s go put on some old clothes
And walk along that gravel road
Let the whole sky fall down over us
Till we’re soaked right to the bone
Standing here, looking in your face
I can feel how my past is washing clean
Between these cornfields and this grey sky
Our kisses mixing with the rain
I think I might have slipped into a dream
For so long
I’ve been hiding out from love
Too afraid to open up
Never felt I was enough
And all these walls and armour
Have been really just for show
All confidence above
And empty down below
But sometimes the way you look at me
Makes me feel I might forget to breathe
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