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street sweeper
02:25
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when the street sweeper comes
to brush the trash to one side
keep the avenue clear so the cars can drive
i will seek his advice cause i've been dying to know
just what it means to dream of pavement and cobblestone
when the moonlight arrives
to keep the grid system lit
i can hear the crowd approaching a fever pitch
off to what's-his-name's house
inquire how has he been
but all this sitting down is wearing my patience thin
listen up kid, cause i won't say it twice:
it's a shot in the dark, it's a roll of the dice
you don't strike me as too much of a gambler.
you're just a shard of glass caught in between
cracks of a sidewalk that hasn't been cleaned.
there is a science to this, but you have got to learn it on your own.
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halflight
02:46
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come home, a staring match with your phone
as if it's gonna help
this time, you weren't going in blind
so who's to blame but yourself?
you need her? well that's completely absurd
but who am i to tell you that?
so have a good day and stay out of trouble's way
i'll see you when you get back
i know what you had, i know you wanted it bad
but when the sun goes down
the colors blur, and though you knew what they were
they confuse you now
halflight, but you're not waking up right
you're nodding off in the shower stall
you capsize and tell a comfortable lie
that's right, you're better off after all
you went in headfirst, told love to just do it's worst
were you surprised to find it did?
well no more, i'll put it on the top drawer
far out of reach for the other kids
i know what you had, i know you wanted it bad
but when the sun goes down
the colors blur, and though you knew what they were
they confuse you know
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can't stay
02:19
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air was thick with promise
could've worn it like a shirt
but the emperor's naked
can't believe i couldn't tell at first
"neighbors always getting younger"
wish that we could say the same
my mind overflows with thoughts
i wish i wouldn't entertain
if your suffering's getting old, you've got my number in your phone
or maybe you don't; i don't know how i'd even know.
i still own a pair of socks i don't think i ever bought
see the forest and the trees, everything down to the leaves
i'm still trying to forget
something that hasn't happened yet
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mercy
02:06
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for a fraction of half a second i
thought that the rapture had finally come to pass
as i clutched at my face
as i stood up too late to effect a change
mercy smiled down on my love and me
and let us stumble away
some people lick their wounds for years on end
wrapped in a blanket of isolation, well
me i'm not staying in
oh no you didn't win
no not this time
mercy take me back, i swear i'm worth your while
and i can prove it to you
the air is getting cold as the moon shines
it's yellow light over college avenue
and the people they just
take a seat on the bus
to get home soon
maybe i will too, with mercy as my guide
maybe i'll make it tonight
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street tough
01:58
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he's known to run his mouth
always writing checks he could never cash
something's not quite right with him
and you can hear it when he laughs
carries something sharp
the type you can buy at the five and dime
and he'll do more than suggest
that he's had to use it from time to time
the strained transmission gasps
as he downshifts coming round the bend
the state patrolman sighs as he thinks
"ah christ, not this kid again"
they have their little chase, and then it ends
the way they always do
he violates parole, and so,
they lock him up for a year or two
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indescriminate
03:07
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it's your compulsion got you upside down
it's who you talk to when nobody's around
you take a lot, you take a little bit
it's tough to lie but tougher still to admit that
you spent the last six months on the bathroom floor
comes a point when there's nothing good to say anymore
i watch the city from the girard bridge
all i can think about is how strange it is
that time can pass so indescriminately
when was the last time you were honest with me?
you spent the last six weeks as the voice in my head
do you ever think about what might've happened instead?
i'll never understand. i haven't been through half of the shit that you have.
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