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Yellow Days
04:22
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Yellow Days
One of these days, I’m gonna have a yellow day
Cause these blues ain’t workin’ out for me
And it ain’t just blues, sometimes I have mean reds
And those are two colors that you just don’t want to be
One of these days I’m gonna come to you
And I am gonna make you see
That the life you’ve been living ain’t nowhere complete
If you’re not spending your time with me
Oh, we could make so many colors
Mix them together and make them shine
And you think that people don’t own each other
But you’d be so much happier if you were mine
If you choose to love another girl
My color will turn to green
And my envy will burn right through her
And you will feel my presence in your dreams
Now I would never wish you any harm
I just know it’s me you oughtta choose
Cause you are the key to my yellow days
And you are the cause of my blues
But oh, we could paint so many colors
Mix them together and make them shine
And you think that people don’t own each other
But you’d be so much happier if you were mine
Oh, we could make a brand new color
One that the spectrum has never seen
And then we could wander as two drifters
Off to see the world, leave behind the routine
One of these days, I hope to have a yellow day
Cause these blues ain’t workin’ out for me
And one of these days I’m gonna come to you
And I am gonna make you see
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My daddy, he said...
02:46
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My daddy, he said…
My daddy, he said
You wait until you’re married
Then he let us watch pornography
My momma, she said
You wait until you’re ready
Then tequila stole it away from me
There I was, fifteen
A head full of contradictions
And my body screaming for the trade
There they were, two parents
Locked in the own delusions
About who they made before they split their wedding bed
All my soul needs
Is a bit of integration
Too many parts fighting for the lead
All my soul needs
Is a bit of integration
Too many parts fighting over me
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3. |
Safe at Home
03:21
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Safe at Home
Squeegee my third eye
I’m starting to grow blind
Send me to a different time
Where I feel that I know my own mind
Jesus Christ, I grew worried
When I learned about the world you had left me
We’re all in a hurry to see
The end of this story you’re telling
And I just want to know
How my story will go
Give me a strong man
One who loves as deeply as I can
Everyone I know is so afraid
Of those human things, like their pain
I can’t help but be so afraid
Of those human things, like my pain
And I just want to feel safe
In a world that’s always been insane
And I just want to feel safe at home
In a world that can make me feel so alone
I just want to feel safe at home.
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4. |
Rare
05:42
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Rare
Rare is the man
Who makes me feel tenderness
Rare is the strength
Behind a lover’s kiss
Expectations
All over my childhood
Manifestations
Not going as they should
Rare is the friend
Who makes me feel like you do
Rare are the times
When your door lets me through
Reservations
All over your living room
Confrontations
Only stifle the mood
We only live once
So come on
Yeah yeah yeah
Rare are the paths
That could lead to your bed
Rare are the words
That would need to be said
Complications
In the heart, in the mind
Exaltation!
If we can leave it all behind
We only live once
So come on
Yeah yeah yeah
Rare is the man
Who makes me feel tenderness
And rare is the man
Who makes me want to undress
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5. |
Black Cats in a Can
02:47
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Black Cats in a Can
Mother, you are such a bore!
You need black cats in a can
Love in the back of a van
Mother, do you need a hand?
Mother, grandpa hurt you bad
Samples petals from your flower
Froze you in an early hour
Mother, did he steal your power?
And mother, I will spend my life
Trying to save you in others
Mother, I will spend my life
Trying to save you in others
Mother, I needed seven states
To protect me from your nest
The annihilation of zest
Mother, don’t deny my quest
Oh but mother, it’s to no avail
I see wounds walking down the street
Trauma on two innocent feet
Mother, help me find relief!
And mother, I will spend my life
Trying to save you in others
Mother, I will spend my life
Trying to save you in others
Mother, you are such a bore!
You need black cats in a can
Love in the back of a van
Mother, do you need a hand?
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To be by your side in truth
I get the feeling insincerity
Haunts me being, monopolizes me
Role playing
Entertaining
Too much convolution in intimacy
More freedom in distance, my heart tells me
Migration
Masturbation
Sometimes I think about people back in time
Who only had thirty years to have their kids and die
No soul searching
Ponderous perching
Spoiled am I to have the time to grow
And have a personality people want to know
Oh I’m trying
Really trying
To be by your side in truth
To be by your side in truth
Oh I’m trying, really trying
Oh I’m trying, really trying
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7. |
The Bare Shoulder
05:07
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The Bare Shoulder
A dream thrice revived
Funerals a-plenty
A séance on the skillet
The good life if I can will it
A blue cotton dress
My shoulder revealed
Beyond the hill sunshine
Intimates on the clothesline
Through the years a different face
But he’s always up there
In a house on the horizon
Upper window, he is rising
I see an easy puff of hair
On a dot, in a square
To him, I’m a splash of teal
On a lustrous film reel
Then his head disappears
A wind worries my man
But oh! He’s on his way over
To kiss my bare shoulder
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8. |
Out of Reach
03:34
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Out of Reach
Thought I was ready to not be alone
Turns out I just like to dream
Lend me a piece of your spirit
And I’ll turn it into something out of reach
Out of reach
I don’t want to touch you
‘Cause I could never keep you
In that high, in that second
In that moment of perfection
Love is between two equals
That’s what the intellects will teach
But I always feel above or below
What defies reason, I’ll keep out of reach
Out of reach
I’ve been possessed before
It vexed me to the core
Oh I’m so insecure
Oh please, just take over
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Sometimes What You’re Thinking
Sometimes what you’re thinking just isn’t true
Your thoughts about your life, your thoughts about you
The voices in the head have conflicting attitudes
Some of them are kind, some of them are rude
With so many voices, how do you know
Which ones to keep, which ones to let go?
Sometimes what you’re thinking just isn’t true
Your thoughts about your life, your thoughts about you
Now I’m not a doctor but I’ll give you some advice
Have friends that love you, have friends that are nice
Believe them when they tell you that your limit is the sky
And some of those mean voices will shrivel up and die
Sometimes what you’re thinking just isn’t true
Your thoughts about your life, your thoughts about you
And if those mean voices should come back again
Don’t be afraid to talk to a friend
A friend that will give you more faith in yourself
So let’s sing it together if you think it will help
Sometimes what you’re thinking just isn’t true
Your thoughts about your life, your thoughts about you
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10. |
Delusions of You
03:14
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Delusions of You
When I was a kid I believed in you
Planned all the things I would say to you
Stared at the ceiling in my tiny bed
Conjuring your image in my little head
Oh I was free to invent you
Parents were screamin’ down the hall
Built around me a magnificent wall
Oh I was happy in la la land
Dreaming of the day you would take my hand
Oh you were going to change everything
Delusions of you in my brain
Keeping me relatively sane
And I didn’t know that to face reality
Meant I’d have to feel some pain
Flew away from home in a woman’s frame
A child’s reverie holding the reigns
Man liked my way so he took me home
But he disappointed on the throne
And he disappointed, and he disappointed
Fantasy falling under me
Disintegration of identity
And I didn’t know that to feel alive at all
I’d have to build some strength inside of me
Now I’m a woman and I know those lies
Searching for God in a man’s eyes
A man’s who’s just as lost as me
My deepest apologies
For all the that responsibility
And now you’re free to be
Imperfect and human with me
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11. |
Sunshine Summer Days
05:48
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Sunshine Summer Days
Sunshine Summer Days
I dream of you
Oranges, yellows
And blues
Quiet mind, clear thoughts
Nothing to do
Sunshine Summer Days
Won’t you come to?
We’ll lay by the river
Like dreamers do
Warm skin, cool breeze
What an afternoon
Sunshine Summer Days
I dream of you
Oranges, yellows
And blues
Night falls, counting stars
A bright white moon
Moonshine Summer Nights
I dream of you
Dark clouds shadow
The midnight view
Quiet mind, clear thoughts
Nothing to do
Moonshine Summer Nights
Won’t you come to?
We’ll sit by the fire
Like dreamers do
A soothing song to warm your heart
Sleep soon.
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