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Intro
01:54
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Go 'way from my window
Leave at your own chosen speed
I'm not the one you want, babe
I'm not the one you need
You say you're lookin' for someone
Who's never weak but always strong
To protect you an' defend you
Whether you are right or wrong
Someone to open each and every door
But it ain't me, babe
No, no, no, it ain't me, babe
It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe.
Go lightly from the ledge, babe
Go lightly on the ground
I'm not the one you want, babe
I will only let you down
You say you're lookin' for someone
Who will promise never to part
Someone to close his eyes for you
Someone to close his heart
Someone who will die for you an' more
But it ain't me, babe
No, no, no, it ain't me babe
It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe.
Go melt back in the night
Everything inside is made of stone
There's nothing in here moving
An' anyway I'm not alone
You say you're looking for someone
Who'll pick you up each time you fall
To gather flowers constantly
An' to come each time you call
A lover for your life an' nothing more
But it ain't me, babe
No, no, no, it ain't me, babe
It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe
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Alabama, Arkansas,
I do love my Ma and Pa
Not the way that I do love you
Well, holy moly me oh my
You’re the apple of my eye
Girl, I've never loved one like you
Man, oh, man, you're my best friend
I scream it to the nothingness
There ain't nothing that I need
Well, hot and heavy pumpkin pie
Chocolate candy, Jesus Christ
Ain't nothing please me more than you
Home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you
Home, let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you
La la la la
Take me home
Mama, I'm coming home
I'll follow you into the park,
Through the jungle, through the dark
Girl, I've never loved one like you
Moats and boats, and waterfalls,
Alleyways, and payphone calls
I been everywhere with you (that's true)
Laugh until we think we'll die,
Barefoot on a summer night
Never could be sweeter than with you
And in the streets you run afree,
Like it's only you and me,
Geez, you're something to see.
La la la la
Take me home
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Can't Get Enough of You
02:08
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Our postcards could fill a book
Our mixtapes could play for hours
Inside jokes instead of stand up
Pokes and laughs in the shower
But none of it helps you sleep
Only keeps you awake in bed
The next day, month, or year
Running in circles, through your head
When I can’t hear your voice
I just hear those fears too
But with a short call and your smile
Babe I can’t get enough of you
I go to class all day
To get away from the wait
I spend my days reading books
To get my mind off the date
Countless hours at my desk
Writing papers or a tune
I ask myself if my love will grow
I don’t know, anytime soon
Both of us will meet new people
Find new interests, new views
But the closest ain’t worth the chase
Babe I can’t get enough of you
All the way from Larkin to Maple
Where’s the line we can cut
Don’t get lost in translation
I’m not Bob and you’re not Charlotte
Sunday morning, early dawnin’
There you are on my screen
You stick your tongue out and I stick mine
My worries get fewer and farther between
Because when I only see your words
I always ask where, when, and who?
I’d much rather hear your voice
Babe I can’t get enough of you
Babe I can’t get enough of you
Babe I can’t get enough of you
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Travel
02:59
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I left my keys in Wyoming
my towel in Boston
i definitely lost some years
in the time i was roaming
forgot my toothbrush in Denver
my spare tire in Montana
but what ill surely never forget
is her
I've been so many places
and lost so many things
but when I'm back with her
I feel put together again
I left my trunk in Kalamazoo
My lungs in Santa Cruz
But the most important thing I left
Was my heart, with you
I left my hands in D.C.
my guitar in Tennessee
how can i give it up
when traveling makes me feel so free
I've been so many places
and lost so many things
but when I'm back with her
I feel put together again
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Death
01:21
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death came, up to me
suit as black, as can be
polished shoes and ironed tie
told me “son youre gonna die”
my face grew pale and my hands grew week
i knew it was my soul that he did seek
Took a moment reminisced on my years
Then Stood up to death: said look right here
I ain't lived yet so I won't die
I ain't ready yet to say goodbye
My race Ain't run my fuse Ain't burned
There's so much yet I haven't learned
I'm not going with you and that is that
I gave him a wry smile and tilt my hat (I think you meant Fedora)
He was silent through this exchange
His expression didn't even change
He reached up and touched my face
And I died with that embrace
He stepped over my body slumped
In this battle he did triumph
He straightened his tie fixed his hat
It was all over...just like that
Death turned and did disappear
The man in black that all do fear
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Every time I see you in the world, you always step to my girl
Back back way back I used to front like Angkor Wat
Mechanicsburg Anchorage and Dar es Salaam
While home in New York was champagne and disco
Tapes from L.A. slash San Francisco
But actually Oakland and not Alameda
Your girl was in Berkeley with her Communist reader
Mine was entombed within boombox and walkman
I was a hoarder but girl that was back then
The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out
What you on about?
I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones
I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house
Such a modest mouse,
I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone
Every time I see you in the world, you always step to my girl
Ancestors told me that their girl was better
She's richer than Croesus, she's tougher than leather
I just ignored all the tales of a past life
Stale conversation deserves but a bread knife
And punks who would laugh when they saw us together
Well, they didn't know how to dress for the weather
I can still see them there huddled on Astor
Snow falling slow to the sound of the master
The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out
What you on about?
I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones
I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house
Such a modest mouse,
I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone
Wisdom's a gift, but you'd trade it for youth
Age is an honor, it's still not the truth
We saw the stars when they hid from the world
You cursed the sun when it stepped to your girl
Maybe she's gone and I can't resurrect her
The truth is she doesn't need me to protect her
We know the true death, the true way of all flesh
Everyone's dying, but girl you're not old yet
The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out
What you on about?
I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones
I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house
Such a modest mouse,
I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone
The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out
What you on about?
I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones
I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house
Such a modest mouse,
I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone
Every time I see you in the world, you always step to my girl
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Always
03:12
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you always hold me tight
but you’re always off at night
each morning gotta find you again
you’re not approved of by any of my friends
you always tie me up
make me feel like I’m on to
can't find you in any old shop
each day you are something new
you pick me up when i feel blue (or you bring a smile to this young jew)
added a spark to my dull life
make me feel sharp as a knife
you always tie me up
make me feel like I’m on top
can't find you in any old shop
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Space
04:53
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Well we know where we're goin'
But we don't know where we've been
Fnd we know what we're knowin'
But we can't say what we've seen
And we're not little children
And we know what we want
And the future is certain
Give us time to work it out
We're on a road to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere
We'll take that ride
I'm feelin' okay this mornin'
And you know,
We're on the road to paradise
Here we go, here we go
Maybe you wonder where you are
I don't care
Here is where time is on our side
Take you there...take you there
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
There's a city in my mind
Come along and take that ride
and it's all right, baby, it's all right
And it's very far away
But it's growing day by day
And it's all right, baby, it's all right
They can tell you what to do
But they'll make a fool of you
And it's all right, baby, it's all right
We're on a road to nowhere
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Mama, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore.
It's gettin' dark, too dark to see
I feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore.
That long black cloud is comin' down
I feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Mama let me lay here and die
I dont have the strength to say goodbye
I’m leaving here forevermore
I hope they hear me knocking on heavens door
Mama I can’t see through the clouds
I’m wrapped up alone in my shroud
I can see the world from shore to shore
I feel like I'm stuck behind heavens door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
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