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Bikes
03:10
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weather's good
and the air is dry
show my skin
a little light
in my eyes
and in my heart
i'm in my head now
i'm trying to change it
i'm trying to rearrange it
and now we're going down
that narrow road
and we still have so much
farther to go
and if the sun comes up
and it never goes down
that's fine
and if the sun goes down
and it never comes up
that's fine
i'm trying to
forget how to read
i'm trying to
forget how to speak
forget how to see
forget how to think
i'm trying to change that
i'm trying to rearrange that
i'm trying to change it
i'm trying to rearrange it
i'm trying to cross the street
i'm trying to cross the street
i'm trying to catch the bus
i hope that i can
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2. |
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Outside all the birds are gone
inside there's a record on
the kettle screams itself into a song
and I woke up in clothes I wore
in clothes I wore the day before
the before I left where I belong
But all in due time
because there's so much
that I don't recognize
I don't mind
Willie Waterhouse and Thomas Cole
couldn't paint a line so bold
around you now
they're throwing out
the egg and pigment
and I've been told
you've dyed your hair
as I have mine
but yours is black
and mine is oh so white
but that's ok
that's how it goes sometimes
There's no use asking why
because there's so much
that I don't recognize
I don't mind
because I'm just killing time
Outside in the oldest hue
the boughs and houses retreating through
the yellow light and disappear
and something changes inside of you
in sight of you, in spite of me
not understanding everything
I think I know and I lift my head
and see you stand and turn to leave
But there's no use asking why
because there's still so much
that I don't recognize
I don't mind
because I'm just sitting here killing time
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3. |
Universal Love
02:39
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relief in black
alabaster
shows your laughing
diamond rings
purple label
golden table
synchronized
luxury
tourist in no city
local flavor is your specialty
can you put me out?
salve, Versace Ash Tray
proud that your
clothes afford
a family
and 50 more
Spot has got
a place to piss
and roses grow
if he's to miss
Universal Love
consider every side
and you're native to all places
trying on every face yes,
can you see it now?
how much does the wind cost?
and the wind is yours, not mine
can you see it now?
i can see it just fine
can you see it now?
i can feel it
can you see it now?
i can see it standing right in front of you
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4. |
Harold In Conversation
02:44
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"I had a dream
knew everybody by their name
woke up late again
another version of the same old story
same old night
and in the morning
the pale incandescent light"
His mother said
"My dear a penny for your thoughts"
but that was years ago
and now the flowers start to rot
and die upon the vine
up on the vine with all that wasted time so
He says to me,
"Well I've been thinking - maybe I
was never meant to be
nothing but an ordinary guy
in bed by 8 or 9
8 or 9 every night
every night"
But something's different
You're so distant
He thinks out loud now
eyes royal blue turn robin's egg
he's in a rain cloud
"At least the view is overhead"
or so I though he said
but i may be wrong
I might have misread
But something's different
You're so distant
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5. |
Turn
03:36
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here's how it goes
the day ends where it begins
yeah
turn and smile
i fool myself for quite awhile
yeah, yeah, yeah
basement light
i talk to you from the inside
and nowhere else
there's only one direction
that i'm moving now
there you go
you take all your time and
devote it to that
or this or that
just take your time
i'll talk to you from the outside
or somewhere else
there's only one direction
that i'm moving now
it's down
turn around
turn around
turn around
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The Bascinets Chicago, Illinois
the bascinets are:
nick wellman
nick shew
tristan huygen
trevor joellenbeck
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