1. |
Hello, Day
03:32
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I wave hello to the day
it blinks its eyes and sighs
and i'm feeling the same way
the sun is here
i wipe off my mirror
and empty the ashtray
the sun gets hauled up on its chain
and its light smashes its way through my window pane
and i'm tryin to find the edges of whats real
and whats in my brain
whats in my brain
my big brain
i wave hello to the truth
everything's illuminated and i'm thinking about my youth
i'm thinking about the past while i'm standing in my bedroom
yeah i dont know what it's all about
but one thing i do know is you gotta watch out
cuz this old world can turn you around
cuz i've been turned around
and i'm standing in the future too
cuz i'm trying not to get stuck in time like i used to do
time time time time time
"how do you feel?"
thanks for asking i really gotta say
it feels good being alive
i'm so lucky i'm not a dead guy
i feel good today
"why do you feel so good today?"
again thanks for asking and here's why
"why?"
because i get to listen to the saxophone play
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2. |
The Vibe
04:26
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I woke up in the dirt
different day same shirt
and if you've ever spent a day on earth
than you know what i mean
yeah you know what i mean
i'm waitin on my ride
my phone just died
i'm not sad i'm just tired
and if you've ever been alive
then i'm sure you know the vibe
do you know the vibe?
do you know the vibe?
if you've ever been alive
then i'm sure you know it
yeah i'm sure you know it
i'm standing in my room again
staring at my phone in my hand
and if you've ever been alone when you needed a friend
then i am where you've been
yeah i am where you've been
older man new year
different face same mirror
and if i had a drop to drink then maybe
i could summon up a tear for the ocassion
do you know what i'm saying
when i say "i'm too tired to keep playing"?
now i'm lookin in the mirror saying "don't give up on me, no!
I know you're tired too tired to keep playing
you know i've been alive you know i know the vibe"
i know you know what i'm saying when i'm saying
that i'm looking in the mirror saying "don't be a baby, baby!
don't give up on me, no, don't let me down
i'm sick of the vibe as much as the next guy
but i'm sticking around for now
so don't go giving up on me, baby!"
if you've ever been alive
yeah if you've ever been alive
then i'm sure you know the vibe
do you know the vibe?
do you know the vibe?
if you've ever been alive
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3. |
People Like
02:54
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all the kings
their shadows fall
onto the people standing by
who seem to measure about as tall
whose pockets don't fit quite as wide
whose gold doesn't shine so bright
whose hair isn't trimmed so tight
it looks so perfect day and night
people like you and me
all the dolls
their scented skin
tempts the nostrils as they pass
of those of us looking in
as though through sheets of plated glass
people who can't keep up quite
as much as they might have liked
with tired eyes and appetites
people like you and me
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4. |
Need More Time
05:53
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I can't tell the difference between
the things that i do and the things that i don't need
with me it just always gets blurred
my eyes lack the scope and my mouth doesn't know which words to say
it doesn't know which words to say
my mind it shrinks and it grows
i know what to think and then i think i'm wrong about things i think i know
sometimes i need to take five
to get it together
sometimes i feel so alive and alone
this is the rate at which the days click by
this is the rate at which the weeks get swallowed
five four three two one then you're done then your guess is as good as mine
five four three two one then i wonder what's gonna follow after that
i can almost see the stars from my yard
i can almost see the sky from the place where i spend most of my time
i can almost see the world from where i'm setting
but being where i am is one of those things i always forget to do
what about you?
what about you?
do you feel crazy sometimes?
does it all make you feel crazy sometimes...running out of time?
do you feel weird just being here?
we're all right here
i'm right here
running out of time
running out of time
this is the rate at which the days click by
this is the rate at which the weeks get swallowed
i wanna go with you but i don't know if i have time
i wanna go with you but what's gonna follow after that?
i might be wrong i think i'm changing
i think it's been happening this whole time
i know that it might sound strange to hear me say it but
sometimes i think i might be right this time
my mind my mind it isn't easy
my mind my mind it doesn't help
my mind won't tell me the difference between
what i do and what it does to myself
"sometimes i feel like things are changing"
i hear people say that all the time
i don't know what my problem is i'm always trying to deny it
but sometimes people can be right
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5. |
Special
04:03
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this dog ain't mine it just sits by my side
so don't tell me to put a leash around it cuz it aint mine
i ain't tied to no one
i ain't tied to no one
no, no one
and i don't want no one tied on to me
i don't control where anybody goes
and i can't be held accountable for any choices that they chose
i ain't claimin no one
i ain't claimin no one
oh, no one
and i don't want no one making claim of me
there ain't a sentence worth finishing
there ain't a bank account worth mentioning
there ain't an invention that ain't just an extension of something else
so don't call me special
cuz they've seen it all before
"yeah we've seen it all before"
your grass ain't greener and mine ain't either
and i'm not trying to wind up on either end of a pointing finger
i ain't callin on no one
i ain't callin on no one
oh, no one
and i don't want no one calling on to me
i'm not afraid of mussing my father's name
cuz he told me "boy, i'm alone. and i think of you the same way"
i ain't claimin no one
i ain't claimin no one
no, no one
and i don't want no one making claim of me
there ain't a leader's eyes worth looking through
there ain't a place or time to turn back to
to get us through what we got ourselves into
to get us out
and it's the same all over
cuz they've seen it all before
"yeah we've seen it all before"
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6. |
Getting Older
02:52
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It's nobody's blues but mine i know
that's why i'm staying inside tonite
cuz i don't wanna bother anybody with my troubles
and it's nothing to do with anyone around me
thats why i'm keeping my mouth shut about it
but you know what i mean when i say "the skin's thin on a bubble"
(bubbles break)
my lips part and words start pouring out of my heart like my blood
saying "it's draining when you give love without getting love"
I know it's just a part of getting older
i'm lit by the light of my television screen
my mouth on the mic of the telephone receiver
my breath through the phone like the cars going by my window
that with the sound of my buzzing machine
don't beat the touch of a human being
you know me i like being together with someone else
i know it's just a part of getting older
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7. |
Change Myself
02:34
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i tried to change myself
"let's just say it didn't work out"
that's what i say when people ask about it
yeah that's what i do
i tried to change my mind
let's just say i thought this time i might
it turned out the same as the last few times i tried
"let's just say nothing happened"
i tried to change
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8. |
B̶a̶d̶ ̶G̶u̶y̶
04:12
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(take the same steps)
i give myself a round of applause just because
and just because i've got hands
i'm walking like a dog
i call myself a man
i swear to god sometimes i feel like i'm my own best friend
i give myself so many chances to get the right answer
that's what i'm allowed to do
and i'm going to try again
since it's all the same to you
cuz either you're the dog or you're the hoop its jumping through
bad guy
i've got to not be a bad guy
cuz it's a mans mans world
and i just feel like that just don't feel right
hard time
i've got to give myself a hard time
cuz it's a mans mans mans mans mans mans world
and everything's gonna be fine for me
even if it shouldn't be
i give myself a pat with my hand
say "my bad" to my mom
cuz i've been walking in the steps
of all the men before
yeah i've been stepping on the cracks
since before my dad was born
i take his steps
he takes the rest
dog in the dust
claps for hisself
is this as good as it gets
right and the left
walk like you said
don't do what you did, man
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9. |
Slow Down
03:06
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the door stands open like a gaping toothless tongueless mouth
the pane sits in the window frame like a silent frozen up-turned lake
and if you can tell the difference between my reflection and my face
you're a better man than i am
the coffin stands open like an empty pack of cigarettes
smoke comes out of the chimney goes up into the mouths of the clouds
and if you can tell the difference between the two now
you're a better man than i am
show me a smile as big as my frown is
you know that the telephone lines know us better than we know ourselves
show me a hole as deep as my heart is
you know that the world is just another thing that's spinning in circles
round and round
it's high time we check ourselves and slow down
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10. |
Sometimes
03:42
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sometimes you've just got to let go
like an unfinished smoke
like an unfinished joke
like the sun sitting so close to the world
you could almost see it all catch flame
sometimes you gotta let go
sometimes you gotta walk away
sometimes you've just got to let go
of the thing that you're holding
let it sink down below
when there's holes in the boat
understand it ain't much of a boat anymore
sometimes you gotta let go
sometimes you gotta swim to shore
sometimes you've gotta act like you are tough
like you can swim to the surface
like you can keep it together perfect
even though you know you're losing everything you know
sometimes you've got to leave unfinished sunsets
one less ain't gonna make that much big a difference in the end
sometimes you've gotta make like you can roll
like the world is just some place where we all go before we're gone
sometimes
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Julian Bozeman Brooklyn, New York
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