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street cat
02:55
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i was just a street cat
tired of being inside where the walls are bitter
there's nothing here to do
through the day and into the night
and i'm forever dreaming that
i'll wander down the path
smell the grass and the conker tree
when all the leaves are brown
but i can live without it
the world has been good to me
well, relatively speaking
but in my daydream
you were there and i took you by the hand
because it would be nice to have an 'and' between our names
you didn't need to say that i'd been foolish 'cause i know
but i'd been waiting for a ghost to let me go
take a huji sunset
live for tomorrow's sake
hope that someone likes it
it doesn't matter if there is nothing to do today
remember the time that we all went down to the beach
got an ice cream each
and didn't know where anyone was going
there was something in the air that didn't care if the timing's off
but in my daydream
you were there and i took you by the hand
because it would be nice to have an 'and' between our names
you didn't need to say that i'd been foolish 'cause i know
but i'd been waiting for a ghost to let me go
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oh what's that you're saying?
i'm not sociable enough and you want to go out onto the town
and say aloha
well look at that
but what the hell happened?
you were just a kid and you were happy to stay in at night
and talk about girls and monsters
now i feel like i'm chasing a cheetah at a crawl
now i feel like i'm left behind it all
i was looking round
i was feeling down and i said
everybody's changing except for me
such a simple song
but i'm the only one who knows i'm here
oh what's that you're saying?
i'm not sociable enough and you want to go out onto the town
and say aloha
well look at that
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3. |
february snow
03:30
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they wander hand in hand through the snow and builders sand
they stop above the lights set in the floor
he kisses her upon the lips
she's laughing at some joke of his
and then they take a few more steps back home
it's been a month or two since i dreamt i was with you
but still you've got a corner of my mind
why can't i just let you be?
this cycle can't be good for me
a circle's line is never moving on
there they go and dance again
the gloves are on my hands again
and they are waltzing silent in the night
i'm just so scared of making moves
it's such a foolish thing to do
to wonder why there's no one by my side
i like to think they caught each other's eyes in candle light
probably in the corner of some bar
he asked her if they'd met before
she lied and said that she's not sure
but she's not that good with faces anyway
he sat with her and talked all night
and somehow it just felt so right
he told his friends he'd see them the next day
one day they will buy a house
with ivy and a little dormouse
they sometimes see him run across the lawn
there they go and dance again
the gloves are on my hands again
and they are waltzing silent in the night
i'm just so scared of making moves
it's such a foolish thing to do
to wonder why there's no one by my side
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4. |
how to be a boy
04:37
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someone pull the safety cord
the engine in my head is pretty tired
and i could do with a replacement
how do you get through the day
without the ceiling filling up your frames
and all the things you said repeating?
i think i need a jump start
'cause i don't think my legs are up to scratch
and all those pavements look alarming
take me somewhere flowers grow
somewhere under stars and by the sea
we'll light a fire and watch it breathe
do you know, do you know how to be a boy?
do you know what do do?
do you know how to choose?
i need a manual override
'cause heaven knows i've tried and tried and
tried to change my mind but it is frozen
i'm sick of looking through the glass
behind your eyes to find the pilot light of love
it's all i need to see
do you know, do you know how to be a boy?
do you know what do do?
do you know how to choose?
do you know how to be a boy
in the twenty first century?
all this life is killing me
do you know, do you know how to be a boy?
i once thought i knew
i don't have a clue.
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5. |
anthem of the losers
03:49
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i'm praying that the hope's not shining out my eyes
but honestly i'm lighting up the moon at night
when i look into the sky
can you see all my daydreams?
open up that old trunk so i can dig out my brave face
i'm gonna need it today so i can say
all the things that i just hoped had gone away
watch me shoot to miss the mark
i pick a song that knows how i am feeling now
'cause with my headphones in i can't hear myself breathe
in the night time when the wind walks through the walls
i've been right here before
what to do this evening, decisions can be rather hard
i don't wanna break your spirit so i'll break my heart instead
it's fine, i've done this many times before
trust me, i'm a failure
who knows what to do when you're hopeless
messing up is my move and i am nailing it
this is the anthem of the losers
listen if you don't mind and i will go away
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