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Life In The Fields
02:29
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Life In The Fields
Early in the morning, out here in the meadows
doctor says i'm fine, it's always hard to tell though
do i fell better, i know that something's missing
i look behind as apartments (compartments?) overtake me
I wonder what it's like inside...
the wind will blow, the trees will sigh
little journalista, out here from the city
i don't need no practice cause meeting people's easy
she came armed with questions, i had tons of answers
will it last? well hon, you take your chances
and when they ask you how does it feel?
when you're living out here in the fields
and when they ask you how does it feel?
you can tell 'em that's life out in the fields
all we need is time...
you know you should listen but find it hard to do so
when you're all alone you drift into a meadow
you won't find no trees and you won't find no shelter
when you're out here you're subject to the weather
and when they ask you how does it feel?
to be out here living in the fields
and when they ask you what is the appeal?
you can tell 'em it's life out in the fields
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House Of Lies
02:35
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House Of LIes
With so much death in the world today,
what's a thousand lives, give or take.
So we'll load our guns, and we'll fire away
And we'll save our pity for another day.
I'll write a book of lies and give away the best punchline
in the beginning. They'll never see it coming at all.
With so much life in the world today,
no one will miss me anyway.
So call my ma and say the same
When her ailing heart won't take the strain.
We'll build a house of lies
And we can move all move inside
It will be better than having to remember
that once upon a time in a middle school lunch line
Me and my quarters, panic and disorder around
I was lost at sea with a hundred kids just like me
Who had the feeling mama couldn't explain it at all.
At all
(You gotta relate, I gotta relate it's like a shotgun by the bed)
At all
(You gotta relate, I gotta relate it's like a nightlight by my head)
At all
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Parking Lots
02:43
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Parking Lots
If you're looking to fight, I'm damn well fit to oblige.
I speak eloquently. I'll dismiss every book that you read.
Deflating wealth, our deteriorating health are just two signs
of a culture eating away at itself.
Well, you may have a point, but that only makes you annoying.
You're a liberal thug, and your big grin boils my blood.
Let me tell you know how the good book banished doubt.
We'd love to have you here. I've got enough friends anyhow.
And we argued all night on different shades of black & white.
Got an army of spies with all the good luck money can buy.
Chasing ghosts down a cave, waving sparklers at a parade.
This country's knees are shot. We're yawning through a holocaust.
Can't return the cars we bought or empty out the parking lots.
And we argued all night on different shades of black & white.
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It's Not Money
02:46
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"It's Not Money"
It's alright. You're right, you know.
You told me, "Let go, honey."
I tried, tried, tried.
It's so hard when I hold on, baby.
When I hold on, I hold tight, tight, tight.
It's not money. You can't rent or buy it.
It's not money, so why should I?
Think of those who have wronged you, honey.
And your list grows. It grows so long.
You know as well as I do, baby, when it goes well, it's gone, gone, gone.
It's not money. You can't rent or buy it.
It's not money, so why should I?
When that bullet goes through my head, it tears the back out, baby.
Puts me to bed. When that bullet goes through my heart, I die.
When I die, they'll reach & shut my eyes.
That's when, honey, you'll still be on my mind.
You're so funny. You are, you know.
You know what the worst of it is?
It's when you find out something you think is yours.
And then they come & take it away
And they drag it into the night to stay.
When that bullet goes through my head, it tears the back out, baby.
Puts me to bed. When that bullet goes through my heart, I die.
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Disappointed
02:59
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Disappointed
We knew that you'd leave & find philosophy, then study for a week before you gave it up.
From disappointing reads you learned of fallacies, then you used them against me until I'd had enough.
Now's the time to lose that noncommittal view or sobbing on the phone to a girl who's stuck at home
She has her own worries & false analogies, & the most she will concede is perhaps you'll die alone, your bones in the sun.
Us lucky ones will fall besides our sweet in a great catastrophe.
Don't wait up for us.
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Draft Cards
02:14
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Draft Cards
Jenny's in the crossfire
Hanging from a hangwire
School is such a big drag
Cheating just to get by
Her boyfriend's into lo-fi
It's a credo you can live by
Sex is such a cool thing
Just like in the movies
Now here comes the montage
The killer with his corsage.
Standing in a graveyard.
Filling out his draft card.
Oh, it's all too much.
Oh, it's not enough.
Murders in a gangland
Candles on a nightstand
War is in the confines
Of an overtaxed mind
Her boyfriend told her one night
He was murdered in a past life
Well, guess what, jane?
So was I?
Now here comes the montage
The killer with his corsage.
Standing in a graveyard.
Filling out his draft card.
Oh, it's all too much.
Oh, it's not enough.
To find out where your gun's gone to
It's not for you.
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Immigrant
03:02
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Immigrant
I was an immigrant then
I left my home with the best of intents
Only to land on the streets
I am a man, and I'll take what I need.
I was a worker then
You'd be surprised how the body can bend
Caught in the teeth of machines
Crushed by the gears, but released by the wheel.
I volunteered for the war
Me & the boys, well, we gave them what for
Now we lay shot on the field.
Stare at the stars, and they turn like a wheel
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The Road
03:04
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The Road
Think of the needless things you carry
Lead the fully examined life.
Like Roman candles on your birthday
Command all that your survey
Like a man who sees a solid line as a road.
As a road.
Think of the heavy things you carry.
Through that long past string of lies
Well, that's the power of persuasion
it's a million man invasion
and we're all obliged to pass the time
on the road,
on the road
when we lose we leave our endings open
we get confused we want our endings open
like planning a crime becoming a man of distinction
we're towing the line just like you ought to do
like you ought to do
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Sporting Life: a San Francisco band with dream rock, shoe gaze and brit pop tendencies.
Five guys: Keith,
Andrew, Ryan, Aaron and Clay.
Formed: 2010.
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