alpha incipiens *
my horoscope said it would be a bad year **
waiting for sunset ***
dig the subatomic holdout #1,
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i swear in the dark where she's romancin'
past the line where they're wall dancin'
and the skin she sheds won't lie awake
she won't lie awake
roses are redder than the dirt that sparkles in her hair
rum shots with the star leather prom princess
dots her i's with hearts and sunkisses
frozen smiles and she won't lie awake
she won't lie awake
violets are bluer than the bruises she holds out in her hand
i wanna be right now
say don't mind (say don't mind)
save your prayers for the poor blind (the poor blind)
'cause i dont care about your catechisms (ahh)
and your hatred is a precious (ooh)
kind of fool in the middle of the day (ohh)
and you might as well stay a long time (ohh)
s.o.s.,
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when the noise blows away
a symphony of solace you and me
with only dark wood to burn
well its a fire we need to learn
but its night time to fall
fast asleep with no bottles of blue
well its time that you and i
come to live with it whatever we know
so many people say
that they're unhappy wherever they are
well its time we said enough
a symphony of solace after all
the t.v. guy is the grossest flavor to
cause he can blast that noise
it makes you hungry for some food
wellyou can stand in line and wait for hours and hours
when you sit in line for the radio to come true
well it sings to the world
a symphony of solace is what we need
well it talks down to the world
a symphony of solace is what we need
well it screams at the world
a symphony of solace is what it takes
well you can take it by the word
turn it off
all points north,
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let's join the new teens
yeah let's join their army
and hang out at bus stops
swappin' high school stories
scare away travlers
chain smoke and laugh all day (a-ay)
go away to college
skip class and fuck all day
praise west pitsfield for bein' yeah just breathin'
pretend they love us just about as much as we love them
i'm tired of waitin' come on let's go
i'm tired of sayin' come on let's go
hey hey
let's get trapped under the ice
yeah we'll brag to our best friends
play tag with the sea life
we make a lot of new friends
and we'll become folk legends, hurray
let's get your dad drunk
so he can embarass you with
stories about young whores
business trips hey business is good
we'll disagree about nothin'
then we'll kiss
yeah blame it on beer
snow cones and shivers
so much fun forgot to eat
i'm tired of waitin' come on let's go
i'm tired of sayin' come on let's go
hey hey
let's visit your unwed moms
we'll dance to some new wave songs
and you've known each other all the while
because we made a lot of new friends
but we'll still cry ourselves to sleep
sunken treasure,
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there's sunken treasure all around the world
a billon pearls all around your crown
the sun and the moon sleeping underground
you broke your back i put it back together
slipped in the dark i held up the sun
i hung it in your room but it came undone
if there be angels you must be one
it turned to black i put it back forever
the man is a apart he sits in four rooms
his leg on the stool his heart on the rug
his ear to the floor his love's underground
he's building a love that will last forever
he's building a love that will last forever
we're drivin' so low there's nowhere else to go
your world crowds below your broken halo
if i could know i know i'd know
he's building a love that will last forever
it turns to black i put it back forever
(bum bum bum)
good evening at the tone pacific standard time will be 8:34 and twenty seconds
good evening at the tone pacific standard time will be 8:34 and thirty seconds
good evening at the tone pacific standard time will be 8:34 and fourty second
the battle cry of the west,
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food grows where water flows
its the battle cry of the west
i try like all the rest
to take it easy
undertows and dominoes
weigh heavy on my mind
it feels like summertime
in the valley
i close my eyes and watch you dangle
your tan legs into the sea
and your sandy hair gets tangled on the breeze
all roads leads to the coast
but the coast is never clear
a new port every year
under sunscreen
the future never seemed so close
standing on the pier
but you were always here
in the heartbeat
i close my eyes and watch you dangle
your tan legs into the sea
and your sandy hair gets tangled on the breeze
(ohhhh oh oh)
bah bah bah, bah bah bah
bah bah bah, goodbye
bah bah bah
weight of my tears,
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a whole broken sky
a warm winter night
a man's not a man if he don't know how to cry
i'm in love with you
oh lord i'm in love with you
if the measure of a man
is weighed by his tears
the weight of my love
will be measured by the years
i'm in love with you
oh lord i'm in love with you
so you better figure it out before it slips away
yeah, you better figure it out before it slips away
well i crossed fifty states
only to find
that georgia's real pretty
but it's you on my mind
i'm in love with you
oh lord i'm in love you
if the compass of a man
is shaped like his heart
mine's pointin' south
so i better get a start
i'm in love with you
oh lord i'm in love you
so you better figure it out before it slips away
yeah, you better figure it out before it slips away
(ba ba ba ba ba)
alpha incipiens,
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one two three four
the morning comes to a startling halt
the cool breeze blows it's somebody's fault
the summer heat tries to burn through
and i look over to warn you that somethin' is happening
morning glorys climb the walls and
you speak in a slow drawl
and i'm tryin' to piece together what you're saying
but the birds are screechin' and the hounds are bayin'
i don't remember there bein' any hounds around here
we lean back and we clink our glasses
raise the drinks to our thirsty mouths
thick as molasses
ice cold vodka eases in
as the low pressure system brings the breezes in
and they sashay and pirouette above ya
the only thing i know is that i love you
and i'm holdin' on
my horoscope said it would be a bad year,
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i sit at this table
and i stare at my hands
every day they grow
they look more like my dad's
i trace his veins they run
up and down my arms
from where i'm sittin'
i trace sixty more years
and i've learned to count on nothin'
'cause most times it's all i got
and all i see is me
my roots are startin' to rot
all you want to do is win
when you're losin'
you say you want some competition
well i'm not that strong
just put away your ladder
i'm happy where i am
my fate seems clear to me when out of my hands
and sometimes i feel like a genius
other times i feel like a fool
and my friends indulge me
when most times i think i know it all
but mostly i feel like a little boy
i'd rather feel how much i feel
i don't wanna make excuses
but my horoscope said it would be a bad year
and sometimes i see myself gettin' killed
on one of these mysterious streets
and then i have nothin' to live up to
and no expectations to meet
all you want to do is win
when you're losin'
you say you want some competition
well i'm not that strong
just put away your ladder
i'm happy where i am
my fate seems clear to me when out of my hands
waiting for sunset,
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don't be sad but i'm goin'
don't be sad but i'm goin'
don't be sad but i'm goin'
'cause i sail tonight
can you get me there friend?
without a song to sell along the way
and should i play along again
and pretend everything's okay
maybe i'm losin' sleep over nothin'
maybe i'll just be fine
tear me away from all those little things
that seem so important when they're fadin'
and though we are fallin' stars
we're feelin' fine
and though it seems we're not far
we need more time
so you got me here friend
we didn't sell a thing along the way
and it's so quiet here it's sad
i thought you said everyone would stay
maybe i'm losin' sleep over nothin'
tell me i'll be just fine
tear me away from all those little things
that seem so important once they fade
and though we are fallin' stars
we're feelin' fine
and though it seems we're not far
we need more time
woke up today just called to say
you're body's cold and you're goin' nowhere
woke
up today just called to say
you're body's cold, you're goin' nowhere
oh, you're goin' nowhere
you're goin' nowhere
oh, you're goin' nowhere
(wooh ohh ohh uhh huh)
* this mountain goats cover was included in the japanese pressing of handsome western states.
** this song was on a comp distributed by inbred in 1998.
*** this song was actually left over from the coast is never clear sessions. it used to be available on the velocette website circa 2001.
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