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The Aunts & Uncles Of Three
We're officially bored for the rest of our lives
we're filled with spark plugs, matches, and knives
why risk the sound?
why shoot a plane out loud?
I'll just say ba ba ba ba ba / ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
the aunts and uncles of 3
To rip off shreds of aggrevation
to completely fail your motivation
why leave this town?
Why burn your mansion down?
I'll just say ba ba ba ba ba / ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
the aunts and uncles of 3
sharp jets and tiny holes
vaulting into the keep
I can't keep it straight
when you've got so many pockets of grief
to hit the road without warning
to fire blanks into the awning
channel 66
never got a reception like this
Just say...
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Stop Me, Stop Me, Stop Me (Before I Get Creative)
Mary went to school in Amsterdam
Now she thinks she's seen the world
And she wants to be an actress, yes
She thinks she'll make the Big Time (oh boy)
Here we go again, it's Friday night
She comes around itching for a fight
You know you shouldn't take it personal
But it's hard when she throws the book at you
And every single time she cries it's clear
In her voice, there's something queer
Sooner or later, dear
Something's surely going to have to change around here
Chorus:
Stop me, stop me, stop me
Before I get creative
Stop me, stop me, stop me
Before I get creative
Stop me, stop me, stop me
Before I blow the damn thing
Mary likes her coffee black and bitter
Well, that's okay, but now she wants to sleep around
And she still comes to you for comfort
When she's down
The stories that she tells, well, they don't help
To make you feel one bit better about yourself
And you know she doesn't mean it (she doesn't mean it)
But then again, what does she mean?
When every single song you've sung is wrong
And you are forced to sing along
To the radio, man, that plays the same damn song
Year after year after year after year (oh my god now)
Chorus
Bridge:
I never wanted more than this
I never wanted more
I thought that this was happiness
Now, I'm not so sure
Mary thinks of moving back to Amsterdam:
"The people there are nicer, and the culture, it's oh so free."
"But what about me?"
You'd like to ask.
Mary shrugs her shoulders, looks at the floor:
ÕI'm sorry but I just don't
Love you anymore." It's funny
But it doesn't make you laugh.
When every single thing that you do is wrong
You just have to play along
But even Superman, well, he ain't that strong
Fighting kryptonite night after night.
I'm fighting kryptonite night after night (all right)
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Memory School
03:49
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Memory School
Just imagine a small town
where the tiniest sound
goes tumbling down
Just imagine you're a teen scream
on a twenty foot screen
you know what I mean
In you town
All around
There was a little old lady
Who lived two doors down
And she can't get to sleep at night
she asked you to come over
snd turn off her nightlight
you sang her to bed
three weeks later
she was deader than she's ever been
La la la la
It was the best of times
It was the worst night of your life
La la la la
Your mother chased you 'round
with a big old kitchen knife
La la la la
Your car's on empty
but you drive around anyways
La la la la
You're a second class student
at a grade A memory school
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Commander Mercy
03:27
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Commander Mercy
Commander Mercy put his dog to sleep
He's building railroads out in his backyard
The things he does, he thinks no one can see
But the town is watching, Commander Mercy
Commander Mercy had a peg-legged wife
One day she ran off with a railway porter
Commander Mercy carved a wooden bride
And spilt his curses out upon the ocean
Commander Mercy went to church last night
With his dead dog and his wooden woman
He offered prayers that it might rain
And then he married himself to his affliction
Here he comes, there he goes, here he comes
He's building railroads in his sleep
Here he comes, there he goes, here he comes
He's building railroads in his sleep
Building railroads in his sleep
Building railroads in his sleep
A wooden bride infests his sleep
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The Far Away People
02:32
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The Far Away People
Got a flashlight light on my pillow
got a blindfold in the car
got a cork screw in my pocket
and I don't know where you are
got amnesia on my birthday
flew the coop on Halloween
memorized two dozen volumes
of the annotated essays of the far-away team
Every house has a microphone
every house has a microphone
every house has a microphone
the far-away people will record there when you're not at home
they live in telephone wires
they breath the length of the miles
they're absolutely in your tv
(can you see me? can you see me?)
and they're getting close all the while
can you keep a deadly secret?
about the documents they store
paying close attention
to the details that you ignore
break your plans
drive your car
bring your love
save your life
the far-away people are right
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I Make Maps
06:53
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I Make Maps
I am a valuable man
I collapse upon command, I am
Replaceable cartridge of
Talented muscle
I work the trickster shift
I fall upon the moon
In the cold light of reason
I am the cup that overflows
I am a minister to
The Millionaire Academy
All the houses say we are
A talented nothing
After the deluge
When the bees have gone to bed
I ride the star-eyed ferry
And when I am aloneÉ
Chorus:
I make maps, I make maps, I make maps
That's what I do
And when you fall asleep
I make maps of you
I am the rage against
The ending of our days
A free radical
At the party of parties
I carry holly
On boughs to the brigade
The soldier in irons
Lies down on the lam
Out of the office
And onto the highway
Radiate me, baby
I am catch as catch can
And when I finish
The last will be the first
My wish is your command
And in the big roomÉ
Chorus
Bridge:
I am the Grocer Boy
I am the Lucky One
I am the Confidant of the Heart-broken Angels
I am the New Machine
The Airship Submarine
I am the Answer
The silence is broken
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Catastrophe In The Library
Anna left my class I don't know why
Couldn't eat too much and so she died
Learning a lot what I could have done
Kristen left my class I don't know why
Tripped off a ledge and so she died
Don't take it personally, they say,
We can't seem to learn from catastrophe,
Her aging over, my aging over
Who will dote on your sentences, girl?
All is liquid on a hard drive somewhere
Unburden yourself, break all the windows
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Bulb Popper
07:11
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Bulb Popper
The day Zach stopped believing in the Planet X
all the fish jumped out of the water and broke their neck
the adults all laughed and the kids all cried
no one knew why no one knew why
Who told Zach to stop believing?
Was it a friend, a mother, or psychiatrist scheming?
Told him he'd have to grow up today
forget your friends on Planet X and blow them away
blow them away - blow them away
So Zach packed up all of his inventions
his Cosmonautic Phaser Of Good Intentions
His Telephone to speak with Planet X
To consult with its leader and see what's next
see what's next - see what's next
Well I still believe in Planet X
its microscopic shores and its filaments
the towers of cans, the warehouse of plans
the gray soupy ocean lapping atomized sands
atomized sands, atomized sands
And if you can believe it it's real
just ask the people of Planet X how they feel
to go on without their leader
to inch ahead, filled with dread, one small meter
one small meter - one small meter
so come on now and join the world
join the boys and join the girls
bulb popper - show stopper
we are waiting, we are waiting, we are waiting
to shine is to shatter but does it matter?
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The Stairs Dedham, Massachusetts
In 2001 three friends from Dedham, Massachusetts were awarded a cultural grant. They decided to record an album that included everyone in their town that wanted to participate. The finished album was released under the name The Stairs. This is what they made. ... more
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