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Furby in the Rain
03:13
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first everything and now this
i think it's cute we tried to make it through christmas
have you ever seen your sister drinking rum like that?
drinking rum like that
last week at the salvation army
i saw my old bomber jacket that outgrew me
and i wanted it back coz i'm dumb like that
coz i'm dumb like that
do you remember the time
when we were born to win?
i could die in your arms--
that's how bored i've been
there's a creek that carries roses
down the creases of my brain
where our love was left
like a furby in the rain
my money's no good
in fact i'm a criminal in my neighbourhood
but this is your hometown;
is there a friend or two that i get to keep?
you cry when i'm near
and I say 'don't stop; we're getting somewhere'
for in order that the willow should weep
the roots must be deep
do you remember the time
when we were born to win?
i could die in your arms--
that's how bored i've been
good news is that the diagnosis
deems the dosage stays the same
our love was left
like a furby in the rain
i know you're used to the excuses
this time i'd rather just explain
how our love was left
like a furby in the rain
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2. |
Rebel Waltz
04:23
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we should have just ran when the music began
for there are tests we can pass but this isn't one of them
too many others in mind
yet the lovers press forth in the blithe pageant's birth
old watching young milk their heyday for its worth
statues of spirit and spine
and we watch as they dance
to the rebels' waltz like we used to do
laughing and smiling
and filing along 2x2
the boys from the oil patch arrived home today
with kisses to make rival eyes turn away
as your heart plays chicken with mine
and the muffdivers chant o'er the shuffleboard cheers
but in the race to find love, we had them beaten by years
we're just off to the back of the line
and we watch as they dance
to the rebels' waltz and disappear
and only last year
the appeal of the scene here was clear
an elder comes over to share his adventure
bits of apple like shrapnel shooting at me from his dentures
im going 'skip to the love story, pal'
and he bends down to tend to a velcro askew
says 'i wish you knew exactly what we had to go through
so that you could be here with that gal'
and we watch as they dance
to the rebels' waltz and pirouette
did the voice of the vet
say it's lest or that it's best we forget?
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3. |
Kiss Me, Kate
03:08
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here come those teardrops again
it's the ones from before that were pissing me off
while i was trying to pretend
that it was not the end
not the end
kiss me, kate
we still could meet
on the dark end of the street
just when the tissue was dry
i started crying 'why, why, why'
i couldn't get no respect
in fact, that is half of why i had to skidaddle
said i was lacking in depth
go dip your paddle into some other puddle
and while you're at it
kiss me, kate
we still could meet
on the dark end of the street
and now you wanna know how
i could not hear the coo of the vow
kiss me, kate
we still could meet
on the dark end of the street
loving you was hit-and-miss
but i only taste the good times
in your kiss
tried to reach out to a friend
someone from before who had lifted me up
he wouldn't stretch out a limb
not to a man who frowns while he drowns
kiss me, kate
we still could meet
on the dark end of the street
nobody can understand
'cept the one i let slip through my hands
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it was at the summer social for your startup
when you popped out like a cartoon from the backdrop
in a mustard-coloured crop top, collar popped up
vaping in the moonlight on the rooftop
i couldn't tell for sure if you were dancing
or just shaping out your shadow where you were standing
but i saw you sway and wondered what you were saying
as the seafoam found its way into your mood ring
put your heart in all the way
i know you can't
but if your wish was to enchant
then call me Grant
yo yo yo, i'm not crazy so i know
you're not asking me to play a lasting part
but the summer's breezing fast
and maybe that's the reason that
i'm looking for a season's pass to your heart
next month i'll be hanging on the grape vine
coz tomorrow you'll be leaving me behind
but tonight the air is dense with scents of orange rind
so what exactly did your body have in mind?
we opened up the chips and cracked a smirnoff
and exchanged our middle names inside the dark loft
you said your shoes were thirty percent off
but by then mine were one hundred percent off
these wily nights remind me of jumanji
but the more you look at me, the less you see
yo, yo, yo, i'm not crazy so I know
you're not asking me to play a lasting part
but the summer's breezing fast
and maybe that's the reason that
i'm looking for a season's pass to your heart
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5. |
Lauren
03:59
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for you i have triple respect
your traits are rubbing off with a ripple effect
but i'm watching you slip through the sieve
and so i can't put more in
i've done the diagrams and gone over the graph
feel like i'm punching the clock at a job i don't have
put down the yoga mat-- we need to chat
here, i'll just close the door in
lauren
see the trestles ablaze
all parts out of place
there's a crack in the wood
at the totem pole's base
is both of us too opaque
to break face face-to-face?
you won me with the wave of the whisk
now save me the task and weld us at the wrists with your wand
i retrace our date at the dune
where the monsoon is roarin'
when you first caught my eye by the canteloupe
i dropped my rye and i wanted to elope
maybe i'll see you out on the road
when the band starts tourin'
lauren
the truffles have turned
we're losing what we earned
there's forces at work
but i'm not too concerned
coz both of us is too well-learned
to risk being burned
everytime you turn your head
or face forward
you find new love--
it's hard to get to know someone
a penultimate pause
the jousting of jaws
a calendar closing its claws
you're in the shallow end now-- can you still feel the wind?
there's an anvil on your chest and you're pinned
my eyes are wet with tears
maybe still a little bit red from the chlorine
lauren
stomach in knots
you're in my thoughts
i could bulldoze you with prose
because i've written you lots
but both of us is us is much to smart
to start up a plot
lauren
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this ain't the first time
i stayed awake at night dreaming about you
in the park on the bench after dark
chilling out like Rodin's thinking statue
i made you one last mixed tape
and threw it into the bin labelled MIXED WASTE
it must have been your beauty
a kiss for the ages
4am halloween, streetlight watches
outside your old St-Denis flat
a promise and a puzzle upon us
you only fall in love once like we did
then you pull your heart off of the grid
it must have been your beauty
i try to look forward
but i can't seem to focus my view
and it's too soon to know
just how far i can go without you
say hello to the new you for me--
that's the one i might not get to meet
i'm still wearing the same pair of jeans
walking 'round like a grandad in heat
i emailed your mom secretly
just to ask her if you were okay
it must have been your beauty
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7. |
Muscle Memory
03:33
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sit down and look at this old polaroid
every time i do it makes me feel overjoyed,
overwhelmed, a little annoyed,
over-the-hill, underemployed
but love is an altered state of being
we saw it when we trimmed the trees
let's issue a tissue
to send into the tendon
and make a muscle memory
i'm floating by on a muscle memory
muscle memory, muscle memory
i'm coasting through on a muscle memory
my brain is at bay
my body's looking out for me
my father came here with twelve dollars in his pocket
we had to send him back to fetch his wallet
he said 'whistle while you hustle, the heart is just a muscle
but it doesn't really matter what you call it'
he pinched the matter, clenched his putter,
and gave himself a practice shot...
on the backswing said 'turn the fruit into a painting
and forget if it was plastic or not'
forget if it was plastic or not
forget if it was plastic or not
i'm getting by on a muscle memory
my brain is at bay
my body's looking out for me
you've got the same birthday as my best friend
would you like to move in with me this weekend?
i'd say you can trust me, i may be rusty
but i'll get there on a muscle memory
had the bubbles in the bottle been less plentiful
and the parables in the bible more memorable
you may not find us with the ozone around us
postponing our first kiss
postponing our first kiss
in a land of corn and wine
alright, okay, i'll meet you at the cafe
to help you update your resume
i'm floating by on a muscle memory
muscle memory, muscle memory
I'm mowing the lawn on a muscle memory
my brain is at bay
my body's looking out for me
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8. |
Tinder Bender
04:00
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goodbye hobbies
hello cuties
i love to gamble
i love to party
and i love school
thought i was the only one in town
who wanted to drink down that craft beer
what's say we go out drinking
in the town tonight?
dreamboat, please excuse my candor
but all winter i've been under
and i can't afford to flounder
can't you see my condo yonder?
first it was 'return to sender'
and now you're saying 'love me tender'
by the light of my lit lantern
on a tinder bender
left and right
i swipe and type
a nope
a like
a hope
baby, they should have called it 'timber'
coz i'm falling for you
frenching in the moonlight
or having a dipped cone out on the sand
what part of sharesies did you not understand?
remove your sandals when we get to my door;
we ain't flip-flopping anymore
dreamboat please excuse my candor
but all winter i've been under
and I can't afford to flounder
can't you see my condo yonder?
first it was 'return to sender'
now you're saying 'love me tender'
as i top up my decanter
by the light of my lit lantern
and it's laughter ever after
on a tinder bender
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9. |
Size of My Crush
02:35
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you like the cemetery sunset better
in the summer weather
taking your supper there
leftovers from tupperware
i seen you through the trees
practicing your cantonese
arms in the air like 'does anybody get me?!'
the widow next door from Chile
wouldn't have a Willy or a Sam
i've been getting ten feet farther
from you every year
and now here I am
put yourself on my side of the mic
if you're wondering why it might have gone south
you took the oak, took the teak, took my youth
in the froth of the bath you took the oath from my mouth
tonight i gotta take the plunge
take the plunge with someone new
do i say yes to life
or do i say yes to you?
this is
this is
this is the size of my crush
my crush on you
two grown bodies grinding
is enough to make sparks fly
but i'm finding that a love that's binding
isn't something you just happen by
i have forgotten the spice of your cheek
and the meaning of your tattoos
i had a dream you were pregnant
and i was heading out to share the news
let's not blame a genie
for the love that turned to mush on you
this is
this is
this is the size of my crush on you
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10. |
Worst Team in the League
02:35
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'baby please don't come to the game'
is what i might say before any other game
but tonight we've got the chance of a season
to deliver a bruising
i've got a long list of foes when i train
and it goes about sixteen coaches long
when that old whistle blows
heaven knows they'll be playing our song
oh now, baby, you still make me the brave me
you wiped the shit off of my D-I-C-E
and scooped creatine into my poutine's gravy
is it true that your new sweetheart looks just like me?
we loved each other a long time ago
and we dance like nothing's changed
last week i seen your mama
at the driving range
and i felt me those butterflies within;
i'm not at my best in the way i've been livin'
i miss your parents-- hope you'll bring 'em
and that all is forgiven
i'm seeing Nike everything and it gets to my psyche
i ain't no rookie and i know what i likey--
i liked that BUD LITE LIME, but that was back in our prime
one more time come and see me under that limelight
coz tonight we're playing
the worst team in the league
corrina, corrina
step into the arena
tonight we're playing
the worst team in the league
i said i'd call you again
when i believe in myself
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Sam Wilson
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