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Best Kept Secret
02:39
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This town's got a secret that you oughta hear
It's hidden away for most of the year
And when it comes around it's for a limited time
But I’m sure it's gonna blow your mind
She’s been working hard, day and night
For the last couple of years
And though you’ve never heard the name
I know you’ll never be the same
She’s been working hard all along
Writing song after song
But no one knows just yet
But I'd be willing to bet on the future of
The title of “the best kept secret”
The title of “the best kept secret”
Working hard day and night
She’s been training hard for this fight
And after a couple of beers
I know you won't believe your ears
All over town
You know what’s about to go down
The title of "the best kept secret"
The title of "the best kept secret"
From a little white room
You’ll be hearing from her soon
All over town
You know what’s about to go down
The title of the best kept secret
The title of "the best kept secret"
But if it’s good, it's best kept secret
She’s fighting for the title of the best, its the best, you’re the best kept secret
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2. |
Open Window
03:36
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I heard your song on a Friday night
Broadcast through an open window
Sitting in the shadow of my grandfather’s house
And I heard your song
There were a million things happening at the time
And I was walking by..
And a crowd stuck around for one song, maybe two
But soon they were on their way
I think much better when there’s music around
And the words only matter if someone sticks around
Long enough to remember them
So don’t stop playing or we might move on
I heard your song again last night
Broadcast through an open window
Sitting in the shadow of my grandfather’s house.
And they heard your song
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3. |
New Girl
03:16
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The new girl in your life
Always looks best in the early morning light
The things in the shallows are easy to see
Wading is harder in the waters that run deep
So, put those feelings you want to hide
In a place that's hard to find
There's a full scale investigation
Down at the police station
And the best detective in the force
Can't seem to figure out why
We only ever kissed goodbye
And the modern man
Eats his food from metal cans
A passerby in your journey through time
Common interest in rhythm and rhyme
They splash around in the shallows
We dive into the deep
{Chorus}
And the modern man
Eats his food from metal cans
And the new girl in your life
Always looks best in the early morning light
And the best detective in the force
Can't seem to figure out why
We only ever kissed goodbye
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Blue Ribbon
03:54
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Talk low speak slow, when you're on the radio
Talk loud, speak clear, shout it loud for all to hear
You can talk soft when your lost in her eyes
We all lose our minds when we're fighting for the prize
But don't get caught with your hand in the drawer
And if you get the girl you can buy yourself a blue ribbon
Yes, if you get the girl you can buy yourself a blue ribbon
The ticker marks another mile, as life slips away
Jack can't hold still and he won't take his pills
He says scratch my back and you know I got yours
But Jill can't foot the bill when there's money to be made
Don't get caught with your hand in the till
And if you make it to the end, you can buy yourself a blue ribbon
Yes, if you make it to the end, you can buy yourself a blue ribbon
If you want to make art, you gotta tear it all apart
And challenge every part, to find what's in your heart
And if you want to make love, sometimes you gotta fake love
To open up the door you gotta close the window
Oh, you can pat your back, you can buy yourself a blue ribbon
Yes, you can pat your back, you can buy yourself a blue ribbon
Good blood goes bad with three to six to go
When it all goes bad; uncle gets the house
Find your way back to their hearts, before it all falls apart
And if you make it out alive, you can buy yourself a blue ribbon
Yes, if you make it out alive, you can buy yourself a blue ribbon
And if you lose the race you can still buy yourself a blue ribbon
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5. |
Small Cities
04:27
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Small cities and electric townes
That's where we will be found
In small cities and electric towns
That's where we lay our ground
Small cities and electric towns
It's where we get off and where were bound
These shifting streets
These shifting streets
These shifting streets
These shifting streets
In small cities and electric towns
They’re filling and digging holes in the ground
In our small cities and electric towns
I don’t know if we’re lost or if we’re found
When we’re in small cities and electric towns
Take me home, I’m homeward bound
These shifting streets
These shifting streets
These shifting streets
These shifting streets
In small cities and electric towns
One day we’re gonna settle down with folks from
Small cities and electric towns
‘Cause thats who we want to be around
In small cities and electric towns
It’s where we get off and where were bound
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6. |
Downcity
02:44
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The the rain is coming down and the water is a risin'
The swells are rolling in over the horizon
The sky is dark and the wind is blowin' hard
There's gonna be high water in Downcity tonight
Power lines cut the sky to pieces
The water's latticed with lines
Steel trusses and cables cris-cross the 'scape
Rivers pushed about by men push back
They rise and over run their banks
There's gonna be high water in Downcity tonight
Burnside's washed out we oughta get to higher land
With Canal Street under water, the horses can't even stand
On the steps of City Hall
The water's climbing up the wall
The water's so high we can't make it to the train
But luckily there's a steam ship coming down Main!
There's gonna to be high water in Downcity tonight
The the rain is coming down and the water is a risin'
The swells are rolling in over the horizon
The sky is dark and the wind is blowin' hard
There's gonna be high water in Downcity tonight
And out in Olnyville there's fish falling from the sky
Like Mana from Heaven but no one can say why
Oh ohhhhh
There's gonna to be high water in Downcity tonight!
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7. |
The Mender Sews
03:42
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In the evening the mender sews
Haunting harmonies with her bow
Preserving the pieces of her loss
In the only way she knows
When you’ve lost your other
What’s left? what’s right?
When what you built together
Falls apart overnight
A widow looks for a new start
Something to mend a shattered heart
Embracing a chance to play a part
Only amplifies: “we’re apart”
Having fun, but not that much fun
In the years beyond the only one
Devastation as a place holder
Replacement for a crying shoulder
In the evening the mender sews
Haunting harmonies with her bow
Preserving the pieces of her loss
In the only way she knows
You play because you don’t know what else to do
What else do you do? what do you do? what can you do?
When you lost everything you built together
After enduring the foulest weather
In the evening the mender sews
Haunting harmonies with her bow
Preserving the pieces of her loss
In the only way she knows
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“Lonely" on a building side
“Lonely and alone"
Painting upside down
“Lonely as I've ever been"
“See me now"
“Lonely as ever"
Standing on the edge
To share this message;
A call to arms
Bells and whistles and alarms
“Lonely as I've ever been"
“Lonely as I've ever been"
Hanging on the edge
Lonely, alone
Taken in for questioning
As if I have the answers
“Lonely and alone" downtown
Occupy a building side
Rolling out this message
“Lonely as I've ever been"
“See me now"
“Lonely as ever"
Standing on the edge
To share this message;
A call to arms
Bells and whistles and alarms
“Lonely as I've ever been"
“Lonely as I've ever been"
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9. |
Perfect Little Pedestal
03:14
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Is it just our fear of being alone?
A need for trust?
The fear of betrayal: love or bust?
Something beyond lust?
Every night going out to see and be scene
Falling for every variation on a theme
The loveliest of train wrecks
Oh the loveliest of train wrecks
Learning from your misadventures
Yearning for our misadventures
I wanna know the constellations of your skin
I’ve got to stare at my shoes to stare at you
And you're out shopping for the perfect little pedestal
I’ve got to stare at my shoes to stare at you
And you're out shopping for the perfect little pedestal
And I wonder if how I see you is how you see you
And I wonder if how i see me is how you see me
And I wonder if how you see you is how I see you
And I wonder if how you see me is how I see me
I'm so sorry babe!
I can't love you like you love me
I'm so sorry babe!
You can't love me like you love yourself
We just drink through our sickness
We can drink to our health
Whether it's from fright
Or from a fight
The man with the crooked nose
Always knows which way the wind blows
Come night come night, he'll take flight
The weather man is never right
And I wonder if how I see you is how you see you
And I wonder if how i see me is how you see me
And I wonder if how you see you is how I see you
And I wonder if how you see me is how I see me
I'm so sorry babe!
I can't love you like you love me
I'm so sorry babe!
You can't love me like you love yourself
We just drink through our sickness
We can drink to our health
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10. |
Broke My Heart On You
04:11
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When we shared a bed
That wasn't me, That wasn't you
We've changed since then
and I don't know you any more
Since I broke my heart on you
You don't know me any more (and you don't know me)
Since I broke my heart on you
I can’t see you anymore (and you won't see me!)
It took time to mend
And some help from a friend
It wasn't you
It wasn't me
Can I remember now?
If I remember it at all
I had a bad fall
And broke my heart on you
I broke my heart on you
I broke it clean in two
You couldn’t be to blame
If you don’t feel the same
Looking at the world
Through selective memories of a younger me
Holding everyone
To the misremembered standards of a younger self
How could I place blame?
When we’re not even the same these days
I broke my heart on you
And never figured out
It took time to mend
And some help from a friend
It wasn't me
It wasn't you
Can I remember now?
If I remember it at all
I had a bad fall
And broke my heart on you
I broke my heart on you
I broke it clean in two
How could you be to blame
If you don’t feel the same
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11. |
Was Not What It Was
04:56
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We had a little thing that we called love
But I'm not so sure that that was what it was
And we can play at being in love
But we both know that was not what it was
You weren't patient or kind, you drove me out of my mind
And if it's not about me you know it’s not about me
Everybody’s burning bridges just as soon as it seems safe
‘Cause when the bridge is gone… there’s nothing in the way
We had this peculiar tendency
To mistake love for dependency
And we can play at being in love
But we both know that was not what it was
The only thing to do to break the ritual
Is to recognize that it's become habitual
And we can play at being in love
And we’ll ask ourselves, “was that not what it was?”
We had a little thing that we called love
And I'm not so sure that that was what it was
And we can play at being in love
But we both know that was not what it was
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