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The Ruby Sea*
04:23
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The Ruby Sea
I've been trying to travel down
Through the false surface of the ground
Down to where I maybe sleep
And then she sees me floating past
My face is flat against the glass
One time when she was looking down
I floated by under the ground
Down where I try to sleep
And she had reason to step back
A floater's hands can't help attack
Even if he thinks he knows
He was meant to travel so
She was naked squatting down
On the shore of the ground
Current sweeps me out of sleep
But I'm not thinking of that loss
But only of the fact of loss
And the distance between me
And the bed of the ruby sea
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Tina And Glen
02:23
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Tina and Glen
When worlds collide I'll see you again
When worlds collide, Tina and Glen
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Puppet Dog†
04:42
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Puppet Dog
Puppet dog, whoever made you
Years ago
Knew how bad I'd need a friend
Puppet dog, your felt red mouth
And bells for eyes
Scare the devils off again
Puppet dog, come bite your master
And in the morning after
Sprinkle rain across the sands
Puppet dog, I return the bite, you
Reveal the fist inside you
Leaving me nothing but my hand
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Bartender's Rag
03:45
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Bartender's Rag
Wring out that bartender's rag
And let it wipe away my blues
You ain't got a lot of call to use it
And it will help me more than it will you
Wring it over ice cubes with a cherry
Red as lips that told me we were through
Limes and lemons, words that came between us
Sour as that bartender's rag brew
Wring out that bartender's rag
And let it wipe away my blues
You ain't got a lot of call to use it
And it will help me more than it will you
No one could have told me I'd be singing out the strains
Of what any man with sense would be pouring down the drain
Wring out that bartender's rag
And let it wipe away my blues
You ain't got a lot of call to use it
And it will help me more than it will you
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5. |
Midwest Flower°
05:06
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Midwest Flower
You're only seen through yellow windows
Stealing the sunlight off the street
Trees throw confetti to restrain you
Grass bows and dust swirls past your feet
Midwest flower
Midwest flower
Do weeds and wrappers chase behind you
Do you focus objects like a lens
Does the shimmering vacancy before you
Draw the air and everything around you
Midwest flower
Midwest flower
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6. |
Dinosaur
01:32
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Dinosaur
I was watching T.V.
The announcer said they'd found your bones
I'm too sad to be horrified
But I'm glad you're coming home
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The Lady Vanishes
02:00
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The Lady Vanishes
I swear I had a matchbox
With an irreplaceable name
Or maybe written on my wrist
And it's been washed away
Or maybe on a napkin somewhere
Blurred by a ring
Or maybe on a dollar bill
I'll never see again
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8. |
Up To Midnight
03:39
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Up to Midnight
I leave the lights on all night when you're gone and
I roll up the shades and I see
My old companion who goes when the sun comes and
Takes my reflection from me
Sliding along
The whole world waiting for me
Can you belong
To any reflection but me
We're playing cards and have just the same hand
I'm not losing and neither is he
Isn't it sad that so thoughtless and flat is
A perfect reflection of me
Are we alone
With kings and jokers and queens
Jacks are alone
With black and red colored dreams
Every day is a long climb up to midnight
And from there a roll and tumble into sleep
Somewhere the sky turns to grey and the world
Turns to paper between night and day
Just like my heart caught between light and dark
Like my friend who is going away
Why don't you see
Reflections mean what they say
Are you complete
Without my face in your way
Every day is a long climb up to midnight
And from there a roll and tumble into sleep
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Hunter's Moon
05:24
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Hunter's Moon
It must be the hunter's moon
And I'm searching the hills for you
Underneath the hunter's moon
Sticks and rivers lead to you
Rocks and mountains turning blue
In the light of the hunter's moon
Going to find my way to you
With the help of the hunter's moon
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10. |
Christmas Skies
03:03
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Christmas Skies
When Christmas skies are clear and the stars come down
And prowl on the rooftops of the town
They sparkle in the heart of Willy Joe
And take him to the boy he was many years ago
Tonight he walks through starlight
To his cabin on the hill
Weighing thoughts of Christmas
Against some lonesome time to kill
When Christmas skies are clear the stars come down
Like the snow that's never rested on this forsaken ground
They travel to the heart of Willy Joe
And take him to the boy he was many years ago
Tonight he walks through starlight
To his cabin in the sky
Singing songs for Christmas
And for the folks he left behind
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The Fish Song
04:03
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The Fish Song
You should've seen the one that got away
It must've weighed about a hundred and ten
It pulled away so fast it burned my hand
It cut the line so hard I could not stand
I gave it some play, gave it slack
Like you do when the big one attacks
Now a part of me is roaming the deep
Stuck on the big one I could not keep
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12. |
The Clown Song
01:12
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