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Bluebird
02:28
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I was a broken winged bluebird
You had an empty shoebox
I was back to flying high before I knew it
I must a not have seen the glass
What it was you’d been looking past
I could only shatter your reflection
And suddenly, it’s me that needs mending
Suddenly, I demand repair
Your gentle heart distracts from what your mind wants
For the chance to see me fly away up there
I was a lonesome greyhound dog
Hanging by your front lawn
Panting wild in the August sun
With saucer full of water
A name and collar
I became someone to someone
And suddenly, I don’t need to run
Suddenly it’s me who’s in repair
Your gentle heart distracts from what your mind wants
Just imagine if you weren’t standing there
Just imagine if you weren’t standing there
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Girl on Great Jones
03:29
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Come meet me on Astor
We’ll make fun the NYU kids
who came here from Ohio
But never been north of 25th
You and I been here most our lives
So we can talk a little shit
Bout all these new faces and the changes that come with em
You are
My only constant
Youre a flicker of light, the empire State in the dark
You are
The only constant
You’re a good heart
Or landmark, love
Come meet me on Bleeker
Our favorite record store closed down
But I aint complaining
Its either swim or else you drown
The needle falls
And vinyl turns
Another year goes round
You can see It clear
From union square
In the movement of the clouds
You are
The only constant
The Flickering light, the empire State in the dark
You are
The only constant
A kind heart
a landmark, love
Down on the lower east
Some teens make fun of you
for wearing a flower in your hair
while theyve got on jeans and beanies
its like’ 85 degrees
So we laugh
And never leave
We never leave
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3. |
Funniest Thing
04:03
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We got into it, one night
Big fight
Dont remember the reason
I had ran out of words to say
And you walked away
Sure you were winning
But as you did
You lost your balance
And fell flat on your face
You were so mad
I couldn’t help but laugh
I thought it was the funniest thing
Watch you tumble, like thunder
As you tried storming away
Watch you tumble like thunder
As you tried storming away
Said something smart
As I got out of your car
And took your smile with me
The weather was bad
And when I tried to get back in
You’d locked up the whole machine
I was so mad
You couldn’t help but laugh
You thought it was the funniest thing
To take my dry wit
And drench it
In the middle of pouring rain
To take my dry wit
And drench it
In the middle of the pouring rain
We’ll fight and such
But kiss and make up
I adore every moment you bring
It all stems from love
And caring too much
Ride the changes from winter to spring
We’re just so glad
We can’t help but laugh
We think it’s the funniest thing
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Dagger Earrings
03:27
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Some mornings, I feel you in the cold tile beneath my bare feet
in the vacant ends of my bed, in the cold wind, in the absence of heat
Some days I remember your dagger earrings and I smile
How I should have seen them as a sign
As I’m dizzy, cut wide
In a pool of blood and mud
and mire
If it wasn't for hindsight
I'd be blind
Wouldnt i?
Wouldn't I?
If it wasn't for hindsight
I'd be blind
Wouldn’t i?
Wouldn't I?
Some nights I stay out past the sunset just to see my breath
To know that I’m still here to know there’s a purpose for my chest
Some days I remember your dagger earrings and I smile
How I should have seen them as a sign
How they glistened in the light
How I haven’t seen them for a while
If it wasn't for hindsight
id be blind
Wouldn't I?
Wouldn't I?
If it wasn't for hindsight
id be blind
Wouldn't I?
Wouldn't I?
Wouldn’t I just love to get you back
make this hurt less
Wouldn’t eye for an eye not make us wiser at that
Only blinder in fact
Some days I remember your dagger earrings, and I smile
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Answers
03:52
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Riding the crosstown
I see my breath on the window, form a cloud
Next to me, a seat that is vacant
But just for a moment, before you sit down
You turn to a crossword
Back of a magazine you had found
Can you lend me a pen? Help with these questions?
See some are so simple, but some are profound
Oh how I wish id had one
I wish I had the answers too
You just smile and say it’s alright dear
None of us do
Ask where you’re going
see if it’s someplace I could be going soon
Don’t you have a plan?
A future that’s written?
Oh, somewhere that you’re moving to ?
Oh how I wish I had one
I wish I had the answers too
You just smile and say its alright dear
None of us do
None of us do
None of us do
None of us
None of us
None of us do
Have the answers
Have the answers
None of us
None of us
None of us do
Have the answers
Have the answers
But riding the crosstown
I see my breath on the window, form a cloud
Next to me, a seat that is vacant
But just for a moment
Just for a moment
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