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Myriad Harbour
03:41
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(source: Genius)
I took a plane, I took a train
(Ah, who cares, you always end up in the city)
I said to Carl, "Look up for once"
(See just how the sun sets in the sky)
I said to John, "Do you think the girls here
(Ever wonder how they got so pretty?)
Oh, well I do!"
Look out upon the myriad harbour
Look out upon the myriad harbour
Look out upon the myriad harbour
All the boys, with their home-made microphones
(Have very interesting sounds)
All the girls falling to ruin, dropping out of school, breakin' daddy's heart
(Just to hang around)
I walked into the local record store and asked for an American music anthology
It sounds fun
They tore off my skirt and stuck it on the walls of PS1
I took a plane, I took a train
(Ah, who cares, you always end up in the city)
Stranded at Bleecker and Broadway
Looking for something to do
Someone somewhere asked me, "Is there anything in particular I can help you with?"
(All I ever wanted help with was you)
Look out upon the myriad harbour
Look out upon the myriad harbour
Look out upon the myriad harbour
Look out upon the myriad harbour
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Jackie
02:55
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(source: Genius)
Jackie, you yourself said it best when you said
There's been a break in the continuum
The United States used to be lots of fun
Back when the man and the myth
Of the sands and the cliffs
Composed a symphony to good works and better business
Jackie, you yourself said it best when you said
One day we'll look upon a washed up Atlantic
Get our kicks on an ocean of antics
And making history has never been so easy
So visualize success but don't believe your eyes
There's a world of wisdom and pain to despise
When people get paid just to set you straight it means
Are you gonna start the sunshine?
(Who is gonna stop the sunshine?)
And you're gonna start the sunshine
(Who is gonna stop the sunshine?)
Visualize success
Visualize success
Visualize success but don't believe your eyes
What is a version of the world without the will to despise it?
And when people get paid just to set you straight it means...
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Silver Jenny Dollar
03:52
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(source: Genius)
She was only ever passing through
She's only ever passing through
Cartilage and Sinew
Was the name of her act
And it's true
To love her
Is all I can do
In a world that's beaten everything
Black and blue
They holler
Silver Jenny Dollar
Silver Jenny Dollar
Silver Jenny Dollar
We're only ever passing through
We were only ever passing through
Cartilage and Sinew
Was the name of her act
And it's true you noticed
It's all I can do
In a world that's beaten everything
Black and blue
They holler
Silver Jenny Dollar
Silver Jenny Dollar
Silver Jenny Dollar
The winter's over
The war is over
A parcel of land
Men are scum, it's true
They'll love you
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Chump Change
04:35
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(source: Genius)
I stole a page from your book and a line from your page
And flew into a lesbian rage
Cursing mine and my own rotten luck
Another nude descends a staircase to get fucked up
A city scene, darkness falls
Now skate hard down the gallery walls
Explore those themes
I heard your work's informed by queens
Hey so is mine now
There's a plague on
There's a rat-tailed ensemble
Burying all of our heads in the sand
The saints and her desert use their heads
The saints and her desert use their heads
Now, wipe that look from your face
The world is that which is the case
It's okay to be seen, don't dethrone the drama queen
Just for putting everybody in their place
There's a plague on
There's a rat-tailed ensemble
Burying all of our heads in the sand
The saints and her desert use their heads
The saints and the desert use their heads
Now, wipe that look from your face
The world is that which is the case
It's okay to be seen, don't dethrone the drama queen
Just for putting everybody in their place
Yeah, wipe that look from your face
The world is that which is the case
It's okay to be seen, don't dethrone the drama queen
Just for putting everybody in their place
Go, don't stay, just throw it all away
There is you and then there is your body
Go, don't stay, just throw it all away
There is you and then there is your body
Go, don't stay, just throw it all away
There is you and then there is your body
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(source: Genius)
Should you go looking
For a testament to youth in verse?
Variations on the age-old curse
You blame the stations
When they play you like a fool
And like a fool, you get played with
Baby, think twice
Maybe it's not all, maybe it's not alright
Maybe it's not all, maybe it's not alright
Finally a decent picture of the exodus
I don't know much but other singers know less, and
Can we control ourselves for once?
Keep our hands off each other
And keep our minds on the sum
Keep our hands off each other
And keep our minds on the sum of each other
So should you go looking
For a testament to youth in verse?
Dedications to the same old curse
Don't blame the stations
When they play you like a fool
And like a fool, you get played with
Baby, think twice
Maybe it's not all, maybe it's not alright
Maybe it's not all, maybe it's not all...
Oh my sweet witness, can't you hear the voices?
They're telling the children to rock for their choices, oh
The bells ring
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, no
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