1. |
Splinters
02:40
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THE SHIP OF MY DREAMS IS LOST NOW
THE MAIN SAIL’S RIPPED AND SHREDDED
THE COMPASS HAS GONE HAYWIRE
I CAN’T TELL WHERE I’M HEADED
THE ROCKS, THEY TOOK THE RUDDER
I’M FLOATING AIMLESSLY
AND THE FIGUREHEAD’S SMASHED
BY A CANNONBALL BLAST
AND SHE’S DRIFTING IN SPLINTERS
ON THE SEA
THE SUN IS SOMEWHERE OUT THERE
CASTING A CLOUDY GLOW
BUT THE GALLEY SLAVES ARE OBLIVIOUS
ASLEEP IN THE KEEP DOWN BELOW
AS THE CABIN BOY READS LORD BYRON
AND SIRENS GET THE REST OF THE CREW
AND THE CAPTAIN COLLECTS
DRIFTWOOD STATUETTES
THAT ARE ALL JUST SPLINTERS OF YOU
SPLINTERS OF YOU
ALL SPLINTERS OF YOU
ONLY SPLINTERS
THE SHIP OF MY DREAMS IS LOST NOW
BUT IT’S NOT A TOTAL WRECK
THE CAPTAIN’S GONE MAD
BUT IT’S NOT SO BAD
THERE’S ALWAYS A PARTY ON DECK
THE FUN NEVER ENDS
I’VE GOT LOTS OF FRIENDS
AND LOVERS, I’VE HAD A FEW
THAT’S A HELL OF A LOT
AND I LOVE ALL I GOT
BUT IT’S ALL JUST SPLINTERS OF YOU
SPLINTERS OF YOU
ALL SPLINTERS OF YOU
ONLY SPLINTERS
ALL ONLY SPLINTERS OF YOU
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2. |
Can't Tell The Rain
02:58
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I can't tell the rain
Can't tell the rain stop fallin
Can't tell the rain stop fallin
Stop fallin
Stop comin down
Can't tell the rain stop fallin
Stop fallin
Stop comin down
And i can't tell the sun
Can't tell the sun stop shinin
Can't tell the sun stop shinin
Stop shinin
Stop beating down
Can't tell the rain stop fallin
Stop fallin
Can't tell the rain to hang
And i can't tell you stop feelin
Can't tell you stop feelin down
Can't tell the rain stop fallin
Stop fallin
Stop comin down
Can't tell the sun stop shinin
Stop shinin
Stop beating down
And i can't tell you to stop feelin
Stop feelin
Stop feelin down, down down
Down, down down
Down, down, down
So i'll just let the rain come down
And i'll just let the sun beat down
And i'll just let your tears roll down
But you know i'll be
I'll still be hangin around
Hangin around
while the rivers sun
Hangin around
Til the rainbow comes
Hangin around
Til the sun goes down
Hangin around
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3. |
Soft Guitar Blues
03:03
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The past is a half dead bill collector
The future is a lifelike doll
The past is beating down my door
The future won't take my call
And i'm in the middle
Playin soft guitar
and drinkin hard alcohol
I won't stop lovin you
Oh no not any time soon
Soft guitar can't play you off my mind
Soft guitar can't play you off my mind
Soft guitar can't play you off my mind
Soft guitar can't play you off my mind
The past is a series
of extended engagements
The future is a one-night stand
The past is a wife
who says she wants me back
The future keeps defecting my hand
And i'm in the middle
playin soft guitar
Wishin i was a band
I won't stop lovin you
Oh no not any time soon
Soft guitar can't play you off my mind
Soft guitar can't play you off my mind
Soft guitar can't play you off my mind
Soft guitar can't play you off my mind
Soft guitar can't play you off my mind
Soft guitar can't play you off my mind
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4. |
Innocent As Lightning
03:31
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Please don't judge me harshly now
Please don't lock me up in a prison cell
I've done no unnatural thing
I'm as innocent as lightning
Just the victim of an urge unrestricted
to this world i'm addicted
and i can't get enough
Quiet, unassuming,
another common human
unblessed like all the rest
when push comes to shove
Though my crime can't be denied
Though the evidence is plain and clear
i can't be blamed for what i've done
I was only trying to have a little fun
Just the victim of an urge unrestricted
to this world i'm addicted
and i can't get enough
Quiet, unassuming,
Another common human
Unblessed like all the rest
when push comes to shove
Downtown Dullsville
Lookin like road kill
Feelin like a sellout
Gotta get the hell out
Hungry and eager
like a young Bob Seger
Like a rock band in trance town
Caught with their amps down
Like a winemaker's daughter
sellin bottled water
in a brothel by the sea shore
Don't call me whore
Just the victim of an urge unrestricted
to this world i'm addicted
and i can't get enough
Quiet, unassuming,
another common human
unblessed like all the rest
when push comes to shove
Push comes to shove
Push comes to shove
Please don't judge me harshly now
Please don't take away my credit card
I've done no unnatural thing
I'm as innocent as lightning
as innocent as lightning
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5. |
Obsessing On You
03:06
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I have tasted nothing sweet
Since our love went sour
I still crave you in my sleep
and every waking hour
Oh yeah
I got nothin else
I'm obsessing on you
and shaming myself
I wish i could claim that i
have left you far behind
i wish i could say your love life's
no concern of mine
But i can't tell a lie
because i'm the kind of guy
who'll deceive you with silence
sneakin up like a spy
I'm obsessing on you
I got nothin else
pretty pathetic it's true
I'm ashamed of myself
Always wondering how you are
and hoping you're not fine
Always knowing when you're home
and where you go online
Oh yeah
I got nothing else
I'm obsessing on you
and shaming myself
I'm obsessing on you
Cause i got nothin else
pretty pathetic, it's true
I'm ashamed of myself
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6. |
Time Off My Hands
02:01
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I can't seem to get
this time off my hands
It sticks to my fingers
time and time again i try
to dilute my concentration
in faith in God above
in a mist of distilled spirits
and their unholy love
And i can't seem to get
your words off my mind
They're tangled up my hair
Finally i understand
what you tried to communicate
when you twisted my head
what i thought was just an exercise
was an exorcism instead
Now i'd settle my debt
But try as i might
I can't seem to get
a dual or a duet right
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7. |
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I got one good punch in
before the cops showed up
just in time
you could have kicked my ass
and now, you've got your reason
So it's a reasonable assumption
that there'll be more to come
more hell to be raised
more damage to be done
You'll have to settle the debt
You'll have to even the score
You've got your reason now, but tell me,
what was your reason before?
I wasn't quite sure
Why'd you pick that fight with me?
Man, what ever made you feel the need?
Was it your devil-may-care
or my long hair?
What was it made you want to make
me bleed?
Why did you lay hands on me?
I never wanted to be
anything but your friend
Oh what a shame that we
have come to be enemies in the end
For your great physical prowess
I have a deep respect
And not the slightest doubt
You'd knock me out
If just one punch could connect
So what have you got to prove?
Why'd you pick that fight with me?
Was it indicative of a deeper need
Or somethin done on a dare
or some wild hair?
What was it made you want to make
me bleed?
Why'd you pick that fight with me?
Was it somethin in your daddy's seed?
Was it your love for the south
or my smart mouth?
What was it made you want to make
me bleed?
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8. |
The Long Goodbye
03:56
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IT'S ABOUT A QUARTER AFTER NINE
PLEASE DON'T LET ME LOSE TRACK OF THE TIME
LET'S HAVE ANOTHER, THEN I BETTER RUN
HEY COME ON, LET ME GET THIS ONE.
LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A BAND, HEY WE'RE IN LUCK
SHALL WE WAIT AND SEE HOW BAD THEY SUCK?
OKAY ONE MORE, I'LL STAY FOR PART OF THE SHOW
AND DRINK IT SLOW
ANY TIME YOU'RE READY, SAY THE WORD
WAS THAT ONE OF THEIRS, OR SOMETHIN I'VE HEARD?
IT SOUNDED SO FAMILIAR, IT'S DRIVIN ME MAD
HEY THIS ONE'S REALLY NOT TOO BAD
IT'S NOW ELEVEN FORTY FIVE
AND IT'S AT LEAST AN HOUR DRIVE
AND ALL I GOT IS ONE HEADLIGHT
AND THE COPS ARE OUT IN FORCE TONIGHT
THIS ONE'S THE LAST, THEN I'LL JUST SAY NO
AND TAKE IT SLOW
TAKE IT SLOW...
YEAH GOD IS LOVE AND LOVE IS HERE
AND TALK IS CHEAPER THAN THE BEER
AND LIFE'S TOO SHORT AND THEN YOU DIE
BUT I'VE ENJOYED OUR LONG GOODBYE
LIKE ONE LAST SHOT WHEN YOU DON'T WANNA GO
WE CAN SLAM IT SLOW
TAKE IT SLOW...
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9. |
The Cover
02:22
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I got too drunk last night
and i said some things
you may recall
crazy words
and the crazy thing
is that i meant them all
straight from the heart
did i say too much?
The cover is off the bed
I guess i lost my head
but who's the one who said
Let's have another?
i guess we crossed a line
it felt right at the time
and is it such a crime
to love each other?
I got too drunk last night
guess i'll pay the price
that i haven't yet
I got too drunk last night
and i did some things
that i don't regret
Straight from the heart
Did it mean that much?
The cover is off the bed
I guess i lost my head
but who's the one who said
Let's have another?
i guess we crossed a line
it felt right at the time
and is it such a crime
to love each other?
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10. |
An Army Of One
02:26
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I'm an only son
Black sheep on the run
Like to have my fun
Like to get it done
Like to have my fun
Like to get it done
Cause i'm an army of one
I'm an army of one
I just wanna drive
Feel so alive
Put my foot on the gas
Kick me some ass
Foot on the gas
Kick me some ass
gonna get it done
cause i'm an army of one
Where i go, you never know
Where i go, you can't follow
Where i go, you can't follow
cause i'm on the run
'm an army of one
I'm up against the wind
Up against the sun
I'm an army of one
and my car is my gun
Long, hot summer
Big yellow Hummer
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11. |
Deep In My Heart
02:33
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I wouldn't say i've got a complicated mind
I'll take the easy way out every time
But i can tell you i'm deep in my heart
My sense of fashion is simple and plain
My conversations tend to gravitate
to the mundane
But i can tell you i'm deep in my heart
I can tell you i'm deep in my heart
I am deep in my heart
i have felt it from the start
though i might not look the part
i am deep in my heart
Some rattle on and on 'bout such and such
and so and so
Their grand verbosity, to me it all
just seems so shallow
The only truth i know is deep in my heart
The only answer's lyin deep in my heart
And i am deep in my heart
though i may not seem all that smart
like some bachelor of art
i am deep
oh yeah
i am deep in my heart
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12. |
Currencies
02:32
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I paid her a visit
She paid me no mind
I paid her some attention
She paid me back in kind
Now i spend a lot of time
in her welfare line
but i never refuse
to pay my dues
where the sun don't shine
It's mine for yours
and those for these
we trade in different currencies
so many forms of payment
great and small
and money is the cheapest
of them all.
I once knew a man
He lived out on the street
He'd hold out his hand
To everyone he'd meet
If you paid him some respect
and smiled and said, "I ain't got a dime"
He'd hand you a dollar
and recite this verse of rhyme
(He'd say)
It's mine for yours
and those for these
we trade in different currencies
so many forms of payment
great and small
and money is the cheapest
of them all.
Money is the cheapest
of them all.
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pat mAcdonald Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
From my bedroom to barrooms to Timbuk3, to exile in Spain with an album in the can & no plan, I was always chasing increasingly trivial triumphs & glorious failures. A midlife German label deal enabled European tours from home base in Barcelona. From Legendary Sons of Crack Daniels to Purgatory Hill &back, i now live and work projex out of the Holiday Music Motel in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. ... more
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