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Floating Down the Alley
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Well we were floating down the alley
Making plans
From the top of a steeple
To the bottom of cans
She got a cut on her ring finger
She said I'm seeing stars
I said, "Hey, that's just me, babe"
She said, "Not funny at all"
I've been trying hard not to say
That I told 'ya
But I told 'ya
That everybody's just trying to say hello
It's getting kind of hard not to say
That I told 'ya
But I told 'ya
Left the train before the city
For sleeping in a park
She met a friend uptown
For dancing in the dark
Check the bank account in Paris
I bought a small guitar
She said, "Hey, write me a love song"
I said, "That's what all of these are"
I've been trying hard not to say
That I told 'ya
But I told 'ya
That everybody's just trying to say hello
It's getting kind of hard not to say
That I told 'ya
But I told 'ya
She got a bandage on her finger
She started bleeding through
She said, "Hey boy, I'm alive"
I said, "Hey girl, me too"
We're on a ferris wheel to nothing
We're dancing in the Alps
This ain't a miracle cure
But it sure helps
I've been trying hard not to say
That I told 'ya
But I told 'ya
That everybody's just trying to say hello
It's getting kind of hard not to say
That I told 'ya
But I told 'ya
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Stolen cortex
Piece of mind
Carry it with you
Formaldehyde
On the quiet side
Of apartment walls
If you listen close
You can hear it all
Sell the old van
Don't look back
Head restrain me
Hart attack
On the quiet side
Of apartment walls
If you listen close
You can hear it all
Mother Martian comfort me
Protect me from the sun
I'm wasting time
But not the only one
Holy footprint
Wreck the yard
Life is simple
Life is hard
On the quiet side
Of apartment wall
If you listen close
You can hear it all
All this talk of sentience
Has caught me unaware
Bay tide has me feeling things
For which I'm not prepared
Mother Martian comfort me
Protect me from the air
I'm wasting time
Not the only one
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Don't cry
Morning will be over soon
By noon
Cheer up
Daylight cannot bother us
At dusk
We're always wishing time away
We're always wishing time away
We're always wishing time away
(It's such a lonely feeling)
Enroll
Forty hours is still bare bones
Take loans
New vice
Helps us cope with days real nice
Work nights
We always wish for time away
We always wish for time away
We always with for time away
(It's such a helpless feeling)
Sit still
Back is sore and headache kills
Take pills
Retire
Tell the kids to live with fire
Expire
We always wish for time to stay
We always wish for time to stay
We always wish for time to stay
(It's such a normal feeling)
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Move into the city
Beginning of fall
You could lock up your bike
Or you could ride one ten feet tall
There's a pool of blood
Across the street
Does it soak in the ground
Or does it stain the people's feet?
Save all your change
For laundry day
We're young
But we're awake
I'm the spirit of man
The American dream
A stegosaurus on a scooter
While his fossils pave the street
I'm yelling,
"Jiminy Cricket, I'm a boy!"
On the top of a lantern
Showing grandpa to the void
I see you run for you money
See, I run for my health
You're the prince of the schoolyard
But I'm the king of my own damn self
I'm yelling,
"Ten Mississippi, I'm a man!"
On the top of a mountain
With my pockets full of sand
This night is getting long again
I should call my mom again
It's light again
I'm late again
Again, again
Save all your change
For laundry day
We're young
But we're awake
Save all your change
For laundry day
We're young
But we're awake
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