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Chocolate Therapy
03:02
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when you're lost in the weeds
and your troubles are all there seem to be
here is something to set you free
darker than the darkness
and sweet like honey
honey, put on your 'jamas
a bowl for you and me in bed, come on mama
dream your sugar dreams
leave your worries in the freezer
or let them melt away
chocolate therapy is all you need, mm hmm
unwrap your kisses
and your milky ways
this little therapy is as good as any counseling
and baby it's free
when you're lonesome you got a golden ticket
you never know you get until you open up that box
when your heart breaks you need a little time
but when you're all done crying
chocolate therapy is all you need
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We Own the Air
03:10
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it's been a long time
I'm feeling heavy
been feeling heavier every day
I want to crush the walls around you
and take your pain but I
know it don't work that way
but maybe, mmm
let's play another game
the rules you can tell me
I will keep time
and just like birds above the Earth
we own the air
and although we're only talking
I hear music in your words
sing the truth out
I'll you what I heard—-
touch me, take my hand, mmm
let's play another game
the rules I already know
but scary just the same
just how long ago
since I tried flying
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3. |
I'm a Square
01:52
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I don't wanna smoke your weed
I don't wanna smoke your crack
I just wanna sit and read
and watch Star Trek
I'm a square I'm a square I'm a square
I don't wanna swipe no hook-ups
I don't wanna touch the sky
baby I would rather die than let you get me high
I'm a square I'm a square I'm a square
some people live their lives
seeking out cheap thrills
people don't realize
they're writing their own wills
I don't wanna rock & roll
I don't wanna see your holes
so pull pull up your drawers and pray—
Jesus come and save your soul
I'm a square...
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Eaten alive by instincts.
My instincts are killing me.
Eaten alive by instincts.
I'd have preferred the bees.
My instincts keep me with the bees.
My instincts and bees and me make three.
My instincts might be making me bleed!
My instincts, the bees, and me.
Eaten alive by instincts.
My instincts to survive.
Eaten alive by instincts.
I sacrifice for my tribe.
My tribe are my bees, and they will survive.
I'll tweak their genome, I'll make it combine.
No fungus will kill them, they won't need to hide.
My instincts, my bliss, my bees are my life.
Eaten alive by instincts.
Maybe not quite mine.
Eaten alive by instincts.
My bees are sublime.
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Plays in empty cafés
Singing his truth
Got an album up on Amazon
But not one review
Sometimes sweeps up the floor
Sometimes he cries
Cuz he isn’t close to making it
But Lord knows he tries
(Chorus)
Heart and soul in every note
Barely keeps his boat afloat
Still hopes he’ll go higher than the moon
But it doesn’t look like it’ll happen
Any time soon
Things could not be much worse
Down on his luck
Spent the winter sleeping at a Walmart
In his old truck
Once he had lots of friends
That’s in the past
Cuz he borrowed money many times
And never paid back
Heart and soul in every note
Barely keeps his boat afloat
Still hopes he’ll go higher than the moon
But it doesn’t look like it’ll happen
Any time soon
Things aren’t getting any better
But this life might go on forever
Cuz he doesn’t know
How to let go
Of his dream
Heart and soul in every note
Barely keeps his boat afloat
Still hopes he’ll go higher than the moon
But it doesn’t look like it’ll happen
Any time soon
But it doesn’t look like it’ll happen
Any time soon
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sun's a'shinin'
clouds are hidin'
bees are hivin'
and divin' in that sweet summer nectar
but you're inside with a syringe trying to
refill disposable cartridges in your
Epson NX430 printer 'cause you know,
ink jet's a scam
but where do dreams go when they run away?
and where do they come from with each new day?
you gotta get up and walk to the door
give a handle a turn, common you know what to do
oooh it's easy to do
oooh nobody's stopping you but
you.
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...
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Sexx Mansion
02:47
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I was on tour with the band in Indiana when we got the call.
Said, "Hey, the big city show got cancelled but don't worry,
you can play the show at my house."
He was a weird guy with no shoes on. He only wore overalls.
I said, "Is this the place?" He said, "Yeah, this is the Sexx Mansion."
It was pretty big but calling it a mansion seemed like an overstatement.
Also, it smelled terrible and it was the opposite of sexy.
There was garbage everywhere. I thought, "What the hell is this?"
I said, "You live here?" He said, "Yeah. It's just me and my dad."
Sexx Man-sion
The neighborhood kids had their Halloween costumes on.
We saw ghouls, princesses, and Spidermen
but they weren't knocking on this door.
Our singer was brave enough to go upstairs and use the bathroom
where she said she saw a dog grooming kit left with human hair on it.
Then he showed us the venue downstairs where the house kit was in shambles
with beat up skins, broken cymbals, and the floor was covered in Kroger coupons.
The drummer said, "Let's go smoke," so we went outside.
Mr. Overalls came up and said, "Hey, uh, you know, that stuff is illegal
so why don't you do that inside the shed." I said, "You mean the Sexx Shed?"
But he didn't think that was very funny. We went in there and he shut the door behind us.
It was darker than the inside of a goat. I said, "I don't wanna die! Don't kill me!
I'm still a virgin!"
Sexx Man-sion
Now this was clearly no Love Shack, however, neither was CBGB's,
so we agreed to play the show as long as everyone kept their clothes on
and you know, people came together that night.
There were goths, hipsters, rap heads, metal heads, you name it.
Everybody was there for the music and the community at the Sexx Mansion.
Mr. Overalls stayed upstairs all night, though.
Maybe he was grooming his werewolf dad or something.
I never got to thank him for the hospitality.
Thank you. Thank you Sexx Mansion.
Sexx Man-sion
Sexx Man-sion
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