1. |
Hospital Year
01:18
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It's been a long hospital year
The Lord's been testing my fear
And everywhere reminds me that I'll die
It's been a long hospital year
Nobody I remember is here
And everywhere reminds me that you died
It's been a long hospital year
Sick bugs buzzing my ears
And everywhere reminds me that you die
It's been a long hospital year
It's been a long hospital year
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2. |
Big Welcome
03:38
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Hey do you remember me?
We used to share a house
It was big and had no heat
I must've been so stupid then
Of course I'm gonna cut my hair
How could I have made that bet?
Hey I kept myself away
from long a-losing place
keeping nothing on my sleeve
But you know I've got your number babe
And it's okay
How could I forget that face?
We are all still friends
We are all still friends
We are all still friends
We are all still friends
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3. |
Pushing
03:38
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Well we tore up the tables and broke out the lights
Got down on the floor to see everything right
I saw what I'd left and I couldn't stay down
I got shaky and scared and dropped what I found
But washed out of all color, the sky was too bright
I fell over backwards and burnt out my eyes
I remember the feeling, the sights and sounds
But the actual words I should've written down
Keep me alive for my blood and not for my skin
Keep me alive for my blood and not for my skin
I swear I'm better than that I just can't seem to stay
In one place long enough to make it okay
I'm trying to polite and keep my distance
But this casual dancing's got my stomach all flipped
Keep me alive for my blood and not for my skin
Keep me alive for my blood and not for my skin
No, I'll go
No, I'll go
I left it boxed in a house - you should burn it to soot
Don't let it sit wet rot till you gotta open it
You can take what you want but I probably pissed on it
Cause my body is going - my mind's got nothing to do with it
If I'm pushing up things tear 'em out from the roots
Who knows what they are - could be dangerous
That girl's got bat-shit eyes like she's won
And I know that she has and I know that I'm done
Keep me alive for my blood and not for my skin
Keep me alive for my blood and not for my skin
Keep me alive for my blood and not for my skin
Keep me alive for my blood and not for my skin
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4. |
In Morning She Turns
05:29
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In morning she turns
In morning she turns
Bark pillow floating
On her back porch bed
In morning she turns
In morning she turns
Heat cracks her open
As breeze trickles in
The morning clear covers
Softly rustle while
Stretching branches stayed still
All night
In morning she'll stay
In morning she'll stay
Birds of brown feathers
Calling her name
In morning she'll wait
In morning she'll wait
Owned comfort coming
From her earth underneath
Blood flows like water
Through wooded veins
And through the bed that's a little
Too big
In morning she turns
In morning she turns
Sun ribbons tickle
Her eyes into light
In morning it's hers
In morning it's hers
She stands on her sleep-place
Her Earth at her feet
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5. |
Here Comes
02:26
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You and me
suffer from the same disease
Darkness causing greener skin
And cotton in the air
The sun will sink
Into an unsuspecting sea
But morning light will come okay
Because she'll turn again
Turn again
Turn again
Getting sad
For California warming beds
Everywhere's got colder air
And nothing quite as soft
But here it comes
Hopping over sullen hills
Keeping us alive and willed
To keep on keeping on
Turn again
Turn again
Here comes
Here comes
Here comes
Here comes
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6. |
Change In Weather
05:44
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Oh nothing
Your eyes are symphonies
Oh nothing
Catalyst of catastrophe
But people are talking about you like you're one of them
But you're mine
Oh roamer
Your path is a windy road
Oh roamer
No and everywhere is your home
But people are wandering like it's their place to be
You slowed it down, where's your crown
You changed your paint
You've broken down without a sound
Not a minute too late
Oh stranger
Your posture is different
Oh stranger
Your spine is straight but your back is bent
Oh neighbor
You're just like them all
Oh neighbor
You were different if I recall
Ringing the doorbell like there's somebody home
You slowed it down, where's your crown
You changed your paint
You've broken down without a sound
Not a minute too late
Something
Is a-moving
In the water but
I'm going in
I'm going in
And people
Say they're doing
And I'm not sure just
How I feel about it
How I feel about it
Oh it's so cold
Oh it's so cold
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7. |
Rain-Weather Song
03:35
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Rain weather walks until the cars stop in the road
Can't see the sidewalks and the gutter's overflown
Takes from the lampposts and scatters over town
Can't see in front of me, the light runs on the ground
The light is on the ground
The car is cold and so our bodies try to heat it
We put our hands together, not for prayer
The window stops seeing but neither of us are warm
We don't have voices so we listen to the storm
Just listen to the storm.
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
how
Your breath is lingering, I can see right where it goes
It's hard to keep breathing when the cold hurts your lungs
The earth is heavy, it'll make your shoulders sore
It's harder to drop it all, throw it to the floor
Just break it on the floor
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
how
Oh look, it's light out
Oh look, it's light out
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8. |
I Can
02:54
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What a day
This dehydration's got me feeling strange
And I can't sleep like I've got eyes on me
Like these walls are only paint
And it's okay
But heat is getting to me and I think
My lungs are small and the window won't
No, the window won't stay up
There seems to be
A faulty countenance
Of stacked cement and bricks
So make sure to roll the windows down
Before the bridge collapses
Driving out
My back is sweaty and I'm all alone
Sometimes I think I'd rather never go
To sleep than to an empty bed
Where'd it go
The summer moves so fast, if I were home
I think it would've lasted longer, oh
It'd still be early in July
It's a long way out
To all those old places
The ones where we were kids
Yeah I love you
OKLAHOMA, COLORADO, CALIFORNIA, TEXAS
I'd sing about how I woke up this morning
But I didn't go to sleep last night
So instead I'll dream about a bird who's
Got patterned feathers and sunflowers in her eyes
Oh and if you say the word that I'll never make a movie
And I'll sleep sad every night
Well I'll tell you that you're wrong and that I don't need sleep
No never, and You can't sing but I CAN
oh
I CAN
I CAN
I CAN I CAN I CAN I CAN I
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Take one last breath before tide rolls out
You gotta pack up boys! We're a-heading south
Cause we out in the water where there ain't none else
Hold on everybody! I'ma comin back home
You gotta row!
You gotta row!
You gotta take that boat back home
You gotta dive in the ocean
Gotta find you a pearl
Gotta bring it on home
To your landlocked girl
This is my grand gesture
This is my grand gesture
This is my grand gesture
This is my grand gesture
We are all still friends
Ain't death or nothing ever going take that away
We are all still friends
Ain't death or nothing ever gonna take that away
We are all still friends
We are all still friends
We are all still friends
We are all still friends
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the Dancing Hats Portland, Oregon
The Dancing Hats is a folk-rock n' roll outfit out of Portland, O.R. and they have the most fun. Forming over a weekend excursion to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and soon adding anybody they could find (violins! trombones! mandolins!), the group stays up late playing anytime they can and would love to sing for you whenever you would like. ... more
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