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Late Bloomer
02:42
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I had a plan
It was a very good one
I got a van
But it was not a good one
I couldn’t drive it to the dive to play it live because it died
So, let’s get high over at Ryan’s with some guys
Instead of living out my dream
It’s hard for me to pin down
Just when it seemed
To start to fade away from me
I moved out west
At CRAS a tragic situation
At best
I had motivation issues
I couldn’t wait until the day that I could say that
I had made it in L.A., but I just laid around all day
Instead of living out my dream
It’s hard for me to pin down
just when it seemed
To start to fade away from me
So here I am
Well educated and an upstanding man
My boss will tell you he thinks
I’m doing great and if I stay that way
And wait
Then, maybe, I could get a raise
And be the same as him someday
Instead of living out my dream
It’s hard for me to pin down
Just when it seemed
To start to fade away from me
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2. |
Summer Song
03:40
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I remember songs when the radio was always on
Top 40 number one
Happy bubblegum fun
Like a common theme song
for every single summer scene
Rock fests, bad sex, sweat, suburban teen dreams
There were kids we knew who didn’t know they had it all
‘Cause there were kids we knew who wouldn’t make it to the fall
I don’t remember what wasn’t right
Or what made us think we’re so wise
But those summer songs keep playing through my mind
I remember nights slowly fading to the morning light
We were coming down from highs
I fell into her eyes
Wishing there was never anything but this
So nervous we would kiss
It was the best chance I ever missed
There were kids we knew who didn’t know they had it all
‘Cause there were kids we knew who wouldn’t make it to the fall
I don’t remember what wasn’t right
Or what made us think that we would never die
But those summer songs keep playing through my mind
I remember kids
So many naive things that we all said
How did we ever live through stupid shit that we did
Now I sit and think and measure all the time
By counting summer songs gone by
And all the friends that have passed through my life
There were kids we knew who didn’t know they had it all
‘Cause there were kids we knew who wouldn’t make it to the fall
I don’t remember what wasn’t right
Or what made us think that we would never die
But those summer songs keep playing through my mind
I forget more every day
But as time goes by and my memory fades
All those summer songs stay burned into my brain
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3. |
Above The Trends
03:00
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Picking the wrong side again
The ones who never let you in
If that’s the way they’re gonna play
Then you don’t want to be their friend
What went wrong?
When it started with a lovely song
And the harmony has come and gone and you stand alone
Carry on
When it’s darkest just before the dawn
well, I promise that before too long
You’ll find the sun
If you find it’s not your time
Don’t say nothing matters
I will be right by your side
Picking the wrong side again
The ones who never let you in
If that’s the way they’re gonna play
Then you don’t want to be their friend
You will never be like them
You’ll fly away, above the trends
While they sit waiting and wondering
You’ll be off making you happen
Keep your light
And remember to enjoy the ride
And that life is better spent outside
So take your time
Always know
That there’s always more that you can know
And a world of places you can go
So don’t be slow
If you find it’s not your time
Don’t say nothing matters
I will be right by your side
Picking the wrong side again
The ones who never let you in
If that’s the way they’re gonna play
Then you don’t want to be their friend
You will never be like them
You’ll fly away, above the trends
While they sit waiting and wondering
You’ll be off making you happen
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No Time To Think
02:57
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We wanted nothing but entertainment
And that’s exactly what they all gave us
We don’t have to think we got happy and fat and we quit
So distracted we hardly noticed
We gladly let the machines control us
It didn’t take much. We got bored, then we cracked and gave in
No time to think!
We don’t know anything
We want a brand new thing
We need it now! Now! Now! Now!
No time to think!
We don’t know anything
We want a brand new thing
We need it now! Now! Now! Now! Now!
The automation we thought would save us
It made us helpless and then enslaved us
No one was safe til we woke up started again
The war against the machines would take us
To the brink of extinction save for
The scorched earth left and a garbage fire in a bin
No time to think!
We don’t know anything
We want a brand new thing
We need it now! Now! Now! Now!
No time to think!
We don’t know anything
We want a brand new thing
We need it now! Now! Now! Now! Now!
Now we wait for someone to lead us
We don’t how to do simple things so
What we need now is to take all our minds off of this
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5. |
Dogtown Love Story
04:04
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“I want to know
Do you want to party?”
That’s what he says
When he meets anybody
If no one can hang,
Then he still drinks alone
He always thought he was bad to the bone
So he knows
There’s got to be someone
She’ll never forget
She saw him at Seamus
He was sweaty and wet
She thought he was famous
To her he looked like a dreamboat
So she said “hello”
He asked her to party
She said “yeah, let’s go”
Now they know
They were made for each other
They went on a three week bender and then
Rented a shotgun on Nashville, by Tamm
A little place where they both could move in
So they won’t be alone at night
More Sid and Nancy than Bonnie and Clyde
Don’t hurt anyone
They stay trashed all the time
They found someone in this mess of a life
For those Dogtown nights
That’s how they roll
And they just keep on going
Fifty doesn’t feel old
If you can’t remember your forties
If they gotta get old, they gotta stay cool
That’s why they went and got matching tattoos on their boobs
That say “Together forever”
Got thrown in the drunk tank on St. Patrick’s Day
‘Cause he puked at 9 o’clock mass at St. James
And she pissed herself walking in the parade
With the ladies' local AOH
More Sid and Nancy than Bonnie and Clyde
Don’t hurt anyone
They stay trashed all the time
They found someone in this mess of a life
For those Dogtown nights
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6. |
Pizza Chair
02:15
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Couldn’t hold my concentration
Is it the hole in my head?
Don’t understand the fascination
And all the praise that I read
Now but I’ll have you know
Yes, I’ll have you know
I’m alright
If you have to know,
Well I’ll have you know
It’s alright
Couldn’t wait another minute
You got the latest one out
I guess I still just can’t get with it
Think I’m the only one now
Now but I’ll have you know
Yes, I’ll have you know
I’m alright
If you have to know,
Well I’ll have you know
It’s alright
Why do so many put them in rarefied air?
It seems to me we do the same thing and nobody cares
Don’t want to know the reason, cause I got a feeling
Deep down inside I know that if the truth be told
I wouldn’t want to know
And so I’ll have you know I’m alright
Didn’t plan to aggravate ya
But I’m afraid it’s too late
Don’t know what else I can say but
There’s no accounting for taste
Now but I’ll have you know
Yes, I’ll have you know
I’m alright
If you have to know,
Well I’ll have you know
It’s alright
Well I guess know now
That I shouldn’t go
Shooting my mouth off more
Before I’m sure I know
How you adore Wilco
But I’ll have you know It’s alright
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