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Zeroes
02:06
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Radio DJs have their new wave
Zeroes and ones are the stars of today
Watch the open mouth, binary comes out
Amazing what computers can do these days
Think that no one knows, nothing but a pose
Never one to let talent get in the way
Zeroes, zero zero one
Zeroes, one one zero one
Zeroes and ones are the only ones anymore
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Tongue Tied
01:48
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Wait for it, I'm setting up for
the most extraordinary punchline
And you'll laugh like you never have before
So hard your belly will be sore
Scared half to death to think you won't
Now it's stuck, I can't quite get
these sticky words right off my tongue
And now it's done and you're still here
There's no more ringing in my ears
Took so little to make you mine, nothing but 9 years of wasted time
It's good to know that in the end it all worked out fine
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Social Circles
02:50
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I can be a fool - Had you waiting so many times all alone
To ring you up - You don't need these empty words on the phone
There's no excuses I couldn't find the time
And phone you and just say "Hi, how was your day, so anyway..."
I know I want you - Why can't I call you and tell you just how I just feel
I can't have you - My head is yelling at me this could be real
I don't have words that make the small talk flow
To ask you how you are, "Me? I'm just fine, What's my next line?"
Conversation gets the best of me
I can't talk beyond my ability
In social circles I'm too lost
to start the subject fuck the cost
In social circles, social circles, social circles
I'm still the outcast to this day
So please accept me anyway
Don't know what to say
You're right in front of me, and I can't hide
Words fail me now - I see your eyes, look into me opened wide
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Rainy Corners
03:19
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I apologize for taking your world away
You deserved more than I gave you
My head is hanging low, I can't lift it up
But try and try as I may, well I'll figure it out some way
I want to find the rhyme to explain my sudden crime
And maybe you'll understand it was the end of our time
I've learned so much, standing on rainy corners
I've found myself alone, alone on the shiny streets
Thinking about the stinging in my heart
And the ringing in my head of the choice I had to make
I apologize for lacking the courage to say
"I don't think you were right for me"
I lost a part of me when I broke up with you
You need to know you meant more than I can say
And I wanna take this chance, it's the only chance I'll get
And maybe you'll understand it was the end of our time
Well I wanna say the right words to make you feel ok
I think I can, I know I can, I think I can in time
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Femme Fatale
02:05
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I see you lurking in the shadows
I feel your penetrating stare
When will you start to realize
you can't live your life like
James Bond all the time
You're a mystery to me
living life secretly undercover all the time
You're always in disguise in your imposter-like guise undercover all the time
You say you're feeling kinda lonely - Don't you think it's really all your fault
I can't help it when you hide, and lurk around like catwoman on the prowl
I don't know a thing about you, and I don't think I really want to
I don't need another femme fatale
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Whiskey Romance
02:07
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Could it be a delusion? Might it be a big mistake?
Can you really be the one in my blurry point of view?
Or are you just a perfect vision
Stumble and stagger, bumble and blather
Take me home I'm in no position to finish your mission
The bottle's dried up, I've used all the elixir
There's no more room for me to miss her
So take me out for one last dance
Before you end this whiskey romance
What's the simple solution?
To cure this hearty headache?
Cause this really don't mean
What we say it's gonna become
But for now the spirits prevail.
Mumbled chatter, jumbled together
Take me home I'm in no condition to give a decision
Before I end this whiskey romance
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Lipstick
03:23
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Well I heard it for the first time - Yeah ... lipstick lies
Well I didn't want to think that you were the same
But I see that gleam in your eyes
Your designer mascara's faded blue, and your eyeliner bounds you
Your face is already blush. Your hairspray controls you
Lipstick lies, damaging lives, lipstick lies, destroying vibes
Well you say you're not an 80s girl
Yeah? But the lipstick doesn't lie
You can't fool me anymore cause I know
How to play your game and win
I can't believe I let you tell me that you love me
I can't believe I let it slip right through
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Pretty Identical
02:45
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I haven't thought of you in 15 years
and I don't think I can remember the tears
Or the fears of what went wrong - But I know that all we went through
Couldn't stop me from bidding adieu, cause I knew it was wrong
Unlike our faded photograph damaged by the sun, you're pretty identical
You're still pretty much the same, pretty identical
You say you're not the one who is to blame
And you keep telling me I went insane
Cause I changed the way I'd been
And I know that I don't want a truce,
Cause there's no reason to give you an excuse
I know you haven't changed
Unlike this cracked phonograph record that's never spun
Simply pretty uniquely amazingly identical
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What Did I Say
02:17
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I'm sorry I didn't call you adorable today
I know in your little playful way you'll make me pay
Although I always notice how your voice just makes me smile
A picture of you stays with me awhile
I'm sorry I didn't say that I missed you today
For some strange reason my brain's drifting miles away
You're never far from my thoughts just some things got in the way
I'll think about you for the rest of the day
I got a feeling you think it's all too fast
Someone's gotten close to you
And you think it will never last. Don't let me scare you away once again
Cause it's taken me so long to show that we're not wrong
I'm sorry I didn't say you were beautiful today
I looked you over once and thought that anyway
I hope I'm not pushing but you make me come alive
I want to have you sleeping by my side
I'm sorry if I said that I loved you today
Just tell me it's not the reason that you ran away
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Give Me A Reason
02:48
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Standing here, staring out on the edge of forever, I took the plunge to nowhere
I need some space, I need a place
Where I can start a new chase for my Elysian Field
Give me a reason (give me a reason)
To lose this freedom (give me a reason)
Give me a reason to let you complicate my life
Give me a reason (give me a reason)
To lose this freedom (give me a reason)
Give me a reason to let you complicate my life
Looking up, looking back, I know I made the right choice
I've already started to stop my fall
I need a brake to isolate the reason I fell into a daze
That's got me hypnotized
Do you really think you know where my head is at?
Do you honestly know where I'm at?
Your inclinations fuel my frustrations
Your implications cause my complications
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Star
02:25
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Every now and then I know
I can't always be your shining star
Every now and then I see
That you see bright things in me
I can be your fire, I can be your sun
I can be the brightest constellation
We can make it, don't mistake it
We can take it
I know we can make it, and we can take it far
And now we have the outline made
All we gotta do is make the points connect
This ain't no passing anomaly, I know it's headed to a new degree
Everybody says don't believe in all those silly astrologies
Everybody says don't believe, but I'll believe what I wanna believe
Cause I know what I know, and I know what you need
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02:37
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The Unknown Cleveland, Ohio
The Unknown is a band from Cleveland, Ohio that has been playing its blend of punked out pop rock 'n roll since 1989. Why should you buy their CDs? Because they rock and they rock out hard. Think what would happen if ALL, Big Drill Car and all that is cool about 80s pop were thrown into a blender and then whipped to a fine sugary fix. Sugary sweet pop-punk to the Nth degree. Check it out. ... more
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