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Ben Folds' Brain
03:23
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I live in a cave underground, black t-shirts all the time
Got a really complex love life, yeah I do all right
Then I sit at the piano, and all I feel is doom
Try as I might, can't seem to write a decent tune
But I'm thick as a brick, I've landed where I shouldn't be
Throw your phone in a pool, just give up, yeah don't envy me
I sit at the piano, and sometimes it brings me down
I got 20-20 vision and the shoes of a clown
If I had Ben Folds' brain, my life would just be swell
I'd say what's on my mind, I'd express myself
Fingers flying, everyone'd be moved
I'd be an artist with nothing left to lose
If I had Ben Folds' brain, my life would just be swell
I'd say what's on my mind, I'd express myself
Fingers flying, everyone'd be moved
I'd be an artist with nothing left to lose
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So it Goes
04:36
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You can tease apart the words they say
Live to fight another day, why not
You've learned so well
And when you're done hold out your hand
The promised glass turned back to sand, it's true
They lied to you
Look up at the stars, the world keeps turning
Fire and the char, the center still burning
So it goes, so it goes, so it goes
You can tease apart the words they say
Live to fight another day, why not
You've learned so well
And when you're done hold out your hand
The promised glass turned back to sand, it's true
They lied to you
Look up at the stars, the world keeps turning
Fire and the char, the center still burning
So it goes, so it goes, so it goes
And when you freeze, stuck to the floor
You'll find that you are here no more with me
You're out to see
And when it all is said and done
At least you know you had your fun, move on
And on and on
Look up at the stars, the world keeps turning
Fire and the char, the center still burning
So it goes, so it goes, so it goes
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Dhjunko
06:24
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I Want to Believe
03:22
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I set out well meaning, maybe even starry-eyed
Full of good intention and at least I know I tried
But when the beans are counted and I'm begging for reprieve
I want to believe
I want to believe
I want to believe
I want to believe, oh yeah
I want to believe
My parents did their level best, you know they raised me right
I never got in trouble and now I'm ever so polite
But the world is big and bad and now I know looks can deceive
I want to believe
I want to believe
I want to believe
I want to believe, oh yeah
I want to believe
Somebody call the pastor, there's nowhere I can run
Feels like I'm falling faster, still I fail to find the fun
I'm sick of being cynical, I'm sick of fear and hate
A day full up doom scrolling never leaves me feeling great
But a head down in the sand can never put my soul at ease
I want to believe
I want to believe
I want to believe
I want to believe, oh yeah
I want to believe
I showed up to church to see if God could sort things out
Gazed upon the true believers, watched them sing and shout
But in my heart I know it's true, their way is not for me
Still I want to believe
I want to believe
I want to believe
I want to believe, oh yeah
I want to believe
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Time Doesn't Fly
05:25
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Time doesn't fly
It burbles babbles bustles, flows in eddies runs in tides
Time doesn't march
It thunders through the woods, it howls ecstatic and deranged
Time doesn't pass
Tsunami waves and neon raves entwine to pull you on
Time don't stand still
Or maybe you could never really know the how or why
Cause you got time you got time you got time you got time, oh yeah
Cause you got time you got time you got time you got time, oh yeah
Time doesn’t waste
You look away neglectful and you’re left with just a taste
Time isn’t up
Just check your head, your shoes, past time that you went on your way
You’re killing time
A futile effort in the end is all that I can say
Time don’t stand still
And you and I together find our balance, surf the wave
Cause we got time, we got time, we got time, we got time, oh yeah
Cause we got time, we got time, we got time, we got time, oh yeah
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Fluffy Stranger
07:41
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I met a fluffy stranger in the woods one day
He said if you don't like me just be on your way
And now that I have said all that I care to say
I must be off to run and play
Fluffy stranger ooooooooo
Fluffy stranger ooooooooo
I followed fluffy down to the end of the road
He told me friend you really need to lighten your load
That stuff inside your head is gonna make you old
You shoulda done what you been told
Fluffy stranger ooooooooo
Fluffy stranger ooooooooo
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I Want to Be a Ranger
04:33
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I want to be a ranger
Patrol the forests in my truck
Poachers out of luck
I want to be a ranger
Lace my skates at MSG
Hat trick if I score 3
I want to be a ranger
Army ranger, rough and tough
Don’t take no guff
Morphing with power never known
Send Rita Repulsa home
Ranging far and ranging wide
Y'all best step aside
Ranging far and ranging wide
Y'all best step aside
I want to be a ranger
Like Chuck Norris I could be
Walking Texas wild and free
I want to be a ranger
I show range when I sing
And range in my acting
I range across the plains
I range through mountains high
I range under the sea
I range high up in the sky
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1997
04:23
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Passing Thought
06:00
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I got words but I get nowhere
Closing time and it's just no fair
Face the night alone
A gently buzz is no match, my breath it steams
Ignition switch and we're safe, the headlights gleam
We're off, it's just a passing thought
Turn my key and it's dark in there
Electric switch and a kitchen bare
Sleep deprived again
A gently buzz is no match for discarded dreams
You don't have to run when it's time to flee
Drift off, it's just a passing thought
I got you and you keep me sane
Let's be free and play in the rain
Reach that higher plain
A gentle buzz from the bees buzzing round the tree
You don't have to run when it's time to flee
Drift off, it's just a passing thought
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Ride
04:18
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And I awoke
The fleeting fiction fading from my brain
Compels me back to surface where I’m sane
Two hands upon the wheel stay in the lane
The darkness swirls like water down the drain
And you spoke
A sound that brought me back inside my skin
A summoning of past that dwells within
I sometimes can’t believe you let me in
Morning after is when we atone for sin
So ride, ride on, the dawn sweeps out before you
Hold, hold on There’s better days ahead
Ride ride on, again I must implore you
Hold on hold on don’t let it slip away
And I joke
Sometimes to test the water sometimes for fun
But you won’t really know me til I’m done
I tend to fail to walk but not to run
Remember that the trouble’s all the fun
So ride, ride on, the dawn sweeps out before you
Hold, hold on There’s better days ahead
Ride ride on, again I must implore you
Hold on hold on don’t let it slip away
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50-50
04:41
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Got it at 50-50
That I make it through this night
Doom Reaper’s out and howling
Ain’t no way I’m sleeping right
I came out through the alley
But I might have left a trace
It’s a hard road east from Cali
This grit don’t leave room for grace
When I look to the east
Ain’t no 50-50
When I look to the east
That’s a damn sure thing
When I look to the east
See colors rise from blackness
When I look to the east
I know I can’t turn back
Sink my toes in and find a way to reach the dawn
Got it at 50-50
That I know my wrong from right
Sometimes I think it’s nifty
When the ghosts come out at night
The blade, the cloak, the gallows
The eyes wait just beyond your light
Black words whispered in the corners
Wings clipped, the cage, the end of flight
When I look to the east
Ain’t no 50-50
When I look to the east
That’s a damn sure thing
When I look to the east
See colors rise from blackness
When I look to the east
I know I can’t turn back
Sink my toes in and find a way to reach the dawn
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12. |
Zemeckis
13:49
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Zemeckis stole my heart, and the plot don't make no sense
Marty's flying 88 while Doc runs for the fence
I placed my trust, got left with dust
Old tapes just fade away
Those ideas are old, it's time you're told that the world don't work that way
I told you you couldn't go by yourself
I told you that that car would never start
I told you that the ticket stub got lost
I told you we'd end up here from the start
A daydream for a dollar, the playhead's old and busted
Our people put their faith in you, but you could not be trusted
My life ain't like a movie, dust floats before the beam
I search the woods for harmonies but sounds are seldom seen
I told you you couldn't go by yourself
I told you that that car would never start
I told you that the ticket stub got lost
I told you we'd end up here from the start
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Andrew North
Andrew North is a piano singer and songwriter. He makes fun and quirky music. Andrew is always trying new things - working solo, in a duo with drummer Pete Casselman, and with his band, the Rangers, to explore jazz, americana, progressive rock and improvisational spaces ... more
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