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All the things I regret
They landed me here, they gave me a story to tell
And when the cables get cut from life one day, oh well
Cause I'm used to being lonely
Don't know if I can live another way
And there's nothing like a pretty girl to stir the pain
If I knew what I was looking for
You know I'd be there knocking down that door
And if I knew what I was moving towards
I tell you nothing would stop me in my course
I came up once
The ground collapsed
From the remnants I was thrown clear
I tried to stand and see
But I was swarmed by the smallest fears
Hell, I always get destructive
Just when things start to go my way
So I pull my jacket tight and walk away
If I knew what I was looking for
You know I'd be there knocking down that door
And if I knew what I was moving towards
I tell you nothing would stop me in my course
And if I knew what was good for me
These trembling hands would calm a raging sea
And if I knew what I was looking for
You know you wouldn't see me anymore
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Say Thank You
03:35
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Now listen close to what I gotta say
If you keep your mouth shut then you might get your way
You've battered my patience now it's black now it's blue
I give you so much and you never say thank you
We all work like dogs we all stick to the heard
And we all got coming what we all deserve
We're all scraping round in the sludge and the slough
I give you so much and you never say thank you
I got a right to be mean I got a right to be sore
Cause you got no right to be asking for more
"Ah they're getting theirs why can't I get theirs too?"
I give you so much and you never say thank you
So you best learn to knock before you open my door
If you learn your place there wont be trouble no more
I've wasted my words turned my horses to glue
I give you so much and you never say thank you
You're nearly discharged you're nearly dismissed
Yeah manners are something your folks must have missed
But I hope for your sake that you soon get a clue
I give you so much and you never say thank you
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Something You Could Say
03:41
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You might think that we were married
By the silence in the room
I'm feeling tired it's been a long day, it's been a long year
I know you're stressed, I'm stressed out too
And there's something you could say to me
That's gonna stop this feeling
There's something you could say to me
That's gonna make it easy again
There's something you could say to me
That's gonna get me talking
There's something you could say to me
There's something you could say
And so I get a cup of coffee
I walk into the afternoon
I watch the arc and swing of a wrecking ball
Raze a building
It makes me think of me and you
But that's not what I want to do
And there's something I could say to you
That's gonna stop this feeling
There's something I could say to you
That's gonna make you happy again
There's something I could say to you
That's gonna get you talking
There's something I could say to you
And there's something I could say
Cause every time we fight we're stronger for the pain
And I know how far I searched before I saw your face
I just wish for once somehow I could explain
Why I feel this way today
There's something you could say to me
That's gonna stop this feeling
There's something you could say to me
That's gonna make us happy again
There's something you could say to me
That's gonna get us talking
There's something you could say to me
And there's something you could say
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I felt this song building in me
From this broken piano I sing
In this strangers house so far from my own
So far from everything
I've been seeing it from far away
From the Jordan to the American
At the scale of an atom or the depth of a star
Yeah nothing really means anything
All those thinkers in their lonely rooms
Peeling the layers to expose
The blueprint of Justice, the anatomy of God
You learn so much there's nothing you can know
But all that logic suffocates
Here in the chambers of need
Yeah right now when I close my eyes
That blistering highway is all I see
All we get is this moment
The stampede of history has led
Right to this train howling by in the dark
To these thoughts howling through my head
I miss you, I wish I was there
Laying next to you safe and sound
You can chase something to the ends of the earth
You'll only find the earth is round
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I've been stuck down in this chamber
For coming on ten years
With these howling wretches of desire
Clawing out for falling tears
I've plundered through the halls of sorrow
Til my arms and heart were sore
And baby I ain't gonna work that hard no more
I felt shame as I looked up
At the faces around me
Fell dismantled in a puddle
Of cold uncertainty
Excusing the conviction
Always burning at my core
And baby I ain't gonna work that hard no more
Sick of the world weighing on me
Always carrying it with me
Trying to please everybody
But my own self
That's one description of hell
To wake each day
Like you're going to war
Ah baby I ain't gonna work that hard no more
I've been deep behind the veil
Where the decisions all get made
In the heat of personal vendetta
The compulsive killing floor of fame
They say now kid we'll rise you up
Just start crawling on the floor
And baby I ain't gonna work that hard no more
I've seen them tethered to ambition
Watching the old American Dream
Come to fruition in their hands
But it isn't like it seems
You'll lie awake in your locked mansion
Like you're still knocking on the door
And baby I ain't gonna work that hard no more
Gonna catch me laughing
At the masses passing
Trading these moments
Towards some everlasting
Gonna bank on the sunlight
When it's in my eyes
Gamble on the rain
When it starts to pour
Baby I ain't gonna work that hard no more
These thoughts cut through the silence
Like a phone call in the night
You reach your hand out trembling
Cause what's on the other line
Will bring the hammer down and nothing
Will be like it was before
And maybe baby you wont have to work so hard no more
I'm not saying I want to be lazy
I don't wanna quit the scene
I just want to stop and savor
When I've earned what I need
I'm still here to play the game
But I'm done with keeping score
And baby I ain't gonna work that hard no more
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The Rain
04:15
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