1. |
The Most Boring People
03:23
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It's a big year, I'm used to living without fear
Now all i can see are days flying by
And all the make-up, all the make-up in the world
Couldn't hide the bags under my eyes
I see children, paths before them
I see children who will make something of their lives
I would trade them for a moment
But they'd be stuck here
Closing down the bar with my friends
Bingeing on pizza with my love
Watching us pretend
Here's the life we've been dreaming of
I'll pour my morning beer
While you sleep in 'til 2:00 or 3:00
They say that the most boring people
Always get up early
Now that I'm sorry, now that I'm sorry for myself
I'll pour you a cup of my first-world sadness
And I'll make you listen, I'll make you listen to the small
High-pitched, whining voice behind your glasses
I am wastin' all this feelin'
I am wasting time
Closing down the bar with my friends
Bingeing on Hulu with my love
Watching us pretend
Here's the life we've been dreaming of
I'll pour my morning beer
While you sleep in 'til 2:00 or 3:00
They say that the most boring people
Always get up early
Closing down the bar (with my friends)
Watching us pretend
Here's the life we've been dreaming of
I'll pour my morning beer
While you sleep in 'til 2:00 or 3:00
They say that the most boring people
Always get up early
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2. |
Particularly Particular
04:28
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I'm not feeling particularly animated
I'm not feeling particularly hard to impress
I'm not feeling particularly anything at all
I'm not feeling particularly like my best
I am feeling if I were to fall from here
I couldn't even break my neck
I don't know if anyone can hear me
I don't know if Im making any sense
I don't know if I'm saying anything at all
I don't know, 'cause I say it and forget
I do know that have wasted many years
Climbing back and forth but never uh-uh-uH-UP
For as many times as I've written the word "I"
On a piece of paper
I would think that I would have some idea
Of what I want
Oooh, but night, after night, after night, after night
After night, after night, after night, after night
After night
I'm not feeling particularly like a winner
I'm not feeling Particularly keen to beg
I'm not feeling particularly like I've got it all
I'm not feeling like I have reached the dregs
I am feeling guilty 'cause I'm blaming you
For my apathetic legs
Meanwhile, these legs are sitting
Propped up on a chair, tapping the beat
Wait those aren't my legs
Those would be my feet
Every, single day, I'm touching other people's feet
Go home and drink my whiskey neat
So I can wake up and then play it on repeat
I'm not feeling particularly animated
I'm not feeling particularly like I've got it all
I'm not feeling like I have reached the dregs
I am feeling if I were to fall from here
I am feeling if I were to fall from here
I couldn't even break my legs
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3. |
Josephine
04:47
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I will call you Josephine
With raven hair and heart to match
As you hold him in your arms
I believe that he's something I have yet to catch
So let's pretend that we are friends
And you care how I feel
Here's you tossing a smile my way
While you run your fingers through his hair
Here's me saying, "honey, I just don't care"
I know you wouldn't dare
You were born an only child
You didn't say but I can tell
Every goddamn thing in this house was yours
From the moment you came ringin' on my doobell
Josephine
Josephine
Josephine, you asked the sun to hide behind the clouds
When you step into the room
Josephine, you know your friends only invite you now
'Cause you expect them to
I will call you Josephine
With raven hair and heart to match
Though I have held him in my arms
I believe that he's something I have yet to catch
So let's pretend that we are friends
But you'll be how you are
Here's you chucking a smile my way
While he walks you to your car
While he walks you to your door
While you're both standing there on your kitchen floor
I don't want to hear any more
Josephine, you ask the sun to hide behind the clouds
When you step into the room
Josephine, You've got the raven second guessing
If he's even singing the right tune
Josephine
Josephine
Josephine, you ask the sun to hide behind the clouds
When you step into the room
Josephine, you know your friends only invite you now
'Cause you expect them to
Josephine
Josephine
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4. |
Ukulele Song
02:37
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Here's my first and only ukulele written song
I can promise you I'm gonna sing it wrong
If I played it only for my mother
If I played it on only for my kin
They would say to me you're such a bother
They would say quite honestly it's shit
Here's my first and only ukulele Written song
I can promise you that I won't carry on for very long
Please don't tell me that this song is awesome
Please don't tell me it stuck in your head
If you do then I'll be very sorry
Sorry 'cause you're wishing you were dead
Here's my first and only ukulele song
I can tell from here that it won't stay that way for very long
As I sip this melancholy coffee
you could say it's giving me a hunch
Think that I'll go on to have another
One more coffee song before I brunch
Here's my first and only ukulele song
I've been singing this damn song all the day-long
10:00 p.m. and still I'm drinking coffee
Though within an hour I must sleep
3:00 a.m, I lie awake and wonder
What's chord I play here, is it G? Is it C?
Oh! there it is!
Here's my first and only ukulele written song!
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5. |
Belle Gunness
04:22
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Dear Miss Belle Gunness
Has a price on everyone's head
Bring her any weath at all
She'll love you 'til you're dead
18-years-old, knocked-up, and angry
She asked the father for his help
Instead, he kicked her in the stomach
Two days later he was found in a well
Dear Miss Belle Gunness
Has a price on everyone's head
Bring her any weath at all
She'll love you 'til you're dead
She packed her bags, moved to Chicago
Wed a entrepreneur with four kids or more
She then took out the biggest policy
On the kids and the candy store
When a fire ate the candy store, and then
A host of tragedy befell them
Acute Colitis for the kids
An enlarged heart for her now-dead husband
And a quarter million for Miss Gunness
Dear Miss Belle Gunness
Has a price on everyone's head
Bring her any weath at all
She'll love you 'til you're dead
Should the neighbors get suspicious
Move to the country and buy a farm
Find yourself another husband
Have two more kids you can slap some insurance on
Dear Miss Belle Gunness
Has a price on everyone's head
Bring her any weath at all
She'll love you 'til you're dead
Deeeeeea dea dea dea dea dea
Dea dea dea dea dea dea dead!
Dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead deeeeeaad
You might have guessed, again she's widowed
And getting lonely on the farm
She ran an ad in a large newspaper
And it worked like a charm, worked like a charm
It read: "Comely widow who owns a large farm in
One of the finest districts in LaPorte County, Indiana,
Desires to make the acquaintance of a gentleman
Equally well-provided, with view of joining fortunes.
No replies by letter considered unless sender is willing
To follow answer with personal visit.
Triflers need not apply."
One by one, here come the suitors
With little fortunes for her bank
I don't think anyone has seen them
Except for the pigs in the yard
You know that they'll eat anything
Dear Miss Belle Gunness
Has a price on everyone's head
Bring her any weath at all
She'll love you 'til you're dead
Dear Miss Belle Gunness
Has a price on everyone's head
Bring her any weath at all
She'll love you
She'll love you
'Til you're dead
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6. |
Lai Di Dai
03:38
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Lai di dai di dai di dai, dai dai, dai di dai, dai dai
Lai di dai di dai di dai, dai dai, dai di dai, dai dai
Lai di dai di dai di dai, dai dai, dai di dai
Lai di dai di dai di dai, dai dai, dai di dai
Lai di dai di dai di dai, dai dai, dai di dai
I don't know how much more of this I can take
You lying there on the floor, not doing much
'Cept watching my heart take
Another step away from hope, you're another inch toward
Lai di dai di dai di dai, dai dai, dai di dai, dai dai
I don't got a lot of wiggle room in the bank
But, boy, if I did, I'd buy you every drop
Of the blood you cannot make
Lai di dai di dai di dai, dai dai, dai di dai, dai dai
I would take this life inside me
Place it into your rapidly beating heart
I would take this marrow growing
Fix it to your bones so you'd restart
It's a freak of nature, it's a grand coincidence
It's a fluke of timing that I clean her fingerprints forever
Just in time to watch you fade away
If I don't want both, then neither can remain
Baby, baby, baby, baby, get out of bed
You itty bitty, fuzzy footed, fucking sleepyhead
I'm gonna cry if I don't see you at my door
I'm gonna weep if you don't want to play with me anymore
Lai di dai di dai di dai, dai dai, dai di dai, dai dai
Lai di dai di dai di dai, dai dai, dai di dai
Imagine I'm Zeus or Ra, whatever you like
While lying inside my palm you wrongly assume
You'll never fear the night
Lai di dai di dai di dai, dai dai, dai di dai, dai dai
I'd give all I've got to bring you back from the brink
'Cept that I lent the lot to your sister
And washed her down the sink
Lai di dai di dai di dai, dai dai, dai di dai
Give the birdie to the man with the stethescope
'Cause he's not your friend, is he now? Nope!
Lai di dai di dai di dai, dai dai, dai di dai, dai dai
Lai di dai di dai di dai, dai dai, dai di dai
Your ears are cold, and your toes are cold
And your lips are white as snow
Your breath is quick as you take a whiff
Of your food, and you let it go
Your legs are long, but your words aren't strong
You never, ever talk at all
Baby, baby, baby, baby, get out of bed
You itty bitty, fuzzy footed, fucking sleepyhead
I'm gonna cry if I don't see you at my door
I'm gonna weep if you don't want to play with me anymore
Lai di dai di dai di dai, dai dai, dai di dai
Lai di dai di dai di dai, dai dai, dai di dai
Lai di dai di dai di dai, dai dai, dai di dai, dai daiiiiiiii
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7. |
Lyft Driver
03:06
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Lyin' on the floor, lying' on the floor
Lyin' on the floor of a bar bathroom
Lyin' on the floor, lyin' on the floor
Lyin' on the floor of a bar bathroom
Check the clock, 6:30 am
Why the hell are we still here?
I should be home in bed by now
I don't need another beer
Wait a minute, wait a minute. I'm all alone
Wait a minute, wait a minute. Where did everyone go?
They're not in the bar
Woop-woop is the sound I hear
As I stumble to the door
Can't say I've ever tripped that alarm before
Lyin' on the floor, lying' on the floor,
Lyin' on the floor of a bar bathroom
That's what friends are for, that's what friends are for
When they leave you lyin' on the floor of a bar bathroom
Now, what I do is wait, I guess
'Cause there's not a car around
And press the button every two or three seconds
Come on, come on, come on!
Wait a minute, wait a minute, what do I see
Is it a guy named Rich in a silver CR-V?
He's coming with a car
Woo-Hoo is the sound I make
As I stumble to the road
Yeah, Rich, today you are my hero
Now I'm riding in a car, riding in a car
Riding in a car with my Lyft driver
Running from the bar, running from the bar
Running from the bar, me and my Lyft driver
Running from the bar, running from the bar
That's what friends are for, that's what friends are for
That's what friends are - Rich! You are my new best friend
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8. |
A Word of Encouragement
03:17
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There's this guy that I know
He likes to show me videos
Something about Masters
Metallica, and sock puppet shows
Woah oh oh oh
There's this guy that I know
He's kin to Mr. Winnebago
Get this guy some Ginko
Biloba, cause he's going to blow
Some say that my humor
Is served up with a side of greens
That's why this guy and I
Can laugh about most anything
Well, what does that mean?
Well, the other day, he said this funny thing
It might not be funny to you, but it was funny to me
A word of encouragement:
As you leave here, I want you to look around
And realize that everything that you see here
Is going to end up in a landfill
Could be he's got a point
We throw away a lot of stuff
Long as it brings money
We never say enough is enough
Blah di di duff
Every single pair of
Comfy grandma shoes that I own
Will end up right next to
Your swanky Jimmy Choo stilhettos
What have I got to show
Freedom is Farce, that's what
Some guy in a beard told me
Forget your art, and sweat
For nothing but a pile of green
I can see what he means
But I'm just gonna sit here and sing
La da da da da da da da da da dee dee dee deeeee
A word of encouragement:
As you leave here, I want you to look around
and realize that everything that you see here
Is going to end up in a landfill
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9. |
CP's Blues
02:23
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Lyrics by Carl Perry
Yeah I'm workin', workin' for the Man for free
Yeah, I'm workin', workin' for the Man for free
This place is trashed , I ain't got no cash
Feel like I've been here since I was three
Still workin' for the Man for free
Yeah, I'm workin', workin' for the Man for free
Yeah, I'm workin', workin' for the Man for free
I've been here so long , feel like an old rotten Tree
All my returns are killing me
Still workin' for the Man for free
Yeah, I'm workin' (workin')
Yeah, I'm workin' (workin')
Yeah, I'm workin' (workin')
Yeah, I'm workin'
bah duhn do do bah uhn dah doh
ohhhh
Yeah I'm, workin' for the Man
Yeah, I'm, workin' for the Man
Workin' for the Man for, workin' for the man
Bah bah bah da buh bah
Still workin' for the man for free
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10. |
Blue Blue Blue
04:16
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Lyrics by Rebekah and Rachel Bachman
If you look beyond the blue you'll see some more blue
Plus some white that's swirled around by the propeller
Though I cannot see the bottom, I know it's there
Bet that if I were to go there all the fish would stare
If you look beyond the blue you'll see some more blue
Plus a hazy silhouette of little mountains that are also blue
Plus a town that looks like snow, Population: I don't know
Never will, we'll never go there, for we are bound for Paros
Da da, da da da
Da da, da da da daaaaaaaaa
Da da, da da da
Da da, da da da daaaaaaaaa
If you look into the night, you'll see the starlight
Haven't seen the Milky Way since I was six or eight or nine
If you cannot find the dipper, we'll understand, there are so many stars
Soak it up, for in the morning we sail again
If you look into the blue, you'll see the bottom
Though it's thirteen meters down, it's crystal clear
And I seek to find the fishes among the weeds
I was right, they're staring at me and mumbling in Greek
Da da, da da da
Da da, da da da daaaaaaaaa (Malaka)
Da da, da da da
Da da, da da da daaaaaaaaa
If you look beyond the blue you'll see some more blue
Plus an ivory triangle on the horizon
When we reach our destination, we say goodbye
To the water, "kalinichte," and "goodnight"
To the blue, I sing for you, the blue and white
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11. |
Vourvoulos Veranda
04:42
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Vourvoulos veranda by the sea
A breath like the water through the trees
Could it be Sunday morning?
Upon the hour the blue dome sings
Ring
Vourvoulos veranda in the hill
Awake with the sun it's very still
You are a stone white tower
There are a thousand more through the ville
Still
Close my eyes and I'm there
White walls, white stairs
Stray cats, swimsuits drying on the rack
Thank god for memory
I can feel the breeze
Vourvoulos veranda, stay a while
And wile away the hours, Kyriakos style
No need to drink the water
For in the morning, here they drink wine
It's fine
Close my eyes and I'm there
White walls, white stairs
Stray cats, swimsuits drying on the rack
Thank god for memory
Still I'd rather be, I'd rather see what's right here
Wherever here may be
Vourvoulos veranda
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Rachel Bachman Tulsa, Oklahoma
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