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Redeem the Mileage
03:09
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Hi, Lena
I'm so sorry I'm so sorry I left you at the hospital
I called a phone sex line
I called a phone sex line before I met you
And four blonde brothers came after me
and they hurt you, and I'm sorry
And then I had to leave again
'cause I wanted to make sure you never got hurt again.
And I have a lot of pudding
and in six to eight weeks it can be redeemed
So if you could just give me that much time
I think I can get enough mileage to go with you
Wherever you have to go
If you have to travel for work because I don't wann be anywhere without you
So could you just let me redeem the mileage tonight?
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2. |
I Drink Your Milkshake
04:41
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I did what your brother couldn't
I broke you and I beat you
It was Paul who told me about you
He's the prophet, he’s the smart one
He knew what was there and he found me
to take it out of the ground
And you know what the funny thing is?
Listen... listen... listen... okay
I paid him ten thousand dollars
Cash in hand, just like that
He has his own company now
A prosperous little business
Three wells producing (stop crying)
Five thousand dollars a week (you sniveling ass)
Three wells producing (stop your nonsense)
Five thousand dollars a week
You're just the afterbirth, Eli.
You slithered out of your mother's filth
They should have put you in a glass jar on a mantelpiece
Where were you when Paul was suckling at your mother’s teat?
Where were you? Who was nursing you, poor Eli?
One of Bandy’s sows? That land has been had
Nothing you can do about it
It's gone, it’s had, you lose
Nothing you can do about it
It's gone, it’s had, you lose
Three wells producing (stop crying)
Five thousand dollars a week (you sniveling ass)
Three wells producing (stop your nonsense)
Five thousand dollars a week
Drainage! Drainage, Eli
You boy, drained dry
Drainage! Drainage, Eli
I’m so sorry
Here, if you have a milkshake
and I have a milkshake and I have a straw
There it is, that's a straw, you see?
And my straw reaches across the room
and starts to drink your milkshake
I drink your milkshake
I drink it up
I drink your milkshake tonight
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3. |
Big Bright Shining Star
03:36
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I've been around this block twice
Looking for something - a clue
I've been looking for clues and something led me back here
So here I am
Coulda been me who was at Ringo's place
When the shit went down
Hey, I know how it is
'cause I been there, we've all done bad things
We all have those guilty feelings in our hearts
You wanna take your brain out of your head
and wash it and scrub it and make it clean
Well, no, but I'm gonna help you settle this
I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a star. I'm a star. I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a big bright shining star
I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a star. I'm a star. I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a big bright shining star
First we're gonna check for holes, see what we can find
Then we're gonna get nice and wet
so you're gonna spread your legs
That's good
You know me, you know my reputation?
Thirteen inches is a tough load
I don't treat you gently
That's right: I'm Brock Landers.
So I'm gonna be nice and I'm gonna ask you one more time
Where the fuck is Ringo tonight?
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4. |
The Dragon
03:32
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Marriage, previous to The Cause, was awful awful
There's a cycle like life
Birth, excitement, growth, and decay
Death now, now how about this?
Here comes
I say "Sit!” Dragon sits
I say "Stay!", dragon stays
Now it's got a leash on, take it for a walk
And that's what, where we're at with it now
It stays on command
Here comes a large dragon
With teeth! Blood dripping! Red eyes!
And what do I got? A lasso, and I whip it up
I wrap it around its neck
And I wrestle! Wrestle! Wrestle him to the ground
Next we're gonna teach it to roll over and play dead
Teach it to roll over and play dead tonight
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5. |
A Bullet In Me
04:19
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I have the money to give you right now in this moment
I will give you all that I have
Maybe before you were gonna kill me
Maybe maybe maybe, I don't know
I know John and I love him
like he was my own child
But I can tell you this, I don't want to die
I killed his father, I can tell you what it was
This is not an excuse
I'm not begging for clemency
All that matters, I do not wish to sacrifice my life
But I will sacrifice this money
for mine because you have asked me
Because after this, I will have done all I can
for John and myself
So I'm gonna ask you with all the heart
and sincerity that I have, please
Do not put a bullet in me
A bullet in me, a bullet in me, a bullet in me
And please don't tell John what I've done
I trust that once I gave you this money
You and I will take separate paths
and that this negotiation will settle everything
That is my hope
I don't wanna die
So I'm gonna ask you with all the heart
and sincerity that I have, please
Do not put a bullet in me
A bullet in me, a bullet in me, a bullet in me tonight
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6. |
Live In Now Forever
03:57
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Yet there is no voiding time
The sea of time, the sea of memory
and forgetfulness
The years of promise
gone and unrecoverable
Of the land almost allowed to claim
its better destiny
Only to have that claim jumped by evil doers
Known all too well and
taken instead and
held hostage to the future
We must live in now forever
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7. |
Goddamn Regret
08:00
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So beautiful and I cheated on her over and over again
Because I wanted to be a man
And I didn't want her to be a woman.
A smart, free person who was something
My fucking mind then.
That fucking mind, so stupid
What would I think? Did I think for what I'd done?
She was my wife for twenty-three years
And I went behind her over and over
Fucking asshole that I am
Fucking asshole that I am
And I'd go out and I'd fuck
And I'd come home and get in her bed and say,
"I love you" "I love you" "I love you"
This is the regret that you make
This is the regret that you make
and the something you take
and the blah blah blah
and the something, something
Gimme a cigarette
Mistakes like this you don't make
Sometimes you make some and okay
Not okay, sometimes, you make other ones
Know that you should do better
I loved Lily and I cheated on her
She was my wife for twenty-three years
And I have a son and she has cancer
And I'm not there and he's forced to take care
A little kid, and I'm not there
And she does die
I loved her so, I loved her so
And she knew what I did
She knew all the fucking stupid things I'd done
But the love was stronger than anything you can think of
The goddamn regret
And I'll die, now I'll die
And I'll tell you what, the biggest regret of my life
I let my love go
This is the regret that you make
This is the regret that you make
and the something you take
and the blah blah blah
and the something, something
Gimme a cigarette
What did I do? I'm 65 years old
And I'm ashamed, a million years ago
The fucking regret and guilt, these things
Don't let anyone ever say to you
You shouldn't regret anything
Don't do that, don't do that
You regret what you fucking want, use that
Use that regret for anything, any way you want
You can use it, okay? Oh, god
This is a long way to go with no punch
A little moral story, and I say, Love, love, love
This fucking life, it's so fucking hard
So long, and life ain't short
It's long, it’s long goddammit
Goddamn
This is the regret that you make
This is the regret that you make
and the something you take
and the blah blah blah
and the something, something.
Gimme a cigarette
(What did I do? What did I do? What did I do? What did I do?)
(Phil, Phil, help me, please.)
Tonight
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8. |
I Am Many Things
04:57
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I am many things
I am a writer, I am a doctor
I am a nuclear physicist
A theoretical philosopher
Above all I am a man
A hopelessly inquisitive man, just like you
Many years of successful writing
and publishing has made me self sufficient
Readers in all languages have enjoyed
My work
But now I’m retired to study the mind and spirit
My life’s true work
These studies have made me a target
And I am hunted for what I know
Which is why it is so unwise
To go lurking and jumping on strange ships
How do we know what your motives are?
How do we know what your motives are?
How do we know what your motives are?
Don’t apologize, you’re a scoundrel
How I miss the days of working
a four mastered schooner
With nothing but salt horse, dried peas
and a couple quarts of water
The present day maritimers seem so fragile
Don’t you think?
You you you you are an adventurer
An able bodied seaman, a maker of wine
And a dashing mischievousness is what I knew
Would come to me in this lifetime
Would you study with me?
Would you submit yourself?
I am always looking for mature men of unusual ability
Who are willing to stretch the boundaries
of what they know to increase knowingness
Communication amongst men
I need data and with your help I can gather it
You already understand
You just need to remember
And only say yes, say yes
only say yes, say yes come on!
Only say yes, say yes
And only say yes, say yes
only say yes, say yes come on!
Only say yes, say yes, say yes tonight
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