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Back to the Water
03:54
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I want you back to the water
We can fish and hunt or do whatever
We can fish and hunt or do whatever
I want you back to the water
Let's try again at 6am
We’ll make the appointment
It's just like way back when
And its disappointment
Went back to the water but you weren't there
In the dream you had no hair
Paint cans had body parts
There's no place for art
I want you back to the water
We can fish and hunt or do whatever
We can fish and hunt or do whatever
I want you back to the water
Let's try again at 6am
We’ll make the appointment
It's just like way back when
And its disappointment
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2. |
Colorado Abides
04:30
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The painters got their threads
Negotiating the squeeze
And the colours that bled
Over the golden crops
If you choose to drive it
You’ll see the snow
Or the dirty windshield dirt
Capping the mountain tops
You’ve got everything to hide
And Colorado abides
You’re the highway’s slave and bride
So Colorado abides
Just drive like you’re always at the start
Of a song the whole way through
The Denver skies bleed
And they‘ll abide and concede
You’ve got everything to hide
And Colorado abides
You’re the highway’s slave and bride
So Colorado abides
Colorado abides
Colorado abides
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3. |
I'll Take That Bet
04:22
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Three years down, two left to prove him wrong
You always romanticize romance
Can’t deal with the fact that I’m long gone
I’ll take that bet, I love our love
I’ll take that bet, I love our love
I’ll take that bet, I love our love
Even though I’m never surprised
You still surprise me
Even though I’m never surprised
She’ll be coming around the mountain
Three years down, two left to prove him wrong
Can’t deal with the fact that I’m long gone
So she’ll take that bet
But I’m long gone and wrong
Even though I’m never surprised
You still surprise me
Even though I’m never surprised
She’s coming around the mountain
So I’ll take that bet, I love our love
I’ll take that bet, I love our love
I’ll take that bet, I love our love
A fear pierced him alright
It’s the blackbird that was involved
Something is at the foot
Something at the head
I’ll take that bet, I love our love
I’ll take that bet, I love our love
I’ll take that bet, I love our love
Even though I’m never surprised
You still surprise me
Even though I’m never surprised
She’s coming around the mountain
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There’s your story of fear
Our ears hurry to hear
You didn’t have to write this
‘cause you knew you’d remember
He’s fantastic and fast
For the syrup and its drip
He’s fantastic and fast
For a new comic strip
You’re the only one who saw
Like the Lochness eyes and Bigfoot paws
You didn’t have to imagine this
‘cause you knew you were right
Oh the Jackal, he’s fantastic
This one’s a Canuck
And he’s crazy as fuck
Oh the Jackal, he’s fantastic
Oh the Jackal, he’s fantastic
Oh the Jackal, he’s fantastic
Oh the Jackal, he’s a Canuck
Oh the Jackal, he’s fantastic
Oh the Jackal, he’s crazy as fuck
Oh the Jackal, he’s fantastic
Oh the Jackal, he’s not a fan of us
He’s not a fan of us
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5. |
You've Got It Dark
03:50
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Never had a vision like yours
You want the darkness to get darker
The public praise will worry you privately
You’re like a grocery store angel
Buying mustard that a Queen would envy
You’ve got the darkness
You’ve got it dark
The skinny man speaks
He’s dreamed of this before
Of the public works and of Dickinson so private
The fat lady sings for one last loss
Everyone will sell the rest
You’ve got the darkness
You’ve got it dark
You’ve got the darkness
You’ve got it dark
You’ve got the darkness
You’ve got it dark
You’ve got the darkness
You’ve got it dark
It’s a Yukon fight
Amid the anguish for frozen kind
The hot freeze is a deceiving heat
You’ve got the darkness
You’ve got the darkness
You’ve got it dark
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6. |
Over Hogtown
04:05
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The office lights fall
The darling skies over hogtown
Spend their charm on cannonballs
We wonder if we could know a thing
And never say it again
Turn the volume down
So I can see the numbers
It’s a need to think thing I do
Odds are on the left
Evens are on the right
You thought we were going too
You thought it was all for you
You thought we were going too
But we’re not, we’re not
Peaceful lies are better than true conflict
The moon rises badly over the C.N.
It’s the Goddamned Band on the stereo
I think the evens are on the right
You thought we were going too
You thought it was all for you
You thought we were going too
But we’re not, we’re not, we’re not
The office lights fell
And there’s no gas in Mississauga
And we got the cheapest beer
We got the cheapest beer
We got the cheapest beer
You thought we were going too
You thought it was all for you
You thought we were going too
But we’re not, we’re not
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7. |
I Was Chicken
04:39
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I was chicken, I couldn’t do it
The gun was cocked but it was small talk
I’ll be the legion of yer problems
I’ll be the legion of yer problems
Look how fast the glass cools
You stand taller now destroyed
You stand taller than when you were built
I was a goddamn chicken
I’d rather the sheriff
Catch me with it
Then the bad dudes without it
Just came to say hello
So whadda’ ya’ know?
Hear the glass crash the fools
And keep me on yer shoulder
Whispering all the bad things
You dream about
I was a goddamn chicken
I was a goddamn chicken
Hear the glass crash the fools
And keep me on yer shoulder
Whispering all the bad things
You dream about
I was a goddamn chicken
I was a goddamn chicken
I was a goddamn chicken
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It’s his time to get packin’
But he’s got nothin’ to pack
Not a hook or bait for catfishin’
There's a bridge for a river
The sun mirrors itself
The van goes over connections
Through 26 kachunks
It's time to unlock memories
And never make a new one
We’re headed for the walls
Where they’re packin’
There's a bridge for a river
The sun mirrors itself
The van goes over connections
Through 26 kachunks, kachunk, kachunks
There's his family for a stay
Their son is mirrored for themselves
The van didn’t break down
Through 26 kachunks, kachunks
There's a bridge for a river
The sun mirrors itself
The van goes over connections
Through 26 kachunks, kachunk, kachunks
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9. |
Wartime Man
04:22
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There’s a Stratford man on a bike
He’s got a radio, it’s green-ish and warlike
It’s Churchill with the lowdown
The enemies will be strikebound
Roosevelt’s hangin’ by a thread
But it’s just breaking news for the dead
Churchill’s goin’ eastbound
The enemies will be strikebound
It’s foggy like the ‘40’s
The blurred lights guide the darkest
For a dinner party during wartime
A dinner party for the theorists
There’s a Stratford man on a bike
He’s got suspenders for a ‘50’s fight
Eden succeeds in Britain
The cold war is heating up in him
It’s foggy like the ‘40’s
The blurred lights guide the darkest
For a dinner party during wartime
A dinner party for the theorists
It’s foggy like the ‘40’s
The blurred lights guide the darkest
For a dinner party during wartime
A dinner party for the theorists
It’s foggy like the ‘40’s
The blurred lights guide the darkest
For a dinner party during wartime
A dinner party for the theorists
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10. |
The Seekers
04:33
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It’s gonna’ get “bring a flashlight” dark
Junk royalty is at the door
Look out, they’re here
Sound the alarm of fear
The angels with horns are sellin’
Hollywood tonight is rebellin’
The igniting cameras don’t care
For the stars detonating in the sunset air
The blurry boozy lights soak the strip
And the Queens seek seekers of the night
The blurry boozy lights made the script
Sound the alarm and strip for me just at the hip
The emotional heist is comin’
In a blockbuster sorta’ way
It’s extracting dreams, it begins
Don’t let them in, don’t let them in
The blurry boozy lights soak the strip
And the Queens seek seekers of the night
The blurry boozy lights made the script
Sound the alarm and strip for me just at the hip
The blurry boozy lights soak the strip
And the Queens seek seekers of the night
The blurry boozy lights made the script
Sound the alarm and strip for me just at the hip
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Evan Phoenix Toronto, Ontario
I'm a musician, writer & space nerd - fueled by curiosity and chocolate milk.
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