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Throwing rocks
03:12
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Throwing rocks out the window
Makes you lighter in the head
And makes a sound
Like rattling bones
You've come home again
Throwing rocks out the window
It's a thing that you had to do
It wasn't you
But now there's nothing for you
But throwing rocks out the window
Makes you lighter in the head
And makes a sound
Like rattling bones
You've come home again
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Feather in the cap
03:21
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A feathered cap and a soda pop
Will be the moment sign the omen
We are both alive
And sauntering underneath
This laughing green tree
And fall beneath the balcony
You've really now outdone yourselves
Burning lowly turning slowly
Roasting on the open fire
Chestnut body burning on a spit
I guess that's all there was to it
I guess that's all there was to it
And counting chickens before they hatch would bring some luck to you
But would never sit correctly in your stomach then
And pick a plant before its time
So think of this if you unwind
And fall beneath the balcony
You've really now outdone yourselves
Burning lowly turning slowly
Roasting on the open fire
Chestnut body burning on a spit
I guess that's all there was to it
I guess that's all there was to it
I see you burning lightly on your spit
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Sammy Lee
02:45
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Sammy, Sammy Lee
Spins his arms
Turns a helicopter
Turns a bird
Which he says look like dinosaurs
Which we know don't roam the earth no more
Sammy, Sammy Lee
He was an owl face boy
Pants held up by one small hand, one small hand
But the aide, with the help of one big
One big man; one big man with a watch in his hand
Sammy, Sammy Lee
He runs the circle turns around
To run straight on, run straight on, run straight on, run straight on
Run til his small feet get sore
Run til he can't run no more
Run til he can't run no more
Sammy, Sammy Lee
He was too sweet for a word yeah he outgrew it
Like a tshirt, like an old friend
Like a dinosaur
Which we know don't roam the earth no more
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Lionheart
04:41
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See the lionheart
Burning gently on the ground
How it flips and flops
How it dances all around
And you say: Can it wait another day?
And you say: Can it wait another day?
Oh walking through brick walls
And waiting for phone calls
Watch it all fly as it circles the sky
With no sign of coming
Coming down down down on your head
And it's walking
And it's roaring
Oh that lion heart
As it lays there on the ground
And you say: Can it wait another day?
And you say: Can it wait another day?
Oh walking through brick walls
And waiting for phone calls
Watch it all fly as it circles the sky
With no sign of coming
Coming down down down on your head
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Ferris
05:52
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And they go round the ferris
Stretch higher and higher
Until the white season
Returns them to bone
And they go round the ferris
Stretch higher and higher
Until the big circle tells them to go home
And they shift and collide like two continents crashing
And they spin all around until they find home
And they go round the ferris
Stretch higher and higher
While the chairs sit in bounce and tilt in the air
And they go round the ferris
Stretch higher and higher
While they hang like a water cloud
Sitting still in their chairs
And they shift and collide like two continents crashing
And they spin all around until they find home
And they go round the ferris
Stretch higher and higher
Until the white season
Returns them to bone
And they go round the ferris
Stretch higher and higher
Until the big circle tells them to go home
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Mock turtle's happy only when he's thrown the lobster into the deep
And swam out in trousers into the sea
So what makes your eyebrow ease into a pleasant place?
It can't be such constant worry
So please put a penny in the old man's hat
Asleep on the stoop
He'll thank you when he wakes
And wonders what he's at
Little birds and little bats
Sometimes I wonder what you're at
Cheshire moon rises and smiles a bit then falls below
The harvest moon right with a golden glow
The winter moon's next, a silvery quiet one
The time keeps on ticking
A Timex on the mock turtle
So please put a penny in the old man's hat
Asleep on the stoop
He'll thank you when he wakes
And wonders what he's at
Little birds and little bats
Sometimes I wonder what you're at
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Disco bandicoot
03:40
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Lost of the lettered
02:47
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Oh say have you seen the lost of the lettered?
The loss of the silver screen
The loss of the father when
It swam across the sea
To the state of the stunted words
The smell of the burning food
The Dead: Tonight's feature
Oh say did you hear that the sound of their stunted words
Appeared to be oh so wise that they made them into pies
They stuck in their thumbs
Yelled boys! go get your guns
The fife struck a merry note
As ashes kissed ashes
Oh say did you feel the touch of their stunted words?
The smell of their cobwebs came closer and closer
North versus South
Killed brother killed sister
Smashed idols and eyes dulled
Was rolled away slowly
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The Construction Gals
04:26
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The construction gals were building an edifice
That would not tumble down
And as they added level to level
A crowd gathered round
Hey watch that now!
A blind man stumbled over bricks that were all strewn round
Hey watch that now!
This castle may shake down to the ground
The construction gals yelled out loud
They said:
Sometimes it's better to speak softly
Than to yell if a quake comes down
They said:
Sometimes it's better to yell loudly
If you let these walls all fall down
And the castle's moat was filled with bones of old old ghosts
And soldiers who had drowned
The construction gals they promised to remove all that
And turn things all around.
They said:
Sometimes it's better to speak softly
Than to yell if a quake comes down
They said:
Sometimes it's better to yell loudly
If you let these walls all fall down
The construction gals were building an edifice
That would not tumble down
And as they added level to level
A crowd gathered round
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The friend song
03:27
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Hey there, don't go so fast
Someone said that you should make the morning last
But since you left, don't worry your mind
We'll all be there in due time
And some say the party's best
When driving's fast the spirit's fresh
Dancing in a line
We'll all be there in due time
Ten soldiers, it's quiet below
Mr. Sandman walks along the trodden snow
The war is done and memory smooth as a lawn
But where have all the flowers gone?
And some say the party's best
When driving's fast the spirit's fresh
Dancing in a line
We'll all be there in due time
You're finally on your own
Now there's time to think slow
And since you went don't worry your mind
We'll all be there in due time
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12. |
RNA DNA
03:29
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True that replication is the best form of flattery
Seeing, wanting, mimicking that which you see
And try to duplicate this in yourself
Leaping grandly
Oh royale, DNA RNA hey hey
Oh royale, DNA RNA hey hey
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