1. |
The Bus Stop Waltz
03:44
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City gets dark at seven o'clock
Hazy black sky upon the sidewalk
Girls in long skirts and boys in worn shoes
Me and my boots are coming to you
Faded grey men with faded grey plans
Students with dreams tucked in books in their hands
Not really here they're lost in their heads
Feet made of ice and their eyelids are lead
Oh oh lost in the sight
If it weren't for you
I'd stay here all night
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2. |
Braids
03:27
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I could braid my hair for hours
Into plaits and rows of flowers
Threading strands of finished fibres
Growing like a graveyard
My head's a tiny graveyard
Sister I will braid your hair
And pull you sleepy up the stair
Your left hand's warm in my right
But we're both warmer than the night
In your pale green pajamas
In my pale pink pajamas
Talk until you fall asleep
I give your head a kiss to keep
Thinkin' about the day when you were born
I found you ugly, kinda boring
Your head bald as our fathers'
You got your laugh from our father
I slip into the cold
Too old for this I'm centuries old
Slip into the woods are near
The stars fit nicely in my ear
The trees grow like a graveyard
A very pretty graveyard
I SEE GRAVEYARDS EVERYWHERE
They're in the wood and in my hair
You might say my logic's weak
I know I've got a morbid streak
I see graveyards everywhere
They're in the wood and in my hair
But there's something lovely I find
'Bout people lying side by side
I call out to my sister
My braids they match my sister
Johnny Flynn said the people
In my head won't be there when you're dead
But if those people turn to hair
Then when you die you're both still there...
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3. |
High School
04:14
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4. |
Non mon cher
02:53
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Oh my dearest love
You've left me in the cold
I can't say the least
Time I felt so old
Oh my dearest love
I can't deny I love your smile
But damned if I do not tell
You make me miserable
Oh
Non min cher je ne veux pas...
Tous de mes doits...
Oh my dearest love
You have abandoned me
Funny how I always thought
It was me who was to be free
Oh
Non min cher je ne veux pas...
Tous de mes doits...
Non non non...
Non mon cher...
Je ne veux pas...
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5. |
My Best Friend
04:35
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You left me there
In the street
And you never looked
Back at me
I felt you were smiling
Though I couldn't see
'Cause you never looked
Back at me
You didn't want to defend
And tomorrow became my best friend
And I guess this is just the end
'Cause tomorrow is my best friend
Everything will be okay if not today
Then another day
Tomorrow's not so far away it's not today
It's not today
People run away just to feel the high
Hearing your opinion just makes me sigh
All I really wanted was a clean goodbye
Hearing your opinion just makes me sigh
Everything falls to pieces
Just give it a month you're not good enough
Everything falls to pieces
You didn't want to defend
(Everything will be okay if not today)
And tomorrow became my best friend
(Then another day)
And I guess this is just the end
(Tomorrow's not so far away it's not today)
'Cause tomorrow is my best friend
(It's not today)
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6. |
Johnny
03:44
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You said we were perfect
That we were worth it
I was June and you were Johnny
An airplane, a newspaper, call me
My time my time
Is a waste of yours
My time my time
I'm down down down into the ring of fire
I'm sinking lower but I'm feeling higher
I'm down down down into the ring of fire
I'm sinking lower but I'm feeling higher
Paradise isn't in your voice
Did you really think I had a choice?
My time my time
Was always a bore
My time my time
I always needed more
More...
You think you can chase the sunset?
You think you can chase the sunset?
Paradise wasn't in your voice
Did you really think I had a choice?
My time my time
Is a waste of yours
My time my time
Heartbreaks are chores
My time my time
Was always a bore
My time my time
I always needed more
Oh I was June and you were Johnny
An airplane, a newspaper, call me
I'm down down down into the ring of fire
I'm sinking lower but I'm feeling higher
I'm down down down into the ring of fire
I'm sinking lower but I'm feeling
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7. |
Street Lights
03:59
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I'm feeling the night on the highway
I like to watch the street lights
The ones with warm incandescents
That glow so softly
Like the stars in the sky they shine just for me
I know that that seems selfish
It's just that I know that bright lights shine
For those who look upon them
But somebody told me that the world's gone to shit
And in part he blamed the street lights
Y'know the ones that I love
Oh now what
I guess those inefficient bulbs should go
But damn I'll miss their feeling
Like a pathetic crush might miss
An unloving touch
It must be okay that the warm lights are going for good
Because I know that the warm lights are bad for our futures
Oh it's too bad that they're bad for our
Futures can be bright even without the warm lights
There's still the glow from the colours in our eyes
And the glow from that place that is far away
To keep us warm
Oh I often think that I shouldn't have let them go
But how was I supposed to know
That that place that's far away isn't real
Or it might as well not be
It must be okay that the warm lights are going for good
Because I know that the warm lights are bad for our futures
And I swear that I want what is best for our futures
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8. |
Interlude
01:04
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9. |
Edmund W. Burton
03:51
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So about 70-or-so years ago
This little young boy wanted to know
How to fly
Oh he had dreams to see
The highest point that could be
So he learned, he worked
And the world still turned
But some people
Out there hurt
So he went and was drafted first
And he asked
Why
Do we care
About going to where
They hurt, they hide
Oh captain why
"It's only fair
If someone cares
Why not us
We have a magic touch
Oh why not us"
So they worked, they hurt
And the world still turned
And he flew over the maps
He once drew
And he knew
He would not make it through
To the end
Just like his friends
Oh Why
Do we care
About going to where
They hurt, they hide
Oh captain why
Oh he tried as he might
But he couldn't make it through
And they cried
When they heard
Because oh it hurt
And the world still turned
Why
Do we care
About going to where
They kill, they hide
Oh Edmund why
Oh Edmund
Don't forget to say goodbye
When you fly
Higher than high...
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10. |
Tu m'avais trouvé
04:02
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On marhcent
Comme on marchent
On parlent
Comme on parlent
Et déjà
Je trouve
J'ai blesser
Mon petit pied
Ooo...
J'ai un caillou
Dans mon soulier
Ooo...
J'ai un caillou
Dans mon âme
Allors, nous sommes arrêtés
Vous êtes ennuiyé
Je veux témbrasser
Mais j'ai trop timide
Ooo...
J'ai un caillou
Dans mon soulier
Ooo...
J'ai un caillou
Dans mon âme
Ooo...
Tu m'avais trouvé...
Dans tes bras
Ooo...
J'ai un caillou
Dans mon soulier
Ooo...
J'ai un caillou
Dans mon âme
Âme...
Ooo...
J'ai un caillou
Dans mon soulier
Ooo...
J'ai un caillou
Dans mon âme
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11. |
Something About A Fence
03:14
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Smudged out mistakes
Busted old rakes
And words on a page
And what did I say
About sitting on the fence
Where we all have time to pretend?
I'll walk and take
For my own sake
Whatever I can
I'm sure that I said
Something about that fence
Where we always had time to pretend
Those silhouettes sing songs
They do no wrong
I mean, how could they?
Even if they're on the fence
Oh the fall's comin'
And we want a bigger yard
So we'll do renos again
And we'll knock down that fence
And we'll knock down that fence
We'll knock down that fence again
Out among the leaves
Piles as far as can see
Far too pretty to clean
And what did I say about those busted old rakes?
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The Strange and the Charming Edmonton, Alberta
We're three friends from Edmonton, Alberta. We're three folk musicians making our way through the brambles. We're three humans finding our spots in the noise. We spend a lot of time drinking tea and laughing in each others' arms.
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