1. |
Keep Waiting
03:12
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If I could change the world I'd start with myself
and then the rest would follow suit
if not give them the boot and I wish you well
how I wish you well
And when I'm on my way back home I feel small
meanwhile the wheels just keep on spinning
away from the beginning how I wish you'd call
how I wish you would call
I keep waiting
And as I click from station to station
hear the buzz of another nation that's growing tired
so I try and think of something to do
but I'm stuck here sat in a room that's caught on fire now
won't you here me say
won't you here me say
that I need you
I keep waiting
I keep waiting
Keep waiting
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2. |
D.I.D.
02:41
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Crack that can and drink it down
feel it burn as it goes down your throat
oh you know
Life is dull so drink it down
you're the king and everyone's a clown
I thought you'd know
Ooh you thought you were special now
I am here but you are gone
so I drink to drown it all away
just today
If you knew just how it felt
you'd crack one and then you'd be my queen
oh obscene
Ooh we thought we were special now
I'm obliterated
…incoherent...
All alone
all alone all alone
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3. |
Battleground
02:17
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This place is a battleground
just look around
there ain't nothin' left
It's about time I left this place
packed up my bags and head out west
So please stop you're lying now
it's about time you told the truth
but you and I keep going on
Oh and we make believe
that we can live in harmony
but we know it's just a vicious lie
And that's why I cried
I felt like I'd died
and that's why I cried
I felt like I died
We make believe
that we can live in harmony
but we knew it was another lie
And now you know why
I can't look in your eye's
and now you know why
I can't look in your eye's
and it's no surprise
Please stop your lying now
pack up your things and leave me be
stop all your lyin' now
why can't you see you're in too deep
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4. |
Headspace
03:09
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I'm in a messed up headspace today
no explanations for the reasons
no reasons for the explanations
I'll move on
And I'm busy dying while you're busy lying
I'm busy dying' while you're busy lying
My bones ache and my brain hurts
I know it's nonsense to go on like this
but what am I supposed to do
You can get busy living or get busy dying
get busy living or get busy dying
Please just stay a while
and let me see your smile
a simple thing I ask
oh please don't leave me now
Because I'm busy dying while you're busy living
I'm busy dying while you're busy living
I'm busy dying while you're busy living
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I saw them in the paint chips
they were growling and gnashing their teeth
they were walking on my carpet and flashing their eyes
I know what they want and I know exactly where it lies
They're monsters for monsters sake
they're monsters that know their fate
huge noses and rectangle eyes
I know it's me that they despise
I see them in the morning
and I see them when I leave
it's just silly game though people
so do not be deceived
Sometimes they're effective
and sometimes they are not
ah the trick here though is to not get caught
I've left the state
and it's been several years
still there are some lingering fears
Ah but that is all behind me
and spring is almost here
so here's to lying dormant
at least another year
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6. |
Ugly
02:02
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I met you in a ballroom
and then you left me
I couldn't keep the pain from my heart
I grasp at straws to reach you
but to no avail
and it just tears at the strings that you've tied
Everything is ugly in my eyes
but not you
I've been trolling through the bus stops
the whole world over
just trying to get a glimpse of you
And even though I'm hungry
and growing tired
I'll keep crawling till I find my prize
Everything is ugly in my eyes
but not you
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7. |
Cloud Cover
03:39
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Let's take a trip
just you and me
Where should we go
what should we see
Don't know about you
but I'm ready to go
Don't know about you
but I'm ready to leave
We'll let the moon
be our night light
We'll stare at the stars until the daylight
and let the clouds cover at night
and let the clouds cover at night
Your cloud
your cloud
your cloud cover
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8. |
(In The End) A Closing
03:23
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Just an ordinary day that I walk through in a haze
and I don't know where it is that I'm going
and I talk to God at least I try
and I don't know what it is that I'm saying
Everything comes to an end some day
don't push it further
you don't know which way you'll go
you could be high or you could be down low
you just don't know
I love my wife she's the best part of my life
so I don't know why I keep rambling
and she loves me
but she hates to see the way that I am living
Everything comes to an end some day
don't push it further
you don't know which way you'll go
you could be high or you could be down low
you just don't know
You just don't know
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9. |
Show Me How
04:29
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I've been gone for such a short time now
and it's been rough to keep you off my mind
and there's the tracks leading to the pitch black night
and I need out yeah I need something now
I want you to be there
And I've been out nowhere in particular
and I've been down to where the trees begin to rot
and I have seen all the things the world forgets
and I have known just what it is I need today
Won't you lead me out won't you take me down
Cos I'm a stranger now
With the big idea that I had to be here and stay
I had to be here and stay right by your side now
I had to be by you now
I thought I had to be with you
and now we know where I've gone
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10. |
Late Night T.V.
03:06
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It's time for me to go to bed and say goodnight
it's time for me to retire so please shut off the light
Don't give me your questions I just want to close my eyes
all the things you said to me that I despise close my eyes
What will the day bring? put it to rest
I'll put it to rest
All the things you said to me will float away
in a haze
Maybe a little late night T.V. will do me some good
but try another channel please if you would
understand the days have got to come to a close
nobody knows where everything has gone while you're away
I don't have time to listen as you mime what went on
So let it go and fall asleep
let it go and fall asleep
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Petras Detroit, Michigan
Petras is a multi instrumentalist singer-songwriter born in a suburb of Detroit blending indie, folk and rock with an appropriate measure of dissonance and nostalgia. Having spent time filling various musical roles for numerous bands from the Detroit and Chicago region, a solo record was gradually put together titled Pretty/Ugly and is now available here. ... more
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