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1. |
The Love We Add Up To
03:51
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Plus you in the summer time
Times two cause you're always on mind
I don't want to tell
Will you tell me now?
tell me that your heart bends
tell me we’ll do this all again
that you’ll let this love begin
that you never play pretend
Plus you like all my friends
You make em laugh
You show you're listening
It's the little things that count
But I'm not counting them
Plus you in the summer sun
No games but somehow someone won
And I know we can't change from
adding up to one
So speak love with tender ends
Tell my mother and then tell me again
That this is
The love we add up to
(To)
I want you
What do you say?
You
I want you
What do you think?
At first I thought you were someone else
Someone shallow who'd put me on the shelf
Who'd put me out to dry
But you changed before my eyes
and my eyes see plenty things
they see you work, they see you try to be
a way for me to see
what you see in me
It's not simple
But it's not hard
I love your body and I love your open heart
I'm a hard nut to crack
But I broke months ago
You bring me something that I can't make
And we make something that they can't take away
Sure we do
It's the love we add up to
(To)
I want you
What do you say?
You
I want you
What do you think?
You
I want you
What do you think?
You
I want you
What do you think?
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2. |
Magic Year feat. MaLLy
02:11
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So many worries to be perfect where you lack
It can drive you mad, the number that you Curry on your back
Such a Warrior spirit, ignoring the critics, with every tick I’m feeling paranoid that I’m finished
Feel less important though, forced in a story role, coming out of store with clothes, like you 24 years old
Showing off with all you own, new car, bought a home, flexing when you hurtin’, underneath consumption’s cortisone
Food for thought, aye got the order wrong ayyo all in all, can’t take it with you in a casket, literally you all alone
For youth, throw a carnival and celebrate it daily, I’m selfless, love for other’s lives and hoping they breathe,
I’m still smiling, inner silence is a violin, music to my ears and equanimity’s a diamond,
Too old to be a man, and people thinking that you can’t cry, or popping up surprisingly and seeing that you ain’t died,
I’m living stressed, way less, been praying that my day’s stretch, desire for ascendance when I’m laid to rest, loosening my grip on if I’m making this date fresh, for Grandma’s hands, before she withers away yes,
Every King was never meant to be a Cavalier, I’d rather die of thirst before I have a beer, I got my own goals ain’t chasing after theirs, I’m 32 it’s such a magic year.
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3. |
See It Through
03:54
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Yeah I’m a face in the crowd
But the crowd’s thinning out
Are you changing your mind, your mind, your mind
are you sticking it out
Yeah, I’m a stick in the mud
But I like where I’m stuck
Are you changing your mind, your mind, your mind,
are you crying for help
The world’s full of good ideas
And bad advice
And `I want to give both to you
We can’t cut our losses,
might as well see it through
They know my name at the bars
But I don’t drink anymore
And if I’m changing my mind, my mind, my mind
Then I’ll change it with you
He called me angry as hell
Said i forgot who I was
And he could remind, remind, remind
But it’s nothing no more
The world’s full of good ideas
And bad advice
I want to give both to you
We can’t cut our losses,
might as well see it through
The world’s full of good ideas
And bad advice
I want to give both to you
We can’t cut our losses,
We might as well see it through
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4. |
Whole Damn Thing
02:54
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I, quit that a long time ago
But I still got a guy,
Do you need to get high?
And I, I got tired of seeing your face
So I drink somewhere else
And I drink by myself
Cause I don't need
another brush with defeat
I want the whole damn thing
I, I've been reading the books you left here
I know you bought em for fun
bookmarks on page one
did, you find a slate to wipe clean
a hatchet you hoped was sinking
and ground wouldn’t rise,
I don't need
another brush with defeat long pause)
I want the whole damn thing
the whole damn thing
(the whole damn thing)
I, I got tired of reading your mail,
So I changed your address
Then I sent my regrets
you, fit like an overpriced dress
desire so quick to regret
a first last cigarette
And I don't need
another brush with defeat
I want the whole damn thing
the whole damn thing
the whole damn thing
the whole damn thing
the whole damn
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5. |
Blizzard of the Month
02:55
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Ten minutes every day
He thinks about crying out to say
It hurts you went away
But it hurts less every day
Did he find a voice to listen to again
To play you off the stage or off the ledge
Did you play your part or did he play pretend
did you stay until the end?
From the day that he turned nine
Your dreams were occupied
By the fear that the fear inside
Was more than he could handle and was less than you would hide
And your substitute for confidence was best unutilized
And i don’t mind
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6. |
I'm A Rock
03:01
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You can talk you can talk
You can tell em what you want
Your hot air couldn’t blow
Two trombones
They way they tell it
You’ve been telling it
At least two ways
I keep those tombstone secrets to my grave
Well I’m a rock, I’m a rock, I’m a rock
No bend, no break, no we should talk
No way, no how I don’t know how
I’ll figure it out
I know what you look like
When the camera’s off
I’ve seen what you pass off
As respect
The way they tell it
They think you’re working hard
The way I tell it
I think you’re just cashing checks
Well I’m a rock, I’m a rock, I’m a rock
No bend, no break, no we should talk
No way, no how I don’t know how
I’ll figure it out
I’ll figure it out
I’ll figure it out
I’ll figure it out
Well I’m a rock, I’m a rock, I’m a rock
No bend, no break, no we should talk
No way, no how I don’t know how
I’ll figure it out
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7. |
How To Get Down
04:20
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before
A girl with all her toes glued to the floor
She’s got so much go
but she just don’t know
how to get down
she took a couple classes at the U
ballet, tap and modern 1 and 2
she’s got so much reach
but can they teach
how to get down?
You fall in love with heels over your head
Paint the town, but never paint it red
With love so real
You still can’t deal
With no get down
one night when you’re working out of town
conference done and lights start going out
the hotel band’s, boogie wonderland
and you get down
whiskey whiskey whiskey on the rocks
a stranger takes your steps as open spots
whatever song comes on,
she can sing along
and she can get down
the encore ends the bouncers start to prod
the dancers drink, the drinkers half applaud
you stayed too late,
you danced too long
but no get down
you find your room and start to brush your teeth
pour a drink and promptly fall asleep
you go home and know
you’re glad you don't
know how to get down
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I got what I wanted
Just not the feeling I expected I guess
You knock down all the walls
Now there’s nothing left to push against
Wrecking was a ball
And now it’s time to architect
Falling in love and acting young I lost the baby
A dozen years of fun, what a life, if you can take it
Under lights and with the haze machine running
Just count yourself lucky, if you can still count fingers after the concussions
Got numbers in my phone, of people I buried
A key to a car that I crashed, but still carry,
There’s no holding back, what you can you hold down
we were only kids then, but we’re old enough now
This is all for keeps, on the record,
Leave the motor running, show of hands and teeth, break the glass
Time to hit the button, this is what we made our lives
We’re not on the way
We’ve arrived.
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9. |
Achilles
04:14
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i’m bad at leaving messages
but i know you know whose voice this is
why’d you leave me like you did
i know i broke your heart a couple times
that’s one less than you broke mine
why’d you leave me like you did
i hope your dancing shoes refuse to fit
because i hate who you go dancing with
why’d you leave me like you did
it’s a big town with tiny streets
never know who you’re about to meet
why’d you meet him when you did
They say revenge tastes sweet
but I filled up on your defeats
looks like you’ll still, get the best of me
i hope they stop making the beer you like
even though you’ll find a different vice
i wish you couldn’t stop drinking me
They say revenge tastes sweet
but I filled up on your defeats
looks like you’ll still, get the best of me
and when you start counting on someone else
i know you’ll come to disappoint yourself
they held your heels out of the pool
but if you learn to love in real time
don’t let your heart change your mind
i hope you grow into somebody new
They say revenge tastes sweet
but I filled up on your defeats
looks like you’ll still, get the best of me
looks like you’ll still, get the best of me
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10. |
Tell On You
03:59
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it’s true
but it doesn’t bother me
she only counts the cards when the bets against me
we endured
sisters in the smallest town
she only builds me up
when i break her down
if there’s a lesson to be learned
i’m not sure what it is
but i know we didn’t learn it
when the other kids did
and if you found love
i hope you showed it too
what will you tell the truth
when it tells on you
what will you tell the truth
when it tells on you
reserved
her secrets make both us weak
she only starts to drink when she tastes defeat
and you said
she made up your mind
you’re both going to chicago but you’re taking your time
if there’s a lesson to be learned
i’m not sure what it is
but i know we didn’t learn it
when the other kids did
and if you found love
i hope you showed it too
what will you tell the truth
when it tells on you
with her
staying here’s too hard
she’s calling up a cab before they run your card
and she says
something so plain it stings
never count your blessings if your betting on me
if there’s a lesson to be learned
i’m not sure what it is
but i know we didn’t learn it
when the other kids did
and if you found love
i hope you showed it too
what will you tell the truth
when it tells on you
what will you tell the truth
when it tells on you
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11. |
Grand Marais
03:26
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It’s a given that time has changed us
For the worse
There’s much more on the line
You won’t trade love for landlocked
Or late for never
Or me for her it’s fine
What a change of pace
Or of direction
From the days i caught your eyes
Somebody take the keys
He’s had too much
And frankly so have i
But if the moon travels side by side
With the planet that were planted on
I could waste away half my days
Wondering where we went wrong
And if we spent our summers way up north
But always lived three cabins away
I’ll drive under every overpass
To see you in Grand Marais
They don’t lock the doors here
They don’t have keys
But there’s nothing they can’t hide
They can tell homes from houses
Tips from tourists
Faces from behind
You can be anything
You put your mind to
Except for over me
We can bet on every racehorse
In every racetrack
And never get lucky
But if the moon travels side by side
With the planet that were planted on
I could waste away half my days
Wondering where we went wrong
And if we spent our summers way up north
But always lived three cabins away
I’ll drive under every overpass
To see you in Grand Marais
But if the moon travels side by side
With the planet that were planted on
I could waste away half my days
Wondering where we went wrong
And if we spent our summers way up north
But always lived three cabins away
I’ll drive under every overpass
To see you in Grand Marais
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Twinkie Jiggles Broken Orchestra Saint Paul, Minnesota
Sean McPherson is an accomplished accomplice. He plays bass for Heiruspecs. He is a host on The Current, Purple Current and MPR News. He is the co-founder of Trivia Mafia, the best trivia company in Minnesota. He lives in St. Paul, works in St. Paul but also likes Roseville. ... more
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