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Petty Breakman
01:03
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Well I’m down here in the Valley
Beneath volcanoes of debt
They say Heaven hangs so high above
But the light hasn’t reached me yet
You say I’m just a petty Breakman
You say it’s a Conductor that you want
But don’t you know the Conductor just leads you on
And only the Breakman can get you off
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Vaguely Amused
01:22
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Well I sat down to write you a letter
And put down what I have in my heart
I tried again and again
With a paper and pen
I got a wastebasket full
Of unworthy starts
So I leaned back and turned on the T.V.
And I starred at the flicking lights
I watched a show or two
I was vaguely amused
And then I undressed and turned myself
In for the night
I’m pretty sure I didn’t dream nothing
Or if I did, I just can’t recall
And as I got out of bed
I had nothing in my head
Or if I did, it wasn’t important at all
I don’t think of you very often
Some days I do, and some days I don’t
And if you ask if I will
Try to write to you again still
Maybe I will . . .
Then again, maybe I wont
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The Ballad of Yes and No
00:17
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Woah, oh, oh.
Yes?
No.
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Drunk in the Kitchen
00:53
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I’m getting drunk in the kitchen darling
I sneak them in where nobody sees
Where my thoughts are as filthy as the dishes
And the oven’s as hollow as me
We’ll I need money, like a baker kneads dough
Don’t the fridge and the freezer make a lovely combo?
I’m getting drunk in the kitchen darling
I wish you’d just let me be
Or else, come get drunk with me!
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Cigarette Girl
00:38
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Well, you just missed
The Cigarette Girl
I don’t believe she’ll be coming round again
They say smoke ‘em while you got ‘em
They say you got to get ‘em while you can
But come this time tomorrow
She won’t be lugging her tray around
She’s packing up her uniform
Nobody will be flagging her down
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6. |
Time Capsule
00:35
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My heart is like a paper towel
Being wrung like a bell
You can’t have a word without a vowel
(Daddy? Would you like to put something . . .?)
You can’t have a curse without a spell
(Daddy? Would you like to put something in my time capsule?)
Yes, I would.
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Merry Andrew
01:35
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Come listen to my story
I’ll tell you no lie
How a Merry Andrew conquered
From the top of the Great Divide
He shouted from the mountain
Each channel amplified
And it echoed through the country
From the top of the Great Divide
He saw the wounds of the people
And he tore them open wide
Torn like the snow that’s melting
At the top of the Great Divide
From the peak of the mountain
Some go left, and some go right
But some toil on the ridgeline
At the top of the Great Divide
Merry Andrew, Merry Andrew
Won’t you tell me your mind?
Do you intend to rule from
The top of the Great Divide?
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I tell you this, my only son
For you are old enough now to know
There is only sky above you
And only earth below
And I send you out past the horizon
Past these estuaries of love and hate
On a boat just big enough for one
Through the seas of chance to the shores of fate
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Typical Week
00:54
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Monday, magnificent, Monday
I bask in the glory of the light
But by the time Tuesday comes
I’m just a regular bum
Don’t give a dam what’s wrong
Don’t give a dam what’s right
And Wednesday I feel pain so deeply
But Thursday I just turn a blind eye
And you know I can’t recall
Friday or Saturday at all
But come Sunday . . .
Come Sunday . . .
Come Sunday I’m ready to die.
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10. |
Wedding Song
01:33
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Wedding Song
Picked up a Quarter from the floor
Of my own house
And felt so lucky
Turned on the Radio and listened
To the traffic and the weather
Sunny day, seventy-five
Highways clear as the sky
So I dug out my best suit
A perfect day for a wedding
Let us renew the vows between
Coincidence and premonition
Let us renew the vows between
Evidence and intuition
Let us renew the vows between
Scientist and politician
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Shy Crooner New York, New York
Shy Crooner is a songwriter based in New York City. He is best known for his songwriting collaborations with Edwin Duke in The Crooner & Duke Revue.
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