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Heart and My Car
03:25
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I can’t help remembering the day
When you came home to stay
For summer vacation
My Malibu
Always cruising right beside you
Radio on you fell asleep in my arms
But I made one too many mistakes
Always pretending that everything was okay
My car had an overheated engine
I wouldn’t drive so you found
Someone else to take you driving
I lost my heart and my car
In all my lonely days I’ve nothing left to lose
Goodbye baby you’re driving me crazy
With the thought of someone else
Driving with you
She was out of my little league
Catching the wind out the window of my passenger seat
I held her close as my world turned mellow yellow
A couple years and we’d be happily together
But I made one too many mistakes
Always lazy waiting for another excuse
My car it was one year past inspection
I wouldn’t drive so she found someone else to take her driving
Let’s grab a beer when we get older
And laugh about all those days when we were younger when the world would spin us in any direction
You were holding my hand
In my little silver Chevy of love
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2. |
Revvin' My CJ-7
02:49
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It’s been a long year
As far as I can see
I could use a vacation
But I’ve gotta take care
Of my family
Wrapping up another hard work day
I’ve gotta get back home
So I shift into third gear
And I cruise out to my favorite songs
And still I don’t know why
I’m always putting up a fight
When I’m so damn tired
From working over time
If I can’t get into heaven
I best be revvin’ my Cj7
Ain’t that the life
Stepping into the morning
My sun glasses on
My heads a little weak from drinking
All of these nights are so long
If I can’t stay out of trouble
May be the death of me
But I was branded as a harmony rebel
With a tattoo at fifteen
And still I don’t know why
I’m always putting up a fight
When I’m so damn tired
From working over time
Well if I can’t get into heaven
I best be revvin’ my Cj7
Ain’t that the life
That keeps rolling me by
With two kids and a wife
My miss American pie
If I can’t get into heaven
I best be revvin’ my Cj7
Ain’t that the life
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3. |
Speaking Sonar
03:40
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I’ve gotta swim through
Give this a try
Dive off a free fall
Into the sky
My brains an urchin
My heart a stingray
I’ll sink beside you
Billow up off our feet
Arms round my shoulder
Brittle star weave
Out to the ocean
Life aboard a submarine
Well I’d really like to know you
But I find it hard
To go where you are when you speak in sonar
Days from the deep end
An echo off the ocean floor
I never thought that
We’d ever come this far
Chasing a jet stream
By the fin of a shark
Gone for the weekend
Batten down the hatches for a storm
Well I’ll dance beside you
Stick to the beat
Fossils in the city park
Got dolphins in my dreams
Bottom of the ocean
Samba sun on the ceiling
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4. |
Rockin' my Paw
02:45
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It’s my day
No ones gonna be bringing me down
Shovel me like a root to the ground
Cause I’m up in the clouds of my neighborhood
And my baby
Ya I’ve been treating her kind
Ya she gives me chills to the spine
As I climb up the vine
To kiss her goodnight
When everything has gone wrong
I lay around with my puppy dog
When everyone's got me crying
He runs away and I join him for the ride
You know it's my day
Ya I think that love conquers all
Ya I bet you think that I’m small
But I’ll be rockin’ my paw
On this electric guitar
How lovely
Works all done and I’m homeward bound
Dancing as the records spin round
And the suns slipping down
Cross my living room
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Candy Wrappers
03:12
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Well my love she vanished in the cool
August Moon way too soon
So I got up put on my warmest coat
Took a stroll September cold
Well I just can’t sit around here waiting
Waiting for her to get back home
So for now you’ll find me on the run
I’ve got no lemon drops no bubblegum
Candy candy candy candy Wrappers
Alone cloud the floor of my dirty room
Candy candy candy candy Wrappers
Alone brushing my teeth I clean up
And get my sweet tooth gone
When the sun just won’t shine on
I’ll be gone to yip and yell
And if the stars come falling from the night
I’ll ignite my ride and cruise
Well I just can’t sit around here waiting
Baking my s’mores up on the stove
I just can’t sit around and fake it anymore
No gummy bears left on my pillow
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6. |
Oh Dear
03:32
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I just can’t fake it no more
She sees right through me
Ain’t no star in a movie
A life caught in a mystery
And she’ll help me figure it out
Oh dear if there's one thing
I happen to wreck
It’s the one thing that I’ll forget
And just can’t get to at all
Oh dear if there's one thing
That I could pretend
It’s the light in the right time of day
Making me shine again
I’ve been waking early
To see her on her lunch break
But I’m never on time
And I ain’t got much money
But I’ve got plenty of sunshine
Spinning my dimes
Well spin it away with me one more day
Save my world with your super powers
Run your telekinetic waves on me
Spin it away spin it away spinning
Oh dear if there's one thing
I can’t seem to erase
It’s the smile left upon your face
As I say I’ll catch you tomorrow
Oh dear if there's one thing
That I could pretend
It’s the light in the right time of day
Making me shine again
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7. |
Seventeen
03:26
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Gone away as a wild wave
Ride high on the day
I’ve been away so long
It’s been nice getting to know you
Well as it seems I was seventeen
When I first let out on a bike ride
Hit the brakes, now I’m wide awake
Was it just a matter of time
A year ago
Can’t believe that I was spinning out of control
Gone away as a wild wave
Ride high on the day
Out on an ocean liner
It’s been hard seeing you go
Well as for me I was seventeen
When my first true love broke into my heart
Castaway where I’ve lived for days
On an island now drifting us apart
Still here I go
Best believe there's not a day I don’t look back on
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8. |
Life Ain't The Same
03:12
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Wake up
Jump outta bed
And I’m sneaking in
Always late for class
And now the bell rings
Dancing down the halls
And I’m feeling so fine
Weekend
Hitch up the road
By my best friend’s side
Licking sugar cubes and smiling
Real love dropped in like a car crash
How it hit me so hard
Things have changed
And I ain't never felt like this
In my life before
Things have changed
Life aint the same as it used to be
Michael
Hang up the phone
You know the cops are out there
Tappin’ to our zone and now
What’ve I gotten myself into
I’m feeling so high
Well too late
I started to smile
You know I’m feeling out there
Hanging on a tropical isle
With a pillow
Passed out on the front yard
How it hit me so hard
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9. |
Swingin' For The Fences
02:54
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A swing for the fences
Carving out my name
Hang a ten on the breezes
A little too deep to change
Well I will be here
I will be there
Stealing bases
Long before I realize I’m gone
Although I haven’t left home plate
In so long
That I begin to see
Days when all that I’d need’s
Still right here next to me
Loan wing lost in the garden
Red seams and sun on the dawn
The grass is looking greener
Growing wild without a care
What kind of jig bone dreamer’s
Never been one to take a dare
I will be here
And I will be there
Taking a lead off
To run from every chance I could wrong
And still I haven’t left home plate
In so long
That I begin to see
Days when all that I’d need’s
Still right here next to me
Loan wing lost in the garden
Moon rings, sand in my shoes
Songs I keep running back home to play
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10. |
Lovesick
02:38
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My sister says
I’m going out of my head
Jade she tells me
She’s playing games with ya kid
My best friends tell me
I’m gonna wind up dead
But I’m the only one
Who really understands
That I’m lovesick for you
And there's nothing anybody can do
Ya I’m lovesick for you
It’s like an old crush we used to have in school
When the teacher’d call the nurse on the intercom
We’ve gotta dizzy boy here with love goggles on
And now I can only see straight when I’m with you
I’m with you
My momma says
I gotta hold up my chin
My puppy tells me
I could use a friend
My uncle tells me
To join a rock-n-roll band
And write a little song
Break some hearts
And learn to be a man
But I’m lovesick for you
And there's nothing anybody can do
Ya I’m lovesick for you
And I’m running down a fever of a hundred and two
Well I will be here waiting
Calling everyone even the operator
I ain't got the flu
I'm just lovesick for you
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Long day
Heat wave
Out of trouble in the making
I’m let on the loose
Madre
Don't worry
It’s time I rock it
Love every minute
And make my move
What if I can’t get back
What if my heart leaps too high off the track
I’ve been gone as the thunder moon
Takes rise from my wasted youth
Summer nights fade a wild sunburn
Staying alive as the old wheels turn
Fast furious and wonderful
I tip my cap and watch the rip tide roll
Away I sing another tune
With no other place in time to lose
Heartache
Field day
Catching follies
Off the horizon
I wreck my ruin
Old bear
My hearts here
Struck by lightning
My days arriving
To make my move
What if I can’t get back
What if my heart leaps too high off the track
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12. |
Happy Camper
04:27
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Since you’ve been around
We’ve been living out the backseat of your car
Melted chocolate bars
A voodoo doll
And lost credit cards
Taking me out dancing
In a rocksteady dive
Twisting cross the floor
On view master slides
I have been such a happy camper
Forgot about my lonely home
Since you’ve been around
We’ve been stealing our own tickets to see the stars
In the baseball park
Swimming after dark
In our neighbors yard
Sleeping in all day long
Headed for a Rocky Mountain home
See you in dreams tonight
Of Honda bikes cross supernovas
I have been such a happy camper
Forgot about my lonely home
Happy campers
When we’re together
Like coins in a hamper
Life’s merry’ander
Happy campers
When we’re together
Lost in the banter
Life’s merry’ander
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