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1. |
Sam & Diane
03:48
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Tried to sleep with the TV on
But it was the one that I can't turn off
Sam and Diane get together again
But they part in the end
I hate that ending
I think that I get what you meant
I still can't sleep and I don't like how we left it
It's my luck that you're still wide awake
And I know without a word
That you're probably on your way
You came in with your head held down
And I could see the worry on your chin like a facemask
I think it's strange how you don't talk back
Like you ended the discussion in your head with a comeback
If it's easier to stay at my place
We can move to the sofa and remember how the dance goes
Where you refuse to let the night die quiet
And the morning is a hurry getting tangled in your work clothes
That's just how it goes
[verse 2]
Then it's summer again
I wonder which part of the globe
Is getting over you
I'm doing my best back at home
I wonder if you know
I sleep chained up to the phone
Then you're home again
And I don't even lock the door anymore
You can come and go as you please
And we'll keep up the dance
Til your mother needs you home for Christmas
Yeah, I'll see you in the springtime
[Chorus]
I don't think this is how love works
But we're beautiful and young
So we can let a little time go [x2]
I think that if we're meant to die together
And we can't see it now
We might never see it, ever [x2]
[bridge]
And that's just how it goes
I keep the door open
Hoping that you'll use it to go
And you can't come back, no
You can't come back again
[final Chorus]
I feel kinda over it
If we're gonna die together then I don't wanna know [x a lot]
(laugh track)
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2. |
Love Will Set You Free.
03:24
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I get so depressive
and can’t get out of bed when I hear you in the kitchen
‘cause you, you’ll have more to say
about all your thoughts and worries
surrounding my condition
I can understand it
I know that it’s hard to be happy in my presence
but you, you won’t let it go
and I think I’m getting more
indecisive by the second
[pre-chorus]
and you think I should talk to somebody
‘cause you’ve been reading about it
at the end of the day we’re never gonna talk about it
[chorus]
I give in to pressure when the weather gets cold
and my fingertips are frozen, and you
you’re falling apart over lists of my faults
that are out of my control
love will set you free, but it’ll hold you tight
there’s only so many times you can listen
to the same bad story before you lose your mind
and i’ve been hearing voices pushing me to tell you
I’ve been thinking of leaving
for a really long time
[pre-chorus]
[chorus]
[outro]
i get so depressive, baby
and it holds me tight
you’re falling apart
and it holds me tight
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3. |
What Does It Take?
02:26
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barely left the house before the day started breaking
you make it to the train but then you hear it’s running late
thousand bucks a month to keep your pillow off the pavement
when’s it gonna work? when’s it gonna break?
what does it take to be wanted?
what does it take to live a little bit?
twenty-something years and still nobody really wants you
save for all your family and a couple lonely friends
looking back, it feels like you’ve been working for this moment
now that it’s arrived, you’re wondering when it’s gonna end
let the water in the shower turn to freezing
listening to Ira just to help you fall asleep
wonder if the privilege in your poverty has meaning?
or if you’re another number dying in the heat?
you deserve the struggle
you asked for the change
you’re dying slow in Brooklyn
it gets harder every day
what does it take to be wanted?
what does it take to live a little bit?
what does it take to be wanted?
what does it take to get ahead of it?
what does it take?
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4. |
Goldblum
00:29
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oh, oh it's recording
uh, hi, uh, hi this is Jeff Goldblum
hey, thank you so much for listening to
Brother Moses
that's Brother Moses
thank you so much
*put your little hand in mine*
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5. |
Someone Make It Stop!
03:33
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in the park at night, the same place that I learned to drive
decided I was cutting ties, and never came to say goodbye
and it seems true of fate that I should move on Mother’s Day
crying in the parking lot
Jesus, someone, make it stop
was it all that you wanted and then some?
you couldn’t leave ‘em at all, if you tried to
at the party, see her glance
bought her drinks to make amends
let’s forget about the time we spent waking up in stranger’s beds
that was in a different life, before we knew the bounds of time
that hurries on and never stops
Jesus, someone, make it stop
and my brother, he’s old now
he doesn’t cling to my hand like he used to
so I wonder, have I sold out?
have I wasted all the moments we’re reduced to?
was it all that you wanted and then some?
you couldn’t leave ‘em at all, if you tried to
this is all that i want ‘til my time comes
I never want it to end, but it has to
so are you old now? did you wise up?
did you see it doesn’t turn out like you hoped for?
I’m old now, and I’ve dried up
that feeling that it turns out like you’d hoped for
I want to live just long enough to miss the minute that you die
Want to live in repetition ‘til like Bill I get it right
And I’ll see you at the finish line and you’ll hobble over
the angry curses, ugly cries and lies all cobbled over
time goes on, the curses, cries and lies get cobbled over
was it all that you wanted and then some?
you couldn’t leave ‘em at all, if you tried to
this is all that i want ‘til my time comes
I never want it to end, but it has to
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6. |
Bathroom Floor
04:11
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That was not a conversation
That was you just spilling your guts
and you’re stumbling backwards
Over your own words again
You know I had my suspicions
They were confirmed in an instant
Last night I slept on the bathroom floor
And I’d been trying to listen
Been keeping up with the dishes
Those gestures have no meaning anymore
That was not a conversation
That was you just spilling your guts
And you’re stumbling backwards
Over your own words again
This is not a confrontation
This is me just calling your bluff
As if it could help at all
so you wanted to meet up
First time we spoke in months
I faked it like a regular person
I tolerated you at coffee
I kind of let you push me over
It felt a little too familiar
at once what pushes me away
and pulls me in
That was not a conversation
That was you just spilling your guts
And you’re stumbling backwards
Over your own words again
This is not a confrontation
This is me just calling your bluff
As if it could help at all
I guess if I’m gonna leave then I’ve got to tell the truth
Not total honesty, just make my peace with you
Seems like what you need, I could never give to you
After what you’ve said, I’m glad you cut me loose
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7. |
You Don't Get To Choose
04:08
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I’m done being vague about falling in love
When I sing the word “you”
I want em to know who I’m talking to
She broke my heart but it wasn’t her fault
Cause you don’t get to choose...
who loves you
I hit every green light driving from the city back to New Jersey
I guess they didn’t want me to stay
Living in close proximity makes you want to reach out to former flames
But I’ll be across the Hudson keepin away
Cause I fell in love with her once and I would do it again
I fell in love with her once and I would do it again
I’m done wasting away in that apartment with half a months rent to my name
I gave up my youth for a careless pursuit
now I’m wondering if my motives have changed
Night after night I spin through the suburbs
the parkway knows my name
I’m talking to strangers and pretending you don’t live
a couple of miles away
Cause I fell in love with her once and I would do it again
I fell in love with her once and I would do it again
I fell in love with her once and I would do it again
I fell in love with her once and I would do it again
Night after night I keep having the same dream
She sits next to me on the train
Takes my hand between her fingers stares at the wall and explains…
You don’t get to choose who loves you
You don’t get to choose who loves you
There’s no in the city who could ever stand above you
You don’t get to choose who loves you
Cause I fell in love with her once and I would do it again
I fell in love with her once and I would do it again
I fell in love with her once and I would do it again
I fell in love with her once and I would do it again
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8. |
How Many Years?
06:26
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Come and meet me at my old apartment
Boxes on the floor
I’ve been waiting all night for you
Come on I’ve been waiting all night for you
I know you don’t believe me
But this is where I saw you for the first time
And that was when I knew
I had been waiting all my life for you
Uh huh…
Uh huh…
Uh huh…
Uh huh...
Now you’re at the airport drinking coffee
Waiting for your plane, leaving me behind
For a new set of streets to memorize
New bed and sheets and carpet and tile
I’m still packing my things
Trying to catch you before it leaves
Running through the door
Every red light, there’s no time to wait around
I need you now!
Uh huh…
Uh huh…
Now I’m panicking in the back of an expensive car
Out past the bridge, I can see the planes
Are you in the gate with your headphones on
Are you in the cabin and you’re nodding off
I can’t live in this city without you
I wouldn’t know where to go to escape
I can’t sleep in that bed without you
I can’t move through each boring day
I’ve been thinking about how our days are numbered
There’s no other way they could ever be spent
If you got room I could follow behind you
Figure out a new way to pay the rent
Uh huh…
Uh huh…
Uh huh…
Uh huh…
I have realized I will need you my whole life
You were a dream
That I’d hold onto
Wake up sweating out a lot of the pain
I wanted to live but I couldn’t find a way
I’d stopped thinking things would ever change
I saw you in the elevator, asked for your name
It echoes in my head still today
Your voice bounces off every corner of my brain
What could I do with my days?
There’s no other way I could spend my days
What else could I do with my days
What could I do with my days
There’s only so many summers that we get with each other
How many of those do you think we’ve got left?
There’s only so many years that we get with each other
How many of those do you think we’ve got left?
There’s only so many summers that we get with each other
How many of those do you think we’ve got left?
There’s only so many years that we get with each other
How many of those do you think we’ve got left? (x16)
How many times do I get to come home to you
How many nights with your head on my chest
I want to shake myself by the shoulders
Scream in my face till I run out of breath
Sayin how many years do you think we’ve got left?
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