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Cold Civil War
03:08
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If I learned anything good in school
It’s that everything comes back around
And when it all hits our prerogative
Is stacking up the wood on the side of the house
Handle in palm, bring her down strong
Haven’t we been here before?
Axe the axe to find out
We’re living in a cold civil war
Calling in the cattle
There’s a dog in a crimson cap
And over the fence the grass is green
And all of the sheep are black
Storming the barn, taking up arms
I know that you’ve heard it before
Read it and believe it
We’re living in a cold civil war
And I participate by making friends who feel the same
About the weather, about the state, about which term to terminate
About which rat will win the race
Bout who to love and who to
If learned anything good in school
It’s that sharing is caring, so dish it out
But now we’ve got it backwards
Put the horse behind the plow
I would like to raise a white flag
Put an end to keeping score
Start doing the dishes
And end the cold civil war
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2. |
Boy or Ghost
03:07
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I met a bird
When I was just seventeen
She told me something that I shouldn't know
But her secret's safe with me
And I've since been living a wonderful life
Cuz I know how I'm gonna die
It wasn't the bomb
It wasn't my lover although it was close
I might return as a boy or a ghost
Or I might just decompose
I wasn't a martyr
But I didn't die all alone
I cut the casket and I wrote the dirge
But I promise, mama, you go first
So I keep on living my wonderful life
Cuz I know how I'm gonna die
So don't worry baby
I promise that I'll say
Goodbye
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Yellow
03:21
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Told my honey not to worry
I won't let it crystallize before it sweetens every cup I take
And I made a promise to myself
That nothing bitter would ever enter my mouth
Cuz I've been sleeping naked
Wrapping up my body with a feather from a warbler that I know
And I made a promise to myself
That I'd never sleep nobody else
Only yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow
I am the morning baker
Lighting up the fire
And calling on the modern world to rise
For every sweet I offer penance
The zest, the juice, the lemon
It's so yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow
It' so yellow, yellow, yellow
It's what's believable, It's what conceivable, it's what's achievable
When I release all my perceived control
It's yellow for my body
It's yellow for every body that I know
If I get any older
I'll start driving slower, I'll pull over so I can read the signs
I'll stare at the pedestrians
And slow, I know, the go has past its prime
It's turned yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow
I've gone yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow
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Standin'
03:22
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Life looks good down the line
I feel it even when my pen is dry
It's taken me a moment to depend on you
And you still might be taking your time
But I don't mind tiptoeing carefully across the room
Just keep your eyes on mine
And if the world falls away like it's done before
We'll be standin' in the light
We will be standin' in the light
We will be standin' in the
Light turns on to expose
How everything I want I already know
Hush the little voice, trust the bigger choice
Trust that my body is an arrow and bow
And I don't mind if you're the center of my sight
Just keep your eyes on mine
And if the world falls away like it's done before
We'll be standin' in the light
We will be standin' in the light
We will be standin' in the
And for all the ways that I have failed you
I will give you a reason to believe
And a reason to breathe
And a reason to lean into me
You can lean into me
Looks good down the line
I feel it even when I'm not beside you
You've got a little corner of my everything
For takin' when you wanna come through
And I don't mind if it's only here or there
Just keep your eyes on mine
And if the world falls away like it's done before
We'll be standin' in the light
We will be standin' in the light
We will be standin' in the
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Friend
03:02
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Don't find me callous if I tell you how it is
Get me a pencil find yourself a place to sit
And I will draw for you from memory a portrait of my hand
Better learn to hold it if you're gonna be my friend
You put it next to me to check for proper shape
A radiologist you saw all my mistakes
And said that I should frame it in the nearest garbage can
Ava, you can't draw for shit but I'll still be your friend
So when the world ends I'll be laughing
Admit that I'd know nothing
If I didn't know you
If I didn't know all of you
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