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BROKEN GUARDRAILS
03:15
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I’ll take you with me when I go
Hold you deep in my soul
We’re about to set sail
You chase your own tail
It don’t tip the scales
We made our own jail
Broke all the guard rails
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MAYFLOWER
03:51
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Mayflower mayflower
Can you smell the roses from up in that tower
Can you hear the people coming back to take the power
We’re pushing back pushing back pushing back pushing back
Mayflower mayflower
Time to get grounded
You know what this sound is
Listen to the noise and feel your bloody heart pounding
Everybody’s grounded
Deafened by the loudness
Echoing inside of our heads and out in the mountains
Fountains spouting out dirty water
It’s hotter
But I can’t bother
The father mother and daughter son
At the top of the ladder
Tell me just which one is badder
Is it the viper or adder?
Compare me to a mad beast I get a little bit madder
Oh tell me what is the matter?
Did this metropolis shatter?
Did everyone go bananas
I’ll tell you just what the plan is
A mad dash for the finish
If you ain’t losing you’re winning
And while the world is spinning
While the clock is still ticking
Go ahead and check your opinions
Are you sure that you’re living
The life you wanna be living
Or is there somebody killing
Prescribing all of the pills
And sucking up all the billions
A diabolical villain
This is the life that you’re given
Empty out your mouth
Of all the doubts
Of all the doubts
Empty out your mouth
Of all the doubts
Mayflower mayflower
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DIAMONDS
05:33
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I ain’t asking for much
Just the whole world
A diamond won’t crack
So don’t give me a pearl
If you want to wear the crown
You’ve got to settle on down
I can see it
I believe it
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FISH CULTURE
03:27
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Check mate, baby
Maybe you hate me
You wanna be around me
But you wanna berate me
You could shower me with gifts
Or you could pull the plug
We all wanna be a winner
You should come join the club
You look at the face and don’t remember the name
some things they just never change
Some look different but they feel the same
Skipping like a record like an old refrain
I just act like it’s all fine
Nobody knows how to read my mind
Don’t look me in the eyes
Cuz that’s when you’ll realize
I don’t need a reason
To give up people-pleasing
It’s the end of the dry season
Here comes a really big wave
A big old fish caught a big old wave
Sailed on back to yesterday
Said all the things that it needed to say
Took a breath and swam away
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LIFE IN THE HERD
02:01
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On the banks of the river of time
Dipping toes
Water’s cold
And rushing like my mind
I stay out until the sun in the sky
Starts to dim
And life begins
I learned that it hurts
To live in the herd
And if you’re gonna make it
You take it slow
Oh no
If you feel defeated
And you want to go home
You’ve been cut to the bone
When the rest of the flock has flown
Do you know you could move the tides if you try?
The river never dries
Please live before you die
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LAUGH LINES
01:58
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I hope
I hope you know
That the laugh lines on your face
When you grow old
They are worth the price
Of your weight in gold
There’s still time
Stop and feel the sunshine
One day you’ll say goodbye
For now
Hold this
Moment
Know that I
I hope
I hope you know
That the laugh lines on your face
When you grow old
They are worth the price
Of your weight in gold
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PARADISE
03:39
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I say it all the time
I say I’m doing fine
When somewhere deep inside
I know that that’s not right
It’s the same old story
Wherever I go
I wonder what could cause me
To feel so low
It’s safer in my head
It’s safer to pretend
But maybe I am dead
And this is paradise
I’m talking about a place where life is always a breeze
Doing every little thing just as you please
Say “yes”
Say “no”
“I’ve got to roll”
Nobody gets salty if you say so
Don’t say sorry
At this party
It’s safer in my head
It’s safer to pretend
That maybe I am dead
And this is paradise
Baby take me, take me
Baby take me, take me
Baby take me, take me
Baby oh won’t you take me
Baby take me, take me
Baby take me, take me
Baby oh won’t you take me
Baby take me, take me
Baby take me, take me
Baby take me, take me
Baby oh won’t you take me
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NO AGE
04:49
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I used to know you
Are you still there?
And what you’ve been through
Well it’s not fair
So all this time
You were hiding out underground
Oh and now that you’ve been found
I smile, you don’t
Cuz sometimes it’s too much
You’re cradled in the crush
And you don’t know why
And so you try
You’d like to make amends
You drift off in the wind
And you haunt my mind
Like a sailor’s rhyme
I'll ask this nicely one more time
Don’t you want to?
Let’s sail away
To a different place
Won’t fade away
You know we got no age
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