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Midwest Telegram
04:08
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i feel them all slipping away
what's the use in writing if there's no-one to read
i press my face upon the floor
those cold dark tiles make me want more
so i sit down to compose my thoughts
in a present tense, my pen has taught me
how to live and how to walk
how to write and how to talk
it's my midwest telegram
it's the story that i sent my friends
it's my midwest telegram
the thing i read back years from now
months from then, united again
i'm finally feeling like i have a purpose
months with them, it's limited
squeeze out the last parts of our pain
(cause) they're just words
they're just words
they’re just words
you don't have to make it so complicated
it's my midwest telegram
it's the story that i sent my friends
it's my midwest telegram
the thing i read back years from now
it's my midwest telegram
it's the story that i sent my friends
it's my midwest telegram
the thing i read back years from now
it's my midwest telegram
it's my midwest telegram
it's my midwest telegram
it's my midwest telegram
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Suburban Misery
04:20
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working for the summer got a brand new job
i see my dad out the window he's
mowing the lawn
if this is paradise why does it hurt so
much
i want a cure for my suburban misery
want to be a part of this new century
wash out of my old life
i want to live again
heads or tails
it’s heads or tails
i hit the gas and im revving the engine
a drunk memory of gliding the highway
please sober up so you dont fall of the rails
i want a cure for my suburban misery
want to be a part of this new century
wash out of my old life, i want to live again
it's heads or tails
it's heads or tails
theyve outgrown me
theyve outgrown me
all my friends
theyve outgrown me
i want a cure for my suburban misery
want to be a part of this new century
wash out of my old life
i want to live again
it's heads or tails
it's heads or tails
theyve outgrown me
theyve outgrown me
theyve outgrown me
theyve outgrown me
theyve outgrown me
theyve outgrown me
theyve outgrown me
theyve outgrown me
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I remember long walks in the park
All it took to fall in love was light conversation
How you threw your head back when you laughed
And how you’d stumble over words when frustrated
Where did you go -oh -oh
That girl with the dark purple hair
Did you even know - ow -ow
How much you made me care
Do you remember
When we felt alive
When we danced to songs that
only we knew
In late september
How we survived
When you kissed me
And I felt see through
woo!
In your trashy car, with that busted stereo
we flew down highway 69 with the windows wide open
We listened to your favorite songs way to loud
We sang together, you let your hair out
Where did you go -oh -oh
That girl with the dark purple hair
Did you even know - ow -ow
How much you made me care
And I’m so sorry I couldn't see past your smile
That being said you were gone for quite a while
And when I heard from you you only told me you were leaving
I couldn't muster up the courage to say goodbye
Do you remember
When we felt alive
When we danced to songs that
only we knew
In late september
How we survived
When you kissed me
And I felt see through
woo!
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American Spirit Blues
04:27
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She called them conversation cigarettes
Blue smoke rising from the tips
It was the same night I became a prostitute
Confessed over conversation cigarettes
I’m suffering from American Spirit Blues
Eagles near the filter that keep me too subdued
I’m suffering from the American Spirit Blues
Looking for salvation in my church pew
I’m suffering from the American Spirit Blues
Drinking Budweiser just to forget the news
Holes in my friends apartment walls
And blame it on the American Spirit Blues
I don’t have to do this by myself
I know that everyone feels them too
The unshakeable isolation I felt
Suffering From the American Spirit Blues
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Scurvy Song
03:17
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i havent showered in a hundred years
now im in the car and feeling weird
what happened to us?
What happened to us
I only eat fruit when im with you
its been a while since ive been with you
and now i have scurvy
and now i have scurvy
i only play guitar when im with you
all my songs used to be about you
but now theyre all blue
but now theyre all blue
i havent brushed my teeth in a couple of weeks
my enamel is getting weak
my teeth are all yellow
(it actually hurts to eat)
my teeth are all yellow
your picture's still saved on my screen
i think about you at least once a week
now i cry myself to sleep
now i cry myself to sleep
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