Mercer & Bleaker

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1.
Mercer & Bleecker 03:05
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It was July there on Mercer and Bleecker It rained on my new high top sneakers Baby I'm a sucker for those round glasses You're a sucker for NYU tee shirts Even though we made for a manic twosome December winds did grow ever more gruesome You kept me warmer than a Summer in Tucson Even with my two soaked canvas shoes on I was wearing a button down and a sunburn There were no stones there left unturned Manhattan beaches made for a holiday How am I supposed to pretend like you're not faraway when you are Seat in the upright position I didn't know what I was missin' I got dangerously high at a party But Felix told me that that party was bitchin' I tried to kiss you but you turned away I tried to kiss you but you turned away I tried to kiss you but you turned away I tried to kiss you but you turned away I was wearing a button down and a sunburn There were no stones there left unturned Manhattan beaches made for a holiday How am I supposed to pretend like you're not faraway I tried to kiss you but you turned away I tried to kiss you but you turned away I tried to kiss you but you turned away I tried to kiss you I tried to kiss you I tried to kiss you I was wearing a button down and a sunburn I was applying to be another unpaid intern Every day was the same but I swore that I loved it How am I supposed to pretend like I'm so well adjusted when I'm not
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Dwarf Planet 03:05
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Lost in a haze Feeling some kind of way I'm in love with you still In love with you still In love with you still I never thought that I Would go in for the kill In love with you still And in for the kill Did loving me burn Did Sisyphus learn Not to die on that hill Classify me as something different Separate from what I used to think and Am I just your dwarf planet, love? I used to be the real thing and Am I just your dwarf planet? Am I just your dwarf planet? Am I just your dwarf planet? Am I just your Minutes to days In an endless malaise I'm in love with you still In love with you still I found a way back home But you lacked all the will In love with you still You lacked all the will Days into nights Were astronomers right To ban me from their ilk? Classify me as something different Separate from what I used to think and Am I just your dwarf planet, love? I used to be the real thing and Am I just your dwarf planet? Am I just your dwarf planet? Am I just your dwarf planet? Am I just your Am I just your dwarf planet? Am I just your dwarf planet? Am I just your dwarf planet? Am I just your
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Jay Leno 03:34
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I saw Leno eat pancakes And fuck he looked lonely Just like everyone I know You said that you'd reach out You never called me You never called me Try reflexology Overhaul all of me My head connects to my big toe Wait for the first time Borrowed or earned time Tell me something I don't know Suction cup out the toxins They even took walk-ins I'm too old to be young and restless The world's so much wider Than North Carolina But we're talk show hosts eating breakfast We're talk show hosts eating breakfast Some online creator I never heard of Assumed I was a fan So I pretended Starstruck for a minute Saw an out and then I ran Are we just the same guys Under the same guise Screaming into voids to be denied Watching weight for the first Borrowed or earned time If Leno eats pancakes Why shouldn't I Still got a lot to learn I guess Learned my toes carry so much stress I got you postcards in London I never did get your address You never gave me your address Oh Suction cup out the toxins They even took walk-ins Too old to be young and restless The world's so much wider Than North Carolina But we're talk show hosts eating breakfast We're talk show hosts eating breakfast We're talk show hosts eating breakfast Oh I saw Leno eat pancakes And fuck he looked lonely
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Fix Me 03:44
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All of the things that I believe They're going down in flames now All of the things that I believe They're going down in flames now You ask why and I don't think about it It being us and us no longer a thing I try and try I just can't understand it Feeling love's inevitable sting You've got the right to hurt right now You've got the right to hate me You say you're better off now You say you're better off I've got to figure myself out Got to try and fix me You say you're better off now Just go ahead and sign that lease And leave me forever All of you and my old friends They're throwing me in flames now You ask why and I don't think about it It being us and us no longer a thing I try and try I just can't understand it Feeling love's inevitable sting You've got the right to hurt right now You've got the right to hate me You say you're better off now You say you're better off I've got to figure myself out Got to try and fix me You say you're better off now You're such a good friend That's why I have to break your heart Take my love and take my life All my friends with no goodbyes Take my love and make me cry All my friends with no goodbyes Take my love and make me die All my friends with no goodbyes Goodbye
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Water Signs 02:58
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I'd never seen anyone in their underwear before I'd never stuck around to see what's under there for sure But Ava used to tell it like it is Said there's more to life than wives and kids But I'd never seen anybody else in their underwear An American flag and string lights on a conifer An American dream in a town full of commoners But Ava always made it crystal clear Romance only lasts a fiscal year But I'd never really tried to just be myself before In dire straights on my flight Who's gonna love me in the middle of the night Got off the plane only to find Ava's still raising cain in my mind she Replies I'm such a water sign I don't even know what that means Don't try if you're seeking dollar signs You can't make a living off dreams But oh my love is a fever I'll love her still then I'll leave her she Replies I'm such a water sign Fish don't have a say in these things anyway I'd never seen anyone in their underwear before A decade later and now I'm too cool to care and poor But bloodied and bruised I stagger on And when all my stab wounds are gone I'll forget the pain and remember the reason I swam ashore Oh my God I know I can take it I can hear her words in my head She replies I'm such a water sign I don't even know what that means Don't try if you're seeking dollar signs You can't make a living off dreams But oh my love is a fever I'll love her still then I'll leave her she Replies I'm such a water sign Fish don't have a say in these things anyway
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Backwards 4 Fun 02:39
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Backwards for fun Ride share with Bezos the Hun The doctor says "This all used to be trees" We don't even care to look up Backwards for fun Legacy of the King Tut Exploit the shell of a human being So somebody makes a quick buck Big storm, pitchfork Screaming at a picture of a lit torch Bible thumpers All just a bit more Than I wanted We're all going back It's so nice to be back Backwards for fun We're all going backwards for fun There's no progress is in the forecast We're all going back to square one Backwards for fun No time for passionate sons You all doth protest too much All of this must be undone Yes it all must be undone Yes it Backwards for free A court mandated luxury To not think of how it could be When a book tells you how to feel and to think Broken home, mobile phone Gather troopers til you don't feel all alone Silly truthers There is no open road Just the losers You're all going back It's so nice to be Backwards for fun They're chasing you better run There's no time to think ahead When your head is already shattered and shunned It's just you versus us Don't think what there is to be done Shift your hearse back into reverse And just go backwards for fun Backwards for fun We're all going backwards for fun There's no progress is in the forecast We're all going back to square one Backwards for fun They're chasing you better run You all doth protest too much All of this must be undone Yes it must be undone Yes it Backwards for free A court mandated luxury Waste all the years but now perfectly clear It's backwards for you and not me
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LAundromat 02:31
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LA's not much of a view Bitter thoughts bitter thoughts They're best kept a secret Success ain't following you Better thoughts better thoughts They're just out of reach it's Enough to give you a panic attack-ack-ack Enough to give you a A City ripe to pollute Dry heat and Summer smoke Bake me to pieces We're lost with nothing to lose Except that first month's deposit for Breaking our leases You're a noose, You're old news You're unused to loving like we used to You're too afraid to be wrong and that's what's wrong with that Take dirty looks that you gave me to the laundromat You're too afraid that you'll fail and that's self sabotage Once all that weight's off your back you'll need a back massage Breathing smoke isn't great for an asthmatic My lungs are stuck in traffic I'd rather just not have it All the stars in the sky wouldn't employ me I'd eat my weight in soy meat Those rich kids would destroy me LA's not much of a home Bitter thoughts bitter thoughts Are best kept a secret I've got me some dreams of my own Better thoughts better thoughts They're just out of reach, kid You're too afraid to be wrong and that's what's wrong with that Take dirty looks that you gave me to the laundromat You're too afraid that you'll fail and that's self sabotage Once all that weight's off your back you'll need a back massage You're terrified that you'll fail you poor unhappy soul Keep taking shots at my face behind your grassy knoll You're so afraid that you go off like a firecracker Once you pull your head down from there you'll need a chiropractor
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Kafka at Parties 03:30
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Cream soda in my cup all night but I'll say that it's malt scotch Brushed my hair to the side my damn cowlick always looks like a bald spot Anne kissed me on the mouth and now I just taste like her vodka Now I'm crawling the walls like a bug just call me Franz Kafka Arts kids post postmodernity Impressive how these alcoholics all earn degrees Been this way since their mascot wall Colonel Lee I flipped the number three and founded a fraternity so No slowing down until My GPA has been deflated Or until my folks tell me my Best damn years have all been wasted Freshman girls that don't know better Hungover in my nine A.M. but see Kafka would not sleep with strangers He'd turn into that mite again He'd turn into that mite again He'd turn into that mite again I'm thinking that I might again I stepped outside and was jumped by cigarette smoke On my back in the backyard hoping nobody else knows Don't want to grow older but I do not want to die soon Don't want to be a shoulder for some drunk girl to lie to Arts kids post postmodernity Impressive how these alcoholics all earn degrees Statue on campus still Colonel Lee Flipped the number three and founded a You get it No slowing down until My GPA has been deflated Or until my folks tell me my Best damn years have all been wasted Freshman girls that don't know better Hungover in my nine A.M. but see Kafka would not sleep with strangers He'd turn into that mite again He'd turn into that mite again He'd turn into that mite again I'm thinking that I might again No slowing down until My GPA has been deflated Or until my folks tell me my Best damn years have all been wasted Freshman girls that don't know better Hungover in my nine A.M. but see Kafka would not sleep with strangers He'd turn into that mite again He'd turn into that mite again He'd turn into that mite again I'm thinking that I might again He'd turn into that mite again I'm thinking that I might again I'm thinking that I might again
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In The Air 02:31
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The evil was swift To meet her with violence No one knows what comes next A joke on the Styx To break up the silence So much that was left unsaid The musket rang out They drove in their quietus God took pulls of cigarette The last scene is approaching Better be off-back now The gun that was established Needs to pay off for the crowd She smiles and she comforts Lucky souls that are there I ran to the plane but she passed me She passed me in the air You arrived at nightfall The stars were your guidance Now you know what comes next Heavy is the weight On the shoulders and eyelids She finally goes to gets some rest Beauty in not knowing Is that what denial is We're all just waiting for the check The last scene is approaching Better be off-back now The gun that was established Needs to pay off for the crowd She smiles and she comforts She is kindness grace and care I ran to the plane but she passed me She passed me in the air
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9 out of 10 01:03
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Nine out of ten nights there's no Place I'd rather be Out of ten nights I'm sure That you'd rather be with me And not somebody that's new You know I want only you But one out of ten Isn't certain you're mine Nay no nein Out of ten nights I'm sure That you haven't packed your bags Out of ten nights I'm sure That we're really meant to last And not just to split in two You know all that I've been through But one out of ten is still filled with suspense And that one out of ten thinks we're on the descent I still just cannot shake that old one out of ten But nine nights I know that we're content
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Autumnal Harvest Soup 02:58
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Jay Demo 00:19
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I watched Jay Leno eat pancakes And fuck he looked lonely Just like everyone I know You said that you'd reach out You never called me You never called me

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