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You Should Have Just Told Me That You Did It For Love

by Natural Bones

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1.
But You Never Did 05:52
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That silly sun goes sinking down Silhouetted and without a sound Reading the paper The taxi with the little yellow hands With his feet he conducts a big brass band Golden light I can see you in this golden light That big blue bulb Was hanging over us That bright blue sea Was carried over us That some old feeling Like when we were kids I thought you almost died But you never did Those people, I’ll tell you Man, they’re losers This isn’t Police Story, man, it isn’t even Eddie and the Cruisers I said hey well screw you Then I ran away and hid I thought you almost died But you never did Golden light Wish I could see you Wish I could see you in this golden light Wish I could see you
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Roy 04:48
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When Roy got back from the war Well, not the real war But what he liked us to refer to as his time away at war Well we couldn’t very well admit That we’d forgotten all about it We said right now, we’ll enlist We pulled the streamers down and we started to scream They pulled the screamers down and drowned us in a stream Our ghosts came back like a catastrophic cream At least we did it in style At least we knew what it was for a little while You could trust that what you put in would come out The other side of the gun If I could do it again There’s some things I would change on the other end I for one would have pointed it Away from my myself Like it’s usually done As far as those things go it would probably be number one When Roy came back from what, sure, While not a real war Was what I think we would d agree was still ril unpleasant chore Crowds of kids spittin from the curb On the lip of every suburb The same white dragon sits We strung the streamers up / and someone started to scream We watched the swimmers sink, sitting by the stream Our gloves were gone with clapping at the seams At least we did it in style At least we knew what it was for a little while You could trust that what you put in would come out The other side of the gun If I could do it again There a few things I would change on the other end I for one would have pointed it Away from my myself And my loved ones But I’m not the one with my fingers in the shape of a gun The shape of a gun The shape of a gun
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Let's Wait A Little While 04:04
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If you’re in danger Or just dangerous times If they’re coming through the door If black clouds Spill bad blood On you every day Well, hey You invite them in for tea I’ll swing in on the door a knife between my teeth But lets wait a little while Just a little bit to get me started Let’s have a little smile Just so they know that we’re not hard-hearted Now hold on tightly to that thought Until you feel it’s naturally departed And then we’ll get started If you’re in trouble Or just trouble in mind, If arrows quiver on the floor A busload of failures Drops dead at your door Well sure I’ll have another cup of tea Nothing in this world could ever Ruin this day for me So lets wait a little while Just a little bit to get me started Let’s have a little smile Just so they know that we’re not hard-hearted Now you hold on tightly to that thought Until you feel it’s naturally departed And then we’ll get started Bad communication, as the enemy Of civilization Leans on the doorbell, knocks on the window, comes around the side And tries the screen door As the ladies scream for more For an encore I didn’t mean to quote break up the band It’s just a thing was touched should not be touched by human hands But lets wait a little while Just a little bit to get me started Let’s have a little smile Just so they know that we’re not hard-hearted Gimme just a little bit!
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Just Remember 03:42
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When you’re waiting for the train to come Just remember When you’re waiting for the train to come Just recall Who said you could stay here Who protected you at night Who said you could stay here And put you in the perfect light Ooh, ooh that’s right It was done While you were waiting for a train to come While you’re waiting for that face to fall Great defender While you’re waiting for that face to fall Through your hands You should probably stay there You should probably stay the night You should probably stay there So you can keep it in your sight Ooh, ooh that’s right It got tall While you were waiting for a face to fall But if you ever should decide to motor west Just take the highway From the highway To the highway It’s the best Then you can stop, turn around And forget about the rest Oh The deepest frustration And such a long time to come Sinister vibrations Shake off the tip of the tongue Whenever they come When you’re waiting for the train to come Just remember When you’re waiting for the train to come Just recall
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My Letter To The World 04:07
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It was the end of a long and lonely Monday It started on the wrong foot And it ended just the same way I sat down and wrote my letter to the world I sharpened pencils till I had an even dozen Put them in a cup and then I warmed them in the oven I pushed and pulled on my fingers till they curled And I started out, “To whom it may concern, I don’t know your names but I would like to learn” I sat down and wrote my letter to the world And I got it right I got it right Right down to the letter Every black line Growing tall and entwined In a row Right down to the letter I knew that it would be a difficult endeavor But I was sweating like I just stepped out the shower Somewhere in the center Should be a pearl On a tiny piece of paper, strong and sure These tiny fingers now I thank you for I sat down and wrote my letter to the world And I got it right I got it right Right down to the letter Every black line Of a similar kind In a row Down to the letter It was the end of a long and lonely Monday It started on the wrong foot and it ended just the same way
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Till I Met You 06:30
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I was scared of monsters and The territories too Till I met you Till I met you All the flowers in the world And no idea for whom Till I met you Till I met you But if you’re not feeling well today Better to not get on that train But if you do I’ll be there to meet you I know they bring you down, How they defeat you How they smile while they’re kicking off their shoes Say hey how about a drink, well would you? You can’t close your eyes and make The whole thing go away You can’t just wave your hands and say It’s magic It’s magic Just because you say it is You can’t point a finger and say Now there you go, it’s done Just bury your head And say well that’s it But I guess it’s Some kind of magic Yeah that’s some real off-white black magic I was in my boots and shaking Like any knees would do Till I met you Till I met you I saw my smile on another man I said, coo coo coo Yeah, like a little baby do Till I met you Till I met you But if you’re not feeling well today Better to not get on that train But if you do I’ll be there to meet you I know they bring you down, How they defeat you Smile while they’re kicking off their shoes Say hey how about a drink, well would you? You can’t close your eyes and make The whole thing go away You can’t just wave your hands and say It’s magic It’s magic Just because you say it is You can’t point a finger and say Now there you go, it’s done Just bury your head And say well that’s it But I guess it’s Some kind of magic Yeah that’s some real off-white black magic
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Fashion Fever 02:53
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Little blue dress Little pink tights Little black cow In the mooonlight I’d like to tell you But you never can tell If you’re gonna get to wear it out Or just wear it well But it’s a sign, it’s a signal, it’s a souvenir Always remember Never come back here You thumbed it down to a thread And still you wonder why It fit so well and now, well, The tie don’t tie Fashion fever Knock you down like a domino If you please, sir If you could you wrap it in a big red bow It would please her You have to feed A fashion fever Little grey sharks Little red bites See how they look In the daylight I’d like to tell you But you never can tell If it only serves to put it off When you put it well It’s a pen from a pocket, It’s a boutonnière Cut and arranged so It doesn’t end in tears You walked it out with a smile And still you think it’s strange You look around like someone Rearranged Fashion fever Knock you down like a domino If you please, sir If you could you wrap it in a big red bow It would please her You have to feed A fashion fever Agreed, indeed, sir You have to feed this kind of fever
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You Wait (You'll See) 04:35
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Couldn’t we meet at a mutual time In a place of someone’s choosing Yours or mine I don’t care Couldn’t we meet in a mutual place At a time of your choosing, And I’ll tell it to your face Oh come on Honey come on I know you’ve got some lonely words in there Planning something ugly somewhere Just tell me where I met somebody once we set it all up There was a moment where no interrup- tion Was there Yeah, we had a prayer We only had so many words to spare We watched those sparks swim up in the air And then disappear Ain’t nobody fool enough for me No one half the fool that I can be to be You just wait You just wait And you will see Couldn’t we be what we’d hoped we would not What in the shifting of the various sands We forgot Honey, come on Unhook the long white lie that binds you there The one your golden spiders repair When it gets threadbare Ain’t nobody fool enough for me Noone half the fool that I can be to be You just wait You just wait And you will see There’s a party out by Pity Lake We could get into it And if they didn’t throw it We wouldn’t even know it It’s just nice to be invited, I think And there’s nobody Fool enough for me Noone half of half the fool that I can be You just wait You just wait You just wait You just wait You wait, it’s late, you hesitate And still, You’ll see
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The Legionnaires 05:23
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I got my megaphone back from the Legionnaires With something sticky on the rim I find it hard enough To come across sincere Without this lipstick on my chin Your hat is heavy Your head is a pouring rain You can hang your head up But that hat, you’re never gonna hang I sent a satellite to cover my affairs, What they might be, such as they are My pockets full in Every possible regard And so I made a fist and I hit the button hard Death and destruction rolled across the countryside As the letters shifted into place A thousand houses flat, and one thing standing, still A rack, a hook, one empty space Your hat is heavy Your head is a pouring rain You can hang your head up But that hat, you’re never gonna hang Never hang Never hang Never hang Never hang I’ll meet you there At the top of the stairs Where the holy people go And we can take that black elevator down See where our handiwork ends up Behind the ropes so’s not to interrupt The overwhelming feeling of despair Watch the boats go by Fall face first in The little moonlight tide As the curious cough and tip toe out From the bushes where we sat Contemplating such an act But failing to really get it off the ground Yours never was a head that liked to hang around Do you remember One night in November Could you remind me? Halloween seemed to run Straight into December Did I ever mention My truest intention Was to deceive you into thinking this was something Like divine intervention As I sailed us right over Those white cliffs of dover I’m sorry Sarasota wasn’t all that you had hoped it’d be Like the sunset I could see your poor heart sink I’m due in battle in, say, oh, 800 hours I’m soaking myself in strawberries till I’m pink Your hat is heavy Your head is a pouring rain You can hang your head up But that hat, you’re never gonna hang
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released December 11, 2010

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