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Cabarrus Street Allstars
All the Walls
In late,dusky hours, we close up like flowers, and rise up like towers, when all the walls come down,
In early day rising,it's not so surprising, you've killed the uprising. and an the wans come down, down, down.
Sunny days fike this one were made for smoking too much. and dimming your eyes,
When the street's too hot for bare leet. and the neighbors you greet are funny and wise.
And the street that you grew up on is only just the center of your world,
Simultaneous smile-gasm paired with every flag unfurled.
In late,dusky hours, we close up like flowers, and rise up like towers, when all the walls come down,
In early day rising,it's not so surprising, you've killed the uprising. and an the wans come down, down, down.
When it feels like you're breathing in the candy, of ancient yard bazaar, and crippled cherry cars,
You will know that you're of it now, not merely in, don't look so stupid and surprised
And the Slreet that you grew up on Is just another corner of your world,
Unsolicited glee-rection, this day is perfection, you cannot ask for more...
True Way
Mauve and his memories, cozy as kittens,
Sinking while sailing alone on the sea,
Mauve and his malice were smothered in smitten,
It hurts to be an apostrophe,
Melt in mistrust, move if you must,
Portraits of past winnings rendered in dust like the hope that you hold,
Frightened and cold
While wrestling you and your people toward the true way...
The true way,
I think I finally found,
Trapped, until now, underground,
I think I found the true way.
Just then, somebody knocks hard on this heaven,
Please let me in, let me go, I don't know,
Keep me in line, give me time to be clever,
Heaven said never, we sever, we go,
Cease or decease, tension release,
Calendar pages flap hard in this breeze,
When the cellar door slams, you'll know who I am,
The only true pilot to fly you into the true way.
The true way,
I think I finally found,
Trapped, until now, underground,
I think I found the true way.
The true way, the true way,
I think I finally found,
Trapped, until now, underground,
I think I found the true way.
The true way,
Trapped, until now, underground,
We will vibrate with the sound,
I found the true way.
Drop Of God
We're a drop of God in the torrent, we're a grain of sand in the glass,
We're the memories of a drunkard, we're the boy behind you in class,
We're the old man in the slow lane, we're the gunner's only chance,
We're the stains in your apartment. We're the date that wants to dance,
How long were they looking til they found, the keys upon the ground, thedirty ground,
How Iong were they dodging passing cars? But guided by the stars, yes they are.
We're a psychedelic poster, we're the bugs on windowsilIs,
We're the old, retarded children, we're the men who read their wills,
We're the minor league replacement, we're the flowers that don't die,
We're the fecund dreams at midnight. we're the ghosts that whisper,"Why?"
How long were they looking til they found the ruins underground, the dirty ground
How Iong were they dodging passing dreams? Guided by the screams, the screams ...
Hey, hey, who thought we'd finish this way? Hey, who could irnagine this day?
Hey, who could rnagine this day?
Hey,hey ...
We're a victrn in the crosshairs, we're the sinner in the pew,
We're the cache of lawn flamingoes, we're the ones who steal them, too,
We're the awkward conversation, We're the escalator glance,
We're the new unbridled passion, We're the dire circumstance,
How long were they looking 'til they found the keys upon the ground, the dirty ground.
How long were lhey dodging passing cars? But guided by the stars, yes they are.
Hey, hey....
Yeah yeah ...
If you outlive me, please forgive me.
Choking The Memory Down
Happy home and a good routine, working on the two point three,
Holidays with the in-laws, nighttime with TV,
Keep the eyes ahead and clear, focused on the prize,
Got to keep the memory down, choke it 'til it dies
She was just like sugar, got her when the getting was fine,
Was it just a dream or sornething that conceals its scars with time?
Sometlmes you just know it when you look into his eyes,
He chokes the memory down until it dies.
I think her name was Jenny, she got all his jokes,
They shared secret signals and sexy sunburns and smokes,
And it's not like he is settling, he tells himself, and lies
Got to keep the memory down, choke it til it dies, dies, dies
She was just like sugar, they met in their prime,
Was the sex that righteous? Or do thoughts ferrnent like wine?
Sometimes you just know it when you hear his saddened sighs,
He chokes the memory down until it dies.
Bipolar
Hey, Bipolar, tonight will be the night, we've got to do it right, you're showing me the light,
Hey, Bipolar, today will be the day, there's no more to say, why are you made this way?
Do you bend in the middle like a balance beam? Hard in the center like the kiss of fist?
Soft on the edges like a knowing gaze? Bend in the middle, jump in the middle,
Just about to get you in my favorite hold, meanwhile doing every little thing I'm told,
Finally within you but I'm still so cold,
Jump in the middle
Hey, Bipolar, does anything I do do anything for you? Just one more Iittle clue?
Please, Bipolar, take off the grim facade, clear the promenade; you've charmed the firing squad.
When you're getting me to getting you to getting it on, I'm looking in your lenses and you're already gone.
You take away the table I was leaning upon, bend in the middle, jump, jump in the middle,
The good witch thinks I've get what it takes, while keeping a silent catalogue of all my mistakes,
I'm trembling from another dozen violent quakes, Jump in the middle...
Come-a, come on...
Hey, Bipolar, there's nothing for you here, so scary and so dear, and won't you disappear?
Hey , Bipolar, it sure was quite the day, there's nothing more to say, why am I made this way?
When you're getting me to getting you to getting it on, I'm looking in your lenses and you're already gone.
You take away the table I was leaning upon, bend in the middle, jump, jump in the middle,
The good witch thinks I've get what it takes, while keeping a silent catalogue of all my mistakes,
I'm trembling from another dozen violent quakes, Jump in the middle...
Maureen
Maureen, dragging me through the rusted door of maturity
Yeah yeah. yeah yeah, Maureen
I could be happy, with my possessions and the dirty street and me,
Yeah yeah. Maureen
In the fancy phone booth of our future, side by side, we whip our horses home, I was living like a transient with rickshaw resume
And Maureen has brought me home
Then she appeared to me, she was just the opposite of what I thought she'd be,
Yeah yeah, Maureen
In dreams long forgotten she's a naughty nurse with a wicked smile for me, Yeah yeah,yeah yeah,Maureen
In a poverty-induced reverie, looking vainly for a place to rest, I was cheapest when I last was free, And Maureen has brought me home
Boil away my Inperfections, send my shallow ship to sea, boil the years and tears and fear away,
And remind me what I'd be, If I'd kept on dodging bullets filled with opportunity, Maureen
Maureen. dragging me, through the rusted door of maturity,
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, Maureen
Narcissus
Narcissus chose a gun to use, and held it in his hand, And put it to his temple, and made one last demand. No one will forget me
But who would stay to eulogize, with painful parting as the prize?
But who would stay to eulogize, when painless parting is the prize?
"Lonely, loneIy, lonely, here, am I. Endless ebb and flow of bad desires, turning off the noise inside my head is so hard, saving leaky ceilings and uncrossed wires, and no one eve, really knew me .. ."
But who would stay to fill that hole, wrth going gracefully the goal?
Narcissus truly died, when his reflection lied, grand entrance was denied,
You see yourself. you see yourself,
Oh yeah, don't run away and hide, Narcissus truly died,
And standing in his place, And old familiar face,
A meaningless embrace, You see yourself,
You see yourseIf.
Oh yeah, when his reflection lied, Narcissus truly died.
Listen to me listen to me ...
I want you to know I want you to know I want you to know, I'm trying so hard to be the man, the man that you need,
But it's so hard
There are these voices that keep telling me that
I'm not doing me things that I gotta do, to live this life, treat you the way I want to treat you baby
If there were one way, If there were one way, If there were one way I could make sure you're gonna be there
Tell me what I need to do,
Tell me what I need, so tell me babe ...
He burned himself in effigy,
He hung himself lrom bough so high,
He tried to shock a moving train to heart attack,
He tried to push the envelope; the envelope pushed him back,
"Will nothing end this freedom?"
Ah, but who would stay to tell that news? It's easier to just refuse ...
And if you don't thilk that's true, you're only fooling you,
And soon, you'll want rt, too, you see yourselt?
You see yourselt?
Oh yeah, when you're just like all the rest. A heart of stone ~ best.
Stalker
I'm goma get down to the problem, I'm gonna wage the war inside, I'm gonna scrape away my conscience, and suffocate my pride,
I'm gonna talk about it, scream about it. 'til it fills my soul, I'm gonna take a milion chances, I'm gonna give away control.
She said she's gonna take my head from my body, She said, she's gonna take my mind from my heart,
She said she's gonna help me reach nirvana .. She said, she said, she said ...
I'm gonna disappear for a while, and when you see my face again, You will not recognize me, you'll say you knew me when, I was innocent and never tainted by the things she did,
When she threw me a,ound and played with me, And made me keep my secrets hidden ...
She said she's gonna take my head from my body, She said, she's gonna take my soul from my heart, She said she's gonna make me reach nirvana, She said, she said, she said ...
She said, Why you gotta tell me that story, Again and again and again?
The one about the failed and fearless? The one about the faceless friend?
Why you have to tell me that story, Again and again and again? The one about the failed and fearless? The one about the faceless friend?
Why you gotta tell me that story, Again and again and again? The one about the failed and fearless? The one about the faceless friend? Yeah ...
There come a tine when a woman knows that the seas are about to part,
There come a time when a woman feels that she's ripped away your heart,
There come a time when a woman drive five hundred miles or more,
There come a time when a woman you don't know gonna knock on your door
She said she's gonna take my head from my body, she said, she's gonna take my soul from my heart,
She said she's gonna make me reach nirvana,
She said, she said, she said...
(That's what she said, now now now)
(I demand you reach nirvana right now.,.!
She said,
Why you have to tell me that story, Again and again and again?
The one about the lailed and feaness? The one about the faceless lriends? Why you goUa tell me that story, Again and again ar d agam?
The one about the failed and fearless? The one about the childhood friend? Why you gotta tell me that story, Again and again ar d again?
The one about the failed and feaness? The one about the childhood friend? Yeah .. ,
Space To Breathe
So did I back off significantly? Give you enough space to breathe?
I'm gonna miss our pep talks and the way I used to finger you through the phone .
Can I marinate in your memory? Make believe you still come for me?
I'm gonna miss our pep talks and the way I used to finger you through the phone .
Yeah, I'm gonna miss you most of all, you were my favorite dirty work of art hanging on my dirty wall
Well, we used to meet in the secret place, marred and muddy with your smile on my face,
We never thought what we do would be through when reality came to call
So did I back off signifICantly? Give you enough space to breathe?
I'm gonna miss our pep talks and the way I used to Finger you through the phone
Yeah, you're my favorrte dirty wor!< of art. Hanging on my dirty wall. yeah MostofaL
So did I back off significantly? Give you enough space to breathe?
I'm gonna miss our pep talks and the way I used to finger you through the phone .
Nashville
Never been to Nashville, but I'm thinking I might try, cause if I never sink inside there, I'll always wonder why,
Never been to Nashville, but I'm thinking I might go, cause I'm tired of all the local clowns, the ones who just say "no",
Never been to Nashville, the dynamite machine, where everything is paid lor, and everything is clean,
Never been to Nashville, wise, artistic friends, we all could help each other, we'd all meet common ends.
I've never been to Nashville...
Find the linest players, find the sweetest belles, Find a harried has-been, whose songs he cannot sell.
Sitting in his trailer, filled with losing bets,
Filled with good intentions and former cigarettes,
Nodding my approval, feel his history,
Listen to his stories, and hope he'll write wrth me,
But every chord I push out meets his sorry gaze,
He tnes to rip my heart out with every chord he plays
I've never been to Nashville...
Stains
It's one more day when I don't exist, like witness protection with a cynical twist.
I wanna cry out but I have to resist, examine the landscaping on my wrist
People need space from me, I fill every room with dystrophy,
Some days I'm alive and free, But no one's there to notice me
In a room of empty people, enough of me remains,
To keep the audience laughing, but who will stay to clean my stains?
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