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Hi-Ho Hotel
02:03
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Hi-Ho Hotel
I’m checking out of the Hi-Ho Hotel
yeah, I’m checking out of the Hi-Ho Hotel
I can’t sleep on the run
and there’s no getting anything done
I’m staring off into the darkness alive and unwell
it’s too hot, it’s too cold
and the shower’s all covered in mold
I’m rolling another I’ve gotta get away from that smell
yeah, I’m checking out, I’m checking out
I’m checking out of the Hi-Ho Hotel
it’s too black, it’s too white
and you can’t see the stars for the light
there’s Mars, there’s the Moon
pretty soon fare-thee-well
I’m pulling the sheets
there’s no more repeats
I’m ringing the buzzer
I’m soon to be ringing the bell
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I Don't Know
03:12
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I Don’t Know
Might have left it in that slow little town
might have taken the long way around
might have slipped, might have tripped
might have let go
might have drawn the card of achievement
might have took it to be scarred by the treatment
might be fighting, might be riding the tide
or lost in the flow
I don’t know…
louder than a tin-eared drunkard
wailing away in my bunker
flailing away like I always do
breathing the fumes of the summer
being the blue lover’s lover
dreams, are they coming true?
maybe so
I don’t know…
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Winds on the Ocean
03:05
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Winds on the Ocean
The bar was hopping selling toddies and beer
new generation talking hotties in here
and don’t they know it, don’t they know it’s alright
everybody’s got their new deal shaking tonight
they call me young man and it’s funny I guess
I won’t be taking any part in the mess
I done my fooling, now I’m just cooling it down
got my schooling, I got no time for fooling around
world don’t need another snake in the grass
needs a brother, to step back and let it pass
forward motion, winds on the ocean
so roll it over roll it right down the line
I’m not waiting for summertime
I’ve been thinking, it’s time to shake it on down
do my drinking, in the older parts of town
world don’t need another good time snake in the grass
needs a healer, with a half a tank of gas
forward motion, winds on the ocean
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We Know Pillows
03:47
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We Know Pillows
We know pillows, feather and down
and we know how to slumber
when the hard times come around
we know pillows, cotton and foam
and we know how to leave it
leave it all all alone
we know pillows, we know pillows
we know pillows don’t we?
but we don’t know we
one side frozen, and the other’s melting down
one path is chosen
and the other goes around and around
but, oh the wonders, of hiding away
you don’t have to go there
and you don’t, no you don’t have to stay
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What Can I Do?
02:38
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What Can I Do?
What can I do, what can I do
what can I do, what can I do for you
what can I say, to make it OK to you
what can I do, what can I do?
with kisses to blow
into the wind and the snow
and a new wrong to right
it’s keeping me up through the night
and when they ask me
“what do you want?”
I don’t know what to say
feel like running way
into the distance
starting anew
there’s no getting out
what can I do?
and over we go
where we’ll end up I don’t know
with a new right to wrong
lost in the words of your song
don’t know where to go
don’t know what to say
babe, I don’t know if I can make it OK
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Lazy Laissez Faire
02:43
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Lazy Laissez Faire
Little voices hot and distraught
caught in the void
between what and what-not
underemployed
they long for the rush of the tide
while they live in a bush
waiting on wheels
and a new bag of Kush
and the roommates, they’re all home
not a one fit to hire
cooking up dogs
all we need is a fire
independence is clear
I did the numbers, I swear
it is what it is
what it isn’t, I don’t care
never gave no business card
didn’t get a tattoo
life is lovely, love is hard
and that’s alright by you
it’s on, it’s on ‘till it’s off
it’s here, ‘till it’s there
it is what it is
at the lazy laissez faire
it’s cool, it’s cool ‘till it’s cold
can you haul me somewhere?
it’s all good ‘till it’s old
at the lazy laissez faire
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I Forgot to Get High
03:42
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I Forgot to Get High
I was so high, that I forgot to get high
I had to turn back around
and go back to get down
crawl out of my skin
spin the wheels again
make it up on the fly
and I forgot to get high
across a crack in the walk
and up the stumbling block
I’m under the sky, and over the rock
flush with wind, and friends with the mist
to resist and deny
that I forgot to get high
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One and Done
03:05
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One and Done
One and done, two and through
three and I’m not me
walking around, wearing a groove in the hood
it’s all coming down, or already gone, it’s no good
I wanna believe, I wanna belong
wanna grieve yeah and maybe I should
taking a seat, bringing it in from the cold
I won a retreat, yeah but the flight oversold
I gotta stand-by, if I wanna fly
but the truth is the lie’s getting old
and I wouldn’t mind the ride
if you were right by my side
and I wouldn’t feel the thunder
in our wonder satisfied
one and done, two and through
three and I’m not true
and I wouldn’t mind the ride
if you were right by my side
and I wouldn’t feel the thunder
in our wonder I could hide
one and done, two and through
three and I’m still blue
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Good Grief
03:32
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Good Grief
Going out, no relief, staying in, good grief
take it on the chin, or strike first
rock & roll, like it’s all rehearsed
you know that tree?
where the birds go to sing
and all the cats go to feast
I stopped by there today
in a terrible way
when will we find peace
on the ice, face first
a busted eye, but it could have been worse
I didn’t break a lense, just lost a screw
if I can get a cleanse, gonna make it on through
you know that wall?
that we scaled just to fall
we failed but we tried at least
I was back there today
in a terrible way
when will we find peace
you know that stream?
where we dreamed a little dream
just as the dogs were released
well I sat there today
in a terrible way
trying to find, a little peace
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10. |
Undershared
03:28
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Undershared
I might be suspicious, I might be scared
I might have lost consciousness, might have stared
straight into the beauty, lost track of my duty
I might have undershared
might have under-connected, overprotected
might have defected, neglected, rejected
I might get the needle, might get the chair
and I might have undershared
a monkey’s descendant, a sinner repentant
an angel engaging, with a page-turner raging
it might be imperfect, might be impaired
and I might have undershared
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Refusing to Bathe
02:56
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Refusing to Bathe
I’m refusing to bathe in a bath of sorrow
I’m glad for what is, what was,
and what could be tomorrow
I’m refusing to bathe in a river of sadness
we’ve been through the worst
I’m looking forward to goodness and gladness
somewhere, someway, somehow
sometime, someday, for now
I’m refusing to bathe in an ocean so hopeless
gonna sit by the fire, rebuild and rewire
more smokeless
somewhere, someway, somehow
sometime, someday, right now
I hope it’s OK
I’m refusing to bathe in a bath of sorrow
I’m glad for what is, what was,
and what will be tomorrow
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