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Paint On It
03:38
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I watch some squirrels in the yard
They notice me right away
They look suspicious all the time
A squirrel's life seems okay
Saw a fearless beetle cross the street
Didn't give a damn about my feet
Armor like a silver dollar
But it don't stand a chance in the gutter
Are you tired of your bed? Paint on it
Or swimming in the red? Paint on it
Tired of your hair
The hair that you wear? Paint on it
A classic work of art? Paint on it
Crazy wheel shopping cart? Paint on it
Don't you burn it down
Don't you burn this town
Paint it to the ground
I used to catch frogs with my cousins
Splash around in soda fountains
That's not my life anymore
But I'm grateful all the more
So what's this song about?
Images are loud
Life is full of mystery
Paint on our history
On the bathroom stall? Paint on it
Empty shops in dead malls - Paint on it
If you want to paint your lips
Shipyard paint the ships - Paint on it
I like the look of neon. Paint on it
Can you imagine the great beyond? Paint on it
Don't you burn it down
Don't you burn this town
Paint it to the ground
Oh what about the battlements? Paint on it
Or the slum old apartments? Paint on it
Dominion Energy conduit? Paint on it
Civil war monument? Paint on it
Stickers on the parking meters? - Paint on it
Yeah we've been lied to by our leaders Paint on it
Don't you burn it down
Don't you burn this town
Paint it to the
Don't you burn it down
Don't you burn this town
Paint it to the ground
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2. |
Boston
04:03
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Boston streets at night
In the pale moonlight
Walk the streets in a hurry
In a blurry hurry
Like I'm running from something
Boston in the day
I like it okay
Walking around in the light
See some friends of mine
Til they leave for
The Peace Corps
Boston Boston
Oh this place is cold
Oh there's so much snow
Lost in Boston
Oh this place is cold
Oh there's so much snow
Seashell filled with ash
Dead trees in the trash
Needle mess on the grass
Ghosts of Christmas past
Like bones or something
Boston streets at night
In the pale moonlight
Will things be the same?
Think how much could change
In two years more
in the Peace Corps
Boston Boston
Oh this place has change
How it's stayed the same
Lost in Boston
Oh this place has change
How it's stayed the same
Boston Boston
This place is cold
There's so much snow
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3. |
Ecstasy Of Memory
03:03
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Do you still recall
Being here five years ago
The ecstasy of memory
Suddenly remember something
In January
Someone's house party
The ecstasy of memory
Suddenly remember something
How can this be real
We were here five years ago
The ecstasy of memory
I can still remember somethings
The muralist
His girlfriend
The calico in the snow on the patio
The ecstasy of memory
Like I'm waking up or something
But what was it I dreamed again I always wake up right before the end?
It must have been a memory
One more forgotten memory
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4. |
Boxing Ring
04:38
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It's good to see people that love you
You know that you'll always care
But deep inside you feel like a different person
When you're there
Feels so good to be sentimental
You know you love to share a beer
But it's no fun selling yourself to someone
Who's known you for seventeen years
You didn't see a thing
You're still in the boxing ring
So keep your hands up
You're gonna have to swing
You didn't see a thing
You're still in the boxing ring
So hold your head high
It's gonna sting
Not all of your dead are really gone
Grown apart or just moved on
We've all got our conditions for trust
So keep your friends close or they become dust
But the best things in this life never get old
Making love in the morning or coffee in the cold
Money that you found laying around on the ground
The way you just dream
driving around with the windows down
You didn't see a thing
You're still in the boxing ring
So keep your hands up
You're gonna have to swing
You didn't see a thing
You're still in the boxing ring
So hold your head high
It's gonna sting
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5. |
Job Fair
03:25
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Do you want to waste some time with me?
Do you want to stand in line with me?
Come with me my friends
Let's stock up on free pens
And drawstring book bags
Do you really think they'd hire me
We all want to make a lot of money
We all want to get rich quick
I've been working so much
Makes me sick!
I am gonna grow my hair
Show up in my underwear
I don't really care
About the job fair
The job fair
Lots of friends of mine they live this life
Many different people nine to five
And one guy says how great my career could be
But he don't know the first thing about me
About me!
All the frat brothers are there
Borrowing dad suits to wear
Heads are shoved up you-know-where
At the job far
The job fair
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6. |
Fellow Humans
03:45
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Are you worried about the future
Are you worried about the past?
Like the eyes of the world
Could see through you like glass
Are you worryin about some secret
You want so bad to tell
But if they looked into your heart
They'd understand it just as well
If you're losing your way
Lost in the mystery
Still I have faith in
Are you asking for forgiveness
Are you yearning for relief?
Can an umbrella
Keep you dry from the sea?
There will always be evil
You will always break your bones
But the future is unwritten
And you're never alone
If you're losing your way
Lost in the mystery
Still I have faith in
The right side of history
If you're losing your way
Just like me
Still I have faith in
My fellow humans
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7. |
Jon and Heather
03:32
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Jon and Heather are getting back together
Jon and Heather are getting it on yeah
We know they couldn't stay separate forever yeah
Jon and Heather
Jon and Heather are getting back together
Jon and Heather are getting it on
The two of them together forever yeah
Jon and Heather
Jon and Heather are getting back together
Jon and Heather are getting it on
The two of them forever on a tether yeah
Jon and Heather
Forever
At a Squirrels game in the nosebleed section
They were screaming and fighting about the election
We had to give Jon our protection
Heather hot on his heels
Nearly tossed him to the field yeah
Jon and Heather are getting back together yeah
Jon and Heather are getting it on yeah
Now he’s at her place and probably in leather yeah
Jon and Heather
Jon and Heather are getting back together
It's not a question of "maybe" or a "whether" yeah
Now he’s at her place probably in leather yeah
Jon and Heather
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8. |
Still Blue
02:23
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Why am I still blue around you?
Why am I still blue around you?
Yo-yo on a string
Up and down is everything
Why am I still blue?
I didn't want to go but I had to
I didn't want to go but I had to
Slip your Honda keys
In your purse and then I leave
I didn't want to go
The last time that I visited your place
Burgundy striped gold drapes on your window
Just some little change I'd normally not notice
And by the end you'd have not pointed it out
Why am I still blue around you?
Why am I still blue around you?
I can't see you yet
I sure hope you understand
Why am I still blue?
Why am I still blue around you?
Why am I still blue around you?
Yo-yo on a string
Up and down is everything
Why am I still blue?
Why am I still blue?
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9. |
V
02:00
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(instrumental)
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10. |
Delusion Horse
03:45
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Are we still drinking?
We’re starting the show
Are we getting paid?
Is anybody gonna show? No
Did you remember
To lock the van?
That thing’s leaking out oil
Just because it can
It’s a reminder
With so much force
It’s the afterglow
It’s the delusion horse
It’s like a magnet
Closing all the doors
I can’t get away from
The delusion horse
What’s the playbook say?
What’s a metaphor for?
Can I lose every battle
But still win the war?
Were we faking to fake this out
And are we writing to right our wrongs?
Were we shouting at some bad call
On the television all along?
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11. |
Drunk In The Big City
03:38
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SO drunk in the big city
You know, the big city
Where everything is oh-so-pretty
(time?)
So drunk in the big city
You know, the big city
Where everything is oh-so-pretty
The monk
The monk feels pity
Feels pity
Feels pity
For the traffic and the taxis
And the homeless soldier laughing
Everything in life is eye for eye
Now some of you don’t know
You’re only satisfied with the tiny city
Pocket city
Mini city
One-horse city
Oh not I I’m gonna get by
I like to make a scene when I go outside
(out of time)
Competition conversation
All across this great big nation!
Everything in life is eye for eye
For eye for eye for eye
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12. |
Mulberry
04:05
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Days I get hung up
Chasing the elusive rabbit
Following its trail
Or fighting just to break a habit
But trying ain’t enough
I kept mouthing off again
Couldn’t stop once i began
A means to an end
What a state I’m in
In a hurry I’m seeing blurry eyed
Winter mix and snow flurry
Shake my fist at heaven
But heaven ain’t to blame
Not for how I treated you
How we bear our shame
Wear it like a badge of honor
So I start to dig
And hope some seed will germinate
I don’t want a cure
Just to shed a little weight
The self fulfilling prophecy
I want sense as not to chase it
Self fulfilling prophecy
Or at least the strength to face it
A mural comes to mind
The Ecstasy of St. Theresa
Heaven touches earth
In pleasure so divine
If gravity let go of me
There is no smile there is no frown
If gravity let go of me
There is no up or down
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Paint On It Richmond, Virginia
Rock band with penchant for vocal harmonies, retrofuture synths, and psychedelic guitar explorations.
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