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Cheer —> Chain
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I hardly lift my heavy head.
As Autumn turns and tumbles
I'm trying not to lose my grip
As down the street I stumble
How can't can you expect me. *
To remember my own name
I roll in with a cheer
And rolls out with a chain
God is good
But I can't tell the windows from the doors
And the old man paces round the hall
And weeps on bathroom floors
Some love dissapears
Some clings like coffee stains
And rolls in with a cheer
And rolls out with a chain
All that's solid falls apart
These states are never stable
Though we've fastened to false innocence
Crouched at the tiny table
While outside sickness waits for us
And leans on candy canes
And rolls in with a
And rolls out with a chain
When it seems I'm far toogone
And can't do nothing more
Just put me in the corner of
The very last bookstore
To frighten all the children
Till they come back again
Rolling in with cheer
And rolling out in chains
Rolling in with cheer
And rolling out in chains
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Break Your Heart
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I've walked down life's narrow alleyways
and cul de sacs alike
And I see the families
and the glowing lights inside
And I've turned to see the horror
Of what we do outside
I pass by but it breaks my heart
You know what they say
windows are the eyeballs of the soul
And those Hallmark holidays,
Well they're just like thought control
So I think to myself sometimes I
wonder if our love
Can stand the chill
And let me tell you, folks, it breaks my heart
And don't it break your heart?
I met somebody on the
road out one night walkin'
And they didn't say a thing,
they just let me go on talkin...
About the tenuous state of compassion,
Bad movies and the rain
And how it all breaks my everloving heart "
I said "I hope someday
to make a perfect work of love
'Stead of cutting my fingers off
to fit inside my glove"
And they stopped me, sayin
"Love ain't a feeling,
it's more like making eggs"
And let me tell you, folks, it broke my heart
Don't it break your heart?
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Carnation
02:44
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Count your rosaries and batten the hatch
We're off to the races and locking the latch
On the chance for a summary
A carnation in my pocket
I'm getting used to me
Still holding on to the ledge
For the strength to let go
There's no need to speak
That's how it goes
You can't change the future, you can't kill the past
That's yesterday's laundry up this morning's mast
It's the task of a balcony
To declare the start of a peace
And the end of a mutiny
Savor the view from the beach before we go home
There's no need to speak
Can't you see the truth glows?
I'll keep from the edge and I'll swing the rope
The highway of doubt is the highway of hope
The temptation of treachery
Look through the snow, don't you know
That this is nature's fee
It's time to admit to yourself
You're in bed with a stone
But there's no need to speak
You can reach me by phone
He came to the house with an old walking cane
Age 23 and not quite insane
It's a prop & necessity
To admit his feelings inside
And he felt he was born to be
Caught by the wind, whipped around
Like a leaf in the road
There's no need to speak
When everyone knows
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