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Mother Nature
02:17
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She knows what I’m thinking
Don’t expect to do the things you want to do
There’s nowhere to place it
Not a bin so you can throw it all away
There’s a sneaky suspicion she won’t notice if it’s there
Another bottle or can or a wrapper on the ground
But mother nature is going to beat the living daylights out of me
I’m wandering aimless in a world of forests, plants and shrubs and trees
Beautifully lethal if you touch, or eat, or pick them off the ground
I’m highly allergic, I’ll break out with a rash
Some call it justice
Nature kicked me in the ass
Yeah mother nature is going to beat the living daylights out of me
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Slippery Fields
02:02
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It’s tragic for the many things that distract me
It’s getting harder to remain for the many things that abuse me
I’m getting nowhere, I’m getting nowhere
Do you know how it feels?
I’m getting lost in slippery fields
It’s lonely due to holy separation
It’s lovely, appealing in attraction
I’m stepping lightly, I’m stepping lightly
Do you know how it feels?
I’m tripping over slippery fields
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Excitement On The Lawn
02:58
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We used to play
A warming family gathering
and I could be whatever I wanted
They used to touch with fond caress
and they would speak in gentle voices
It used to be a slip and slide, or sidewalk stands
Now mom and dad just speak with their hands
I’m staring through the eyes of a child
Staring through a window
at the excitement on the lawn
The fun and games are put away
until next i come to visit
From vibrant green, to shades of brown
Each season painful to remember
It used to be a pile of leaves, or white snowman
Now mom and dad just speak with their hands
I’m staring through the eyes of a child
Staring through a window
at the excitement on the lawn
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4. |
Loving The Creeps
03:40
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You rode along patiently
sitting in the back of the car
Taking you to your new destination
where you can feel released
No one will persecute you for loving the creeps
No one will persecute you for loving the creeps
When you wake from your slumber, I’ll be by your side
When you ask what I’m doing...
I’m just watching you sleep
I’m just watching you sleep
Are you regretting your loving the creeps?
Are you regretting your loving the creeps?
I’m just watching you sleep, I’m just watching you sleep
Just go to sleep, just go to sleep
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5. |
Made Of Starlight
02:52
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Oh, my lady she’s wearing Versace
Lines cascading and curving around me
A twinkle sparks from each perfect sequin
She’s made of starlight
And once I get my sight back
I’ll take her to a movie
That one with Kevin Pollack
I wish I could remember
But she is so distracting
She’s made of starlight
And once I get sight back
I’ll introduce my parents
It normally would be simple
but I can’t recall the address
Don’t bother with the phone book
‘cause I’m dazzled by your radiance
I don’t think I should be driving
I’m a deer caught in your headlights
but you want see that movie
that one with Kevin Pollack
She’s made of starlight
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She's From The Hills
02:04
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She’s in the back and I’m getting nowhere
Trying to make small talk
What’s her name...where she’s from...
She smiled and said she’s "from the hills"
I said which one, there’s quite a few
She just said she’s "from the hills"
We stopped at a Stuckey's for a greasy spoon dinner
She went to the bathroom and left me to pay the tab
When I went to find her I came up with nothing
So now I travel to find the girl who’s from the hills
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Momma's Boy
02:09
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So sweet, he’s unbelievable
It’s inconceivable! Could be true?
She found the impossible: an unflappable debonair
Still no matter what she thinks or what she feels
Every man is the same, here’s how it is:
She got felt up by a momma’s boy
Still no matter what she thinks or what she feels
Every man is the same, here’s how it is:
She got knocked up by a momma’s boy
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The Junk (Is Kicking In)
01:03
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The junk is kicking in and I'm feeling it again
I'm worse off than before
The junk is kicking in and I'm feeling it again
I'm worse off than before
I tried to write a song, now the chords are going wrong
and I feel you every day
The junk is kicking in
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Donna Don't Care
02:44
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She’s got a choice to make
Someone's life is on the line
It’s gone in the blink of an eye or the click of a castanet
She’s got a choice to make
Goobers or Raisinets?
But Donna don’t care, Donna don’t care
She’s got a choice to make
Someone's future’s at stake
Actions speak faster than words, you cannot be discreet
She’s got a choice to make
for her bread is it white or wheat?
But Donna don’t care, Donna don’t care
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One Of The Dakotas
01:49
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She turned to me and asked what I was thinking of
“About our love?” she said, “or someone up above?”
“did something funny happen while you were at work?”
She turned to me and asked what I was thinking of
and all I said was “one of the Dakotas”
Now every night just before we go to sleep
she never asks me what I think or what I dream
she knows the answer before I start to speak
It’s always about “one of the Dakotas”
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11. |
Lucky Puppy Fun Day
04:38
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Don't you tell me how to live my life
I'll stick to mine, you stick to yours
Maybe I like being miserable
that's why I want to stay indoors
No I don't wanna go outside to play with all the other kids
it doesn't matter either way because I'm here to stay
Parking lots appear so dismal in the middle of the spring
Flowers shine only on Saturdays at the dark end of the street
Days creep by just like a traffic jam
Do you know the boy I am?
Find it harder just to crack a smile
Stay with me but for awhile
Tell me how can you be cheerful 'cause it's raining now
Water beads snake down the window pane
like the pain inside my heart
I'm sick and tired of playing Monopoly
and the Quija board's not conjuring
What is left I should be dreaming?
Dreaming of the things to come?
I don't wanna go outside to play with all the other kids
I didn't catch...what did you say?
It's Lucky Puppy Fun Day
Now I wanna go outside to play with all the other kids
You marked it on my calendar and all my troubles fade away
It's Lucky Puppy Fun Day
Just like the smile upon your face, I thank you for reminding me
It only happens once a year, I wish it could be every day
It's Lucky Puppy Fun Day
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The Enigmatic Foe Knoxville, Tennessee
With sharp lyrics, the playful pop bite of the best of the 70s and 80s, and the kind of self-deprecation usually reserved
for a Woody Allen movie, Jared Colinger's lyrics run the gamut from the joy of new love to disillusionment with the old, from wanting to like yourself to being afraid of what we have in our minds.
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