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Intro
01:57
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l am in my room
eating lots of cookies
trying hard to remember
how it must have looked to u
when l was 102
5'8" and off my rocker
u must have thought me pretty awkward
u must have thought me pretty cute
to be the way u were
Chorus [looking back on it now
it looks really weird
guess that l don't know how
l got all the way from there 2 here
wrote a couple songs
drank a lot of beer
feels good to be back on top
2 know that l'm in the clear]
but wait what's that
l don't know if reflection is even good
probably not
l never know if l'm doing what l should
chorus
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2. |
Crazy
03:09
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l'm wearing way 2 much makeup
in Janurary cry trying 2 make myself
sparse around ppl that l rly like
because l do not want them to get tired of me
Chorus: [sorry l'm so crazy
l just want to be famous
l'm not trying to explain this
away]
l want to b Micheal Stipe
l killed a bug l8 last night
in the shower, drowned it dead
on accident, now it's in my head
l sleep BETTER in my bed
my blanket's soft
my arms are lead,
l could try to put up a fight
but don't feel like it
so l guess l'll say goodnight
Chorus
l would like to sleep
l would like if l could keep
myself from myself counting sheep
but myself just like 2 repeat
my selfish moments and add some heat
until my brain is boiling
l could try to put up a fight
but don't feel like it
so l guess l'm up all night
ask me about myself
l'll spill the beans and so much else
lt's cause l get 2 comfortable
r u cool with this?
do u think l'm cool?
do u go to school here?
o that's cool
let's go 2 rivers
let's act the fool
this could b like rly good
l'm thinkin way to far ahead again!
chorus and like a chorus of the chorus
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3. |
Beautiful
02:28
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l don't feel beautiful
in the waffle house bathroom
down the street from where l met u
nemore
beauitful
like the time l slammed the door
on ur hand u said it was fine
u said the pain would go away
well did it?
darling, l guess at least ur pride's in tact
r u aware of all the motor skill u lack?
ahh!
beautiful
like that song l used to sing
it went like:
l know that l'm a liar
2 u right now
u know that l am lying
and that's y we work so well
if everything went according to plan
l would probably b ur man
but l'm not that kind of person
and ur not that kind of girl
that's y we work so well
yeah that meant everything 2 me
it makes sense y u wouldn't get it
u r not the same as me
and l expect u 2 b different
and that's so beautiful
like every single thing
oh l can hardly believe my eyes
every time l look outside
the world turns blue & green
shades l've never even seen
l can't believe it
ahh!
beautiful (etc)
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4. |
My House
03:28
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They say hey wait for me
l say no thx l'm alright
l say wait wait and see
l'll b an artist l'll prove u right
they say ok leave me behind
l stay up all nite
l don't get shit done but hey
l'll pretend to write
there's the house that l grew up in
when l was a baby
same as l ever was as it were
and 4ever will b
l'm alive l'm right here
take a picture make it cleaar
u take the pic l look like shit
ur no photographer my dear
my hair my smile
did l even try not to look weird?
oh l don't care l'll stay with u
like why not have a few more beers
in the carports there's a bike l used to ride
and preserved in memory
all the times l cried
when l had to go outside
up above me are some birds l used 2 know
l said l would watch them 4ever but l don't, so it goes
alright...
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5. |
Call
02:05
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If u think it's weird that l've been in my head so much
then u probably don't fuck with me @ all
l could call u Al and u would look at me
like "y r u still bugging me?"
l'd look down and l'd give my friend a call
Chorus: [they'd say "hey, what's up?"
l'd explain
they'd say "it's ok"
l'd say "l know" and "thanks"
they'd talk about their day
and l'd say "hey, listen to this stupid song l made"]
lf u think it's weird that l've been in my bed so much
then u don't get recovery @ all
l could call u out
but u probably just forgot
all that stuff that went down
with those doctors in the fall
because now it is march
and things r going well
l've got out of my feelings
and out of the bathroom stall
but l wanna call them up
cause last nite l fucked up
l made myself throw up
and if l called them up
chorus except a different end
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6. |
Dear Friend
01:12
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7. |
Better
03:12
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it isn't hard 2 fight a feeling
when ur staring at the cieling
don't take that as advice
don't think anything:
that is stealing :)
these are the jokes
that l will tell my daughter
or my son
when the day is done
and they r very tired
so that will laugh
u laugh more when u r tired
Chorus 1: (it get's better,
l hope that it get's better
get some sleep and you'll get better
rinse repeat and you'll get better
it gets)
Chorus 1 and 2: (l hope that it get's better
get some sleep and you'll get much better
watch what u eat you'll get much better
rinse repeat and you'll feel much better)
that's what l'll tell them
they'll listen closely
that's what l'll tell them at nite
it will b nice
Chorus 1
Chorus 1 & 2
Chorus 1 & 2 & 1 again
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8. |
Shorts
02:53
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Chorus: (l put my legs
in some shorts
it feels good this time of year
it should b cold
but it's not
l kinda hate it here
but holy smokes do u see my outfit
every year
l just get better and better
l kinda love it here)
l used to think about my thighs
how they scrape
used 2 hate my girly arms
now l think that they look gr8
now l hate my boyish charm
used 2 starve like Daniil Kharms
used 2 b cause 4 alarm
now l'm sittin on the lawn
in some shorts
chorus
And now l think about my hips
how they sway
l f feel like Dubuffet
with my thighs brut every day
everyday drunk on wine
sugar high and feelin fine
dancing like my body's mine
dancing but not keeping time
in some shorts
some ooos and ahhs and some shorts
chorus
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9. |
Say Yes
02:05
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I'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl
Who's still around the morning after
We broke up a month ago and I grew up I didn't know
I'd be around the morning after
It's always been wait and see
A happy day and then you pay
And feel like shit the morning after
But now I feel changed around and instead falling down
I'm standing up the morning after
Situations get fucked up and turned around sooner or later
And I could be another fool or an exception to the rule
You tell me the morning after
Crooked spin can't come to rest
I'm damaged bad at best
She'll decide what she wants
I'll probably be the last to know
No one says until it shows, see how it is
They want you or they don't
Say yes
I'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl
Who's still around the morning after
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Cute
03:52
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we were hangin out in my car
somebody said that they liked how the stars were out
l was lookin out the rearview mirror
tryin to c the car behind us clearer
(and u)
u were hangin out
the window with ur hair blown back
l like it when it looks like that
l try 2 establish eye contact
i want u
2 look @ me
2 tell me l'm pretty
or mayb just cute :)
chorus-
(l wanna b cute
l wanna b twenty
and lookin @ u
and u lookin @ me
and sayin l'm cute
"can't believe that we're 20
let's go to the party
and leave")
we were hangin out in a bar
l said that l wanted out
and u said "me 2"
we were walking under Christmas lites
it was January but it still looked nice
like u
l said "u look nice 2"
asked what u wanted 2 do
l don't want b smooth
chorus a couple times
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When I go for a drive I like to pull off to the side
Of the road, turn out the lights, get out, and look up at the sky
And I do this to remind me that I'm really really tiny
In the grand scheme of things and sometimes this terrifies me
But it's only really scary 'cause it makes me feel serene
In a way I never thought I'd be because I've never been
So grounded and so humbled and so one with everything
I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything
Rock and roll is fun but if you ever hear someone
Say you are huge look at the moon, look at the stars, look at the sun
Look at the ocean and the desert and the mountains and the sky
Say I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye
I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye
When I saw genevieve I really liked it when she said
What she said about the giant and the lemmings on the cliff
She said "i like giants- especially girl giants. 'cause all girls feel
Too big sometimes, regardless of their size"
When I go for a drive I like to pull off to the side
Of the road and run and jump into the ocean in my clothes
And I'm smaller than a poppyseed inside a great big bowl
And the ocean is a giant that can swallow me whole
So I swim for all salvation and I swim to save my soul
But my soul is just a whisper trapped inside a tornado
So I flip to my back and I float and I sing
I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything
I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything
some days l'd rise to the challenge
and other days l'd feel so bad
that l could not get out of bed
and on the days l felt bad l sang
and sang and sang and sang and sang
l got good at feeling bad and that's y l'm still here!
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12. |
Wake Up
03:01
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Wake up
get dressed 100 times and sigh
skip breakfast then stumble outside
has nebody ever been this tired?
quit acting like u have it bad
lookat ur home and at ur mom and dad
just be thankful 4 the things u have
u r not defined by what u lack
ur lacking calories and just
want to laugh
so wake up
Wake up
get dress 100 times and die
ur brain explodes and ur on fire
u don't know what it is 2 b on fire
so why'd u write that line?
l don't know!
Wake up
get out of bed
and get out of ur head
ur wearing bracelets like u always said
u never would
so wake up
waaaaaaake up
wake up wake up wakeup
wakeupwakeup wake u p
w a k e u p !
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