1. |
Friends and Family
01:53
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All my friends and my family
are remarkable people
they are nothing like the creeps in this town
there is time still ahead of me
with the last among equals
I am keeping both my ears to the ground
there's a feeling I've been getting
that I have earned the town and state that I am in
I cannot leave; my feet would stop me from stepping
I'd kiss the ground but I don't know where it has been
oh no there are reasons but I can't explain
well I can but not to you
oh I'm getting better at the waiting game
and I don't want to lose
we all are products of circumstances
and we reflect the sort of people we have known
whether by blood or by extended olive branches
all these people have determined how we've grown
And as I said very tactfully
there's a mine shaft and a steeple
and the otherwise indifferent middle ground
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2. |
Daughters
02:34
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they expect the worst 'cause they got here first
and they know exactly what they became
it is unlawful but not as awful
as several legal things I could name
cause when the uninformed are uniformed
it helps us know who to ignore
all their strongest convictions are built upon fiction
and they haven't figured out what for
daughters
lock up your mothers
and all of the others
You'll say where you came from and we'll all be stunned
they let you leave home unconvinced
'cause they heard where they've been to and what they turned into
and they haven't slept ever since
it must be hard to grow old and find you were told
all kinds of terrible advice
but they've got no excuse for their passive abuse
and their product isn't worth the price
daughters
lock up your mothers
and all of the others
and all of their mothers
they don't care so we
don't care too
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3. |
Golden Rules
02:36
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Here there be drags
we don't care about anything
you're part of it now
What do we expect
we're all rope and no neck
we're some other things too
I think
the worst was
my first mistake
I didn't think you'd break
You broke golden rules
‘cause you wanted to
And anyway
we're encouraged to
change our minds
we don't disagree
When we're at our best
like an old family crest
we are pointless and proud
I think
the worst was
my first mistake
I didn't think you'd break
You broke golden rules
‘cause you wanted to
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4. |
Be Warned
02:51
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be warned
I'm not twice the man
I used to be
so why should we
still stumble
through rebuttals
and complaints
we can't explain
before we are born
we ought to be warned
of the terrible things
that we'll do to ourselves
waste effort
waste time and lose
our place in line
all the time
and we can't believe
what we do to ourselves
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5. |
There's No Reason
02:53
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there's no reason
for me to mention
my opinion
of their intentions
if there's no reason
then why the trouble
why the masses
and why the huddle
the voice of reason
sometimes stutters
so instead we
can ask our brothers
we will keep doing
as we have done
over and over
and that's final
there's no reason
to sing the anthem
if you don't want to
pay their ransom
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6. |
Everyone Everywhere
02:14
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though you don't understand
I meant every word
that I thought
that I said
that you heard
you were there
I never claimed
to know anything
but what I know I will
never be asked to explain
everyone everywhere
believes
everyone everywhere else
should leave
I've remained on the shelf
you are overdue
we are what we've done
so I'm nothing to you
if I'm less than you'd guess
I guess I'm to blame
if I'm more you can thank the best half
of my name
everyone everywhere
believes
everyone everywhere else
should leave
and I don't have the heart to disagree
so I'll try as hard as anyone can
to disregard our basic similarities
and choose myself over my fellow man
though you don't understand
I meant every word
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7. |
Be Warned (demo)
02:48
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be warned
I'm not twice the man
I used to be
so why should we
still stumble
through rebuttals
and complaints
we can't explain
before we are born
we ought to be warned
of the terrible things
that we'll do to ourselves
waste effort
waste time and lose
our place in line
all the time
and we can't believe
what we do to ourselves
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8. |
There's No Reason (demo)
03:14
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there's no reason
for me to mention
my opinion
of their intentions
if there's no reason
then why the trouble
why the masses
and why the huddle
the voice of reason
sometimes stutters
so instead we
can ask our brothers
we will keep doing
as we have done
over and over
and that's final
there's no reason
to sing the anthem
if you don't want to
pay their ransom
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