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Dear Abby
04:07
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Abigail, you always had such a bad sense of humor
So I want to make sure that you know that this isn't a joke
And it isn't a lie or some gossip or some kind of rumor
I think it's about time that you and I finally broke
Somebody once told me that you like to dress like a princess
But there's not enough silver and lace here to cover your mouth
And I've listened a while and I believe that it's time that I insist
That you let me tell you what I have been thinking about
Dear Abby, I hate to say all of this here in a letter
'Cause chivalry calls for a breakup to be face to face
But every time I try to say something to you in person
You keep interrupting and causing me to lose my place
You're always complaining that I'm always talking down to you
But Abby, I think that's the least of your troubles today
'Cause you've knocked me down so many times and I'm finally standing
And I think it's about time that I should be walking away
Dear Abby, I hate to say all of this here in a letter
'Cause chivalry calls for a breakup to be face to face
But every time I try to say something to you in person
You keep interrupting and causing me to lose my place
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You Don't Care
02:22
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You tell me you don't care
You tell me you don't care
But I know
You tell me you don't care
You tell me you won't care
You tell me it's over
You tell me it's not fair
But I don't believe you
I never believe you
And I won't be needing you
I won't be needing you
You tell me you don't care
You tell me you don't care
But I know
You tell me you don't care
You tell me don't worry
You're leaving in two months
I say what's the hurry
I know you're not leaving
I've heard this before
When the sound of your threats
Turn to knocks on my door
You tell me you don't care
You tell me you don't care
But I know
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Weather Girl Blues
03:18
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I hate to see you leaving like I hate to see the sun go down
Oh, I hate to see you leaving, leaving like the sun goes down
But I know that in the morning, another girl will come around
A dark cloud's rising, covering up the sky
Yeah, a dark cloud's rising, rising, covering up the sky
If you say it's gonna start raining, I swear I'm gonna die
It's getting cold this winter, wold like your icy heart
Oh, it's freezing cold this winter, freezing like your icy heart
Did you just stop loving me, or did you never even start?
I guess that I can't blame you, I guess I feel about the same
Oh, I guess that I can't blame you, 'cause honey, I guess I feel about the same
It's been partly cloudy for years now, with a constant chance of rain
You act like you know everything that's gonna happen in this world
Oh you act like you know every little thing that's gonna happen in this world
But you ain't no fortune teller, and you ain't no weather girl
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The Devil
02:45
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Trying to talk to you feels just like playing the devil at cards
I keep on betting though I know I can't win
You always steal my heart
It don't matter what I say
The Devil came and took it all away
You say you don't love me, you just like when I'm around
Being with you is like living with Satan in a castle underground
It don't matter what I say
The Devil came and took it all away
It don't matter what I say
The Devil came and she took me away
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Alaska
03:14
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I guess that it's snowing somewhere in Alaska
What I come home, I'll probably ask her for sure
I've just gotta know
It feels like the winter is coming up sooner
Than the man talking through his old radio tuner has said
But I hope that he's right
'Cause I can't stand walking home on this freezing cold night
I'm walking on water, this sidewalk's a river
These steps that I've taken have helped me forgive her before
But tonight I'm just bored
A pile of glass bottles and mismatched old shoes
Reminds me that everyone will get the blues at some time
But tonight they're all mine
And I'm not sure that I'd be able to explain why
I spend all my nights working shifts in the graveyard
But when I come home I can let down my guard with her
No trouble in sight
I'm not sure if words or actions speak faster
It's not that I'm even trying to get past her tonight
'Cause I'm finally home
And sometimes all that I need is to not be alone
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6. |
That's All That I Know
03:14
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Even the flowers must rise from the dirt
And fight their way out of this long-suffering earth
Before they can bloom and display what their worth
I love you, that's all that I know
I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, that's all that I know
Sometimes the pain is what leads me back home
When my throat is so dry that I pray for a storm
Or my house to burn down just to help me get warm
I love you, that's all that I know
I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, that's all that I know
Whenever the clouds have all blocked out the sun
And you look to the hills just to find them all gone
Then, honey, we will just set out on our own
I love you, that's all that I know
I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, that's all that I know
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Trick (Emily)
02:58
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Emily, I don't believe that everything I ever need
Is hidden deep between your golden thighs
But something tells me I know what I'll be doing tonight
You think you're clever but I know your schemes your tricks and your M.O.
You hit the club and find some gun for hire
Then go home and spread your legs like wildfire
Every guy here's had his chance for you to unbutton his pants
You go down every night just like the sun
It ain't gonna create life, but it sure is fun
You say that the way you are that you can't help it's not your fault
But I don't trust the things you say
Only trust myself when you're away
'Cause the word trick was invented for you
The word trick was invented for you
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8. |
Love Song
06:25
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I'm not a Southern soul singer and I'm not a traveling bard
I wanted to write you a love song but I found it exceedingly hard
It's not that I don't really love you, 'cause honey you know that I do
It's just that there aren't enough words to explain how I feel about you
Now I know why those old songs go la la la la la la la
You remind me of a poem I forgot or a song that will never exist
Or a place where I've never been to, but honey your beauty insists
That I fill up a new dictionary with new words to explain everything
It'd be easier than writing a love song, it'd be easier than trying to sing
Now I know why those old songs go la la la la la la la
I wanted to write a love song but it just can't be done
It's like trying to tell a blind man the color of the sun
You can get the science of it, but that don't help him none
I tried to write a love song but it just can't be done
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Holly Would
02:56
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I'll bet that Holly would do all that you'd never do for me
Holly would call me and Holly would tell me everything Holly would do
Holly would take me where Holly would want me and Holly would love me too
I'll bet that Holly would do all that you'd never do for me
Holly would come by and Holly would sit by me and Holly would smile
Holly would kiss me and Holly would love me and Holly would stay for awhile
I'll bet that Holly would do all that you'd never do for me
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Crackertown
02:42
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Something's wrong with me, we all know it's true
I'm not perfect like my mom, my dad, my brother and you
Got married while I got tired of our town
You grew roots while I ran my boat aground
And I won't go back to where we both came from
No, no, it's not my home, it's not my home
Everybody said that you'd be somebody someday
But who are you now? Who are you? Now
That I'm getting older, I feel it too
But you act like you've got something to prove
And I won't go back to where we both came from
No, no, it's not my home, it's not my home
When I moved out of Crackertown
Everybody looked down on me
Told me that I shouldn't leave
That I belong here with my own kind
Here with my own kind
But what is my kind?
And I won't go back to where we both came from
No, no, it's not my home, it's not my home
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Once I knew a lady fair, her skin pale like a dove
I looked at her and said: my dear, you're the one I love
Each evening we tried to watch the sunset, but it never went down
One morning she said: I'll miss you dear, but I must leave this town
Oh my love, where have you gone?
Where have you gone my love?
Oh my love, please do come home
Please do come home my love
Please do come home my love
Now every day I sit outside and watch the cars go past
And every night I fall asleep laying on the grass
Now I look up each time I hear an airplane passing above
I wonder if its hull contains the woman that I love
Oh my love, where have you gone?
Where have you gone my love?
Oh my love, please do come home
Please do come home my love
Please do come home my love
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12. |
Relic Locked Away
03:52
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The front door to your house is always locked but I have found the key
It's hidden underneath the mat where all the world can never see
But I don't want in anyway, there's nothing you can offer me
I will not be your other guy
'Cause I can't even look you in the eye
There's one thing that I'd never do and that is I won't lie to you
But every time I tell the truth, I ask myself why I'm with you
'Cause somehow everything you say makes me just hate you more each day
When I'm with you, I wanna die
'Cause I can't even look you in the eye
The last time that I saw your face, I knew you but I couldn't place
Where we had seen each other last, now you're a relic from my past
You used to always make my smile, but I'll forget after awhile
And I won't even wonder why
'Cause I can't even look you in the eye
I can't even look you in the eye
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13. |
Never
04:02
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I never walk, I never run, I never do what must be done
I never do what must be done
You never write, you never call, I've got your picture on my wall
I've got your picture on my wall
I never see you coming 'round no more
I never hear you knocking on my door
There's never sun, it's always rain, when will I see you again?
When will I see you again?
I never smile, I never wave, I still have everything you gave
I still have everything you gave to me
I never see you coming 'round no more
I never hear you knocking on my door
I never sleep, always awake, there's nothing left in me to break
There's nothing left for you to break in me
I'm never right, I'm always wrong, I had to sing you one last song
I had to sing you one last song
I never see you coming 'round no more
I never hear you knocking on my door
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Constant Reader Clarksville, Indiana
Constant Reader makes sad goth folk music in Midwestern bedrooms.
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