1. |
Waking Up
03:35
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I wrote three perfect songs
I wrote three perfect songs
I wrote three perfect songs
in exchange for a few measly years of your love
I drew a rope from memory
it looked all wrong
twisted up there on the page
I drew a rope around your neck
it was easy for me
pulled it tight in the dream
Waking up
Waking up
Coming back
Catching up now
Waking Up
Waking Up
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2. |
Man in Bed
03:26
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Had a man in bed
who kept me from running
I remember the feeling (x2)
Driving through the desert
in the twilight
Forest holds me at night
it holds me at night
If I am the picture,
then who is the witness?
When I am silent,
who is listening now?
No one my good girl (x3)
No one my good, good girl.
Had a man to miss
when I was gone
I remember the feeling (x2)
And when we touched
it was good and long
So deep his kiss would
swallow my whole head
And when he stopped coming
home at night
I'd wake in the morning
I'd remember the feeling
Alone with a clear head (x2)
With no one my good girl
With no one my good, good girl.
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3. |
Walking Around
03:10
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Walking around
in the blankest state of mind
I can feel
the seasons changing, oh my
I get to thinking
about that old man of mine
Something strained
deep in my minds eye
'Cuz I've had enough
loves to write this one's demise.
I don't care to unlearn (x2)
Don't strike a match it won't burn
I don't care to unlearn
Walking around...
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4. |
Moving Slow
04:20
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I'd like to be
catapulted to fame
So I can find a man
Who feels the same
But I can't get nothing done
and I don't wanna share the stage
Anyway (x2)
Sometimes I can't tell
Why I do
Anything
Seems I'm just running from myself
Trying to catch hell (x2)
Or moving slow just
waiting for the night to come
Moving slow (x2)
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5. |
Nothing Like You
02:48
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At times I crave
Something that I have not seen
I don't know its name
To call out for it from the fire escape
Step out into the night
Its shape could appear in relief
By the light of the city or
The light of the moon
Better be something new
Nothing Like you.
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6. |
Visions
03:19
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In the visions I have
when they come
all I have are my sons
At night they lay stones
on the table for me
You are old too and our dog is dead
but we continue
When we sleep
you are my dream
I am your awakening
And if it is quiet when we talk
in rooms below the ground
I will pass a seed into your mouth.
I am on some rural shore
chickens under my feet
the days, too, overlapping
not asking for much
Just a bit of scratch
and some protection
Would I be like Billy at the door?
begging for an opening
Just to be over there
then wanting here again?
To be over there
then wanting here again?
I will pass a seed into your mouth.
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7. |
Nowhere Texas
04:13
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These days its hard to settle down
between the city, the country, the bar or a sleepy town
Myself I been running around
while this ol world keeps
crumbling down
Searching for meaning its hard to know
where I'm bound
I got this feeling I'm looking for something
I already found
Cause I...
Wanna be with you in nowhere Texas
Me, you, the dogs and the dust
I wanna be with you in nowhere Texas
our friends can come visit us
We've been in and out
Things have gone up and down
But I've loved you long now
And I wanna be
With you
In nowhere Texas.
Come on out on the porch, honey, sit with me
We can sip our coffee and stare out on the prairie
There ain't a soul out here between us and the sky
Ain't it nice how it stretches on for miles and miles?
Morning brings afternoon gives way to night
But I can't be bothered none by time
'Cause I...
Wanna be with you in nowhere Texas
Me, you, the dogs and the dust
I wanna be with you in nowhere Texas
our friends can come visit us
We've been in and out
Things have gone up and down
But I've loved you long now
And I wanna be
With you
In nowhere Texas.
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Liv Mershon Chicago, Illinois
Liv Mershon is a multi-media artist based in Chicago, IL
See also: nunn, Loin, Porunga, Lech, Double Mastectomy, Nyxd, Hymnal Bruise, Shut Up!, The Vallures, Silent Hippie.
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