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Once again my friend is overly
Unconcerned about the sky
When the ceiling caves in over me
And the wind carves out my eyes
Hold me oh so close and tenderly
Let it never cross your mind
That the only road to anywhere
Is the road we left behind
But no one needs a helping hand to hold the edge of a knife
When they’re cutting cards
Nobody needs you to be so hard
Now the ocean's full of enemies
And the rivers can't decide
If they want to keep on filtering out there
So they let the banks run dry
Take my lips to keep from muttering
Take the air out from my lungs
Take your arms and pull them into me
Wrap yourself around my tongue
This slowly acting poison won't be spoiling all of this wine
And if you're feeling fine
I wanna believe you
When you say it's a long way off
If you tell me that you don't know right now
Tell me that we'll never know
And that it's a long way off
I wanna believe
And that all we need is time
All we need is love
Just me and you
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My souvenir, my Sunday shoes
My shiny hair too much to lose
Your weightless flesh so cool and smooth
Your Spanish flare a weekend cruise
Wet your desire for me
I get what I want for free
Sex on the beach and daiquiris
These dancing moves you have to see
Your friends are charmed you must agree
My bed is where you want to be
Ladeedaladaa
It's only once you live this long
These teeth are real my pulse is strong
The sitch down there won't do you wrong
Cause now we're here but soon we're gone
Set your desire on me
We're both retirees
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Wonderful Plumage
02:53
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Kleptegrity
04:27
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One of these days the union
Of all these little humans
Will fall into the open wound
Of endless tragedy
Dissolving into nowhere
We only have opinions
And we describe them all at once
In perfect harmony
Sunlight is free
But only if you all agree
To leave the biggest piece for me
And slowly leave the room
I had a dream that you left
Only in your sundress
While the winter winds swept
Frozen ice around your feet
And I was holding our son
Who doesn't have opinions
And leapt into the ocean
Where you were waiting underneath
And from your lips a song grew
That only time is untrue
And all the folks that we knew
Filled the beach with harmony
This time won't you
Do this thing that I ask of you
And dig a hole where your garden grew
Till your 6 feet underneath
It's only fair that you know
We must decide where you go
Please open wide and raise your tongue
While we shine a light to see
All of the things you're hiding
The people you confide in
And all the things conspiring in that
Space between your cheeks
Sunlight won't do
If it chooses to shine on you
It's only because I asked it to
Reflect it onto me
One of these days the union
Of all these tiny humans
Will Sleep under the ocean
With the nattering of teeth
And up above in heaven
They've built my bed to lie in
And I will rest there peacefully
While you crumble underneath
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Song for Malcolm
03:51
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You smile like you know someone’s secret
And the world will not tear you apart
I love you so much that my
brain turns to mush
And I'm losing the grip on my heart
You cry and the sky breaks in pieces
And mountains crawl back to the surf
The waves will unfurl
When your lip starts to curl
And your tears salt the core of the earth
You sing like the wind through the needles
And birds paint the clouds where you chirp
I love you so truly
Even when you're so cruel
My heart freezes up when you hurt
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I'm mister man man man man I'm making a fuss
take these pants off me
I need to be free
take these pants off me
where is my binky?
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I need another redemption
I need a chance at it all
Somebody who can give me attention
Somebody with a place in Montreal
I need a view of the ocean
I need a four letter word
It should smell like a tech innovation
Something wet in the guts of a rotting bird
I need another addendum
I need second chance
More time making rotten opinions
More time to dance and dance and dance
Just to hold you closer ooooo
Just to hold you closer now baby
The only thing I needed was you
I need another kombucha
I need a company car
Hotwired to explode in the bedroom
Hotwired in the blood of a dying star
Just to take me closer ooooo
Just to take me closer now baby uhhh
Closer than I wanted with you
I need a final solution
I need a sideways glance
Some woman who gave up evolution
I need a filthy hot dirty swimming pool romance
Just to feel emotions ooo
I get so emotional baby
Emotional over you
I need a box of wet wipes
I need a place I can crawl into
Somewhere it never gets colder than pop tarts
Where the air feels better than a Russian zoo
Just to take me over ooooo
Just to take me over now baby uhhhh
I need somebody to cry on
I need someone I can hurt
Somebody who's a rock in the ocean
Somebody with a flaming guitar on their shirt
Just to feel emotions ooooo
I get so emotional baby uhhhhhh
Emotional over you
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A bag for goodwill
06:46
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You can hold him in your arms
You can fall for all his charms
You can hold it close in your heart but time will slip away
And the baby's soft and warm
And he slept through the winter storm
You could hold it close in your heart but time will slip away
And all your lovers and all your friends
Did they come for you again
You can hold it close in your heart but time will slip away
The girl who made you feel
That nothing else is real
You can hold it close in your heart but time will slip away
The wind flits through your hair
And they all left you there
You can hold it close in your heart but time will slip away
And the weeds climb up the rails
And the breeze fills up your sails
You can hold it close in your heart but time will slip away
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Patrick Canning St. John'S, Newfoundland and Labrador
Patrick is an artist type who lives out on the edge of nowhere in St. John's Newfoundland and makes music for himself.
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