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GB Pharmacy
03:28
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Though I’m most certainly
I'm most certainly not one
To get things right
To get things right the first time
I must have with you
So it’s most certainly
It's most certainly time
To stop looking
To stop looking around
I get so tired of getting it wrong
But that’s not why I wrote this song
I wrote it for you
To tell you
Everything’s fine
I’m not looking for you
You’re looking fine
Well, I have probably
I have probably spoken too much
But to me it seemed worth speaking, so
I wrote it for you
To tell you
Everything’s fine
I’m not looking for you
You’re looking fine
I get so tired of getting it wrong
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2. |
That's A No
03:38
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Got an offer, lot’s to balance
Not a loafer, just a timer
Can’t be bothered, won’t break focus
Beautiful eyes, chances arise
Spinning the top
Imagining
Always in spring
Time will reverse
Well that’s what the populace said
Well that’s a no from the fighter
A confession, a polite no
Such a foolish opportunist
Couldn’t help it, wouldn’t give up
Beautiful hair and no more chances
Top still spinning
Imagining
A perfect spring
Time decelerating
Well that’s what the populace said
Well that’s a no from the fighter
Never did ask for a lighter
Praying for a patient planner
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3. |
Any Star
04:45
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I’m in the waves
Swimming fine
But there’s a thick fog
I might be here forever
I guess that’s fine these days
But I want to see you
I want to read you
Come and meet me down here
In the pile of people shy of people
I’m trying to leave the city
Without case or court
If I could see the stars
Every star
I wouldn’t ask
For any specifics
Just take me to one, please
I want to see you
I want to read you
I want to see you
I want to read you
I want to see you
I want to read you
I want to see you
But I can’t afford to visit you just yet
Someday I’ll be with you
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4. |
Postal
04:19
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A new man can’t, a new man can’t
Choose what he wants to do
Sir please help me, sir I need a box
And I don’t have the tools
What was that? Oh, come on
There has to be another way
Come for dinner, come and let me
Prove myself to you
Pace yourselves, friends
We have plenty of time to spend
Is this not enough
Pace yourselves, friends
I have plenty of minds to bend
Is this not enough
They all looked at me and laughed
That’s good, right
Joy means someone’s won some sort of fight
Someone affirm that bribing works around here
It’s all you, it’s on you
It’s all you, it’s on you
It’s all you, it’s on you
It’s all you, if only that were true
A new man can’t choose what he wants to do
Man, I’ve had it with this system
There has to be another way out
Another way out
Typical, everyone versus me
Pace yourselves, friends
We have plenty of time to spend
Is this not enough
Pace yourselves, friends
I have plenty of minds to bend
Is this not enough
They all looked at me and laughed
Shut up, right
I should have won this fight
Why doesn’t bribery work around here
It’s all you, it’s on you
It’s all you, it’s on you
It’s all you, it’s on you
It’s all you, it’s on you
I know it’s been a while since we’ve had this conversation but
I thought you wanted success
That wasn’t me
No, that wasn't me
Well it just depends on your definition of success, I guess
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5. |
10,000 Stairs
03:59
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My father took me to the mountain
This fine morning, and said
My son, we’re gonna climb that
We’re gonna take back your joy
Come on, I don’t see it
What’s the connection
This and joy
My father, tell me now
Please use logic
How is this fun
He said
I know every song in the summit show
But they’re not stuck in my head just yet
Instead I let all these little steps
Sing to me in perfect harmony
Now evening
We have conquered about a third
Of those 10,000 stairs
My feet are a little angry
But my mind is quiet
My thoughts, my fears
Quiet
I know every song in the summit show
But they’re not stuck in my head just yet
Instead I let all these little steps
Sing to me in perfect harmony
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6. |
Fortune Teller
03:04
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There is a wildfire
Somewhere in the sky
I hear it
But don’t let me see it
I know it’s there
You can’t hide it from me
But please try
Don’t let me see
It’s not good for me
I know my present and my past
I know my future
All too well
But I don’t feel it
I know exactly what to do
And when to say
But til I feel it
Don’t let me see it
I’d rather leave it
Alone
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7. |
Top Song
04:54
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Look, a picture of you
The way you eye the sea
Although no one really has the key
To the palace that you built for yourself
Up on the cliff
Is it lying to me
He said he wanted to be in the pages
So we led him to the sages
That’s where he is now
He got ahead
That’s what he said
But honestly, who knows now
Light a candle please
I don’t feel at home
At least read me a story
Spin me a top
Let me watch
I’ll never really move away from you
I’ll never really move away from you
I’ll never really move away from you
Light a candle please
I don’t feel at home
Light a candle please
I don’t feel at home
At least give me a reason
I’ll never really move away from you
I’ll never really move away from you
I’ll never really move away from you
From you
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8. |
What Excuse
03:42
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I’d like to take myself and you
To another star
To a better star
I’d like to take myself and you all
To outer space
Quiet, calm space
I’d like to make a world of change
Build it all today
Rule it all today
I’d like to make a world of change
Start with me and you
All of me and you
But I’m not a perfect man
I'm not a perfect man
I'm not a perfect man
I'm not a perfect man
Keep it slow
Keep it slow
Keep it slow
Keep it slow
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9. |
Fate Delay
05:34
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Then, overt distaste
Now, humble appreciation
Tell me just one thing, sister
What was the point
Tell me just one thing, lover
What was the point
Tell me just one thing, hater
What are you waiting for this time
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10. |
Becky
02:53
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Becky, becky
How I thought that you loved me
How I thought that you cared
How I thought that you’d worry if I fell
Then even from your own shoulder
You threw me away
Then blamed it on my failure to be safe
But strengthening my love for you
Is so easy to do
Just wrap your arms around me
They don’t have to be all that tight
Free yourself so violently
It doesn’t make a difference to me
You can’t tell me what to do
My heart will never break over you
But strengthening my love for you
Is so easy to do
Just wrap your arms around me
They don’t need to be all that tight
Free yourself so violently
It doesn’t make a difference
I’ll be seeing you
I'll be seeing you
Holding a treaty you
I think will sign with a submersed smile
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