1. |
Bright Ideas
04:07
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Lyrics:
A little problem but you can't put a finger on it
You wonder why but you don't want to linger on it
You ran away but you couldn't find a hiding place
Something wiped the smile off your happy face
Working a mystery
Of another opportunity
Wasted, wasted, you tasted
A little victory
A moment of defeat and you
Faced it, you faced it, erased it
And started over again
Wrong call and you all fall to pieces
Like so many coins down the creases
Next big thing just got a little old
Hot pursuit till the trail went cold
Another day goes by
Now it's all you can do
To save it, save it, you gave it
Yet another try
Never could let it lie
When you had another one of your bright ideas
You had another one of your bright ideas
You had another one of your bright ideas
Taken you so long
Looks like you're gonna to have to
Face it, face it, erase it
Now that you know what's wrong
Turning the light back on
'Cause you had another one of your bright ideas
You had another one of your bright ideas
You had another one of your bright ideas
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2. |
Dead End Street
04:22
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Renegade Rick he got kicked out of the US armed forces
And now his divorce is all final and he’s goin’ to school taking night courses
And bettin’ on the wrong horses
He got a three legged dog who’s just lost in a fog of old age
Rescued from a cage, now he just sleeps on the couch in his final stage
And it’s time to turn a new page
If there’s a lesson to be learned, it’s lost on me
You take a few wrong turns of the road to nowhere
You never know who you might meet
Livin’ on a dead end street
Rosemary studies astrology and dyes her hair black
Tattoo on her back, y’know she had so many girlfriends we kinda lost track
Might wanna take a few steps back
She got a sister in Pittsburgh, workin’ at the local drive-thru
And baby makes two. Wonder where the future went and drove off to.
What else you gonna do?
If there’s a lesson to be learned, it’s lost on me
You take a few wrong turns of the road to nowhere
You never know who you might meet
Livin’ on a dead end street
You can follow the signs but the land mines will not be on the map
And it seems like such a snap. You don’t know if you’re walking to a treasure or a trap
Till it lands on your lap
They’ll say “you do the math”, but sometimes y’know it just don’t add up
You take a few wrong steps off the beaten path
And the grass grows up around your feet
Livin’ on a dead end street
Better get on back
To that lonely cul-de-sac
Just past the railroad tracks
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3. |
What If...
03:59
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What if you had the answers
All along, all for nothing
Would it make any difference
When you know who the enemy is
You drew the lines all around you
Save you from the truth
What if you had the answers
All along, all for nothing
I can't begin to guess at the games you been playing
I know you never want to be caught on the losing end
It's easy to ignore everything that I'm saying
What if you had the answers
All along, all for nothing
Would it make any difference
When you know who the enemy is
You drew the lines all around you
Save you from the truth
What if you had the answers
All along, all for nothing
Saw a fire in the distance
So you built a wall around your precious world
You drew the lines all around you
Save you from the truth
What if you had the answers
All along, all for nothing
What if you had the answer
What if you had the answer
...
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4. |
Party Dress
03:39
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All day you takin' orders for your butter and bread
Ain't got to speak a word 'cause I heard what you said
Channel surfin' in your prison cell
Why don't you kill your TV set and raise a little hell
Put on that party dress
Yes and let your body do the rest
Put on that party dress now now baby
And let your body do the rest
Straight jacket traffic on the dead end streets
Cuffs on your wrists and chains on your feets
Now, now you try fightin' they just tighten that noose
I know just how you can cut yourself loose
Put on that party dress
Yes and let your body do the rest
C'mon put on that party dress, now, now mama
And let your body do the rest
I know the years have taken their toll
But you ain't got to live your life on cruise control
Just turn on the burner and stir up the pot
Slip on them new shoes and shake what you got
Put on that party dress
Yes and let your body do the rest
C'mon put on that party dress, now, now baby
And let your body do the rest
Yes, put on that party dress
Yes and let your body do the rest
C'mon put on that party dress, now mama
Let your body do the rest
Let your body do the rest
Yes, let your body do the rest
Let your body do the rest
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5. |
For the Life of Me
02:53
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If you plant a poison flower
In your garden I will never tell
You're locked inside your tower
Still trying to cast another spell
Well, well
Mixing up some magic potion
With a teardrop from your eye
Oh my , my
I'm still swimming across that ocean
For the life of me I could not tell you why
To a blue and gold horizon
How long we wandered I really couldn't say
And the stars they give no guidance
Still you insist you know the way
Hey, hey
'Cause you had yourself a notion
Build a castle in the sky
Oh my, my
Still swimming across that ocean
For the life of me I could not tell you why
It's hard looking down
Hundred feet above the ground
Straighten up and turn around
And face another day
Hey hey
In a world of true believers
Chasing down some promised destiny
We've pulled at all the levers
Where does that leave you and me
Overcome with emotion
But we still refuse to cry
Oh my, my
I'm still swimming across that ocean
For the life of me I could not tell you why
For the life of me
For the life of me
I could not tell you why
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6. |
All Is Forgiven
03:21
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All Is forgiven
For anything that happened before
All is forgiven, I ain't livin' in the past no more
(Chorus)
I played around with fire
Yes, and I got burned
Skated on thin ice, well,
Lesson learned
I may have been knocked down
But as far as I'm concerned
(Chorus)
Ask me no questions and
I won't take the fifth
I can't keep track of
All the people I been fighting with
I'd like to cut a plea
Yes I got some nerve
Well you can sentence me to
Time already served 'cause
All is forgiven
All is forgiven
(Chorus)
(Chorus)
I sure know how to hold a grudge
And for years I wouldn't budge
The stuff you carry around
It can start to weigh you down
I guess it's time to let it go
And I thought you ought to know
All is forgiven, I ain't livin' in the past no more
I don't want to go to war
I forgot what I was fighting for
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