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Might Be Green
03:32
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I must have misheard you when you said I was artistic
Did you mean it as a compliment when you said that you'd never met someone like me?
It's just that the way you smiled could be read as derogative
I'd like to think that I can tell when someone's saying something that they do not mean
But when you start talking with your eyes, I find it's not a language that I speak
Long ago, philosophers would wonder at the ocean:
Is there anything that can exist if it cannot be measured with infinity?
Why do we know beauty, or take time to travel somewhere?
Are there kinds of loving things inside the planets and the carpets and the trees?
And what color is the sun? We draw it yellow, but I think it might be green.
I must have misheard you when you said I was artistic
Did you mean it as a compliment when you said that you can't believe my honesty?
Truth be told, I'm holding back on so much commentation
I'm aware enough to know that everybody isn't interested in questions like these.
But what color is the sun? We draw it yellow, but I think it might be green.
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2. |
Boy From Outer Space
01:11
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I know a boy from Outer Space
I catch his signals
He likes my face
And then he makes me so confused
I bet you know a boy from Outer Space too
Cause I'd be sitting
and staring
and talking to the ceiling
Trying to understand
When he is showing me symbols
To tell me how he's feeling
I can't parse the message from the stars
From that boy in Outer Space
I'm hearing something
That I can't place
Because he makes me so confused
He thinks that I'm from Outer Space too
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The Woodpecker said to The Maple:
"You're sweeter than any I've seen"
But he left her be-holed and be-lonelied
And said he was tired of that tree
La da dy (etc)
His wife in her branches was nestled
The kids having all flown away
So they packed up their things and departed,
And she cried sugar tears that day
La da dy (etc)
You can find rocks that lie in a circle
But you're better off putting them there
And you shouldn't go blaming The Maple
For it isn't her fault that she cared
La da dy (etc)
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4. |
Not Stop Lovin You
01:23
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I will not stop lovin you until you stop lovin me
I will not take you for granted 'less for granted's where you take me
If you ever start to wonder if my feelings aren't true,
Just decide if you love me, and then you'll know if I love you
I can't guarantee that I will love you all my life
Even if you are my husband
Even if you are my wife
But as long as lovin me is something you still do
Darlin, I would not stop lovin you
I will not stop lovin you until you stop lovin me
I will not take you for granted 'less for granted's where you take me
If you ever start to wonder if my feelings aren't true,
Just decide if you love me, and then you'll know if I love you
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5. |
The Dragon Green
03:14
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Once upon a mountaintop, there lived a dragon green
He hid behind the rocks, so he was hardly ever seen
Tales were bore in days of yore that he was cruel and mean,
So he believed them
In the night he'd take the farmer's cattle and his sheep
And thought it was the kind of thing an evil dragon keeps
But he would let them go before the stars had gone to sleep
He didn't eat them
And I say
Oh my lonely dragon friend
You needn't hide away and pretend you aren't sweet
If you would just come down you'd show the town
They needn't fear the dragon green
Now and then, a knight in shining armor came to say,
"I've come for you, O Dragon!" But they never tried to stay
When bouts of blue and yellow fire crackled on display
He had to scare them
Then one day came came climbing up a farmer, hardly brave
She said to him: "O Dragon, in your dark and dismal cave
My only brother's stranded" but the dragon turned away,
He didn't care then
But when he beheld the crystal tears in her eyes
At thinking of her only brother starved until he died
Because he'd climbed and climbed until he'd gone up far too high and caused a cave-in
The dragon green stretched out his wings and went into the sky
To reach the places you can only grace when you can fly
He found the stranded brother, badly bruised but still alive
And then he saved him
And she said
Oh my lonely dragon friend
You needn't hide away and pretend you aren't sweet
If you would just come down you'd show the town
They needn't fear the dragon green
Once inside a mountaintop there lived a dragon green
He lived behind the rocks, so he was hardly ever seen
Tales were bore, but he was more than what a dragon seems
So don't believe them
Oh my lonely dragon friend
You needn't hide away and pretend you aren't sweet
If you would just come down you'd show the town
They needn't fear the dragon green
Oh my lonely dragon friend
You needn't hide away and pretend you aren't sweet
If you would just come down you'd show the town
They needn't fear the dragon green
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[humming]
Maybe time just isn't something you can bottle in your basement
Like the wine, or jars of peaches, or your Christmas decorations
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7. |
Wednesday, I Like You
02:48
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(one-two-three-four)
Thursday. What's the matter with a Thursday?
Used to think it was the worst day
Nothing happens on a Thursday, Friday follow
Sunday, it's all said and it's all done day
Much prefer the coming Monday
Hello Tuesday, too
You're yellow and a Monday's blue
Saturday might have her charms
Hold you tightly in her arms
Turn around and then she's gone it's true
And I don't know why I like green
Or why I like the number three
But Wednesday's green
And Wednesday, I like you.
Tuesday, my heart's broken on a Tuesday
Every day's a no-good-news day
But the sun sets on a Tuesday, Wednesday follow
My day! You can keep your favorite Friday
I like triangles and sky days
Hello Thursday, too
You're one day that is also blue
Sunday you can take your rest
People might like Sunday best
For me, it's just a day that I sleep through
And I don't know why I like green
Or why I like the number three
But Wednesday's green
And Wednesday, I like you.
Saturday might have her charms
Hold you tightly in her arms
Turn around and then she's gone it's true
And I don't know why I like green
Or why I like the number three
But Wednesday's green,
And Wednesday, I like you.
And I don't know why I like green
Or why I like the number three
But Wednesday's green
And Wednesday, I like you.
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8. |
Captain Tuesday
02:59
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Captain Tuesday waits on the dock for his ship to come
He knows that it's coming any day now
Two seagulls fly by and try to steal his jacket
Two seagulls get scared because they didn't know who he was
When he turned around, they flew away, because
You don't mess with Captain Tuesday
Lola my love, I'm on my way
Just a few more days before
I'm on the shore and I am yours
It's what I dream of
Lola my love, keep me around
And if you've found some other boy
I wish you joy
And I'd never want to see you again
But, Lola, my love, I'm on my way
Just a few more days before
I'm on the shore and I am yours
It's what I dream of
Come pretty girls and dance to my song
Hey la, hey la-ya
And if your lad won't dance along,
Don't let him hold you back
Just find another lass
Hey la, hey ya-la-ya
Go in a circle, one, two, three
Hey la, hey la-ya
Save a little kiss on the cheek for me
And if your lad gets sore,
I'll give it back once more
Hey la, hey ya-la-ya
Come pretty ones and dance my way
Hey la, hey la-ya
And if your lad thinks that you've strayed
I'll take him for a whirl,
He'll want to be my girl
Hey la, hey ya-la-ya
Come pretty girls and dance to my song
Hey la, hey la-ya
And if your lad won't dance along,
Don't let him hold you back
Just find another lass
Hey la, hey ya-la-ya
Captain Tuesday waits on the dock for his ship to come
He can't go to sleep because it's day now
Two more years go by, and still he stands there waiting
Two more years go by, but he can't give up looking yet
He knows that it's coming any day now so he stays.
Maybe tomorrow, Captain Tuesday
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9. |
Monday Morning
03:10
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I woke up in a bus headed out of Ohio
I'm not sure where I wanna go
A million cornstalks wave at me
I'd wave back, but they can't see.
The other passengers are all captured in their own fantasies
And each with their thoughts that I'll never get to read
If I wanted to come home today, I would have taken the train
Monday Morning
How did I get so far from dreams
I used to have where I was a king
And I was a queen?
Now my castle's full of dragons and thieves
I'm on my journey, and I'm in no hurry
So you'll never catch me
Stopped for a walk in a park somewhere in New Jersey
I don't know where that could be
I never found the water tower with the county's name
I won't go back again to most places
They'll forget my face and won't write a letter
But I wouldn't miss them
If I get to see you twice, I look forward to a third time
Monday Morning
How did I get so far from dreams
I used to have where I was a king
And I was a queen?
Now my castle's full of dragons and thieves
I'm on my journey, and I'm in no hurry
So you'll never catch me
Monday Morning
How did I get so far from dreams
I used to have where I was a king
And I was a queen?
Now my castle's full of dragons and thieves
I'm on my journey, and I'm in no hurry
So you'll never catch me
Monday Morning
How did I get so far from dreams
I used to have where I was a king
And I was a queen?
Now my castle's full of dragons and thieves
I'm on my journey, and I'm in no hurry
So you'll never catch me
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10. |
Chessman
02:38
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Chessman, I don't think like you
Don't plan my future like you do
Chessman, let's get one thing straight
I won't be your checkmate
If you say "let's play a game"
And I say that "I love a game"
But you set down the 8-by-8
I'm not quite so inclined
You take my pawn, you take my knight
I take your pawn, you take my knight
I take your rook, you win again
And think it's 'cause of your big mind
Either way, we're sore.
Baby, I am getting bored.
Chessman, I don't think like you
Don't plan my future like you do
Chessman, let's get one thing straight
I won't be your checkmate
Maybe I'll give chess a chance
And maybe I'll give you a chance
But I'd much rather go and dance
And move myself instead
Cause you can't see the game ain't fair
And want to think the game is fair
Cause then you beat me on the merit
Of your mathematic head
But that's not for me
I don't subscribe to binary
Chessman, I don't think like you
Don't plan my future like you do
Chessman, let's get one thing straight
I won't be your checkmate
Chessman, I don't think like you
Don't plan my future like you do
Chessman, let's get one thing straight
I won't be your checkmate
Chessman, I don't think like you
Don't plan my future like you do
Chessman, let's get one thing straight
I won't be your checkmate
I won't be your checkmate
I won't be your checkmate
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11. |
Ten Men in the Mine
02:09
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10 men in the mine
10 men in the mine
Oh my friend, you'd better count again,
There's 9 men in the mine
9 grapes on the vine
9 grapes on the vine
Oh my friend, you'd better count again,
There's 8 grapes on the vine
8 days til sunshine
8 days til sunshine
Oh my friend, you'd better count again,
There's 7 days til sunshine
7 picket signs
7 picket signs
Oh my friend, you'd better count again,
There's 6 picket signs
6 folks we can't find
6 folks we can't find
Oh my friend, you'd better count again,
There's 5 folks we can't find
5 more cups of wine
5 more cups of wine
Oh my friend, you'd better count again,
There's 4 more cups of wine
4 true lovers left
4 true lovers left
Oh my friend, you'd better count again,
There's 3 true lovers left
3 miles still to climb
3 miles still to climb
Oh my friend, you'd better count again,
There's 2 miles still to climb
2 cents and a dime
2 cents and a dime
Oh my friend, you'd better count again,
There's 1 cent and a dime
1 man in the mine
1 man in the mine
Oh my friend, you'd better count again,
There's 10 men in the mine
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12. |
So Much Easier
02:59
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And it isn't that you never asked me about what I like,
It's not your fault I wasn't there
And it isn't that you sent me alien symbols that I struggled to decode
So I guess you should know that
It's so much easier for me to say goodbye
Before things have the chance to go wrong
And baby, I don't like the taste of your name in my love song
I apologize if I was too mean when I shoved you out
Of holding me close the other night
And it isn't that I wanted to be cold and alone
But somehow, your arms just weren't right
And I find it
So much easier for me to say goodbye
Before things have the chance to go wrong
And baby, I don't like the taste of your name in my love song
I thought I was calling you to me, but I'm
A little slow to pick up
So instead of dialing again, I wipe my hands and say I'm done
And it isn't that you never gave me the thing that I looked for
It's not your fault it isn't there
And it isn't that I've done this song and dance before
A thousand times or so
And now I know that
It's so much easier for me to say goodbye
Before things have the chance to go wrong
And baby, I don't like the taste of your name in my love song
I find it so much easier for me to say goodbye
Before things have the chance to go wrong
And baby, I don't like the taste of your name in my love song
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13. |
Buckeye Jim
02:19
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Way up yonder above the sky
A bluebird lived in a jay-bird's eye
Buckeye Jim, you can't go
Go weave and spin, you can't go
Buckeye Jim
Way up yonder above the moon
A blue jay nests in a silver spoon
Buckeye Jim, you can't go
Go weave and spin, you can't go
Buckeye Jim
Way down yonder by a wooden trough
An old woman died of the whoopin cough
Buckeye Jim, you can't go
Go weave and spin, you can't go
Buckeye Jim
Way down yonder in a hollow log
A red bird danced with a green bullfrog
Buckeye Jim, you can't go
Go weave and spin, you can't go
Buckeye Jim
Way up yonder above the sky
A bluebird lived in a jay-bird's eye
Buckeye Jim, you can't go
Go weave and spin, you can't go
Buckeye Jim
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