1. |
Am I Awake
03:04
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Am I awake?
What time is it?
When I get through this day
Can someone tell me how
And how much longer now
Am I awake?
The coffee's cold, did I forget to drink it yet?
Did I forget?
My clothes are wet I don't remember drinking it
When I get through this part
Will the next one be the same?
Will I be wondering
If I'm awake?
These are not the clothes I had on when I went to bed
And something else besides my hair is growing from my head
And when I close my eyes it looks the same as when I open them again
Am I awake?
What time is it?
Is it that time again?
Wasn't it already then?
So does it have to be
The time it was again?
When I get through the day
Can't someone tell me how
And how much longer now
Am I awake?
Am I awake?
When I get through this day
Can someone tell me how
And how much longer now
Am I awake?
When I get through this day
Can someone tell me how
And how much longer now
Am I awake?
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2. |
Memo To Human Resources
02:02
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I'll be in the back, and I don't need the help
I'm good here in the back
I'm good all by myself
I'm busy taking stock of all the things that I've forgot (5 4 3 2)
And making mental notes of just exactly where I lost the plot (2 2 2 2)
I stuck around too long feeling sorry for myself
A disinvited guest rifles through the bathroom shelf
I'm searching for some disbelief that I can still suspend (5 4 3 2)
But never mind the furthermore; the plea is self-defense again (2 2 2 2)
Then the people came to talk me down
And I got some advice
Then the people came to talk me down
But I don't need advice; I'm down
Later in my car I considered what you said
I'm good here in my car
I'm good with what you said
And I'd be shouting out to you but I was mighty hoarse
Talk you through the finer points and issues much too small to force
Then the people came to talk me down
And I got some advice
Then the people came to talk me down
But I don't need advice; I'm down
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3. |
Au Contraire
02:26
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David Bowie came to town
Flying overhead
"Don't you dig my chops?" he cried
This is what they said
Au contraire, Dave
Quite the opposite, in fact
As it happens, au contraire
Au contraire, mon frère
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Knew not what to do
"This tie clashes with my hat," he cried
"Don't you think that's true?"
Au contraire, Delano
Hate to rain on your parade
As it happens, au contraire
Au contraire, mon frère
Jodie Foster held two pair
Bach had three of a kind
Gandhi said, "With my full house,
I will blow your mind!"
Au contraire, Mahatma
Hate to contradict you, but
As it happens, au contraire
Au contraire, yes au contraire
And au contraire, you square
Wash that notion from your hair
If you're still there, I must declare
That au contraire, mon très
Bon frère
Right on! Right on! Right on! Right on! Right on! Right on! Right on!
Right on! Right on!
Right on. Right on.
Right on!
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4. |
Ant
02:55
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There's an ant crawling up your back in the nighttime
There's an ant crawling up your back in the nighttime
But you think, that's ok
While you're sleeping
That ant crawled in your head in the nighttime
That ant crawled in your head in the nighttime
But you think, that's ok
While you're sleeping
Someday that ant he will grow up to be president
Someday that ant he will grow up to be president
But you think, that's ok
While you're sleeping
The president calls your name in the nighttime
The president calls your name in the nighttime
And that will spoil your dreams
While you're sleeping
The men ransacked your house in the nighttime
The men ransacked your house in the nighttime
As the ant crawls up your back
While you're sleeping
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5. |
Caroline, No
02:05
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Where did your long hair go?
Where is the girl I used to know?
How could you lose that happy glow?
Oh, Caroline, no
Who took that look away?
I remember how you used to say
You'd never change, but that's not true
Oh, Caroline, you...
Break my heart
I only want to run and hide
It's so sad to watch to watch a sweet thing die
Oh, Caroline, why?
Could I ever find in you again
Things that made me love you so much then?
Could we ever get 'em back once they had gone?
Oh, Caroline, nooooo!
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