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Top 40
03:31
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Honestly now
Where’d you think this was gonna go?
It’s clear to me now
It was never meant to be
It’s always me in my careful ways
We heard your record did well in Germany
And what worked there must surely work here
Let’s see if it melts in the California heat
Like a candy in a wrapper
Or an apple out of reach
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John Stamos
03:48
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When I’m a little out of it Seemingly out of reach
Baby, don’t you know
I’m just weak in the knees
I want you, I need you
Like John Stamos needs the Beach Boys
When I’m a little full of it
Trying to find my place in a world
Where everything’s been done before
Sounds and looks like shit
I still want to, I need to be a part of it
I just fall behind sometimes
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Roadworn
03:12
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Middle-aged, buying road-worn guitars
Gotta have that old-time feel
As if I’ve been there myself
But now I’m thinking of selling it
Businessmen signing young bands
Gotta have that youthful feel
Just like I remember it
They’re thinking of throwing it all away
Remember me?
I know it’s been a while
Had my record in the New York Times
Said it sounded European
And all you had to do was play by the rules
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Soft Dads
03:03
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Tough dads make tough sons
Soft dads will make you fall apart
When shit gets real, I’ll be the first to fall
Remember when the 80s still felt like the 70s?
Must have seen it on TV in an afternoon rerun
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Landline Pt. I
05:32
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I used to call you up on the landline phone
Holding the receiver, waiting for the dial tone
And somehow you always knew when it was me
On the other end
The car door used to stick in the early summer
When all the streets were full of cars
We had to park a bit further
In the alley that was lined with linden trees
In bloom
And now I’m going places you’ve never seen
You kept your love sedated
Now it’s bursting at the seams
On a map you just fold a page and pin a hole
The future way of travel, so I’m told
I know it must look far from your little corner
Of the world
And now I’m going places you’ve never seen
You kept your love sedated
Now it’s bursting at the seams
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6. |
Landline Pt. II
02:53
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(instrumental)
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Phase
05:10
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I was going through a phase
Lost myself in a haze
Someone better put me in my place
We were on the airline
All I could think of at the time was
Do these chairs recline?
Our egos will wash away
Our accents will wash away
Don’t you know
Nobody’s safe in a storm
I got a name drop
In a four-star review
You’re gonna get yours yet
Our egos will wash away
Our accents will wash away
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The Master Tape
03:19
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It’s just an old Evernote
Sitting there, waiting to be heard
It’s impossible, I know
To recapture a feeling
Let’s break up the band
I keep breaking up the band
A half-finished record being shelved
Sitting there, waiting to be heard
It’s impossible, I know
Like trying to remember a dream
Let’s break up the band
I keep breaking up the band
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Blue Rinse
02:36
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There goes another one
Don’t know how it’s been so long
That I’ve seen the seasons change From brown to green
And blue again
The flickering of TV in a sports bar
The hair colouring of snowbirds
Staying overnight on their way to Florida
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10. |
Credits
04:50
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You and I always stay for the credits
Even when the lights come back on
Isn’t that the guy, I think he’s an extra
In a film with Rick Moranis that I can’t recall
Let me get back to you when it comes to me
Or we can check IMDb when we get home
You and I don’t care too much about money
They’re just people with money, parents’ money
Who needs a house at the waterfront?
If you squint, you can see the lake from right here
Now, baby, let’s turn off our phones
‘Cause there are things that we can do
When we’re at home
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