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american't
02:51
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your dirt roads and your amber waves / supper clubs and lazy days
barbecues and crystal meth / there's good cookin', there's good cookin' tonight
i never knew you the way you wanted me to / loneliness in rural america
i never knew you the way you wanted me to / the stifling silence of rural america
pave the fields with shopping malls / tract housing and traffic laws
high school dreamin' waiting to be eighteen / high school dreamin' waiting to be anything
i never knew you the way you wanted me to / conformity of middle america
i never knew you the way you wanted me to / bored to death in middle america
teenage dreams and starry eyes / we'll make it where the skyscrapers rise
live out your big city fantasies / but there's no place here for folks like you and me
i never knew you the way i wanted to / priced out of urban america
i never knew you the way i wanted to / broken dreams of urban america
we never knew you the way we wanted to / sold out by modern america
we never knew you the way we wanted to / the broken promise of modern america
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the knife
01:55
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i never knew how much i needed you / thought i'd make it on my own
i never knew what i put you through / i never knew til you were gone
i never knew how much i needed you / never knew til you skipped town
i didn't know how much i leaned on you / i didn't know til i fell down
i never realized how much i need you in my life
my self-esteem will come back to me if i just stop twisting the knife
i never pictured life without you / thought you'd always be there watching my crown
since you've gone i've been so down / maybe it's time for me to skip town
i never realized how much i need you in my life
my self-esteem will come back to me if i just stop twisting the knife
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it (never) gets better
02:06
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i see you i saw i hear you i call you / waving at you from across the bar
i meet you i met you i greet you i lost you / watch you drive by in your boyfriend's car
someday somehow i won't be embarrased by myself
someday somehow i'll learn what growing up's about
i go home i fall down i lie down i break down / asking myself where it all went wrong
then i remember the mistakes that i made / and cry myself to sleep to your favorite song
someday somehow i won't be embarrased by myself
someday somehow i'll learn what growing up's about
it gets better / i heard that since i was a kid
it gets better / in school i heard it all over again
it gets better / i believe but i'm not holding my breath
someday somehow i won't be embarrased by myself
someday somehow i won't be embarrased by myself
someday somehow i won't be embarrased by myself
someday somehow i'll learn what growing up's about
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(chanting) A-C-A-B
obey the laws said no punk ever
won't pay the price never give in
(chanting) A-C-A-B
when you stand to gain when others lose
well that's just something man that i can't choose
(chanting) A-C-A-B
i got problems with authority
what you call freedom it ain't for me
(chanting) A-C-A-B
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waiting for the bus
02:58
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we are we are waiting for the bus
someone next to me is dressed up dressed up dressed up dressed up
while we're waiting for the bus there's a girl
with a suitcase and she's dressed up dressed up dressed up for a trip
so i ask her
where are you going where are you headed what is your destination
we are we are standing in the rain
i guess the bus is bus is bus is bus is late
while we're waiting in the very cold very cold too cold goddamn rain
she turns to me and she says
any any any any anywhere but here
and that's teh biggest cliche that i've ever heard
but i think i'm gonna drop everything everything everything and go with her
because she said
any any any any anywhere but here
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it's two am awake in bed and everything's too loud
the street outside's quiet and dead but there's a riot in my head right now
i thought i drank you silent i thought i smoked you out
but the ghosts of past and present tense just wanna fuckin' shout
i'm sick and tired of being sick and tired
i know that i should be happy but maybe i don't want to be deep down
it's three am and i can't sleep i count the patterns on the sheet
i'll hypnotize myself to the fan on the ceiling
i feel your body next to me slumbering peaceful and sweet
and if i owned anythng i'd leave it all to you
i'm sick and tired of being sick and tired
i know that i should be happy but maybe i don't want to be deep down
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7. |
so typical
01:58
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darling i didn't marry a quitter / so why you quittin' on me
you say your life is so damn pitiful / well what about me
what about our lives together / how's that supposed to make me feel
i gave you everything you give me nothing at all
so typical
baby don't you start with this again / was it something i did was it something i said
if it wasn't for me then you'd be dead / and you're mad about that
what about our lives together / how's that supposed to make me feel
i gave you everything you give me nothing at all
so typical
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8. |
even cowboys get ed
02:01
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well i can rock and i can roll
but the devil came and took my soul
so now i can't love anymore
i met this girl the other night / after my show i thought we hit it off right
she took me to her house but in the morning i was gone
well i can rock and i can roll
but the devil came and took my soul
so now i can't love anymore
well we were kissin' and cuddlin' and foolin' around / then she pushed me away and shot me a frown
and i swear baby this ain't never happened before
well i can rock and i can roll
but the devil came and took my soul
so now i can't love anymore
the devil came to me and he laughed in my face
i dropped to my knees and i begged and i prayed
but when i looked up he was gone
well i can rock and i can roll
but the devil came and took my soul
so now i can't love anymore
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more boots than brains
02:06
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we drove six hours just to see the northern lights
slept in sleeping bags in your pickup truck last night
didn't see a god damn thing except the clouds and rain
but when we got back to portland you loved me all the same
maybe our love can survive getting caught out in the rain
or maybe i'm some dumb cowboy with more boots than brains
we went to see my buddy's show at geno's the other night
pushed some old drunk in the pit he turned lookin' for a fight
security came and pulled him off me threw us out into the rain
you took me to the diner gave me cigarettes to numb the pain
maybe our love can survive getting knocked down in the pit
or maybe i'm some dumb punk with more boots than brains
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10. |
rockford, il
03:32
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rockford illinois nineteen sixty-nine / hidin' behind that thin blue line
you come home from a day out on the street / you come home lookin' for an ass to beat
wounds may heal these scars don't fade
all your actions they won't go away
the anger you made passes on down the line
the anger you made now it's mine
so much for mister officer of the law / whoever spoke out you punched in the jaw
whatever you did you knew you were safe / an open secret you took to your grave
wounds may heal these scars don't fade
all your actions they won't go away
the anger you made passes on down the line
the anger you made now it's mine
you weren't a man just a common disease / but at least you taught me who i shouldn't be
i can't change what happened back then / but i know i won't let it happen again
wounds may heal these scars don't fade
all your actions they won't go away
the anger you made passes on down the line
the anger you made now it's mine
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first there's johnny he's the wild one
keep an eye on him he takes off like a bullet from a gun
he cut his hair to make a statement but he missed the point
we keep him around because he rolls the fattest joints
then there's michael who wears only black
the strung out professional working on his second heart attack
he pays for everything but always brings us down
he listens to bands with more words in teh titles than the songs
these people that i mention i know them quite well
because all these assholes are a part of myself
these people that i mention i know them quite well
because all these assholes are just myself
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12. |
rise rise again
02:29
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may you find your best self in the wreck of who you used to be
save the scraps and ends of who you were and to hell with all the rest
rebirth yourself from the ashes of the phoenix city
salt what's left of you so nothing grows again
make sure the old you never grows again
nothing new can grow without a little destruction
sometimes fire's what it takes for rejuvenation
rebirth yourself from the ashes of the phoenix city
salt what's left of you so nothing grows again
make sure the old you never grows again
i rise
i rise again
i rise again and again and again and again
until i'm soft and warm again
rebirth yourself from the ashes of the phoenix city
salt what's left of you so nothing grows again
make sure the old you never grows again
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made with a view
02:12
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write me a poem sing me a song do all those esoteric things you do to someone you love
keep me in your wallet in a photograph tell me how i'll always be your life raft
drink all your memories from a paper bag
don't tell the neighbors where you got them or why you're sad
you were made made with a view
into your heart and the things he did to you
don't try and find him in all you see
and don't take it out on me
don't take it out on me
maybe i'm insensitive or immature but carrying that weight around sounds like a chore
so take it to the people take it to the judge take it to his bank account to pay for what he's done
you were made made with a view
into your heart and the things he did to you
don't try and find him in all you see
and don't take it out on me
don't take it out on me
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keep me warm
02:33
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the snow drifts down the mountainside
the pines will shiver in the wind tonight
it's hard to see throught these frosty window panes
but i can count on you to keep me warm
it gets lonely in the long dark winter
i hope the fire will last the night
we carve a life for ourselves out of the snow
but i can count on you to keep me warm
i wait by the door watching for your headlights
it gets snowy on that old forest road
i'll stay up all night until you make it home
you can count on me to keep you warm
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u'n'me
01:44
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i'm here to make my fortune i'm to stake my claim
i'm through working for someone else's name
i know that you'll always be there with me
side by side in solidarity
i've been busy thinking about who i'm gonna be
i don't really care as long as you're with me
i've been busy thinking about what i'm gonna do
but none of that matters as long as i'm with you
it's a great big world of possibilities
but you're the only one that ever interests me
people always tell me how to live my life
but all i really want is you to be my wife
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16. |
bro, do you even lift
03:12
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i've got a name it's something that i don't wanna share
i'm just here to be alone like everybody else
thank you for the conversation now please get lost
thank you for the brief distraction but it's past time you were gone
don't you worry don't you fret
because this is one catch you were never gonna get
you again you just keep coming around
like there's no other bar in this dirty old town
your puppy dog eyes are barking up the wrong tree
what does someone like you want with little old me
don't you worry don't you fret
because this is one catch you were never gonna get
and who are you fooling acting like that
with your played-out lines and that stupid hat
talking so tough when you call me a bitch
but bro, do you even lift?
don't you worry don't you fret
because this is one catch you were never gonna get
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well actually...
02:18
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when i die throw my body in the water supply
toss my corpse into the reservoir and say au revoir
when i die how many of you gonna cry
who's gonna dance on my grave
and who's gonna pray
for my soul to save
well let's put acid in the drinking well
i'm already goin' to hell so let's have fun
when i die how many of you gonna cry
who's gonna dance on my grave
and who's gonna pray
for my soul to save
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INNNNI Portland, Maine
INNNNI ("eye for an eye") is the project of Maine-based singer-songwriter KH Andrei, blending confessional lyrics and 90's pop-punk hooks into energetic and emotional acoustic punk.
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