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Buoy
03:46
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he showed up
brighter than a buoy
slicker than a submarine
bonnie as a berry
cuter than a kidney bean
she was struck
dumber than a detour
quicker than a pistol shot
revving like a motor
hotter than a parking lot
and his eyes
beckon like a lighthouse
sparkle like a foreign grin
promising a welcome
warmer than a muffin tin
so she went
righteous as a missionary
hopeful as a ballot box
cautious as a coal canary
wily as a winter fox
but he ran
crazy as a hatter
panicked like a pot to boil
hissing like an adder
spitting like a vat of oil
and her heart
fell out of her chest and split
scattered like a house of cards
now anyone who touches it
cuts their knuckles on the shards
now she lives
out in Arizona
lonely as a single shoe
tougher than a tortoise
sadder than a coffin crew
but what fool
keeps hanging on to something
after it has fell apart?
hey you
send it to the warehouse
get yourself another heart
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2. |
Itches and Tugs
02:34
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well it really isn’t such a bad day today
there’s still a little music in my head
but I grind to a halt like a mouth full of salt
and suddenly I’m full of dread, thinking
I’m so hungry!
I’m so thirsty!
gimme sugar!
gimme wine!
gimme passion
fame and fortune
mute my meddlin mind
oh give me a thrill
I can’t sit still
I already tried counting to ten
but it itches and tugs
like a bagful of bugs
baby when can I see you again?
I got a heart so hot in the summertime
and it yells like a rock and roll band
but I’m here in the city of brotherly love
I got nothing but time in my hand
I see a good lookin man with a cowboy walk
and a hand-in-the-cookie-jar grin
and I thought I was sitting on something soft
I’m sittin on needles and pins, singing
I’m so hungry!
I’m so thirsty!
gimme sugar!
gimme wine!
gimme passion
fame and fortune
mute my meddlin mind
oh give me a thrill
I can’t sit still
I already tried countin to ten
but it itches and tugs
like a bagful of bugs
baby when can I see you again?
open your shirt
I wanna look at your skin
open your mouth
I wanna climb on in
open your veins
I wanna go for a swim
open your heart
baby, when can I see you?
I’m so hungry!
I’m so thirsty!
gimme sugar!
gimme wine!
gimme passion
fame and fortune
mute my meddlin mind
oh give me a thrill
I already tried countin to ten
but it itches and tugs
baby when can I see you again?
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3. |
Please
02:53
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you can bring me flowers
you can carry me around
smile proudly
everywhere we go
talk to me for hours honey
roll the windows down
drive me to a town
that I don’t know
but baby, take it easy
ain’t I told you where I stand?
it’s been much too long
since I’ve been free
I don’t mind the kissin
or the way you hold my hand
but please stop
falling in love with me
take me out to dinner baby
buy me somethin nice
I won’t ask you twice
to take me home
touch me like a lover would
and hold me through the night
cus you know I don’t like
to sleep alone
but baby, take it easy
it ain’t nothing but a spark
when the morning comes
I’ll take my leave
I don’t mind the comfort
or the whispers in the dark
but please stop
falling in love with me
baby, when you took me out the other day
lying in the sand beside the sea
as the tide came crashing in
you looked at me that way
I almost forgot to look away
I almost forgot to say
please
stop falling in love with me
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4. |
O, Gabriela
03:37
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lying awake in the blue of her bedroom
he knew very well that he wasn’t the first
don’t say he’s the best, he will never believe you
just say, gabriela, he wasn’t the worst
suddenly foolish at five in the morning
but he was no fool when he followed her home
every move that she made was a warning
the grace of a woman who’s happy alone
wearing the smile of a debutante’s daughter
wearing that dress, just as subtle as sin
he came to her like a lamb to the slaughter and
o, gabriela, he’d do it again
he’s in no hurry to come to his senses
cus he went so gently into that good night
out with the evening went all his defenses
said, “here is my heart, do whatever you like.”
it’s dawn in the garden, the birds are all singing
and conjuring up the regrets of the night
the sun is a reprimand morning is bringing
but baptizing both of their bodies in light
she is a glory of sleepy irreverence
he is a leaf at the dawn of the fall
but don’t say your sorry he’ll never believe you
o, gabriela say nothing at all
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5. |
Money in the Bank
02:37
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it was a lousy deal on both our parts
you bet me a body and I raised you a heart
but you foiled my plan when you called my bluff
I got a decent hand but is it good enough
to win?
I had it figured out until you dealt me in
‘cause I had set my sights on a one night stand
I had an appetite for a handsome man
and you had all the clout of a seasoned flirt
I said ‘hey, cut it out before someone gets hurt’
I knew,
a night is not enough to get enough of you
and oh, that first kiss!
my gambling days are gonna end like this
I never won enough to fill my tank
but that first kiss was money in the bank
money in the bank!
so now the stakes are high and I’m sweating cold
I’ve got a losing hand but I’m too proud to fold
I got a pokerface, I’m made of steely stuff
and I can lose with grace but am I strong enough
for this?
you know the odds were laid when you played that kiss
oh, that first kiss!
my gambling days are gonna end like this
I never won enough to fill my tank
but that first kiss was money in the bank
money in the bank!
come and get in bed with me and take off all your clothes
you can quit your job and I will cancel all my shows
‘cause I have played a lot of hands and I’ve never lost a one
still I go home lonely when the game is done
so I don’t mind the losing if it’s you who’s won
oh, that first kiss!
my gambling days are gonna end like this
I never won enough to fill my tank
but that first kiss was money in the bank
money in the bank
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6. |
Two at a Time
04:36
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how did the animals enter the ark?
two at a time, two at a time
every elephant, every lark?
two at a time, two at a time
back off the boat with a baby to raise?
two at a time, two at a time
and how did the animals go to their graves?
one at a time.
so don’t delay
send somebody in
it’s a slow decay
waiting for him
how many voices make harmony’s bliss?
two at a time, two at a time
how many lips do you need for a kiss?
two at a time, two at a time
on how many knees do I kneel to pray?
two at a time, two at a time
as how many evenings slip into the day?
one at a time.
so don’t delay
send somebody in
it’s a slow decay
waiting for him
how many lovers out strolling the block?
how many hands do they hold as they walk?
how many faces look up at the stars?
and how many others alone in the bars?
one at a time.
so don’t delay
send somebody in
it’s a slow decay
waiting for him
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7. |
Every Punch You Throw
03:50
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the water comes in through the wall
and trickles down the windowpane
and warps the wood
and pulls your picture down
and as I try to dry it all
I watch the flowers catch the rain
they kiss it once
and give it to the ground
there is nothing here to do but watch it go
holding on has never even made it slow
merciless and arbitrary
big and dumb and mean and scary
still it dodges every punch you throw
let it go
give me all your petty spite
and watch me kick you when you’re down
I’ll change my reasons
every time I turn
I’ve been looking for a fight
and you’ve been fighting for a frown
and we will try
but we may never learn
to love the air that drops the dust
to love the rain that brings the rust
to love the reckless ruin
of our plans
I like to think the world is just
and so I think the world is just
you know I think the world is just
grand
may you find a kinder love
and leave your reason at the gate
and trust it like you can’t recall
what was
and when agan you give it up
may your heart so gently break
and may you come to love it
as it does
there is nothing here to do but watch it go
holding on has never even made it slow
merciless and arbitrary
big and dumb and mean and scary
still it dodges every punch you throw
let it go
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8. |
Baby Can Dance
02:56
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he got a frame like a busted bike
he got a face that nobody likes to see
nobody but me
he got a thing or two to learn about love
he act like he ain’t never heard of romance
so why’d I give him a chance?
my baby can dance
my baby can swing
my baby can shake me slow
so I don’t need no other thing
my baby can dance
my baby can sway
my baby can hold me tight enough
to drive my cares away
we go out to the joint downtown
I dress up and he dress down but it
don’t matter one bit
cus we got something better than class
who needs love when love don’t last that long?
and all we need is a song
my baby can dance
my baby can groove
my baby can shut me up
so I listen to the music and move
my baby can dance
my baby can sway
my baby can hold me tight enough
to drive my cares away
my baby can dance
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9. |
Crazy for Love
04:55
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like a woman on fire, going crazy for water
like a drowning man, crazy for breath just above
crazy with hunger are poverty’s daughters
I was born being lonely, I’m crazy for love
crazy for love
it’s everyone’s madness
love, but we don’t do it by rote
love, when the whole world
is sickened with sadness
love is the antidote
with a terrible longing I’ve looked to my lover
in the desperate hour as evening grows dim
clinging for comfort like a child to their mother
in my fever I thought I was crazy for him
but I’m crazy for love
it’s everyone’s madness
love, but we don’t do it by rote
love, when the whole world
is sickened with sadness
love is the antidote
it’s a fervor that brings us to bliss and devotion
a frenzy that shows us the passion to kill
while we burn like a riot and break like an ocean
we make like we’re sober to do what we will
no, we’re crazy for love
it’s everyone’s madness
love, but we don’t do it by rote
love, when the whole world
is sickened with sadness
love is the antidote
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Carsie Blanton Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Carsie Blanton writes anthems for a world worth saving. Whether alone with her electric guitar or fronting her four-piece “handsome band”, Carsie delivers every song with an equal dose of moxie and mischief, bringing her audience together in joyful celebration of everything worth fighting for. ... more
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