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New Beginnings
03:29
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some people are lucky
some people are lucky - that's not me
or it wasn't until i met you
some people are just lucky enough to meet somebody like them
some people are just lucky to be alive
but i met you
and things started opening up so bright
but before i met you
and it seemed that my love life wasn't what i liked
since i met you
it seems so clear - what i wanted all along
and since i've met you
it seems that my heart has grown so strong
and you are the cause of my happyness
and yes my sweet kiss
and you are the cause of all my bliss
and i want to thank you for that too
and i want to thank you for showing me a part of me that i'd been missing
people often confuse love with hate
i used to do the same
that was until i met you
i saw that love could be so great
and now that I have you
i know that you'll always treat me the same
and now that i've found you
i'll love you more and more each day
and now that i love you
i know that i'll never love the same
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Passive
01:35
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I never knew someone could be as passive as you
You'll ask me out for a date, and then act like you don't care
I never knew someone could be as selfish as you
I can't even close my eyes without you thinking of our demise
I never knew someone could be as lonesome as you
Going out every night, and coming home just for a fight
I never knew someone could be as silly as you.
Take me out everywhere, but only in your underwear
I never knew someone could be as lovely as you.
Wake me up, in the middle of the night, just to tell me how much you care. .
I never knew, I never knew
somebody like you
but i'm glad that I do now.
I"m glad to have you
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3. |
Mary
03:17
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Mary you grew up too fast - thinking things before the others had a chance to grasp.
Mary you were ahead of your time - argueing politics when you were only nine
Mary you were just five years old - when you told your mother jesus hadn't saved your soul
and now you're getting older
and you're wondering what to do
because it seems that things aren't good anymore
you went way to fast
and now the contrast of your youth leaves you marred for emotional endeavors
Mary you've got to change your life, learn to appreciate things that don't hold the light
Mary you've got to see it through, learn there are other things than what you're learning in school
Mary you'll break a thousand hearts, never getting to know someone for who they truly are
maybe one day soon you'll see that blue skies, can just be blue on a plain day.
take a second, look around you notice the foliage in bloom walk it's way.
i know the world has flaws just like we do
but Mary there's good in them like there is in you, even if it's hidden.
try spending the day digging it up, instead of judging it.
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4. |
Cult Following Fortunes
02:28
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Woke up beside you, Day 4
Four days prior, met at a show
Canceling plans, going against my personal demands
Coffee and Tea, hangman in the news
The clicking of the heels on your boots
Smile, we'll talk about rosary's and snuff
Breakfast two times in a row, this is strange
We've become something, that should be arranged
Our Holy Father watching us in vain, switch our rings he'll be okay
Walk through this crowd, arm in arm
Introduce me quietly, I'm your new pet
Softly stroke me as your kissing my mouth, and pulling on my hair
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5. |
Looking For. . .
03:06
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I"m looking for gentleman
who can show me how a real man is supposed to act
I'm looking for a gentleman
who is, sweet and kind, and just a little weird, most of the time
he can make me breakfast in bed
and kiss me on the forehead when he leaves
i'm looking for a gentleman
who can hold my hand, and whisper sweet things in my ear
he'll meet my family
and they will all regale me with how much they love my guy
he'll take me in his jet
and we'll go on far away trips
to the Philippines
i'm looking for a gentleman
have you seen him
his name might be pete or alex or Jerome
but he's gotta have dark hair, and dark eyes too
and a beard with a mustache wouldn't hurt.
and he'll always tell me he loves me
and i'll love him back
because we'll know that we're meant to be together
we're meant to be together
oh we're meant to be together
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6. |
Do you Ever. . .
02:29
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Do you ever hang out at the zoo
when you're feeling, kidn of blue
Do you ever talk to the animals
and ask them 'hey how do you do"
You go up to an elephant
and ask them 'bout their life
you go up to a monkey
and you shake a hand or two
you swim with a hippo
and he gives you some tips
or maybe that's just something that I do
Do you ever go to the zoo
And try to meet somebody new
Most people think it's hard to do
because animals can't talk to you
I once thought this was true
That was until I met my bryant-boo
I cuddily soft lion with a mane so big
he asked me what i'm playing, and I said - a uke-ulelele.
soon- after
i taught him how to play
we performed for the animals
on stage
we became such a hit
that the local tv network bought our shit
put it through some filters
and different lens
and now you'll come to see us in 3d rainbow glasses
Do you ever go to the zoo
I think it's something you should try to do
Read your latest poem, tell your
To a primate or an arachnid
Buddy up and you just might find that
You'll like the animals more than your flat-mates
Be kind to each and other and you will learn
Animals and people, the idea is not too absurd
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7. |
Quarter Life Crisis
03:26
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turning 22 i didn't think it would be anything new
turning 23 made me realize i'm not where i want to be
when i'm 24 i can just hope that my life won't be such a bore.
i promised myself that i wouldn't marry before 23
i promised myself that i needed to figure out who i wanted to be
quarter life crisis
didn't know you existed
quarter life crisis
i didn't get tied down at 19.
quarter life crisis
i need to figure out who i'm going to be
work my silly job, try to pay the rent.
realize i'm going through the motions.
go to school and i'm bored, think that I just go because i'm expected
realize who i'm dating makes me sad.
but i'm just too comfortable.
don't know if this is a recession
or if i'm just heading in the wrong direction.
quarter life crisis
question my choices - are they mine
quarter life crisis
everyone is telling me - no, no , no
quarter life crisis
what happened to - all the fun
now that i've realized this - i'm on a new mission.
restart this life build myself up - start with a new transmission
i promise myself - i'll listen to my thoughts and not their judgements
i promise myself - to stay true to myself and follow my heart
quarter life crisis
get up out of bed - know that the world is my oyster
quarter life crisis
speak my mind and do all the things i ever wanted
quarter life crisis
starting a-new, after you, i'm so excited.
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8. |
Long Road Taken
03:56
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Drive around in your good ole fashioned truck
Wear your shades and sip coffee from your mug
And you don't even mind, the time you'll spend in traffic
You've been driving here for too long.
Come and pick her up
She's that sparkle in your eye
Tell her she means the world, but she'll just try to deny
Your honesty and well-mannered views just seem like a lie.
You could carry on, day by day
Live your life the way you've seen in the film.
Read your paper on sunday, fashion your eggs with your toast.
But it don't mean thing in this world, anymore.
Old Time Fella, in the new world.
you're out with the day old bread.
they don't care to shine you're shoes
It's out with the old and in with the new
Work your job to the bone
You're replaced with a machine
Try your best to see the best in everything
You'll keep one with nature and whistle breathlessly
While walking down the streets where you've always lived
Now they're asking you to say goodbye
to everything that you've ever believed in
trade your values and morals in
For a shiny pair of contacts filled with lies
But you would rather be
sittin' in a mueseum
gatherin' dust and cracking at the edges
then trying to make something fit
that just shouldn't even be, a passin' thought among your lips
Old Time Fella, in the new world
close your eyes as you fall asleep
pray to god and you whisper
I won't let tomorrow get the best of me
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Jemibook Oakland, California
Jemibook came to be one day late in 2006 when Jem realized that it's easier to pick up a toy ukulele at a wal-mart and make your own band then wait around for people's schedules to work out together.
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