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Younger Days
02:58
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In our younger days, you never heard the telephone,
They had to call your name at least three times before you came
To the sidewalk where the bulbs were pushing up for air
I can’t tell you how, because you’re just a story now
In our quiet days, overcast and empty miles
Kept the volume down, until we found a broken cloud
Then the rage was on, but mother’s heels had come and gone
I can’t tell you how, because you’re just a story now
They called your name
At least three times
Before you came
In our younger days, exiles from the common roses
And violence, too, and too much time to waste with you
On your practice runs, spying on the ones we loved
I can’t tell you how, because you’re just a story now
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Knock Knock
03:25
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Knock knock, I know you're home
Never answer your telephone
I'm on to you
Know the girl broke your heart
Took the car, tore the house apart,
I'm on to you
Are you going dark now?
God damn, just come outside
Get rid of your poisoned pride
I'm on to you
Tell me, tell me why you just can't bend
You'll stop the whispering of your friends
Are you going dark now?
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3. |
Five Years On
03:54
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So it’s back again
Hear it rushing in
Think I missed the show
Was the last to know
Are we moving on?
Has it been that long?
Caught myself looking back at my friends
Now I’m tapped in, and trapped in the same
Five years on, will I fall for it again
Can’t deny all the crimes of present tense
So I caved again
For a shade of green
And a sideways part
And a middle name
Now I’m standing here
Left without a chair
Yes, I’m wearing the mark of my crowd
But I know not to say it out loud
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Holding It Down
03:10
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You'll find a note saying there's food on the table
I might be sleeping or watching tv
And I know you'll write me as soon as you're able
I'll be here holding it down
The ships and the planes bring the brand new arrivals
But a thousand of them can't replace one of you
Coming to practice their skills of survival
I know they're just passing through
You always used to say
If we ever left this place
The wind would blow these little streets away
Waiting for postcards from friends who have travelled
Into the future, or is it the past?
I'll keep the world from becoming unraveled
Until you come back around
I'll be here holding it down
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I've Stopped Crying
02:51
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Too many hours have been lost, too much time
Still I'm filled with remorse I can't abide
Oh my lord, what am I waiting for?
I've burned out the light from the dawn
Too many hours have been lost, but I've stopped crying
I know that it's gone
Locked in our old empty home with all the reminders
I blocked them out for a while, but I was defeated
Oh my my, when will the voices die
or at least be quiet for a while
Locked in our old empty home, but I've stopped crying
I know that you're gone
Tell me what I already know, and I'll show some mercy
You don't have to hide, you'll be released
Oh good god, you never crossed your heart
Can't prove me wrong one last time
Tell what I already know, and I'll stop crying
I know that you're gone
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6. |
You Always Win
03:11
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How can it be you never fall
You never get the dreaded call
Can’t even say what mood you’re in
But darling, even so, you always win
By little miracles of fate
Your friends forgive you when you’re late
They see you walking down the street
Oh love, they bend like reeds beneath your feet
With just a smile, all problems solved
Your little cruelties just dissolve
And everything turns out okay
Somehow, dear, you always get your way
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Surely Fade
03:03
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We got stuck on the runway one last time
Our hearts stuck in a boundary, towing on a line
The hardest part, is over now
You caught the first train leaving, with a turncoat's smile
And your story abandoned, I tear it down know
I don't know who you are now
Can't help but hear the echo of all these thoughts that surely will fade
Like the sweetness that once was, will surely fade
Now I'm back at the runway, waiting for a sign
Shake the dust and years off, it's been so long
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8. |
Hard Times
04:48
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Fell in love at the end of the Old Great Highway
Busted shoals hold the homes that crown my city
I've been down every road
and watched the gas lights tremble
There's hard times on the north side
The feeling runs through here
There's a sign that the gates are growing wider
The sycophants fill the ships and they choke the harbor
I've seen it all before
and I can't be troubled
There's hard times on the north side
The feeling runs through here
I found my home, I won't leave even though
There's hard times on the north side
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Anvil
03:03
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With the weight of an anvil
Brought my old defenses down
I lie awake with no answers
I lie awake - it nearly killed me
Tell me what I'm following
Got nowhere to go
If this is true
Tied up tight to this anchor
Fight tide pulling me down
I see the coast right behind me
I see the coast - I'm barely breathing
Tell me what I'm following
Got nowhere to go
If this is true
I'll find out soon
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10. |
In the Beginning
05:21
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In the beginning, everything was there
A girl with brown eyes and a boy with long hair
And secrets in treetops that no one would share
There were no gardens, and there were no graves
Just two children running through badlands and caves
Taking for granted what nobody gave
In the beginning, there was no love
Just two people living, whatever that’s called
Like insects that make their whole lives on one wall
There was no envy, there was no disease
But she grew weary of living with ease
And took consolation in whispering trees
He followed her out in the cool of the day
He saw her talking but what did she say
And why did she stand in the grass where they lay
And so he learned that the world wasn’t kind
He moved to a room in the back of his mind
And told her to walk a few paces behind
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Billy & Dolly San Francisco, California
"Billy & Dolly" is the musical venture of Bill Rousseau and Dahlia Gallin Ramirez, the singing and songwriting duo of San Francisco band The Monolith.
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