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The Spare Room
Black Ice
Sip of Water
Arson
Coast Guard (She Waits)
Dutchess County
Reversed Sides
New England
Bag of Change
Cotton Escalator

The Spare Room

Laying in bed, watching the walls
Confusion can make a logical cause
Outside the door, waiting, a light
Trying to break what I hold tight
For myself
I'm out on a limb, trying to stay
Balanced on one foot for today
And nobody knows where I may fall
As I stay here wasting it all
For myself
Laying in bed, embracing the dark
Trying to change the time on the clock
For myself
Silence to hold one's empathy
Waiting to reach, hoping to breathe
For myself

Black Ice

You're slippery like black ice
You make me feel like burning rubber
Can I call you? I can't read this
My pen leaked when I wrote your number
You're tricky like long division
And with great precision
You accomplish your mission
Come over at once - I've grown to love your face
I've grown to love your company when I'm in need
You're quickly becoming mine
I'm wondering if you're the first stop on a long line
Oh what you do to me
When you come on over, middle of the night
Saying "baby"

Sip of Water

Girl you're so hot, don't you think that you oughta
Reach for the glass and take a sip of water
You're 99 degrees in the shade so you oughta
Cool off that ass and take a sip a water
Girl you look so good to me
With all your fine jewelery
This is no escaping you
And that top must be chafing you
Where are your short shorts
When you're playing sport sports
Pants aren't doing you no good
And ditch that sweatshirt with the sassy little hood hood
Girl you're so hot, you need to hydrate every hour
Take off those short shorts and meet us in the shower
Pour that water over your boobies and your thing
And bathe around like you're in a Poland Spring
Doesn't it feel nice, all that H20
And with that white tank on, it makes us both go whoa
Because the two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen
Makes me wanna video tape and watch it over and over again
Put some ice in your glass and you'll hear a clink
And when you're done rinse it out, put it in the cupboard
Don't just leave it in the sink
Girl, you turn the water to steam
And that body of yours is gonna melt my ice cream
If you were only 16, I'd be willing to be a felon
But good for me - you're an of age watermelon
Those features of yours couldn't get any greater
You're so hot you compete with my radiator
Like me, there's steam all around
So save some of that water so I can cool down

Arson

Started thinking, "there's no time to cry"
Always thought that I could solve them all
Light a fire for the dry wicker basket, window shade
See the flames flicker as they drown
And the big dark heavy hanging down
Light a fire for the dry wicker basket, window shade
Started thinking, "there's no time at all"
Reimbursed, they don't get up to fall
The innocence of a dry wicker basket, window shade
And I still exist
In the air around the ash and the broken rafter
And I will persist
I'm the smokey memory that lingers after
I'm the thought you can't extinguish
I'm the life you can't relinquish

Coast Guard (She Waits)

My wife, she works so hard
And she gives me everything I could need
You see, I'm in the coast guard
And she waits for me
My wife, she works so hard
And it's so nice to get on out to sea
You see, I'm in the coast guard
And she waits 'til I'm on leave
My girl she waits for me
My girlfriend waits for me
Half a year to go
'Til I make it back to you
Half a year alone
Your last words will see me through
And I will leave all of this here
I want to feel the whole thing new
I want to know you waited for me
Like you always do
I want to see the ways you've changed
And all the small thing I forgot
I want to know the ways it's different
And the ways it's not Half a year to go
'Til I make it back to you
Half a year alone
Your last words will see me through

Dutchess County

All of this time that I wanted to know
Did you turn your back on one thing?
There's no escape from feeling so cold
You were the one that walked away
You were the one that wanted
Wanted it all
Every answer is no
I don't like the way your sadness shows
Buried under ceilings feeling small
Why are you here at all?
All of this time that I wanted to know
Did you turn your back on one thing?
There's no escape from feeling so cold
You were the one that wanted it all
It's really hard when I'm sitting on the train
'Cause I always need to drain the main vein
Of course that, I mean my urethra
You're grandma's dying, so you better go see her
This cold drink needs a little more ice
But with my budget I can't pay the price
And yes, I realize frozen water is free
'Cause the ex-g.f. just poured it on me
Way out in the middle of the field
See me working at the chariot wheel
I'm pretty good when it comes to my craft
Hey, shut the door, I feel a draft
Rumors have it right almost all the time
But is it really that hard to spend a dime?
'Cause I've been in this box for about a year
And when no one calls it gets lonely in here

Reversed Sides

I want you to come out
I built a bridge
Thought you'd be impressed
I built a bridge
Thought you'd love me
Hanging from the bottom
All the things we've never done or seen
Experienced or known
Forgotten, broken, or have dreamed
See the way it lets the wind through
As if it's not even there
The way the reversed sides
Make a flawless, flawless pair

New England

She came to New England
That's how we met
Leaving a face in her memory
Leaving a name to forget

Bag of Change

Where'd you get those shoes?
They look good on youse
Oh yeah, Payless has good deals
Ten dollars for a pair of heels
Doo dee dee doo
One time I bought some slippers
At the mall, but it wasn't Payless
And they cost too much money
And I saw them at Payless for a couple dollars less
And I said, "I should have bought them here"
Doo dee dee doo
Doo dee dee doo dee dee doo dee doo dee dee doo
It's so unbelievable - look at this material!
Meet me at the tree
The tree of liberty
You can drop me off right here
And pick me up over at Lechmere
Dee dee dee dee
It's so unbelievable - look at this material!
Where'd you get that shawl?
I saw it at Marshall's
I wonder if they have it in taupe...
Better check out Ann & Hope
And I will wait here as you go
Try on your fancy clothes
But I won't be waiting a while
Because the mall is almost closed
It's so unbelievable - look at this material!

Cotton Escalator

Shacho mouth
Carry on
Ultra-death
Ultra-tron
Hey, can you hit it from Africa?
See that 'beech' can you get a laugh from her?
Cheese and OJ, what a dinner
Dancing with the Swedish one
You're the only source of fun
Fish, fish, fishies, what a dinner
Hand on your S-A-C
Never dump without the P-T-P
Hey hey, you're the winner
Time machine to make the jest
Dinner dance without the vest
Bill Cosby, no sun, math, scat
you're the winner
And I pick yellow, cuz it's my company
And I pick yellow, cuz it's the winner
Riding around on an orange bike
Right now in a second or a minute
I'll tell you about a man who always had to be in it
He's kind of short but he plays a mean ball
And his hangout used to be the Liberty Tree Mall
It's Abbott - and I guess you're kind of jealous
That someone can be so funny and can also be zealous
With the rubbing of his thighs and cheesy dietitian
From his ass-hurt couch to his green plaid kitchen
Paul Snow here and I'm in effect
Abbott was my neighbor and I'd baby-sit his pet
Ricky and Fuzzy the Bunny and the rat
To wet fish ball to the metal swing set
Homey D Clown was his hero and pal
His George Ropes impression made me fall to the ground
His favorite song was a biddididdy bop bedop be dop diddy
What, no spices?