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The Goodbye Train
04:48
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Give nothing away, no dark confession
She fled from everything she knew
Came through alcohol to you
Your saw that world, its fucking chances
You know its every crummy room
There are no tickets for the doomed
This side of town you had forgotten
Where all the melancholy Janes
Just reminisce or go insane
And the goodbye train, some of us
Went on it for a while
The goodbye train came along &
Took you for a ride
The goodbye train
But you’re not lost or broken yet
You’re not lost or broken yet
This side of town you had forgotten
Where all the melancholy Joes
Along the river that you know
Are fading fast, the cheap illusions
Maybe a hundred towns ago
They had a hundred kinds of hope
They held out for the big tomorrow
Always on the outside looking in
The windows of the rich
And the goodbye train, some of us
Went on it for a while
The goodbye train came along and
Took you for a ride
The goodbye train
Where are you now? My dark obsession
I walk the streets in dead man’s shoes
Through smoke and rain to get to you
Your bitterness, your disillusion
You thought you’d die of loneliness
Whoever loved you you’d just wreck
You tear your dress, you tear your stockings
You tear up everything we had
Both the beautiful and bad
And the goodbye train, some of us
Went on it for a while
The goodbye train came along and
Took you for a ride
The goodbye train
You can’t give in, you can’t give in
Not you, not you Sunny Jim...
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2. |
On Every Corner
03:29
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Well they drove straight home in the sudden rain
Thinking they’re in this spell where everything will work
That it’s all fixed up, yeah it’s up between them
They’re on a roll... oh but if the spell should break
Don’t let loss surround you
She looks for you on every corner
Lonesomeness was sent to warn you both
On every corner
There’s no end to midnight in their lives
How did they stray so far in this crooked world?
They were gonna move to Tulip City, then Anna says
“I wish that this could last...
Let me walk you to the station”
He looks for you on every corner
Lonesomeness was sent to warn you both
On every corner
There’s a four-cat moon through the Judas trees
My time has been and gone, it shines for me
We gotta get up out of this dump we cling to
We’re not fugitives... or maybe we just are
And we just should have been grateful
Well I’ll look for you on every corner
Lonesomeness was sent to warn us both
On every corner
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3. |
Mad Cow
05:17
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Please, don't tell me why you don't care at all
Right now, I envy you
Please, don't tell me why you don't care at all
Right now, I envy you
Cow, mad cow
Cow, we're down to a frenzy
Cow, mad cow
Oh, cow
Please, don't tell me why you don't care at all
Right now, I envy you
Please, don't tell me why you don't care at all
Right now, I envy you
Cow, mad cow
Cow, we're down to a frenzy
Cow, mad cow
Oh, cow
Please, I can't always work
I just have to lie down
Oh, I can't find the words
I just have to lie down
Oh, please, I can't touch the earth
I just have to lie down
Oh, please, I can't touch the earth
I just have to lie down
Oh cow, mad cow
Oh cow, we're down to a frenzy
Cow, mad cow
Oh, cow, it never was easy
Cow, mad cow
Oh cow, we're down to a frenzy
Cow, mad cow
Right now, I envy you
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4. |
Nothing Stops It
04:14
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Let her inside, says she’s been locked out all her life
But you never let anyone get near
See her disguise every hope that got betrayed
All the tickets go nowhere now
Heaven’s hidden, hidden. It disappeared
But now, now, now, now
Nothing stops it does it?
Nothing stops it does it?
Takes a hold, don’t let go of you
Forget who it was, jumped from the ship at Vera Cruz
Turned twenty five that day
Well that’s just how I was
I fell through a trapdoor and blacked out
I didn’t own a feeling then
Just a hollowed out ghost in your life
But now, now, now, now
Nothing stops it does it?
Nothing stops it does it?
Takes a hold, don’t let go of you
It don’t let go, it don’t let go
You will have to search everywhere
You will never get past this desire
Now, now, now, now
Nothing stops it does it?
Nothing stops it does it?
Takes a hold, don’t let go of you
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5. |
Over
03:45
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The place that you come from
Only the world outside seemed real
Kept on thinking you were trapped or haunted
Every instinct said to flee
Then you sold your rings and your records
There the pretty story ends
Everything just came and went
You knew you couldn’t return
It’s over, it’s over, it’s over for Caroline now
You made it to Tombstone
Took any room that was spare
So now you’re beat, well just a little
Was that what you said?
You said “I remember when I thought I could have it all”
Everything just came and went
You knew you couldn’t return
It’s over, it’s over, it’s over for Caroline now
Regret hits you sometimes
Then comes a morning when you can’t look back for anybody
So much abandoned...
Everything just came and went
No one ever returns
It’s over, it’s over, it’s over for Caroline now
All the towns ago, all the things that mattered
They came and went
I can recall your name,
I can recall your face
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6. |
Knowing You Were Loved
02:38
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Knowing you were loved
Wasn’t that the best thing that you ever had
And watched vanish?
Knowing you were loved
Traded away your loneliness
You thought you could never die
You know those days that blur
The stones of loving her
Scenes that flicker in your head
For days you thought of her
You pray for things that were
You’re nothing. Nothing but desire
Knowing you were loved
You will go from place to place
Leave, then leaving never ends
Knowing you were loved
You go and hold down any job
A world of bills, a run of jacks
You know those days that blur
The stones of loving her
Scenes that flicker in your head
For days you thought of her
You pray for things that were
You’re nothing. Nothing but desire
Wasn’t that the best thing?
Wasn’t that the best thing?
Wasn’t that the best thing?
You know those days that blur
The stones of loving her
Scenes that flicker in your head
For days you thought of her
You pray for things that were
You’re nothing. Nothing but desire
Wasn’t that the best thing?
You could never die
Scenes that flicker in your head...
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Everywhere, everywhere, the night is long everywhere
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Jacknifed and all washed up in Vaudeville
Just mockingbirds and sleeping pills
Afterglow of emptiness, liquor rushes, losing tricks
What magic is there left in town? What magic?
In places where the night is long
All your little dreams, they can go wrong
In places where the night is long
Rachel changed her hair from blonde to black
Knows she never will go back
Stole her ticket for the trip, life she’s led you never really kick
Can’t stand up. Can’t stand to be alone
In places where the night is long
All your little dreams, they can go wrong
In places where the night is long
You’d better move on
Get out of there
You’d better move on...move, move, move
Sleepless. Snow drifts on the windowsill
Suddenly the world is still
The Neverland that’s your address
No girl next door will ever get
Who could rescue you? Who could understand?
These places where the night is long
All your little dreams, they can go wrong
In places where the night is long
All your little dreams
Face it friend, you don’t belong
I spent a lot of times lost...
Everywhere, everywhere, the night is long everywhere
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8. |
All His Stupid Friends
05:09
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It’s a town full of dopes with grudges
They’ll take out your eyes
They’ll cut you dead and judge you
Here poison runs wild
Everyone wants someone to blame
They say look what she’s done again & again
They love to chatter, they love to chitter chatter
All his stupid friends left you in the end
All his stupid friends left you in the end
We’re bad for each other sweetheart
That’s part of the deal
This thing that we killed for sweetheart
Is all that feels real
When will it stop? Well it’s not gonna stop
It’s a merry go round, you’ll never get off
I hope you’re happy. I hope you can be happy.
All his stupid friends left you in the end
All his stupid friends left you in the end
Who would you ever trust again?
I’m with you till the end, with you till the end...
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9. |
Could I Hide Here
03:27
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Hurry, hurry, hurry...
You hurry on through streets in the mist
In the strung-out world of old memory
Forgetting’s a gift
A yellow rose or one white ribbon
Some everyday little thing triggers this
Could I hide here, a little while?
It feels so good to get inside
Well what else could I do?
Bored with yourself, don’t feel complete
In slow motion close your eyes. All rushes die
You’re left with this need
You milk your drama for all it’s worth
Like you’re the only one who’s ever been this hurt
Could I hide here, a little while?
It feels so good to get inside
Well what else could I do?
Outside as the daylight fades
You call her name, you’ve died a little ever since
Well what else would you do?
Could I hide? A little while?
Could I hide? A little while?
Oh could I, oh could I hide here, a little while?
It feels so good to get inside
Well what else could I do?
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What’s left of your nerve...
What’s left of your nerve...
So now you’ll discover what’s left of your nerve
You drift like a lost kite
No place in the world
It’s not what you’re used to, what lies ahead
It’s not like the paperback books you have read
The heat lies upon you, the January rain
The back yards, the storms come again & again
There’s no sanctuary...
There’s no sanctuary...
And my story’s the same, it’s just as pretty
Well that’s what you get
And my story’s the same, it’s just as pretty
You threw things together in the wintry dark
You packed your whole life in the back of a car
Then you turned up angel, my innocent one
With your suitcase of knives and your kid leather gloves
One day I’m thinking—is your gentleness gone?
The next time I see you, you’re skinning the dog
You brought in the dark
There’s no sanctuary...
There’s no sanctuary...
And my story’s the same, it’s just as pretty
Well that’s what you get
What’s left? What’s left? What’s left of your nerve?
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11. |
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Stop, stop
Stop, stop
There's not a train in the world that could take you home
Is there anyone who could hold you?
Step outside, your childhood is a world you don't control
You're not alone, I'm with you, honey, with you, girl
Can’t you see?
But I think about tomorrow when I close my eyes
Think about all I'll lose and I wanna cry
Stop, stop, stop
I'm the staying kind
Stop, stop, stop
I'm the staying kind
Staying kind
Thought I'd see you through these months of life
Or I never will see you at all
I return to a kinder world
The first time you call
If I'm alone, I miss you funny, miss you good
Can't you see that?
Think about tomorrow and I close my eyes
Think of all I'll lose and I wanna cry
Stop, stop, stop
I'm the staying kind
Stop, stop, stop
I'm the staying kind
Staying kind
You wanna cry
You wanna cry
Stay
Please stay
Stay
I count to fifty
Think about tomorrow when you close your eyes
Think of all I'll lose and I wanna cry
Stop
Stop
Stop
Stop
I'm the staying kind
Stop
Stop
Stop
I'm the staying kind
Staying kind
Stop, stop
Stop, stop
Stop
Stop, stop
Stop, stop
Oh, stop
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12. |
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I've just mixed up everything
Precious
Have you ever said you could shake up?
Sh sh sh sh sh shadows, they'll follow you on
You drown into blue eyes
All the way, way out of line
Hold on
Yeah, hold on
Calling on Jean
So much now has fallen through, aah
Calling on Jean
So much now has fallen through
Aah, la la la la la la
Oh where in the world have you been?
Precious
You can wait back
Wait wait wait too long
I know you enough
I've seen the traces of desperation
In your eyes
But now, now it's mine, I'm
Calling on Jean
So much now has fallen through, aah
Calling on Jean
So much now has fallen through
Wherever you are
Wherever you are
Wherever you are
Wherever you are
Wherever you are
Wherever you are
Wherever you are
I'm calling on
Calling on
Calling on Jean
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13. |
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Well they drove straight home in the sudden rain
Thinking they’re in this spell where everything will work
That it’s all fixed up, yeah it’s up between them
They’re on a ride... oh but if the spell should break
Don’t let loss surround you
She looks for you on every corner
Lonesomeness was sent to warn you both
On every corner
There’s no end to midnight in their lives
How did they stray so far in this crooked world?
They were gonna move to Tulip City, when Anna says
“Flowers never last...
Let me walk you to the station”
He looks for you on every corner
Lonesomeness was sent to warn you both
On every corner
There’s a four-cat moon through the Judas trees
You'll never know what you meant to me
We gotta get up out of this dump we cling to
We’re not fugitives... oh but baby doll we are
And we just should have been grateful
Well I’ll look for you on every corner
Lonesomeness was sent to warn us both
On every corner
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