1. |
A Day Off / Treehouse
03:11
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Picking up the laundry
Going to the show
Making lots of money
Ob-la-di-bla-do
Runnin’ runnin’ races till the
end of our days
The finish line we’re chasing keeps on racing away
Say yeah…
Say yeah...
Cooking in the kitchen
Showing up on time
Drinking on the weekend
Sometimes every night
I just want
I just want a day off
Say yeah…
Say yeah…
Making aspirations
Try to stay on track-track-track-track
Taking lots of Aspirin
For your b-b-b-b-back
I just want
I just want a day off
So we can hang out in my treehouse
Say yeah
So we can hang out in my treehouse
Say yeah
(let’s a-gooo!)
SOLO
We’ll get away from the offices and shopping malls
We’ll get away take no busses take no business calls
We’ll get away don’t you worry ‘bout the bugs or the bees
Or the bears or your boss while you're here in my tree
Just say yeah!
Say yeah!
Say yeah…
Say yeah..
I just want
I just want a day off
So we can hang out in my treehouse
Say yeah
So we can hang out in my treehouse
Say yes
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2. |
Backseat
03:20
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I was on the line
You were on the corner
Of Main Street and My Mind
living life on the back-burner
because you asked me for a ride
I drag speed so I show up on time
I drive an automatic
S U V
All the soccer moms can
Roll with me
But since you asked me for a ride
I drag speed so I show up on time
Here at last
Buying gas
Going nowhere fast
We’ll be fine
As we race towards our destination
I’ll just drive
But you're breaking my concentration
GO!
I was on the fence
You were in the backseat
Behind me and my friend
As we cruise down the concrete
And my brakes squeak really loud
The broken CD player kinda’ drowns them out
And then I put all of the
Windows down
Because just mine would make that awful sound
I know you asked me for a ride
I hope you don’t mind as I
drag-speed down the b-line
CHORUS
I was in the backseat writing with my hands
I was writing backwards
so they could understand
Didn’t want to get in trouble
Get in trouble with my dad
Just waiting in the backseat
writing with my hands”
In the backseat with a seatbelt against your shoulder blade
I put this Chevy into 4-wheel-drive and take the long way home
CHORUS
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3. |
Intoxiciated
03:29
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If I could bottle up the way I feel
I’d chug it all damn day
Store a barrel in my basement
drink all my nights away
If this feeling fit inside a seed
I’d plant it in my yard,
Pack my pipe with with
that sweet leaf
and get higher than the stars
I wanna get
Intoxicated
So messed up that I turn blue
I wanna get
intoxicated
on a sofa set for two
Cause darling I’m damn
intoxicated
on you
If your love was dripped on blotter
I’d put ten tabs on my tongue
I’d trip into a fantasy
where the two of us stay young
Hell, I’d even take a needle
and inject you in my arm
and I’d probably get addicted
but you’d never bring me harm
I wanna get
Intoxicated
I wanna pass out in my shoes
I wanna get
intoxicated
on a sofa set for two
I’m just so damn intoxicated
I said I’m drunk
on your love
Yeah I’m trippin’ balls on you
I’m geekin out.
I can’t take it anymore
and I know what we should do
I think we should get
Intoxicated
you know the way we always do
Oh we’re gonna be
intoxicated
On my sofa set for two
I’m just so damn
intoxicated
Darlin’ I’m drunk
on your love
Yeah I’m trippin’ balls on you
Ooooohhhhh I’m geekin out.
I can’t take it anymore
you’re the drug I can’t refuse
Darlin, I’m damn intoxicated
on you
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4. |
Etch-A-Sketch
04:02
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5. |
Last Call
03:58
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Would you
Have a drink with me?
I’ve got
No plans so maybe we
Make some.
Get wasted wasting our time.
Could you
Take a chance with me.
It takes two
To feel like somebody.
I’ll go
To anyplace that this small talk leads me.
I'll buy
The first round
And probably the second one.
I’ll try
To calm you down.
Keep talking. I’m listening.
We’ll spend all night,
Till “last call” is calling out.
I know this bar’s about to close
So let’s get lost and see where we can go
Press play
And I won’t stop till the
Day breaks
We’ll stay awake because
Champagne
Tastes better here than in dreams.
Midnight
kill some time till the
sun lights
up the sky
I've got no time
That I’m not willing to spend with you
spend with you
With you
CHORUS
I'll buy (I’ll buy) The first round
I’ll try (I’ll try) To calm you down.
We’ll spend all night (all night),
Till “last call” is calling out.
I know it’s nearly closing time
So let’s get lost and see if you’ll be mine.
BREAK
I'll buy
The third round
And probably just one more.
I’ll try
To calm you down.
Keep talking. I’m listening.
We’ll spend all night,
Now “last call” is calling out.
I know this bar’s about to close
Let’s get lost and see where we might go
I'll buy (I’ll buy)
Would you have a drink with me?
I’ll try (I’ll try)
Could you take a chance with me?
All night (all night)
And I won’t stop until’ last call (last call)
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6. |
Meditation Song
04:05
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I got coffee on my mind
It’s as simple as that
I’m losing track of the time
And I don’t quite know where I’m at
I don’t know if you're up there
But Jesus take the wheel for God’s sake
Cause I’ve been twistin, I’ve been turnin’,
I’ve been spending all I’m earning and I
Just burnt all I had to bake
(inhale sound, exhale sound)
It goes
In through the nose and out through the mouth
Let it in and let it all out
In through the nose and out through the mouth
It goes
In through the nose and out through the mouth
You let it in and then you let it all out you betta’
In through the nose and out through the mouth
(inhale sound, exhale sound)
Different days call for different doses
A bed of needles in a bed of roses
Equal people all got different poses
Looking on the bright side overexposes
Why do I even try when the bottle’s dry
I close my eyes and open up my mind
And I breathe in and I breathe out and I
Level out no doubt
CHORUS
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7. |
Sunglasses
03:26
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I wear sunglasses sometimes
When it’s not bright
I don’t need to look them
in the eyes
I don’t need to look them
in the eyes
I wear gloves upon my hands
I don’t know why
I don’t need to keep my fingers dry
I don’t really need these, no
There’s something left to learn
From all the artifacts I’ve earned
There’s something left to learn
I wear a watch upon my wrist
I don’t know why
I just keep on losing track of time
After time losing track of time
I wear a lampshade on my face
But I’m not bright
Maybe if I studied then I might be
But I ain’t never studies. No.
There’s something left to learn
From all the artifacts I’ve earned
There’s something left to learn within the ambient unheard
There’s something left to learn
From all the artifacts I’ve earned
I’m losing track of time.
And all these items
That encompass my whole life.
They keep repeating.
They keep me fleeting.
As the flames ignite
the objects of my life.
Such a peaceful feeling.
It keeps my heart beating.
There’s something left to learn
From all these artifacts I’ve burned
There’s something left to learn
There’s something left to learn
From all these artifacts I’ve burned
I’m losing track of time.
I wear sunglasses sometimes
When it’s not bright
I don’t need to look them
in the eyes
I don’t need to look them
in the
eyes
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8. |
Just Ask
03:13
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I could be high as a kite
But you know me better than that
So why even bother to ask
I am dazed and amazed
You wonder what I’m looking at
But why even bother to ask
When you do
I will be true
But there’s never any follow through
I want you to
But you never do
I never thought I’d have to say this to you
But just ask
Just ask just ask
Just ask
Just ask just ask
I could be high as a kite
But you know me better than that
So why even bother to ask
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
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9. |
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Of all the things I couldn’t see,
I can see you on my T.V.
and it’s all in H.D.
Pictures of you with me,
Photoshopped up on the screen
and it’s nothing you’ve seen.
And I called just to say that I’ve called you everyday
and I want you to know I won’t follow where you go
Anymore Anymore
That picture that you took at home,
I took a screenshot on my phone
I see it when I’m alone
And I can’t stop thinking of all those times that I made up all
in my mind. In my mind. In my mind. In my mind.
CHORUS x2
To the store or the morgue
Places you’ve been before
All the places you’ve seen
Or the places you’ll be
And I promise to take you off my T.V. screen
And I just want you to know
That I called to say
CHORUS x2
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10. |
Ripple
03:42
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I got a lot on my mind
It seems like most times
When the water gets calm
I’m skipping stones along its surface
Light reflected in the waves
Ripples and it makes me nervous
I got a lot on my mind
It seems like most times
I’m a wave-creator
I’m a wave
A situation shaker
the greatest complicator
I’m a wave-creator
Won’t you be my savior?
I got a lot on my mind
It seems like most times
Thoughts get caught up on the street
A traffic jam that halts the feeling
Lights are changing back and forth
the lack of movement makes me nervous
I got a lot on my mind
It seems like most times
CHORUS
and I’m giving it all to you - ooooh
CHORUS
I’m giving it all
I’m giving it all to you
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11. |
Sedated and Entertained
03:00
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It’s Saturday (it’s Saturday / it’s Saturday)
as I lay awake and make fake constellations in a haze
I slip away (I slip away / I slip away)
As a bird of prey is lurking in the alleyway
It’s Saturday
Sometimes early mornings, sometimes later afternoons
I’m always passing out due to substance abuse
And lately melatonin’s been my drug of choice
I wanna’ be sedated and entertained
It’s Saturday (it’s Saturday / it’s Saturday)
I stare out the window with a look of innuendo on my face
I slip away (I slip away / I slip away)
with my eyes glazed over the Cable-Classic rerun matinee
It’s Saturday
CHORUS 1
I wanna’ be sedated and entertained
Artificial rush of endorphins into my brain
I ain’t afraid, no I ain’t ashamed
I just wanna’ be sedated and entertained
BREAKDOWN
sometimes mornings, sometimes afternoons
I’m passing… substance abuse
And… melatonin
I’m sedated and...
CHORUS 2
sedated and entertained
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12. |
Shapeshifter
03:03
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This one goes out to you
And all the other shape-shifters
Boerne, Crimson King, Mr. Fantastic, Jerry Dandridge
You fit the mold for nearly
Every situation so easily
And you fit so well with me
Look what you’ve done to me
You’ve exposed my interior and you made me leek
Now I can’t go on forgetting what you think I am
You’ve made me change my shape and now you're
messin’ with my plans
Who’s that dude walkin’ around in my converse shoes?
Who’s that dude with you?
This one goes out to me
And everybody with a weakness
I’ve heard mine
is a lot less vicious
than kryptonite
Still, I can’t hide
I just can’t find the one ring
And I can’t decide just who I am
I’m no Dr. Manhattan
CHORUS
Break
Who’s that dude walkin’ around in my converse shoes?
Who’s that dude with you?
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13. |
We Lost Our Jobs
02:40
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I got a lotta… I got a lotta obligations
I lost a lotta… I lost a lotta my old friends
I ain’t got no time… Ain’t got no time for situations
I ain’t go no time… Left in my pocket to spend
We lost our jobs (thank god)
Thank god we lost our jobs
We lost our jobs (thank god)
Thank god we lost our jobs
I never gotta… I never gotta’ damn vacation
I never got-ta… I never got-ta sleep in late
I always got to… ho-ho-hold in all of my frustrations
I always got ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-too much crud up on my plate!
We lost our jobs (thank god)
Thank god we lost our jobs
I only took it to get paid
We lost our jobs (thank god)
Thank god we lost our jobs
Now I can play all day
We lost our jobs (thank god)
I didn’t really ever wanna’ stay
Thank god we lost our jobs
We lost our jobs (thank god)
Thank god we lost our jobs
I didn’t ever like it anyway
Ahhhhh-ahhhh-ahhhh-owwwww!
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"A Day Off / Treehouse" single available everywhere Feb 15.
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