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Riverwalk
03:32
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none (instrumental)
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Scratch
04:01
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Basura
04:13
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Yeah, I'm back, I'm back
Todo el mundo es basura (Everything is trash)
Basura (trash)
whoa, yeah
Todo el mundo es basura (Everything is trash)
é a bhriseadh síos (break it down)
Quiero la basura (I want trash)
Basura (trash)
Amo la basura (I love trash)
é a bhriseadh síos (break it down)
Amo la basura (I love trash)
Quiero la basura (I want trash)
Amo la basura (I love trash)
Quiero la basura (I want trash)
Quiero la basura (I want trash)
Basura (trash)
Eso es todos, amigos (that's all, folks)
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Somewhere West of Seguin
03:00
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210
03:06
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none (instrumental)
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Glitch
02:42
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Bristol
02:33
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April Showers
02:50
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Paseo
03:06
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Transitions
04:49
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none (instrumental)
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Online Attraction
02:50
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Yeah, you're the greatest thing I've seen
across that computer screen
(uh oh)
Yeah, you're the greatest thing I've seen
across that computer screen
Yeah you're really hot
and you seem to think that I am too
yeah let's trade numbers and pictures and favorite positions
but what do you mean I'm too far away
you got a problem with the A train?
who owns a car in New York, anyway?
4 hours, 3 fembots later, still single
wonder where the afternoon went
wonder why I'm still single
wonder why my winks and hellos don't work
wonder why nothing I say seems to work
no, I don't have any STDs or viruses
but I wish I could say the same for my computer after chatting with you
geolocation the latest rage
now you can get stalked on your cellphone
I guess that explains why I chatted with an attractive blonde girl
and I'm now being stalked by a 70 year old guy that I don't think is her father
maybe it's too easy to get tumbler, tinder, and grinder confused
especially when gender isn't permanent anymore
but no, I'm not following in Cait's high heels anytime soon
10 hours, spending way too much time online
forgot what I was looking for
sure it's cheaper than the bars and less smoky
but the old ways of finding love don't work anymore
and the new ways don't work either
no wonder why I'm still single in my 40s
maybe next September, I should plan a trip to that matchmaking festival in County Clare
oh great, that's online now, too!
(Pog mo thoin)
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Tribulation
03:28
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none, although there is some unintelligible chanting
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Feeling Numb
02:52
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What's wrong with you, you you?
Please stand clear
the doors are closing
It's not working
get it right and fix it
we are all children of God
seems fitting since we lost so much there, including our souls
The things which used to distress you will become inconsequential
maybe I didn't get the memo
we look cute, but don't mess with us
is it too much to ask?
e a bhriseadh síos (break it down)
help me to find my way
what does it feel like to not be outraged by legalized infanticide?
here we go again
what does it feel like to smoke your brain cells away?
am dunta (closing time)
seems fitting since we lost so much there, including our souls
it's not working, get it right and fix it
what does it feel like to actually act your age?
what does it feel like to keep a job for more than a year?
The voice of the people must be heard
aw yeah
what does it feel like to not oversleep?
aw yeah
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know...
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Orlando
03:41
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Give me a reason to celebrate June 12
Give me a reason to celebrate another act of evil
Give me a reason to condemn the right when the left is wrong
And the guy who did this is even more evil than both!
What did those 49 die for? Having fun?
Blame the gun when it's the demon who fired it!
Tired of the hate and violence
Tired of infanticide, beheadings, shootings, all because you're different
Tired of the wrong ones having the loudest voices
Isis, Daesh, Westboro, you're the real fags
seems fitting since we lost so much there, including our souls
all for trying to have fun in Orlando
Tired of the wrong ones having the loudest voices
Isis, Daesh, Westboro, you're the real fags
Don't know why my thoughts went back there
uh oh
Maybe it's time to let the dead bury their dead and get on with my life
Tired of the hate and violence
seems fitting since we lost so much there, including our souls
all for trying to have fun in Orlando
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Manic (2016 Mix)
03:15
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none (instrumental)
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Worth (2016 Mix)
04:34
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And I wonder if it was worth it at all..
It seemed like fun at the time, didn't it
we talked about doing it for days
but you were out of there as soon as it was done
had enough of the one night stands
and the fake pretty faces
it wasn't enough to settle down
and you bloodied me without throwing a punch
you're back in your high life
while I'm stuck in the ghetto trying to rekindle what you promised me
at an age way too old to be solo for so long
no friends in high or low places
and not sure if what was supposed to be ever existed at all
So much for that career
the hours never added up
you said I'd be rich doing this work
but I'm commuting more than I'm working
you want things confidential on this job
so sue me
if you have the balls or the funds
for all the others you extorted
I'm not sure what you promised to pay me
ever existed at all
No longer in the Empire State of mind
not when my home went from a dream to a nightmare
not when my old neighborhood is still in ruins
when the new guy let it rot
because they didn't support him
but then it's been dim with promise for over 25 years
and the things I went there for never panned out
sorry for the ones who are stuck behind
but the greatness of the World's second home
never existed at all
You battled me 2 decades ago behind a name hidden in plain sight
but we both have been keeping secrets
mine weren't as weird or misleading as yours
try flating the sensible from wherever you are now
and I'll deflate your legacy
because Bart the cop from Tulsa
never really existed at all, did he, Terry Coppage?
There are times I wish I was invisible
no one notices me for what I want to do
stuck playing a homeless guy
when I'm trying to forget that I used to be one
composed the theme that they forgot
and I wonder if it was worth it at all
And I wonder if it was worth it at all?
So what do you think?
From the burning mountains to the flooded shores
is there any such place as home anymore?
From the burning mountains to the flooded shores
is there any such place as home anymore
From the models to the cuties to the fembots
is there any such thing as love any more
When they claim they want what's in your underwear
but they're repelled by your small bank account
is it worth it at all?
Looking at my life
all the failures and ruins
and loneliness and hurt
and lower pay, bad housing
fickle friends
nonexistent sex
and even less love
and not sure if happiness or worth
ever existed at all
And not sure if happiness or worth
ever existed at all.....
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Thomas Clarke Colorado Springs, Colorado
Thomas Clarke was born in Abilene, TX, and raised in Colorado Springs. In the early 1990s, he first met producer Steve Peak (Speak Online), who introduced him to songwriting. He attended Brooklyn College in the late 1990s. He was one of the co-stars and contributed music to a 2014 art production about homelessness in Austin called “Am I Invisible”. ... more
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