1. |
Atomic Era Souls
03:02
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Freddy left the good times
Stopped looking through the shutter
All his friends had said man you're dead
if you keep living with your mother
Freddy shaved his head
Stopped playing by the rules
He finally found the way to live
and he's coming out to get you
He's one of the solid-state atomic era souls
He knows what he wants and to what lengths he'll go
And if you believe he had a solid life, a quiet stable home
Then Freddy's not alone
You come from a refined life
Your manners very proper
But all I see when you look at me
is how to cry and suffer
Now I don't wanna take you
You're really such a bore
But if I must then I guess I'll just
grit my teeth and get it over
You lead me so far away
I only need to get away
You're one of the angry little cooped up libertines
You say you hate your mother but she made you her queen
And could you believe that your face to face with something very new
Yes it's him you're talking to
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2. |
A Shot of Summer
03:01
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Call from mother
That's what wakes him up
First day of summer
Another slab of muck
And the train to work is always running so behind
And I try to talk to the faces that I find
They're illuminated, necks are bent like wire
Eyes might melt if they open any wider
And you've been sleeping at the bottom of the heap
Ever since you were thirteen
You're so undone and now you've got to try and find a way
And you've been waiting for some kind of change
ever since you were a child
And now you've got to run along and try it with a smile
Tired faces
Saying the same old thing
Getting older
Ain't like I used to be
Well, they've been talking about the same old things
And we've been playing out the same old games
It's so much fun to do it this way
So much fun to waste our time away
There's more room at the bottom of the heap
Come take a seat by me
You're stuck in ice and now you've got to try and slide away
Take my money with an iron wrench
If it really makes your day
You've got your badge upon your shoulder,
So it's your turn to play
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3. |
Do You Want More?
03:31
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Well, I see you're back again, and standing in my dresser,
what a funny way to show me that you think you should have cared
I turn on the radio, your voice on every station
Such a big shot to be standing here right in this room again
Do you want more?
I said, do you want more?
I said, do you want more from me?
So I'll tell you what you'll get if you decide to fall back in my life
it's not the same as all those times we had before
Now the times are changing, and I've even walked right down from my window, and now on the streets there's so much more that you can see
Do you want more?
I said, do you want more?
I said, do you want more from me?
People can't take no more
They bicker and argue
It's getting real for more and more
I used to sit at home
Steeping in movies
Now the screen is shattered on the floor
And I'll tell you what you get if you decide to join me in the fight
you'll have to lose all of your pretty golden curls
You'll have to face the facts, that you're not better, you're not worth the shoes you wear, it's only what you build up for this world
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4. |
Roger
02:33
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I was just a lazyboy collegiate recruit
How many dull people I saw staring back at me
I wrote the papers, made the grade and was laughing at the fools
Until I found the wretch, that Roger Hugh
He ripped my comfy life right out of place
Roger is the king of every little one he meets
He cannot be defeated; he is never seen as weak
“Roger, take my money”, scream the girls at the door
They throw their panties up at him as he struts along
His narrative on novels is so special to behold
Anything he touches might as well have turned to gold
His eyes they burn and take in any foolish little soul
I hated every word he ever spoke
And yet I knew he had the thing I needed too
Took him on and how I tried to crush his petty fame
But everyone who tries it always ends up just the same
Roger took me in and left me sitting by the wall
Wondering if he'd be coming back after all
I was just a lazyboy collegiate recruit
How many dull people I saw staring back at me
Now I was one, a silly one who'd thought he'd had it made
Roger was the one who saw me saved
I only wish I'd never learned the thing called love
Come now take my sanity, you know you want it all
Roger take my money, I don't care anymore
If you think you saw the last of me that night so long ago
Then maybe there is something that you really don't know
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5. |
All To Yourself
02:34
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Don't worry about what is on your mind
You'll be enslaved
Don't try to set me back in line
I can't be saved
Don't talk about it
Because someday soon
You will too be here
Don't look around as you walk on by
You'll be amazed
Don't try to change anything you find
That's not your place
Don't think about it
Because someday you
Will be the one who's crying
No religion's gonna come around and whisk you away
No disciple in your dreams is gonna show you the way
It's all a dream
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6. |
Better Watch Out
02:46
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Well some people seem to be really getting on
With this game it's called, "the scene",
This little rock we're living on
And some people seem to be waiting by the phone
Even though they pulled the cord
They've got all their friends living right next door
And they don't understand about it
It all seems so strange
How they feel there's someone inside
Making everything change
And he's gonna be coming soon, you'll see
Got no time to hide
And the telephone is waiting
For you to call the other side
And you better watch out,
Yes you better watch out
Or he's gonna come and take your place
Yes, you better watch out,
You better watch out
Or he's gonna come and take your place
And I pretty much understand the ways we feel
It's just a game that way, you see
So it doesn't hurt so much to go outside
And I pretty much hate everybody
It's just a game that way, you see
So it doesn't hurt to close up my eyes
And when I'm walking late at night
And feeling ill
And the footsteps hit my mind again
Coming in for the kill
I want you to remember, darling
But I don't want you to tell
That man is inside of me, too
And he doesn't mean well
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7. |
Missing
02:52
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You used to be so fine
Where did it go, now tell me
You used to be in line
This is the one you could see
Now the spectacle you've seen has
Changed who you are
Tell me if you believe
You're the one who'll go far
The rats on the table and the silver shots are ringing through the night
And you can try, but you can't deny what's staring in your eyes
How many times do I have to say that you were just alright?
There's no shame and no need for pain
if you can make it through the night
Dreaming of the good times
Sitting in the bedroom
Crumbling walls and paint lines
Falling from the red roof
It's a cycle I have seen
You're just like before
A face I've always dreamed
A woman of my world
The people on the road are singing softly to their only song
And I know you hear but you just can't bear, you only pull me along
When will it be your time to wake up from this ugly dream
I tried to change you, to rearrange you, but you can't be beat
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8. |
Fool's Lady
02:07
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Up in the morning, down in the evening
Day after day with you
Can't stop the feeling, all that I'm seeing
Breaking me through and through
Well if I die
Bury me in the loch
And if you cry
God will smile on ya
Lass, here's a warning, if you're a' stormin
Anywhere away from home
I'll send out the hounds and pull you around
There's nowhere for you to go
And if you see
I've only made you a home
You will stay
And never will you roam
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9. |
It's Been So Long
02:10
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Hey it's been so long
And you've been so down,
Found you scrounging round down under the sink
Hey I've been undone,
And waiting by the phone
Will you ever come and give some relief?
You might be crazy,
You might just be dumb
But there is one thing I am quite sure of
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
And didn't I say to you
I needed you to pull through?
And you didn't
No, you left me lying on my own
Hey it's been so long
And I've been so down
Found you sneaking out so late last night
Well where will you go?
Honey don't you know
I'm the only one for miles
You might be crazy
You might just be dumb
but there is one thing I am quite sure of
If you sneak out late like that, I'm always gonna get you back
Let this be a lesson, babe
Why don't you stay home today?
You know I'll make you feel okay
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10. |
Burmanshire Square
02:32
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It was a morning like I'd never seen before
Coming through the thunder and the rain
It was the music that had never played before
Falling like the thunder and the rain
And everybody asking who that girl was
And I couldn't tell them anything
And everybody asking who that girl was
And I can't breathe, so I can't say
It was a morning like I'd always seen before
Even through the thunder and the rain
It was the music played a thousand times before
She was everything I could not save
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11. |
Cruel Girl, Wasted World
02:49
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I don't want nobody showing me the way
Taking me tomorrow and leaving me today
I don't want that silent girl to take me in her arms
Build me up to something just to tear me down
Cruel girl, wasted world
I don't need nobody telling me how to love
Cruel girl, wasted world
I don't need nobody telling me how to love
Please don't ask her sister, she'll just sit there and cry
She does so many other tricks with her eyes
You try to tell her something, she'll only tear you down
Leave you in the gutter or push you all around
I do believe that I am falling
Somebody keeps calling me back into my mind
I do believe that we are crawling
Somebody keeps calling me back to something right
I know she don't believe me, the things that I say
They never had their meaning, they only delay
The hurt and pain that's coming soon, right around the bend
She won't spare me anything, she knows I've nothing left
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12. |
Just A Little Time
02:15
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Hey now just a little time, time
Taken to make me feel alright
These freaks are out of line
Can't find their way to the next flight
Creeping, screaming in my ears
With the sweat and cold metal of a thousand years
People cry their names
Signs of times and ancient dates
You know what's going on
And you don't do anything
You just sit and weep at home
You're like all the rest
And I am no exception
Come and put me to the test
You know what's going on
And you try to do something
You go and scream out on your lawn
Some people stare, others think you are insane
I know you know what's going on
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13. |
Dying Breath
04:26
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Roll up from the top
Waiting for a chance to make you feel okay this time
Breathing in the air
I can see but I cannot hope to now repair
He breaks it down once more
Is she here to only try and make him give it up?
The friends are on the phone,
Talking, walking, making faces so they're not alone
Been a lonely long time
Since I came alive
The dying breath of goodbyes
Kept me in disguise
Roll up from the top
Waiting for a chance to make you feel okay this time
I left you on the road,
Don't be sorry, after all you've always been alone
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Lukas Olson Minneapolis, Minnesota
Lukas Olson is a songwriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota. This is where he keeps all of his aural lunacies, and you are welcome to listen.
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