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They Will Hunt Skeletons
01:38
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You Belong in the Show
01:29
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You talk big, you talk tough
You talk a lot, but you know talk ain't enough
You run the relay, you run the race
You cross the line and it brightens up your face
You turn your eyes to me, so I want you to know:
You were born to rock - you belong in the show!
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A Desperate Little Man
02:09
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I put down my roots in this big money town
I didn't have enough to live
I came to the store a desperate little man
Who would take any work they'd give
Now I dole out the tapes to the idiots and flakes
All they want's new releases and porn
They show up to browse at a minute to close
Or before we open up in the morn
I show up on time and I do all my tasks
When the clock hits the hour, I'm done
My rent must be paid at the start of every month
I don't do this job for fun
And I don't seek advice on my methods of work
You useless pathetic slob
I don't break it to you that your life's a fucking joke
So don't tell me how to do my job.
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Oh hang the summer breeze and waiting for the night to fall
Oh hang the swollen trees and stolen kisses at the ball
"And there's nothing I need and there's nothing I want more" - last knights of the wherewithal
Oh pearl-clad daughters of the eldest of the firm
Walking through candlelight holes in my eyes
And fair trade policy discussed on my left
And sailboard brand loyalty on my right
You were just another once
Blind, cocooned and dormant, now butterfly:
The children grown, the rumours spread, the sleepless nights in foreign beds,
And wristbands hiding scars
Oh hang the summer breeze and waiting for the night to fall
Oh hang the swollen trees and stolen kisses at the ball
And there's soon a time a-coming where the idle rich, the idle rich shall fall.
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Honey Dry
01:37
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It's three o'clock in the swirling morning
And you shut your eyes to go to sleep
Isn't it amazing how you dipped your toe in
And all of a sudden ended up knee-deep?
Run away, the mortar's falling
You're coming down from a funny high
The more it rains, the more tarpaulin
You gotta lay down to keep your honey dry
Did you turn away, your back on the crowd
Dedicate your ass to making a certain amount?
Frozen are the kids, passed out the wife
Cast another log on the flame that is your life.
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Mourning Gown
00:44
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He threw the gauntlet down
He said "your tongue is bought and sold by the pound"
I said "you're wrong my friend, the rules are written down"
He had to fall and break his crown
Because we're living in a stern grammatical town
I suppose it's over now, put on your mourning gown.
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The Oligarchy
01:51
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A Thousand Pardons
01:28
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I didn't really cry, I just had something in my eye
So when you passed me by, I had to look the other way
Down on the autoroute, the trucks obey
all the warring camps that seem to jump in the fray
I'm in the ivory tower, taking pains
over what remains when I'm gone and forgotten
This tenderness of mine won't allow for no words unkind
So keep this thought in mind whenever you pass by my way
Brace for the insolence of youth on high
Out in a paddleboat under optimum sky
I met that friend of yours, he was a beautiful guy
But what'll come of him when the well has run dry?
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Our Year to Be Good
02:26
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You said that this was your year to be good
And, like the rest of us, you did what you could
But you should know this, and make it your friend:
All things must pass, and come to an end.
"I wasn't born, I was sent from the heavens."
"I spent my long days and nights at the Sleven."
I see it now, and I know it's true:
I never was any better than you.
It sounds extreme, but it's tempting to say:
We had some good, but we fucked it away.
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The World Provider Montréal, Québec
The World Provider has been providing synth rock, anthemic pop and theatrical spectacle to the masses since 1999.
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