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No Flinch Rule
02:57
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i forgot how to play guitar, so i just sat there
bored and afraid to try
acting like the world just passed me by
numb eating popcorn
you work a dead-end job to pay for gas
so you can get to your dead-end job
but your life keeps going whether you're there or not
the brain is a beautiful place to visit
sun shining down on all your worries and fears
facts, opinions and tears
floating around uninhibited
waiting for you to flinch
i don't care what the papers say
i'm gonna find a way to find a way
to do my shit 'till i'm sick of it
until it's forced or broken weak and stupid
rocking chair and barely lucid
the brain is a beautiful place to visit
sun shining down on all your worries and fears
facts, opinions and tears
floating around uninhibited
waiting for you to flinch
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2. |
Mystic Chain Park
03:07
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took a ride to mystic chain park
it was really something in its prime
kids from the '50s singing doo wop songs
kids from the '90s moaning from drugs gone wrong
so wrong
walked around mystic chain park
kicked the coca-cola sign hard
the dust rained all around me
it was then that i fell into a dream
where do good parks go when they die?
are there dead kids waiting on swings and slides?
is it like ribbon cutting day or the moment when the kids discovered video games?
told a friend about mystic chain park
so we walked the tall mountain grass
he looked out, said "that's it? hey man, are you alright?"
i said "i don't know"
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Other Other Brother
02:48
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other brother
i remember fighting in your backyard
our fists were up but neither would draw blood
other brother
it hurts me bad to think you might not be here
so i don't think it at all
isn't it always this way
we fade apart instantaneously
i'm calling you brother though i know you have your own
though i know you have your own
hit the water with a mighty splash
smoked them all and just laughed
jumped every wave that the ocean could throw
you'll be fast as time moves slow
other brother
you disavowed the mysteries of your own disease
and kept on rolling in somebody's light
the seasons change but the love remains
isn't it always this way
we fade apart instantaneously
i'm calling you brother though i know you have your own
though i know you have your own
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Father's Rights
03:26
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hey dad, is it cool if i have a friend over?
could we sit up on the seat?
"no, you are six and i'm hungover in the heat"
a father has a right to have no responsibility
to get arrested in the street no harm, no foul
to get arrested in the street, where's the foul?
oh god, we're gonna do the visitation thing
go to a diner, you're tall enough to turn the tv to dbz
a father has a right to not be seen
and now it's year sixteen, what's the rush?
and now it's year sixteen, well, you know the rest
would you believe the internet tracks your every ping?
wish i could forget most everything
a father has a right to run away
breakneck towards the grave and await the day
some kid drives two hours and fifteen minutes to say
nothing
i get knocked down, then i get up again
you're never gonna keep me down
i wondered why you didn't call again
was it something i did brought you down?
i feel so down, then i get right again,
this won't always keep me down
I'd knock you out, but then i think again
you never taught me how to fight
let's adjourn for now
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