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First Song
01:26
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If you’re not the voice of your generation
Why even open your mouth?
No one will hear what comes out
And if anyone hears it, they’re not gonna care
And in another hundred years
There won’t even be anybody there
But what if all that rises from the flood
Is one of these CDs
And a discman
And somebody to listen
Well, in that case,
I guess
It better be good
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Hot Damn!
04:10
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I saw a really cool band
It made me want to quit
I saw the whole world, man,
But I was over it
And yeah, I feel a little bit bad about it
And yeah, I feel a little bit bad about it
Shit man,
Hot damn!
I think I love it
I wanna do it again
So count 3 for me
I think it’s magic
‘Cause now that I found it
Now that I found it
Whenever it’s gone
I’m like “shit man, hot damn
It’s what I want…”
I was a really big deal
But who’m I gonna tell about it?
I gotta find someone goddammit
These days I feel a little less bad about it
These days I feel a little less bad about it
Shit man,
Hot damn!
I think I love it
I wanna do it again
So count 3 for me
I think it’s magic
‘Cause now that I found it
Now that I found it
Whenever it’s gone
I’m like “shit man, hot damn
It’s what I want…”
Oh my God!
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3. |
Bridget
03:19
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Me and Bridget had a deal
If I turn 40 and she turns 40
And we’re not married yet…
You know what I mean
It was Bridget’s idea!
But then she met Simon online
and followed him back to Berlin
I don’t know where I fit in
Bridget, what the hell
I thought that we had a plan
Did you easily forget it
Bridget, is it, I’m still looking for it
I don’t know what I was supposed to say
To make you stay
Me and Bridget got close
But then I met Katie and left the party
to follow her home...
It was just for the night
But I left Bridget alone,
and I guess that mattered
‘cause after she got kind of weird on the phone...
Next thing I knew she was gone
Bridget, oh my God
I didn't think it was real
Was it easy to forget it
Bridget, is it, I’m still waiting for it
I don’t know what I was supposed to say
I guess Plan B was my Plan A
I let Bridget get away
But maybe when we’re 50
There’s still time...
I found Bridget online
I guess she got married and moved to Paris
and changed her name...
She still looks the same
I think she’s gonna be fine
Fine, fine
Yeah Bridgets gonna be fine
Am I?
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4. |
Easy Money
03:37
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Well it’s a shame, I guess
I guess that it’s a shame
No, it’s a drag, for sure
I agree, man, it’s a drag
But it pays the bills
Yeah it pays the rent
If it comes from heaven
Call it heaven sent
I like easy come
I like easy go
It’s not complicated
I just want what I’m owed
Give me what I paid for
You know nothings free
But it’s easy money
So what do you want from me?
Ooh ooh ooh
Well it’s a bitch, for sure
I’m not saying it’s not a bitch
Someone should do something
If I could, I would
I wish ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But you got my vote
Yeah, I wish you well
If it’s easy money, honey,
What the hell
I like growth growth growth
Like an upward trend
Love a good investment
Love a dividend
Got my golden ticket
Good times never end
When it’s easy money
You spend what you gotta spend
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5. |
My Time Machine Worked!
02:29
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My time machine worked!
I saw the future
I don’t wanna talk about it
My time machine worked!
I found baby Hitler
But I couldn't do it
My time machine worked!
I jammed with John Lennon
And yeah, he was a jerk
But man, could he play
My time machine worked!
I stopped 9/11
But nothing much changed
Well, what did you expect?
My time machine worked!
Turns out that the dinosaurs
Never saw it coming either
My time machine worked!
So I never met her
She never got hurt
My time machine worked!
I tried to fix everything
But everything saved
Equals something else burnt
My time machine worked!
Some things will get better
Some things will get worse
Well, what did you expect?
My time machine worked
I saw what I saw
I stepped on, like, hundreds of butterflies
And changed nothing at all
Well, what did you expect?
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I want to open a little bar
Where all my friends can hang out
And if they’re having a tough time
I’ll shut the doors and kick all of the customers out
We’ll take the loss
It’s only money, man, who gives a shit?
We can just write it off
I’ll sit ‘em down, top ‘em up, and tell ‘em this:
You’ve got to spend money to make money
You’ve got to live life to live life
It’s gonna hurt when your heart breaks
But it’s a bargain at twice the price
You know, you win some, you lose some
And it gets heavy sometimes
That’s just the cost of doing business
And it’s a bargain at twice the price
I hope that the pandemic is over soon
So I can visit the States
I got some friends and some family down there
They’re churning out kids at a downright incredible rate
It’s hard to believe
It seems like yesterday that we was young
I can’t wait to meet
And try and tell them all of this as they grow up:
Look:
You’re probably not going to marry a movie star
And you’re gonna see some shit on TV
It might get hard to stay soft
But kid, you’ve got to stay strong
Come on, keep your head up
And I’ll try and tell you what I think I believe
You’ve got to spend money to make money
You’ve got to live life to live life
It’s gonna hurt when your heart breaks
But it’s a bargain at twice the price
You know, you win some, you lose some
And it gets heavy sometimes
That’s just the cost of doing business
And it’s a bargain at twice the price
I might be wrong
I’m just some guy, and this is just for now
But I wrote this song
To try and spell it out the best way I know how...
You’ve got to spend money to make money
You’ve got to live life to live life
It’s gonna hurt when your heart breaks
But it’s a bargain at twice the price
You know, you win some, you lose some
And it gets heavy sometimes
That’s just the cost of doing business
And it’s a bargain at twice the price
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7. |
Something Sweet
03:49
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She can’t hear the shouting
Hiding in her headphones
Drawing chaos on the walls
Dreaming of a new sensation
She can’t count the halos
Floating through the night
Another lie she’d love to believe in
If she concentrates she can still see
Some golden glowing garden open wide
She don’t cast a shadow
In her new apartment
Flowing weightless through the walls
Paper thin and tower tall
She can see the future
He’s holding back her hair
When he tells her that he loves her
Like an answer to some orphaned prayer
Twisting free and shrinking from the light
Now she’s under someone else’s sky
I’m not saying she dreams of me
But I hope at least she dreams of something sweet
I’m not saying that she’s dumb
She don’t think that she’ll become
Anything she thought she’d be
But I hope she dreams of something sweet
Living in the valley
Dying for the sky
Some earthbound constellation
Should be sparkling in the night
Someone else’s heaven
Thought she heard her name
Now she can’t feel the sun,
But photosynthesizes just the same
Budding blooming stretching toward the sky
Wondering when she forgot how to fly
I can’t do anything about the days
But when you fall asleep
I hope you dream of something sweet
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8. |
Flashes (Hey Amen)
03:33
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I remember it in flashes
It’s coming back to me in waves
I think that there was dancing...
I think that there was dancing
I know that there was drinks
I'm pretty sure that
When I woke up in her bedroom
She said “hey you, time to say goodbye”
She said some loves are like album cuts
But this love
This ones more like a b side
It’s starting to come into focus
Next think I know I’m walking home
I left the keys to my apartment in a cab
I guess I hoped you’d be alone
Back in those days when I showed up at your door like that
You’d usually laugh and let me in
You’d say “some loves are like scenic routes
But this love, this one’s more like a short cut”
You were always saying shit like that
It used to make me laugh, I never took it seriously
In the morning we’d regret it, but
We’d not regret it that much
We’d usually do it again, and again
It just went on like that
Party after party, night after night
We kind of floated through the city
Hell, we kind of floated through our twenties
Leaving what we left behind behind
And it's not like it was Everest or whatever
It's more like we were always gonna get where we were going
Me, I remember it as Friday nights
All lit up like the streetcar lights
It was impossible to know what we were doing
Or was it easy for you?
Hey, amen!
I remember it in flashes
It sort of comes back when it comes
I think that we were happy
I know that we were young
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9. |
Sub Pop
03:01
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We didn’t sign to Sub Pop
We didn’t sign to Matador
We never got a nine point two
Best new review dot com
We never scored that big hit
We never even made the Long List
We only got one page in Rolling Stone
We never opened for The Strokes
Never debuted at Number One
But I got all
That I need
Right here
Well, I was on my own
Staring blankly at some stretch of road
But I was back at home in my mind
Those days was good as gold
New York City in the driving snow
But I was on the phone the whole time
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10. |
Tiny
06:24
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I am all in
I want everything
One smile, one laugh
I’m sold
That’s that
You looked tiny in my arms
Okay, begin
I never want to feel anything but this
See it for yourself
You can make your little wish
And say your little prayer
Or whatever it is
You looked tiny in my arms
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11. |
Have One On Me
05:28
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If you’re reading this
It means that I’m gone
I hope it was painless
Hope it didn’t take long
But if I suffered
Remember,
It’s not the dying that scares me
It’s the living I’ll miss
So have one for me
Hell, have two or three
Maybe once in a while
You can raise one to me
I’m leaving a card
Down at the bar
So have one on me tonight
Give my guitars to my nieces
Maybe they’ll start a band
And if it’s any good
Maybe finish my book
If it sucks, then don’t,
I understand
Tell my friends I love them
They’re more than I deserve
I hope I was kind
Hope they know that I tried
Hope I helped a little more than I hurt
Well, remember me funny
Remember me kind
Remember me glasses free
Smiling half blind
And if’n you miss me
‘Round that missing time of year
Just imagine me happy
Imagine me here
Where the drinks are all free
I’ll save you a seat
We’ll have one on me again
Cause if there is a heaven
I bet it won’t compare
To having a pint
On a Saturday night
With that first hint of fall in the air
Get everyone together
Sing songs, get drunk,
Who cares?
Rememberings cheap
And the drinks are on me
Goddammit, I wish I was there
So don’t worry
I love you, but I should get going
I drank my fill of a hell of a life
You shouldn’t get greedy or hold on too tight
I hope that I’m ready, I hope that I’m brave
But if I look back when I’m walking away
For one last sweet glimpse of what I’m gonna miss
I hope that I see you
Now promise me this:
Until next time we meet
If you’re ever in need
Go down to the bar
And have one on me
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Graham Wright Toronto, Ontario
the guy from tokyo police club. no, the other one. with the glasses. yeah, that one.
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