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Blue Smoke
06:14
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It was the blue smoke
from her cigarette
that fell around her face
like a veil no one wanted
a bride's mistake
It took all of her nerve just to repeat
bartender please serve me a drink
just one drink
and you can keep the change
In her tight skirt
and her high heels
that had seen better days
she turned to survey
the surrounding scene
to find a soft escape
Her courage came in fits too fast to think
how to make that man buy her a drink
just one drink
and she would feel no pain
Now it's two-thirty
and all her fairy dust
could not obliterate
the way the mirror
on the back bar
revealed her fate
She hasn't got the money for a cab
she'll panhandle so she can fill her flask
in light of things
it's all she'll ask
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2. |
Map of the Planets
02:33
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I dreamt of pretty things
they are gone from me
once. I. lived.
in a golden light
Trouble is real to me
wherever you are
I. will. be.
good for you
No map of the planets
can show me your star,
show me your star
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3. |
Pandora’s March
03:47
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it was a wretched season
and our horse came in dead last
and the wind it blew disaster
and the flames ran hard and fast
and she watched the flag unfurl
as it whipped around her face
and she gave the middle finger
as the monster left his grave
I oughta know
boys play with explosives
and pour ink into the lake
and the children of the village
burn their witches at the stake
and she shook the tree of good and evil
just to watch it shake
and the fruit that spilled into the orchard
stained her pretty face
I oughta know
here comes Pandora
with her bracelet
strung with heads
dropping bread crumbs
marching through
the promised land
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4. |
uh-oh
04:04
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Who is that girl
you see her running down the alley
She's all dressed in white
must be an escapee
Oh but she's beautiful
she's just like a dream
and you're so hungry
for some honey and cream
Oh, she's a mystery
you want to get into her fantasy
so you run around the corner
just to see what you can see
and there she is saying
don't you follow me
She's got a smile
like a knife in her teeth
and you've got a pressure problem
with your sweaty hands
I got my business
got no time for you
I'm going to a wedding
getting married to myself
I am a mystery
you better check it with your fantasy
don't you try to put nothing on me
cause if you do
I'm gonna make you very sorry you did
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