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Wandering Eyes
02:10
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I will admit I may have some paraphernalia
I will admit I fall in love all the time
I will admit that I'm about to regale ya
With confessions, secrets that I've had in my mind
I can't help my wandering eyes
Head, shoulders, knees and toes
And especially down by your thighs
Yeah
I will admit that I've been eyeing at your sandwich
I will admit I'm overdue for a shower
I will admit I fall for every wizard and witch
Overly trusting of their magical power
Boys are turning into men
I decided on my 22nd birthday I would be a woman
Yeah
Turning over
Leaves are falling
Fall is coming
Come with me
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Silliness
02:22
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The world is full of seriousness
We dramatize our experiences
Slightly annoyed leads to furiousness
Never relaxing is very taxing
On your body, let’s have a party
Celebrate the superiorness of silliness
Mildred O’Malley, a wonderful wife
Thought the garden was her purpose in life
Seeded, watered, weeded, sun provided the light
When all of a sudden things started buddin’
Called her crazy, she married a daisy
Flowers celebrate the sound of silliness
Goof yourself up if you’re feeling down
Smiling, smiling, just smile, don’t frown
Sillyville citizens wear a crown
Laughing and crying, everyone’s dying
I’m done feeling crappy, I’m jonesin’ for happy
Right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of silliness
When you poop your pants, you have to laugh it off
God gave you two hands so you can take your jacket off
And make yourself at home, cowboy
We’re playing house
Baking a cake just for the sake of silliness
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Modesty
01:54
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I’m so fuckin’ great
I’m so fuckin’ great
I’m so fuckin’ great
Why don’t you wanna date me?
Well, I’ll make you laugh because I happen to be hilarious
I excel at almost everything, my talents are various
A perfect human specimen, a real Stradivarius
Don’t you agree?
I preach what I practice, I’m the opposite of a hypocrite
I know every remedy, just in case you get the hiccups
One thing ‘bout my mojo is you’ll never be sick of it
Don’t you agree?
But honestly my best quality is modesty
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Fruit
02:27
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Fruit is my favorite food group
Sour and sweet and helps me poop
Nature is kind, so peel the rind
There’s juicy treasure beneath
Table of vegetables
Elements of you I periodically prefer
Broccoli is green, stir fry or steam
To bit a tiny tree
Legumes
Une pomme de terre
Lentils
Cabbage, asparagus to spare
Rosemary, garlic and basil
Savory delight
Would you please set the table?
Open up, take a bite
Make you strong, live a long life
But fruit is my favorite food group
How did I get so sidetracked? Oops!
Nature’s candy, apples handy
Keep the doctor at bay
La fruta
Los plátanos
La fresa
El melocotón
Pineapple, pear, pomegranate
Sweet delight
Don’t you dare take for granted
Would you grant me a bite?
Make you strong, life a long life
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Freedom
02:50
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Sorry I have not returned your call
It’s cliche, but it’s not you, it’s me
Actions don;t reflect feelings at all
Can’t seem to find any time that’s free
Freedom, we all have freedom
Turn the clocks off, cause we don’t need ‘em
Take a break from all the tedium
I will listen to your message someday
Piling shot on top of piles of shit
I’m too broke to afford an assistant
Too much for one person to deal with
Friends I mean to keep are growing distant
Get it together, make yourself a schedule
Stick to it
Stick together
Fit in the things that are important
Like sleep, healthy food, exercise, read and write
Give and receive love
And feel your freedom
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6. |
Everyday
03:31
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Everyday we ride home with strangers
Everyday unafraid, there’s no danger
Everyday you play with someone’s feelings
Everyday I’m writing songs to keep up with the world around me
Everyone gives you all the privacy
Everyone form a circle tight round me
Everyone smile again
Everyone laugh yourself content
Everyday we plead change with no action
Everyday we mistake faith for fact
Everyday you grate sins from your conscience
Everyday these feelings stay, and I sing to get them out of my system
Everyone sick of mediocrity
Everyone listen to this policy
Everyone smile again
Everyone laugh yourself to death
And live
This is our song
Keep up melodies even when we’re long gone
No, we will survive
To reach young lives in AD 2083
Electricity, yes
Fossil fuels are the best. No!
Solar energy, yes!
Windmill, bicycle, yes, yes!
Light rails connecting our states, yes, yes
Everyone’s feeling great, yes
Cause we’ve got universal healthcare, YES
See, it’s easier when we share
But we learned that in kindergarten or home
Split the bucket, get the same size ice cream cone
Yes, yes, yes, yes
Everyday
Everyone
Yes
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Do
03:01
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Don’t correct what cannot be corrected
Don’t protect what cannot be protected
Don’t expected whatever you expected
Don’t perfect what cannot be perfected
Might accept apologies from prefects
Fright from debt, technologies, and secrets
Right to left, some solemn choral reef heads
Light bereft, well bottom, rope retrieve hands
Handsome candlestick maker break your heart
Fruitless dealings in fragrant melting art
Fragile tower top ignite lighthouse flame
Gradual greatness, achieving any aim
Do your best and set your own criteria
You’re King Lear and I’m your sweet Cordelia
Shed a tear, one cliche here for good measure
Leash your fear, for reason is superior
Hear ambiguous beating of your heart
Clearly, sun is about to rise, take part
Up and up and up and up and start
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
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8. |
Hear In Color
02:19
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Do you hear, hear in color?
Is it clear, clear as water?
Do you fear, fear each other?
Are you nearby?
Do you hear, hear in color?
Is it clear, clear as water?
Do you fear, fear each other?
Are you alright?
Are you alright?
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet
Prism of light despite all violence
Thunder a timpani, wind a violin
Rainfall is painful, sun is your vitamin
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9. |
The Chase
03:14
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Cat chases mouse
Dog chases bunny rabbit
They just know, it’s coded inside
Girl chases boy
Boy chases boy
Boy chases girl
Girl chases girl too
Nothing’s more fun than the chase
Anticipating an embrace
Always aching for a taste
I follow you til you follow me
Year chasing year
Laughing all the way
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Never reaching what I’m reaching for
Am I crazy if I like it that way?
All I wanna do is sing a song for you
Simple really, but it’s all I wanna do, do, do, do, do
Whither shall I follow, follow, follow
Whither shall I follow, follow thee?
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Talking Tree Minneapolis, Minnesota
Formed in the summer of 2008 Molly Dworsky and Nathan Eliot began to write and sing together. Their debut album is a collection of songs recorded and produced by Andy Thompson.
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