here is houses, emma, say it now, and fighting fire, 100 pianos, and like a city
haven’t gotten to the other ones but i will soon, sorry!
houses made of stained glass
here when the sun comes out
it comes out blue
you’re that lucky hard to read
looks good on you
how will we talk out here
with all these spies
walking through the parking lot
with all these stars in our eyes
we live in houses made of stained glass
it’s no place to hide from all that dark past
it’s hard to know the truth in black and white
your world is all rainbows
everywhere the pain goes
the floor dances too
scratching on the paper sounds
like x-ray ribs
anything you want from me
you know i’ll give
can you see the skyline now
how far is close
hard to keep the wrong words down
but i won’t choke
we live in houses made of stained glass
no place to hide from all that dark past
it’s hard to know the truth in black and white
your world is all rainbows
everywhere the pain goes
the floor dances too
it’s hard to know your waking from your dreams
your phantom from someone
you’re changing where you see from
615 blue
the sun shines on you
shining on a green sea
our bodies laid across but i
i don’t want to fall in love
with every single thing i see
waves are crushing down down down
it’s hard to know the truth in black and white
your world is all rainbows
everywhere the pain goes
the floor dances too
it’s hard to know your waking from your dreams
your phantom from someone
you’re changing where you see from
615 blue
the sun shines on you
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emma
you’re just a baby
i think i’m crazy
what if i need you
what if i’m sky blue
take off your make up
i wanna wake up
your hair all around me
i’m in a blonde sea
let me hold you emma
i feel so strong with you
i feel so strong with you
let me hold you emma
there’s nothing wrong with you
i feel so strong with you
you say you’re a princess
maybe i’m impressed
you got some blue yarn
i gotta new song
through colorado
incommunicado
for just a short while
you’re making me smile
let me hold you emma
i feel so strong with you
i feel so strong with you
let me hold you emma
there’s nothing wrong with you
i feel so strong with you
oh your scarf wrapped round my neck
so that i won’t forget you
but you’re just a baby…
let me hold you emma
i feel so strong with you
i feel so strong with you
let me hold you emma
there’s nothing wrong with you
i feel so strong with you
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say it now
sooner or later
it’s coming all out
pieces of paper
fall from my mouth
how many sleepless
hours i lie?
sooner or later
it’s gonna be fine
am i here tonight?
if you’re gonna say it say it now
if you’re gonna say it say it now
hover around the light
tell me something right
i’m in the water
you’re on the land
silence is fodder
for sharks in the sand
change in the weather
holes in my sides
i’m feeling tethered
you’re in the sky
am i here tonight?
if you’re gonna say it say it now
if you’re gonna say it say it now
hover around the light
tell me something good tonight
if you’re gonna say it say it now
if you’re gonna say it say it now
hover around the light
tell me something right
oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh
sooner or later
you’re out on your own
you’re a creator
i’m in the stone
am i here tonight?
if you’re gonna say it say it now
if you’re gonna say it say it now
hover around the light
tell me something good tonight
if you’re gonna say it say it now
if you’re gonna say it say it now
hover around the light
tell me something good tonight
if you’re gonna say it say it now
if you’re gonna say it say it now
if you’re gonna say it say it now
if you’re gonna say it say it now
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fighting fire
gin and tonic sweet and sour
smokejumping through these stars
lost some silver found a flower
today is good so far
could it be warm?
how would i know if you’re lying?
come on in the water’s fine
through metal tunnels legs get sore
dislocated hearts and doors
our love is freer than your reins
we’ve river water in our veins
we’re fighting fire in our dreams
just like that the rain did stop
i think our life is charmed
like god reached down and turned it off
with a sunbeam of an arm
could it be warm?
what if i trust you this time
come on in the water’s fine
through metal tunnels legs get sore
dislocated hearts and doors
our love is freer than your reins
we’ve river water in our veins
we’re fighting fire in our dreams
a twist of lime a couple hours
someone else can drive this car
through metal tunnels legs get sore
dislocated hearts and doors
our love is freer than your reins
we’ve river water in our veins
we’re fighting fire in our dreams
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100 pianos
michigan lakes
remember we moved a 100 pianos in one day
for some kind of show
my brother was m.i.a.
we met in july
i think we were swimming at the lake when pope paul died
i thought to myslef “you’d make the perfect bride”
if i could make you laugh
if i could make you laugh
if i could make you laugh
if i could make you laugh
would you have stayed when i left?
i can still recall your taste it’s all i kept
that town was such a waste
but you i won’t forget
work was steady enough
when everyone wanted uprights in their basement dens
unfinished houses they were just built right in
my mom and dad
i still think my leaving was the thing that did them in
i came back for the wakes
i never came home again
if i could make you laugh
if i could make you laugh
if i could make you laugh
if i could make you laugh
would you have stayed when i left?
i can still recall your taste it’s all i kept
that town was such a waste
but you i won’t forget
i never could forgot
was it love or just a play
it seems a million years away
sometimes i see you in my sleep
muddy water on your feet
the sun was shining on your hair
i reach your hand but you’re not there
i hope you’re laughing all the time
i hope you still can read my mind
i hope you’re laughing all the time
i hope you’re laughing all the time
all the time
all the time
i think in the spring
i’ll go back and buy one of those pianos learn to play
i’m setting aside a couple of hours a day
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like a city
silhouette your shape
like a skyline makes
all the people stare
at your red red hair
she does the best she can
the best she can
murder and mystery
she likes to disagree
i see her angel wings
i see a million things
i’ll never understand
understand
you got the right thing to say but you’re a minute too late
you need a light and a map just to try and navigate
you see her every single day but you’re talking to a stranger
she’s like a city
she’s full of real dark places
spend all your life and never
see all her faces
crazy as cincinnati
suddenly cruel and caddy
she’s got your soul delivered
you swim that river running round
she likes to burn her bridges down
secrets and fantasies
you only wish you’d see
sometimes she thinks she wants
to own a restaurant
the trees are green and brown
they’re green and brown
summer day ice cream
we feed a homeless dream
we see the sun still shines
on a blacktop mind
you wore a long white gown
a long white gown
you got the right thing to say but you’re a minute too late
you need a light and a map just to try and navigate
you see her every single day but you’re talking to a stranger
she’s like a city
she’s full of real dark places
spend all your life and never
see all her faces
crazy as cincinnati
suddenly cruel and caddy
she’s got your soul delivered
you swim that river running round
she likes to burn her bridges down
she’s like a city
i
i search these sidewalks
will a trace
of you lead me home
of you lead me home
will it lead me home?
she’s like a city
she’s full of real dark places
spend all your life and never
see all her faces
crazy as cincinnati
suddenly cruel and caddy
she’s got your soul delivered
you swim that river running round
she’s full of real dark
she’s full of real dark
she’s full of real dark places
she’s full of real dark
she’s full of real dark
she’s full of real dark places