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Edward Descending
03:41
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Eddie you’re falling
you’re really falling, Babe
I don’t know who you are
Eddie you’re slipping
you’re double dipping, Babe
with those fancy clothes
and that pink guitar
Well it ‘aint as bad as it seems
it only hurts when I dream
Hey, Eddie
should I leave on the light?
You’re keeping me up all night
“I’m not coming home!”
Eddie you’re breaking
my heart you’re breaking, Babe
You’re taking this too far, like some
small town big shot
in a strip mall Camelot
Who do you think you are?
Well I’ve been going out of my mind
and you wouldn’t believe what I’m find-ing!
Hey, Eddie
should I leave on the light?
You’re keeping me up all night
“I’m not coming home!”
Hey, Eddie
should I leave on the light?
You’re keeping me up all night
“I’m not coming home!”
Well it ‘aint as bad as it seems
it only hurts when I dream
Hey, Eddie
should I leave on the light?
You’re keeping me up all night
“I’m not coming home!”
Hey, Eddie
should I leave on the light?
You’re keeping me up all night
“I’m not coming home!”
Eddie, you rebel
you think you’re so special
you howl at the moon
you score at the bar
But your heart will break
as you take off her bra
you’re so far from home
but I know who you are
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Summer Hair
04:34
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Now
I take you down beneath the burning haze
You’re all I crave and
every time I see your face I fall
So breathe your life back into me, oh hey
I know you spend your time with him but wait
maybe we can make it last just a little bit longer
Here we are
two of a kind
torn apart
by a bitter world outside
Take my hand
the summer’s almost gone
I’d rather fall with you
than stand on my own
Now
all my fears come crashing like the waves
but when I run my hands through your summer hair
I’m saved and all at once
I remember everything the way
your damp skin felt beneath your clothes
the salt and sea upon your lips, oh Baby don’t you go
Here we are
two of a kind
torn apart
by a bitter world outside
Take my hand
the summer’s almost gone
I’d rather fall with you
than stand on my own
And we fall like the summer
And we fall like the summer…
Take my hand
the summer’s almost gone
I’d rather fall with you
than stand on my own
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3. |
If I Should Fall
03:30
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Strange fascination
the sweetest temptation
I’m falling I’m falling for you
Your gaze cuts right through me
It saws me in two me’s
I’m falling apart over you
And if I
if I
if I
if I
should fall
Walking a tightrope
with no net it’s no joke
the crowd gasps as I trip and sway
I’m drunk and I’m dizzy
I’m flying I’m crazy
obsessing all my days away
And if I
if I
if I
if I
should fall
And if I
if I
if I
if I
should fall
The sweet pain of missing you
the mad thrill of kissing you
I’m falling
The sweet pain of missing you
the mad thrill of kissing you
I’m falling
Strange fascination
the sweetest temptation
I’m falling I’m falling for you
Your gaze cuts right through me
It saws me in two me-s
I’m falling apart over you
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The Dandy of Suburbia
06:05
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I do my best work in the aisles
of the local Home Depot
I came in here looking for something
but I ended up leaving with someone new
In the middle of the afternoon
All over town
You know they come around, they come
they really like my style
I wear the clothes of a man
at least ten years younger
I’m coming off like some
phony dandy of suburbia
in the middle of the afternoon
Bed Bath and Beyond
Married, single or divorced
they really like my style
Oooh, let the tears flow
Oooh, let the tears flow
I’m not really sure
when they started calling me Eddie
I was just a regular man
now I’m escorting women
In the middle of the afternoon
Red Roof Motel
Now I’m in demand ever
since she threw me out
Oooh, let the tears flow
Oooh, let the tears flow
Help me, cause I’m falling
falling in love or falling apart
I don’t know
Tell me
‘cause I hear you
is this more than an afternoon score
I gotta know
At night they go home
and curl up with their husbands
And I go back to the empty
of my one-room apartment
Maybe she thinks of me
or maybe she stinks of me
Maybe some day they’ll find me
ejected from the vehicle
or maybe I’ll rise up
with the fangs of a viper
It’s all or nothing for me
there’s never any in between
Singing do you want me
do you want me do you want me now
Oooh…just let the tears flow
Oooh…just let the tears flow
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5. |
Undertow
04:05
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Do you want
Do you want
Do you want
Do you want me now
Do you want
Do you want
Do you want
Do you want me now…
I'm screwing through
a second adolescence
Before the tide rolls in
and the sky turns gray
What should I do
surrender to the deadly
undertow
of this awful age?
Am I a man?
show me and tell me
Am I alive?
I cannot say
Give me a chance
this suburban dandy
Out on the town
filled with well-dressed rage
I feel so good
but the end is coming
like a fashion model
with a fatal disease
If you were me
would you go out in style
If you were me
would you let it play
I was doing okay
but then something kind of hit me
a strange kind of sadness
just pulled me away
I get so happy
when I'm down in her meadow
I get so sad
when the light starts to change
I was born
on a Saturday evening
I was born
with a fever in me
Is this a breakdown?
Or it might be a breakthrough
Is this the end?
that remains to be seen
She tried to love me
but I wouldn't let her
My mind started to wander
and my body gave chase
She was choking
on my second-hand depression
but she wasn't joking
when the locks were changed
Do you want
Do you want
Do you want
Do you want me now
Do you want
Do you want
Do you want
Do you want me now…
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I know I might not look like much
but I can go all night
and when I see the moon
I think I just might
I got a slow-rolling mania
and a heart full of pain
tonight my freedom flows
from an open vein
Dandy of suburbia
American bad dream
An amorous adventure
it’s not quite what it seems
She shimmers in the distance
out on the golden plain
She pulls me from the doldrums
She calls me by my name
I can’t wait
Lady California
Queen of Shivaree
Goddess of Surrender
I will follow thee
Your legs stretched out before me
like a highway to the sea
I drive all night
in fever and fantasy
I can’t wait
What do you want?
Rescue me, now
What do you want?
I want you.
What do you want?
Rescue me now
You got to pull me
from this auto erotic blue
I cut the cord
'cause I was bored
Now I’m adrift
endlessly
On the road ahead
I might be left for dead
Baby, your suspense
is killing me
I can’t wait
I can’t wait
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7. |
Lost Weekend
03:50
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I wanna pour Four Roses on ya
and in the motel room I’ll drink it off ya
Uh oh Uh oh
We’ll check in on a Friday evening
and in the process we’ll lose the weekend
Uh oh Uh oh
We hide like villains
from the pain of yesterday
Beneath these dirty sheets
we’ll make our getaway
C,mon, Baby, I’m going under
but when you kiss me I can feel the thunder
Uh oh Uh oh
And now it’s raining as we go from day to night
Are you feeling lonely in the dying of the light?
Afterglow is fading and it turns to after-gloom
But we’ll get our second wind as the bourbon works the room
Clear the way for another lost weekend, oh oh
Clear the way for another lost weekend, oh oh
Clear the way for another lost weekend
Clear the way for another lost weekend
Clear the way for another lost weekend, oh oh
Oh, you turning me
what could possibly go wrong?
Oh you’re turning me on
Oh you’re turning me on oh oh oh
You’re turning me on again
You’re turning me on
I wanna pour Four Roses on ya
and in the motel room I’ll drink it off ya
Uh oh Uh oh
Clear the way for another lost weekend, oh oh
Clear the way for another lost weekend, oh oh
Clear the way for another lost weekend
Clear the way for another lost weekend
Clear the way for another lost weekend, oh oh
Clear the way for another lost weekend, oh oh
Clear the way for another lost weekend, oh oh
Clear the way for another lost weekend
Clear the way for another lost weekend
Clear the way for another lost weekend, oh oh
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8. |
Walk Away
04:03
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A pretty picture
torn in two it’s true
we’re losing steam
Going nowhere
caught between
heartbreak and a dream
I stood in the rain for you
you were not satisfied
I carried the pain for two
I held you when you cried
A pretty picture
I recall it all
so foolishly
Kept me hanging
on the edge
of love and misery
I wore the dress for you
I gave you all I had
I said, “Yes,” then, “I do”
to see the good in you go bad
Walk away
there’s nothing left to do
I can’t escape the
the dark side of me and you
Walk away
there’s nothing left for me
And I can’t pretend
that we were meant to be
Nananananana…
Whiskey kisses
lonely missus
up all night again
Left the light on
we get our fight on
when I come stumbling in
I waited in vain for you
while the moon seduced the sun
You made it plain we’re through
'cause the shadow in me won
Walk away
there’s nothing left to do
I can’t escape the
the dark side of me and you
Walk away
there’s nothing left for me
And I can’t pretend
that we were meant to be
I’ll take the bottle
I’ll take the blame
this knot has been untied
Keep your troubles
keep your name
‘cause something in you died
Now I’m walking away
Now I’m walking away
I’m walking away from you…Baby
Walk away
there’s nothing left to do
I can’t escape the
the dark side of me and you
Walk away
there’s nothing left for me
And I can’t pretend
that we were ever meant to be
Nananananana…
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Oooh Baby let’s go back in time
Back when it was your place or mine
Way back before I moved in
Can we get back to that place again?
Oooh, Baby Baby
I’m a ready for love
with a little science fiction
and some help from above
Oooh Baby Baby
it’s about to begin
the time machine is waiting
let’s go for a spin for a spin
I’m just an ordinary guy
and you’re the apple of my ordinary eye
Oooh Baby I thought I was immune
to the call of the void
and the pull of the moon
Oooh, Baby Baby
I’m a ready for love
with a little science fiction
and some help from above
Oooh Baby Baby
Hey, what do you say?
the time machine is waiting
let’s leave right away right away
I’m just an ordinary guy
And you’re the apple of my ordinary eye
Oh Baby I’d kill for that feeling
when I couldn’t leave the house
without wearing my ring
Oooh, Baby Baby
I’m ready for love
with a little science fiction
and some help from above
Oooh Baby Baby
it’s about to begin
the time machine is waiting
let’s go for a spin for a spin
Oh, yeah!
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10. |
The Pull of the Moon
02:54
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I will not dance
with your cold lunacy
I’m made of flesh and bone
not fantasy
Standing right in front of you
I will not live
where your personas collide
Dragged out and thrashing
in some midnight riptide
Drowning right in front of you
I don’t want to see you anymore
don’t bring your shadow near my door
I don’t want to see you anymore
I will not serve
as your endless goodbye
You shape-shift and feed off
my whispers and sighs
Hiding right in front of you
I don’t want to see you anymore
don’t bring your shadow near my door
I don’t want to see you anymore
don’t bring your shadow near my door
‘Cause I can’t contend
with the pull of the moon
No, I can’t contend
with the pull of the moon
I can't contend
with the pull of the moon
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All I ever wanted
was a very sexy life
If routine be the butter
then I the hottest knife
But it became pathological
such a tragic little scene
a DM here, a check-in there, her credit card
and pretty soon we’re in our underwear
It’s such a sad affair
You’re witnessing the fall of man
right here in real time
He’s less concerned with the damage done
than with can he make it rhyme
I couldn’t do the dad rock
the vacations and those things
So I traded down for rented rooms
eternal afternoons and suburban flings
I’ve had half a life to figure it out
but no I can’t you tell you what’s it all about
And now, this is where the story ends
and I know I can’t go home again, no
You’d think we’d have it down by now
from the slime to popular song
but there’s just so much - gray matter and such
between the right and wrong
And now she stands before me
as naked as a flower
I’m searching for my higher self
in a room rented by the hour
I’ve had half a life to figure it out
but no I can’t tell you what’s it all about
And now, this is where the story ends
and I know i can’t go home again, no
This is where the story ends
this is where the story ends
When I leave this dingy room
I’ll throw this jacket in the bin
and I will start again
I will evolve
I will evolve
Watch me
Watch me evolve
Watch me
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