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1. Jealous Girl
Look what I did
I got upset again
I started reeling
And when I reel sometimes I blame you
It’s such a mean thing to do
But you didn’t call me
And you know how I worry
And you didn’t call me
And even though you’re having a hard time at least you’re home
And I’m here and I’m so lonely
And I’m sorry
I guess I’m just a jealous girl
And I’m an asshole
I dug in all the way
I dug a big hole
And when I dig sometimes I like to show it to you
It’s such a stupid thing to want to do
And I’m sorry
I guess I’m just a jealous girl
And what would you do
If it were me instead of you
You’d be so cool
You’d give me all the space I need
And I know that
And after all it’s not my dad who’s lying in the hospital
Crazy and alone
And wanting to go home
And that just makes it worse
I ruined my pedicure
And I can’t believe that
I can’t believe I could behave so badly
And I am sorry
I’m sorry
I guess I’m just a jealous girl
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2. Dread
Why are you still crying
Why are all your moods so blue
Why did you just turn away
When I told you I love you
And why are you asking me
To tell you how you’re feeling
And why are you trusting me
Not to ask you what you mean
There’s all this dread dread
Swimming in my head
Dread dread
Sleeping in my bed
Dread dread
Look out ahead
Dread
Why did your sweet face light up
Just talking on the phone
And why were all the words so low
When I’m in here alone
There’s all this dread dread
Swimming in my head
Dread dread
Sleeping in my bed
Dread dread
Look out ahead
Dread
What do you think you’re doing
Why have you become so blue
Why do you avoid my eyes
When I say I’m here for you
There’s all this dread dread
Swimming in my head
Dread dread
Sleeping in my bed
Oh dread dread
Look out ahead
Dread
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3. Hash It Out
I have never been to India
I ain’t even been close
For me that whole continent of Asia
Has sort of always held ghosts
But my friend Jason has
He says it’s not that bad
He likes to stick around
So we can hash it out
We can hash it out
We can hash it out
He likes to stick around
So we can hash it out
I meet my friend Doug for coffee
On some days after work
He teaches anthropology
He likes to talk about the Turks
We like to talk about culture
And how some people are like vultures
He likes to stick around
So we can hash it out
We can hash it out
We can hash it out
He likes to stick around
So we can hash it out
Well if you think the world is just a big ball
That somebody can throw
Hey if you think you got some answers
Well baby you don’t even know
I think I got some answers too sometimes
But I really don’t know shit
Yeah I don’t know if something’s working
I don’t know when it’s time to quit
I like to hear some Willie Nelson
I really like the songs he writes
I like to listen to his albums
Yeah in the middle of the night
I really think I’d like to go down
Yeah get together make some sweet sounds
I sure hope he sticks around
So we can hash it out
We can hash it out
We can hash it out
I hope he sticks around
So we can hash it out
We can hash it out
We can hash it out
I’d like to stick around
So we can hash it out
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4. Brad Pitt
I had a crazy dream in the middle of the night
I dreamed I was dating Brad Pitt
And through it all though we were making out all right
I just kept wanting to quit
It kind of reminded me of a boy I knew in school
And then it kind of reminded me of you
We had sex in his new car ‘cause he seemed cool
And so did Brad and so did you
Now all these thoughts were keeping me awake in bed
Trying to break open the code
But when I finally realized the cold hard truth instead
I had to call you to unload
Well we’ve gotta fight
And we’ve gotta war
We’ve got trouble at our front door
I don’t think I love you anymore
Now back in school Andy drove a brand-new turbo Saab
He drove it just like he’d come undone
And all the while we were turning sex into a job
He kept telling me that this was fun
Now I was young I was naive and that’s for sure
I was too insecure to learn
But what’s the excuse now that I’m older and I’m wiser
There is none that I can discern
Well we’ve gotta fight
And we’ve gotta war
We’ve got trouble at our front door
I don’t think I love you anymore
I know it’s late I know I really shouldn’t call
I know you won’t believe that it’s true
That something so simple as a dream could mean our fall
Could mean the end of me and you
But I remember Andy and the feel of those seats
I remember everything so clear
How I was so sore and so tired from the heat
And how I wished I could disappear
Now we’ve gotta fight
And we’ve gotta war
We’ve got trouble at our front door
I don’t think I love you anymore
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5. What You Owe
I’ve had some time to think about you
While you were flying off to Rome
I was thinking of all the places I’ve been without you
Since I used to call you home
Fly away in your silver plane
Farther than you can see
I just wish that you would find someone else to blame
Instead of always blaming me
If you’re gone say goodbye
If you come back, come back smiling
If you come back, come back with what you owe
But if you want to go—
Go
I’m not so far away that I don’t hear rumors
About how hard you’ve gone bad
Man I hear you’re doing cocaine
And it makes me so sad
I feel like I can feel you fighting
All across the continents
All across the world
Through all the time zones
Through all the zip codes
I hear you yelling out
I feel your anger swirl
If you’re gone say goodbye
If you come back, come back smiling
If you come back, come back with what you owe
But if you want to go—
Go
You know I love you
You know I do
Which is not to say that I’m not still mad at you
’Cause I’m still mad at you I’m still mad at you I’m still mad at you I’m still mad
Sometimes I think I understand everything
Sometimes I know I don’t
Sometimes I know exactly why you keep on digging
And why I know I won’t
If you’re gone say goodbye
If you come back, come back smiling
If you come back, come back with what you owe
But if you want to go—
Go
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6. Psychobabble Junk
I don’t mean to alarm you she said but I think the world is fucked
I don’t mean to be a pessimist I know that you’re an optimist and good luck
It’s just that everything seems headed on the fast track to hell and I’m so scared
Well maybe in the end it’s just as well at least now we’re prepared
You could call it relaxing
You could call it coming unhinged
You could call it not dieting
You could call it a terrible binge
You could call it falling off the wagon
You could call it getting drunk
I call it mostly psychobabble junk
I know of two or three alcoholics and one person who’s addicted to cocaine
And there’s a war on in Iraq and it’s terrible and Texas has had too much rain
Not to mention the proposed amendment to the Constitution
Protecting the sanctity of marriage
Protecting it to the equivalent of Cinderella sitting pretty in her great big pumpkin carriage
You could call it relaxing
You could call it coming unhinged
You could call it not dieting
You could call it a terrible binge
You could call it falling off the wagon
You could call it getting drunk
I call it mostly psychobabble Junk
And the road to hell is paved with all of these
Rising interest rates and failed sitcoms and used-up SUVs
But the road to hell isn’t paved with any kind of good intentions
It’s mostly paved with failed love and preemptive interventions
I went for a walk by myself last night and listened to the wind in the trees
I thought about my time here on earth and what it means now in times like these
I thought about spending too much money on my brand new warm winter hat
And why I can’t seem to stop my heart from pounding when you look at me like that
You could call it relaxing
You could call it coming unhinged
You could call it not dieting
You could call it a terrible binge
You could call it falling off the wagon
You could call it getting drunk
I call it mostly psychobabble junk
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7. Cannot Make the Call
Will you call me on the phone
I really want to talk to you
And if you make me mad
You know I won’t hang up on you
I really want to talk to you
But I cannot make the call
I really want to talk to you
But I cannot make the call
Our time was just our time
I heard your message on my phone
I heard you asking what we lost
I heard you wonder how I let you go
I really want to talk to you
But I cannot make the call
I really want to talk to you
But I cannot make the call
There is nothing I can do about you
Call me after 9 tonight
That’s when my minutes are all free
I know you think I’d call you sooner
If it meant enough—enough to me
I really want to talk to you
But I cannot make the call
I really want to talk to you
But I cannot make the call
There is nothing I can do about you
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8. Put Me First
Forget the reasons for you not leaving
Forget the roses between your teeth
Forget the presents already forgotten
Forget the fights we might not have fought
And put me first
For all the times we forget how to breathe
For all the freshly planted evergreen trees
For all the times we pretend we’re just playing
For all the things we’re just not gonna say
Put me first
Put me first
Put me all the way at the top of the world
Put me first
Forget the fires burning at home
Forget the urge to leave it all and roam
Forget the fear and the insecurity
Remember always that you love me
And put me first
Put me first
Put me all the way at the top of the world
Put me all the way at the top of the world
Put me all the way at the top of the world
Put me first
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9. Brent
Brent Brent
You’re broken and bent
You killed yourself
And your body’s all spent
Died died
You died on the phone
You said I love you baby
But I’ve got to go
Was it such a relief
Was it easy to die
These are the questions I’d ask you
If you were alive
Wait wait
Wait for the cops
When they come to the door
Your whole world’s gonna stop
Please please
Don’t tell me
But they have to do the job
Of the police
Was it such a relief
Was it easy to die
These are the questions I’d ask you
If you were alive
Brent Brent
You’re broken and bent
You killed yourself
And your body’s all spent
Died died
You died on the phone
You said I love you baby
But I’ve got to go
Was it such a relief
Was it easy to die
These are the questions I’d ask you
If you were alive
This is the question I’d ask you
If you were alive
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10. Texas
I don’t want to talk about it
Makes me ashamed to admit
But I just read your journals online
Just for a minute
You were headed up I-35
Driving in your old car
You used to love to take mine
Till I took it too far away
You talk about Texas
You make it sound so cool
I think it sounds like you’re lying
I think you sound like a fool
You like to play the martyr
You say you’re having fun
Even though your back is breaking
It’s all been said and done
You live in Texas
I live in Los Angeles
I don’t like Texas anymore
I don’t like LA either
But at least I’m living by the shore
It’s all so crazy
How I still love you
Even though I hate you
Even though I shoved you away
And I wish you’d pay up
I wish you’d take the blame
I wish I didn’t have to
Feel like I’m so lame
It’s pretty silly
I feel so competitive
And I don’t want to have to race
I don’t want to have to give
The edge to anyone
And least of all to you
I don’t want second place
It’s not what I’m supposed to do
You live in Texas
I live in Los Angeles
I don’t like Texas anymore
I don’t like LA either
But at least I’m living by the shore
Until I finally learn
How to let all this go
To surrender all my anger
My fear and my control
There won’t be any change
And nothing more to do
You won’t be hearing from me
I won’t be hearing from you
But I just want you to know
That I still really do care
It’s such a shame the way
It all just vanished in the air
You live in Texas
I live in Los Angeles
I don’t like Texas anymore
I don’t like LA either
But at least I’m living by the shore
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11. Empty
Long white cable cord
Coming from the TV Lord
Coming from the TV Lord
And we pay for the signal
Long long silver cord
Coming straight from Heaven Lord
Coming straight from Heaven Lord
And we pay for the signal
Or we are empty
We are empty
It’s a fine thing
Like a song sings
To be empty
To be empty
We are learning
What it means to be free
Cable man in cable clothes
Came to take my cable Lord
Came to take my cable Lord
And then there was no signal
Cable man don’t make mistakes
Cable gives and cable takes
Does no good to hope and pray
If there is no signal
Or we are empty
We are empty
It’s a fine thing
Like a song sings
To be empty
To be empty
We are learning
What it means to be free
Traffic keeps us where we are
Churches are all in our cars
Unless we’re walking very far
There must be a signal
God discourages hitchhiking
Likes to drive to Burger King
We join in and drink a drink
And praise Him for our signal
Or we are empty
We are empty
Could be a fine thing
Like a song sings
To be empty
To be empty
We are learning
What it means to be free
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12. Morningtime
Oh it’s all right
Yeah it’s all right
It’s morningtime
It’s like I was having the craziest dream
And it lasted for 3 or 4 years
And then I woke up and it’s morningtime
And I like cream in my coffee
And I like my hair all red
And everything else is under control
And I like waking up and feeling you in my bed
And everything else is under control
It was a long time coming
It was a long time away
When I look at pictures from that long ago
I look like a baby
It’s all right it’s all right
It’s all right it’s all right
It’s all right it’s all right
It’s all right it’s all right
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