1. |
Drive Down Mama
01:19
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Drive down mama
You know that I see you
I’ll go farther
Don’t you know I need you?
Haven’t you been a long time coming?
You tired from a long time runnin?
Sit down boyfriend
Everybody sees you
Look at mama
Seem like she doesn’t need you
Weren’t you some shiny man
Running cause you know you can?
So drive down mama
You know that I need you
I’ll go farther
Everybody leaves you
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2. |
Aphids
03:42
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I used to watch you shoot a bullet straight into a tree
Run your hands along the trunk but never touch the leaves
Used to cover me in aphids, lay me in a beam of light and say
“I have to leave you here, my girl, I’ll pick you up tonight”
You used to call me princess like I never was a kid
You used to cover me in aphids
And I wish you still did
And I always tried to tell you
But I never got around to it
He hit me and it felt like
He hit me and it felt like shit
I helped you buy a bicycle and fit it in the car
You rode it only once to work cause work is way too far
Used to take me to your parties, point to where I stood and say
“She’s an artist too, you know, she’s actually quite good!”
Well I’m sick of all these sheep, you know I thought you were a wolf
If I wanted you to love me
I would do it for myself
And I always tried to tell you
But I never got around to it
He hit me and it felt like
He hit me and it felt like shit
That man might kill me
That man might kill me
That man might
And I always tried to tell you
But I never got around to it
He hit me and it felt like
He hit me and it felt like shit
And I always tried to tell you
But I never got around to it
He hit me and it felt like
He covered me in Aphids
He hit me and it felt like shit
He hit me and it felt like shit
He hit me and it felt like
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3. |
Dog Fight
02:24
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Soft-handed boys touch me badly
In the middle of the night
When the traffic isn't bad enough to keep me
I'm like a dog but
Not in this fight
How do you make everything look so small around you
When you are so small?
I can’t really be the sun like you call me
Sun like you call me
Sun like you call me
I can’t really be the sun like you call me
But you should call me
You should still call me
How do you pull the city out from beneath me
If you can’t even reach me?
Can’t really be the sun like you call me
Sun like you call me
Sun like you call me
I can’t really be the sun like you call me
You should call me
You should still call me
Soft-handed boys come around me
I wash them in the sink
When their hands are not enough to keep me
I say I’m like a dog
But not how you think
I can’t really be the sun like you call me
Sun like you call me
Sun like you call me
I can’t really be the sun like you call me
But you should call me
You should still call me
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4. |
Text
03:14
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I'll cancel dinner plans
I can't be fooled like that
Not trying to get thin for anybody if they ask
I go to the mirror, take a picture
Cause I love my body
But I don't trust it
I don't trust it
I don't
I text you
I text somebody else
I text you
Somebody
Are you a good dancer?
This song always makes me laugh
I don't believe in much
I can't believe you're wearing that
Another man
Another writer
Oh they tell me he's my husband
But I don't trust him
I don't trust
Him to fuck it up
I kiss you
I kiss somebody else
I kiss you
Somebody
Everything falls around your face
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5. |
Sweet Boy
02:16
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Your girl spoke
to the spirit
then she spoke to me
She invoked your mother
someone I never see
Don't know when I drew the line
Now your lips they look like mine
I'm gonna let you back in
Sweet Coca Cola summer skin
and I say sweet boy sweet boy
soft and low
sweet boy sweet boy
like I know
The water's back and
we take our laundry off the line
you dress me in your button down
I dress you up in mine
Can't tell what you're looking for
Now my lips they look like yours
I'm gonna let you back in
Sweet Coca Cola summer skin
and I say sweet boy sweet boy
soft and low
sweet boy sweet boy
like I know
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6. |
I Was
03:49
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Oh for you it comes so easy
Oh for you it comes so fast
But I’m not one to take it easy
And I’m not one to even ask
But I was just a little girl
And you were just a little girl
And I was just a little girl
And you were just a little girl…
Remember how I did your makeup?
Your daddy said to take it off
You said you knew it’d be too much but
I thought it wasn’t quite enough
But I was just a little girl
And you were just a little girl
And I was just a little girl
And you were just a little girl…
I put the black around your eyes
I put the red around your lips
You wore stockings on your thighs
And jeans around your hips
I spent too much time in the office
You spent too much time in the backyard
I never thought I was a novice
Just never thought it was that hard
But I was just a little girl
And you were just a little girl
And I was just a little girl
And you were just a little girl…
I put the black around your eyes
I put the red around your lips
You wore stockings on your thighs
And your jeans around your hips
I put the black around your eyes
Red around your lips
You wore stockings on your thighs
My hands around your hips
I put the black around your eyes
Red around your lips
You wore stockings on your thighs
And your jeans around your hips
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7. |
Joan of Arc
02:17
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You’ve got your hot dry arms on me
As we tick away
in the taxi seat
you can drop me off
at the end of the street
Walk the length of my mind and answer “no”
Boy you aren't stuck in the combine you are the combine
You're the long line snaking around the block to buy a / thing on time
And you never ever never knew you never knew
How Joan of Arc felt, did you?
What’s it like to be him?
What’s it like to be him?
What’s it like to be him?
What’s it like?
You know love I learned a lot through the window
As you chip away
In the back seat
But I don’t care
Cause a girl’s gotta eat
Drive the length of Olympic with nothing to show
I’m not your favorite shadow but I’m standing on it
I’ll be just fine, left your key in the lock, lucky the lock is mine
You gave your band some girls’ name too?
What’s it like to be him?
What’s it like to be him?
What’s it like to be him?
What’s it like?
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8. |
Aphids (solo)
03:23
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