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Last Night in America

by Josh Belville

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Saturday 03:07
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every time i look into your eyes all i see is sad and sympathize desperation mixed with appalling sense of direction why can't i just be what you want? why can't everyday be saturday? your breath smells like strawberry wine i am trying hard to be kind but my words keep finding fault in their inflection why can't we just kiss on the street? why can't everyday be saturday?
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Tumbler of Love 02:31
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caught in the tumbler of love shake me up, pour me out into your little cup cause i got nowhere to be i am yours, you are not mine, not yet, we'll see and if you're worried about all the times when we'll have nothing to talk about well don't you worry 'bout that cause i can pull conversation right outta my hat and if you listen baby well i got news for you if you love me, maybe maybe i'll love you too you have me shaken and stirred and i got you in my hand like a little bird don't think that you'll fly away and don't you think that i'll catch you another day caught in the tumbler of love and your skin like satin when you're above me and baby can't you see? you're the one for me! chorus
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Listen (Is This the End?) 02:57
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listen when i'm calling your name in the darkness i can't feel your breath on my cheek anymore and i fell into your sky listened to your voice i thought it was freedom but i had no choice always be your lover but never your friend is this the end? you never made a move you never rejoiced was it a depression or was it your choice? always be my lover but never my friend is this the end? i told you i'd never forget you but i forgot why i said that and i will not listen again i will not listen again
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Last Night in America 04:26
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last night in america gonna fly overseas make a new life in a conch shell slowly swaying in the breeze i gotta do what i gotta do to make my life feel sane everybody around me feels the need to complain oh not again! last night in america! x3 last night in america i'd like to see your face call you up but no answer leave a voicemail anyway time to pack my everythings i hope it's not too much time to sit in the airport man i'm feeling out of touch last night in america! x3 inst bridge last night in america and i'm awake all night love the sunset, love the day we met love my family, and the starlight four o'clock and i'm leaving the morning air is cool when you look back at this i hope you don't think i'm being cruel
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Row You Row Your Boat 03:20
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i am the ferryman taking you across the river every time i touch your skin i feel the shiver it's time to row you row your boat i counted sixteen times that you had to take a breather you asked me if i wanted to stop or keep rowing and i said neither it's time to row you row your boat
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Maybe Not 03:37
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look at the time i gotta go talk to you later or maybe not she seemed cool she was a drag you'll find someone better or maybe not i met a girl perfect for you i'll give you her number or maybe not do you like this room? it's got a great view here sign the papers or maybe not everybody's looking for something but nobody's looking for me but everybody's watching me lose all my money and lose all my patience forgetting to breathe
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Back Where We Started 04:17
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you're in the doorway / and i'm in the van not even begging / can alter your plan what did i say? / what did i do? to make this feeling / come over you? why can't we go / back where we started? i can't believe it / i can't believe that you're talking this way why won't you listen / to the things that i say? and now the door slams / and i've got my life in the back of my car thought you were closer / but it seems you were more far away than i realized what did i say? / what did i do? to make this feeling / come over you? why can't we go / back where we started? is it my fault? / are you just bored? to make me feel / so ignored why can't we go / back where we started? did all the days we spend together only represent a misery that i didn't notice? and now your eyes reflect a certain kind of disconnect suddenly this whole thing is bogus why won't you give me a reason to defend your treason is it another man? just tell me it's another man
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I Give Up 03:25
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Counting the Days 03:59
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i wanna say everything that's cooped up in my head but that's not okay, i have to wait until i have you read jumping to premature conclusions mixing reality and illusion it's just natural evolution counting the days until i love you i've got to admit, you've got me falling head over heels baby but ain't this the pits, i gotta wait until i can say maybe this could be perfect symbiosis some kind of love reverse mitosis i got a hankering for closeness counting the days til i love you and i know that we should take this slow but i don't care, i just have to make you mine to complement i'll compliment to represent i'll represent to hold you close i'll take my time
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Listen, This is The End 04:41
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this is the end, my friends this is the part where we cannot play pretend we have to say goodbye and go our separate ways but don't you feel so sad think of all the wonderful times we had our brains retain those mem'ries til the end of days i know it isn't fair this isn't life this is contusion and trauma and strife i wish i could make it all right i'd do it tonight this is the end, my love no more stars in the heavens above only a new moon and a pile of listless dreams but don't you cry my dear the ocean is already full of so many tears and you've got so much life or so it seems i know it isn't fair this isn't life this is contusion and trauma and strife i wish i could make it all right i'd do it tonight and i fell into your sky listened to your voice i thought it was freedom but i had no choice always be your lover but never your friend is this the end? you never made a move you never rejoiced was it a depression or was it your choice? always be my lover but never my friend is this the end? hey little misfit hey little misfit look into my eyes, now what do you see? (i see an unknown future staring back at me) hey little misfit hey little misfit listen to my voice, now what do you hear? (i hear a sad voice wavering with fear) i know it isn't fair this isn't life this is contusion and trauma and strife i wish i could make it all right i'd do it tonight

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Written and recorded in the Oregon St house during FAWM 2010.

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released January 25, 2011

Written and recorded by Josh Belville. He is the vocals, guitar, bass, and drum machine.
Track 08, "I Give Up," was written by the Cow Exchange, using lines from random Wikipedia articles.

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