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One Hundred Heads
03:24
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If I only had two hundred arms to hold you
If I only had two hundred eyes to see
If I only had one hundred heads to think
Of strategies and plots I could use to set you free
If I only could, I’d rid you of your suffering
If I only could make all your verses rhyme
If I only had ten thousand incarnations
I could solve all your problems with a little bit more time
I know what side I’m on
One side’s right, one side’s not wrong
I know what side I’m on
Do you, do you?
The saints in days of old
took the work of saving souls
We’ve no such luxury
There’s only you and only me down here
If I only had one hundred thousand dollars
If I only had a better resume
If I only had my coworker’s full attention
If I only could see another way
If I could, I’d get us off this wheel
Guide you to the exit and see you on your way
I’d spend one hundred thousand lifetimes
I’d save ten thousand souls a day
The saints in days of old
Took the work of saving souls
We’ve no such luxury
There’s only you and only me down here, there’s only us down here
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Chestnuts From The Fire
04:17
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I always did the right thing in the end
After first exhausting all alternatives
Now I find I’m just exhausted
Now I find I need a friend
Ooh but you’re not wasting any tears
Ooh but you’re not wasting one more year
Who will be the one to pull my chestnuts from the fire?
Like I did for you, when you were right down to the wire?
I had a rough patch
You know you’ve had them too
I think we can get past that
But I need something from you
Ooh, you’re not wasting any tears
Ooh, you’re not wasting one more year
Who will be the one to pull my chestnuts from the fire?
I wasn’t always right but I was sometimes reliable
You said you never met a man who had better motivations
For all the trouble I caused
I had justifications
Didn’t I always come through
for you
Most of the time?
Didn’t I always come through for you
Most of the time?
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Young Man's Game
05:20
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Girls say boys won’t leave us alone
Just leafing through a novel on the bus
“What are you reading?” they keep interrupting
It's like they’re keeping tabs on us
Boys say “I just wanted to meet you,
I was just looking for something to say”
I could tell these boys something
But I know that it’s a young man’s game.
Boys say girls look better without makeup
Girls say, "Come on, pal, we’re not stupid."
I could tell these fellas, "Why don’t you wake up?"
But I'm not their father, I'm not their Cupid
"Maybe they just wanna look nice, gents
From the look of things, maybe you oughta try the same."
I think I'll say that, then think of the consequence
And I know that it’s a young man’s game.
Ribbons in her hair and bows down her back
She's a present that he can't wait to unwrap
She's an island for him to draw on the map under his name
And that is a young man’s game
They argue over terminology
They argue that they argue too much
But there’s something in their biology
A chemistry when they touch
She says, "There’s got to be more than this,
Life after life just the same."
He says, "All meaning lies in your kiss."
And I think he means it
And I think she believes
And I'm rooting for them, and I hope it's not a young man's game
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Master Violet Ray Saint Paul, Minnesota
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