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florence of suburbia
03:46
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it seems so long ago...
i was so damn young
i held you in my arms
and oh, i was charmed
"wonderful, how wonderful
she says she needs me
how wonderful
how wonderful"
naive as it may be, i still imagine this
a place for you and me
an hour from the sea
a pretty house
with a lovely lawn that stretches on
forever
o! beautiful new property
o! beautiful
(a little house)
spacious sky
(with a lovely lawn)
that stretches on
(america!)
o beautiful apartment
above the buzzing street
the smog infected city sky
some place where we can meet
a pretty place to stay awhile
to get away from home
how wonderful, how wonderful
we're finally alone
o! beautiful
our little life has all the grace we need
we might survive this city life
and make it to the sea
o! beautiful, perfect dream
beyond these working years
enormous plastic majesty
from sea to shining sea
o! picket fence, property
god shed his grace on thee
america! the beautiful!
from sea to shining sea
it seems so long ago
we were so damn young
wonderful
how wonderful
how wonderful...
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2. |
we like cities
01:50
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we like cities at night
will they always feel so new
with you? my dreams are still
of you
in these drowsy streets
that shun the hour
we keep
let's share it
while they
sleep
the crushing city life
the sea of taxi light
the neon, cafe night
the sign of providence
the crime and the evidence
the face of the immigrant
the city, all of it
the streets
will they always feel so new
with you? my dreams are still
of you
in these drowsy streets
that shun the hour
we keep
let's share it
while they
sleep
home, no more
why do i not belong?
there, the moon touched
this is our hour, right now!
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3. |
jocelyn
02:39
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"Jocelyn! How's your new space at the office been?
We need to chat. Talk to Sue she'll get you penciled in."
"Oh, by the way, it's been a couple weeks since I last filled you in.
I'm glad you've come around, you've never let me down."
"Oh! Jocelyn... you're the only one I trust this well.
I guess I'll tell. Since the wedding things have gone to hell!
She sounds just like a bell. Cold, hard and super shrill.
There's too much to kill 'til death or break up bills."
"Oh! Jocelyn..."
"Some day I'll stop complaining.
What you expect of me—I try to be!
But, Jocelyn!"
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4. |
home (instrumental)
00:54
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5. |
the city lie
03:40
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there are things that we are yet to be
that shape the heart of me
i am a song that needs your harmony
to fill the heart of me, i know
leave a note before you leave
the city light
harmony, melody
leave a note before you leave
the city life
there are things that i have yet to do
to make me true to you
the city lie
there are things that we have yet to be
heights we're yet to see
far beyond this city
a deeper light beyond the drowsy shore
past the city doors
a brighter love than all these city lights
brighter love!
a brighter love than all this city!
(a brighter love.. a brighter love than all
and there are things)
there are things!
(there are things that)
we have yet to be
ah, this city lie
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