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Sunny Day Records
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windows down
yo la tengo pulsing through
every vein and pore
every part of you
i see you smile
i see the sun down on your face
and though you're laughing at me
i'm not sure of what's the case
and the ranger in the sun
is just calling out our names
who are we to resist
who are we to blame
the sky kisses your skin
and the wind blows back your hair
and i just close my eyes
i just close my eyes
taste the air
try to hold the moment on your tongue
it hits your lips and
with a breath its gone
the night she falls
the looming evening closes in
lets stretch out this day
we'll never let it end
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On Breath From Esmé
01:58
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Girl Ima' Babe
04:02
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i keep my hair cut short
and i'm tall as shit
with clothes that don't fit right
and taste classic
oh girl ima babe oh girl ima babe
aint got a lease on life
i fuckin bought that shit
so you can take my broke ass
as a symbol of bohemian philosophic
youre in a candy wrapper that im biting at with my teeth
youre the final chapter of renaissance history
youre the babbling april that the linguists cant shrug off
youre the one in the chamber and its my roulette shot
im a mescaline drip
im fallin apart at the seams
i pump my mind full of all kinds of shit
that turns my days into ephemeral dreams
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Liars
03:34
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you lied to me, i could see it in your eyes
well i told you exactly what you needed to hear
told me just enough to get yourself clear
told you what i thought would make it alright
told me what you needed to sleep through the night
maybe i could leave you, think i should leave you
i was born an honest man, i hope i am god i hope i am
i was born with a paper heart now its ripped apart now its ripped apart
grape vines grow thick round here how did you hear how did you hear?
lies echo around these halls, they haunt this place, they paint the walls
well i fell on times i never thought i'd see how did this happen to me, how did this happen to me?
then i said things that were untrue, how could i do this to you, how could i do this to you?
i wanna believe i wanna believe i wanna believe i wanna believe yeah
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Another Kind of Perfume
02:26
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All Around
03:22
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well i wake, i try to grasp, i cling to my dreams of you
and this place, far from your side, its a cage from you
so i search, through the outsides, on the breeze it's you
and i hurt, in my insides, how i ache for you
i feel you all around
i open up my eyes and you're on my mind
it comes as no surprise, it happens all the time
going crazy thinking you're here when you're gone
maybe we'd be both better off all alone
when you embrace me, i am home
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The newest album from Speaking Suns is an addictive dose of midwestern guitar rock. Dave used to play bass with this outfit (check out their Part One EP to hear those groovy lines).
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