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Bought a dead man’s suit in Denver / and I wore it on the stage.
It got me thinking about impermanence;
how everything dies with age.
Things don’t get any easier
another town, another day.
Things don’t get any easier
babe, have mercy on me.
I can feel your love drifting away.
Just like the wings of an airplane.
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“Do you ever get the feeling that you’re living someone else’s dream?”
She said while she sat and tapped on the top of that cigarette machine,
I said “baby, it’s a mean old world, ugliness it just unfurls itself in mysterious ways, we all have our dog days”
Do you ever get the feeling that you’re living in a magazine?
If I had all of the money that I’ve spent on dope I would buy that dress in green.
Then I’d ride out among the stars, strumming a cosmic guitar that shoots out lazer beams, and then they’d see…
Cause I would be neon and that’s why
Do you ever get the feeling that someone will be dancing on your grave?
All these thoughts that stir in my head are sometimes too much to take.
Oh but baby, that’s the way it goes, happiness just ebbs and flows, and it puts you on your knees, oh but honey, please…
We could be neon and that’s why
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Meet me down by the pylons tonight
and let’s tear into the guts of his little nightmare town
that holds us down
and keeps us out of the light
‘Cause I remember you dancing
beneath the light of the disco ball in the gym
that night making love under plastic stars glued to the ceiling
until the sun let in.
You said “my daddy’s got a shotgun in the shed,
why don’t we blow ‘em all away and keep this house all to ourselves?”
And I know it was a joke but something was going through my head
about the power of the gun and what I could do with it.
Baby let’s burn it down
I can’t stand the sound of this nightmare town.
Meet me down by the pylons tonight
down by that river full of shopping carts
where the beauty ends and all the madness starts.
Because we met in the second grade
and, baby, you were so well behaved
and I was nothing but a dead end kid,
causing trouble was all I did.
I’ll bet those Hollywood lights are looking good right now,
why don’t we go for a ride?
I could steal my brother’s car and if we leave right now,
we could drive all through the night.
Baby let’s burn it down
I can’t stand the sound of this nightmare town.
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Turn that wheel of love,
and keep it spinning just for me,
when you feel you’ve had enough
turn that wheel of love
Well, we met in the third grade,
outside of that penny arcade,
honey, I was such a fool,
didn’t know the mess I’d made
But it’s all the same, even now
if you can stand the pain for a little while
Turn that wheel of love,
and keep it spinning just for me,
when you feel you’ve had enough
turn that wheel of love
And if they could see me now,
honey, I’m on a whole new plain,
got the feeling just because,
you’ve been running through my veins
but it’s all the same, even now,
if you can stand the pain for a little while
Turn that wheel of love, / and keep it spinning just for me,
when you feel you’ve had enough
turn that wheel of love
Stepping into the light,
while the heat of the night is descending
these are troubling times,
try to stop your mind from pretending
Turn that wheel of love,
and keep it spinning just for me,
when you feel you’ve had enough
turn that wheel of love
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Sweet Susie, with your pig tailed tangles of gold
it’s true, baby that this world
has long been bought and sold
But you can blame it on all the cold clouds above,
through the hate you’ve gotta find the love
sweet Susie, I just wanted you to know
You’re like an apple pie, cooling on a window sill
but don’t let all, the sickness of this world
break your little will / when you can, blame it on all the cold clouds above
through the hate you’ve gotta find the love
sweet Susie, I just wanted you to know
You left for heaven on a downtown train,
said that this city was just breaking your heart
I came running across the promenade,
don’t you know Susie that’s no way to part
you left for heaven on a downtown train
Sweet Susie, with your pig tailed tangles of gold
it’s true, baby that this world
has long been bought and sold
But you can blame it on all the cold clouds above,
through the hate you’ve gotta find the love
sweet Susie, I just wanted you to know
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released October 18, 2022