Perpetual Motion Machine

(jim hughes)
Perpetual motion machine, it came to me in a dream
Lets catch some air, thats if you dare
Im only sixteen but youre my queen
Its a bright, bright morning, the road stretches far
The corn on the right, the wheat on the left
Theres a hill up ahead, lets catch some air
Perpetual motion machine, I picked up a magazine
Poor aimless, poor aimless, poor aimless me
Aimlessly
Now look at the fireball extinguish the sun
My daddy would perish if only he knew
Hundred and forty, air feeds the fire

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What If We Don't Get What We Want

(jim hughes)
We were sitting at the head of a car
And her lips were dry and parched
And we turned to each other
We were listening to "suspicious minds"
Chorus
And we're cracking codes and combinations
And we're thinking
What if we don't get what we want
Swell, you kick away your golden shoes
Counting what you can afford to lose
And i can't treat you casually
We are not fond of misery
Chorus
On the frozen lake of memory
You were asking me about my dream
And we're turning to each other
And we are so primitive
Chorus

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More

I can feel something inside
And it wants to get out
Growing every day in a different way
I cant put it in words
It could be now or maybe later
It can read my mind
Ive pretended not to notice
Whats been happening inside
But as the days go drifting buy
I can deny it no more
Ihear a voice, getting louder
It calls my name
And it wants more
Well, once youve learned, once and for all
This is nothing new
The rest is easy, Im sure that youll see
It belongs to you
It may be silent or may be too loud
But its hear to stay
And it wants more

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Dirty Little Rat

(john critchley)
Dirty little rat, never could get it straight
The man upstairs says he doesnt care
If you live til daylight
Dirty little rat
Get your coat, get your hat
Were gonna take a ride tonight
My sweet baby boy, born under circumstance
Im gonna give you all I got to give you a chance
Sweet baby boy
Youre going to understand
Someday youll be a man
Something inside snapped
I stil ldont understand
The deal went down, I looked around
I was left holding the bag
Something inside cracked
The deal went down, I looked around
And now here I am

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The Estrangement

(john critchley)
Time is so hard to find when your occupied
Lost in my own world, I didnt notice whats happening
Last time that I saw you I said things
That I didnt mean and now I wish I could take them back
But that was long ago and now its today
And its much too late
Though God knows I would change the past if I could
Weather is changing again, animals are moving in new directions
When you coming home, its been too long
Dont be such a stranger, Id love to see you soon
Do you remember me, well I remember you
Wont you come to me
I want to see you so bad
I want to be with you right now

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Lift You Up

(john critchley)
Your mind is all cluttered now
But you drag yourself along somehow
Through dark dreams of that visit you in the night
Obscure fragments with broad daylight
Watch me now
What did you say about what Ive done
What do you want to know, why or how come?
Havent you learned yet that it never ends
Back and forth and around, here it comes again
Chorus
Watch me now
And Ill lift you up if I can
Watch me now
Youre eyes are wild and your nerves exposed
But you havent lost anything, not by a mile, not yet
Can yo uremember the good times
They can be back soon, better than before
Chorus

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Smoke & Ashes

Tick-tock went the watch on your wrist
Telling you softly of the minutes youve missed
Kneeling down with your head in the bowl
Telling yourself, there should never be days like this
Just when you thought that you had it down
You woke up dreaming of cocaine and clowns
Everybody knew that you sang the blues
No one could guess that you would sing them like this
Chorus
Smoke and ashes
Smoke and ashes
A comet burns and then it crashes
Smoke and ashes
You spilled the beans on friday night
Now mondays here and theres no one in sight
But, hey, thats the price that youve got to pay
For letting yourself get your own way
Chorus

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Unbound

Too many cooks tried to fix your dinner
Not enough of this, too much that
So many voices tried to speak as one
Whatcha doing right, whatcha doing wrong
Chorus
You took it hard, you shook it down
But maybe this time, like no ther time
Youll be unbound
When your feet of clay finally hit the ground
At the speed of sound, nothing more was heard
In a flash of fire that left behind no smoke
What was once too bright is now as dark as night
Chorus
I wish that I could say that I was surprised
When I heard the news tthat you had said goodbye
I hope youre doing well, I hope its good this time
Somewhere I heard that you were doing fine
Chorus

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Unconscience

Sometimes Im dirty, sometimes Im clean
Sometime I talk in circles so I dont know what I mean
Although I am uncertain, one thing seems clear
I dont know very much, but Im still glad to be here
Because Ive got a conscience and hes got the same name
When it goes badly he gets the blame
When it goes good I get the acclaim
When I get hit he feels the pain
Werent you before me or were in the past
Youll have to excuse me, I didnt think that this was going to last
Well, I heard the road that spirals down
Has been paved with the best intentions that can be found
Ive got a conscience and hes got a name
When it goes badly he gets the blame
When it goes good I get the acclaim
When I get hit he feels the pain

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The Golden Age

So the golden age passed away to silver
But that was long ago
There were swimming holes and the vaudeville
They gave way to this
Bronze turned itself slowly into iron
And here we are today
If what you say has a grain of truth
The age of rust is soon
Please, its not a thing just to bring you down
Its just a passing phase
But wholl believe your piano played itself
A long forgotten air
Chorus
The golden age, itll never fade away
Today just dont seem the same
The golden age, itll never fade away
If you were there
There will always be someone telling you
That these are wicked times
Rainy days come down just to make you think

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