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Oh, my dear Marie, how I so long to be The one who drives you wild, how that would drive me wild I look into your eyes. I look into your eyes, I think you look off into space. Oh my dear Marie, tell me your fantasy A semi-public place? Pillow stuffed in your face? A genuine release? A genuine release? Why do you make me guess, Marie? Lie with me, you lie to me You make-believe you died a little death By my mouth Sigh a sigh for all to see I'm watching you so carefully, Marie, And I can tell the difference Marie says there's a show for everyone in the know I do not like the band, but I still decide to go Oh, they're laying it on thick They've got a solid shtick But I will not be fooled, I will not Lie with me, you lie to me You make-believe you died a little death By my mouth Sigh a sigh for all to see I'm watching you so carefully, Marie, And I can tell the difference
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Your mom left the stove on when she went off her meds. We went for a drive once you'd put her to bed. You said she'd be fine, you managed a smile. You said that mama can do what she wants. You said that you don't want to see her again. You don't owe her anything that you can give. You said, "If you love me, let's leave here tonight." What did you want? Did you want me to lie? I will not say I was wise or was kind, But I don't know why you did believe me. Oh, now, go, ever so slowly by, You know it's not a question of if. Ever so slowly, I will not regret my youth Your mom called the cops when she found out we'd gone We pulled up to the cabin just as it got light And I followed you in Follow, follow I followed you in Follow, follow Like the bat who flew in through a crack in the floor We screamed and tried to guide him out the door Circling up high will not work anymore The invisible exit's below him. Oh, now, go, ever so slowly by, You know it's not a question of if. Ever so slowly, I will not regret my youth
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I hear the train a’coming down the orange line Smoked pot in the parking lot, now I’m doing my time You can scoff all you want, it’s the exact same crime That you commit in your two-bedroom in the new high rise Day I got out, went by the neighborhood Just a pit in the ground for the new high rise They say they're moving us back in soon as they make it look good Just in time to forget what it was we were waiting for Oh, what do you see standing way up there? Oh, what do you hear, listening from way up there? No matter what I say, the papers are on your side They got no reason to keep me here, and I got no reason to stay My brother took me to the country side When I want trouble nothing else will suffice Instead we go down to see his friend into interpretive glance She says, "oh, can't you see how time keeps dragging on?" And what about you, are your on your own? Does your daddy come every time you phone? Did your momma buy your degree, introduce to you all her friends? Co-sign the lease on your two-bedroom in the new high rise? Oh, what do you see standing way up there? Oh, what do you hear, listening from way up there? No matter what I say, the papers are on your side They got no reason to keep me here, and I got no reason to stay They got no reason to keep me here, and I got no reason to stay
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DC USA 04:06
This was an empty space Ever since the king was shot dead Everything from Ben Ali to Tivoli was burned down Now, it's an acronym Putrid from the stench of no smell Tubes of glowing gas are all that's standing in for the sun Buy them up and start again And plaster over every tiny spell That's standing in for them And when we're done, we swear That you won't even recognize this place But you've got a temper a temper a temper, my dear. I know if they had their way, I'd never miss a moment plugged in. I'd never feel a bead of perspiration form on my brow. The mind is an empty space Fill it up and watch it get dim When every block is just the same, How will I know where I am? But why are you so sure That when we're done, There will not be a place for you? A place for everyone And when we're done, we swear, That you won't even recognize this place. But you've got a temper a temper a temper my dear.

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released January 8, 2013

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Ugly Purple Sweater is:

Sam McCormally
Rachel Lord
Will McKindley-Ward
Rishi Chakrabarty
Mike Tasevoli

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