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Runways Hide
03:28
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With an airline smile
You always have a flight to catch
You want to fly in style
There's nothing like a pilot you can call your match
Never knew anybody could be so wrong
Never knew everybody but you was miles away from my attitude
Caught in the grey of an aerial ceiling
It's a feeling runways hide
Feel the pressure drop
To lift your feet up in the air
Let the static stop
And occupy the seat of an empty chair
Never knew anybody could be so wrong
Never knew everybody but you was miles away from my attitude
Caught in the grey of an aerial ceiling
It's a feeling runways hide
Avionic sounds
Click to show a clear descent
Aeroplane touch down
Satisfied minds like their engines spent
Never knew anybody could be so wrong
Never knew everybody but you was miles away from my attitude
Caught in the grey of an aerial ceiling
It's a feeling runways hide
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2. |
Rail
04:00
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Nobody’s watching the loner who steps in his shoes
Tearing up tracks for the metal and scraps he can use
Maybe cause no one's really there it makes me feel paranoid
I go up and down
Passengers rot on a shunter that's caught in the tube
Hiding their pass that got stamped by a tramp walking through
L.A. has trapped them underground at Lankershim Blvd
I go up and down
The cars are parking down the old rail line
I think the city is so cold-hearted
The trains always ran on time
Nobody’s watching the loner who steps in his shoes
Tearing up tracks for the metal and scraps he can use
Maybe cause no one's really there it makes me feel paranoid
I go up and down
The cars are parking down the old rail line
I think the city is so cold-hearted
A transportational work of art dead
Another way out has been discarded
The trains always ran on time
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3. |
Lost Cause
03:31
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4. |
Happy New Year
03:48
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It's gonna be a happy new year
There's gonna be a little change
Running to make that last connection
Before time runs out and the bells of the new year ring
It's gonna be a happy new year
And the ground's just as cold as yesterday
And the nights seem to get a little darker
I miss you and the time the new year brings
So let's have a happy new year
Every morning we can sing Auld Lang Syne
And we'll fall into the arms of the first day
Of the new year and the beginning of our lives
I can only blame myself for tomorrow
Cause I’m wishing for things I can't have
Last year was such a bad one
Spending all that time lying flat on my back
I’m drifting in an ocean
Of memories and thoughts so far behind
I’m lost in the darkness
I’m drowning in the sea of my mind
So let's have a happy new year
Every morning we can sing Auld Lang Syne
And we'll fall into the arms of the first day
Of the new year and the beginning of our lives
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5. |
Compilation Tape
03:27
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Stupid teenage sacrifice
Always learned a lesson twice
But something’s always got me through
To people just like you
You are several of my favorite tunes
I’d sit there dreaming on and on
And make a compilation tape for you
Late night on apartment row
Rewound to O My Soul
Back then, we had time to burn
But I can still return
You are several of my favorite tunes
I’d sit there dreaming on and on
And make a compilation tape for you
It takes me back to pain I never thought I’d feel again
Tonight the heads will roll motherfuckin’ rock and roll
You are several of my favorite tunes
I’d sit there dreaming on and on
And make a compilation tape for you
From fade to fade
I never really noticed
That it wasn’t the song that made the tape
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6. |
You Are My Radio
04:17
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Lost
Tossed
In the front row
Crushed
I was caught up in the rush
My grip gave hold
Where did you go?
Flashing strobes will blink our eyes at the show
Beating in time to the rock and roll songs that we know
We sing "Na na na, na na na"
Why did the lights come on?
We were just singing "Na na na, na na na"
You are my radio
The car ride's long cause a speaker's blown
Coffee cups
And pills we stole
To stay up late
Sparks
Somewhere in the dark
We love mistakes
We love mistakes
Flashing strobes will blink our eyes at the show
Beating in time to the rock and roll songs that we know
We sing "Na na na, na na na"
Why did the lights come on?
We were just singing "Na na na, na na na"
You are my radio
The car ride's long cause a speaker's blown
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7. |
Wheels
02:59
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Leaving the books that were set by your bed and never read
Wiping the tears from your eyes that you cried but never wept
When I look into you, you aren’t staring at me
You are peeping at someone you've never known
Gently I ask what you ate off your plate but didn't eat
Thirsty, you hold up a glass to your lips but do not drink
Holding onto your words, this is how it will be
Sitting steady on wheels as you wait to go home
Walking down streets that your children run on
You told me of houses of gold where you slept and checks you sent
And inside your shoe someone clearly had left the Constitution
Living documents change, only moments in time
But for now we can sit here until I go home
Walking down streets that your children run on
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8. |
Leaving New York City
02:57
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1st Avenue is sleeping
But will wake up with the day
She knows that life is beautiful
But in a winter way
She'll somehow fake a scheme
He won't suffer all her longing
Sunday mornings are for walking out the door
She feels her spirits lifted
By the elevator floor
That descends into tomorrow
And the taxi's open door
She'll take a subway train
For as far as trains can take her
Sunday mornings aren't for faking anymore
She's leaving New York City
She sees a city fading
From a bedroom masquerading as a big jet plane
She has a family waiting
And she knows they'll keep on waiting
In the winter way they stand in place
1st Avenue is yawning
As the winter has its way
She’ll somehow break away
He won't suffer all her longing
Sunday mornings are for walking out the door
She'll take a subway train
For as far as trains can take her
Sunday mornings aren't for faking anymore
She's leaving New York City
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9. |
Flight To L.A.
02:41
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10. |
Take It Away
03:16
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I’m a traveler in your town
Motionless without a sound
Building castles on your beach
Dislocated within your reach
Unpack my only suitcase
I can get attached to you
(Take it away) Anyone can leave there
(Take it away) Anyone can see it now
(Take it away) If anyone can die here
(Take it away) It’s gonna be downtown
City streets don't wear down
As my feet fall to the ground
But all the gardeners hesitate
They grow their gardens and lock the gates
So tear up my tattered roadmap
I can get attached to you
(Take it away) Anyone can leave there
(Take it away) Anyone can see it now
(Take it away) If anyone can die here
(Take it away) It’s gonna be downtown
Lay out my lonely bedroll
I can get attached to you
(Take it away) Anyone can leave there
(Take it away) Anyone can see it now
(Take it away) If anyone can die here
(Take it away) It’s gonna be downtown
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Matt Devine Los Angeles, California
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