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Mower Man
03:38
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Mower Man
Mower Man
He holds the lever
In his hand
A quick release
Could stop the turn
Of anxious blades
That cut then burn
Mower Man
Mow your lawn
Til all above an inch
Is gone
Your hands shake
Your head throbs
But a voice that's good
Says finish the job
I am the Mower Man!!
I am the Mower Man!!
I am not the Mower Man
I am not the Mower Man
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2. |
Weed Eater Girl
03:52
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Weed Eater Girl
Weed Eater Girl
I must admit to you
That all throughout
The past half decade
I tried to do the things you do
Because you were cool
And because I only thought
I liked the things I liked
Because I thought you liked them too
And you didn't know
That all the stress
Or most of it
Came from what you said in school
We were in the
Small gym you me and the rest
I was wearing a Jimi Hendrix
T-shirt and you asked which was the song that I like best
But don't say Purple Haze
You knew just what I'd do
And I just stood there open-mouthed
because, of course, Purple Haze was all I knew
And now we eat weeds together
And talk about the years
In which I knew you and I didn't know
Your anxieties and fears --
But I'm just as open-mouthed
As I was then when purple haze surrounded
Me and when I didn't see
My anger was wholly unfounded!
You, you have your own problems
And none of them have to do with me
It's so selfish you aren't my enemy
You aren't, you aren't my enemy!!
And my parents are good parents
I hope they know, although we joke
They told a bit of good advice to me
(That I resolved to put in song)
They said accept the likelihood
You had or have it wrong
Weed Eater Girl
Weed Eater Girl
I must admit to you
I got it wrong I got it wrong
And you, you saw me through
My anger and you pushed my grudge aside
And forced those pages through my hide
And read me--ooooooooh-
Bedtime stories but I digress the point is
Thank you for being better than I expected from any person
Than I expected from myself.
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3. |
Moving On
04:03
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Slip away
Slip away
Aw come on please??
Let go, let go
Let go of my hand
You of all people know
To be your own man
I am about to move on from here
And have been every day around mid afternoon
Just when conversation gets boring
And I begin to excuse myself
To the bathroom
Or to the inner sanctum of my skull
I'm in the kitchen in the door
Making pancakes
And the loungers are behind the door
I'm in the kitchen in the storm
There's noise there's noise
That's peace coming from behind the door
There's noise that's peace (bees?) coming from the door
Don't you understand
Don't you understand
Here I'm warm
Here I can stay the same
Don't you understand
I don't need a storm
Here I can hear the rain.
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4. |
eXcuse
04:00
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At the door of the party
The girl asked me,
"Why are you here tonight?"
Said "I need a place
Where I can smoke and hang out
And drink all night,
Same as you."
She said, "No,
Not the same as me."
She said, "No, I meant what's your excuse?"
"Huh?"
She said, "Listen:
What's your excuse?
What's your excuse?"
And I'm sick of being sick
When I need my health
Like when I'm walking around
The streets of the city
Looking for something to talk about
With you
Or when I'm hoping you'll want me
Or when I need, I need to make a move
I guess I can't, oh well,
What's your excuse?
What's your excuse?
And I know
Oh I know
The fact that I am sick right now
In bed, weak, fatigued, contagious
I know it's all a real excuse
But it's not,
The one,
The one true excuse
That's holding me from you
No, no that's, that's bigger..
So,
What's your excuse?
What's your excuse?
What's your excuse?
What's your excuse?
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5. |
I'm Not Worrying
02:02
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I'm not worrying
I'm not worrying
I'm not worrying
I'm not worrying
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