1. |
Overseas
02:26
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You say
All is well and all is fine
And I maintain
It may be well past the time
To flee
Overseas
Come try
This departure, that direction
No goodbye
No layover, no connection
With me
Overseas
Neither suitcase nor a plan
Street signs we don’t understand
Like the ones on Instagram
This trap
Is contingent on location
Strange maps
Unfamiliar transit stations
We’ll be
Overseas
Overseas
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2. |
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The light bounces off of the airport floor
A tower reflects in the swinging glass door
It’s everything just like before
They’re back in town again
Eyes cast down again now
I’m caught in a carousel of cars
It’s hot and confusing behind this bar
It’s all gone a little bit far
They’re running around again
Upside-down again
Streetlights in the air
Clipboard questionnaire
Everyone ranting and raving
But nothing coming from their lips and
The runes and hieroglyphs
Make me wonder if
Any of this is worth saving
And Jacques Tati is standing hands on hips
And I can’t make out just what they say
I’m walking this corridor all day
American tourists in grey
She’s in that gown again
I’m the clown again now
And I’ve given over my last red cent
On visions of glass and dreams of cement
And I don’t know where it all went
It’s chairs with crowns again
Verbs and nouns again
My own Twin Cities and
The prime meridian
Running into each other
A lie to launch a thousand ships and
I sometimes get the sense
It might be me against
Everyone else and his brother
And Jacques Tati is standing hands on hips
Streetlights in the air
Clipboard questionnaire
Everyone ranting and raving
But nothing coming from their lips and
The runes and hieroglyphs
Make me wonder if
Any of this is worth saving
And Jacques Tati is standing hands on hips
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3. |
Gustav Flies
03:23
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Gustav was a man of many dreams
And he dreamt them for so long
He prayed to reach the sky as brother Alexander
But there he didn’t quite belong
While hammering some boards
He called his faith a fraud
And the town was set a-cry
They put Gustav away
For thirty years he stayed
And read and dreamed of the skies
Someday you’ll see
Him pedal down that mound
And break all the ties that kept him so
Earthbound
His cell it got unlocked
He found a nice workshop
Umbrellas, chains, and harnesses and cogs
The local papers called him Icarus of Lautertal
But when he finally flew
There was no one there at all
He got his due
His inventions they all flew
In exhibitions near and far
He finally rose above
Feeling the world’s love
For all of his outsider art
Now you can see
Him pedal down that mound
No one could ever
Keep Gustav down
Gustav Flies
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4. |
Super-Sunny Summer Day
03:56
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Hey there with the sad expression
Has life been giving you some lemons?
And though you try to turn it right
You’re sighing at the office
And crying at the stoplight
And the last time you had a look
You were all on tenterhooks
No more tricks left in the book
Too many kitchens in the cook
Making it from dawn to dusk
Well sometimes that seems tough enough
You do your best to bear it all
Through days and days of rainfall
It’s Charlie Brown and footballs
So go with me, what do you say?
‘Cause I know a better way
Put the Nick Drake tape away
And come outside and be OK
Come on, run, let’s have fun
Sugar-spun
It’s a super-sunny summer day
Skip town, lose the frown
Windows down
It’s a super-sunny summer day
Can’t take it anymore?
Get yourself right up and off of the floor
Out the door, candy store
It’s a super-sunny summer day
The sun is out for all to see
Like a sparkly tangerine
Shining just for you and me
Did you know it’s all for free?
It’s a sky-blue rendezvous
Good for you
It’s a super-sunny summer day
A big, lit first-aid kit
Tag you’re it
It’s a super-sunny summer day
And I’ll be by your side
‘Til I see the sunlight deep in your eyes
Clouds goodbye, my oh my
It’s a super-sunny summer day
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5. |
Public Domain Apology
03:32
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So maybe we covet
All of each other’s mistakes
and I dearly wanted to be one
Of yours
So I started seeing someone
(In my hallucinations)
And I dearly wanted to have one
Of yours
(Break)
Don’t take me for the fool
That I thought I was
Cause we both just dearly wanted to have some
Of ours
And my favorite meteor just
Flew across the sky
And we all wanted to see one
Of ours
CHORUS
Everything is grey
If you want it that way
Don’t put me in your zone of uncertainty
Don’t spread the blasphemy
The worlds largest Lazy Susan
Couldn’t turn you
It doesn’t take chemistry
To break us in two
With a
Public domain apology
Guitar break
Chorus
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6. |
Connemara
00:40
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7. |
Saturday Forever
03:18
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Wake up in the morning
There’s a snap around the place
Kick off the daily ignoring
Of what’s just as plain
as the nose on your face
Uh huh huh
And everyone around here
Lets it go without a fight
Well wish I may, wish I might
Uh huh huh
The Bay City Rollers had it right
It’s Saturday forever now
It’s Saturday forever now
I make no promises
About what I will or won’t do
I make no promises
But I have no firm schedule
I got some trouble you can borrow
I’m gonna tell you where to go
I’m not believing in tomorrow
Wo wo wo
Never never never never never no
It’s Saturday forever now
It’s Saturday forever now
I make no promises
About what I will or won’t do
I make no promises
But I have no firm schedule
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8. |
Shot in the Dark
04:00
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I’m sitting in the plastic booth
Where they signed the armistice
After oh so many years
It’s all blown up with a kiss
So just stop
I don’t know the number of tops
We have to unencumber
And wait for your ship to come in
It was a shot in the dark
You made your mark
Now leave me be
I’ve worn myself out
On the treadmill of possibilities
My favorite wrong number text said
You sure look good in these
So just cop
To your little plan and
Prop up your next straw man
And get yourself out of your cage
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9. |
That Being Said
03:22
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They never scream
What they mean
They all seem
Blank and unexpressive
And for some
That seems dumb
But where I’m from
We play passive-aggressive
You don’t like my act, I see you display it
I know for a fact you’re not gonna say it
The withering look would give me the hook
And throw me the book
You’re scowling from ear to ear
And seeing red
But nothing you say will give that away
You say it’s OK
And so I will choose to hear
That being said
You don’t like my act, I see you display it
I know for a fact you’re not gonna say it
I know for a fact you’re not gonna say it
The glare terrifies, the gestures imply
The sighs and side-eye
And every nonverbal clue
Fills me with dread
But nothing proclaimed impugns or inflames
Or chastens or shames
I guess it’ll have to do
That being said
If glances could kill you’d do it with skill
And send me the bill
Tear me from head to toe
And A to zed
But nothing you speak sounds like a critique
Direct or oblique
So I’m just gonna go
With that being said
That being said
That being said
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10. |
Shazamed in Lisbon
01:09
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Gary went out for a walk
Seeking inspiration in the sky
Trying to nail down melodies
And it appeared to him
I guess straight from the big guy
Don’t hesitate
Don’t make them wait
Life is already complicated
But the answer is EIGHT
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11. |
Important
02:13
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Can I get a word in?
May I have the floor?
There’s something you don’t know
And I’m gonna tell you
And I’m gonna bore you
As you’re walking out the door
Do you want some syllables?
Come sample my assortment
Do you have some extra time?
Then I seek your endorsement
I am your unnecessary personal informant
I have nothing important to say
But I feel like saying something important
I like what you’re saying
But if you don’t mind
I think you’re going to find
I can help you understand
It might take a while but then
I have lots and lots of time
What I lack in substance
I can make up in adornment
Not sure what I’m saying
But it’s raining down in torrents
Don’t mind me but can’t you see
I’m needing reinforcement
I have nothing important to say
but I feel like saying something important
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12. |
Piece of Cake
05:04
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How we gonna get this done
We’re never sure at the start
We’ve got lots of projects to attack
And fill out all the parts
So let’s stop treating it so preciously
Our first steps may be incredibly bad,
But grab a hold
We’ve got things to mold, and move now
Its gonna be a piece of cake
So let's see what we can make
We said every year would be fun
We were young and so fearless
But soon July will be done
And we invite you in guests
You don’t have to be a couple Einsteins
To write things down
That sometimes, rhyme
Keep the beat lean
Second verse tambourine, now
You don’t have to be a Pavarotti
To try to a sing a tune that must be free
Here we go
The closing chorus crescendo comes now
And its gonna be a piece of cake
So let's see what we can make
Outro chorus now
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Trademark Issues
NC/MN. A two-person, long-distance band whose members have spoken directly only twice. Fourth full-length album 601 DELUXE releasing July 28, 2023.
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