1. |
Plans
02:37
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I've had my eye on you
for a long long time
And I want to know
You followed all my moves
and always smiled
When you waved hello
I've got plans for you
and you've got plans for me
Let's take a shot
and make this thing reality
Life's a strange highway
It goes on and on
I want to grow
You took the middle seat
and slid right over
At a bend in the road
I've got plans for you
And you've got plans for me
Let's take a shot
And make this thing reality
(break)
I've got plans for you
and you've got plans for me
Let's take a shot
And make this thing reality
I've got plans for you
and you've got plans for me
let's take a jump
and make this thing eternity
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2. |
A100
03:04
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I got this unfinished song from Mitch
And the file was named A50
The chords were fun and although undone
The central riff was nifty
But with all else being well
The BPM felt slow as hell
So I doubled the speed and then decreed
I’d better double up the name as well
(From A50 to A100)
And I didn’t know what an A100 was
But I figured it must be something
And lo and behold
it’s a road that goes
Adjacent to the Tower of London
It goes south across the Thames
It goes another half mile and then
It takes a bend
at St. Mary Magdalen
Before running into the A2 where it ends
Yeah but there something else you should know
If you ever decide to go
Never ask a local bout the A100
‘cause nobody’s gonna know
Although it’s officially bestowed
By transit aficionados
To get around flag a cabbie down
and say take me down
to Tower Bridge Road
And I didn’t know what an A100 was
But I figured it must be something
And lo and behold
it’s a road that goes
Adjacent to the Tower of London
It goes south across the Thames
It goes another half mile and then
It takes a bend
at St. Mary Magdalen
Before running into the A2 where it ends
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3. |
Six-Minute Increments
03:23
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There’s a sign on this highway
That says turn for beach ahead
But I’ve got conference calls
And bullet points instead
I see the face of the clock
I’m at a desk but I’m not sure that it’s my chair
I hear the tick and the tock
I am here but wonder if I should be there
The hand is sweeping around
I’m in meeting but not sure if I belong
It passes without a sound
I’m in a meeting but I think this room is wrong
Six-minute increments
I record my life
Who will bill my final moments
On the day I die
Six!
There’s a rhythm to this you see
The minute hand on the clock
There’s no time for tomfoolery
Or else you will get docked
It’s efficient, it’s efficient, it’s standardized
It’s the only thing you can do
When you’ve got an enterprise
And you need revenue
Looks like the freeway is slow
We’re all here until they plow the parking lot
It’s 27 below
We’re all here until the day comes that we’re not
It isn’t anything new
We’re all here until the next flip of the coin
But then it’s something to do
We’re all here on hold till the organizer joins
Six-minute increments
I record my life
Who will bill my final moments
On the day I die
Six-minute increments
(We’re entering time)
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4. |
That's All There Ever Is
03:18
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Tell me what you know
I'll tell you want I don't
Tell where hearts go
I know where mine won't
We are living in a wondrous world
That's all there ever Is
but it.s ennough
You're waiting all the time
But I won't wait on mine
You say you must have faith
I say its all a waste
We are living in a wondrous world
That's all there ever is
but it's enough
Don't you know you're the oyster
and the pearl in the shell
Does it even matter
If there's a heaven or a hell
It's all just as well
Cuz it all comes down
to you and me
or eternity
We are living in a wondrous world
That's all there ever is
but its enough
(Is it enough?)
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5. |
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Come see though the window pane
The gentleman sits slumped and pale
Does somebody know his name
Does someone know where goes his rail route
There won’t be a new campaign
No smoke-filled rooms in which to work it
Got caught playing with the trains
And sentenced to the lecture circuit now
It’s snowing
And blowing
and cruel Minnesota cold
Schuyler Colfax
Has his ticket home
Once second in command
He now rules over hotel blankets
Once speaker to all the land
He now speaks to midwestern banquet halls
And that’s all
It’s snowing
And blowing
and cruel Minnesota cold
Schuyler Colfax
Has his ticket
It’s snowing
And blowing
and cruel Minnesota cold
Schuyler Colfax
Has his ticket
Has his ticket home
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6. |
Washing
03:34
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I'm not the way you'd thought i'd be
I'm not so firm
Shine a light
It goes right through
And then take a turn
You're washing away
All my sins
You're washing away
But I'm getting in
I wrapped a towel
around my head
sunlight in the world
Give the baseman a second look
before dashing for third
You're washing away
All my sins
You're washing away
But I'm getting in
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7. |
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Got some time
Maybe two-three hours
Leave the grime
of the city towers
Get away
the place will be ours
Spend the day
on the rocks at Marblehead
The place
is settled thickly
There’s no way
to get there quickly
I don’t mind
long as you share with me
What you find
on the rocks at Marblehead
Watching your hair in the wind
I’d like to come back here again
With you
The sea
and the waves and the foam
We don’t get
this at home
And the sky
is a big blue dome
You and I
on the rocks at Marblehead
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8. |
Curbside Pickup
03:07
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I got 22 loose pages from 2004
(Let if go, let it flow)
I got an old blank sketchbook in the back of the drawer
(Let if go, let it flow)
I got a few stray chords on my iPhone 4
(Let if go, let it flow)
I got a view from the edge of my very own dance floor
(Let if go, let it flow)
And I’m setting it all out for curbside pickup
I’m setting it out for curbside pickup
I had a great big idea that got left on the floor
(Let if go, let it flow)
I had great big thought I don’t think anymore
(Let if go, let it flow)
And you know what
It’s all going out for curbside pickup
It’s all going out for curbside pickup
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9. |
Frolic and Detour
03:11
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Is today
Just another day
Will there be
Another thing to say
Can I go
A little bit astray
And frolic and detour
Curse the doubt
Break the protocol
Cast it out
The boring and banal
From Tapley Hall
To Apex and Saint Paul
We all frolic and detour
Frolic and detour
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10. |
We've Got Tonight
03:56
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Life is such a highway
Now I'm running away from you
You showed me too much love babe
And I didn't know what to do
You were as hot as the summer
You were as cool as the rain
I lost all my composure
When you walked in the room again
And said
We've got tonight
We're feeling alright
Didn't take no for an answer
Didn't take all of my lies
You showed me too much love babe
And it really opened my eyes
Cuz you were colors of the rainbow
You were as bright as the moon
I forget my own name babe
When you walk into the room
And said
We've got tonight
We're feeling tonight
Babe you may be too much to handle
But I'm going to give it a go
I don't think you know how to be gentle
Will I see you tomorrow?
And said
We've got tonight
We're feeling alright
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11. |
You Say It's Something
03:09
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I'm staring at this dartboard
It don't look that hard
But the points add up to nothing
So why even start
You say its something
and i didn't even know
there was this way to go
this way to me
Staring at this hand of cards
That's been dealt to me
You don't choose the queen of hearts
I'll bluff for eternity
You say its something
and i didn't even know
there was this way to go
this way to me
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12. |
Trademark Issues
03:34
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I’m an astronaut, this world is all my cup
Get on my escalator, ‘cause it only goes up
Let’s pick up baggage and treasure in like amounts
Then give them all away, ‘cause nothing really counts
I learned to validate
Pay taxes for my license plates
Play music almost every day
And go astray
Maybe I never had second sight
Maybe I should’ve picked a few more fights
Maybe I was wrong but maybe I was right
I’ve got trademark issues but I’ll be all right
Maybe I never had second sight
Maybe I should’ve picked a few more fights
Maybe I was wrong but maybe I was right
I’ve got trademark issues but I’ll be all right
I’m a polyglot, my words are blowing up
A leading indicator, I’m on the Stanley Cup
Let’s mix up damage and pleasure in Swiss accounts
Then live just for today, or something thereabouts
I learned to fabricate
Took matches to the paper chase
Got stupid drunk on Beaujolais
And got away
Maybe I never lit the pilot light
Maybe I should’ve got the levels right
Maybe I was wrong but maybe I was right
I’ve got trademark issues but I’ll be all right
Maybe I never lit the pilot light
Maybe I should’ve got the levels right
Maybe I was wrong but maybe I was right
I’ve got trademark issues but I’ll be all right
(Hey, time for an instrumental break?
What, you mean like we each take a channel?
Yeah!)
Play music every day and go astray
Play music every day and go astray
Maybe we never had second sight
Maybe we should’ve picked a few more fights
Maybe we were wrong but maybe we were right
We’ve got trademark issues and we’ll be all right
Maybe we never lit the pilot light
Maybe we should’ve got the levels right
Maybe we were wrong but maybe we were right
We’ve got trademark issues and we’ll be all right
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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.
Twitter: @TrademarkIssues
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