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Winnipeg
02:47
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I think about it every day
I guess that’s the price
I’ll have to pay
I’m going back to Bismarck
I’m taking your sled dog team
Across the ice and the plains
Into the dark and the frozen rain
So with you or without you with me
I’m leaving here tonight
Tonight
I guess that nobody knows
What you might find
Out on the snow
Four pools of red on white
Until the thaw of the spring
Been on this road
Seven weeks now
Running from men
So close behind us now
So with you
Or without you with me
I’m leaving here tonight
Tonight
I’m leaving here tonight
Tonight
Tonight
Tonight
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2. |
This Town
03:48
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This town is gonna eat us alive
This town is gonna wreck our life
This town is gonna do us in
This town is gonna rearrange our skin
This town is just too dangerous
It really isn’t safe for us
Red ants under the porch are awake
A volcano on Main Street
A hurricane on the lake
This town this town, we built it up
It’s such a shame we have to tear it down
We shouldn’t have to risk our lives
And even though the weather’s so nice
This town is gonna melt us down
In time, without a sound
This town this town, we built it up
It’s such a shame we have to tear it down
Cut the wires running through the trees
Cut the wires and the town is free
So let it go
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3. |
I Built a Ship
03:12
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I made a plan and I put it into motion
I built a ship and then I built myself an ocean
I said let’s go boys, let’s do it again
Went to the docks
With just the power of suggestion
Consigned a crew and somehow
Answered all their questions
I said let’s go boys, let’s do it again
With two by fours and plywood boards
That were connected by a simple paste
Cured in the sun, my box of sticks sailed true
Oh this ship sailed so true
Every night I close my eyes and dream of an
Island in the sea underneath the bluest skies
I built a ship and I sailed it on the ocean
But then a sound came from the hull
A great explosion, I said I’m sorry men
But it looks like we’ll be going down fast
Well I must concede boys I’m no engineer
By trade, and I can’t be judged here
Solely on the grave mistakes that I’ve made
Oh and I’ve made a few
Every night these men and I, we wash up on an
Island in the sea underneath the bluest skies
I made a plan and I put it into motion
I sank my ship and then I emptied out the ocean
But I say who’s with me boys should we
Do it again? I say let’s go boys, let’s do it again
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4. |
Strength of 50 Men
03:02
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I can’t complain
I was back up in a flash
I still feel the same
but since that laboratory crash
I have the strength of 50 men
Fighting for truth
To avenge my old friend
I feel the same
But everything’s changed
When I focus my brain
I can throw a car
I can lift a train from the track
But I don’t need the fame
Just help me find my lab
To turn back from
This strength of 50 men
I saved the earth
From an untimely end
I feel the same
But everything’s changed
And I’ve changed, I’ve changed
I’ve changed, I’ve changed
I have the strength of 50 men
Here shoot my heart
I’ll just mend it again
I still feel the same
But everything’s changed
Everything’s changed
Everything’s changed
Everything’s changed
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5. |
Parking Lots
03:39
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Parked cars in parking lots
Parked cars in parking lots
They don’t remember
Their own names
They’re rusting
On their frames
I’ve got nothing to say
I’ve got nothing to say
That hasn’t been
Expressed before
In a hundred different ways
But I believe in you
I’m going to go for a walk
I’ve got some
Breadcrumbs with me
I’ll find my way back
Just you wait and see
Just you, just you
Just you wait and see
Just you, just you
Just you wait and see
Parked cars in parking lots
Parked cars in parking lots
We’re rusting
On our frames
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6. |
Last Night of Summer
04:15
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That heist today was one for the books
Might be the best of all the jobs that we pulled
Tonight you’ll go your way and I’ll go mine
You’ll never see my face again
That’s the bottom line
I fell for the plan, the precision, the maps
Then we found this car and keys and never
Looked back; rolls of hundreds piled on the floor
Behind the driver’s seat of somebody’s Ford
Now let’s go down to the river where the fire road
Is closed, it’s the last night of summer
We can change out these clothes
With dusk coming on fast, we’re losing the light
So here take these papers
For your red eye tonight
I know you’ll go your way and I’ll go mine
I’ll never see your face again
To the end of the line
Now let’s go down to the river
Where the fire road is closed
It’s the last night of summer
We can take off these clothes
We can swim in the river
See the moon through the trees
We’ll roll down our windows and
Feel the summer wind against our skin
Before you leave
It’s the last night of summer
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7. |
People of Earth
04:18
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What if you threw a ball up into the air
Instead of falling, it just stayed suspended there
Would you drop everything
Pick yourself up off the couch
Alert the neighbors, or stay quiet as a mouse
You went to work and came home
Tired and rubbed your eyes
Walked in, put down your keys
Now the ball is burning bright
And all around it floating
Shoes, the couch, the pets
In perfect orbit, around a thing that can’t exist
People of Earth please don’t be afraid
A new galaxy formed here
In Texas late last night
Before the shops turned on their lights
What if you threw a ball up into the air
Instead of falling, it just stayed suspended there
And all around it floating
Trees, the house, the hedge
In perfect orbit around the thing that can’t exist
People of Earth please listen to me
A new galaxy born in Texas late last night
Before the shops turned on their lights
People of Earth please don’t be afraid
A new galaxy formed here
In Texas late last night
Before the shops turned on their lights
To both our horror and delight yeah yeah
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8. |
The Worst Thing
03:57
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I thought of
The worst thing that
Could happen to us
I wrote it all down on paper
Then I burned it up
And I thought of
The worst thing that
Could happen to us
I sealed it in a rocket
Launched it out into space
The moon is full
Above the satellite dish
And the stars are out
The stars are out
I want to
Come and see you tonight
Want to feel your arm
Around me
It’s been a long time
We’ll be just fine
Do you know your fear?
Do you know your doubt?
Because I know mine
Cause I know mine
Cause I know mine
Cause I know mine
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9. |
Get to You
03:26
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I’ve got to get to you but I don’t know how
I’ve got 11 hours on the dash right now
I’ve got to get to you, I’ve got to get to you
I’ve got to drive all night across 3 states
I’ll make it somehow and I won’t be late
I’ve got to get to you
With windows down around my ears
Headlights reaching through the dark
70’s station radio, Even the Losers fills the car
But you and me you know we will succeed
We’ll find the lock and we’ll turn the key
But you and me you know we will succeed
We’ll find the lock and we’ll turn the key
And neither knows just what we’ll find
A place to sleep and a little piece of mind
Don’t even know just what we’ll be together
But together we’ll be
I’ve got to get to you but I don’t know how
I’ve got to make it there and I will somehow
I’ve got to get to you, I’ve got to get to you
I’ve got to drive all night across 3 states
I’ll make it somehow and I won’t be late
I’ve got to get to you
You know I always was naive
A seedling reaching for the light
While everyone was so on edge
Tapping itching for a fight
But you and me you know we will succeed
We’ll find the lock and we’ll turn the key
You and me you know we will succeed
We’ll find the lock, and we—we’ll turn the key
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Meteor
03:03
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You escaped from that train
Just as it jumped the rails, said
“My luck’s back again!”
Fell off of a cliff
But on your way down
You grabbed onto a stick
You’ve got to get home, change your shirt
Wash your face, shake out your shoes
And your friends will raise
Their glass to you cause
Everything is gonna be alright tonight
Just grab your keys
It’s gonna be alright tonight
When your boat went down
You swam right past the sharks
And got back to town
And still your heart pumps
And there’s still air right there in your lungs
So now you know, you heard it here first
Everything is gonna be alright tonight
Just wait and see
It’s gonna be alright tonight
And everything is gonna be alright tonight
Just stick with me
It’s gonna be alright tonight
60 million years ago the Earth was fried
When a meteor struck & the dinosaurs all died
But everything will be alright tonight
Everything is gonna be alright tonight
Everything is gonna be alright tonight
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The roof that night
Held on through the gale
But the capsized cars
Out front had set sail
And 20 miles west near the 40 fathom line
A ship’s hull cracked
And disappeared in the brine
And the crew members too
Sank one by one
On the news they said
A storm like we’ve never known
But when the clouds all cleared up
Somehow we still had a home
We stepped outside
And we tapped on the ground
Tied our bootlaces up and then
We walked toward town
our feet on the road
Tracing lines on the road
The year it rained a thousand nights
Down from the sky the lightning strikes
We had to run for our lives
We had to run to go get dry
When I was 10 years old
I once got lost in a cave
But a tiny bar of light
Helped me then to escape
From the limestone smell
Out to a blanket of stars
Then from the road nearby
Came the sound of the cars
—
The year it rained a thousand nights
Down from the sky the lightning strikes
We had run to save our lives
We had to run to go get dry
Centuries from now in the desert heat
Two archeology interns working for free
Under wide brimmed hats
Sifting through layers of earth
Might find a tiny bar of light
For what it’s worth
They might wonder why
Did it come from a cave?
Did it fall from the sky?
Was this close to a town?
Was there an ocean nearby?
Was this somebody’s boot?
Was he part of a crew?
Is this a boat fragment here
Or just a piece from a roof?
Or what once was a car?
Maybe we’re thinking too hard
The year it rained a thousand nights
Down through the clouds
Came lightning strikes
We held our breath
And closed our eyes
We held our breath
And then watched the skies
The year it rained a thousand nights
Down from the sky the lightning strikes
We’ve had to run all our lives
We had to run til we got wise
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Monomials San Antonio, Texas
Monomials is a San Antonio-based indie folk band with a reputation for thought-provoking narrative, witty metaphor, and memorable melodies. Singer and songwriter Richard Keith and mandolinist Troy Peters reconnected in Texas nearly three decades after having been high school friends in the 1980s Pacific Northwest, forming the band with bassist Brandon Henson and drummer Eric Peterson. ... more
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