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REPUTATION / she's got a full-on glow she's got red streaks in her hair / watch her wind away across taylor square / baby, she's got a reputation / she's off the rails, she's out of commission / she's talking to the ghost down at fifth and mission / baby, she's got a reputation / and it's bringin' me down / she's not looking for a session, she's not lookin' for a fight / she wants B-6 on the jukebox in a bar with afternoon light / my baby, working on her reputaion / and it's bringin' me down / now i got the chords and i got the plans / and i got the dirt on her it's sliding right through my hands / and i got the faith that the kids'll keep on dancing / we ain't getting any younger now, but there's still time for some romancin' / she's got a full on glow she's got red streaks in her hair / watch her wind away across taylor square...

NEW SONG / we both know this wasn't built to last / so there'll be no crying when things start dying / there's hair on pillow cases, fingerprints on the mirror / and after she's gone she'll still be here / it's an open invitation to come kill some time / and if it kills the both of us, well what a way to die / anyways we ain't the kind of criminals who return to the scene of the crime / i keep a trick up my sleeve to lure her a bottle of wine to pour her / there's an extra blanket for her she gets cold sometimes / i wonder where it's leading when both my knees are bleeding / but it's what we're needing

STRANGE NEW ELEMENT / he invented the something that led to the else / when his books got too heavy he discovered a shelf / he's thinking too clearly >he's taking command / he separates compounds so he understands / but he did not repent, love / and he did not invent this love / or the strange new element that it's become / he's testing his theory he's taking a stand / i'm holding my breath while he's holding her hand / it's like a walk after midnight through november snow / there are some simple equations that he'll never know / but he did not repent, love...

WAIT A MINUTE, FRANCIS / wait a minute francis, i left your answers at home / that constant clicking is you heart ticking under bone / and when this finally comes to a head, you'll find your body's all alone / and god will send an airplane before the receiver hits the phone / think about me, all ways...

RADAR GIRL / before the star that is our love shifts into the red / and the vacuum that is left sucks up all we said / this is code -- me to you / understand my course is true / there was a message in a bottle / i was washed up i was in a trance / i never made it to full throttle / please bring her back, give me one more chance / radar girl i fear this time you've wondered out of range / i try to track you you're all over the map / your position's constant change / there is no ruling planet so why you running rings around me? / this could not hurt more if we had planned it / won't you spiral back to me? / the base investigation was to get back to the ground / but there was no such orbit / strong enough to hold her down...

SAD EYES / i've got my sad eyes on, so i can't see you pretty baby / i've had it up to here with all your if's and but's and maybe's / i've been around enough to know when i'm being played / and i take back every time i wish that you would have stayed / so i'm goin' out tonight / and i'm gonna make some shit happen / i'm gonna turn a few heads and deal in some rough trade / hearts are gonna break, but i'm gonna be ok / i got my sad eyes on but that's not how they're gonna stay / i laid in bed for three weeks waiting for the phone to ring / but that didn't happen, girl so now it's time for me to do my thing / you say i'm the only one who really truly understands / then how can you hold me so close and let me slide right through your hands? / so i'm going out tonite and i'm gonna break a few records / like most hands held and most drinks sent my way / hearts are gonna break but i'm gonna be ok / i got my sad eyes on, but that ain't how they're gonna stay / it's just life, that's all that we're living...

SKYWRITER / when you finish spinning, focus on the cockpit floor / until you hear the crash-landing through the hardwood floor / skywriter / eyes crossing jaws dropping lost and found / reset your sonic bearings to her sideways sound / skywriter / now if you're smitten with the altitude, why come back down? let me turn that ponytail into a triple crown / skywriter / i got a face like a saint / eyes rolled back in a faint, anticipating the change / patron of lying in wait / bookmark the line about fate / no way your outta my range ...

NEW COMPANY /  i can't believe he had the balls to jump into the barrel so soon after it cleared the falls / and if space is really the place you should read between the lines that you helped carve into this face / it's just a case of nerves, that's all / a sympathetic telepathic curveball / that was aimed right for my chest / and if you still believe your friends, i guess it's all been for the best / oh, so soon / you jumped another rocket and thought you'd land up on the moon / now you got some new company / and i got no right to say anything / you're a big girl now / well there's still that daily drone / i keep working out, thinking i'll get strong enough to just pick up the phone / and i can't rewind it in my mind again / so i took a walk down to the pier to watch the chinese fishermen / and what do you think i caught? / a silent disease that nobody knows i got /  so much for your holding court alone / and i got this sinking feeling, this ain't the only thing you've blown / these skinny legs are just holding up >your parade / these skinny legs, they'll bend and they'll bend and they'll bend and they'll bend but they ain't never ever gonna break / oh, so soon...

STAY AWAY FROM ME GIRL / stay away from me girl don't listen to what your heart is thinking / when your head's been drinking, it puts your mind in a swirl / so stay away from me girl and keep in mind that your sublime trance is brought about by textbook advances / there's nothing new in this world / so stay away from girl / and keep yourself open wide / 'cause if it's raining outside that just means that somewhere somethings growing / you took a hit to the chest / don't let it wrinkle your dress / sometimes it's all for the best to walk around with all your insides showing / so stay away from me girl / go hang out late with your friends who will remind you that end is just another way to say begining / and when you're feeling perplexed read between the subtext / 'cause god knows what will come next as long as this big world keeps on turning / now don't you give me those eyes, because i can't take them inside / stay away from me girl, and keep in mind that fear of rejection : true affection as shell : the pearl / now don't you give me those eyes 'cuase i can't take them inside

THE WEIGHT OF YOUR EYES / watch us break like vessels and disappear into the smoke / if you're gonna be a punchline, at least get credit for the joke /let us not count on dead stars to enlighten us within / but let me place you somewhere, precious / and then work your title in / you're gonna be all right / deep breath and count to five / practice holding me down with the weight of your eyes / come over here and hold me down with the weight of your eyes...

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