1. |
The California Way
03:10
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supermarket traffic
we're blocking access to the bread
I almost dropped the basket
cause you didn't ask before you leaned in
you insist on kissing me in public
and you know I mind
I feel exposed and defenseless to strange eyes
but you have you put me on display
cause you only love me in the California way
the California way
the California way
the California way
you only love me in the California
L.A. is what you make it if you hustle hard enough
I think you think you can shape me into whoever you want
I'm not that land of potential, but you treat me just the same
you only love me in the California way
the California way
the California way
the California way
you only love me in the California
it's taken some time to realize
you're looking for a warmth I can't provide
but I promise that you'll feel it
the moment you experience the Hollywood sunshine
it breaks my Boston heart to have to say
but you only love me in the California way
the California way
the California way
the California way
you only love me in the California
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2. |
Reinvention
02:26
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3 clicks and I'm porcelain
compute my pimples away
I post a fictional person that a laptop made
A perfect day for reinvention
A perfect day for reinvention
to give a shit about perception
or just change
He looks just like me but 10% better
I bet he speaks Spanish correctly and the Beatles are still together
He looks just like me but he's always on time
He answers messages in minutes, so why am I so scared to check mine?
A perfect day for reinvention
A perfect day for reinvention
to give a shit about perception
or just change
All this mythmaking
he's more real than me
replaced in your memories, I'm gone
but I can leave an hour earlier
respond to people sooner
climb out of the computer
A perfect day for reinvention
A perfect day for reinvention
[solo]
A perfect day for reinvention
A perfect day for reinvention
to give a shit about perception
or just change
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3. |
Plastic Mercy
03:19
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The red-haired lady leads the hymns
I'm barely filling in a tiny starchy button-down
yesterday I read about the mortal sins
A dry communion wafer
I need a glass of water
but God just won't forgive, I thought His love was infinite
it's smaller
More like plastic mercy
not as hard to muster
plastic mercy
a shallow creature comfort
painted on the surface, you could confuse for kindness
plastic mercy
I bet she's picking at the bread
and I missed the train again
slink in half an hour late
too ashamed to touch my plate, I'm penitent
she says she really doesn't mind
seems like everyone is so polite
until I see the signs
Of plastic mercy
not as hard to muster
plastic mercy
a shallow creature comfort
painted on the surface, you could confuse for kindness
plastic mercy
I know that I should believe her
when she says that she forgives me
maybe I was late for dinner but I'm not innately guilty
and by now I've couched for years to learn a little self compassion
or at least an imitation
so I try it on and show myself some
Plastic mercy
not as hard to muster
plastic mercy
a harmless creature comfort
painted on the surface
even I deserve it
plastic mercy is mercy, is mercy
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4. |
Color Code 505
02:47
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I've never had a Tetris dream
I try to not get too immersed in something
That follows me into my sleep
I leave for work in the middle of the night
When we're done with the boxes the skin on my hands is dry
The Tetris players dream in towers
and now I'm seeing things in item numbers after hours
Cause my eyes are color code 505
Like a blouse I've folded a thousand times
My eyes are color code 505
505
A hundred chiseled faces in the break room catalogs
And I've cursed my double chin for so long
I gave a television myth the keys to my car
He said "be pretty, or be nothing at all"
But my eyes are color code 505
Like a blouse I've folded a thousand times
My eyes are color code 505
505
And I might never learn to hush
the part me that doesn't feel deserving of love
and I still bristle at the phrase "beautiful in your own way"
but I know that I am pretty enough
Cause my eyes are color code 505
Like a blouse I've folded a thousand times
My eyes are color code 505
505
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5. |
Rainbow Connection
03:38
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Why are there so many
Songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side
Rainbows are visions
but only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide
So we've been told and some chose to
Believe it
But I know they're wrong wait and see
Someday we'll find it
The Rainbow Connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
Who said that every wish
Would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star
Somebody thought of that
And someone believed it
And look what it's done so far
What's so amazing
That keeps us star gazing
What so we think we might see
Someday we'll find it
That Rainbow Connection
The lovers the dreamers and me
Have you been fast asleep
And have you heard voices,
I've heard them calling my name
Is this the sweet sound that calls
The young sailors
The voice might be one and the same
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm supposed to be
Someday we'll find it
The rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
La lala la lala la la la lala la la la
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