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Workhorse Blues
03:15
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If you work until the man in the tie has spoken
He will ride you like a horse until your back is broke
But here is a message for monkeys in cages
At maximum tolerance and minimum patience
I know that underneath those clothes of yours
There is no uniform
I guess we’ll have to hold down
Hold down that old uniform
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Boll Weevil
05:33
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He was once a baby left on somebody’s doorstep
He can’t wait to have lots of babies to leave on doorsteps
He got a taste for blood
There are cities with buildings with no love inside
Many doorsteps and doors behind which to hide
We all have a little evil
in the heart, curled up like a boll weevil
For you a friend is just someone to hold down in the rain
Hard as you try to build your house the wood goes up in flames
But I know in there somewhere down deep inside
there is a spark that never dies
Maybe one day it will ignite
All the lovers know it’s probably just fear, not love
Well I guess that will have to be good enough
And that painful sensation that never goes away
is existence, and we all bear it every day
The drugs are gone and gone and gone and gone
And life goes on and on and on and on
But I know in there somewhere down deep inside
there is a spark that never dies
Maybe one day it will ignite
When the past falls off and finally hits the sand
you hold every love of your life in your hand
How much of so little can you stand?
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Butterknife Part 1
02:19
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Dirt
03:22
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The money holding you up
will let you down
to the warm moist ground
When the bees and flowers stop making fruit
you will shake in your expensive boots
but we have kept our ears to the earth
we have listened to the dirt
and now we know
now we know all of its secrets
When you fall from your tall skyscraper
you will be reunited with the earth very hard
and she will welcome you back with warm wide open
loving arms
She will welcome you back
with warm wide open loving arms
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Happy Song
03:12
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All they see are a couple of gray hairs
But you have seen the years that put them there
I know you think it’s sad, but I think it’s pretty
Sometimes we get so sad, but I think it’s pretty
Take our bodies and slowly destroy them
At the end of the night we’re still kind of bored
Kissing strangers in the corners of bars
And they don’t even know who you are
But all the clocks with all their little parts will tick in time with the beating of your heart
So long youth, I’m sorry we did not give you a proper burial, so long
But you can’t say we did not throw you a hell of a party, it was ten years long
Life is just one long hangover from some great night you can’t remember
But I missed most of July just waiting for september
And all the clocks with all their little parts will tick in time with the beating of your heart
Close your eyes and spin around and the universe will revolve around you
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6. |
Comes Crawling
03:07
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You thought you had your attic all cleaned out but the dust blows into the day
Dirty clothes broken bones all over the yard
What will the neighbors say?
The night comes crawling in and you can't hold it back no
The night comes crawling in and you can't hold it back no
You can't hold it back
No
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Pessimist
05:10
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So you think that the world is spinning too fast
Like a horse that tries to shake you off of its back
So you sit alone in your darkened room
Where you go near no one, no one goes near you
The mice wait patient for the men to die off
And all the people are all just moths
Flying into flames and then forgetting
Lifetimes not learning the simplest lessons
But o you make such a hard little fist
For someone who does not even exist
I never thought that you’d turn out to be such a pessimist
When you open your eyes and come into the light
You will be warm and we will be holding you tight
Chasing bits of paper around
And the missiles fly up and the missiles come down
And the only thing there is enough of is the dirt
That we all will become
But I was born on the edge of a cliff on the edge of a century
I wouldn’t expect you to listen to somebody like me
But if you sleep you will not see the swifts in the sky
Do you think that you want to give this a try?
When you open your eyes and come into the light
You will be warm and we will be holding you tight
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Dear Metal Skeleton
03:23
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When they find your metal skeleton in a few centuries
Under the dust and the rust and dirt and leaves and the debris
They’ll wonder why a creature so great
Would lie across a river and wait
I hope you found what you were reaching for
Tear the gray sky down for being
Colors that you find displeasing
Call someone to punish the wind
For blowing without your permission
But all these things will come to pass
The everlasting will not last
Like a world that built you just to walk on your back
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Butterknife Part 2
01:48
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Shipwreck vs. Trainwreck
06:19
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Sometimes shipwrecks fall in love with train wrecks
So seldom does anyone come out alive
When you were young monsters came from closets
But when you grew up they came from bottles
It's been so long now you're not sure
which was the disease and which was the cure
You say life is a handful of sparkling beads
stretched out over miles of dirty string
You're tired of waiting for the next beautiful thing
But you can't stop your eyes from opening
And the car is running, we can go home whenever we want.
Don't be so hard on yourself
we are all amateurs
and I will be your witness in a town
that loves a good failure
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Autopilot is for Lovers Portland
New Jersey-to-Portland transplant Adrienne Hatkin has written over 7 albums. Playing a diverse arsenal of instruments ranging from enchanting accordion to grinding electric guitar, she has been playing under the moniker Autopilot is for Lovers with her husband Paul Seely, as well as contributing her talents to other Portland favorites like Federale and The Builders and the Butchers. ... more
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