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It Kills Me

by Staffords

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1.
Invisible Man 02:55
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They're turning off the service down at Berlin Central Station A merciful demise or a slow capitulation You cut me down to size in a violent confrontation Or an exercise in silent contemplation Cold shoulder's growing older as we're waiting under cover There's nothing to be gained by ignoring one another Your reaction was insane when I compared you to your mother How could tension like this come between two lovers I decide which direction I walk I determine the train of my thoughts Exactly which juncture do I fit into your plan The invisible man Your wording is articulate, your argument's elusive A temporary temperament that's borderline abusive But complements and curses are not mutually exclusive This negligence is nothing but conclusive A screaming muscle car that which knows no destination And the driver's unaware that there's no brakes in operation The wheels are falling off and the engine needs replacing This imminent disaster of our making I decide which direction I walk I determine the train of my thoughts Exactly which juncture do I fit into your plan The invisible man This is not how it's supposed to be I will create my own reality Some day I will be free and cured of this invisibility But you just don't see A momentary moment for a rough approximation The merciless arrival of a further complication Try making an obligatory deductible donation To take a piss in a Parisian station A screaming muscle car that which knows no destination And the driver's unaware that there's no brakes in operation The wheels are falling off and the engine needs replacing This imminent disaster of our making I decide which direction I walk I determine the train of my thoughts You can talk all you want but you won't understand All the times that my ego has died by your hand Exactly which juncture do I fit into your plan The invisible man
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Poor Folks Live 02:19
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Separate the havers from the have nots Poor folks always wantin' what the rich folks got Lines are getting longer down at Centrelink Wonderin' if today I'm gonna swim or sink I know What you're going to say Let it go It doesn't have to be that way Running out of options nothing left to give Poor folks always wonderin' how the other half live Three years out of action for an arts degree Situation vacant at the factory I admit It's my own mess that I got into I'd forfeit My kingdom for a room with a view Stuck in between Nightmare and a dream That's a fact And it's up on the screen I'm making a scene It's the last one in this act It's the last one in this act It's the last one in this act Thawing out your dinner in the kitchen sink Poor folks always wonderin' what the rich folks drink Realisation subtle as a building brick This never ending journey to the big salt lick Woe Woe is me Does it show This isn't what I wanted to be Everybody's wonderin' how the poor folks live
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Nobody Home 03:50
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Do you recall when the whole world wasn't big enough for you Busy chasing all the girls and you never tried in school You had a healthy disregard for their manners and their rules You could have played 'most anything but you'd rather play the fool So don't go drawing blood out of a stone Cos the lights are on and there's nobody home We all know bravado is no substitute for fear The only thing running deep with you is the holes between your ears Your apathy is only matched by your desire to succeed You're happy just to follow cos you're much too scared to lead So don't go drawing blood out of a stone Cos the lights are on and there's nobody home Just to lie awake at night With your dreams and your schemes and it seems that your screams Carry the colour of the lie You give advice to others but you can't advise yourself The only job worth doing is one done by someone else Who'd have thought that you'd jump ship for better company You chewed up my confidence and spat it back at me So don't go drawing blood out of a stone And there's never been a hell just like your own Did you ever get the feeling you're alone Cos the lights are on and there's nobody home There's nobody home
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Passing Ships in the Night 02:59
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You plant a seed and you watch it grow You cannot catch the line she throws The chase is thrilling or so they say Tomorrow never becomes today Unseen at first light Like passing ships out in the night A broken heart makes no friend or foe The day she comes is the day she goes Love works for some but it's not for you You cut your cake and you eat it too Unseen at first light Like passing ships out in the night Just cos you want it don't make it so Just cos she tells you don't make your know Unseen at first light Like passing ships out in the night Out in the night
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It's Not Funny 03:43
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They laugh, they talk, they fall amongst the stalls But it's not funny when they're crawling up the walls Work from six to four, you answer to their calls But it's not funny when you can't take anymore Bottle up your sorrow you can't trade enough to make today tomorrow So beg and steal or borrow can't your sadness make tomorrow be today Your man's a rake, let the kids eat cake Cos there's no help when you're desperate for a break It's the shame that you can't shake when you can't afford the steak Because mutton's not a moreish meal-y make Bottle up your sorrow you can't trade enough to make today tomorrow So beg and steal or borrow can't your sadness make tomorrow be today Tea is getting cold it's not so bad growing old When it's so easy to hide And the holes in your stocking don't bring opportunity knocking And let love step inside Bottle up your sorrow you can't trade enough to make today tomorrow So beg and steal or borrow can't your sadness make tomorrow be today
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Mine is Mine 03:40
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I took a long hard look at myself cos I needed to think I put my keys in my pocket, poured my coffee in the sink I shut the door behind me and saw the sky was grey I picked a point out in the distance and started walking I gave up all of my vices, wine women and song I went to the barber's cos my hair was too long I tried to study religion but it wasn't for me They say you have to be blinded before you can see If you look real close then you might see That you sold your soul when you clicked agree If you look real close then you might find What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine Standing at the crossroads, don't know which way to turn I was playing with matches and I got burned I started reading the paper, catching up on the news Shaving every morning and polishing my shoes I cut down on smoking, stopped watching t.v But my efforts are futile as I'll never be free If you look real close then you might see That you sold your soul when you clicked agree If you look real close then you might find What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine Standing at the crossroads, don't know which way to turn I was playing with matches and I got burned
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The General Election 03:23
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I thought I'd stand for election I thought I could make a difference I used to care about politics Now I've rekindled my interest I could not decide on a party so I took Whatever option's the simplest I severed all of my business ties to avoid Another conflict of interest You'll go far with us my son You're long career has just begun You won't be sorry when you've won There's a swing in your section We think you'll win the general election If you run I rose to prominence quickly They thought I could go the distance I appealed to the common man To justify my existence I orchestrated some power plays That were met with very little resistance I led the party with flair And entertained an affair With a female assistant You'll go far with us my son You're long career has just begun You won't be sorry when you've won There's been a minor defection You'll win the general election If you run By the time I was practiced In the art or deception We're predicting a landslide In our latest projection Then my assistant went public with our affair The public took an exception They said your wife has tried calling, sir But there is no reception It's all blown up in your face Your are a national disgrace Now someone else will take your place There's been a swing in your section We think you'll lose the general election if you run
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My Square Mile 05:58
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If the children need new toys for them to play They're going to just have to wait Because nobody's going to go out of their way To help you when the rent is late A wife drinks in her room She pushes a dustbroom Then she bakes a cake The husband's always out We'll have to go without Cos there's nothing left on the plate If you've given all you ever had Just to find yourself where you are Just to earn that chip on your shoulder That you wear like a battle scar You've a modest house You'd move somewhere else If it weren't for the payments on the car But the man from the bank But it in his contract To stop your from getting that far Your mother always told you you should live for today If you don't claim your share they're gonna take it away It's better not to question you were born to obey You must be aware that there's a debt you must pay If you don't observe the rules they're gonna put you away Don't worry son you must not be afraid
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What I'm Going to Say 02:26
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Well it's the end of another long day I've hidden all sharp object out the way And whatever you do I can guarantee you Won't like what I'm going to say Now it only takes time to tell I think that things aren't going so well We communicate like lovers But when we talk to each other Darling do you have to yell I'm not the only man who cut and ran When he felt that three year itch And we come to blows And we both know I'll be sober in the morning but you'll still be a bitch There are plenty more fishes in the sea You've got many more beaus to be You've got many prizes to claim So it should all be the same Get as far as possible from me
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Hollow to the Core 03:11
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What follows is a story it's not half as long as boring Where the mystery never really gets solved The names have all been changed and the story rearranged To protect all guilty parties involved It's the story of a man that a woman couldn't stand Who had every opportunity insured The sound of all his sinning echoed so loudly within him He was born completely hollow to the core Hollow to the core Wait your whole damn life but you'll never be sure You burnt down all your bridges what'd you have to go and do that for? Now the woman had ambition she assigned herself a mission That she'd wait until her man gets straight She went through all that pain but her mission was in vain For his transition came much too late She grew tired of his lying but not for want of trying All his time she had been fighting the wrong war The lesson he'd been taught that he'd be lonely with the thought That he was born completely hollow to the core Hollow to the core Wait your whole damn life but you'll never be sure You burnt down all your bridges what'd you have to go and do that for? Time flies when you're older Look over my shoulder I'll see her running back to me He grew so sick of hanging round so he wrote his saga down To remind himself what she had left him for Not much happened after that so the author went and sat On his script till he had offers at the door The adaptation rights were sold but the publisher was told That he'd heard the tale a thousand times before Seems that no one really cared about a boring story where A man was born completely hollow to the core Hollow to the core Wait your whole damn life but you'll never be sure You burnt down all your bridges what'd you have to go and do that for?
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Poor Me 04:17
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You're saying that it's much too hard Everybody's got an axe to grind Not so happy with your hand of cards Every cloud has got a silver lining You go away for summer To stretch out on the beach You used to be a runner Now you're living on your knees Everybody's got the poor mes It's a crippling social disease Everybody's got the poor mes All the starving kids in Africa ain't got nothin' on me The road is rocky and the path is hairy They say you can't define irony If you look inside a dictionary it's just similar or opposite to what you mean You sleep in for hours And you wear expensive clothes Take a forty minute shower That's okay cos everybody knows Everybody's got the poor mes It's a crippling social disease Everybody's got the poor mes All the starving kids in Africa ain't got nothin' on me On me Poor Me Poor Me They say that life is like a box of chocolates Never knowing what you're gonna get If you look along the side of the packet The ingredients are listed in the fine print You're such an individual But you follow latest trends You're society's residuals It's enough to send you round the bend Everybody's got the poor mes It's a crippling social disease Everybody's got the poor mes All the starving kids in Africa ain't got nothin' on me

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released October 26, 2014

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