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The Big Idea
03:50
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Hey! What's the big idea?
When do I get something good?
What's the big idea?
Shouldn't I have something good?
What's the big idea?
Hey! It's just something 'bout the way I feel
Must be onto something good
A little nervous 'bout the way I feel
What if I found something good?
It's just the way I feel
I only hesitate because the first time
It was almost something good
A little apprehensive 'cause the last time was so fucked up
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Everybody
03:09
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If I make my own luck
I might get to have you by and by
If that comes to pass
I promise not to tell another lie
Making plans and taking chances
Give this thing another shot
What's to stop us if we're both single?
(And even if we're not)
If you believe in second chances
And you don't ask me where I've been
I might could fool you into loving me again
I used to be someone, some bastard
Love could never weigh me down
People said I was so lucky
If they could only see me now
Part of me knows that you're long gone
And another part says, "what if I could fool you into loving me again?"
We'll take a trip to Monte Carlo
Roll the dice and play to win
Raise ponies on a hacienda
Smoke something groovy now and then
And when we ride into the sunset you'll look back and laugh at how I had to fool you into loving me again
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Bless Your Heart
02:51
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Call me Doubting Tom
'Cause I'd ask to see the gun
But if I ever am held up
I won't be robbed by no one's thumb and finger
Don't believe in ghosts
Least of all if they are holy
But if one jumped out right now
That don't mean I wouldn't run
Bless your heart!
Go ahead and jump
The sword of Damocles compels you
'Cause you only live the once
And besides, nobody lives forever
Cigarettes take minutes off the ends of people's lifetimes
While vegetables add days to the painful cancer years
Bless your heart!
Take that the wrong way
No big whoop
Bless your heart
Bless your little heart
'Cause your irony's refreshing
In this time of lowered standards,
Radically diminished expectations
You were so sick and desperate
Wish to hell I'd saved the documents
'Cause now that I can't see you
I don't hate you anymore
Bless your heart!
You're so pretentious
No big whoop
Bless your heart
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I Wanna Live (UK Surf)
04:05
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I wanna live
I wanna live
I wanna live
'Cause I don't wanna die
I had a fight with my true best friend
We both thought this could be the end
But love is real and that would be a sin
I don't wanna die
We've had our problems
But not so fast
A little work and this thing might last
Got baggage, sure, but let's not dwell on the past
I don't wanna die
A million paths diverge 'neath the sun
To choose to live is the righteous one
To hate is death so love someone
I don't wanna die
When winter's gone welcome spring's warmth in
Depression splits without warning
Great day in the morning!
I don't wanna die
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They've got tears and they've got stains
And they don't fit quite the same
But those old clothes we liked
Are coming back again
We're not as young as we could be
But you still look as good to me
And those old clothes we liked are back in style again
I liked yours and you liked mine
We had a taste for all things fine
And if my mem'ry serves me
Love was stylish at the time
The kids are cool
But kids are weird
I'm not convinced that they're sincere
And those old clothes we liked are back in style again
Would you think that I'm a fool?
It's been so long since we've been cool
Or could they make you look at me
Like how you used to do?
I've seen the ads
It won't be long
Won't change a thing that I've done wrong
But those old clothes we liked
Are back in style again
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Underground Medicine
02:58
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Saw the best of youth through my window on the old world
But the door's been locked and I can't find my way
I've seen good things come and go and disappear in the past
'Cause time don't give a shit how bad you wish they could last forever
Do you believe in miracles? I'm not superstitious
But sometimes something casts a spell on me
Is it seasonal? The Devil? Or a heavenly host?
Or is it 'cause I'm riding on the shoulders of ghosts and I can't get down?
But it's not gonna go away
I've been this way forever
I'm a Scorpio with Capricorn rising, Gemini moon
Do you remember when we used to get along and they played our favorite song all summer?
And we swore we'd blow this town and never look back
Then the wheels came off the dream, it fell apart pretty quick
To look at us, you'd never even know we were sick
But Underground Medicine saved me when no one could
Now it's Tuesday and it's raining through the hole in the ceiling
The sound guy's hung over and he's telling me to turn way down (who, me?)
I'm a traveling musician, might be broke half the time
But I've got love in my heart, got a satisfied mind
And Underground Medicine saved me when no one could
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Own Trip Now
03:15
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Found out from a little bird you're leaving here for good
A moment of despondency
But then I understood
And not that I can blame you 'cause I always knew you could
Watch it all work out somehow
On your own trip now
Pack treats and refreshments, everybody loves a snack
I'll make a pallet on the floor in case you make it back
A world of beauty, time to think, a favorite paperback
E'er shall goodwill abound
On your own trip now
Now again, you're taking in the continent by train
I held you on the Spanish stairs and kissed you in the rain
In hotels and cathedrals, dug the holy and profane
You hear that lonesome whistle sound
And you're on your own trip now
On your own trip now!
You're on your own trip now!
Fare thee well my own true love, go make us proud!
A zephyr gently casts you on your magic carpet ride
Out into the stardust, far beyond the lunar tide
May your road be soft and fluffy, may the Lord be at your side...
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Too Far Gone?
04:11
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If what goes up comes down, look out below!
I've been told that death is not the end
But it still hurts to say goodbye to good friends we've lost
God, I miss 'em so damn much
And where I land
That ain't up to me, it's out of my hands
Someday when the wheels stop turning
Will I be too far gone to understand?
Where are all the older guys to show us?
If they got it all worked out, they forgot to tell me how
And way up on the shoulders of ghosts, I've lost direction
Much too high to come back down
In the final end I'll have my answer
Will everyone I ever loved be there?
Take some common sense and lay it on me
At that point would I even care?
Somewhere out there I know there's an angel
I know I don't look like such a fool
But every now and then I'd buy it
Even cowboys run out of bullets
High risk insurance
And where I land
That ain't up to me, it's out of my hands
Someday when the wheels stop turning, will I be too far gone to understand?
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Almost Something Good
05:34
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Hey! What's the big idea?
When do I get something good?
What's the big idea?
Shouldn't I have something good?
What's the big idea?
Hey! It's just something 'bout the way I feel
Must be onto something good
A little nervous 'bout the way I feel
What if I found something good?
It's just the way I feel
I only hesitate because the first time
It was almost something good
A little apprehensive 'cause the last time was so fucked up
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Amigo Charlotte, North Carolina
Amigo is a rock and roll band. This might sound quaint or even a little passé but it’s an entirely apt and appropriate
description. It sounds beer-soaked but it is metaphysical. It feels heartland but it is soul-unburdening. It’s decidedly American but viewed through a philosophical lens.
Most importantly, it’s fun. It’s exuberance defined. And thus, it is rock and roll in its purest form.
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