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Coffee MRI Blues
02:46
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Coffee just tastes better when it costs a lot
You know it’s not true, but it’s what you bought
They turn it around ask you for more
You got so little nothing to save for
And if it feels good, it is good
And if it feels good, it is good
You used to trust your gut and feel it in your bones
Now you’re stalking chicks on the telephone
Living alone is exactly how you thought
What did you expect when you got caught
And if it feels good, it is good
And if it feels good, it is good
I don’t care
Bourgeois looks like gibberish
Moving the furniture on the Titanic
Was it built by design
Like the hands of time trying to break my spine I’m the
Sincerest normal guy
That you’ll never know standing here
Putting on a show
All this drinking don’t get me drunk no more
Send my regrets to the bathroom flood
The doctor order me a complete brain scan
Here I am MRI MRI I here I am
And if it feels good, it is good
And if it feels good, it is good
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2. |
Hold Me Down
03:39
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3. |
K.U.T.S.
02:56
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Move along, drive ahead
You gotta go and keep up the standards
Traffic hour, a flaming wreck
Staring straight into the embers
And it takes too much time
Just to get back in line
And you wait up all night
For a miracle or a satellite
Butterflies on the stage
Never let em know that you’re half there
All they say is you did great
Now put it away and get outta here
And it takes too much time
Just to let it slide
And you wait up all night
For an encore or a Miller Lite
I finally made it home
Throwing my shoes at the sofa
Adrenaline more than anything
Keeps me going when it’s over
And it takes its toll
Rock n roll
And I wait for a sign
For a miracle or a Miller Lite
So cynical in the moonlight
And it’s beautiful when it’s done right
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4. |
Start All Over Again
03:40
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Walking in my sleep
If you’re a king or a Kennedy
It means nothing to me
I’m chasing melodies
On the café down the road
The waitress looks like Sheryl Crow
It’s something that I wrote
It makes me happy
Playing rock guitar
Makes you older, no not younger
Throw it in your car
And bury it in the dirt
I’m always in last place
Someone should have told me it was
All one big race
I would have bought a shirt
Trying one more time
Throwing Red Bull into the wind
I wanna get it right
Even if it hurts
Everything must be great
It’s like an Olympic weight
Falling on your feet
The smell of flowers after a new bloom
A bed of roses you got shoved into
It’s the worst I can do
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5. |
Chica Go Lightning
04:35
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Chica Go Lightning wants to terrorize
She is so frightening with her Bowie eyes
She paints a lightning bolt
On the right side of her face
Chica Go Lightning
And in the summer, she’s under attack
The lead jammer of the Angel pack
She is red sixteen
On the Culver City track
Chica Go Lightning
Angel City Derby Girls are the queens in my hometown
The fresh meat and blockers try their best just to get around
But Rachel Rotten (and) Octane Jane really hold em down
Chica Go Lightning scores another win
Hollywood Scarlets are the champions
Then they watch the 90’s bands
And drink Joxer Daily gin
Chica Go Lightning
Angel City Derby Girls are the queens in my hometown
The fresh meat and blockers try their best just to get around
But Tyra Shanks and Duchess Van Damn hold em down
Crashes on the couch
Alarm is way too loud
Scrambles for her keys
Ties the apron strings and puts her name tag on
Chica Go Lightning calls off the jam
And knocks the Pivot with a C-block slam
And now she’s serving time
In the penalty box - yeah
Chica Go Lightning
Angel City Derby Girls are the queens in my hometown
The fresh meat and blockers try their best just to get around
But Micki-Speedia and B-train really hold em down
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6. |
Flowers Grow
02:49
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There’s a place where the grass is green and the flowers grow
Well it’s the place where the blue bird sings over the valley below
I’m going to miss you when you go
But I wanted you to know
There’s a place where the grass is green and the flowers grow
There’s a cloud going from the beach out to the sea
And the car parked on my street now belongs to me
Hold on
Waiting all night til dawn
There’s a place where the city sleeps and the neon glows
There’s a voice hidden in my dreams that lets me know
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7. |
Don't Mind
03:56
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Where you go
You know that I will follow you
To Heaven or Hell
Or just down the street
I’m like your best friend
Or some old credit card debt
The smell of cigarettes
On your breath
I hope you don’t mind
You were hard to find
Where you go
I’ll be right behind you
Out the window
Or waiting in line
Waste the day
A mirror with aftershave
Scan the radio waves
For Hard Day’s Night
I hope you don’t mind
You’re keeping me alive
I want to
To be true
Like an arrow shot right through you
We’ve come from
Find someone else
To we can get through anything
Where you go
You know that I will follow you
To Heaven or Hell
Or just down the street
I hope you don’t mind
You were hard to find
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Man, you ain’t shit
Unless you take the money honey and have fun with it
And time, there’s a time to cry
But it ain’t now and this ain’t the reason why
You can have a conversation
About predestination
Just meet at the station or the finish line
Write it down in a letter
Give the letter to the mailman
Push the mailman in the pool
Tell the ones you love you love them
Take a bite out of an onion
Tarot cards in the afternoon
I bet, it’ll be alright
And if it’s not I’m not putting up a fight
You don’t don’t don’t need to be upset
They got theirs, I got mine, you’ll get yours yet
I’m sure there’s some therapy
A reverse ego conspiracy
That’ll put me heavenly in debt
The more serious you take it
The more fun it is to break it
Cutting holes in your parachute
You’re acting like you meant it
You don’t drink beer you rent it
Falling off the edge of the moon
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9. |
When I'm Alone
02:51
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When I’m alone…
I’m as happy as a billboard sign
Standing on one leg down the road
When I’m alone…
Got my hands inside my hoodie sleeves
A silhouette in the moonlight’s glow
When I’m alone…
There’s no one looking over me
No soul to tell me where to go
When I’m alone…
I drink in the energy
That found me and grounds me to the bone
When I’m alone…
I’m moving to my own theme song
Supporting credits down below
When I’m alone…
I’m as happy as I’ve ever been
Don’t bother me with a hello
If something’s wrong then I’ll just repeat it
If something’s wrong then I just don’t care
I’m laughing to myself it’s easy to pretend
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10. |
Watchmaker
03:09
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Watchmaker Clock breaker
Steady hands are used to turn the screw
Setting lever He’ll never
Stop when there’s so much work to do
Precision Decisions
Mother says his heads in the wrong place
Cracked bezel Disheveled
It takes all night to fix his face
What am I doing here
Living out my greatest fear
Wait in line For his time
He calls the customers dear friends
Crown wheel He feels
He is the king of the workbench
Late hours Dead flowers
A perfect world inside a loupe
Regulator As much as ever
He falls asleep watching the news
What am I doing here
Living out my greatest fear
I want to be alone (I want to fit in)
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11. |
Everly Sisters
02:38
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We can get a long maybe play a song once or twice
Talk about the show hope somebody goes playing nice
I give my time to you
And you give me nothing
I think it’s going well but it’s hard to tell if we’re friends
It’s starting to set in that I’m really getting the short end
I give my time to you
And you give me nothing
I don’t know why it never goes like I expect it to x 2
Try to be good like I know I should from grade school
Patience dried up and I’ve had enough suffering fools
I can put two words together
Doesn’t have to be forever
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12. |
To Belong
03:16
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You’re a magic act
Or a small black cat
You could disappear at a drop of a hat
And while we drank
And plugged our nose
You played it straight couldn’t let it go – all alone
Everyone needs someone
You joined the service
When you finished high school
And I felt nervous I was losing you
I holed up inside
And admit I cried
Three weeks later you came back I didn’t ask why oh why
Everyone needs someone
Somewhere to go and to belong
Right when you didn’t know what to do
The seasons died and you tried something new
You opened up and love it found you
So surprised
Holes in your pocket
Where the money falls through
I made a promise to look after you Everyone
Everyone needs someone
Somewhere to go and to belong
Someone to hold when you think you’re lost
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Do you wanna get out of here
Take our drinks and get out of here
There’s no one I wanted to see anyway
My how nothing’s changed
Everyone’s talking – I’m miles away
Emily the Strange
Do you wanna get out of here
Crush our cigs and get out of here
My tie is too tight and I’ve put on some weight
There goes what’s his face
The speeches are done - put the body away
The spotlight starts to fade
It’s hard kicking the habit
Two fingers make a rabbit
I’m doodling a heart with Jesus loves me
I put my sunglasses and cigarette in your cotton candy
It’s time we got to bed do you understand me
And if I wasn’t around, would you even miss me
Or just breathe easy
Hey – hey - do you wanna get out of here x2
I’m tugging at your ear
Let’s get the hell out of here
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The Black Heartthrobs Culver City, California
The Black Heartthrobs are a three piece melodic garage rock band from Culver City. Punk bassist for Osker (Epitaph), David Benitez switched to vocals/guitar and is joined by Jane Greely and Mark Yates. David studied songwriting from 70’s power pop icons Peter Case (Plimsouls) and Berton Averre (The Knack). Irreverent lyrics and catchy choruses abound in their indie white collar rock ... more
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