1. |
Calm Down
03:44
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you just love highways like this
two lanes, straight fucking shot
you just love taking your hands off the wheel
you love it when my palms get hot
it's easier at night
with the low beams off
'cause we can see the brake lights for miles
your face looks better
lit by the distant red
than it has in awhile
where did that knife go?
the one you brought to protect me from something?
how many things would have to go wrong?
for me to turn and see you slumping
down down down
and your head
hits the wheel
first time you've touched it since Bakersfield
and your foot's on the gas
and we swerve into the horizon
and goddamn it I hope it doesn't last
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2. |
Intro
01:36
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take a knife to California
split it into two
somewhere in the middle
that's where i'd find you
out where the ocean is but a distant dream
out where the sunlight positively beams
out where the dead ones always go
out where it never snows
chowchilla
in 2005
chowchilla had 20 consecutive cloudy, rainy days
and if that's not enough
then let's all raise our voice in praise
out by this den of tranquility
the central california women's facility
tell me a story that rhymes
tell me a story of the old
days in chowchilla
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3. |
Fresno
01:46
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you look at me and i smile
'cause i don't know what else to do
you say you haven't been this far south
since 1972
and you say it's gonna be
about seven hours 'til we're free
and you turn back to the road
and i believe you
your hair is matted against your skin
all damp with sweat
i wanna reach out and touch you but we
don't know each other that well yet
and you say it's gonna be
about seven hours 'til we see
our new lives coming fast
and i believe you
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4. |
Quick Stop in Needles
02:01
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so we go
slowly
so we keep
our thoughts to ourselves
so it's hard
nobody cares that it's hard
so we knock
all the product off the shelves
i can't trust you with the gun
if his legs don't work then he can't run
so you run
quickly
so i try
to drown out the screaming
it doesn't work
i knew it wouldn't
we shut the door
and it's night so the low light's beaming
i can't trust you with anything
we turn up the radio and try to sing
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5. |
Satellite Radio
01:48
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stop talking to me like
i'm your mother
i have never met your mother and you
say i'm in another state of mind
that reminds you of when
you were just a girl
staring at the world
through a fogged up backseat window
so let's go
somewhere far away from here
let's hope
these objects are closer than they appear
don't tell me that you
miss the inside
we are never going back and we
will not throw away how we've tried
how we've lied
how you've cried
please stop crying
just this once please stop crying
so let's go
somewhere far away from here
let's hope
these objects are closer than they appear
please stop crying
please stop crying
please stop crying
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6. |
Chino
02:41
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close your eyes westward
remember the breeze
keep on stumbling forward
you'll miss the desert for the trees
just because we trace the line
doesn't mean we'll be fine
count the seconds always
dream of anaheim
you want to know about the old days
and it's past your bedtime
just because you won't sleep
doesn't mean i need to keep you awake
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7. |
Interlude
02:25
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what would you say to another game of
truth or dare
the popcorn's in the microwave and i'm
losing my hair
and i know it isn't fair
but do you even care?
what would you say to another way of
making friends
we can't wait for a better day so let's
jump in the deep end
and i know your tendencies
shooting down my shopping sprees
let's dust off the VCR
let's black out all the lights
we are who we are
on every sleepless night
what would you say to one last story
before bed
this scary movie's way too gory
for my pretty little head
and i wonder if she'll live
or if her grip will give
what would you say about me if i
never came back
and will you hear me shouting
while you get your payback
and i wonder if you'll see
you're never getting away from me
let's dust off the VCR
let's black out all the lights
we are who we are
on every sleepless night
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8. |
1976
04:27
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it's been a while since i've felt my skull
the throbbing's unimaginable
i think it happens when my heart beats too fast
but who can blame me, with your foot there on the gas
and i will be
forever somewhere you can't see
i'll find the key
you'll bring it right to me
it's so cute the way you make your plans
balled up ransom notes and an old moving van
eleven hours 'til we disembark
you're risking the whole pot that i'm scared of the dark
but I will be
forever somewhere you can't see
i'll find the key
you'll bring it right to me
it really pains me to see you like this
i wish you all the best in prison
crane your neck to the stars every night
see how we've arisen
and you leave the way you came in
there's nothing worse than a loser convinced he's gonna win
we stack the mattresses high
joke's on you, i am not gonna die
cause i will be
forever somewhere you can't see
i found the key
you brought it right to me
we stack the mattresses high
i am not gonna die
crying in this cage
ms. brown always said
i was resourceful for my age
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9. |
Bakersfield
03:04
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they're detonating every last explosive
that they set at my foundation
and i'm a house crumbling to the ground
way up north they can feel the vibration
they're picking through the rubble when they find
two skeletons in a bunker down deep
testing their heads on the others' shoulder
i couldn't tell you which one was me
and we'll be okay
as long as we stay where we need to stay
waiting for the other one to heal
in bakersfield, in bakersfield
they're dusting off and clearing out the trash
that they made when they found us
and the newspapers all want an interview
but we can't talk and they're oblivious
they're shipping us back where we belong
to a museum, somewhere far away
ket the record show that we both survived
we kept each other warm until this fateful day
and we'll stay okay
as long as we stay where we need to stay
waiting for the other one to heal
in bakersfield, in bakersfield
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10. |
The Ghost
02:06
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things get clearer
in the rearview mirror
like that guy standing by the roadsign
down the street
and when i recognize his figure
i get light on my feet
a composite sketch of a bad memory
made totally complete
so i scream
and when i scream
i scream at you
taste of whiskey on my lips
another one of my silly tricks
like that day when i ran away
i never did write you that letter
and i can feel you watching me
as the tires get wetter and wetter
and you'll never forgive me
but at least you're in someplace better
so i scream
and when i scream
i scream for you
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11. |
Palindrome Road
03:14
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seven hours
seven hours
seven hours
seven
have you ever felt like maybe one of these days you'd go out on a walk
and find yourself tracing circles around the block in sidewalk chalk
screaming at the edge of the dome
and dreaming of the day you'll crawl back home
it feels like you'll never break through no matter how hard you try
loop back to the start and wait for all the trees to die
and notice all the roadsigns
and notice how they point down to that single fucking line
remember fresno
remember bakersfield
remember where we go
or let me take the wheel
and we'll steal the sunset
snatch it from the sky
just to prove
that we already passed this road by
one second
one second
one second
one
if we pull off the road which i assume we'll often have to do
will we be in mexico or will we still be passing through
just circling the drain
and we'd slip into the pipe if it weren't for this chain
tugging on our collars and locking all the doors
you think you've done enough well the audience wants more
and if we're in hell then just give it to me straight
we've got driving to do i don't want to be late
remember chino
remember bakersfield
remember where we go
or let me take the wheel
and we'll feel our bodies
dissolve into the dirt
take a knife to California
tell me where it hurts
you just love highways like this
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12. |
End
02:49
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it's been a bad couple years
when we pull into the parking lot
there's no reason to spend the night
but it's all we've got
and up in the room
i remember what it means
it's a silly kinda metaphor
but at least it reads
the light, the light
stabbing through the blinds
makes black lines
on my face
the sun, the sun
is setting now
but the lines
don't seem to erase
i just sit there
and you sit there too
we don't have to say a thing
It's just me and you
and your arm around my neck
It's the best thing i've ever felt
i love you
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