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In My Sunday Best
02:18
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I once had a hand-me-down wardrobe
But that was when I was still blessed
Now I cheat and I sin and I fight and I win
In my Sunday best
I always did good back in high school
My trousers were torn and unpressed
Now I steal and I owe and I reap and I sow
In my Sunday best
Outside it was bright when I helped you
Inside it was dark when I dressed
Now I mock and I jeer and I spite and I sneer
In my Sunday best
A man about town in a costume
Now it's about time I confessed
That I sew and I weave and I stitch and I grieve
In my Sunday best
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2. |
My Buttermilk Darling
02:48
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My buttermilk darling, she talks in her sleep
Her breathing is shallow but her voice is so deep
I can't understand her, my ears aren't the best
Oh, what is she saying? I don't know, I can't guess
My buttermilk darling lives within her means
She works down in Brooklyn but she stays up in Queens
I clean out her gutters and I sharpen her knives
I don't mind waiting for her for the rest of our lives
My buttermilk darling still flirts with the cops
Her knuckles are hard but her thighs are so soft
I tell her I love her but she says, "Not today"
"I hold onto my love, I don't give it away"
My buttermilk darling's always drinking gin
Her blue jeans are holy but her thoughts are all sin
I'll do what I have to: beg, borrow or steal
My buttermilk darling, she's not even real
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Dover
04:45
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The man that's in me meets the woman you
And he rests with his head on her shoulder
He'll lie there and stay through the heat of the day
And he'll still be there when it gets colder
The woman in me meets the man that's in you
Her skin still rubbed raw from the stubble
That body of hers and that body of his
Will get them both into some trouble
The woman in me meets the woman in you
Let's just hope they don't easily scare
They'll run off whatever direction they choose
They're not mine and they're not yours to share
The man that's in me meets the man that's in you
At the end of the drive down from Dover
He'll jump out of his truck and jump into his arms
And lean so hard that he knocks them both over
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4. |
Calculus
04:14
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I add up the numbers in the morning
I subtract the numbers every night
You don't have to worry
They even out just fine
I derive the facts from my opinions
I subdivide the beats inside my chest
You handle the fractions
I'll take care of the rest
Let me calculate the cost of doing business with you
Compare it to the probability I'll bail
If only I could account for what the market might do
I'd be able to afford another cocktail
I add up the numbers in the morning
I subtract the numbers every night
You don't have to worry
They even out just fine
You don't have to worry
They even out just fine
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