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I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
 

1. Return To Hot Chicken
2. Moby Octopad
3. Sugarcube
4. Damage
5. Deeper into Movies
6. Shadows
7. Stockholm Syndrome
8. Autumn Sweater
9. Little Honda
10. Green Arrow
11. One PM Again
12. The Lie and How We Told It
13. Center of Gravity
14. Spec Bebop
15. We're an American Band
16. My Little Corner of the World

"Moby Octopad"

Locked in a kiss, outside eyes cease to exist
We'll shut it out (of the fist)
Spying eyes cease to exist
We'll shut it out

Eight o'clock, the lights are on at Shea
Phone turned down, we've nothing much to say
Dozing off the TV drones
House key makes them turn and glance for home

Locked in a kiss, outside eyes cease to exist
Flayed of the fist
Spiders cease to exist
We'll shut it out

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"Sugarcube"

Whatever you want from me, whatever you want I'll do
Try to squeeze a drop of blood from a sugarcube

Try to be more assured, try to be more right there
Try to be less uptight, try to be more aware
Whatever you want from me, is what I want to do for you
Sweeter than a drop of blood from a sugarcube

And though I like to act the part of being tough
I crumble like a sugarcube for you

Whatever you want from me, whatever you want I'll do
I will try

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"Damage"

Not much Friday night, pinball, Lower East Side
Walked out of the past and into the bar
I used to think about you all the time
I would think about you all the time
Now it just feels weird, that there you are
The damage is done

Feeling like a kid again, my eyes are glued to the floor
I hope I mumbled goodbye as you walked out the door
The damage is done

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"Deeper Into Movies"

Late at night, gazing out into the late at night
I see deep in the world till I open my eyes
Every day brakes screech outside my window
Those crashing cars never seem to collide

Sometimes when I'm staring out my window
Catch the stars and watch as they go by
I've been getting messages from outer space
They spiral like a finger in the sky--it blows my mind

Every day I'm drawn to my window
I can see it if I'm closing my eyes

Sometimes flashing lights seem so familiar
I know I've seen them circling me at night
I've been sending messages to outer space
They spiral like a finger in the sky--it blows my mind

Every day the restlessness takes over me
I can see it as I'm closing my eyes
I've been sening messages to outer space
They spiral like a finger in the sky.

Like a finger in the sky...

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"Shadows"

Scold me, that's all you've got to say
Coldly, hurt me and turn away
You say, "I'm not sorry yet" I'm resigned to what is next
I head for the shadow
Hold me taking it back through tears
You've told me, slowly confessed your fears
But I've got myself to protect. It's too soon for me to forget
I'll wait in the shadows
In the shadows
Though I am alone
They help me, see that I'm the only one in your heart
So until I truly believe that your words convey what you mean
I'll wait in the shadows (2x)
I don't mind the shadows.

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"Stockholm Syndrome"

What's the matter, why don't you answer
What's the matter with me?
It is so hard to be
Free and easy, we'll disappear completely
Hardly as I've known it's glad

Youre heart is broken, and the doors are open
As you're hoping to be
There's brighter places to see
Hands need warning, early in the morning
Hardly as I've known a surprise

No, don't warn me
I know it's wrong, but I swear it won't take long
And I know, you know,
It makes me sigh; I do believe in love

Another season, but the same old feelings
Another reason could be
I'm tired of aching, summer's what you make it
But I'll believe what I want to believe

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"Autumn Sweater"

When I heard the knock on the door
I couldn't catch my breath
Is it too late to call this off

We could slip away, wouldn't that be better
Me with nothing to say, and you in your autumn sweater

I try my best to hide
In a crowded room, it's nearly possible
I wait for you, oh, most patiently

So I look for your eyes
And the waves look like they'd pour right out of them
I'll try hard, I'll try always
But it's a waste of time
It's a waste of time if I can't smile easily
Like in the beginning
In the beginning...

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"Little Honda"

I'm gonna wake you up early cause I'm gonna take a ride with you
We're going down to the auto shop, I'll tell you what we're gonna do
Put on a rag sweatshirt, I'll take you anywhere you want me to

First gear, it's all right
Second gear, hang on tight
Third gear, ain't I right
Faster, it's all right

It's not a big motorcycle, just a groovy little motorbike
It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys, that two-wheel ride
We'll go on into the hills or anywhere you wanna decide

We'll ride some hills like a champ because my Honda's built really light
When I go into the turn, lean with me, hang on tight
I think I'll put on the light so I can ride my Honda tonight

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"One PM Again"

Well, it's 1 PM again
I guess I'm ready to begin
And it's reeling, there is a feeling
Let's not make any sudden moves

You don't have to show me how
But I'm not ready to right now
There is a feeling, and it's reeling
Let's not make any sudden moves

And if we don't leave today
There's no hurry anyway
I'm on the road here, safe at home here
So let's make sure we're sure
That it is reeling, and I'm pleading
Let's not make any sudden moves

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"The Lie and How We Told It"

Talking words, angry words
Hang in the air, we don't dare
Sky went gray, wake in white
Hangs in the air, we don't dare

And there's a thousand reasons
I don't need them to help the fired flare
And even as we near it, I can't hear it
Files in the air
We don't dare

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"Center of Gravity"

In crowded bars, at subway cars

Whenever you are next to me,
center of gravity,
can't feel both feet on the ground

Walking home after dark, past the softball park

It's clear to me, according to a rule I learned one day in school
Basic geometry: two halves of a circle, you and me

It's a familial song we've known so long

Your clever cuts into me
as long as you're next to me
I can't feel both feet on the ground

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"We're an American Band"

Driving in the south, the motor's on fire
Let's put it out before the flames go higher

Monday Matinee, "Big Bully" or "White Squall"
So hard to choose, wish we could see them all

Some college in the spring, the sound is all wrong
We set the mains to our favorite Hootie song

Driving (not again), an 8 car crash
We'll turn to look unless we're going too fast

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"My Little Corner of the World"

Come along with me to my little corner of the world
Dream a little dream in my little corner of the world
You'll soon forget that there's any other place
Tonight, my love, we'll share a sweet embrace

And if you care to stay in my little corner of the world
We could hide away in my little corner of the world
I always knew that I'd find someone like you
So welcome to my little corner of the world

And if you care to stay in our little corner of the world
We could hide away in our little corner of the world
We always knew that we'd find someone like you
So welcome to our little corner of the world

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