we're in the movies
watching some people move their mouths
and a religious figure
who's not really a religious figure
'cause he's an actor
we feel ok
which is how we feel most of the time now
nothing can be done without the willingness
to succeed
let's go to the opera
since all of our favorite memories have failed us
you make the choice, you make the choice
you make the choice, you make the choice
historic properties, historic places
the next generation
lost in a sea of faces
there's no hope for generating electricity
no sidewalks
i just need some kicks
you make the choice, you make the choice
you make the choice, you make the choice
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jumping fences
lazy man who can't find his words all caught up inside his head
he is there with you, he is there with you
and when he can't speak from too much wine
you're always there with his line
he wants to go home, you know that jolly show must go on
but he sees me on you and you on summer buzz and summer heat
but i don't know
for go to the picture show today
we're living day by day
and we both know that this world
can make no sense
when you jumped everybody's fence
we're living day by day
and we both know that this world
can make no sense
when you jumped everybody's fence
and you know it can
and you know we can
know we can, yeah, yeah
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define a transparent dream
work over the surface and into the distance
constantly showering me with decisions
define... a transparent dream
define... a transparent dream
feel the atmosphere breathe with life
model portrait heads of gertrude stein
define... a transparent dream
define... a transparent dream
so it's back and forth again
dreaming on the doorstep
the always red society
comes to visit me
when i'm dreaming of the sunset
dreaming on the sunset
juice and coffee in the morning
after staring at the stars all night
the always blue society
runs rings around the sun
saturn too...
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no growing (exegesis)
if i should discorporate
trying to illuminate the lines
of my time
please tell the here and now
present the case somehow
and open up their lines
there is no growing
in knowing where you're going
without the light inside
what do you do when the magic's gone?
what do you do when the magic's gone away?
there is an ideal and i'm going to reach for it
there is an ideal and i'm going to try
open up your heart, open up your heart
there is no growing in knowing where you're going
without the light inside, without the light inside
without the light
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holiday surprise 1,2,3
spending my last dollar on a hotel and a restaurant
sky looks gray but the sky inside is a mighty great one
don't worry
don't worry
taking the time to waste your sunny day
taking the time to waste your sunny day
holiday surprise and a bright one at that
it's a holiday to last even though we spent the last year
in a dream, in a dream
taking the time to waste your sunny day
taking the time to waste your sunny day
imitating you
your image floats two feet above the ground
i sit down in my seat and wait to take off
i can't wait for the oxygen to get thin
i twist around in my seat
i'm flying like a star (a star taker)
taking light from the sky
teasing all the people with pictures of you
cause it's a holiday surprise
ooo-ah
remember the beliefs we had back then
said we'd never change our minds
but oh, and then again
all the dreams were just early plans
well please, please
don't you ever change your mind on me
don't you ever change your mind on me
conflict in our heads makes us see
without the depth that we used to
all of the problems in our way
make it so very hard to say
well please, please
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courtyard
here's your ticket, you better believe
(better believe it's true)
long live the life we led at 210
(two one ooh that's you)
we're on a journey so you'd better run
try to get to your train on time
i'm always going back
always going back to
always going back to where you are
down in the courtyard
is where you'll find me
going back to where you are
and there's nothing that i can tell you
that you don't already know
that you don't already know my dear
i might get away from these 4 walls
(i might fly away)
i might escape from what's holding me
(i might run away)
here in apple town is where i called you
here is where i called you for advice
i'm always going back
always going back to
always going back to where you are
out in the turning tide
that's where you'll find me
going back to where you are
and there's nothing that i can tell you
that you don't already know
that you don't already know my dear
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memories of jacqueline 1906
the way we go
the only way we know
where you going to?
i've thought of the best of times, jacqueline 1906
the skyline
storms and rainy thoughts, no time for shelter
but remember the best of times
right now is when we break the static
with our themes of liberation
conquer all that we can
conquer all that we can
conquer all that we can
planet disaster, no time for shelter
but remember the best of times, jacqueline 1906
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can you come down with us?
can you come down with us?
can you believe with us?
when the warm air comes
we'll drink the ocean tonight
no time to fuss, no time to fight
all those people need a place to go
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marking time
marking time through the day
did you ever see the light outside my window
marking my words as i always do
still find it hard enought to say
i can't hide
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green typewriter suite
million ribbons and floating stars
the night sky fades
perception is an ocean
your days are like eternity
hey, it's been so long
i'm out on the lawn
watching a hundred typewriters soaked
in green paint
when you wake me up in a world of blue
and the stars are sinking low
and the sunshine is in view
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the stillness of a sunday
and life seems like a cathedral
sidewalks slowly crack
memories of downtown fade
the stillness of a sunday
the exchange of conversation
we are now confused
but we cannot go back in time
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wake up
feeling like you want to be down
well, don't be
there's a time for everything
just look around
i don't want to die inside anymore
i don't want to hear that song anymore
wake up
it's what the world should do and look around
slow down
there's time for everything
just look around
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what i need is space
and lots of it
tons and tons of rooms
and lots of them
i'll paint them green and red
and thirty six colors to custom mix
a collection of rugs with tons of tiny tassles
sharp lines decorative designs
a place to harmonize away from conventional life
a place to radiate
a place to be just me
return again and again to the giant day inside of my head
tons and tons of ideas that never take off
it causes the untime
it's all on a different level
and there's so many
the stages are set
everything is ready
let the future come
let the future linger on
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how much longer can i wait?
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when you're ready to come back down
i'll be waiting here
all your friends will be around
i promise i'll wait forever
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spring succeeds
i spring up from the ground
i stretch myself up
and have a look around
this whole world
carry me like the wind
cause i'm a seed to thrown
when you hear the sound you'll know
take a little time for yourself
i'm swaying here beneath the climb
fish sign daisy
breaks the earth
and grows beside me
when you hear the sound you'll grow
and take a little time for yourself
when you hear the sound you'll glow
and take a little time for yourself
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i can smell the leaves
autumn is here
i can smell the leaves
little by little it gets colder
take the bus downtown
ride a bike
to the park
with your trip
people everywhere
immediate processors
writing books and climbing stairs
just a few hours
the sun goes down
all the people hanging around go back home
or stay downtown
autumn is here
i can smell the leaves
the color of fire
i look at the trees grow older
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dusk at cubist castle
dusk at cubist castle
dreams of the old wake up the new
you can find me out there
among the grass and the animals i knew
in my head all day
it rained a lot
but the dream that's out there
doesn't make much sense to me
dusk at cubist castle
all the clouds are in past tense
all the kingdom is in fragments
and these paintings don't make sense
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the gravity car
i peeked inside of your gravity car
it won't go far with marbles found in a barnyard
i saw the distance between us and felt
for once in my life i believe what i'm saying
i peeked inside of your gravity car
through open fields past the graveyard
i guess i'm wrong when i say we won't get far
look where we are now
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nyc-25
here we go around the world
we spin around on the turnstiles
we create
here we are in caravan
blinders up high were the dreamers
and don't forget you're the only one
(you're the only one)
you hold your kite on a string
don't sleep too long
cause everything you need is right here
don't sleep too long
pleasant dreams but please don't sleep too long
everything you need is right here
don't sleep too long
pleasant dreams but please don't sleep too long
here we are in candyland
one million dreams are realizing everyday
here we are in apples corps
four million feet walk right by me everyday
here we are in old New York
ten million eyes stare right through me
and don't forget you're not the only one
(not the only one)
who turned your life all around?
