Whatever & Ever Amen

She plays wipeout on the drums
The squirrels and the birds come
Gather round and sing the guitar
Oh i. . .have you got nothing to say
When all words fail she
Speaks
Her mix tape's a masterpiece
Walks through the garden
So the roses can see
Oh i. . .have you got nothing
To say
And you can see daisies
In her footsteps
Dandelions, butterflies
I wanna be kate

Everyday she wears the same
Thing
I think she smokes pot
She's everything i want
She's everything i'm not
Oh i. . .
Have you got nothing to say
She never gets wet
She smiles and it's a rainbow
And she speaks and she
Breathes
I wanna be kate

Down by rosemary and cameron
She hands out the
Bhagavad gita
I see her around every couple
Days
I wanna see her so that
I can say. . .hey kate

6 am day after christmas
I throw some clothes on in
The dark
The smell of cold
Car seat is freezing
The world is sleeping and
I am numb
Up the stairs to her apartment
She is balled up on the couch
Her mom and dad went down
To charlotte
They're not home to find us
Out
And we drive
Now that i have founds someone
I'm feeling more alone
Than i ever have before

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She's a brick and i'm drowning
Slowly
Off the coast and i'm headed
Nowhere
She's a brick and i'm drowning
Slowly

They call her name at 7:30
I pace around the parking lot
Then i walk down to buy her
Flowers
And sell some gifts that i got
Can't you see
It's not me you're dying for
Now she's feeling more alone
Than she ever has before

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As weeks went by
It showed that she was not fine
They told me son it's time
To tell the truth
And she broke down and i broke
Down
'cause i was tired of lying
Driving back to her apartment
For the moment we're alone
She's alone
And i'm alone
Now i know it

Chorus

What i've kept with me
And what i've thrown away
Don't know where the hell i've ended up
On this glary, random day
Were the things i really cared about
Just left along the way
For being to pent up and proud

Woke up way too late
Feeling hung over and old
And the sun was shining bright
And i walked barefoot
Down the road
Started thinking about
My old man
It seems that all men
Wanna get into a car and go
Anywhere

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Here i stand - sad and free
I can't cry and i can't see
What i've done
God. . .what have i done

Don't you know i'm numb, man
No i can't feel a thing at all
'cause it's all smiles and business
These days
And i'm indifferent to the loss
I've faith that there's a soul somewhere
Who's leading me around
I wonder if she knows
Which way is down. . . [on demo:which way is up and which is down. . .]

Chorus

I poured my heart out
I poured my heart out
It evaporated. . .see?

Blind man on a canyon's edge
Of a panoramic scene
Or maybe i'm a kite
That's flying high and random
Dangling a string
Or slumped over in a vacant room
Head on a stranger's knee
I'm sure back home
They think i've lost my mind.

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All is quiet his tired eyes
See figures jotted down
And clothes all strewn around
The bedroom floor
Now nothing's adding up
And nothing's making sense
She's sleeping like a baby
She doesn't know he wasn't
Meant for this

I'm missing the war
I'm missing the war all night
Missing the war

He drove home again
Pissed and beaten
It's really no big deal
It happens all the time
It's no big deal

I'm missing the war
I'm missing the war all night
Missing the war
I'm missing the war
Till beads of sunlight hit
Me in the morning (and i forget)

So much time so little to say

Time may fly
And dreams may die
The shaking voice that tells
Him go
Still thinks he might
He knows he won't
I'm missing the war
Missing the war all night
Missing the war

I said what you wanted to hear
And what i wanted to say
So i will take it back
Are all the dishes intact?
Let them be broken, broken

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It's easy to be
Easy and free
When it doesn't mean anything
You remain selfless, cold and
Composed

You've done me no favor
To call and be nice
Telling me i
Can take anything i like
You don't owe me to be so
Polite
You've done no wrong
You've done no wrong
Get out of my sight

Chorus

Come on baby now throw me
A right to the chin
Don't just stare like
You never cared
I know you did
But you just smile
Like a bank teller
Blankly telling me
Have a nice life
Come on baby now
Throw me a right
To the chin
Just one sign that could
Show me that you give a
Shit
But you just smile politely
And i grow weaker and i
Said what you wanted to hear
And what i wanted to say
So i will take it back

Chorus

Everyone gather round now
Sing us a song
Just in case by tomorrow
It happens he's gone
For two weeks and seven days
Our fair foreign friend
I have this feeling
We might never see steven again

Chorus

We thought he was gone
But he's come back again
Last week it was funny
But now the joke's wearing thin
Everyone knows now
That every night now
Will be steven's last night
In town

He's charmed [live:fucked] everyone here
Except tamara easter
Who later revealed to him
Her innermost secrets
Won us over with stories
About linda mccartney
Lost points with the ladies
For saying he couldn't love a
Woman with cellulite

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[on demo: i'm wondering how
Your decorations are standing up.
In fact, the lawn's looking a little
Shabby, but we can discuss that later.
How's the chimney stack doing?
And the door arches, they're ok?]
We were talking 'bout something
Seems like was funny
Then steven got quiet
I think steven was mad [live: pissed]
Maybe he wasn't mad
But we felt very strange in
The moment
But the moment was passed
And forgotten about

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