We've Neve

was he a painter
underground major
wasn't he conspiring with ralph nader
sunday afternoons in central park
was he a writer
a freedom fighter
did he make your world a little brighter
mondays after dark
andy warhol had to die
we don't know why
we don't know why
now he's painting passersby
in his corner of the sky
was he a thinker
a heavy drinker
was nixon wrapped around his finger
I've heard crazy alli swear he was
was he a controller
a hip rock n' roller
did he realize that the war was over
or let them go on just because
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while lou's still walking on the wild side
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now I've been working
nights at the diner
where a soup can serves as my reminder
did he ever draw JFK
has anyone seen him
talked to him lately
would you tell him that I'm waiting
sunday afternoons in central park

I never shared I never cared
it didn't matter much
and no one stared
I didn't pretend to be someone
to be somewhere
you know that's not my style
so put my picture on your button
my name around your hat
call all the neighbors
and tell them I'm back
I've changed
I've come in from the ledge
I've changed
there's nothing here at all
no nothing here at all
for me to run from
I'd like to show you sometime
what I'm all about
I am pushing myself through
and hanging on
without love it's lonely
where I stand
are you lonely too
it's a long, long road home
but I'll run, I'll run for you
you're everyone's everything
I'm dust in a saturn ring
I champion the things you hate
the list is long
an hour late
I've changed
I've come in from the ledge
I've changed
there's nothing here at all
no nothing here at all
for me to run from
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I'd like to spend some time with you

you never smile
the way you used to do
I see you trying
but it's just not you
what is wrong
and what is right
Marvin said he tried
he just couldn't get through
maybe it's a line
he's just not used to
what went wrong
and what went right
tell me do you plan this pain
does it come down on you
like the rain
is there something I can say to you
I can't stop the storm
but I can cover you
there's something in the doorway
between you and me
from my angle
it's too hard to see
tell me would you please
humor me
do you care about me
then care about yourself
or carry on your way
all by yourself
your sinking ship
is drowning me
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every now and then
I think of how it used to be
the power you would send
would light up the city
for miles aroundyou were never alone
I can see you struggle
and I can feel your pain
I think we're headed for trouble
are we falling apart again
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guess who came by
and asked about you last night
asked if you were seeing someone else
it's no big thing
so how have you been doing
I'm kind of seeing someone new myself
are you listening close enough to hear
somewhere it changed
I'm falling back in
now it's me who's calling you again
I hear myself go on and on
hoping I'll accidentally make sense
don't ask me now
what's on my mind
maybe I just called to say hi
but I guess you can see
there are two things that I need
nothing and everything
do you still have
those shoes I used to laugh at
remember that night they turned your feet red
is it too much
to tell you that I think of
the sound of those shoes falling by my bed
if you could read my mind
you'd see it clear
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hey I didn't mean
to take up your time
I know this sounds like a riddle
I'm hiding behind
but there's nothing I want more
than to have everything
like it used to be
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I know you know what I'm about to say
but let me tell it to you anyway
although I never mean to let you down
you keep your head up and you stand your ground
don't think I don't see all the things that you do
You're the reason we've made it through
there you are
on the phone again
reminding me why we're still friends
there's a road we're on that never ends
cause there you are again
I know that sometimes I don't think to call
but don't start thinking I don't care at all
I'm always on my way to somewhere else
searching high and low to find myself
stuck on that highway
between here and there
I could be anywhere
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you're like the eye of a hurricane
you are a constant in a world of change
you are the calm in the storm
when life gets strange
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I stare alone
for no reason at all
I could've had someone with me
but didn't think to call
and I'm definately bored
and I sit with the cure
I know I want to go
yet my mind must know something more
I wanna go home
somewhere south of tennessee
I wanna go home
this isn't what it used to be
feel the lines
they're on my face
where old school yards
aren't parking space
I'm home
I'm home
south of tennessee
now I'm stuck in time
in an ordinary chair
this ain't no dream land
hell this is nowhere
I'd ever wish to be
and I haven't spoken to my brother in over 2 years
and I smell like cigarettes
and I don't and won't even smoke the stuff
but it seems to be growing on me
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now I touch my face
everythings feels to be in place
I have no clue how long it's been since I left you
and left myself in outer space
you know gravity's cool for a while
but so are go-carts
and I know I want to go
but don't want to deal with the technical parts
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