1. |
Apollo Strange
03:27
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Music doesn’t quite do it anymore
And feels less essential than before
Who will be the next one?
Who will be the next one?
You never know when you’ll fall for someone again
You never know when you’ll fall for someone again
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2. |
In Courts and Lovers
01:49
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In courts and lovers
You never know just what is in the other’s mind
Behind words that are spoken
In courts and lovers
You win or lose, you tell the truth but
Still you end up broken
And then she says “Oh spend the day with me,
Take me to bed, and make me feel so free”
And that, my friend, is still the best way to win her
In courts and lovers
Don’t ever say who and what you really are
Just love and be receiver
In courts and lovers
You’re in the dark, don’t ask what they really mean
For they don’t know it either
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3. |
Capricorns
02:13
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They say Muhammad Ali has an I.Q. less than 80
But what do I care? He’s a Capricorn, he’s alright
He might be a womanizer but he’s alright
I know that David Bowie has more talent than two of me
But what do I care? He’s a Capricorn, he’s alright
I might be a little jealous but I’m alright
Plus I know he feels the same about the Stones
They say that Dunaway has scared the weaker ones away
With proof of unbounded ego
She’s a Capricorn, after all!
Now, Jesus Christ was a Pisces if I ever saw one
What possessed his mind was: was he God or was he not?
You must admit if he’d been the slightest bit a goat
He wouldn’t think to ask, as that is something we’re all sure of
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4. |
President
03:07
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Every time you’re near, feel like the richest guy in town
When other guys come up to you, you always turn them down
But I can’t help but think if I was making something more
Then I could be the real man you always waited for
By being the president
I can make some money and make you feel good
Seems like every night feel like I’m lying here alone
Just thinking ’bout what could’ve been from chances that I’ve blown
When I see your face, I can see so much good in there
I wish I could be more for you, a simple millionaire
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5. |
Jolly Jokers
01:43
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Instrumental
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6. |
Khan
03:55
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On my window tap the rains of summer
On the panes such strange designs
Reflections in the little splats
Like trails of rats or tracks of snails
It seems to rain forever . . .
From my window I can see the sugarcane dry
I see it all ’cause I’m so high
Forest life has got to me
Ashes on the window sill
Hauling trees and making tar
Will it stop? It never will . . .
From my window I can see so many things
People running back and forth
They know the tractors so soon will come
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7. |
Quiet Please
06:12
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And when I thanked you, you said it was nothing
Days went by
Just like you said―it was nothing
You said try putting the bad things behind us
I said my memory’s bad but not that bad
Fake me out, reel me in
Free me up and seal me into myself again
And so I thank you
Late last night, driving around on the sidewalk
Slowing down, Urge Overkill is dropout rock
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8. |
Jim on the Move
03:22
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Instrumental
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9. |
Automatic Poem
05:50
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Sunrise
Clouds should’ve died
Calling off the men
Windows drawn warmth stays in
In ill-advised ways
Who can say on cats castaway the pair is over land
Electric needles pierce my mind’s eye take away
Rumor summer
Ektra north of the sunny river
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10. |
Tell the Boys Hello
02:35
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Tell the boys hello
I can make the show
In a little while
If they let me go
I’ve been here for ages
I’ve been here for hours
She cannot see the corner
Where the rest of me cowers
I’ve been here forever
Stuck inside for years
She sings along
To all the songs of the hour
Time has made it so
Tell the boys hello
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11. |
I Am Amazing
02:56
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What do you want me to do? I’ll try
Then later on we can both sit down and cry
What do you want me to feel? I do
Then later you can say “No one hurts me like you do”
I’m so amazing
Kick out the dark, put in the spark when you’re down
And so I’ll make it
Fake it O.K. until the next time around
Your impossible dreams so high
I’ll give up everything till all that’s left’s goodbye
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12. |
Atlantis
00:43
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Station identification
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13. |
How Can This Be Love?
03:12
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Rushed goodbyes and she’s leaving
Train is rolling down the track
Before I run out of platform
She’s no longer looking back
How can this be love we’re in?
Stormy clouds unexpected
And soon our clothes are dripping wet
This I see as a high point
But she just doesn’t get it yet
How can this be love we’re in?
Take her to Little Tokyo
This place you’ve got to see to believe
Hiko gets ready his shamisen
And she gets up to leave?!
How can this be love . . . ?
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14. |
Super Sister
02:28
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He got the heart attack
She got the kids and her last name back
She got the dynasty
He got the bill for attorney fees
My sister says all of love is for the best
But she has seen what she has seen and not the rest
He liked how wild she could be
But my sister was anything but f r ee
She left the court in smiles
Her counsel’s got access to her files
My sister says she will love who all she can
Acting zen just now and then, she says it’s all in the plan
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15. |
Teenage Fantasy
02:35
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The boys I know are all too serious
They try and love me, but they leave me cold
Don’t have that thing that’s so mysterious
I stay alone and watch my life unfold . . .
No one knows how to touch me
Like I know how to touch myself
And no one knows how to love me
Like I know how to love myself
I’ve been with every guy, I’ve tried them all
But more and more, I like them less and less
Until that day I find the one for me
I’ll just be happy all alone, I guess
I’ve always been
Inclined to fall into being part of their teenage fantasy
I’m through with those days
Those romantic clichés
Give me someone to lay me honestly
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16. |
I Got Lost
02:58
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I hang on every word that comes from out your lips
With time you spend with other guys, I still can’t come to grips
I answer every doorbell with fingers crossed
From the moment I found you, I got lost
I pencil in with others just in case you change your mind
I go out every night and think I see you from behind
I toss and turn till morning, and I’ve paid the cost
From the moment I found you, I got lost
I follow closely at your heels
Just like a little pup for you
I sometimes think that you drop things
So that I can pick them up for you
My mind gets all distorted every time I see your face
You jump right in my heart and run amok around the place
The ways you can control me you never will exhaust
From the moment I found you, I got lost
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17. |
Mr. Sophistication
02:09
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Well we only broke up last week
And you’re already going ’round with her
And now you’re looking so chic
And you’re getting all “downtowned” with her
You two sure are making a display
I didn’t know before that you were
Some changes made around here
Well I guess I should have listened
When you told me of the urge you had
To try it with a woman
Well I guess you got it really bad
But I wonder if she only goes your way
I’m going to make some changes come your
Some changes made around here
Well I hate to break it to you
But your girlfriend’s gone the other way
She was feeling kind of empty
So she got herself filled up today
I guess she didn’t tell you
I really couldn’t help it
Some changes made around here
Some changes made
The change is made
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18. |
Take Ten
00:32
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Sampler
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19. |
Is It Really So Real?
01:04
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Is it really so real?
Will I ever wake up
From a complex of dreams
That amounts to to be?
Will I ever be free?
Will illusion dissolve?
Will it ever make sense
When I finally can see?
You’re all in my head
And you’re gone when I’m dead
I’m in all of you
Will I look back and laugh?
Will I find it’s a test?
If I do, then I do
I can just do my best
You’re all in my head
And you’re gone when I’m dead
I’m in all of you
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20. |
Chanteuse
02:29
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Pretend for me
Pretend you care
Pretend to be there
When I call at four o’clock
’Cause I know it’s not real
And may be even wrong
To stretch it out too long
But every time I look at you . . .
Pretend for me
Give me a chance
A whirlwind romance
Does not just blow over overnight
You should deceive me
And try to keep from me
That brutal honesty
You should destroy me
A little at a time
’Cause every time I look at you . . .
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21. |
Future People
03:35
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On the radio
Vistas open slow
Computer’s whispered words
Strange magnetic show
Music in my ears
Static from all the years
Fly into the night
Try to get it right
Needles in the red
Better off than dead
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22. |
Battle of the Cameras
02:40
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Rocky landing, busy airport
Two days to [reading map] Milano
All the crazy people driving around
There’s so much here to do
Writing postcards on your holiday isn’t easy
All those semi-friends you left there at home
Are somehow still with you
Seeing the temples
Feeling your temples [rim shot]
Only three more days till you go back home
If you’re lucky, you can afford to go
Once in five years
And you’re waiting for it to begin
At the bottom of your holiday
Is a sigh
Everything has come down crashing on you
That’s the point you finally, finally give up
Oh
Let go
Let go
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23. |
The Star Door
10:02
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The Planet Federation had occasion to convene
another grand election. The Lord High Astral
Chancellor had wanted help in running certain
problem sections. The next thing I remember,
I was on a platform overlooking a sea of faces.
The Lord High Astral Chancellor bowed down to me
and offered certain social graces. All shades and
shapes of finery were donned, and presentation
started of rare possessions. And after I gave
thanks, the multitude it formed in ranks and
started the Grand Procession. The blaring light
it shone from me and then I saw that I was clear
and perfected. I knew that I was chosen when
the face I had when I was human was projected.
The Stellar Universal Stations all prepared to
amplify me through the Star Door. Through Central
Operations, my relations all prepared to watch me
on channel four.
I can’t believe that you were on my mind all
of the time . . .
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24. |
Big Ben
03:25
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Instrumental
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25. |
A Song About You
04:49
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Do I still owe everyone
For everything that they have done
That somehow I got something from?
How do you repay a life?
Do I have to make amends
With people who were not close friends
But who taught me something good?
Have I told them like I should?
Like what I see when I sit there
Logging and transforming all they are?
Once I never questioned them
Somehow they all got inside
Turned me into what I am
Mostly never knowing it
But now that I have left behind
People still there in my book
Is there something I should do?
Am I still in their book too?
Now I don’t owe anyone
You all have a song about you
This is where I draw the line
And you all fall behind it
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26. |
Sun Tower
04:15
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Memory made me do it on my own
Fashioned steel and filled the rest in with stone
Built my own tower to my lonely world
And the gold god and the sun-haired girl
Took myself up to lie upon the ledge
Sun came to me and she burned through me FOREVER
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27. |
Nobody Loves You
07:55
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Nobody loves you like I do inside
Afraid to get on such an unstable ride
They’ve no idea what you want or what you need
And they don’t know when to fall back and when to lead
Or just to stand to the side
Nobody loves you like I do inside
Nobody holds you in such high esteem
Though sometimes I know that that’s not how it seems
They wouldn’t help if you needed them bad
Just wouldn’t relate if you just wanted to be sad
In your own little dream
Nobody holds you in such high esteem
Nobody knows what I know about you
Like each little sequence that you put me through
Your changeable heart is so hard to correct
But then you’re right there when I start to expect
To live my life without you
Nobody knows what I know about you
Nobody sees what I do in your eyes
When you see blank expressions on all the other guys
What would they think if you told them the score?
How deep you can be and you still want more?
No one else comes in your size
Nobody loves you like I do inside
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28. |
Three Into One
04:57
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Three into one
Friends every one
A summer’s fun
The wheel is spun
One is alright if you are strong
Two is a standard to lean upon
Three is a number you can’t count on
Three into one
Became undone
One lover’s crush
Crushed everyone
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29. |
Teeth
04:31
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The smile that goes across your face
You laugh when you walk in the place
Your teeth they sparkle like the waves
Your eyes like tiny seaside caves
Your skin is dry and very hot
You laugh and run and you are caught
I know I can’t keep up for long
You laughed even when I wrote this song
You’re mocking my romantic words
With cries and chirps like insane birds
You’re laughing at my normal ways
You say that change is all that “stays”
Your front teeth show how young you are
The ones behind are cracked like stones
Your words they say you’ve come so far
Your eyes they say you came alone
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30. |
Lisztophenia
03:30
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It’s Saturday night
I have every right to fall down
It happens sometimes
I still like to poison myself
I’m starting to think
Why I never got anything done
Did the frustrations of youth
Blind me to the freedoms of being young?
Youth and anger is just futility
Youth and freedom is rarely ability
The bass is the lead, the rolls, and the Rotosound
A shard of guitar is spinning away from the ground
The drums are the sea, the singer don’t like the sound
The expectations of being under 30
Which made me feel anxious and say arch and stupid things
Completely dissolved when I quit the band
And I realized I had 60 years left to go
To think of the things that 30-year-old wouldn’t know
And wouldn’t you know
I still like to poison myself!
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31. |
Silently
06:13
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He’s unknown but not for long
He’s got a plan to get the world to know his feelings
It’s been building far too long inside of him
To get someone to know he’s out there
He walks her home silently
Moving down and out of sight
“We’ll walk alone, you and me”
Moving deep into the night
“I’m a solitary man―they never talked to me
And now my talking days are over”
And with that, he takes her hand, hurries her along
To save the only thing that matters
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Jim Mills is a former member of various L.A. groups (Drill Team, Wondermints, Dukes of Silverlake, Quazar, Martian Lamps) who finally recorded all-solo album 'F R double E' in 2006. Then formed group to play the music: Heidi Servey (bass), Aaron Criswell (guitar), and Jon Niemann (guitar/keys). The next album, 'Sun Tower', finally completed in 2019, was a triple album, also entirely played by JM. ... more
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