1. |
When I Was a Child
02:25
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When I was a child
The sky was blue
When I was a child
The sky was blue
And then I grew
When I was a child
It was me and you
When I was a child
It was just me and you
And then I grew
When I was a child
When I was a child
When I was a child
When I was a child
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2. |
Renegotiate Possibility
03:11
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I look into my eyes
I see the same eyes
I saw all those years ago
Am I the same
How could I be the same
I guess I kind of feel the same though
I’m getting older
It’s true
But there’s still a lot of good things
I can do
How could I be boring?
I need to renegotiate possibility
The city seems so ugly
My city seems so ugly
I thought it was beautiful
Is it the same
How could it be the same
I guess it kind of feels the same though
There’s been a lot of changes
I know
But there’s still a lot of places
We can go
How could it be boring?
I need to renegotiate possibility
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3. |
Mike Becker
02:06
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Mike Becker
You never
Smiled at anyone
Mike Becker
You never
Laughed at any jokes
I would laugh
Just like everybody else
Even if it wasn’t funny
Mike Becker
You never
Listened to the teachers
Mike Becker
You never
Seemed to get hung up
I remember
When you told me what a blowjob was
It blew my mind
Mike Becker
You’ll never
Fully be revealed
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4. |
At Least I Have My Books
02:59
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Said goodbye
We said goodbye again
When will we
Be saying hi again
I love you both more than I can say
I’m glad I got to be
Part of your special day
Oh now
We’re up in the air
Please Mr Pilot
Take me anywhere
I close my window
I don’t want to look
Out at the clouds
At least I have my books
I want to cry
When I think back on our life
We were so little
Now we are so big
We lived together
Now we don’t
Said I
Am always your friend
And I’ll be there
‘Til the very end
I’m looking forward
To special days to come
I open up my window
Gaze upon the setting sun
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5. |
Ice Pick Marry Me
02:40
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Take me down tonight
Take me down to the party
I wanna see my friends
I wanna have some fun
I wanna be there
When the ball drops
I wanna be there
With someone to laugh
I wanna take my time
I wanna forget myself
I wanna take my time
And forget my troubles
I wanna be there
When the ball drops
I wanna be there
For the mushroom cloud
I wanna be there
When the ball drops
I wanna be there
When the ball drops
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6. |
Easter Is For Lovers
02:32
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Easter is for lovers
Spend the day under the covers
See if you can find my lost eggs
As you sit there in your pew
Look around
Think about who you would do
Easter is the day to make love
Easter is for lovers
Spend the day under the covers
Try to resurrect me if you can
As you eat your
Pancake breakfast
The syrup drizzles onto your wrist, baby
Easter is the day to make love
Easter is for lovers
Spend the day under the covers
Shouting and screaming god’s name
I’m a freak with a palm frond
Don’t stop ‘til you’re done
Easter is the day to make love
Easter is the day to make love
Easter is the day to make love
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Drive a dagger in the heart of the city
Sit around and watch it bleed
While you and your friends get rich
You can laugh at all the poor people bitch
Drive a dagger in the heart of the city
Sit around and watch it bleed
While you and your friends get rich
You can laugh at all the poor people bitch
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8. |
Starship Dead Prize
03:02
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Starship dead prize
I’ve been opening my eyes
I’ve been here before
I’ve been here
Starship dead prize
I have opened up my eyes
And I’ve never seen the light of day
And I’ve never had the time to play
Starship dead prize
Open up your eyes
You’ve never seen the light of day
You’ve never seen the light of day
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I thought about
Writing you a birthday song
But I just keep getting it wrong
But I just keep getting it wrong
I realize
That I didn’t get you anything
And if you weren’t so amazing
I’d probably be in big shit now
And I know that you don’t care
But I still think I should clarify
I’m no good at giftgiving
I’m stingy and I’m cheap
And I’m really indecisive
But it don’t mean I don’t love you
I do I do I do
I’m no good at giftgiving
I think too much
And I’m really food sensitive
It don’t mean I don’t love you
I do I do I do
You’re wonderful it’s true
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10. |
Lonesome Soldier
03:48
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Comes home from the war
Otherwise known as the grocery store
Steps inside his evil lair
Put his bags down on a chair
He’s a lonesome soldier
He’s a lonely warrior
And he knows
His time will come
And he’s not
Having enough fun
Can’t go back to his hometown
Can’t go back to the same old shit
Everyone he thought he knew
Is wearing red, white, and blue
He’s a lonesome soldier
He’s a lonely warrior
And he knows
His time will come
So he’s going
To find a way to have fun
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11. |
How Can You Live There?
03:08
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How can you live there?
Don’t you know what happened
All those years ago
There was a family
Shot dead as they slept
Right there in their beds
In their beds
How can you live there?
Don’t try to tell me
That you got a good price
There was a family
Shot dead as they slept
Right there in their beds
In their beds
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12. |
Never Go Back Home
05:20
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The sky is gray and hey hey hey
What do you know so is my hair
The houses look like sunken ships
Pirates looted them and left them bare
I take one final walk
Noticing the silence in the air
You can never go back home
You got no reason to care
I don’t give a rat’s ass about nothin’
I sure as hell don’t give a rat’s ass about you
But when I randomly see your face pop up
I randomly remember that your house was blue
Everything I thought I was
Everything I thought I knew
You can never go back home
There’s nothing there that’s true
A piece of me will always be
Locked up inside those endless days
Inside the laughter and the innocence
Is a feeling that I never want to fade
Wherever we go
We’ll have to find our own way
You can never go back home
There’s no place for you to stay
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Joe Dickinson Chicago, Illinois
Hi, I’m Joe Dickinson.
I'm a DIY singer/songwriter from Chicago,
IL.
It's not easy, balancing the external demands of work/life with the internal demands of creativity, but I'm working toward a set of sustainable internal systems that will allow me to continue to write, record, and release songs. Hopefully for the rest of my life.
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