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The Bubble Boy Becomes The Nothing Man

by Joe Dickinson

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Daley's Folly (Pull Yerself Up By Yer Bootstraps) 02:29
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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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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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Happy Birthday (Giftgiving) 01:18
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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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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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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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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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released March 1, 2015

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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.

I appreciate you taking the time to listen. ... more

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