1. |
Bad As They Seem
03:30
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[Coughs]
Girl of my dreams
Things are as bad as they seem
She is only sixteen *changed to “She is only 23” for live performances
That's why she's only a dream
Woman of my dreams
Lives right down my street
Has a daughter who's sixteen
That's why she's only a dream
What do I do this for
Got to get out some more
Go down to the grocery store
Meet someone I'll adore
Someone who'll make me laugh
Someone to be my better half
Keep me warm under the sack
Share with me my midnight snack
Job of my dreams
Things are as bad as they seem
Working where I did at fourteen
Making less pay it seems
What do I do this for
Got to get out some more
Go down to the grocery store
Meet someone I'll adore
Someone who'll make me laugh
Someone to be my better half
Keep me warm under the sack
Share with me my midnight snack
House of my dreams
Things are as bad as they seem
My parents' house I'll stay for free
Till I'm at least 43
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2. |
In September
02:37
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I don't need to, take this shit from you
I don't want you, calling me up at two
Just to tell me that some guy you met who
While at a party, told you that he loved you
And I don't need to know this, need to know this
And I don't wanna know this, wanna know this
Tell me the way they are with you
Tell me exactly what they do
Things that you say don't need to prove
That what I have is much to lose
And I don't need to, take this shit from you
And I don't want you, calling me up at two
Just to tell me, that some guy you met who
While at a party came just looking at you
And we never should have said that, in September
We shouldn't go away but stay together
Tell me the way to be with you
Tell me exactly what to do
Things that you say don't need to prove
That what I have is love for you
For you
For you
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3. |
We Don't Mind
04:35
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It was a Tuesday morn in November
I slept at your house the night before
We couldn't wait to get up to go for
A big breakfast in an old fashioned diner
A full meal six coffee refills later
We both have to be at work in an hour
Let's call in sick i suggest to her
I'll call your boss and tell her that you're under
The weather, you'll call mine, you will tell her
That I'm very sick and that
You're my mother
So we walk down the street
Looking for a phone booth we
Rehearse what we're going to say
So that we can have this day
Away...
We find a phone booth with room for two
I call your boss and i don't speak the truth
They're pretty mad about you but they'll get through
You call my work in my mother's voice
They believe you
And it starts to rain outside
In our phone booth we hide
It doesn't let up until 5
Squished together we don't mind
We don't mind...
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4. |
Tragedy
03:56
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Broken bottle won't hurt me
Nothing worse than I have dreamed
Gunshot in my chest you'll leave
I can take that, you will see
Late at night is when I dream
Horrible things are what I see
Hard for me to believe
I wake up and I want free
Car crash highway tragedy
Nothing worse than I have dreamed
Loss of my best friend I grieve
I can take that, you will see
Late at night is when I dream
Horrible things are what I see
Hard for me to believe
I wake up and I want free
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5. |
Stem
01:47
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I bought a rose
To give to you
A windy day
The petals flew
From the stem
To the street
I tried to catch them
With my feet
I got to your door
You looked to see
Through the people
Right at me
You let me in
And I just froze
I gave you a stem
That was a rose...
That was a rose
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6. |
Skates
07:17
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When I was younger, a part-time job worker
Department store centre, I saw a man enter
He was middle-aged, deep lines on his face
Tight mouth and eyes glazed
Eyelids just half-raised
And I looked at him, he looked at me
He looked so sad, I had to see
What did he want, what could it be
What had he been through before me seeing him
In the store I worked for that year, that year
Ice skates he asked for, In the middle of summer
He wanted a good pair, the price he did not care
I looked for his size, our best pair he tried
Custom back and sides, excitement in his eyes
I asked are you a pro, he looked sad and said no
These skates are my last hope
Without them i cannot cope
And he said my wife, she drowned this summer
Behind our house, the river took her
I cannot swim, I need to find her
I will wait till it freezes over
And then I will skate, as far as it takes
I will skate as far as it takes, to bring her back home
To bring her back home, to bring her back home
Back home
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7. |
I'm To Blame
02:24
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I considered your letter
I understood your questions
I'm wasting away
I've gone astray
Take me away
I know what you'll say
I'm to blame
Didn't want change
Things can't stay the same way
Come get me, I'm ready
My minds changed
Will you take me?
I'm wasting Away
I've gone astray
Take Me away
I know what you'll say
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8. |
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Instrumental
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9. |
Driveway
04:19
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Baby on the drive
Time is almost five
Laundry basket I
Sit in while Lee tries
To tell me I should know
Tell me I would grow
Sticking fourteen stones
Gently up my nose
So I shoved one up
Until it got stuck
Five more then I'm done
Playing with Lee's no fun
Dad came out the front door and he saw
Only Lee sticking a rock
Up his nose while I just watched
Dad chased him around the block
Dad caught him real quick
Then he gave him shit
Hospital by six
His nose the doctors fixed
I sit on the drive
Waiting till they arrive
Nose is full inside
Trying to stay alive
Lee was too scared to tell dad how many
Stones up my nose no one says
Till one day a bleeding face
Stone falls from my nose they say
They say
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10. |
Hardly
04:13
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Could I be the one thing
Missing from your life
And from your everyday?
I need you to be beside me
Why don't you call me and we'll see?
I see you having coffee
You are almost beside me
Laughing with your friends
I tell Lorraine to look at you
I tell her I need to tell you
I don't know you
But I want to
I just can't leave here
Without telling you --
Just how lonely I've been lately
You are just as lonely, maybe?
We should go out for some coffee
I wonder how I can
Give you my phone number
And not be so afraid?
I ask Lorraine to give it to you
When I go to the washroom
I return to the table
I look, but I'm unable
To find you anywhere
I ask Lorraine to look for you
I tell her I need to tell you
Don't know you
But I want to
I just can't leave here
Without telling you --
Just how lonely I've been lately
You are just as lonely, maybe?
We should go out for some coffee
On the way out the door
Lorraine lets me know that she went up to you
And gave you my number and said
'call him or else he'll be sad.'
And I waited, for two weeks and
I realized that you'd never call me
How could I have been so stupid
I should have gone up to you and
Told you myself how you make me feel
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11. |
You Were Loved
02:46
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Analyzed, thought it over too much
Criticize myself way too much
I will utilize the energy I have left
To say goodbye
To you and I will survive
Cause I lost what I once found in you
Take your smoke
Coughing choking, there is no hope
Take your records away
I hate folk
Pack your bags and don't forget your coat
It's cold outside, but you'll survive
Cause I lost what I once found in you
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12. |
When This Is Over
03:59
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I wake up
Beside you, in mom's car
I try to get you out
You're strapped to the backseat
I am too
The car is rolling into water
Why are we
Strapped to our seats
Trapped
What did we do?
I cleaned my room just as she asked me to
Filling up, dirty water
My chin's up, going under
You're still asleep, baby brother
I'll wake you up when this is over
The car is rolling into water
Why are we
Strapped to our seats
Trapped
What did we do?
I brushed my teeth just as she asked me to
This is it, baby brother
One more breath together
We're almost under water
Where is mom?
I miss her
The car has rolled into the water
Why are we dying in this way
What did we do?
I was nice to him
Her boyfriend, this is stupid
When people come to search the lake
We'll be found in our pajamas
They will see
A big mistake is all that this must be
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13. |
My Parent's House
04:35
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Time, time when you stayed over
We stayed in bed forever
The mail piled at the door
Time, we lost track of the hours
Pizza boxes tower
The floor beside the bed
Time, our bodies sore from something
It surely wasn't walking
Our friends thought we were dead
And I can't recreate those times we used to have
Without you they'll be bad
Let's meet next month at my parent's house they'll be
Away like they were then
Away like we were then
Time, you met someone new
Someone who likes you
Not like I liked you
Time, you ask him if he'll mind
Of course he'll surely mind
So just leave him for me
And will you meet me and we'll try to set things right
I want things to be right
And I bet we'll stay in bed for days and never leave
I never want to leave
We never have to leave
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14. |
Lounging
04:35
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Why do I
Stay up till three
Lounging, eating, watching tv?
I promised you
I promised you
That was through
Why do I
Sleep in so late?
I wish sleeping wasn't
So great
I promised you
I promised you
That was through
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15. |
Original Recipes
04:01
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16. |
I Almost Cried
03:36
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17. |
Trees Lounge (Demo)
03:28
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18. |
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19. |
Recipes (Out-Takes)
03:55
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Hayden Desser Toronto, Ontario
For over 20 years, Hayden Desser has been making music on his own terms and on his own schedule. The three-time JUNO nominee has produced, engineered and mixed most of his records at home, creating a world of his own, exploring themes ranging from love lost and found to bear maulings and home invasions. ... more
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