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Trustafarian
02:57
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I'm a Trustafarian
Livin in a loft on the upper west side
I drive a Porsche Cayenne
But me parents handle the insurance man
Me and my boy Ryan
Sometimes we slum it and we order in
A little roti or a jerk chicken
From Dean and Delucca or the Four Season
Maybe next weekend
Go to a party in the West Hampton
Hopin me parents are in Boston
I charge the whole thing to Express American
Don't judge me
I understand what it means to be poor
I just donated
So don't hate it
To the Haitians I can't give anymore
Trustafarian
Livin in a loft on the upper Rosedale
I drive a Porsche Cayenne
But me parents handle the insurance man
Maybe next weekend
go to a party in the West Hampton
Hopin me parents are in Boston
I charge the whole thing to Express American
I wish I was Jamaican
I wish I was Jamaican
I wish I was Jamaican
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2. |
City on My Mind
04:30
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Hey you remember when
things were much simpler then.
Living off the crops in October.
Turning a new leaf over.
Hay, oats, chickens, horses.
I always got bucked off of course.
What doesn't kill you only makes you regret
that you never wore a helmet.
I remember friday nights;
Goodnight Irene by the firelight
Pauline on Piano, my Daddy playin on his banjo
These are such fogey tunes
so I was stuck up in my room
dreamin of a better life but why.
Guess I'm a country boy with the city on my mind
Friends never came around.
They had a lot more fun in town.
I was stuck entertaining myself
Wishin I was somebody else.
If I was a townie like the rest
Wouldn't that just be the best.
Not stuck in the country bitchin'
that we only got peasant vision.
We got a fuzzy CBC a little CTV and some french TV
Mama told me to read more books
Stop playin Nintendo, but I was hooked.
If I was in town we'd be ridin bikes
to the corner store in the dark of night.
Buyin all the candy we could find.
Guess I'm a country boy with the city on my mind.
Runnin through an open field
Never seemed like such a big deal.
The city lights were the measure of my dreams.
Always wanted to be city bread, guess I'm a country bum instead
It's funny how things turn out so it seems.
Lookin back at all I got,
Man I was one lucky snot.
Now I live in a closet.
Payin bills feelin nauseous.
City lights burnin red,
the sirens ringin in my head.
Wishin I was back there all the time
Guess I'm a city boy with the country on my mind
Guess I'm a city boy with the country on my mind
I just wanna see that country one more time.
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3. |
Stir Crazy
03:36
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Well I finally got her back gonna kick it in gear.
Locked and loaded got the bass and tweeters pumpin out the rear
this '89 Chevy is purring right
There's a block heater sitting by the dashboard light
A hundred miles pluggin through that oil sand pouch
I got Fort Mac in the back and I'm a headin' South
Gave my boss a verbal notice and handed in my drill
Dusted off my overalls got my cash from the till
He's been givin me hell since I can't forget
That wishing well whipped me through a lot of regrets
Still thawing my fingers from the early the freeze
It's minus 40 in the sunshine with the summer breeze
Chorus
Lookin for kicks wherever I'm bound
Scratchin at the door like a rabid hound
Rubber squealin, diesel burnin
I'm a dust cyclone
Stir crazy baby never comin home
Got money in my pocket a trunk full of dreams
This time I'll get my ends no matter the means
I got an old six string, it plays real loud
So set 'em up Joe I got a hungry crowd
I got 12 bars of blues I gotta play tonight
Line em up ladies if you wanna bite
Chorus
Living off drive throughs motel rooms and parking lots
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4. |
Slowdance
04:59
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It's been a long time since we made love
I know you're thinking, am I strong enough
I can remember when we first kissed
Cause every time this song plays it's you I miss
Baby let's go back to the days of bliss
The disco ball would spin
I'd pull you in, we're in a trance
Let's go back to another school slow dance
I can remember when they used to play Stairway to Heaven
Those were the days,
You were always dancing with another guy,
I was just hoping, you would catch my eye
Matt and Pat were moshing at the back
Nicole and Kristine getting caught getting drunk
The nerds and the geeks doing D and D deals in the can
I was hoping, Lord I was hoping
That maybe you and me, I'd be your man
The disco ball would spin
I'd pull you in, we're in a trance
Let's go back to another school slow dance
I know going back there seems like a cliche fantasy
It doesn't mean that much to you baby, but it means a lot to me
Put your sequins on and let's get some November Rain
Remember the good times, forget the pain, yeah
The disco ball would spin I'd pull you in we're in a trance
baby let's go back to another school slow dance
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5. |
Welcome To My World
03:53
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I wait for you to come around
The last day of my life
You would never be that strong
To tell me otherwise
Every night I dream of you
Silver and Gold
You loved me too
but no story to be told
No No No
Welcome to my world
It's never too late
Welcome to my world
It's never too late
You sit in your high chair
You can't see this low
You've got a lot of people up there
I've got none down below
The trumpet sounds for you
You got the good that lasts
The alarm sounds for me
I'll be here til I pass away.
Weicome to my world
It's never too late
Welcome to my world
It's never too late
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6. |
Runnin
04:41
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Burned night wide open
you put your heart where your mouth has spoken
love light in a shelter
between money and time, and I'm broken
she'll take your mind
wrap it up in a bind and entwine you
it's your turn, your line
You search your heart for your mind, you can't find it
Don't live a lie
Don't live a lie
When you're out there runnin
And you can hear them gunnin
Everybody's havin fun
But you're on the run
she'll take your mind
wrap it up in a bind and entwine you
it's your turn, your line
You search your heart for your mind, you can't find it
Don't live a lie
Don't live a lie
When you're out there runnin
And you can hear them gunnin
Everybody's havin fun
But you're on the run
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7. |
Please
04:15
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You had me by the heart I was about to start to cry
Never gave me a reason
I never got a reason why
Sittin in the kitchen
wondering what I've done wrong
All I ever wanted was to be with you all night long
I don't want to be old fat and ugly
All alone with nobody to hug me
I don't want to be alone
So come on now woman
Listen to my song
Please Please
I'm layin all my cards down cause I ain't got time to waste
You know I love you baby but I can't stand lookin at your face
Now the way you look tonight makes me wanna scream
I wish I could go back to the days I used to dream
I don't want to be old fat and ugly
All alone with nobody to hug me
I don't want to be alone
So come on now woman
Listen to my song
Please, Please
You don't want to be old fat and ugly
All alone with nobody to hug you, no
You don't want to be alone
So come on now woman
Listen to my song
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8. |
Square One
03:42
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I like the simple ways about you
your smile it makes me laugh
give me that easy kind of feeling
make me shine my better half
my head is high when I'm around you
life has never been so fun
don't want to lose that sweet emotion
let's take it back to square one
you bring the joy
I'll bring the fire
Let's take it higher
make it last all night
leave out the tears
leave out the pain
we're out of the rain
there's nothing I wanna change
I got that Sunday feeling in my bones when monday comes to start
The things I used to jones no longer tear my life apart
my head is high when I'm around you
I have never felt so young
don't want to lose that sweet emotion
let's take it back to square one
you bring the joy
I'll bring the fire
Let's take it higher
make it last all night
leave out the tears
leave out the pain
we're out of the rain
there's nothing I wanna change
And if the fussin and the fightin
start to tear this thing apart
let's go back when we were brighter
back before the broken hearts
my head is high when I'm around you
like the early morning sun
don't want to lose that sweet emotion
let's take it back to square one
you bring the joy
I'll bring the fire
Let's take it higher
make it last all night
leave out the tears
leave out the pain
we're out of the rain
there's nothing I wanna change
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9. |
Snake Eyes
03:33
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Brother and sister in a civil war
Mama's hidin out behind the cellar door
Daddy's in the back yard diggin up bones
and I'm looking down the barrel of a tombstone
But you can't sympathize with the paralyzed and there ain't no love for my old snake eyes
You can't sympathize with the paralyzed and there ain't no love for my old snake eyes
Left my home in Pakistan
Traded in for a cave in Afghanistan
Left a woman back home in old Ryadh
and another one waitin in Islamabad
but you can't sympathize with the paralyzed
and there ain't no love for my old snake eyes
no you can't sympathize with the paralyzed
and there ain't no love for my old snake eyes
Same old woman back in Marrakesh
I can't go back there now my life is such a mess
I got thirteen children don't know how to cope
I guess you wonder how I have any hope
but you can't sympathize with the paralyzed
No I wouldn't trade it in for all my life
All around they look for me
I haven't seen the sun in half a century
If you see me runnin round your home town
don't turn on the amber alert turn it down
you can't sympathize with the paralyzed
and there ain't no love for my old snake eyes
if I get back to bluer skies
Well I'm gonna trade it in
Cause there ain't no love
no there ain't no love
For my old snake eyes
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10. |
Side Dish
04:19
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Ain't got time for a full time lover
barely time to make the grind
barely time to make your supper
let me help you I don't mind.
Don't get me wrong
you ain't cheatin on nobody
You've got your things you've got to do
Just remember
to save a little room on your plate
When I come through.
Work gets hard and time gets tight
Gotta satisfy your appetite
Gotta loosen up your schedule
Need a little bit of me with your vegetables
Look for me I'm on the top shelf
Look for me, I'll be there.
Don't gotta wait but 5 minutes honey.
You know I come preprepared.
I wanna be your side dish
come on over let me be your uncle ben's
Side dish, let me tuck you in
Side dish, baby I'll treat you right
Side dish, you can be my chicken tonight
Turn up the heat I'm bout to boil.
You don't have to had no oil
You know I'm greased up as it is
come on over add a little bit of your biz.
Reach for me I'm on the top shelf
Reach for me I'll be there
Throw me in that pot now honey
Stir me up before I scare.
I wanna be your side dish
come on over let me be your uncle ben's
Side dish, let me tuck you in
Side dish, baby I'll treat you right
Side dish, you can be my chicken tonight
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11. |
Adelaide*
03:29
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Though I never may return
for you my heart will always burn
when you need shelter from the squall
I hope you hear my mountain call
Adelaide
Could you hear my mountain call
From the Rockies to Nepal
Hear him echo in the breeze
hear him whisper in the trees
Don't you worry don't you fear
I'm all around the mountain air
when you wanna cry and ball
Just listen for my mountain call
Don't you worry don't you fear
I'm all around the mountain air
When you need shelter from the squall
I hope you hear my mountain call
I cried your name a thousand times
I hope the wind recalls the lines
I'll be cryin in the blue
Hopin my message got to you
Adelaide
Though I never may return
for you my heart will always burn
when you need shelter from the squall
I hope you hear my mountain call
I cried your name a thousand times
I hope the wind recalls the lines
I'll be cryin in the blue
Hopin my message got to you
Adelaide
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