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Will you or won’t you? Behind the door she sits
The train has left the station, that lock wants to be picked
I’m not saying anyone’s to blame
If I were in your shoes, I might just do the same
She’s sending signals the smoke gets in your eyes
You’re caught up in her headlights but you don’t realize
I’m not saying anyone’s to blame
If you jump her tracks, she might drive you insane
She plays like nothing’s wrong, but you’ve known all along
You don’t mess around with a girl from another man’s song
So you’ve been blinded, it’s such a simple brew
A loaded word, "temptation," I’ve got my eye on you
I’m not saying anyone’s to blame
If I were in your shoes, I’d probably do the same
Some day I might be gone, but you’ve known all along
You don’t mess around with a girl from another man’s song
Your idea is theft, a will and away
She’s out of your depth, it’s your turn to pay
You won’t hear my steps, you’ve made a mistake
Go rewrite your text, black marks on the page
You’re caught up in my headlights, but you don’t realize
The train just keeps a-comin’, the smoke gets in your eyes
I’m not saying anyone’s to blame
If I were in your shoes, I might just do the same
Oh yeah, you’ve done me wrong, ’cos you’ve known all along
You don’t mess around with a girl from another man’s song
You don’t mess around with a girl from another man’s song
You don’t mess around with a girl from another man’s song
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Love’s a funny little numbers game
A comical calculus
I can’t solve the equations and it all drives me insane
When the numbers never add up
I try to factor in the frictions of the fractions and the fictions
’til my abacus goes up in flames
I don’t want to play that bloody little numbers game
She wears a black thinking cap and a sorceress cape
Can you complete her empty set
But now you find your lives run in parallel lines
The two of you don’t intersect
It’s a modern tragedy of the old geometry
She exists on another plane
It’s such a shame she has to play that bloody little numbers game
Love’s a bloody little numbers game
Don’t let them jerk you around
Every calculation leads you to an early grave
The latest figure in the body count
He’s trapped within an inch of infinity
Do you want to take his measurement
But he’s got issues with intimacy
Do this is as close as you’ll get
Is he one in a million or have you had your fill
He’s got you twisted ’round his measuring tape
You never should have played that bloody little numbers game
Love’s a bloody little numbers game
It conquers as it divides
They’re tugging on their digits turning giants into midgets
They’ll cut you down to size
You’re crunching numbers in your ledger
You feel numb but you’ll get better
Do I have to spell it all out
Three little words should make two hearts beat as one
In the new math two is a crowd
And if you thought about it you’d blow your brains out
Love’s a bloody little numbers game
There’s nothing funny ’bout it at all
You think you’ve got it licked ’til you do th’ arithmetic
Every theory is flawed
I get asthmatic trying to grasp the mathematics
It takes my breath away
And I don’t want to play that bloody little numbers game
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Maya
05:14
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Maya says, “I like your song”
When she rides by on her bike
Close your eyes sway along
Maya knows just what she likes
Maya has a friend called Emma
They know just what they like
I see them on the street together
Maya leads, she’s out of sight
No one can deny ya Maya
Tho’ they try and try and try and try to
Swaying to the radio
Eyes closed starry sky
It’s a song only Maya knows
Who can touch her when she’s on her bike
No one can outride ya, Maya
Tho’ they try and try and try and try to
Maya’s close I hear her coming
She rides from morn ’til night
Are you there? Oh, keep on strumming
Maya’s here, she’s out of sight
No one can outride ya, Maya
Tho’ they try and try and try andt ry to
No one can deny ya, Maya
Tho’ they try and try and try and try to
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Big Big Sound
02:41
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I wanna be part of that big sound
Part of that big sound
I wanna be part of that big sound
Part of that big big sound
And all the walls that you put up
I’m gonna knock them down
’cos I’m part of that big sound
Part of that big big sound
I’m gonna be marching on your town
Marching on your town
I’m gonna have a heart to heart
Gonna start to turn you ’round
You can raise the barricades
I’m gonna tear them down
’cos I’m part of that big sound
Part of that big big sound
You’re gonna be part of that big sound
Part of that big sound
You’re gonna be part of that big sound
Turning your heart around
An open note to give you hope
The world won’t let you down
When you’re part of the big sound
Part of that big big sound
When you’re part of the big sound
Part of that big big sound
Yeah you’re part of the big sound
Part of that big sound now (now!!!)
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Bus
03:11
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Alamogordo on a cold winter’s day
Put my bags on a Greyhound to get the hell away
The west was closer, so I went east
’long a peyote pavement, chasin’ coyote dreams
Never made it past El Paso got thrown out of the bus
Death made a deal with the devil, so hell came for us
The blue bodega was playing my song
When a gun went off inside, the Paisley Princess said, “Run, son!”
Tried to wade across the Rio Grande, I thought I’d be free
But the Alligator Gang was there taking their tea
Lost in the desert, no whiskey no key
Just a wild imagination and the girl of my dreams
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The Late Joys Austin
With influences that include The Beatles, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, The Jam, The Clash and a slew of '80s and '90s
Brit-pop guitar-based trailblazers, The Late Joys put on a high-octane show that's groovy, melodic and infused with fun.
The Late Joys play infectious sonic confections with literate lyrics, catchy melodies and unabashedly progressive political sensibilities.
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