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SpinTunes 22 Round 2

by Spintunes

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1.
I concentrate 9 to 5 Keeping myself unoccupied If the devil makes work for idle hands I might be figuring in his plans I can’t pick, I can’t plough I can’t milk no cow There ain’t sweat on my brow I can’t do nothing ‘cause I don’t know how All day long I twiddle my thumbs Waiting ’til happy hour comes Then I raise a glass of beer And toast the dearth of my career I can’t chop, I can’t dig I can’t drive no rig I can’t feed no pig I can’t do nothing ‘cause I don’t know how Watching the TV, answering the phone Is my idea of working my fingers to the bone I’m like a tractor without its wheels My only exercise is dragging my heels Some called me indolent But I’ve no idea what he meant I didn’t learn too much at school It’s why I’m ineffectual I can’t write, I can’t spell I can’t read that well But I do excel At doing nothing ‘cause I don’t know how
2.
all the places i've been are just a smudge on a screen here i am in this body, this haunted machine i fall through space i'm painting a face on the wall a face (that's all) till somebody answers the call nice knowing ya, sol i'm spinning out of control there's a beauty out here that could swallow you whole we are gently destroyed little waves in the void losing strength till our signal makes peace with the noise the end, the end i know you too well to pretend my friend each small act of love i've received i'll send (my friend) i open my heart and click send
3.
I'm waking up, losing sleep Feel it in my gut like a secret Time is running out for us, cause I don't know what you want you from me Been pulling all of my punches The game is up the blood is rushing What do you mean I don't try What do you think I've been doing All this time I know you don't believe me [I swear I'm trying to find my way back To where I was] Don't you say you're leaving [You deserve a better reason to stay Than just because] If you could only Hear me out See from my side? If you keep shutting down We won't survive Is a feeling real if I don't name it Tried to keep our love Safe and blameless We stay afloat, but is that enough? (No it's not enough) You take anxieties And take them out on me You're so sure of your self-fulfilling prophecy Take the air from my lungs Suffocate our peace (You've said your piece) Okay fine then you win I'll make this so easy I know you don't believe me [And who am I to say what you know besides the one who dries all your tears?] Maybe you can say I'm leaving [It's wasting time to say anything you've decided that you're not gonna hear] I just need you to Hear me out before I go Maybe you could love me now Now that you know Heaven help me I’m in doubt If you haven’t got The point by now Is it time to throw in the towel? Are you something I can’t live without? Heaven help me I’m in doubt I feel so alone When you’re around Are you something I can't live without? Can't live without? I know you don't believe me [I'd say whatever changes you mind if you'd change you mind] I think you should stay I'm leaving [If I save you from this smoking wreck would you leave it behind?] You're never gonna hear me out Don't waste my time Maybe you could love now Now that you know If you could just hear me out If you could just hear me out
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i woke up one morning. said to myself "i wanna do some things." so i took my medication. and i waited. and then i waited... a and then i-! waited some more. a and then i waited. [intro] hey, brain? i was wonderin how i got here... tired on a tuesday... nothin in my brain, brain. i was wondering what led me here... hungry on a tuesday... and i said- hey brain why'd you forget? (forget what?) forget to eat this morning (what do you mean?) took my tablet, had a milo- but my stomachs still rumbling (i dont know i was busy) busy doing what? (having my tablet) [CONFUSION] (and having a milo...) ...i dont get how i function- [chorus] brain, brain, what are you tryna say? say? hey, hey, its all lookin the same, same. brain, brain, where have you been all day? day? hey, hey, motivation can wait, wait, wait a minute... nah nah nah, its almost time for bed we gotta eat now ([bleepy noise]) thats not a word ([bleepy noise]) idunno what that means! ([long bleepy response]) okay- okay i get it, you wanna add some bleepiness to the track, go ahead, but we're eating after this okay? ([bleep. Bleeple blapple. Bloop beep boop. Boop bleep.]) [bleepy chorus] brain, brain. what are you tryna say? say? hey, hey, its all lookin the same, same. brain, brain, where have you been all day? day? hey, hey, motivation can wait, wait [outro] okay, that was actually pretty good, that was a worthy time investment ([bleep. bleep.]) haha, yeah i know "im the best", lets go to bed now. why do i feel like im forgetting something?
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don't remember the dreams anymore And I don't understand What you think I would carry that for All that baggage just left on the floor I would scatter it gladly I would leave it in pieces, in pieces Shattered mirror, sharp and frail Disarmed sparkling light Colorless, whisper thick Hushed, in the dead of night Time I lost losing grip I feel the tension slip Time to break feverishness I don't think That I owe you an explanation And you don't owe me either We didn't sight on a goal Or settle for less Now I guess we'll get neither Broken plans, what else is new Best instensive stare Start the car, fire the crew Windows bricked, tires bare Time we lost, hear it tick Unlearning helplessness Time to break feverishnesss Maybe it's better we don't Dwell on the details Sometimes the best plans Just melt with the snow Not that the "best plans" are releveant here. Maybe we say that we did Maybe we believe it eventually If I'm gonna be sold a lie You know there's nobody I'd rather buy it from than you Shattered mirror, sharp and frail Disarmed sparkling light Colorless, whisper thick Hushed, in the dead of night Time we lost, hear it tick Unlearning helplessness Time to break feverishnesss I don't remember the dreams anymore
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Halcyon days We were so lucky our parents built us a pool Come round to play We're jumping in off the fence We're jumping in off the fence Those summer days We didn't know that they were the best times You'll hear me say Don't be a fish out of water Don't get caught out when I say Marco ‘I say polo' And I know where you are 'When I say Marco' I say polo Never get too far away from you yeah Gone are the days When you were only a phone call, or a short walk away Lost in the haze Falling from weekend to weekend There's a black hole when I say Marco ‘I say polo' And I know where you are 'When I say Marco' I say polo Never get too far away from you Don't stay submerged hiding for too long Brother mine don't fall for that old siren song Remember that you've got to come back up to breathe Remember that you've got to call back to me When I say Marco When I say Marco When I say Marco Please say Polo to me
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I think I’ll take it on a fishing trip With my young son and father in-law We can listen to an 8-track Abbey Road It’s been forever since i lost my grip California was never Utah I have no mission to be happy a la mode ‘66 Chevy Truck With a custom Alaskan camper I get my fix when I’m down on luck I’m okay when i command her An oasis of my own Parked right in front of my home When my house is full of neighborhood kids I can go and escape it all Crank up the roof and finally be alone Try not to think about the didn’ts and dids I’m in an earshot of the supper call This old jalopy is my only comfort zone Do you know if it has enough room to sleep four? (Sure it does, if two of them are small) How can I sell this to my wife? (Never before have I heard this concern) What about mileage? (It’s only 8 or 9) I don’t know (Make a choice!) I’ll take it! (Very well!) ‘66 Chevy Truck With a custom Alaskan camper I get my fix when I’m down on luck I’m okay when I command her An oasis of my own Parked right in front of my home
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The morning call In another life perhaps it’s you who’d kneel And if place is all Is the circumstance of birthplace something real If you had to roll again Would you change the game As why is it you’re comfortable But always afraid If there’s nothing between them and you but fate And you wouldn’t trade You give the game away Now if you could talk Could you imagine yourself standing in their eye And if you would stop Two roads diverge where borders lie
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strange man from a strange land rode to town and raised some sand on a pitch black steed with fiery eyes took the folks here by surprise smooth talker slick walker helluva ballroom dancer deal maker heart breaker if you got a question he's got the answer one and a-two how do you do? three and a-four would like some more? five and a-six from his bag of tricks seven and eight cause it's soon too late have no fear, have no doubt he's a man who'll never run out of the things you heart yearns the most so you better be a generous host smooth talker slick walker just for you a special price sign here initials there the devil clad in disguise silver and gold he wants your soul fortune and fame that's the name of the game wisdom and skills he'll give cheap thrills we only wish well go straight to hell
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Years become ruins of all you said we’d be still, the sun lights a path you never see where the birds sing to the fruit trees’ applause as the light dims and you’re still lost on just enough… Is it just enough? Oh, just enough… Hardly just enough sugar plum blossoms decorate the snow fingers, numb, reaching out ‘cause you still know that the birds sing to the fruit trees’ applause as the light dims But is it really just enough? Never just enough Oh, just enough Only just enough (Instrumental) But is it ever just enough? Are you just enough? Oh, just enough Barely just enough
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Well I lost myself somewhere between First and Prospect I was looking for their corner but those streets don't intersect I had a perfect plot, then I went and lost it Nothing ever works out quite like we expect And I found myself in a hot dark crowded basement With everybody singing along with me to my amazement I had a perfect line, then I went and crossed it But everything has worked out, even if by accident So where are you? (I'm still here) Where did you come from? (I've been here the whole time) Where are you going? (I dunno) Can I come along? So where are you? (I'm still here) Where are you? (I don't know) Where are you? (I'm still here) And where will you find yourself? And I scared myself when a bird flew through my window It circled round the ceiling fan and left a feather on my pillow And you found me there at the corner of east and willow And you asked me where I was going, and I told you I don't know So where are you? (I'm still here) Where did you come from? (I've been here the whole time) Where are you going? (I dunno) Can I come along? So where are you? (I'm still here) Where are you? (I don't know) Where are you? (I'm still here) And where will you find yourself? And I lost my God damn mind when I went to college Where they taught me how to think and how to eat and how to breathe And I could've gone without all of the knowledge At least my teachers told me how to live in harmony So where are you? (I'm still here) Where are you? (I don't know) Where are you, And where will you find yourself?
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do you ever feel jaded or lost in your days running the clock out, passed by in the race work unfulling, a task for a meager reward paid just enough to survive, but what is it for and my brothers if you find you feel the same come and take my hand and we'll leave this land ch1: hear my plea the winds carry forth yearning to be at the whims of the sea charting the unknown follow me, sons of the north come and youll see what it means to be free endless blue horizon our new home a purpose, a calling, call it what you will a labor of love, dont care if it wont pay the bills live for our own sake, live for the chance at the dream the path isnt easy, theyll mock you for fighting the stream and my brothers dont you ever live with shame live your life with pride on the endless tide ch2: hear my plea the winds carry forth yearning to be at the whims of the sea charting the unknown heroes we, the sons of the north its life that we seek not just gold for a king questing for adventure so we row row (row!) row (row!) row (row!) x4
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Eight months work Each day and night I capture the sky The New Horizons flight I'm between two worlds Shining just for you Nine years, five months Through the depths of space A piano-sized craft Catapults with grace Seeing everything as if it Was brand new I paint each photo As the satellites spin Forever in a dance With their tides locking One bears its heart While the other breaks apart Now I am looking at you While you are looking at what I do What do you see? (TEDIOUS, TEDIOUS, NOT ENOUGH, TEDIOUS, TEDIOUS, WHAT. THE. FUCK.) Eight months work Each night and day Exploring new worlds As time pirouettes away Life hovers Like a star I knew a man once Who drew and drew But he never showed his art So no one ever knew And it disappeared Without a trace So I hang it on the wall And I let you in I watch from a distance As you see my mind turn Trying to move While standing still Now I am looking at you While you are looking at what I do What do you see? (TEDIOUS, TEDIOUS, IT'S NAKED, TEDIOUS, TEDIOUS, WHAT. A. WASTE.) Crack me open Let the light shine in Now I am looking at you While you are looking at what I do What do you see? (MY HEART IS RACING MY HEART IS RACING I FEEL ALIVE I FEEL ALIVE)
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Tuesday morning, like a fever or a wave It was breaking, I was broken, there was nothing left to save Only 5AM, but already far too late Like a shadow before the sunrise I felt you slip away Did I imagine the connection (You know I felt the same as you) Was I so distant from affection (You know you were but I was too) Was there a difference of direction that might have seen us through (You know I never knew) You took the time to get inside my mind (I’m so surprised that you could tell) Knew me better than I knew myself (That still wasn’t very well) Please, just tell me it was true (I know you know it was) In the days when I was everything to you (You were all of that and more because) We both had a funny way Of pushing down our selves to make A place in desperate hope that someone Might rush in to fill the space But vacant hearts and aimless days Seed bitter thoughts when they pervade And make a mark you can't erase (But I would never ask you to I know you never knew)
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V1 My new love hurts me so But that’s gonna get better When she comes over I’ll be tougher, ok? But when that dress hits the floor My resolve fades away CH Friends keep telling me Oh ay oh Better let her go They’re all warning me Oh ay oh Red flags flying I know But I want her Soooo, I don’t see Such good friends I have V2 I’m probably wasting my time And a chunk of my heart Find one who loves you back They all say But oh my god the view When she’s walking away CH Friends keep telling me Oh ay oh Better let her go They’re all warning me Oh ay oh Red flags flying I know But I want her Soooo, I don’t see Such good friends I have BR Why should I ignore Good advice Like how a match Can burn twice I need to put this fire on ice CH Friends keep telling me Oh ay oh Better let her go They’re all warning me Oh ay oh Red flags flying I know But I want her Soooo, I don’t see Such good friends I have
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Verse One: Pressure building for results in my project (I’m) full of dread in a two-hour commute I’m pounding coffee just to try and stay focused I wish they’d tell me “smoking’s good for you!” Pre-Chorus One: Do you want some anti-anxiety meds? No thank you, I just need to clear my head Chorus One I need a vacation Somewhere under the stars Away from light pollution I don’t care how far away Verse Two: Building pressure in my veins and homelife mounting tension and surmounting stress I do my best to keep the household running Both my teenagers are unimpressed Pre-Chorus Two: Would you like to talk to a professional shrink? No thanks, I just need to get alone to think Chorus Two: I need a vacation Somewhere under the stars Sit around a campfire Get my acoustic guitar and play Pre-Chorus Three Do you think you can be done by quarter’s end? I’ve done it all for you, and I’ll do it again, But right now…. Double Chorus: I need a vacation Somewhere under the stars Sit around a campfire Get my acoustic guitar and play I need a vacation Somewhere under the stars Away from light pollution I don’t care how far away
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Johnny Roadhouse nears the table and cries [What does he see? And why is he crying?] He sees all the faces of his lovers that died [Where did they go and how did they die?] Johnny don’t know he just tried to please them He painted his face and he started screaming Johnny, speak to me, grief is hard and your pain is healing You’ll soon realise that you’re on to something All part of a plan ’cos you wanted a better life So grab it and hold on tight Johnny Roadhouse is a quiet man [Why is he here? And why won’t he speak then?] He presses his mouth to the back of his hand [What is that for? And what is he thinking?] He thinks he sucks blood while the skin is still healing, makes a vitamin loop and a circular feeling Johnny, speak to me, grief is hard and your pain is healing You’ll soon realise that you’re on to something All part of a plan ’cos you wanted a better life So grab it and hold on tight Nothing’s too hard if your method’s conventional Taking those steps probably seemed essential Speak to me, grief is hard and your pain is healing You’ll soon realise that you’re on to something All part of a plan. You wanted a better life, you grabbed it and held on tight
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The lawyers have been seated Mediation Can you hear us clearly Not quite Children yelling faintly Empty hallways Start the presentation Long night I don't want to be inside I could be down at the beach Sitting on the sand and Breathing the cool Kona breeze The meeting is extending Never ending Numbers have no meaning They say Talking cause they get paid By the hour Or by the percentage They take CH Compromise means No one's really happy Lawyers talk of winning But the consequence remains I'm slouched in some corporate seat Throat dry from the AC Waiting for them to agree So I can go to the beach CH
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An arbiter of taste (Nobody cares) So much cooler than you (So unaware) I like the bands that you like (Send thoughts and prayers) But I prefer their early work Now everybody knows (Knowledgeable) Music attained perfection (Intolerable) When I was seventeen (Illogical) Disparage any music after '93 (Your opinions) (Are weaponised) Nobody likes a purist (Your toxic tone) (Man child now grown) Nobody likes a purist (So dogmatic) (Act like a prick) Pestering teenagers (That sounds creepy) Demand they name three songs (Oh so cheesy) By the band on their t-shirt (Mansplain to me) Cos gatekeeping is the Lord's work (Your opinions) (Are weaponised) (Your toxic tone) (Man child now grown) Nobody likes a purist (So dogmatic) (Act like a prick) Nobody (Nobody) Nobody (Nobody) Nobody (Nobody) (Your opinions) (Are weaponised) Nobody likes a purist (Your toxic tone) (Man child now grown) Nobody likes a purist (So dogmatic) (Act like a prick) Nobody (Nobody) Nobody (Nobody) Nobody (Nobody) Nobody (Nobody)
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you'll call and I'll respond in a manner most fitting in fact it’s a pleasure to make you acquaintance I'll do what you want as you call out the shots and I hope in time I can make you smile so I lay out the path with a gold coloured marker and give you a reason to follow its trail it's a nice gesture that I thought would win you over but instead it made you turn the other way and I learnt that you don't hurry in love when I met her at a party where I wasn't invited she gave me smile and had something in her teeth I didn't pay a blind bits notice until the very next day when I told her the phone and she pushed me away and I learnt that you don't hurry in love so why do I make these same mistakes why do place my heart on a plate all for you
21.
I keep calling, you keep falling (x6)
22.
When the bridge fell down the bridge fell down We all pulled together Like one big town When the flood swept through the flood swept through We looked out for each other Like we always do When it’s difficult to deal We put our shoulder to the wheel stand together facing the unknown we might bicker all the time but when there’s so much on the line ….no one is alone When wildfires come round wildfires come round We all do what we can until the rain comes down ( Inst. ) When it’s hard to make it through We know what we have to do stand together facing the unknown we might squabble, we might whine but when there’s this much on the line ….no one is alone When the storms blew in When the storms blew in We all worked together to build things back again Whatever’s down this road Our own history’s shown We all work together and no one is alone We all work together Because no one is alone
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The sergeant and the captain were out one day They were walking over the hills and far away Then the sergeant turned to the captain to say Thank you for joining me today As we walk up this hill that is far far away So here we go (x2) Up the hill (x2) Whose hill (x2) Our hill (x2) What for (x2) To get fit (x2) So here we go Up the hill So the sergeant looked at the captain to say Are you sure we can walk up this hill today Then the captain turned to the sergeant to say We have come a long long way To walk this hill today Chorus So the sergeant and the captain started to walk up teh hill And one behind each other it was such a thrill That on that day they reached the top of the hill Chorus
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(pop-punk call and response) D, B, D, B, D, B, A, D CH Where's mama Bowser WE DON'T KNOW Where's mama Bowser WE DON'T KNOW Where's mama Bowser WE DON'T KNOW Find mama Bowser GO GO GO D, B, A, G D, C, B G, D G, D A, C#, D V1 I've always wondered 'bout Bowser's motivation What if Princess Peach locked up his wife? His life seems pretty fraught With his constant revenge plot A single dad with 7 kids, I mean that's a lot CH Where's mama Bowser WE DON'T KNOW Where's mama Bowser WE DON'T KNOW Where's mama Bowser WE DON'T KNOW Find mama Bowser GO GO GO [[Phone audio Recording 1]] [[4 yr old: Okay, so can you go down, Daddy please? {scrolling on screen} Larry Morton and Wendy, and Iggy and Roy and Lemmy, and Ludwig at the end of the line. Did you hear that song?]] V2 He's got Larry, Morton, Wendy Iggy Roy and Lemmy and Ludwig at the end of the line Bowser Junior's also here, But his daddy isn't clear It comes as no surprise Bowser's not doing fine CH Where's mama Kirby WE DON'T KNOW Where's mama Kirby WE DON'T KNOW Where's mama Kirby WE DON'T KNOW Find mama Kirby GO GO GO [[Phone Recording 2]] [[6 yr. old: Kirby likes to eat stuff and anything and shoot them at the enemies so he can stay alive and the enemies will die]] D, A D, G D, A G, A V3 Kirby can beat the bosses Kirby can eat the bosses Kirby eats stuff to shoot at the bosses to stay alive He's the Rogue of Nintendo His glory, will never end-o He takes baddies powers to stay alive and he will never ever ever ever ever die [Drop chorus] CH Where's mama Bowser WE DON'T KNOW Where's mama Bowser WE DON'T KNOW Where's mama Bowser WE DON'T KNOW Find mama Bowser WE GOTTA GO CH Where's mama Kirby WE DON'T KNOW Where's mama Kirby WE DON'T KNOW Where's mama Kirby WE DON'T KNOW Find mama Kirby WE GOTTA GO Outro So what are they gonna do? Bowser and Kirby got MARRIED!
25.
Will you help me plant this wheat? No thanks I don’t want to Will you help me plant this wheat? No thanks I don’t want to I know I’m not the only one, who hates to work out in the sun But if you help we could have fun No thanks I don’t want to Will you help me reap the wheat? No thanks I don’t want to Will you help me reap the wheat? No thanks I don’t want to I could use some help today, Surely there must be a way Then later on we both could play No thanks I don’t want to Will you help me mill the wheat? No thanks I don’t want to Will you help me mill the wheat? No thanks I don’t want to I wish somebody would help out, I don’t want to beg or shout Our friendship I begin to doubt No thanks I don’t want to Will you help me bake the bread? No thanks I don’t want to Will you help me bake the bread? No thanks I don’t want to Though the job can be quite hot, with more help we could do a lot Are you gonna help or not? No thanks I don’t want to Will you help me eat the bread? Yes please I would love to! Will you help me eat the bread? Yes please I would love to! So NOW you want to volunteer, and eat the food I’m holding here Forget it! You can DISAPPEAR! I refuse to feed you!
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Rolled up to the honky tonk, must have been about half past two I was one step ahead of my last mistake but I was three drinks behind you Stumbled up to introduce myself but before I made it through You said “Hey cowboy, lets see what six of these shots will do” Said your man was all over town, you were left with lonely nights Digging deep for forgiveness but that well was coming up dry Now you’re drinking and thinking that it’s time to wrong some rights That’s when I understood why you were giving me the eye But baby - (what’s up?) I’m drunk - (so what?) And in the morning - (in the morning) I’ll still be drunk + (you’ll still be drunk) You’ll still be way too good for me We can drink by the Ohio, smoke a pack on the Blue Ridge Self-destruction be our lot, only way I know how to live And if you’d like to author I’d rather not finish alone But what the hell you gonna think of yourself when you send me marching home ‘Cause baby - (Uh huh?) I’m drunk - (Lit up!) And in the morning - (when you wake up) I’ll still be drunk + (you’ll still be drunk) You’ll still be way too good for me
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I was dead by late December Like the crocus and the daisies I somehow missed the funeral It was my obituary Said nobody knew me Except strange and peculiar I didn't quite fit in So they came for me with pitchforks I didn't know I broke the rules I never attended school Didn't see the arrows coming of the critical and the cruel Killed off my best intentions A bear trap of derision There's no love in this town For someone a little different The bells they rang out loudly Pallbearers dragged their feet When my dreams died There was no one to mourn me I didn't know I broke the rules I never attended school Didn't see the arrows coming of the critical and the cruel Three days, crept out the cave A heart hoping for change No one cleaned up the blood The song remains the same I didn't know I broke the rules I never attended school Didn't see the arrows coming of the critical and the cruel can I come home? (No, No, No) can I come home? (No, No, No) can I come home? (No, No, No) can I come home? (No, No, No)

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Marco! Polo!: Write and record a song that makes prominent and creative use of the musical technique of call and response, in which a musical phrase in one vocal or instrumental part is answered by a corresponding or contrasting phrase in another vocal or instrumental part.

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