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We're a couple of misfits
We're a couple of misfits
What's the matter with misfits
That's where we fit in!
We're not daffy and dilly
Don't go 'round willy nilly
Seems to us kinda silly
That we don't fit in.
We may be different from the rest
Who decides the test
Of what is really best?
We're a couple of misfits
We're a couple of misfits
What's the matter with misfits
That's where we fit in!
Why am I such a misfit?
I am not just a nit wit!
So much gear, and I'm stuck here!
Why don't I fit in?
Why am I such a misfit?
I am not just a nit wit!
They can't fire me.
I quit!
Seems I don't fit in.
We may be different from the rest
Who decides the test
Of what is really best?
We're a couple of misfits
We're a couple of misfits
What's the matter with misfits
That's where we fit in!
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Tales of Brave Ulysses
04:55
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You thought the leaden winter
Would bring you down forever
But you rode upon a steamer
To the violence of the sun
And the colors of the sea
Blind your eyes with trembling mermaids
And you touch the distant beaches
With tales of brave Ulysses
How his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing
For the sparkling waves are calling you
To touch their white-laced lips
And you see a girl's brown body
Dancing through the turquoise
And her footprints make you follow
Where the sky loves the sea
And when your fingers find her
She drowns you in her body
Carving deep blue ripples
In the tissues of your mind
The tiny purple fishes
Run laughing through your fingers
And you want to take her with you
To the hard land of the winter
Her name is Aphrodite
And she rides a crimson shell
You know you cannot leave her
For you touched the distant sands
With tales of brave Ulysses
How his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing
Yeah
The tiny purple fishes
Run laughing through your fingers
You want to take her with you
To the hard land of the winter
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Pas De Cheval
02:40
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Oh, little did she know
Couldn't let me go
Already a part of her
So, often do I need
People in between
That just can't get ahold of it
So we'll just sing it for them
(Ah)
Yeah, we'll just sing it for them
(Just can't get a hold of it)
So we'll just sing it for them
(Ah)
Yeah, we'll just sing it
It's the greatest thing that's yet to have happened
Imagine knowing me
It's the greatest thing you'd ever imagine
But you'll never know until you're there
No, you'll never know until you're there
Slow, leave walking to the world
Give your feet a chance
They'll do all the thinking
Toast, high until they find
Less pathetic wine
Until they get a better blend
And we'll just drink it for them
(Ah)
Yeah we'll just drink it for them
(Until they get a better blend)
So we'll just drink it for them
Yeah we'll just drink it
It's the greatest thing that's yet to have happened
Imagine knowing me
It's the greatest thing you'd ever imagine
But you'll never know until you're there
No, you'll never know until you're there
It's the greatest thing that's yet to have happened
Imagine knowing me
It's the greatest thing you'd ever imagine
But you'll never know until you're there
No, you'll never know until you're there
No, you'll never know until you're there
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4. |
Orphan Boy
03:01
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[adapted from Gillian Welch's "Orphan Girl" by David Wallace]
I am an orphan on God's highway
But I'll share my troubles if you go my way
I have no mother, no father,
No sister, no brother
I am an orphan boy
I have had friendships pure and golden
But the ties of kinship, I have not known them
I know no mother, no father,
No sister, no brother
I am an orphan boy
But when He calls me, I will be able
To meet my family at God's table
I'll meet my mother, my father
My sister, my brother
No more an orphan boy
So Blessed Savior, make me willing
Walk beside me, until I'm with them
Be my mother, my father
My sister, my brother
I am an orphan boy
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[Ba-da, da-da. Ba-da, da-da
Ba-da, da-da, ba-daaaaa
DAAAAAAAAA. . . . ]
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Punk Rock Girl
02:41
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One Saturday I took a walk to Zipperhead
I met a girl there, and she almost knocked me dead
(Punk Rock Girl), please look at me
(Punk Rock Girl), what do you see?
Let's travel round the world
Just you and me, punk rock girl
I tapped her on the shoulder
And said, "Do you have a beau?"
She looked at me and smiled and said she did not know
(Punk Rock Girl), give me a chance
(Punk Rock Girl), let's go slam dance
We'll dress like Minnie Pearl
Just you and me, punk rock girl
We went to the Village Pizza Company and ordered some hot tea
The waitress said "Well no, we only have it iced"
So we jumped up on the table and shouted anarchy
And someone played a Beach Boys song on the jukebox
It it was "California Dreamin'"
So we started screamin'
On such a winter's day
She took me to her parents for a Sunday meal
Her father took one look at me and he began to squeal
(Punk Rock Girl), it makes no sense
(Punk Rock Girl), your dad is the vice president
Rich as the Duke of Earl
Yeah, you're for me punk rock girl
We went to a shopping mall
And laughed at all the shoppers
And security guards trailed us to a record shop
We asked for Mojo Nixon
They said, "He don't work here!"
We said, "If you don't got Mojo Nixon then your store could use some fixin'"
We got into her car, away we started rollin'
I said how much you pay for this
Said "nothin' man it's stolen"
(Punk Rock Girl), you look so wild
(Punk Rock Girl), let's have a child
We'll name her Minnie Pearl
Just you and me
Eating fudge banana swirl
Just you and me
We'll travel round the world
Just you and me
Punk Rock Girl
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7. |
Introspection No. 10,824
07:45
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8. |
Sad But True
05:24
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Hey (Hey), I'm your life, I'm the one who takes you there
Hey (Hey), I'm your life, I'm the one who cares
They (They), they betray, I'm your only true friend now
They (They), they'll betray, I'm forever there
I'm your dream, make you real
I'm your eyes when you must steal
I'm your pain when you can't feel
Sad but true
I'm your dream, mind astray
I'm your eyes while you're away
I'm your pain while you repay
You know it's sad but true
Sad but true
You (You), you're my mask, you're my cover my shelter
You (You), you're my mask, you're the one who's blamed
Do (Do), do my work, do my dirty work, scapegoat
Do (Do), do my deeds for you're the one who's shamed
I'm your dream, make you real
I'm your eyes when you must steal
I'm your pain when you can't feel
Sad but true
I'm your dream, mind astray
I'm your eyes while you're away
I'm your pain while you repay
You know it's sad but true
Sad but true
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9. |
Wish You Were Here
06:05
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So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell?
Blue skies from pain?
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl
Year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here
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10. |
The Trooper
04:26
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You'll take my life but I'll take yours, too
You'll fire your musket, but I'll run you through
So when you're waiting for the next attack
You'd better stand, there's no turning back
The bugle sounds as the charge begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of acrid smoke and horses' breath
As you plunge into a certain death
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
The horse, he sweats with fear, we break to run
The mighty roar of the Russian guns
And as we race towards the human wall
The screams of pain as my comrades fall
We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
And the Russians fire another round
We get so near yet so far away
We won't live to fight another day
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
We get so close, near enough to fight
When a Russian gets me in his sights
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow
A burst of rounds takes my horse below
And as I lay there gazing at the sky
My body's numb and my throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a tear I draw my parting groan
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
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11. |
We'll Meet Again
03:04
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We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know we'll meet again some sunny day
Keep smiling through
Just like you always do
'Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away
So will you please say hello
To the folks that I know
Tell them I won't be long
They'll be happy to know
That as you saw me go
I was singing this song
We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know we'll meet again some sunny day
We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know we'll meet again some sunny day
Keep smiling through
Just like you always do
'Til the blue skies
Drive the dark clouds far away
So will you please say hello
To the folks that I know
Tell them it won't be long
They'll be happy to know
That as you saw me go
I was singin' this song
We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know we'll meet again some sunny day
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