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Here Comes Melody
03:52
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Here comes Melody she’s brought along a friend
Here comes Melody with a helpful hand to lend
Melody has the purest skin she has the blondest hair
Melody has the sharpest nails and a cross to bear
Oh Melody I wish you were here
Oh Melody it’s all too clear
Oh Melody it’s all too clear
We should get into a car and drive to California
Here comes Melody with a submarine to catch
Here comes Melody better batten down the hatch
Melody has the highest high she’s got the widest wide
Melody has a ginger ale with a lemon on the side
There goes Melody she’s talking to that guy
There goes Melody; oh why Melody oh why
Melody has a thousand bucks she’s got a diamond ring
Melody has a date tonight it’s time for me to sing
What if Melody doesn’t understand
Everything I’ve put into my secret plan.
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Up In The Treetops
03:40
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Up in the treetops, don’t worry about me
You can barely see
We three, we’re here and you’re barely there
And that’s enough for you
Up in the treetops, I don’t worry about you
Nothing more to do
We two, we’re here, you’re very unclear
And that’s enough for me
See the green future
Hear the past die
One hundred feet high under the sky
I can’t see it’s just me
Up in the treetops not much left to say
One day you’ll pay
And now you’re here with all you hold dear
And that’s enough to know
I’m barely here, nothing to it at all
And I’m not sure where I am
And what’s left of me
Up in the treetops you never outgrow
Look out below
Too slow, we’re here, the light looks like fear
And that’s enough for today.
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Such A Sneak
04:04
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My girl sneaks round the neighborhood very late at night
Its tough for me to understand but she says that it feels right
The landlord has binoculars the neighbors have a gun
It’s tough for me to understand but she says its lots of fun
Oh sneaky you’re such a sneak
Sneaking round late at night
C’est magnifique
How chic
You’re such a sneak
Sneaky hides up on the roof when the sheriff man drives by
She hides behind the bushes beneath a roasted diamond sky
Her uncle was a scientist her brother is a priest
It’s tough for me to understand but I take the hint at least
Oh sneaky dear please have no fear
If you wind up in jail I’ll be there with your bail
Probably by the next afternoon
Sneaky found another guy his name was Mr. Pete
It’s tough for me to understand but I know just where they meet
They gather near the raindrops in the purple powdered flake
They listen to the beach boys at the artificial lake
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Green Near The Pond
03:37
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Green near the pond
It was green near the pond
It was green above and below
All around was green
It sounded green
Although there were pikes, and ferns and pinecones and magazines
The leaves were dense
Chain link fence
Widescreen
I would stand beside the pond for days
I would stand beside the pond for years
I would hear the sun through the verdant haze
I would bury the week up to its ears
Is there anyone else beside the pond
No there is only me
Is there something down inside the pond
Let’s not hang around to see
I went home went afternoon
I left the pond behind
It was something I meant to do
It just slipped my mind
I believe the pond is still there
And I’m standing in the green
Stop by one night and check on me
And ask me where I’ve been
I’ve been at the pond
The green near the pond
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Slow Down
03:59
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I ran out of things to do by noon
So I called you at work
I got scared while I was still on hold
The screen expands like a balloon
Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk
Holding hands while afternoons unfold
I cashed my unemployment check
I walked home from the bank
I stole a deck of cards from CVS
I watched the afternoon reflect
In all the wine that I drank
Yet I have nothing left to confess
I am stuck here in the sunlight
While you’re driving to work
I remain here in the kitchen
While you’re driving back from work
I find new games in magazines
Left over from the fall
Something to do before you leave
Will you return in a limousine
Will you return at all
Will you return at all
I put the cards on the table
Something to do before you leave
Don’t you ever slow down
Two’s company
I’m warning you
If you walk out that door
If you walk out that fucking door
I’m never playing whist with you again
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