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Why Love You?
03:02
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Why Love You?
Why love you? You only hurt me on purpose.
I should’ve listened to my parents. Please don’t come back to me.
Did I offend you, my sweet flower?
You never waste a tortured hour.
Why love you? You only hurt me on purpose.
I should’ve listened to my parents. Please don’t come back to me.
You always left me in the lurch.
It’s worse than going back to church.
Why? Why love you? Why?
My education came so late.
But I have learned from my mistake.
Why love you? You only hurt me on purpose.
I should’ve listened to my parents. Please don’t come back to me.
Please don’t come back to me. Please don’t come back to me.
Please don’t come back to me.
Why?
–Rob Fetters, RPF2 Music/ASCAP
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2. |
Brothermother
04:21
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Brothermother
She was my number one girl. She was my only one. She was my number one girl.
So how can I be kinder? How can I not mess this up?
Please help me think clearly. Maybe I just think too much.
I’m not a bodhisattva even though I took the vows.
And I’m not really brave. Farewell to the sacred cow.
Brother, brother, holy mother. Brother, brother, holy mother.
Just a little question if you’re not too busy for me:
How much time do I have? Maybe I don’t want to know.
Brother, brother, holy mother. Brother, brother, holy mother.
She was my number one girl. She was my only one.
She was my number one girl. She was the only one.
She was the only one.
–Rob Fetters, RPF2 Music/ASCAP
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3. |
She Makes It Up
03:25
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She Makes It Up
She makes it up and she doesn’t have to prove it.
She states her case and you’ll never see her lose it.
‘Cause it’s her show and she wants the world to know.
Long ago before I was a relic I took a trip on a paper psychedelic.
I can’t forget ‘cause it hasn’t worn off yet….
We took the baby to Memphis by banks of the magic Mississip.
Played a show with a Human Radio, had so much fun that we got sick!
So now we’re free and we zip across the nation.
She stuck with me and the work is like vacation
So here we go to the only world we know.
She makes it up, she makes it up, she makes it up, she makes it up.
She makes it up as we go along, she makes it up as we go along.
She makes it up as we go along, she makes it up as we go along.
Cause it’s her show and she wants the world to know.
–Rob Fetters, RPF2 Music/ASCAP
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4. |
Trouble Was Good
03:19
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Trouble Was Good
We got in some trouble. The trouble was good.
Pissed off the children the best that we could.
But life is a killing machine and life always wins.
I’m the last standing witness to the sin we got in.
Let’s get specific ‘bout what life should be.
Exactly what hath God rendered opposite me?
‘Cause once you get rollin’ who’s got time for amends?
We could argue like enemies or get fucked up like friends.
I am not complaining…
But like Napoleon asked the Marquis De Sade, “Will it ever stop raining?”
And the goddam Buddha sits silently, she’s heard it before.
Another song, another poem, another friend who is not afraid anymore.
Napoleon didn’t said anything like that! Who is not afraid anymore?
There’s no such thing as a bad friend who is not afraid anymore.
Who is not afraid? Who is not afraid anymore?.
Who is not afraid? Who is not afraid anymore?
The trouble was good. Who? Who is not afraid anymore?
The trouble was good. Who is not afraid? Who is not afraid anymore?
The trouble was good. The trouble was good. Who is not afraid?
The trouble was good.
–Rob Fetters, RPF2 Music/ASCAP
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5. |
Embarrassed
03:23
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Embarrassed
I thought if I outdid myself I’d learn to sidestep pain,
And make enough damn money, you’d smile and call my name.
Turned theory into practice, you can’t say I didn’t work.
I covered all the bases, but boy, did I get hurt.
So I chose to be an optimist and share my sunny view
And look for the good in everyone because I know it’s true:
Enlightenment is possible–but I wouldn’t call it bliss
‘Cause when my eyes were opened all I saw was this:
I feel totally embarrassed. I wish I could disappear.
Now I’m so ashamed I wrote a song I don’t want anyone to hear.
When I told you I was dying a smile crept on your face.
I thought that I’d seen everything but you’re a special case.
I sacrificed the moon and sun for the one who didn’t care.
Well, la di da di da di da… nobody was there.
I feel totally embarrassed. I wish I could disappear.
Now I’m so ashamed I wrote a song I don’t want anyone to hear.
I feel totally embarrassed. I wish I could disappear.
Now I’m so ashamed I wrote a song I don’t want anyone to hear.
I don’t want anyone to hear.
–Rob Fetters, RPF2 Music/ASCAP
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6. |
I Don't Know Why
03:41
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I Don’t Know Why
I don’t know why I hurt her so bad.
As if she’s not the best girl I’ve had.
There’s no excuse to act like a jerk.
So maybe I’m cursed. Ain’t nothin’ worse.
I don’t know how but I gotta change.
She’ll ride away from our home on the range.
I’ll climb the steps but she won’t be here.
Just me and the mirror. Just me and the mirror.
I don’t know why. I don’t know why.
I’m just tryin’ to win back her affection.
Don’t have a clue where it has wandered to.
Microwaving my dinner in a 16 ounce Pirex measuring cup…
What will I do? What will I….
Did the record skip or is that just my head?
I can’t believe where my life has led.
I didn’t know how I made her feel.
Till the shit got real.
It was a really big deal. And it’s a really big deal.
I don’t know why. I don’t know why.
I’m just trying to win back her affection.
Don’t have a clue where it has wandered to.
I don’t know why, I don’t know why, I don’t know why, I don’t know why.
–Rob Fetters, RPF2 Music/ASCAP
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7. |
Lamento
04:16
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Lamento
This sounds like a song you might have written.
Must have been something in the water back where we were livin’.
But now we’re at the bitter end we thought we’d never live to see.
Yeah, it’s the end of the story: the end of you and me.
Someone always gets there first. It’s always been that way.
The one you leave behind gets the final say.
Sometimes you gotta hold still, sometimes you better move along.
Try and do both things at once–what could possibly go wrong?
You’d think with eyes and ears like yours you’d try to pay better attention.
Well, you could memorize the script–but you couldn’t take direction.
Someone always gets there first. It’s always been that way.
The one you leave behind gets the final say.
I would’ve sworn that we’d be friends till I drew my last breath.
But how could I have known you would drink that dream to death?
‘Cause when you go too far you wind up gone.
And the fool you leave behind plays a dead man’s song.
–Rob Fetters, RPF2 Music/ASCAP
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8. |
Nice
01:38
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Nice
It’s so nice, it’s so nice.
You’re my sugar and I’m your spice.
You’re full of beans and I’m wild rice.
I guess that’s why it’s so nice.
I saw you. You saw me.
We both knew it’s meant to be.
Like two bad mice sharing a slice.
Let’s share it twice. Baby, it’s so nice.
It’s so nice, it’s so nice.
We got lucky, rolled the dice.
We lit the fire, melted the ice.
So now we know why it’s so.
It’s so. It’s so nice, nice, nice.
–Rob Fetters, RPF2 Music/ASCAP
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9. |
Girl On The Q
03:30
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Girl On The Q
Girl on the Q.
Dog in a raincoat starin’ at me.
A woman doin’ a headstand when I get home. She’s crazy ‘bout me.
She’s upside down.
A girl on the Q, ooh, ooh, ooh.
Dog in a raincoat starin’ at me.
Her understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe
Did not come from a rational mind.
She’s upside down. She’s upside down. She’s upside down.
A little red lipstick. A little shy smile… I saw that!
And I got distracted and I tripped back and landed
Flat on my back on the track, and hey! What train is that?
Gonna roll over me! It’s gonna roll over me.
So I’m upside down and now I’m lookin’ up.
And what do I see?
A girl on the Q, ooh, ooh, ooh.
And a dog in a raincoat starin’ down at me.
I’m upside down. I’m upside down.
It’s all over now. It’s all over now.
It’s all over.
–Rob Fetters, RPF2 Music/ASCAP
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10. |
Always
02:22
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Always
I’ll always love you. Even when you’re bad.
I’ll always love you. Even if I go mad.
And if a devil wants you to pay his price:
I’ll take your place and be a sacrifice.
I hope you never fight an old man’s war.
And that you marry the one who you adore.
But if you never see my face again
You will remember the time when we were friends.
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I’ll always love you. I’ll always love you. I’ll always love you. I’ll always love you.
–Rob Fetters, RPF2 Music/ASCAP
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11. |
Ready
03:37
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Ready
Get ready, get ready. Judgement Day is coming.
Get ready, get ready. Well, maybe it’s already here.
Drama. Trauma. Drama. Trauma.
Can’t escape it–and you’ve been trying for years.
Get ready, get ready. The punishment will hurt you.
Get ready, get ready. And somehow you’ll forget.
But you’re gonna get reminded, reminded, reminded.
‘Cause she’s not done with you yet.
‘Cause you’re not ready for what she’s got to give.
Nah, you ain’t ready for she’s got to give.
For what she’s got to give. For what she’s got to give.
You’re so not ready for what’s she’s got to give.
Naw, you ain’t ready. Ready Freddy!
For what she’s got to give.
Get ready, get ready. Pay attention, Stupid.
Get ready, get ready. It’s time for you to learn:
Tomorrow you can save the world.
But she says, “First of all, here and now, you gotta save me.”
‘Cause you’re not ready–ready Freddy!– for what she’s got to give.
No! You ain’t ready–ready Freddy!–for what she’s got to give.
You ain’t ready–ready Freddy!–for what she’s got to give.
Get ready, get ready. Get ready, get ready.
Pay attention, Stupid.
Get ready, get ready. Judgement Day is comin’.
Judgement Day is comin’.
–Rob Fetters, RPF2 Music/ASCAP
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