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Huntington Beach, CA
04:27
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There were limits from the start
Genetic disposition
The pattern of your heart
Was spelling out a different name
I was too slow to decipher
That you and I were playing different games
Now it's back to where you're loved
Back to where your family lives
And back to where you grew
Into the art
Out of your mind
To cruise the interstate
And eat at Harbor Harbor
And ride a Laurie to the U.S.S.
Fly it to the moon
We'll all build telescopes
And watch it from the safety of our houses
When gravity consumes you
And you come back down to earth
You can croon your lunar tune
Down by the beach
I put a sticker in a bathroom stall
There's another in my wallet
So you know just who to call
But the words are ringing in my ears
I do not recognize you
And there are things that no one wants to hear
Like...
Back to where you're loved
Back to where your family lives
And back to where you grew
Into the art
Only to find
You'll cruise the interstate
And roast a giant chicken
And waste an evening at the Dot Dot Dot
Fly it to the moon
We'll all build telescopes
And watch it from the safety of our houses
When gravity consumes you
And you come back down to earth
You can croon your lunar tune
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2. |
Portland, OR
05:22
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How long did it take
To map out the borders and name all the streets?
At what rate
Did the tide
Of settlers and state
Sweep through the valley
And fasten a lock at the gate?
How much will it cost
To rent out a room in the town
Where your grandparents rot?
It's a gift,
A history wrapped in myth.
Nothing is manifest,
All of these narratives drift.
One day at a time,
Changes by design,
Only to unwind.
This place was never mine.
How bad would it hurt
To uproot the notion
That memories live in the dirt
Underfoot,
Or the air in our lungs?
A story's as much in the ear
As it is in the tongue.
One day at a time,
Changes by design,
Only to unwind.
This place was never mine.
Wishes said aloud
Are tokens of the proud,
While buried in the ground,
These bones won't make a sound.
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3. |
Toledo, OH
02:47
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4. |
Interstate Intermission
01:44
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Hey, my boy
Get what you want
From the menu
Hey, my girl
Get what you want
I love the drive-in
Hey, my child
Get what you want
(I want a breakfast sandwich)
Hey, my child
Get what you...
Oh.
BREAKFAST ENDED AT 11:30?!
Hey, mom, dad
I've gotta go
To the bathroom
Hey, dad, mom
I've gotta go
Take this exit
Hey, mom, dad
It's an emergency
PLEASE
Hey, you guys
We've gotta
Take the nearest
IT'S TOO LATE
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5. |
Hartford, CT
02:53
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You'll know it when it's true
Every bone in your body will resonate
And celebrate the news
You'll feel it moving through
Every moment from the time you were born
To the second that you knew
That this song would not remain unsung
That you could not leave that bell un-rung
And the world will look so much clearer
As this bus draws ever nearer
To Hartford, CT
You see it in the sun
Every contour and color will quake
And the ink will start to run
You'll hear it in the hum
Every pair of feet in the street
Will be stepping to your drum
And your heart will start to beat in time
And your tongue will start to speak in rhyme
And the world will look so much clearer
Though this bus draws ever nearer
To Hartford, CT
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6. |
Nipton, CA
04:10
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7. |
Antarctica
02:58
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And they all were there
Annie Oakley, Marlon Brando, and the Boss
They talked about the image and the cost
Of living life in such a way to cross
From past to present
And to minimize the loss
I suspect that they were drunk
And I've felt the love
Of friends and lovers, family and pets
It's filled me up and granted me redress
Soothing words to offset the distress
But still I must admit
That there are times I feel regret
That I ever got a taste
It's a dream I have
I wake up in Antarctica at dusk
The cold is all around me
And I'm breathing in the dust
The tracks I've left behind me
Are all filling up with frost
And I lay me down
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Everything is gonna burn
When the earthquake hits
Then we'll sink into the ocean
And everyone will learn
Not to put their plans on a pedestal
Everyone is gonna fry
When the atom splits
Then we'll sink into the sea
And everyone will die
Feeling like a hot-dog in a microwave
Someone somewhere's gonna build
An ion cannon or a laser beam
And that person surely will
Either at the sun or at the president
They'll ask us all to pay
A hefty ransom or to put them on T.V.
So we'll build a giant robot
And we'll send it into battle
And we'll save the sun
It'll take a little time before you see the smoke
It'll take a little time to sink the boat
It'll take a little time before the bank is broke
Just you wait a little
And it'll sneak up on ya
There's a pebble in your shoe
Either underneath your heel
Or against your toe
Listen carefully and I'll tell you what to do
You're going to have amputate that foot before the pebble gets into your blood stream and works its way up to your head and then it DESTROYS YOUR BRAIN.
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Dan Klee Portland, Oregon
Arena rock from the garage.
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