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Turn Up The Lights
00:17
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The sun sinks lower on Sundown Street
You’re tired and alone
And the cold sinks deeper into your weary feet,
But the lights are on at home
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Sundown Street
03:40
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If you go to Sundown, dear
Don’t bother to bring wine
The grapes there just ripen off the vine
And if you go to Sundown, dear
Be careful with that crowd
They’ll break your heart like bread and pass it ‘round
But don’t get discouraged
Don’t lose faith
Your friends are here to keep your head in place
Don’t get discouraged
Just move your feet on over
And come hang out on Sundown Street
Kayleigh is a streetside poet bedsheet sloganeer
And she’s gonna have a breakout year
You ask her ‘bout her romance, she says
“You can’t hurry love.
Diana Ross said that, and that’s enough.”
So, don’t get discouraged
Don’t lose hope
If you start to drown, we’ll come out in a boat
Don’t get discouraged
Just move your feet on over
And come hang out on Sundown Street
This afternoon, we’ll spread white linen
Facing to the sky
We’re gonna make these ancient houses fly
So take your bikes to Wayne and go buy out the grocery store
And we can live like this forever more
So, don’t get discouraged
When you've got love
If you’re lonely, dear,
Then come in for a hug
Don’t get discouraged
Just move your feet on over
And come hang out on Sundown Street
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The Cheapies
03:01
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The television tells us that out in the O.C.
There’s bombshells and boys and babes in bikinis
And you can go out anytime you like
And you can get a tan
Out here in Ohio, we’re freezing off our asses
Getting drunk on the weekends and going to classes
Shoveling snow and keeping warm the best that we can.
And the trees at the prom looked like plastic palm trees
I’d like two tickets to the two dollar matinee, please.
Oh, they always say
You’ll understand when you’re older
Let’s go raise a little hell
In the next county over
Jonah Hill called. He wants you to buy him beer
He says he’s got, like, sixty bucks in twenties if that’ll cover it
And Michael Cera wants some vodka for his lady friend
And I was visited in visions by the ghost of Kurt Cobain
His head looked all right,
But his shotgun looked pretty maimed
And he said, “Bury me before they dig it all up again.”
And the band sounded just like it did on the radio
The band sounded just like it did on the radio
Oh, they always say
You’ll understand when you’re older
Let’s go raise a little sand
In the next county over
On Sunday I heard that one story about the sower
So I walked out into my garden, and I was forced to admit
That too much of myself still lies barren in the Promised Land.
And in the cemetery
They say the King and Queen of the Gypsies are buried
And there’s a rock on a hill with a view of the city
In the spring, we can sit until dark
While I hold your hand.
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Love Gone South
05:00
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I was down in Tyler Texas
I met this southern belle
A Dixie peach named Suzie
She had that rebel yell
Everything was perfect
Then out the corner of my eye
I saw my little Suzie
Dancin' with another guy
I found that little trickster
I grabbed him by the coat
I took him on out back
And I cut him in the throat
He fell down to his knees
And I knew just what I done
I got no place for hidin'
I got no place to run
I went down to the river
Put my feet in the sand
I bent down low and
I washed my hands
I wiped away
All the blood from my skin
But my hands were still dirty
I couldn’t wash away my sins
*I killed Sally’s lover
one dark and dreary day
Sally got another and
I got locked away
I killed Sally’s lover
one dark and dreary day
so now I am a fugitive
and I’m always on the run
Sally told the police man
exactly what I done
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Cosmic
02:47
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Spare Key
02:29
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I've thought it through, and isn't it clear
Beer is cheap, and friendship is dear
So come over
I want you over
The kitchen smells like baking bread
I’m locked out inside of my head
Come over
I want you over
You call me out, yeah, you call me out
Yeah, you call me out, yeah, you call me out
I see the window light on,
I see the light
We’ll put the ghosts away tonight
Little one, most dearest to me
Will you take my own spare key
And come over
I need you over
Can’t you see the places I've been?
It’s raining out, so let me in
I’ll come over
I will come over
You call me out, yeah, you call me out
Yeah, you call me out, yeah, you call me out
I see the light come on, yeah
I see the light
We’ll put the ghosts away tonight
We’ll put the ghosts away tonight.
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7. |
Walk Me Home
03:02
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Walk me home, walk me home
Walk me home, walk me home, walk me home
Let the morning sun rise first
And see me in my bed
Walk me home, walk me home, walk me home
Don’t say I was clutching Mr. Boston
Don’t say I forgot the things I’ve learned
I knew it was a bad idea, but they were offering
And as you know, the taste of danger burns
Walk me home, walk me home
Walk me home, walk me home, walk me home
Let the morning sun rise first
And see me in my bed
Walk me home, walk me home, walk me home
Don’t tell Anita about all the kissing
Don’t let her know what happened on the roof
And if that girl took pictures,
I will steal her camera
Erase the memory, and erase all proof
It’s three o’clock and time to drop the curtain
Act three: a poor, gone drunk exits right
And when tomorrow comes
I will stand up and face these sins
Until then, I will say goodnight.
Walk me home, walk me home
Walk me home, walk me home, walk me home
Let the morning sun rise first
And see me in my bed
Walk me home, walk me home, walk me home
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8. |
Luckey Haskins
04:07
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Had our days in the sun
Had the head of the parade
Had it good when we were young
Shining gold, bold, and brave
When he swam in the sky
It felt very much like bliss
Everyone wonders why
And how he came back like this
Driving through ticker tape
Driving 25 down State Avenue
Everyone knew his name
Everyone loved Luckey Haskins
Had a pin pushed in your town
Had a map up in my place
Tied myself up with yarn
You disappeared without a trace
Driving through ticker tape
Driving 25 down State Avenue
Everyone knew his name
Everyone loved Luckey Haskins
He came back to his old house
He came back through his front door
Then his poor mother saw
What is was he come back for
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The Jaywalkers Dayton, Ohio
The Jaywalkers were born from the creative ferment of the University of Dayton music scene of the mid ‘00s. We started out
playing activities board concerts, house parties etc. and got our baptism of fire in a battle of the bands where we had the honor of squaring off against Kelly Fine and other greats of the UD music scene eventually opening for Guster at the UD Arena.
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