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An Hour of Songs from 1994 to 2011

by King Everything

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1.
By Ten 01:20
every day there's always something new there is nothing more that we can do i'm not gonna be home, my lover no, i'm not gonna be home by ten i'm not gonna be home, my lover no, i'm not gonna be home again i always try to see things through your eyes never works out something always dies
2.
the one at home's not the one away you're sittin' home alone while i'm out at play and i know you're gonna be a friend you'll be around through the bitter end and if i ever said you're one - one of a kind i wanna let you know i lied and if you ever say, "i'd love to say 'i do' " i wanna let you know i'd miss you it's the history channel's special day they're showing dinosaurs in a special way and i know it's true cuz i've seen it before on another show so that's how i know
3.
in a simpler time in a safer place i've got your back you've got my back we're both so safe and you still dream in blue and green yellow and red in your head and all i see every night shades of grey black and white i take a sip of my tea and ask my wife if everything's alright she seems a bit uptight i take a walk 'til ten then join her in bed and ask her again "are you okay? "have you had a bad day?" in a simpler time in a similar place you've got my back against the wall a simpler time and we still dream every night side by side of a simpler time
4.
with everybody pushing us, c'mon it's time to go the kids they come and visit us how much longer i don't know let's go down and feed the pigs again they won't stop until they fall asleep they start when they wake back up again until there's nothing left to eat how long could we go on like this? how long until our place is sold? we have to get on out of here before it gets too cold jeanette she checks the messages did any strangers call? me i'd rather lie in bed and dream that i've escaped the fall we gave bubba to our neighbors just a mile down the road him and jay visit us it's sad to see him go he jumps up in the pickup truck right by jay's side he doesn't seem so sad leaving jeanette and i behind the kids they come to visit us just how often i don't know jeanette adds another memory mine fade while her book grows
5.
Tangent Box 02:24
i'm playing the tangents you're cranking my wheel you're lighting the fire i can't help but feel how do i walk on water tie your stomach in knots come on now honey mustard stay out of my tangent box a crack in the armor a hole in the wall it's all they're looking for i disappoint them all you can't slip one by me you can't get one past this last one's your last come on now honey mustard you're losing me my loyalty's much too much for you to overcome i cannot be touched how do i walk on water and let nothing through come on now honey mustard do what you do you can't slip one by me i've seen all you got come on now honey mustard stay out of my tangent box
6.
Stuck 01:25
got no reason to be leavin' him got no reason to believe in anything i'm down on my luck it's stuck i'm down on my luck i'm stuck here got good reason to be leavin'
7.
i wanna make my getaway and i wanna make christmas day smell special again but i can't remember what special smelled like
8.
she's got something to share she's gonna share it whether or not you care he's got something to say probably doesn't matter but he's gonna say it anyway it's a simple weblog and it deserves a simple song it's a simple weblog it's a simple weblog i kept a diary it wasn't enough if no one's gonna read it what's the point of writing all that stuff?
9.
Ghosts 01:57
if i'm gonna try then you'd better try but if you're gonna lie then i might as well lie if you wanna say goodbye well then i'll say goodbye and i'll say it first and faster i'll fly you're not supposed to bother a ghost, oh no if i'm gonna cry then you're gonna cry your'e not as sad as me and i don't know why so come so close so i could poke you in the eye if i'm gonna cry then you're sure gonna cry
10.
she's leaving things unspoken he's smiling through their pain they're pretending nothing's broken foreseeing rainbows in the rain let's get along what do you say? she smiles again and whispers ok, ok, ok you hurt me, so now i'll hurt you we'll tell everyone we're mad i took your things and you took my things i think it's funny, but you get sad
11.
boy you're breaking apart my back and breathing down my neck i'm looking for ways to say you're so okay you're so okay girl you're trying my every nerve and going straight when you ought to swerve i'm looking for ways to say you're so okay love try seeing you eye-to-eye try noticing when you cry i'm looking for ways to say every day is a precious day can we honor and forget the past? enough to make these good times last? i'm looking for ways to say you're so okay
12.
things you've given vague thought to come clear the more that you stare faces that you barely knew then suddenly appear from thin air the real friends, old friends all in the night we play i waited my whole life to tell you this now it seems like triviality we are neighbors to our neighbors and we're strangers to the strangers we see did you know everything back then? no, no, no no, no, no
13.
well i dream of a world where a boy and a girl won't fight though i'm not even sure if i know where you were last night well, you weren't with me again no, you weren't with me again it was a heck of a ride, but i don't like upside-down if we stop and the top, maybe you can help me down but, you weren't with me again no, you weren't with me again i still dream of a world where a boy and a girl won't fight though i'm certainly sure that we certainly were not right and, you weren't with me again no, you weren't with me again
14.
here's the one-way ticket i was talking about you should put it in your pocket 'til it's time to ship out look how the green grass grows like you wouldn't believe i guess we're not gonna talk 'til it's time to leave you got your one-way ticket and you got your free lunch i won't question your questions with my questions and such you taught me so much you taught my feelings to hide you won't know nothing without working your way inside you wont' know nothing without working your way inside
15.
i’m a losing streak away from being broke and a winning streak away from i don’t know i guess i’m doing fine she says i’m doing fine but i’ve never felt so far from my right mind no i’ve never felt so far from my right mind i’m a phone call away from doing wrong a moment so short has never felt so long i guess I’m doing fine she says I’m doing fine but I’ve never felt so far from my right mind no I’ve never felt so far from my right mind
16.
Like Magic 01:51
it never felt quite like she thought it would well she thought it would feel like magic well can’t they give her a little pill? then she’s sure it will feel like magic a strange thing happened on her way back home she was all alone and it felt like magic now she’s living by herself she’s with no one else and it feels like magic
17.
Missy 02:18
i've had my eye on you from day one i knew someday soon you'd be lots of fun please please tonight you might crawl into my bed please please hold me tight missy, you're the best i head off to work all day long you do what you do all day long i head home from work we're both a mess smiling at the door missy, you're the best
18.
do you wanna talk to the treads at the train tracks or be with the boys in their best blacks do you wanna go with the girls where the grass grows or hang with the hunks at the hill's hose i know you don’t cuz that would change your plight i know you don’t cuz things would not be right you’re runnin’ with energetic you’re not runnin’ with them do you wanna score a silly touchdown or jump Jimi Brightfrown do you wanna wilt away all alone surrounded with the megaphone
19.
I Won't Quit 02:10
don’t need a home run we just need a hit but this pitcher’s been giving me fits but i won’t, no i won't no i won’t quit my sister she’s been snake-bit but I’m bound to find a man that she can settle down with see i won’t, no i won't quit no i won’t quit this puzzle piece it just won’t fit i got a Florida-shaped space and this is more like an oven mitt but i won’t, no i won't quit no i won’t quit
20.
She's Pretty 01:48
she's pretty you should see her in the sun extraordinary i think my life has begun she wanted to be here with me today however things did not work out that way she's pretty the way she lights up a room she'll light up this one just not today, but soon she's busy you have to understand she's pretty and really in demand she wanted to be here with me today however things did not work out that way she's pretty you should see her in the sun so pretty i'm sure my life has begun
21.
grandpa was a real man brave and proud and strong he lived his life with vigor and life for him was long today he lay alone far from his old place waiting for his time deep lines on his face as the sun sets, some get lost the leafy parts are wilting, and the barky parts are soft as the sun sets, some get lost doo-doo-doo-da-doo-doo-doo alone he slept no one by his side can we not remind him that grandmother had died? when we wilt, we wilt alone the leaf is to a stick, as our skin is to a bone when we wilt, we wilt alone doo-doo-doo-da-doo-doo-doo
22.
mommy, where do babies go? lie to me if you don’t know i’d much prefer a lie to silence and silence is much better than the truth i’m afraid that if my innocence is Lincoln then the world’s become my John Wilkes Booth and i’m trying not to listen to what they say i’m trying not to listen to what they say i’m trying not to listen to what they try to say but it’s difficult ‘cause i wasn’t raised that way on garbage day, my world always feels lighter though i know the world outside mine knows it’s not and you may say the planet’s like a blanket on your soul but from where i stand, the globe seems not so hot i know they say their proof comes from their science but science can’t replace the truth one of us is like the old, wise prophet and the other is the wide-eyed naïve youth and i’m trying not to listen to what they say i’m trying not to listen to what they say i’m trying not to listen to whatever words they say but it’s difficult ‘cause i wasn’t raised that way i’ve often heard that anything is possible now i’m afraid that anything really is i’m ducking under branches, and dodging bullets in the sun he wants what’s mine, and i – i want his and as i run, my heart drowns out the sirens but the sirens they drown out my ringing ears one of us is like that wide-eyed child and the other is old and filled with fears and i’m trying not to listen to what they say i’m trying not to listen to what they say i’m trying not to listen to anything they say but it’s difficult ‘cause i wasn’t raised that way mommy, where do babies go? lie to me if you don’t know i’ve lost teeth of all sizes and it’s hard digesting meals without a tooth if i represent the New York Yankees then my tooth’s become the world’s Babe Ruth and i’m trying not to listen to what they say i’m trying not to listen to what they say i’m trying not to listen to what they try to say but it’s difficult ‘cause i wasn’t raised that way
23.
i’m listening to stacks of black vinyl i know you’re in the room when i’m here and, although you’ve been gone quite a while as far as you are, you feel near you know why I cry… every night you know why I cry… every night it’s cuz you’re gone and i can’t go on it feels like a day it’s been so long… so long the records amass in a pile the songs speak the truth, yeah it’s true i’m stuck with plan b – that’s survival but i love thinking of me and you i’m listening to stacks of black vinyl i know you’re in the room when i’m here i’m stuck with plan b – that’s survival as far as you are, you feel near
24.
10/12 hours a day, electric railway the motorcar i operate is under my control with a baby on the way, should i laugh and celebrate? or should i be afraid? i’m told i’m far too old what was i thinking of? oh, Anna, no… i’m still in love just scared and ill-prepared --- lyrics added to final version, not on demo --- I need a little break I’m pulling on the brake Slow down for goodness sake Get under my control Give me some time to think Maybe something to drink You’re due in just a week I’m told I’m far too old --- i’m old enough to be her grandpa i’m old enough to be her grandpa i’m old enough to be her grandpa but i’ll be her dad i’m old enough to be her grandpa i’m old enough to be her grandpa i’m old enough to be her grandpa someday she’ll be sad what was i thinking of? oh, Anna, no… i’m still in love just scared and ill-prepared with a baby on the way should i laugh and celebrate 10/12 times a day i’m told i’m far too old
25.
when the flies fly the eagles understand when the flies land when the flies land when the flies fly no one acts surprised when the flies land when the flies land when the rain comes you better take my hand when the flies land when the flies land
26.
is it a throwaway? or a masterpiece? is it like everything? or is it so unique? i wanna know i wanna know did you fall asleep in your mother’s arms? will she throw away all your good luck charms? i wanna know i wanna know is this a memory? or is it happening? i see we’ve mastered war now can we master peace? i wanna know i wanna know
27.
before i die i'm gonna teach myself to fly before i die i'm gonna teach myself to fly i realize these arms aren't wings and that, among some other things, gonna make it hard to teach myself to fly it's gonna make it hard to teach myself to fly but before i die i'm gonna teach myself to fly yeah before i die i'm gonna teach myself to fly i'm tweaking my technique a little bit each day gotta get it all just right before i fly away i have my favorite birds on video i'm learning all there is to know before i die i'm gonna teach myself to fly flap for thrust fight that drag lift is an issue and my weight just makes me sag but i'm pretty sure success is near and i hope the thrill will outweigh my fear cuz before i die i'm gonna teach myself to fly
28.
i'm off to fight the good fight tonight i'm off to fight the good fight tonight i'm too old some might say well they can have it their own way i'm off to fight the good fight tonight i need to give these bones a rest i need a good seven hours to be my best i'm too old some might say well they can have it their own way i'm off to fight the good fight tonight

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released November 11, 2011

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King Everything Pendleton, New York

Loud & quiet; odd & ordinary; mysterious & straightforward; vague & clear; joyous & angry; fast & slow; messy & organized; simple & complicated; succinct & wordy; energetic & lackadaisical; continuous & disjointed; hopeless & rosy; new & familiar.

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