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God Save the Queen City
04:08
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I've been here long enough to know
That it's time to go
Let's shuffle out of Buffalo
Because the show must go on
And I can't bring myself to look
I hate you because you're failing
And punishment always works
There's a word stuck in my throat
That's both familiar and strange
Hung there with my hat
Somewhere upon the range
Where you can
Come on back
But you can't return
Your battered lover
That never learns
I want to give up
I want to go away
I don't want to be left
And I don't want you to stay
By the light of the silvery moon
The empty buildings whistle low
That meaningless tune
Come on back
But you can't return
Your battered lover
That never learns
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Last night I dreamt I had no dreams
Instead I had direction
And everything it brings
I dreamt of better sleep
A peaceful mind at ease
Last night I dreamt I had no dreams
The heaviest of trees had fallen on me
It crushed my spirits
And set all my dreams free
Planting my feet on the ground
I branched out into
Fields I never thought I belonged in
Last night I dreamt I was a success
And like a weed my money grew and grew
Until it covered me like moss
And it was only at the cost of my dreams
Dreams
Dreams
Dreams
Tonight I dreamt I couldn't sleep
I pulled up the fields
And chopped down the trees
I stayed up for days and nights and days
Destroying everything I found with roots
Saving only my cavity ridden sweet tooth
Now all I can do is dream
Now all I can do is dream
My teeth how they kill me
With every bite I take
And when they ask me how I do it
I'll say it's a piece of cake
And I'll rest in my peace
Because it's sweet
As sweet as a dream
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Everything I say
Is filled with meaning
And I'm tired of having
To explain everything
I'm surrounded by water
Salt water all around
Is it better to die of thirst
Or better to drown?
Though I talk
There's no sound
There goes the rest of my life
Now I'm dying
To see how it ends
Finally rest my eyes and pretend
I'd love to do it over and over again
I love my belongings
I love all my friends
Thank god it's Friday
Because I love the weekend
And I love every day
Every day of, day of
Day of my life
I spend my wish at the mall
A flower bed
A mating call
I wish I loved the summer
Instead of the fall
I wish I didn't care
Didn't care at all
So light up the candles
And blow out the cake
There's only one reason to celebrate
You're alive
You're alive
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Shapeless
01:45
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Water has no shape
It just spills
Anywhere
Filling space
Just a glass or the sea
Shapeless like me
Give me something to surround
The ocean's just a hole in the ground
But the water shapes the land
And the land shapes the water
Two separate bodies
One defines the other
Before you put me on the shelf
And say you're an island unto yourself
What's an island without sea?
Shapeless like me
Shapeless like me
Shapeless like me
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Keep it Down
02:35
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The room was full
The room was filled
The drinks were poured
And guts were spilled
They gathered everyone who could be reached
And asked the guest of honor to make a speech
Someone started to chant his name
Soon after that, everyone else did the same
It was contagious and they did not
When he came to the front and he asked them to stop
And so under the noise where no one heard
He made his speech of eighteen words
Keep it down
Or I don't want to be around
Go away
Or I don't want to stay
To stay
To stay
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Escape Artist
02:47
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Tossing and turning
All night
All my life
Possibilities
Oh, what would I do with these?
Lock me in the trunk
Watch me sink until I'm sunk
Don't give me the keys
Oh, what would I do with these?
A padlock I can twist and turn
Hoping to one day
Randomly stumble upon
Its combination
I've got wheels that will run on the tracks
That experience has laid for me
Around and around
Until they meet
I'm going to be an escape artist
Not an illusionist
I'm going to be an escape artist
Not an illusionist
I'm going to be an escape artist
Not an illusionist
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Cazenovia Creek
02:04
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The Big Time
01:20
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I haul on my back an old apartment door.
It belongs to the apartment I grew up in.
And it keeps me hanging 'round in blue collar towns.
It keeps me in the class that I grew up in.
I don't want to be alone, so I'm staying close to home.
Rotting on the vine, working the assembly line, and dreaming of the big time.
Afraid of being noticed and figured out,
I'm afraid of being questioned where I come from.
Success is a language I never figured out,
and I'm uncomfortable feeling like a tourist.
The door on my back becomes a shell.
My sister is under it as well.
Watching the clock, listening to classic rock, and dreaming of the big time.
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The Letter in Her Pocket
02:18
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Hussalonia Buffalo, New York
Hussalonia is largely the work of a multi-instrumentalist known only as The Hussalonia
Founder.
Founded in 1997, Hussalonia is a "pop music cult" and claims to be owned by Nefarico™, a fictional soap company.
The Hussalonia Founder lives and works in Buffalo, New York.
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