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Time and Place
01:55
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Running into friends can be really stressful.
They’ll ask you where you’ve been.
What have I been up to?
And I don’t really know.
What is the right answer?
I’ve been staying home.
What have I been up to?
Back in ‘99 when you called me back
with regularity and say,
“Why don’t come out with us tonight?
There’s a band that’s playing that I think you’ll like.
Yeah, you’ve got to hear them.”
Quarters in the phone and an ice cream sundae.
I was so alone that I called you back every day.
And you were right. There’s a time and place, but they hardly ever coincide.
Now it’s all distant like a dream,
the people who were formally
known as you and me.
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If You Were Another Girl
02:29
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He saw her driver’s license on the table.
“I didn’t know you were older than me.”
She whisked it away and raised her hand to the barmaid and said,
“Tonight we’re both drinking to forget.”
And though he left her feeling a little younger,
every heartbeat was accounted for.
And when she lent him her chapstick,
he applied like a kiss,
and though she does,
she makes like she doesn’t notice.
And if you were another girl,
things would be easier than this.
He sees her as his closest friend,
and she keeps looking at him as a man.
And when the check arrives she lets him pay it full,
but she held each door open for him.
“I always thought that one day you would be my best man.”
And with a nervous laugh he pulled up to her house.
And if you were another girl...
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All the Snow
02:25
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Cable TV news.
Your teeth are feeling light and loose,
and someone wants them whiter.
All the snow is filling up the front porch.
Your hair is on the move,
and, Jesus Christ, he disapproves.
Athena can you have a word with him?
All the snow is filling up the front porch.
There won’t be any mail today,
and here’s where the dancers pirouette,
and a sinister man in a long black cape says,
“Let it snow.”
All the snow is filling up the front porch.
It’s icy and cold.
I can’t see anyone from here.
All the snow is filling up the front porch.
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I’ve been down. I’ve been down.
I’ve been feeling like concrete.
Your eyes have been asking questions.
Your heart’s been filling in the blanks.
The city feels like it’s on fire.
The weatherman doesn’t even blink.
I haven’t called you back in two days.
I know it feels like a week.
And if you had to carry something around that wasn’t yours,
would you drop it and run?
And if you had to tell someone,
would you tell it to me?
So are you going to make a lasting impression,
or are you out for the sincerest form of depression?
The circus rolls into town.
You can’t even find a seat.
It’s seems there’s a lot of work out there for you,
if you want to work for free.
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Room Without Mirrors
01:11
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In a room without mirrors, I’m hardly there.
It’s just tables and chairs and the space in between,
and you can fill the room with people I don’t know,
then I’ll have no reflection to show.
I guess the same could go for anyone.
We only see the moon because we really see the sun.
I see so many faces everywhere I go.
I should be glad for what our faces do not show.
I should be glad for what my own face doesn’t show.
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Marsupial's Theme
01:28
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You Must Be a Cartoon
01:58
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You must be a cartoon,
the way you crawl from under pianos and fallen anvils.
You explode and bounce right back with nary a scratch.
while I am simply destroyed just watching from the side.
I try to ignore all the ink on your fingertips
and the crazy smile painted on your cherry lips.
You must be a cartoon,
the way that no one takes you seriously except little old me.
I try to talk and your eyes go google.
Your jaw just drops down to the floor.
I float through the city streets but I’m dreaming.
I go to sleep in a rabbit hole.
Oh, no! I’ll tell you why I’m so uptight.
Because Saturday morning always turns into Saturday night.
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Double Suicide
01:49
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She spits out her chewing gum
on the napkin with his phone number.
He calls her Jenny not Julia.
He’ll do it three more times.
This is a love that will kill them both.
She’s distracted by her ex-boyfriend
who just sat down across the bar.
The DJ is in a mood.
She just played all of Kid A.
Fate cast a warning they’ll probably both ignore.
It’s a double suicide. It ain’t over until it’s over.
It’s a double suicide. No, they won’t be satisfied.
Till death do us part or we’ll tear each other apart.
She spits out her phone number.
He chews out her ex-boyfriend.
Two years later she breaks his wrist
and drives him to the ER.
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Studies have shown that in certain groups
uncertainty requires no proof.
Faith is all you need to get by to uphold the smallest truth or absolve the biggest lie.
And some people will not know the difference.
You just have to give it a name.
Repairman’s been waiting pretty long.
With a name like god, how can you be wrong?
Still, he’s checking for the dial tone.
You could buy your baby a diamond ring,
and it doesn’t have to be the genuine thing,
if that’s all she wants it to be.
And some people will not know the difference.
You just have to give it a name.
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All the traffic lights have fallen under spell.
They’re always red.
We’ve taken it as a cautionary sign.
Like an overcast sky or the changing leaves.
Take heed! Take heed! Take heed! Take heed!
Oh, life is so meaningful.
There’s a sign at every corner to abide.
Oh, I’d like to visit you,
but you live several intersections away.
Yeah, I haven’t gone to work for days.
It must part of a bigger plan.
You’re heard the man:
there’s nothing you can do.
Oh, life is so meaningful.
There’s a sign. You’ve got to look for it or, man, there’s going to be consequences if you don’t abide.
Put down your good book and take another look.
There’s a guy in an orange vest directing traffic ahead.
He said, “It’s okay to disobey, but, hey, you don’t have to listen to me.”
And, yeah, I hear you shouting “free will.”
But some of us have to round, round, get around.
There are things to learn and people to love.
You can just keep staring above at the empty sky asking, “Why? Why? Why? Why?”
Oh, life is so meaningful.
There’s a sign. There’s another sign. Hey, look, there’s a sign that you must, you must abide.
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Let It Be (Worthless)
02:20
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I’m going to write an opera and keep it to myself.
I might gather up every note, and burn it all up in smoke.
Or maybe I could learn to dance.
I’ll be tapping up a storm alone out in my garage.
It’s gets me all choked up inside
when it is worthless
when it is meaningless
when it’s all a waste of everyone’s time.
So let the sun run out of gas or let the universe expand.
We could hit a star and then explode or cruise along on our entropic road.
And when it’s my turn to die,
I’m going to lay down and die.
I’m not returning as a tree.
Don’t want no weeping Jesus embracing me.
Let it be worthless.
Let it be meaningless.
Let it all be a waste of my time.
Do it for love or do it for boredom,
but it’s not getting you anywhere from here.
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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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