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Intro
00:35
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Before we get started, I need ya to know that the bridge started burning some time ago. I didn’t light it, but I didn’t call it in. I just stood and watched the flames dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing.
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Ain't That Some Shit
04:38
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Nights off don’t mean shit when you’re a raging alcoholic. By the time you get it, I’ve already dropped it, well. Ain’t that some shit? I did exactly what I said I wouldn’t do. I was gonna ignore you ‘cause I’m in love with you and I just gotta walk away.
Wish I could do what you do. I’d be happy to detach myself from you, oh but I can’t. I wish you’d go away, I wish I felt how you do. I’d love to feel nothing when I see you, but I don’t. Man, that sounds so nice.
I think ya know that you hurt me deeply. But you can’t stop so you invite me to your birthday party. Jesus fucking christ. Never used to see you, now I can’t escape you. I’m so in love with you and that’s why I hate you just a little bit.
God you’re such a dick when you get down to it. Why did all our friends say that you were up to it? They went out of their way. Was that its own red flag?
Ya say you’re snapping out of it, well I’m just breakin’ down. We’ve traded spots, at least someone has their feet on the ground, oh but it ain’t me. It makes me so angry, though I know I shouldn’t be. You’re better off in part because of, but of course no thanks to, me.
And you were the first one to say that, so I’m not making this up. I stayed up late to hear you cry while I tried, oh I tried to suck it up.
‘Cause nights off don’t mean shit when you’re a raging alcoholic. Ain’t that some shit?
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I Get
05:20
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I get so excited. I get so excited And I can’t slow down. I can’t chill out. I get. I get so excited. So excited ‘bout you. ‘Bout you.
You get so tired. You get so tired of my shit.
But I get so excited. I get so excited about you. About you.
I get so obnoxious. I get so obnoxious around you.
I get so excited. But you are so tired of me.
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Tell Me So
02:53
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I’ll still be playing my shitty guitars. My shitty old tunes in some shitty old bars. I’ll probably be driving the same shitty car. Livin’ that same ol’ shitty life I’ve known so far.
Well if you look, ya know where to find me. And if ya need me, then get behind me. And if you want me, why don’t ya tell me, oh? Ya love me so.
You left ‘cause you thought I was draggin’ ya down. Turns out it was the other way around. Everything’s better since ya left, I feel so free. No one can fix your drinking, sure as hell not me.
Well if you’d look, well then you’d find me. I turned around, you’re not behind me. And if ya hate me, why don’t ya tell me so? That’s how it goes.
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Better Off
04:10
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Sometimes compromise is code for nobody wins. And I can’t win for losing, so I’m giving up on this. ‘Cause I’ve got nothing left, so I can’t even try. And I don’t have no reason to give if you ask why.
‘Cause I’m better off alone, and you probably are too. I’m better off locked in my own home, where I won’t bother you.
Sometimes compromise is nice, when you find common ground. But you’re up in the clouds and there’s no sign of you coming down. And I didn’t wanna leave here, but you left me no choice. If I scream or if I whisper, you still can’t hear my voice.
‘Cause I’m better off alone, and you probably are too. I’m better off locked in my own home, where I won’t bother you.
Sometimes compromise is code for nobody wins. And I can’t win for losing still, so I’m walking away from this. Because I’ve got nothing left here, so I can’t even try. And I still ain’t got no reason to give if you ask why. Yeah I still ain’t got no reason to give if you ask why.
‘Cause I’m better off alone, and you probably are too. I’m better off locked in my own home, where I won't bother you.
Because compromise is code for nobody wins.
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Fuck Off
02:11
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Ya gotta stop what you’re doing, look around and think of the hearts that you break every time you take a drink. I know you think I’m just like you, I know that I’m not. You drink a pint of whiskey to my two joints of pot.
Ya gotta stop how you’re acting, stop making up lies. Stop runnin’ your mouth and piling all your guilt on mine. Ya gotta get gone quickly, ‘cause just the sight of your face makes me wanna lose my shit, it ruins a good day. So please fuck off faster, get out of my life, before you once again make me want to die. Please leave me alone then, if you can’t act right. You’re a shitty friend and lover, so just fuck off and die.
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Suitcase
02:02
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I brought an extra suitcase to pack away my pain. What can I say? You didn’t catch me on the greatest of days, hey.
I’ll take this shit with me wherever life may lead, eventually I will not feel the need. Until that day, it’s just packed away, taking up space in my closet and in my brain, hey.
I filled an empty suitcase with grief and pain and shame. It’s just in case I need to find someone to blame, hey. I’ve got to find someone to blame, it’s a shame. There’s always someone else there to blame, that’s what you’d say.
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Outro
00:30
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Like so many dominoes, all lined in rows. And down it goes, one by one, ’til nothing’s left standing.
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Suzie Cue St. Louis, Missouri
Singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter from south St. Louis, MO. Folk, indie, blues, country...but more vulgar. Not a family band.
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