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Well it doesn't really matter how you kiss the kissing queen
It's not her job to pick it apart

And dance just how you dance when
trading steps with dancing queens
And tread upon her toes all you want

Remember that it takes two pairs of feet to really swing
Though they're probably just as scared as you are

And know that when you leave the floor
and swear that you won't dance no more
There's always one more 45
Up the DJ's sleeve

The Mistletoe Drag

(N. Lawr)

You can't stop missing that rag, you want it
You came like a mistletoe drag, you want it
To bend, to bend like a pipecleaner's dream
'Cause a pipe cleaner never has dreams
Of making it right, it moves to the shape of the pipe
It bends where it supposed to, it goes where it knows to.

You bent when you thought you broke,
You wagged when you thought you should choke
You prayed that the meter was right, so regretfully right.

You popped like a minotaur bag, you got it
You waited for the moment to lag, you got it
again, again the unfortunate end only comes whenever it's right
And things are aligned, and all your confessions are lies
You're forced to defend what you'd mend if you could.

Hey, don't go being so long,
You know how things can go wrong
You know how things can go
when you never should have brought it up.

Spanish Armadas

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Well I'll come if I can find it but I don't even mind
that you broke all my windows and you painted my room

Let's break out the postcards we wrote to ourselves
the last time we felt we were really ourselves

'Cause the fall does come and so does snow
and even when it's hot you know
just how cold your feet can get

'Cause when it's a sure thing it's twice as unnerving
although you feel good and alive

So I'm glad that you're here
and I'm glad that we're running this show
like a Spanish armada with no where to go

So we're Spanish, we're pirates, we're sailing and stealing
We're Nordic, we're Vikings, we're making off like kings
'Cause we're better and older and if love made us soldiers
we'd be Roman invaders with
no spears to throw

Mama'ss Biscuits

(N. Lawr)

Well your nose got broken, all of your teeth are falling
Outside, look at the upside, at least you're breathing
In and out and in and out and
It's never been so easy, boy, to get yourself ahead

Well you're broke and downtodden
All of your pennies lost on loosed bribes
Look at the brightside, at least you're standing
When you're down you never thought you'd
Ever come back face to face with the dirt and mud like that

Mama' Biscuits always tasted fine
You're victim to what your memories can divine
When your friends look best in black and white
There's never been a better time to arrive.

Well, Oh Well!

(N. Lawr)

The Beast In What We Do

(N. Lawr)

I scrutinize, when i'm looking in your eyes
"Cause you cry but your tears aren't enough to make me
Empathize, with all the things you realize
When it's two years later and now you're sure that
All the lies, that love can make you vocalize
Aren't that harmful really it's just your fashion
It really brings out
The beast in what we do, when we're making love we're breaking out

You utilize all the options that arise,
Well you're bold but you're just not bold enough to
Emphasize all the things you emphasize
It's a crap shoot darlin' you know 'cause you've been
Brutalized, you try your best to act surprised
Well you're not now are you, it's just your fashion
It really brings out
The beast in what we do, when we're making love, we're breaking out.

When we're making love we're aching
Aching from the time it's taking
To take the garbage out.

We Go Down

(N. Lawr)

Mother I awoke within the spray of lights you're shining
round and round and round my head to day

I can only wake up in the morning when you call me
and I can hardly hear a word you say

mother all your babies are a'flailing, flailing, flailing
even though you gave the point away

I can hardly keep the light you lit within me burning
burning, burning, burning through a day

we go down, down, down, down, down, down
we go down, down, down, down, down, down

Mother I am brave and I am running with the strong ones
further, further, further we're away

the sun keeps beating down on all your children's dirty deeds
but we're shining, shining, shining anyway

mother, mother, mother I'm afraid I must inform you that
all of us could not be here today

some of us have fallen, fallen, some of us were pushed
but none of us would turn another way

we go down, down, down, down, down, down
we go down, down, down, down, down, down

It Had To Be You

(N. Lawr)

What You Lie To Me

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Barking At Your Door

(N. Lawr)

Tell Miss Lucy better pray for rain
Her old man's burning down the company cane
Waiting underneath approximate light
I've been barking at you door all night
Just 'cause you're pretty doesn't mean you're right
I've been barking at your door all night

You threw your pennies at the bright blue light
You've been running out of doors all night
You locked that lever just a bit too tight
I've been barking at your door all night
You threw your money on the mexican flight
I've been barking at you door all night

Volume Days

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