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Might As Well Settle
03:04
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One, two, three, what a mess
Our happy home I must stress
Will never be anything more than a myth
Back and forth it will suffice
Some I love you's to be nice
Do we mean it? We're pleading the fifth
Truth be told no one can stand you
And no one could ever put up with me
If living alone is too much for our mettle
Then we might as well settle
Come on, we might as well settle
Que sera, c'est la vie
A life together in misery
Is the best that you and I can expect
Pick me ups, forget me nots
Target the altar, hit our spots
You're under my thumb and I'll be henpecked
Truth be told no one can stand you
And no one could ever put up with me
If I'm your black pot, you are my kettle
Then we might as well settle
Come on, we might as well settle
I'd be remiss if I did not pledge to thee
Love forever, dear, your bastard to be
Hand in hand with my blushing old bride
Straight to hell, dear, eternally fried
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She Has Your Name
04:42
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At the bar the band is bashing out another drinking tune
From a far she motions me over, a siren in a saloon
All due to some heavy spirits
Down, down go my defenses
Pushed us way past our limits
Not recalling the sequences
Before we point fingers, before we assign blame
You can't call it cheating when she has your name
You can't call it cheating when she has your name
After hours love and trust slip through my shaky and trembling hands
Oh so sour, cruel mornings, hangovers and one-night stands
Is it due to my negligence?
Have I used all my excuses?
What's the price of a penance?
Will begging turn to bruises?
Before we point fingers, before we assign blame
You can't call it cheating when she has your name
You can't call it cheating when she has your
Before we point fingers, before we assign blame
You can't call it cheating when she has your name
You can't call it cheating when she has your name
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Pretty Girls
04:02
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Beauty fades, dulls like a blade
You'll reminisce about way back when
Like a bruise fades black to blue
Or the ink that dries out in a pen
Words of warning about to think
We're treading water soon to sink
One more grievance for the list
So you better run, little miss
Pretty girls they do fall down, love
Pretty girls they do fall down
You'll probably be happier when I'm gone
You can't say that about your looks
Might be as meaningless as this song
With no direction and no hooks
So you see when you do flee
It won't be a scene that's unseen
The big news once you're let loose
You're a princess that will never be queen
Word of warning to your highness
Walls constructed construed as shyness
Some people they just can't be kissed
So you better run, little miss
Pretty girls they do fall down, love
Pretty girls they do fall down
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What Must Be
03:11
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As my plane and snow flurries touch down on O'Hare
The blue line to the Loop and you remind me of Being There
"We could kiss and ride on the CTA
If only you weren't so far, far away"
If I'm your prince no matter how well kept
Will I end up breaking my crown?
And will these words no matter how well meant
End up letting somebody down?
I have no idea what a future for us may bring
But I'll ignore all crystal balls and decoder rings
As I sit down here trying to find a way
To let you know those three words that I want to say
If you're my princess no matter how heaven sent
Will I keep you from hitting the ground?
And will these words no matter how well meant
End up letting somebody down?
Don't let me down
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Three Cheers
03:38
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I'm in love, let's hear it from the choir
Thought it'd pass, I thought it would expire
I'm a blaze, baby, I'm on fire
Even though I get the feeling I'll get burned
Somebody tell me what's the lesson I should learn
My friends say I'm better than this
But all the other girls are no hits just misses
I've dug a hole and now I'll dig an abyss
Don't want to follow but I'm easily led
And everything you do just fucks with my head
Don't want to follow but I'm easily led
And everything you do just fucks with my head
Three cheers for broken hearts
You're on a pedestal, a work of an art
Are you Waterloo, am I Bonaparte?
Three cheers for broken hearts
I can tell you one thing your boy has that I have not got
He's got you, my darling, and that's a lot
He's got you, my darling, and that's a lot
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Teeth Or Pedal
02:14
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Teeth or pedal, pedal or teeth
These options hang above my head while I'm underneath
Should I run? Should I hide? Or take the sword from the sheath?
Teeth or pedal, pedal or teeth
Chain or tooth, tooth or chain
There are solutions yet the problem still remains
When a Decider's two loves are Christ and cocaine
Chain or tooth, tooth or chain
Well I need to keep the strength up to fight
Part of me believes things will never be alright
'Cause you see
To my school I can't be true when education is a miss
To the right I won't be true, hell yeah, I'm a socialist
To my God, I can't be true because He's taking the piss
That leaves just one thing for me to do
It's to be true and ever loving to you
That leaves just one thing for me to do
It's to be true and ever loving to you
My aim is true, so true
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Loaded
04:22
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I got loaded like a pair of dice
Seemed like a good idea at the time
Now I'm paying the price, now I'm paying the price
I got loaded like a .45
Wishing that you were here right now
Buzzing around my hive, buzzing around my hive
Last night was all about consuming
Anything too thin to eat
Until you come back to me
As the drinks kept on coming
It was more trick than treat
Can't wait for you to come back to me
Oh my darling, can't you see I love you so?
Next time you go out of town
Hide the liquor when you go, hide the liquor when you go
Last night was all about consuming
Anything too thin to eat
Until you come back to me
As the drinks kept on coming
It was more trick than treat
Can't wait for you to come back to me
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Honeycomb
02:17
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This ain't the Circle K but there's strange things afoot
Traces of ink that can't be erased
Be sure to flee with enough bags of loot
Salvation could not save this place
Pin drops, pin pricks, needles and pins
Eerie, weird that they're calling this gin
Stuck in a box the pavement meeting the road
The sunshine eroding the day, hey hey
Accidents will happen while carrying the load
And disappointment when everyone's OK
Woodgrain, beachball, grab the sword
Devil's playtime, look who's bored
Brake pad worn through on a midnight drive
Ends this drone, don't return to the hive
Pin drops, pin pricks, needles and pins
Eerie, weird that they're calling this gin
They're calling this gin
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Burn Burn Burn
03:17
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She's a harpy, she's a shrew
Is it funny when the joke is on you?
Dying each time that you hear the sound
Here he comes now there goes Cathy's clown
The sign up ahead says no U-turns
Holding back the tears your eyes are going to
Burn burn burn
Burn burn burn
There's no peace in loves throes
Wanting Geneva you got Sarajevo
Rock on her finger weighing you down
Head under water hoping you don't drown
I wonder when she's going to get her turn
Head under water, your lungs are going to
Burn burn burn
Burn burn burn
Holding back the tears, head under water
Burn burn burn
Burn burn burn
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Could You Be The One?
04:01
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I'm now two sheets to the wind
On the seas hoping to find
It's a wave, a rush, a flood
Now I'm caught up in a bind
Could you be the one? Once I hit port
Could you be the one? My last resort
Could you be the one? No questions asked
Could you be the one? To take to task
Could you be the one?
Bloodlust may still be lust
Still you're my favorite thrill
Wait too long bones turn to dust
No more feelings left to kill
Could you be the one? I'm not one to flatter
Could you be the one? Chit chat or tit for tatter
Could you be the one? And if that just won't do
Could you be the one? I'll make a monster out of you
Could you be the one?
Could you be the one? Send you running for the hills
Could you be the one? I just can't wait until
Could you be the one? To twist your neck with glee
Could you be the one? You'll make a monster out of me
Could you be the one?
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Phil Yates & The Affiliates Chicago, Illinois
Phil Yates & The Affiliates are a rock band based out of Chicago (formerly based out of Burlington, Vermont.) With his hooky sound that's "too folky for the rockers and too rocky for the folkers," Phil has played with The Mountain Goats, The Babies, Cave Singers, Holly Golightly, The Dead Milkmen's Joe Jack Talcum, Franklin Bruno, Wckr Spgt, and Mary Prankster. ... more
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