WHERE YOU’RE COMING FROM

I hear shoe strings tend to break
But they tie together great
I feel I know
I know where you’re coming from

Notebooks filled with lines
And a clock’s filled with good times
I think I know
I know where you’re coming from
Oh, I know where you’re coming from
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I never have enough
and you always have too much
I might just know
I know where you’re coming from

Quarters for the wash
All the other coins are tossed
I said I know
I know where you’re coming from
Oh, I know where you’re coming from
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I’m on my feet today
And I’ll walk into the grave

I drew this map by hand
Show you how to become a man

I’m on my feet today
And then I’ll walk into the grave

I said I
I know where you’re coming from
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We tore the walls out
In this old bedroom of your house
To make room for dreams
I know where you’re coming from

Years they come and go
But today is here to stay
I said I know
I know where you’re coming from
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RED PAINT

You’re bringing the bar up
Life’s not plastic forks and paper cups

A mind certainly can make
A heavy weight
We’ll set all things straight
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Hands and red paint
Let’s make some stains
Let’s make some stains
Getting dark
Hands and red paint
Let’s make a mark

All of these years
You’ve brought me here
You’ve brought me here
I thank you
All of these years
That we’ve cut through
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Some parts never taught
Climbing fences, sleeping on roof tops

While so many things I see are sugar fed
Still rocks, bricks, and lead
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Let’s make life so big
Make sure can’t be missed

I’ll carry all these days for months and for years
I’ll listen, you’ll hear
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CAMERAS

Sun’s going down let’s get together
On the bridge we’ll meet up tonight

Black pants, red sweatshirt, and brown bags
Above the East River’s northern lights
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You see what I see
I thought it make believe
Watched the sun rise
On my street

Old cement makes for
A solid place to lay
Bed of light grey
My bed of light grey
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While I know it’s letters that can spell
I hear now it’s words that can say

I decided to start writing less
And I’m talking more everyday
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Sixteen of our friends
A five seat bright red van
Curbside view
Turn off of Grand

Pound my steering wheel
We yell to the windshield
I’m finally home
I’m finally home
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No time for cameras
We’ll use our eyes instead
No time for cameras
We’ll be gone when we’re dead

No time for cameras
We’ll use our eyes instead
I see flashes of gold
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Every single car alarm we hear
We’ll steal and throw through their window
My water comes straight from the tap
And those bottles are all just for show
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I see that we’re made of
More then blood and bones
See we’re made of
Sticks and stones

Don’t forget to breathe
Need locks for your keys
Don’t forget to breathe now
Forget to breathe now
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AM/FM SOUND

The open road
Is on my back today
Hold me up I’m sure
Not to drag away

All these twists and turns
Piles of dreams and dimes
I’ll take what’s in front
And leave this mess behind
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Oh I just sit here tonight
And wait for my ride
Oh I just sit here tonight
And you all wait by my side
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Oh Eh
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Meet after dark
And just follow me
Tread’s been worn away
Wrong side of the street
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Oh I just sit here tonight
And wait for my ride
Oh I just sit here tonight
And you all wait by my side
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No time to waste
And so many rules to break
With AM/FM sound
Sure to tear some fences down
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No time to waste
And so many rules to break
With AM/FM sound
Sure to tear some fences down
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CHORUS

BLOCK AFTER BLOCK

Now this is all me, now this is all me

Watch out for late phone calls
Wheat paste and concrete walls

Go too far, live too long
Time’s too short, right and wrong

Block after block
Block after block

Roll down gates look the same
Different trips, different trains
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Hey friends
Break in the back door
And turn it up
While the lights are out
Eyes closed and shouting right now
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Lights turn on
And dark turns up
Side by side
Dream bigger
Next in line
It’s late
Now this is all me
Now this is all me
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Eat when you’re hungry and
Sleep when you’re slipping like

Tired dogs rest their paws
Today we show our flaws

Block after block
Block after block

It’s one way, now on Wythe
What was left now is right
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Hey friends we’ll jump the turnstiles
And cut it down
While the lights are out
Eyes closed and shouting right now
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I think it takes a pile of bricks
For us to make a home
And I’m not sure but I hear
Mountains grow from just a stone

Block after block
Block after block

Everything I’ve learned
Every step I took
And street I’ve walked
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ICE MELTS

Ceiling’s falling down
Broken bricks and salty air
Sleeping on the ground
Grass is much greener from down here

Ceiling’s falling down
I hold my hands up high
Ceiling’s falling down
I gave, I took, I’ll try
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Ice melts around me
Watered down it will,
Watered down it will never be
Ice melts around me
Together we will
Together we will make it freeze
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Hold my hands up high
And shout out all my dumb demands
Feet tap what I say
But it sounds quiet when I stand

Ceiling’s falling down
I hold my hands up high
Ceilings falling down
I gave, I took, I’ll try
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Searching for my left shoe
In a pile of only right
Ice melts quickly
Don’t forget me
It’s bright out there
I’m wearing white

Ceiling’s falling down
It’s time to run and hide
Ceiling’s falling down
I stood and watched inside
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SILVER TILES

Three teeth left his silver smile
Brushed clean three metal tiles
And tiles like parking lots
Three miles it never

Stops, boy
You’ll be okay, boy
Your silver tiles
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And all our hopes
And all our friends
Through parking lots
It’s where we’ve been
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Shoes grown mighty old
Pants faded knees with holes
Stitched up now silver thread
Fixed up now like I

Said boy
You’ll be okay boy
Your silver thread boy
Your silver tiles
Your silver bones
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And all our hopes
And all our friends
Through parking lots
I found this
B I got in school
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Three teeth left his silver smile
Burnt skin from miles and miles
Of crossing parking lots
Three miles it never

Stops, boy
You’ll be okay boy
Your silver tiles
Your silver bones
With silver sides
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And all our hopes
And all our friends
Through parking lots
I found this
B I got in school

WIRES

These, these cracks tell time
And story lines
Curtains close, credits roll

And all my fancy books
Are just for looks
Ink dried slow like this train
Train’s been delayed
Take the long way
BQE over me
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Cut and crossed wires
Electric fires
Reset your clocks
And rewrite your thoughts

It’s burning down
Let’s keep it up
Flames they grow strong
The louder the song
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If rats, rats run this race
I’ll get first place
Tortoise versus the hare
Old rabbit ears
No longer hear
Television beware
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