1.Plastic Paperbacks
Lyricist：Jonathan Paul Auer, Kenneth Stringfellow
Once I had money but now I'm so far from home
Once I was loved by a woman but now there's nothing but cold
stone
I was hard, man but what was there to understand？
Along that wind, were you searching for the start of sin？
Journeys taken in search of that terrible eye
Turned over horizons under which no sun wants to lie
But that trust which comes into the thick of it
I got that back with a stack of plastic paperbacks
But to love you, oh, to love you
But to love you, oh, to love you
One by one I pressed those letters in your hand
Like a Gutenberg Bible burning at midnight on the sand
You've been up, held where innocence has never dwelled
But that's all right, there's a Bible burning giving light, oh
But to love you, oh, to love you
But to love you, oh, to love you
We've got all night to stare into the anthracite
The cold black flame, we've been burning plastic paperbacks
again, oh
Ooh, oh
2.The Glitter Prize
Lyricist：Jonathan Paul Auer, Kenneth Stringfellow
Oh Isabella, it's starting to snow
And I wanna know when it covers the ground
So send me a message, show me a sign
Radiate in time to the shimmering sound
Daylight, I'm ready for daylight
I'm ready to trade my darkened eyes for the glitter prize
It's never enough to be giving it all
When you're drawn by the call of the siren you serve
Now there's promise for keeping and miles to go
Before the sunrise show that I wanna see, I wanna deserve
Daylight, I'm ready for daylight
I'm ready to praise your heaven skies when the curtains rise
Daylight, I'm ready to play right
I'm ready to trade my darkened eyes for the glitter prize
Every time, every time, every time you're around
Daylight, daylight
Every sight, every sound, every time you're around
Fireworks reflecting on your icy flow like a fever below
And I can't break free of the glow and the gleam
Touché Isabella, you were always the queen of the dramatic
scene
Now I want to shout, I want to scream
Daylight, I'm ready for daylight
I'm ready to praise your heaven skies when the curtains rise
Daylight, I'm ready to play right
I'm ready to trade my darkened eyes for the glitter prize
Daylight, I'm ready for daylight
I'm ready to praise your heaven skies when the curtains rise
Daylight, I'm ready to play right
I'm ready to trade my darkened eyes for the glitter prize
For the glitter prize, for the glitter prize
For the glitter prize, for the glitter prize
3.Licenses To Hide
Lyricist：Jonathan Paul Auer, Kenneth Stringfellow
Who's got into that 80's radio？
I've said it for some time now
I said we should set if for some time now
Who's going for that carbon dating now？
I'm feeling so old, so old
But I'm barely a teenager
Years were oversold
But let's not forget the lives of lovers
Late into your life
As life continues on despite
Oh, those licenses to hide
Oh, oh, those licenses to hide
What dynamic could heal the damage
That you did in your life？
And paint the virgins white
Or not quite
What did you learn from early insolence？
The season that never ends
You were deadly and serious
This you could depend on
When will you stop those adolescent trends？
It's funny 'til it can't bend
Then when it breaks it can be funny again
But let's not forget we're also funny
When we get undressed
But darling, you could use just a little less of
Oh, those licenses to hide
Oh, oh, those licenses to hide, oh, oh
I admit and I'll say it now that I love you
I love you
Fears, storms and endless invasions
But I'm here with you
Let's not forget we've all recovered
Plenty of composures
And now it's time for some exposure of
Oh, those licenses to hide
Oh, oh, those licenses to hide
Oh, oh, oh, those licenses to hide
What dynamic could heal the damage
That you did in your life？
And paint the nighttime white
Or not quite
4.So Caroline
Lyricist：Jonathan Paul Auer, Kenneth Stringfellow
I can't make another history choice
I don't wanna decide
I don't wanna get stuck where the yearbooks reside
So Caroline, you'll be the only friend of mine
Close enough to remain tethered and tied
So Caroline, you'll be the only friend of mine
I keep dreaming of a map of the world
I keep searching the sky
I keep seeing the traffic signals passing me by
So Caroline, you'll be the only friend of mine
Close enough to remain tethered and tied
Ain't it so Caroline？ You'll be the only friend of mine
And with friends like you who needs anyone else？
With friends like you
Took a second glance like a fighting chance
When I heard your name
Such a singular favor to return then begin again
So Caroline, you'll be the only friend of mine
Close enough to remain tethered and tied
So Caroline, you'll be the only friend of mine
Ain't it so Caroline？ You'll be the only friend of mine
Close enough to remain tethered and tied
Ain't it so Caroline？ You'll be the only friend of mine
5.Take Care Of Yourself
Lyricist：Jonathan Paul Auer, Kenneth Stringfellow
Maybe you never saw much of me
As you're creeping around your history
It's true, I wasn't always with you
I was so gone but you weren't forgotten
That's why I've been trying to make it up
To you in later years
I hope a father's what I am
But rationalizing's not my aim
Just to pick you up and carry all your pain
And give you wings and not to
Always get the better of the other side
Ain't that what you call love？
Take care of yourself
Do everything you can so we don't lose ya
Showing me off all your side effects
And keeping your face like a silhouette in blue
Is all we're gonna get
But keep it in mind in your last regrets
As you're blowing away like an untethered balloon
And drifting high forever
Is that the side that turns you on？
To see we missed you after all you're gone？
Take care of yourself
Do everything you can so we don't lose ya
If I said I was letting you die
Well, baby, I told you a lie
Well, maybe I'd tell you a lie
If only to keep you alive
You're writing your own prescription
Riding the lines of a minor fiction
If anyone ever could spare to lose a detail
Filing your heart with the facts you're facing
Draining away as your blood's escaping
You could make it last forever
They say that the last time feels like pleasure
Feeling a smile from your unsuccessful
Breathing every memory
As I'm always to prevent your harm
These words you mock me when you cut into your arms
Take care of yourself
Do everything you can so we don't lose ya
Take care, take care of yourself
Do everything you can so we don't lose ya
If you think I was letting you die
Well, baby, I told you a lie
Well, maybe I'd tell you a lie
If only to keep you alive
Well, maybe I'd tell you a lie
If only just to keep you alive
Take care, take care of yourself
6.Cleopatra Street
Lyricist：Jonathan Paul Auer, Kenneth Stringfellow
Cleopatra Street, stucco ceiling with stars
Stucco ceiling with stars looking over
Carpet three inches deep
On the formative floors
Cleopatra Street, sidewalk covered in cars
Sidewalk covered in cars every summer
Memories incomplete
But the feelings were ours
So you take two of everything
And put it in your measuring cup
You can have the joy it brings
Think you've got it all sewn up
We're like a chain gang
Chipping away at the same thing
We're like a chain gang
Chipping away at the same thing
Cleopatra Street, I walked the same 30 yards
I walked the same 30 yards last October
It knocked me off my feet
How we reached for the stars
You and Sally, and Steve, me and Bobby McGee
Me and Bobby McGee taking pictures
There's nothing left to repeat
It'll just have to be
So you take two of everything
And put it in your measuring cup
You can have the joy it brings
Think you've got it all sewn up
We're like a chain gang
Chipping away at the same thing
We're like a chain gang
Chipping away at the same thing
No one could show us how
We all have to move on now
No one ever let us see
Every side to this divine divide, divide
So you take two of everything
And put it in your measuring cup
You can have the joy it brings
Think you've got it all sewn up
We're like a chain gang
Chipping away at the same thing
We're like a chain gang
Chipping away at the same thing
We're like a chain gang
Chipping away at the same thing
We're like a chain gang
Chipping away at the same thing
Cleopatra Street, memories incomplete
That'll have to be fine
7.For The Ashes
Lyricist：Jonathan Paul Auer, Kenneth Stringfellow
First one was born then denied
Will anybody get her？
Second one is learning her all lines
And the actions
Third one has been trying all her life
To get out of the ghetto
Fourth one is leaving the fire
For the ashes, for the
Which fire is the fire that calls you out into the light
Indifference or spite？
First thing I'm gonna do to this town
When I get a little credit
Take my money and stick it in the ground
Buy some glasses
Education prepares me for the fight
When they try to turn their words on me
Cities turned into a refuge for the ashes
For the ashes, for the
Which fire is the fire that turns you into a sharper eye？
Has anybody tried？
Someday I'm gonna wake up dead, I know
My breath released into the open sky
Please tighten that bandage round my head one last time
Let go of my hand and close my eyes
Time's coming, there's light under the door
Footsteps in the exterior hallway
Coming with a stethoscope, a syringe
Witness, I call you all my wealth, you're my lands
This little country of my own true blood
In this kingdom with no king, none at all
Or just a daughter and a son in law
Witness, can you write me down these words？
My darlings, take your time
'Cause all things will fall, all things must fall
Think I'm gonna just sit here for awhile
Gotta try to see what happened
But I'll still stand right up to your face
And 40 lashes
But I never would've worried and worked that hard
If they ever would have told me so
That I was just working all this time
For ashes, for the
What fool is on the fire escape when the fire is going out？
Is anybody's doubt
I know it seems like nothing changes in your way
Just take your time and know that all things will fall
8.Accidental Architecture
Lyricist：Jonathan Paul Auer, Kenneth Stringfellow
Miles of avenues, buildings of blocks
Window reflections of mirrors
Compass morality, blueprints of thought
Who'll be the one to delight you？
The positive one to invite you？
Incite to be riotous in spite of it all
Is there room at your table to move？
There's architecture in the way you care
With the form of a dream
But reality's ghost still there
Touched by personal Chernobyl's
Just like any piece of clay
Finding more than you had planned on
Slowly shaped along the way
Towers of gravity, ladders of hope
Spires of grandeur design
Armchair psychology, end of the rope
Rapidly learning to climb
As the new elevations remind
Who'll be the one to release you？
The fortunate one to increase you？
Share the surprises and ring in the rises
And drink to the probable you
There's architecture in the way you breathe
With the seed of a birth
But reality won't conceive
All the personal Titanics
Just like any ship at bay
Testing litmus every Christmas
Slowly shaped along the way
Slowly shaped along the way, hey
9.She's Coming Down Again!
She checks everything, nothing's limiting
She's oblivious, you're too obvious she knows that
She knows that you love her in your own way
And it's totally strange that you never even go with her
By the time she gets to the party she's forgotten you
She's Coming Down Again
It felt so good when she got highshe told you things she wanted
to believe in
Then it was so sad she repeated and repeated what a shitty way
to spend a night
Like some candidates know the antidote
She's not telling you, she's not selling you nothing
There's nothing to gain just by asking her
There's no compromiseif you're not in, you're not existing
And you wish that you were inside more than just her world
She's
It felt so good when she got highshe ran out quick and sent
someone to get it
Then she got ripped offshe ended up with nothing what a shitty
way to end a night
Like a domino falling on your phone you found out you had
nothing left to offer
If it was gold, they'd laugh you out the door
And it's so sad to say, most people don't even act this way
So why is she so important to you？
She's
It felt so good when she got highshe took too much and she
started to panic
Does anybody have a couple extra Xanax？ What a shitty way to
spend a night
There's no funeral, just the usual gathering in a small town
you've never heard of
You thought that you knew her, she never told you she was so far
from home
But home was simply the last place, the last place that she was
looking for
That was your mistake
She's
It felt so good when she got highbut something's wrong, it's
never been this strong
There wasn't even time to call the paramedics what a shitty way
to end a life
She's
It felt so good when you got highif you're half as lucky you'll
end up just like her
Taking over bars and holding nights for hipsters what a killer
way to spend a life
(She's)
10.Notion 99
Lyricist：Jonathan Paul Auer, Kenneth Stringfellow
Beautiful day, on a day like today
When you can't get away with the murderous
Little remains of the wide open plains
Where you hardly contained your deservedness
Hanging around like the question she found
To the answer expounding your consciousness
Beautiful way, how she tried to divide
Like an emperor tide and be conquerous
Hey, it's a beautiful ride
Hey, it's a colorful motion
Hey, you got nothing to hide
But you can't get caught with the notion
Meeting the match in a station of trains
On their way to the Nation of Animus
Is there a catch to control, down the hole, down the hatch
Where the rabbits are ravenous？
Setting a trap, unaware if you care
If she dares to ensnare for the hack of it
Minding the gap, are you glad
For the labyrinth moments you had keeping track of it？
Hey, it's a beautiful ride
Hey, it's a colorful motion
Hey, you got nothing to hide
But you can't get caught with the notion
Hey, it's a beautiful ride
Hey, it's a colorful motion
Hey, you got nothing to hide
But you can't get caught with the notion
Hey, it's a beautiful ride
Hey, it's a colorful motion
Hey, you got nothing to hide
But you can't get caught with the notion
11.Holiday Hours
Lyricist：Jonathan Paul Auer, Kenneth Stringfellow
I'm waking up, I'm getting out into the daily motion
I'm placing bets, I'm rising up to meet your day
It's presentation of the perfect family expectation
Tinseled evergreens are losing their display
Stop and starters, winter partners, under doormat key
Warrior weekends, shallow deep ends
I don't ever wanna hear, they won't give what you need
I don't ever wanna hear
I don't ever wanna hear, they won't let you be
I don't ever wanna hear
They're just the product of a childhood better left forgetting
You're so the picture of an image I have seen
There's a synopsis in the boxes housed on storefront shelving
A case of delving as the week's unraveling
Basement bargains, in-law jargons, buy one, get one free
Sibling rivals, heirloom bibles, half-lit family tree
I don't ever wanna hear, they won't give what you need
I don't ever wanna hear
I don't ever wanna hear, they won't let you be
I don't ever wanna see
Walk to the front of the line on the block
In the back of your mind to the place you left behind
And if you need some extra time to gather all your rations
I'll keep the shop lights burning longer than today
Before the night, before you drive up to your parents' hometown
And put your effervescent lights out on display
I don't ever wanna hear, they won't give what you need
I don't ever wanna hear
I don't ever wanna hear, they won't let you be
I don't ever wanna see
I don't ever wanna hear, they won't give what you need
I don't ever wanna hear
I don't ever wanna hear, they won't let you be
I don't ever wanna see
I don't ever want to hear
I don't ever want to hear
I don't ever want to hear
12.Enewetak
Lyricist：Jonathan Paul Auer, Kenneth Stringfellow
Ah, this could have been Enewetak
Stressed, embattled, irradiated, evacuated
And something's on in those isles
A foreign power said
Ah, this could have been Enewetak
Now bathed in comet spray
So many devils were called out now cast in concrete
The land was vapor after Operation Ivy
Hydrogen megatons, medical 4.1
Has anyone else read H.G. Wells shapes have come？
Try to find Enewetak, they say man will bury you
But I hope God takes you back in his arms and says
'Earth, air, fire and the sea', physics stole them all from me
But I will try to keep Enewetak out the rising waves
And all the mothers loved their babies
Though they weren't like us no more
Lay out a heading for the home world
Of a species on parole
Dust in the atmosphere, 24,000 years
A radioactive trail of tears in the sand
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