1.The Things I Do
Lyricist：Teddy Thompson
It's getting harder and harder to live with myself
The things I do
I'm getting weaker in mental and physical health
The things I do
And no one's coming to save me now
It's me that has to change somehow
One night out away from the therapist's couch
Ouch
I'm sinking lower and lower in my friend's eyes
The things I do
And I've turned into somebody I despise
Oh, the things I do
And my standards are slipping day by day
I'll sleep with anyone who gets in my way
One bad hand away from a losing game
Shame
Should I be thinking about myself at a time like this？
I'm not sure
I'm never happy but at least I get some peace
In this war but I could use more
The things I do
And no one's coming to save the day
I'll have my fun and then I'll pay
One night out away from an early grave
And I need to be saved
2.What's This
Teddy Thompson
A Piece Of What You Need
What's This
What's this, what's this, am I happy or something
Oh shit, oh shit, am I happy or something
Is it you, is it me, is it us, is it we
Uh oh
But yeah, but, no, but how'd this happen
I'm all red and she's of a fashion
Is it you, is it me, is it us, is it we
Uh oh
Take you out anywhere
Tie you to the kitchen chair
Either's good
Funny that I seem to care
Usually I'm running scared
And I would, but it's all too good
I smile away as she moves her stuff in
My eyes all doe and I'm calling her muffin
Is it you, is it me, is it us, is it we
Uh oh
Rise and shine, she's right there with me
On my mind be it clean or filthy
Is it you, is it me, is it us, is it we
Uh oh
Take you out anywhere
Tie you to the kitchen chair
Either's good
Funny that I seem to care
Usually I'm running scared
And I would, but it's all too good
And the voices in my head come now
Saying this'll never work, get out
And the voices in my head are loud
Saying this'll never work, get out
I don't wanna hear it
Take you out anywhere
Tie you to the kitchen chair
Either's good
Funny that I seem to care
Usually I'm running scared
And I would, but it's all too good
3.In My Arms
Lyricist：Teddy Thompson
Got an easy place to be
In my arms, in my arms
Got a simple space to feel free
In my arms, oh in my arms
Keep it on the recent
Keep it on the now
Give me an easy way out
It's a lonely world that I got
In my arms, ooh in my arms
Got a lotta room to get lost
In my arms, oh in my arms
Keep it on the recent
Keep it on the now
Give me an easy way to get out
Keep it on the recent
Keep it on the now
Give me an easy way out
Got an easy place to be
In my arms, oh in my arms
Not much to fear from me
In my arms, oh in my arms
In my arms
4.Where To Go From Here
Lyricist：Teddy Thompson
The safe lie of the in between
I never lose but never win
I wait at the edge of life
I want to miss what might surprise
It's hard to know where to go from here
Hard to know where to go
Time is a waste of me
I'm up at noon for nothing real but I know
Oh, that I'm wasting it
It comes on once, there's no repeat
It's hard to know where to go from here
Hard to know where to go
Turn away, it's what I choose today
Turn away, is not the same as I give in
It's hard to know where to go from here
It's hard to know where to go from here
It is hard to know where to go
5.Don't Know What I Was Thinking
Lyricist：Teddy Thompson
I'm minutes away, I'm taking the next train
Don't know what I was thinking
I'm bringing you flowers, I'm making it up to you
Don't know what I was thinking
I figured it out, I need you
Don't know why I didn't know it then
I got it all wrong, I miss you
Don't know what I was thinking
When it's going along
When it's something beginning
That's when I feel I have to end it
Oh, but I was a fool, I was listening to everything
Except for what my heart was saying
I figured it out, I need you
Don't know why I didn't know it then
I got it all wrong, I miss you
Don't know what I was thinking
I know what I said, it's over
I know what I want now
It's you, it's you, it's you
I figured it out, I need you
Don't know why I didn't know it then
I got it all wrong, I miss you
Don't know what I was thinking
Don't know what I was thinking
Don't know what I was thinking
6.Can't Sing Straight
Lyricist：Teddy Thompson
I been drinking so much I can't sing straight
I gotta hope that it's not too late
To say the only thing that I've ever had
Was here in my own two hands
Maybe it's good, maybe it's fine
Maybe I'll learn to walk the line
It's been a very short run I must object
You're not really gonna take it away just yet
I need ten more years to get to good
I just did what I thought I could get away with
Maybe it's good, maybe it's fine
Maybe I'll learn to walk the line
I was an ugly kid with an ugly name
Never had much of a wild side to tame
But I grew up pretty tall and fine
I just wanted to have my time
Have some fun
Maybe it's good, maybe it's fine
Maybe I'll learn to walk the line
Give me one more chance to get things right
I wanna put it back the way it was overnight
But a change of ways seems a bit too much
I don't really want to change my life as such
Maybe it's good, maybe it's fine
Maybe I'll learn to walk the line
Maybe it's fine, maybe it's good
Maybe it's message understood
Maybe it's good, maybe it's fine
Maybe I'll learn to walk the line
7.Slippery Slope
Lyricist：Teddy Thompson
I've been on this road alone so long
Traveling down this slippery slope alone
No one's ever right where you are
Looking back into your heart
I can trace the lines I cross
Back to that initial loss
And nothing's ever been the same
I have never loved again
It's easier, it's easier now
It's easier, should be easier now
And look at me, fully grown
Yeah, look at me, still alone
I've been on this road alone so long
Traveling down this slippery slope alone
No one's ever right where you are
Looking back into your heart
8.Jonathan's Book
Lyricist：Teddy Thompson
Jonathan lives all on his own
He can't have distractions in the home
He stays locked in most days and nights
Trying to create while the neighbors fight
He says, I don't have any inspiration
And my subject matter lacks invention
Jonathan's writing a book you see
It's gonna be a masterpiece, a feat
He doesn't have a title or a plot
Oh, but he knows what's good
And he knows what's not
He says, I don't have any inspiration
And my subject matter lacks invention
If I only had an opening line
Well, I'm sure the rest would turn out fine
He's planning on at least a thousand pages
It has to be a story for the ages
But from war and peace to the cowboy cook
There's not much left for Jonathan's book
He says, I don't have any inspiration
And my subject matter lacks invention
If I only had an opening line
Well, I'm sure the rest would turn out fine
9.One Of These Days
Lyricist：Teddy Thompson
One of these days when things get bad
I will take you by the hand
And I will kiss the pain away
And I will make it all okay
One of these days
One of these nights when you get scared
Oh, be sure I will be there
By your side, in the dark
I will turn your fear to calm, yeah
One of these days
No one's ever going to hurt you
Oh, don't I wish that could be true
No one's ever gonna love you like I do
Oh, like I do
Through the years, love will grow
And I'll be scared to let you go
Out of sight, in my mind
You are there all the time
Yeah, one of these days
No one's ever going to hurt you
Oh, I wish that could be true
No one's ever gonna love you like I do
Yeah, like I do, oh, like I do
10.Turning The Gun On Myself
Teddy Thompson
A Piece Of What You Need
Turning The Gun On Myself
The morning is bright
it's rapper's delight
floats up to my room from the street
and who would distrurb
a slumbering world
with this he said in this beat
i'm takin' my aim
from this window pane
and i'm turning the gun on myself
the upper west side
is supposed to be quiet
is supposed to be wealthy and dull
so how to explain
this thundering pain
that's pushing its way through my skull
i'm taking a leave
of my senses you see
and i'm turning the gun on myself
New York is loud
it's wonderfully loud
i wouldn't live anywhere else
and i need my rest
to be at my best
away from the (？？？？？ of ？？？？？)
i'm losing my will
and shooting to kill
and i'm turning the gun on myself
i'm losing my will
and i'm shooting to kill
and i'm turning the gun on myself
11.A Piece Of What You Need
Lyricist：Teddy Thompson
Is this what we really want
Background music from a restaurant
Spare me, it's doing in my head
Drop dead gorgeous teen
Singing pages from her diary
So bad, you'd kick her out of bed
Break down the stupid wall
Stop doing what you're told
And don't believe a thing you see
Red light, drop that ball
Stop getting everything you want
And get a piece of what you need
Life on the happy pills
Counts on Pfizer to erase our ills
It's working, I'm feeling pretty blank
So sing, sing soulless boy
Give us more of your simple joy
It's soothing, money in the bank
Break down the stupid wall
Stop doing what you're told
And don't believe a thing you see
Red light, drop that ball
Stop getting everything you want
And get a piece of what you need
Oh, say can't you see
We're kinda, sorta living free
Staring into space
Bye, bye human race
Break down the stupid wall
Let's stop doing what we're told
And don't believe a thing you see
Oh, red light, drop that ball
Stop getting everything we want
And get a piece of what we need
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