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Mail without a Stamp
02:10
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She put her letter in the mail without a stamp
And lost her secrets to the US government
She waited for the postman Friday afternoon
But he told her there was nothing he could do
With no return address it's like it never was
But the letter still exists and always does
Her brother filmed a band in a Carolina bar
But then erased the tape when he brought it into work
The crowd was shouting at the strings ripped from guitars
Now it's only codes in protein that won't last very long
She put her letter in the mail without a stamp
And lost her secrets to the US government
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I used to listen to the radio
Then I got my own
I used to save up all my quarters so
I could wash my clothes
TV and coffee and then back to bed
Leaving the benches with all the papers read
We used to try to get another round
before they shut it down
Everybody had a tape machine
I used to listen to the radio
Now I don't
Everybody had a radio
Then I got my phone
It stays with me
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Give me your Technology
01:55
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Give me your technology
cause the time has come for you to go to sleep
Say good night to all the socialites
you can clear your head and live your life
You were waiting there to be kissed
but some things are not that hard to resist
And if your life is not a total mess
you were lucky to avoid any early success
This was long before technology put the world inside
I got mixed up with some selfish genes
I convinced myself that I knew my dreams
Say good night to all the socialites
you can clear your head and say good night
I was waiting there to be blessed
but some things are not that hard to resist
And if my life is not a total mess
I was lucky to avoid any early success
This was long before technology put the world inside
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4. |
Gone and Done it
03:43
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You're gonna miss your train if you don't leave this minute
They're gonna see your face and make the connection
You've gone and done it
You can't go back now
The night clerk is asleep you can take the back stairs down
Edna says is you leave they might not follow
You've gone and done it
You can't go back now
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5. |
Big Antenna Rock
02:44
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You think you found a way to cancel out all of the things that you do
And it's darker than a Denver morning
Open up and read the warning
Well you've been in my head a lot
And you messed up my dreams
The big antennas rock in the wind and still they're picking up all the signals that they
Need to keep all of the shows
Inside the many shining homes
And I'm almost off of the TV now
Started to sing and turned off the sound
I gotta catch the train I could ride in the tunnel or take the el through the evening rain
And thought it takes a bit more time
It somehow feels like it is mine
So I ride the subway above the ground
Started to sing and turned off the sound
I'm almost off of the TV now
Started to sing and turned off the sound
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Free
05:05
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The Pickups New York
THE PICKUPS:
Joe emails drum tracks from his basement in Philadelphia.
Then Tim records guitars in his closet and vocals in his car.
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