1. |
Take It From The Top
01:59
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Take it from the Top
Do it one more time
Let's get ready to rock
A dynamite rewind
The radio plays
We're making a big mistake
Too late
Let's Take it from the Top
Take it from the Top
Breaking all the rules
Shake it like power pop
So out of style it's cool
The radio plays
We're making a big mistake
Too late
Let's Take it from the Top
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2. |
Waiting For You
03:56
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Crazy
I'm going crazy
Waking up on the wrong side of the bed
Every day of the week
Maybe
Something will change me
Something will turn me around like a merry go round
In the summer breeze
Kicking around in this beat up town
I was born and raised
Waiting ... for something new
Ear to the ground for a brand new sound
But I keep hearing same old same
Guess I've been Waiting for You
Lazy
Lazy and hazy
Taking up space breaking every promise I make
Shake me
Rearrange me
Make me clean like a new pair of jeans
In the washing machine
Kicking around in this beat up town
I was born and raised
Waiting ... for something new
Ear to the ground for a brand new sound
But I keep hearing same old same
Guess I've been Waiting for You
Kicking around
Waiting for You
Ear to the ground
Waiting for You
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3. |
The News
03:00
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Waking up to a brand new day
I'm wide awake
Pick up the Sunday Paper, hey
It's just another day
Read the same old death and fear
Again, again ad nauseum
Anxiety is now my daily friend
What can I do with The News
What can I do with The News
It's all around
It will bring you down
What can I do with The News
Screaming faces without a fact or clue
Do, do, do
Lining up with calls of war and flu
Goo, goo, goo, joob
Make the same old mistakes again
Again, again ad nauseum
Give in to the spiral that stops my shoes
What can I do with The News
What can I do with The News
It's all around
It will bring you down
What can I do with The News
It's all the same
To blame and shame
It's all the same
It's all
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4. |
Shake It Maggie
05:18
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Number two pencil behind her ear
Wiping this counter for 24 years
Picking up change she’s never gonna save
Neon light in the window flashing
Mountain Dew midnights, now she’s crashing
Waiting at a SEPTA station, losing her patience
Maybe she needs a break. Baby her back is breaking
Taking it day by day, Maggie Macramé
Maybe she needs a break. Baby her back is breaking
Faking it day by day, Maggie that’s the way
Freckled arms folded across her chest
Trying her best not to look depressed
Fixing her makeup. This menu’s a mess
Pops two Advils. Pillows the pain
Keeps on serving up bacon and eggs
These customers are all beginning to look the same
Shake it Maggie!
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Bigger Than The Universe
03:38
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You had better things to do
And better things to care about
Stay, don’t turn and walk away
I’m feeling you within without
Don’t leave me twisting in the breeze
Saying that we’re history
You’re the melody
In my symphony
Start by opening your heart
It’s Bigger than the Universe
Bad, I thought I had it bad
It really couldn’t get no worse
Don’t leave me twisting in the breeze
Saying that we’re history
You’re the melody
In my symphony
No, I don’t want you to go
Never see your face again
I’m never gonna make that mistake again
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6. |
Excuse Me
05:11
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Excuse Me
Why you confuse me
You're gonna lose me
If you keep pushing me away
Excuse Me
That look doesn't move me
Don't try to prove me wrong
Just love me the rest of the way
Something blew the two of us together
Something seemed familiar right from the start
Something drew the two of us together
Maybe I miss the mark
Baby I swear, nothing will tear us apart
Excuse Me
Why did you choose me
I thought you knew me
Better than anyone else
Excuse Me
Why you so bluesy
Why don't you tune me up
Play me the way I can help
Something blew the two of us together
Something seemed familiar right from the start
Something drew the two of us together
Maybe I miss the mark
Baby I swear, nothing will tear us apart
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7. |
Feel The Magic
04:08
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Six minutes.
Hello. Nice to meet you.
Two months later an unexpected collision.
Lightning strikes. Sometimes we feel the thunder.
Here together, thanks to the Great Magician
Don’t you Feel the Magic when I touch you?
Don’t you Feel the Magic when we kiss?
Don’t you Feel the Magic when I hold you in my arms?
Don’t you feel this magic thing called love?
Lately, doubting our situation.
C’mon now, baby you know me too well.
Right now, I wish I were Harry Houdini.
Snap these fingers and place you under my spell.
Don’t you Feel the Magic when I touch you?
Don’t you Feel the Magic when we kiss?
Don’t you Feel the Magic when I hold you in my arms?
Don’t you feel this magic thing called love?
Love
Don't you feel it
Everything is love
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8. |
She's Leaving California
05:33
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Wendy was born alone and wild
Playing in the city by the Bay
Twenty-two years, she’s been living here
West Coast Baby, she’s leaving on a plane.
Wendy’s wearing an old red raincoat.
Walking around in the rain
Say goodbye to California.
Nothing’s gonna be the same.
She's Leaving California
Packing her bags in the morning
Wendy, this feels just like a dream.
Leaving her life on the runway
New York City. She thinks it’s gonna be easy.
Wendy’s wearing an old red raincoat.
Walking around in the rain
Say goodbye to California.
Nothing’s gonna be the same.
She's Leaving California
And it breaks my heart to see her
Playing this silly game
No umbrella just standing in the pouring rain
The life we built together
Is like a broken picture frame
Wendy, why’d you lie
And tell me nothing’s ever gonna change
Wendy’s wearing an old red raincoat.
Walking around in the rain
Say goodbye to California.
Nothing’s gonna be the same.
She’s Leaving California
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I forget the day we met
He blew in from a place out West
That flaming angel tattoo on his arm
Chewing gum and skipping classes
Leather jackets, cheap sunglasses
Burning bright and turning on his charm
Like a butterfly, come to life, he's beautiful
High school graduation coming soon
Raise a glass, welcome to the party
My new best friend
The Coolest Kid in the Room
Motor rollin' all over town
I knew he'd never let me down
His legend grew beyond imagination
Two of us and no one else
I'd hear him talking to himself
His eyes were closed, deep in meditation
Like a butterfly, come to life, he's beautiful
High school graduation coming soon
Raise a glass, welcome to the party
My new best friend
The Coolest Kid in the Room
Disappointment on my face
I heard a crack, I saw him break
He'd never be as bad as Miles Davis
Now I regret the day we met
Those memories we'd never forget
Dissolved like fallen snow when it hits the window
Like a butterfly, come to life, he's beautiful
High school graduation coming soon
Raise a glass, welcome to the party
My new best friend
The Coolest Kid in the Room
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10. |
Puddles Of Me
03:59
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I was walking down the street today
Looking lost and locked in a daze
Saw a girl from the other way
Didn't know she was looking my way
Felt a drop now it's starting to rain
Looking up at the sky it's so gray
We can splash in the Puddles of Me
Reflections cast that I don't want to see
Then we'll line 'em up
And we'll knock 'em down
While we're hanging out
In this old town
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The radio plays
We're making a big mistake
Too late
Let's Take it from the Top
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FDR Label Chesterfield, New Jersey
FDR Label is the small NJ indie label with the big power pop heart. Formed in 1996, FDR Label is known for wildly popular
tribute CDs to the Replacements, The Who, and the 80s movie tribute, High School Reunion.
Releases have featured Guided By Voices, Frank Black, Matthew Sweet, Pat Dinizio, The Bigger Lovers, Bastards of Melody, The Successful Failures, the Dipsomaniacs, Taggart, and many more.
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