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Cinderella Says
03:44
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pulling on the same strings
staring through the same things
standing on the byline
thinkin bout the good times
grew into your bad words
cinderella backwards
searching for the home life
always after midnight
get back
i'll ask did you say that
cause you knew it would hurt me?
if you're running late then don't be
did you hear the big news?
that it spins without you
that was always your line
hoping it can be mine
cinderella says stop
doesn't hear when i talk
cinderella comes home
falls asleep in her clothes
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Oceans of Advice
03:30
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how have you been off swimming in your oceans of advice?
wish i could stay
i can't debate your feelings with your eyes
can't hold something that's so close
it's everything you see
don't go, stand up, step back, & look at
the damage in the deed
& look at me
you lost the lead
gave up the streets for makeup in the mall
you made your dad so unhappy
you're only ten feet tall
don't lose your face
it's the remake of the prequel to your mom
she's four foot ten
sells makeup in the dark corners of the mall
you made it
you're so close
to something like the right pose
you wanted a family
but sex & red wine can be just as good
how have you been
off swimming in your oceans
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Onion
02:41
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is it coming alive?
back in my day we called that the 'death drive'
sure as the end of the shift
sure as dragons breath fire & dogs eat shit
oh the world doesn't owe you nothin
a clean warm sheet or a fresh cut onion
do you think your decisions brought you here?
or do you just feel like you belong?
made it home before five
i thought i heard you calling through your window that night
maybe europe next week
i heard there's a town where the men wash your feet
maybe europe next year
will you wait for the rainiest day to appear?
i'm gonna call in sick
but i'm keeping my blood cause i'm done with the PRICKS
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Tableaux
03:36
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hey don't be a stick in the tableaux
don't lose your motion as you grow
you're a misprint of a best friend
now i've got a question for your kin
did they know since the beginning
that you were gonna end up different?
tip with cash
someone's always after your piece
it's better to ask than to act a fool
time is just a candy on a line
but there's a surface flat & wide
unaware of its dimensions
i've got this habit of decline
if i knew i'd tell you why
instead of cringing at its mention
make amends
someone's always sending regards
it's better to ask than to fake zen
hey don't make that burden all your own
i'll lend a shoulder to your load
yes i will lift for my princess
sink into the scene that you've devised
cause love is nothing if not blind
passionate & senseless
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Bottled
02:38
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i'm more bottled than bond
i'm more taken than teathered
they call me lazarus
they call me lazarus
but i'm more gravel than leather
annabelle
i never learned your last name
what a shame
even still
would you tell me if i asked?
i'm more risen than right
i'm more talon than feather
why won't they carry us
if they can carry us?
if i'm more diamond than desert
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Joplin Rice Lexington, Kentucky
Joplin Rice is a songwriter living in Richmond, Kentucky.
He has released numerous other albums both under his own name and as Ezra Triste.
Every band he forms dies.
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