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Rock & Roll Time Machine
02:33
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Well, I've known it all along that all I've ever wanted
was to play in a rock n' roll band
but I had to go to college, I had to get a job
Now the kids listen to music I don't understand
So I built a machine,
gonna go back and do it again...
Well, I'm going back in time to 1959
gonna play at the high school dance
All the kids are gonna dig it, and when we make it big,
even Elvis gonna wanna shake my hand
But I'll spit in his face
just to put him in his place (oh yeah!)
I'll be living my dream
black and white TV screen again...
We're gonna do-do-do-do-do it again
We're gonna do-do-do-do-do it again
We're gonna do-do-do-do-do it again
In my rock and roll time machine, my friend
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Tender Resignation
02:48
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Tendered my resignation
You never wanna see me again
Cuz me and your expectations...
I don't suppose we've ever met
It was a Hail Mary pass
but my quarterback got sacked in the end
so high five! congratulations!
Let me start all over again
I don't wanna know ya, don't wanna see ya,
so, hey - sayonara!
I gotta let ya know...
God, I hope you go away
Tendered my resignation
I don't even care to pretend
that I've got the time or patience
I don't wanna see you again
And I've got such shameful names
I could call you, but I'm a gentleman
So, use your imagination
and let me start all over again
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Sign of Weakness
02:33
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I've been a miserable a-hole
I don't know myself at all
from head to toe I'm filled with sorrow
and I'm standing 6' tall
So call me a bastard, call my selfish
tell me what I'm supposed to do
If I don't ever tell ya nothin'
how are we gonna make it through?
Is it a sign of weakness?
son of a gun!
When all my strength is gone
I hope I don't let you down
I find myself in situations
where I feel out of control
I try my damndest to be patient
and play a little rock and roll...
Until one day I break down laughing
in a great wave of relief
there's nothing left to do now darling
except to set and grit our teeth
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Master Slacker
03:55
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I was a lonely one
I guess I never went nowhere
I was a lonely one
and I guess I never went nowhere
I coulda been someone
I guess I never wanted to
I was so stubborn every summer
it's a bummer, dude
Because I'm saving all my pennies
tryin' to dig out of my 20s, now
and maybe when I'm forty
(which I will be shortly)
it'll all make sense again somehow
But for now what's on my mind,
is I won't spend my life
Wasting my precious time
I know exactly when
I started with this attitude
it must've been that class I took in college
thought I was so cool
It's such a classic case
I thought that I had cracked the code
but now this master slacker attitude has got to go
Because I'm spending all my pennies
tryin' to dig out of my 20s, now
and maybe when I'm forty
(which I will be shortly)
it'll all make sense again somehow
But for now what's on my mind,
is I won't spend my life
Wasting my precious time
(I guess I changed my mind)
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Extra Life!
02:08
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Well I've started back at level 1 one too many times
But i kept all my power-ups so I think I'll be alright
Every time I die, I get right back up
Cuz I got me an extra life!
Oh my my my
Oh yes sir, yes indeed!
Like Final Fight or Final Fantasy
I can guarantee I'll get a continue screen
And you can bet - hell yes! - I'll be continuing
Well I was born in 1984 and I've spent a lot of time
Playing games and waiting for a change to come
But i've changed my mind:
Like Final Fight or Final Fantasy
I'll take control, you won't take control of me
And I'm trying to avoid a "game over" pun
but before all is said and done
You can bet - hell yes! - I'll be continuing
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Andrew Robert Palmer Chicago, Illinois
I'm a regular guy doing a very small thing.
Chicago-based. Sometimes rock, sometimes folk.
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