1. |
Jonathan Demme Closeup
01:31
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In search of the Jonathan Demme closeup
she took a bus to California
but all she found was people looking down
Staring down the barrel
of the camera behind the mirror
in the bathroom at the motel it clicked
Now she's flying home from Los Feliz
having found the answers
to the questions she's been asking
since 1991
Like is there any place that she can rest?
Is there any place where she can lay her head?
Is there just one fucking town where she can sleep
without dreaming?
No
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2. |
The Pretty Thing
03:44
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Turn the heat down on the way out
won't be anyone around for a while
throw the meat away, pour the milk down the drain
don't leave anything that might stink up the place
There are broken clocks on the bookshelf
and knockoff watches
in the pockets of the jackets in the closet
The family name on the pickup
faded down by years of sun and salt
trawls the alleyways for copper
finding nothing here but evidence of loss
Now those broken clocks from the bookshelf
and the knockoff watches
from the pockets are in boxes by the trashcan
So put away the pretty thing
hide it under stone or under shade
put away the pretty thing
The funeral was in some suburb
she's pretty sure he would've hated every word
Now those broken clocks from the bookshelf
and the knockoff watches
from the pockets are in boxes by the trashcan
Artifacts of a life unlived in boxes
by the trashcan
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3. |
Cruel Ways
01:53
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She walks home from church alone
with vengeance in her heart
God work in cruel ways
while the Devil plays his part
So pick up the car from the shop or don't
it hardly matters now
There's a chill at the neighborhood field
on this Sunday afternoon
She wants to die, she blames it on her sign
she's a Pisces moon
So drop off the bills in the mail or don't
it hardly matters now
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4. |
Two Moons
04:10
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Check the mail for the first time in an hour
check it twice
just in case something showed up
between 11 and midnight
Check the locks
check them three times
just in case someone tried to get inside
there's someone in here, he's in the mirror
There's two moons now
the one outside the window
and the one in the mirror
there are two moons now
Call it off
call the whole damn thing a wash
it's not worth it to spend the time on less than perfect
all he wants is something perfect
It never seemed
all that hard on the TV screen
picture in Technicolor and sound in stereo
and Panavision, what does that mean
It's not worth it
if it's not perfect
There's two moons now
the one outside the window
and the one in the mirror
there are two moons now
The broken light from the second moon makes it through
the heavy limbs of the sacred tree
The one outside the window
and the one in the mirror
There are two moons now
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5. |
That Kid
01:53
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He grabs the gun from closet
and he grabs the bullets from the sock drawer
and he loads the gun with the bullets
With gun in hand he heads out the door
and he hangs a left at the stop sign
and he keeps on going through the red light
He doesn't know where he's going
and he doesn't know what he's going
to do when he finds that kid
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