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Au Revoir
02:44
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I have never written a song about you, so here you go
You'll be better off with him, this I know
This I know
Take the leaflets, burn it white
Then I sleep alone tonight
And every night
Until my rebirth
Hare Krishna
Guiding light
Kali Maa
Changing flights
Into the darkness
Of an internal fight
Travelled to far
Killed my car
Don't care where you are
Don't care where you are
Don't care where you are
Don't care where you are
"Au Revoir"
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No Name #4
02:24
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Everybody's talking around me
And I can't blow this much smoke
Gathered these people for nothing
I played my songs
And they sang along
When you're out and down
And you look around
And see rotting young meat
I have no use for my vacancy
Don't talk to me
Drawing small circles inside me
Tiny bubbles that come in three's
Dragging me upward so gently
Not touching me, so I'll stay asleep
When you're out and down
And you look around
And see wasted young meat
I have no use for my vacancy
Don't talk to me
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Big Zero
03:58
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Everyone gets scared, everyone gets mean
So what, you dyed your hair?
That doesn't make you strange
You got your golden friends
You got your plastic teeth
You got to make amends
You got to drink your tea
You got a list of letters
You got it written clean
You got your quilted blanket
You got your cotton sheets
You got your bones and ligaments
You got your pack of Parliaments
You got your pens and ink
You got your meat machine
M&M's aren't candy
M&M's are me
Ground up for chocolate
Ground up for gasoline
Your pencil-paper printer
Prints paper pencils, see?
Go on and nod your head if you think you really know what I mean
Earth's big zero
Me and you
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Don't say goodbye, please just say goodnight
Goodbye means you won't be here at breakfast the next day
I don't want to be alone in my sheets
My knees get tangled and I lose count of sheep
Can I bum a smoke and can I get a light?
I'll buy you a pack when my check comes next Wednesday
Half tank of gas and I might get through the week
I could use more money so I can write, drink and eat
And I don't know why I feel this way
Guess I just am, the best I can, from day to day
And I sing my time, but the pain will stay
I just need her
To lay by her
And all that dark fades away
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Dean Batten Daytona Beach, Florida
Often genre-bending, thought provoking and emotion stoking, Dean Batten's music is most concretely one thing:
captivating.
Moving forward from his previous work, Dean has re-embraced the folk, early rock and country sounds of his childhood with 3 new albums: "Optimist Breakfast", an acoustic album; "Pessimist Lunch", a full band version with the same songs; and "Realist Supper", a live album.
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