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Bricks and Mortar

by Twenty Five Hour Day

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1.
Wit's End 03:39
I stare at the yellow brick road walls So sure there’s no place like home She says, “I’m leaving here my friend. I’m off, off to see Wit’s End.” I’ll go there with you my dear I’ll go there with you I’ll go there with you my dear I’ll go there with you Throws back her Dorothy pig tail mane Come now scarecrow it’s our train Stands up and cackles with sick glee Last call for Wit’s End 9:03 I’ll go there with you my dear I’ll go there with you I’ll go there with you my dear I’ll go there with you
2.
Bye bye, bye bye September My my, how we remember Why why, why are you leaving now? Hi hi, hi hi October My my, hand on your shoulder Why why, what was I thinking then? Running out fast A pocket full of laughs A joke we only knew It comes and goes Bye bye, bye bye forgiveness My my, you’re such an illness Why why, what were you doing here? Hi hi, hi hi resentment My my, you’re such a treatment One more, it’s my treat this time Wheels spinning slow Shells to outgrow I should have known It comes and goes
3.
The morning sun is rising out In here the bricks and mortar keep it dark This room is playing tricks on me Creaking walls play our their symphony Give an inch take a mile Trading blows with my restless mind The TV screen is flashing mute Keeping pulse with the trivial pursuit I pour a glass of night cap smile For a moment I live in denial Taste the sting and I shut my eyes The sheets feel heavier this time Give an inch take a mile Trading blows with my restless mind The TV screen is flashing mute Keeping pulse with the trivial pursuit
4.
I’m holding steady you’re out on the ledge I wasn’t ready for bets that are hedged Come on down You were an echo I was a thief A broken record gave no relief Come on down Smoke screen eyes are looking in Cat’s got my tongue I hope he wins Old man Moore he’s having a grin Rewind backwards start again Running up tabs but this wasn’t a bet Dealt a hand that I just didn’t get Fold ‘em down Come on smile 'cause I’m having a blast Now I know that your memories last Ooh-ooh-ooh Smoke screen eyes are looking in Cat’s got my tongue I hope he wins Old man Moore he’s having a grin Rewind backwards start again
5.
Billy Cart 02:52
She says sit very still, sit very still my darling The wheel fell off the old Billy Cart Gutter hit hard, tore it apart I ran, ran to the backyard, sweat dripping down my bloody arm Sauce drips down through my hands Finish it quick I’ve other plans Grabbed a stick now I’ve got a sword You’re no match for me with that brandy ball Throw, throw me your best shot, is that all you’ve got? I will destroy you now
6.
Cavalcade 02:33
I’ve got a bone to pick Words were flung, now they stick Like last row seats at pantomime Left behind, you’re left behind All aboard the cavalcade we’ve come here to die So here we go out of town to the place with the ocean Here we go out of town to the place where the bodies are buried down Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah All aboard the cavalcade Where broken dreams are easy made Where eyes are peeled and voices chained We’ve come here to live
7.
The Carousel 02:49
I grit my teeth as I wait in line The bartender takes her time With legs as long as a country mile Her saving grace is a dirty smile This room’s a blinking carousel Lit to serve the clientele With cogs that spin me round and round My feet are lost back on the ground Pours my drink and turns around She grins at me like a fucking clown Opens her mouth to give me advice I tap my glass on the table twice This room’s a blinking carousel Lit to serve the clientele Walls spin round and round Heads bob up and down and down Round and round and round Up and down and down and down
8.
A sea of pain I’m swimming again Memories out to sea Help me out Talk of the town Take the pain away A hostel crowd Laughing out loud Echoes through the hall Cowboy shirt Hung on the floor A sight for sore eyes I know I know I know now I know I know I know now
9.
Stand Tall 02:38
I told a lie You gave a piece of your mind, stand tall You were right I’m a deer stuck in lights Stand tall Now looking back With your knife in my back I fell In a heap Through the cracks, you’re discreet Stand tall
10.
Round here time passes slow Destiny you’re on your own The voice inside my head he’s coming round Tapping keys fill all the sound Treadmill’s under my feet I sink into my seat Weekdays stay old Bought and sold I flick through the stack of notebooks on my desk Try to find a note to jolt my memory back Page after page I’m trawling cyan lines Trying to find my way to a scribbled sign Rub my eyes act discreet Pinned down on my seat Weekdays stay old Bought and sold Treadmill’s under my feet I sink into my seat Weekdays stay old Bought and sold Bought and sold Bought and sold Bought and sold Bought and sold
11.
Coming around again Numbers crunched through your fragile plan How can I ever begin? A while collar smile has sucked you in My assistant has you summed up in charts A complicated mind with few working parts Couldn’t write down a three letter word Without making four mistakes I measured the time in spades It takes a cliché to turn a phrase One that I won’t forget One that won’t hang in your regrets My assistant has you summed up in charts A complicated mind with few working parts Couldn’t write down a three letter word Without making four mistakes
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released February 10, 2011

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