1. |
Dixie Cup
03:35
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Like a Dixie cup
Wasn't made to hold water forever
Like the fraying of these aging tethers
There's not much that you can do
Drink too long and you'll taste the paper
I never quite learned how to escape her
We are both victims of our hesitation
Drowned ourselves together
And they say
You've got to risk it all
Just for a chance at what you want
Spent nights in Davis Hall
Within the stairwell, on the floor
A boy without his toy
A dog without a bone
We cried alone
Like a dixie cup
Just a part of my routine
Filled with scenes I can't unsee
Then fell to the tiles
And you can move miles and miles away
You'd still be the person that you are today
All your skies would still be gray
So I told her
You've got to risk it all
Just for a chance at what you want
Spent nights in Davis Hall
On Tom and Mikkel's 412 floor
A man without his muse
A ball without a chain
Some things won't change
Some things won't change
Some things won't change
And I never quite learned how to escape her
Darling it's better this way, we'll both end up much safer
We can't go on burning two hearts of paper
Here's to the days
Here's to the nights
We can't hold this weight, that's alright, you're my Dixie cup
(We can't go on)
(We can't go on)
(We can't go on)
(And on)
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2. |
Days
05:10
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I talk too loud, I think too quickly
I forgot to take the trash in
And Mama's gonna kill me
If it's not done by nine
You say I've changed, I know it's true
But time goes by, there's nothing anyone can do
Stagnant waters catch disease
And bikes are bound to fall unless they're moving
And was it worth five twenty-five
Just to keep the dream alive?
At least until tomorrow
Tomorrow
And I'll spend my days
Wonderin' if I should've spent all my days
With you
I'll spend my days
Wonderin' how I'm gonna spend all my days
I've found so many ways
To avoid thinking thoughts,
That need to be thought
I only fight wars that don't need to be fought
It's my fault and it's my crime
Sentence me my time
So maybe I try too hard (too hard)
I know that I never learned to let go (let it go)
But there's a fair degree of sadness
In this mid-August twilight
Suggesting I'm finally reaping what I sow
Always looking backwards
Has come to hurt my eyes
It comes as no surprise
It's broken ground we stand on
So could you laugh at my jokes
Call me to come over
You can yell when I'm not there on time
It's funny, cause I mean it
It's sad, but I still need it
To feel alive
And here's a twisted a game I play
You count to ten, I run away
And in the end I'll be
The one complaining
Impatient, waiting on a
Call I don't deserve, and never asked for
Baby can we change the rules?
And I'll spend my days
Wonderin' if I should've spent all my days
With you
I'll spend my days
Wonderin' how I'm gonna spend all my days
I've found so many ways
To avoid mental places I tend not to go
Hide the cracks in my armor
I try not to show
It's my fault and it's my crime
Sentence me my time
I can't get by on all the things that I felt yesterday
I won't rely on always claiming life got in the way
But life got in the way
And I'll spend my days
Wonderin' if I should've spent all those days
With you
And I'll spend my days
Wonderin' how I'm gonna spend all of my days
(Serve out my days)
So pose for your pictures
And show them your best
Cause I've seen your worst my darling
They can have the rest
Oh
It's my fault, and it's my crime
Sentence my time
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3. |
On The Corner
04:19
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Oh it was just a smile
That's all it took to do me in
I'll have to wait a while
Until I see her face again
Oh it was just a smile
One I'll carry all week through
Could I be in denial
For the past month or two?
She nearly made me stay
In this city one more day
I might find the words to say hello
But do not get me wrong
My heart's still not far along
I've got my smile, I think it's time to go
But I want to feel helpless again
I want to feel like my world's gonna end
If I don't see her in the window serving pastries
On the corner of Fourth and Garden
I'll be there when there's snow on the ground
I will not go when the sun's coming down
And you may wonder who this kid is
In the window, staring at you
Writing rhymes in his mind 'bout a girl he's never met
(I'm on the corner yet again)
Express train home, I'm on my way
Taller now than yesterday
For a moment I'd forgotten I'm alone
She nearly made me stay
In this city one more day but
I can't find the words to say hello
I'm sure it won't last long
My heart's known less right than wrong
I've got my smile, I guess it's time to go
Though I might see you in my dreams at home
I want to feel helpless again
I want to feel like my world's gonna end
If I don't see her in the window serving pastries
On the corner of Fourth and Garden
I'll be there when there's snow on the ground
I will not go when the sun's coming down
And you may wonder who this kid is
In the window, staring at you
Writing rhymes in his mind 'bout a girl he's never met
I'm on the corner yet again
I'm on the corner yet again
Oh I finally feel helpless again
(I'm on the corner yet again)
Yeah I feel like my world's gonna end
Cause I don't see you in the window serving pastries
On the corner of Fourth and Garden
(I'm on the corner yet again)
You're not here and the snow's coming down
(I'm on the corner yet again)
Busy people are milling around
And they're all wondering who this kid is
Searching for the girl he's never met
(I'm on the corner yet again)
I'm not sure that she was ever there at all
Cause ever since that day last fall
I've yet to see the face
That draws me to my pastry place
Never could believe my eyes
They let my worried mind disguise
The world I see, to fill the holes inside me
Inside me
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4. |
Twelve Week Addiction
04:35
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She texts back too quickly
But I don't adhere strictly
To all these social norms and so
I'll make what I want out of it
But I respond slow
Not out of precaution, but memories I've known
You can take what you want out of it
You can take what you want away
To start new life we shed old skin
These habits we've been hiding in
You know, they follow me around
And keep me on the ground
We're all self medicating
Animals that crave relating
I use people I was not prescribed
Like beasts in street clothes
Unaware
Chasing highs without a care
You've been my twelve week addiction
Chase down feelings, over-think
Using water to chase drinks
Couldn't deal with shades of blue
Serves me right you'd see right through me
And reflect back what I am
Bruised, abusive, and a sham
of what i used to be
Using you to hide from me
Clearly showing I stopped growing
You should take what you want now from me
Most people take it anyway, and so I thought that I would say
Popping people in the form of pills
The daily hit to get my fill
I know
I'll end up all alone cause
When you refuse to change your ways
You've chained yourself to numbered days
I know
I've been there and I've found
I've found that
We're all self medicating
Animals that crave relating
I use people I was not prescribed
Like beasts in street clothes
Unaware
Chasing highs without a care
You've been my twelve week addiction
And is my tendency to look for someone new to save
Reflective of a deeper need of saving?
Or is it just 'cause
We're all self medicating
Animals that crave relating
I've used people I was not prescribed
Like beasts in street clothes
Unaware
Chasing highs without a care
Without a care, without prescription
And I can feel you reaching out
I'll reach back when my heart comes back around
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5. |
Letter 45
03:53
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I don't get out much
In case 18 months hasn't taught you
I hope you still have that necklace I bought you
Though you no longer wear it everyday
Scars hurt, they make me sick
Jack sat on the candle stick
And I hope red velvet kept its wick
Cause ours still burns real strong even when it's
Low
When it's low
When it's low
Tell me what you fear, whisper in my ear
Tell me things cause I'm still here
And I won't go where you're not near
You've got none to fear
No not today
This is not the end
You're my old best friend
We are bleeding, but skin mends
And I've got letters still to send
You haven't read your last, no not today
I don't forget much
I hate change, never cut your hair
I'm hoping nothing can compare
To where we are to you
Hearts are not beyond repair
Not before Daniel
Not before we dance on golden sands
I cannot go
Not before I show you the hotel room
Where I first thought that I knew
Cause now I know
Tell me what you fear, whisper in my ear
Tell me things cause I'm still here
And I won't go where you're not near
You've got none to fear
No not today
This is not the end
You're my old best friend
We are bleeding, but skin mends
And I've got letters still to send
You haven't read your last, no not today
We are still happy
You still live 3 minutes away
My jokes still aren't funny, and you're laughing still
Who said 5 years changed us anyway
Scars hurt, they make me sick
But hear my words and let them stick
Believe in me like I do you
The future's sunny, the past was too
Cause if you taught me anything
We shouldn't be afraid to sing
Forget the small bumps in the road
They'll help me love you when I'm old
Tell me what you fear, whisper in my ear
Tell me things cause I'm still here
I won't go where you're not near
You've got none to fear
No not today
This is not the end
You're my old best friend
We are bleeding, but skin mends
Baby I'll get better in the end
These letters I'll still send your way
You get cold fingers
That's what holding your hand has taught me
I still wear that cologne you bought me
Now you've got a bracelet you wear everyday
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6. |
In Between
03:46
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We're too far away, I can't read your papers
We're too far away, we can only throw stones
We've been down this road but this time baby we don't have our headlights
Things won't be alright, tonight
I see lights flashing, down on Magic Island tonight
They're almost taunting
Asking if I recall when they were fully bright
And I feel pain
A pain I've sort of gotten used to
But that's okay
It isn't you, it isn't me
It's in the in between
We won't be alright tonight, we won't be alright tonight
But that's alright I don't need everything to be alright
We won't be alright tonight, we won't be alright tonight
But that's alright I don't need everything to be alright, alright
The sky looks different
The skyline haunts cause it's the same
And you can't use reason
The reasons always seem to change
And I feel pain
A pretty pain that I'll get used to
It isn't new, it isn't you, it isn't me
It's in the in between
We won't be alright tonight , we won't be alright tonight
But that's alright I don't need everything to be alright
We won't be alright tonight, we won't be alright tonight
But that's alright I don't need everything to be alright, alright
Alright, alright
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Tommy DiMeo Hoboken, New Jersey
Singer-songwriter based out of Hoboken, NJ, writing and performing acoustic music.
Check out my new
album, "Beyond My Showerhead"!
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Living out a poor attempt at a John Mayer impression.
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