1. |
The Voice Shop
03:12
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I was four years old the first time
I visited a voice shop
My mom said,
"We all have to go someday,"
She said
Voices piled up to the ceiling
Violins, flutes, trumpets
I borrow
My mom's to ask how many
When you can't say anything at all
Then I guess you got no voice
Walking up to the counter
The shopkeeper says "welcome"
"Tomorrow, we might sell you something you can use"
My mom plays so soft it's
A wonder he can hear her
She says, "You're the only one we can try"
Shopkeeper said, "Lady,
There's no voice shop that'll sell to two-fingered boys"
'Cause when you can't play anything at all
Then I guess you got no voice
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At all
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2. |
Butterfly Feet
01:38
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There's something
About
The way my sister's butterflies are pinned
Each wing
So carefully
As if they were never meant to fly
Standing on a structure made of paper clips
Pin me down, oh pin me down, oh I can't stand
Oh, I know
I'll walk along
At home,
The fork
Goes on the left and never on the right
And even
If I don't care
I have to say "I'm sorry" twenty times
Standing on a structure made of paper clips
Pin me down, oh pin me down, oh I can't stand it
Oh, I know
I'll walk along
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3. |
I Don't Wanna
02:45
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Monday bright and early
It isn't bright, but it sure is early
The thought of books and bags and pencils
Makes me kinda surly
I don't wanna go (x3)
I take my lunchbox and run out to the car
My mom got me a keyboard
To go around my neck
It's got a strap in the back to keep it on,
But I can't get it off quick
I don't wanna wear it (x3)
At school, the kids laugh at me
My favorite class is music,
But it's my least favorite, too
The teacher's always telling me
To do what I can do
I just wanna say (x3)
I'll say it just to prove you wrong
My mom says school makes you smarter
My dad says "What she said"
But I don't see anything smart; I see
Kids doing what they're told
Saying what they're told
Believing what they're told
Being what they're told
On their parents' old instruments
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4. |
Purse with Rose Petals
02:21
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I think
The secret to success
Lies in my mother's eyes
Quiet, like she got nothing to say on the matter
So the brass won't get brassy and loud
In her purse
One day at the park
She had asked me to watch
I found
Rose petals
She had forgotten to pick out
She wanted to get out
Without me finding out, oh yeah
Please
Close your mouth
And keep your hands at your side
Some things on the inside
Are not meant for the outside
At breakfast, over eggs and burnt toast,
They talk about sending me away
I've got an aunt somewhere that can pay for me
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5. |
Scream
02:30
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When I want to get away
From the voices that, every day
Say the things that I don't want them to say
There's a place I like to go
Between our two garage doors
She meets me there without a word, and we
Play and laugh and say the things
That we can't say anywhere else
That we can't say in any way else
That we can't say to anyone, anyone else
We scream
When the weather's nice enough
And it's usually nice enough
We sit beneath the big oak tree and draw pictures
In the dirt
And play and laugh and say the things
That we can't say anywhere else
That we can't say in any place else
That we can't say in any way, any way else
We scream
The world gets awful loud sometimes
I have to shout and repeat myself
But with her
I never have to say a word twice
And when the rules have gone away
No silver fork on no silver plate
I know
That her smile
Will remain
We scream
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6. |
Melting Stencils
01:58
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We're gonna make our words
We're gonna move our mouths
We're gonna melt the stencils
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7. |
City Sounds
04:11
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In the city
The music's loud
To fill
The silence in our minds
They sent me here to find myself
But I've been wandering for days
Hoping I can get to where I'm going
Before tomorrow comes
The clubs I'm passing are all saying nothing
I don't wanna listen anymore
It's starting to make my ears hurt
I just wanna listen to her
And talk together in our little code
That nobody, nobody knows
But technology is a wonderful thing
It's a wonderful thing
A wonderful thing
I don't wanna wear it (x3)
Anymore
I'm not wrong; it's just the holes that won't fit
Wish it weren't such a crime to be different
I'm not quiet; it's just that people won't stop and listen
And when they do
They get taken away
City sounds are loud and easy
Tomorrow, my head'll be full up with easy
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8. |
The Cure
03:10
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I'm so glad you came
Now we can begin
The doctors called last night
They know you've been waiting for this your whole life
Here's the cure for you
Here's the cure for me
The words that you had said
Were only in your head, head
It's time to quit the game
And listen to what us adults say
Here's the cure for me
So it's the cure for you
Words can help us understand
The things we cannot understand
'Cause God knows we can't understand
We can't
Take what's given to you (x3)
Take it
There's a cure for you (x3)
I'm so glad you came
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9. |
Room
02:00
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I'm in a room where nobody goes
I'm in a room where the wind hardly blows
I'm in a room that nobody knows
The words that I say just bounce off the walls
The words that I say don't count
Not at all
The words that I say will stumble and fall
Time will slip away
And nothing good will stay
'Cause I am in a room
And I sit here
All day
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10. |
Window
01:33
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Open a window
...
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Nora Knapp Asheville, North Carolina
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