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Anabella
03:16
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When you left I was sad
and I sat in my bed
and I read from a book
in a series you were reading
I know I'll never catch up with you
cuz you're so fast at reading
and I'm so slow
but that nerve doesn't hurt anymore
When we crashed I came to
I was still next to you
in the car you had flipped
into a ditch next to the freeway
I tried but I couldn't
do much for you
there's just so much damn bleeding
and I was hurt bad too
but that nerve doesn't hurt anymore
And this summer I'll come through
stay in town a day or two
you'll drive us out to the bridge
and talk about life as you're speeding
I know I'll never
catch up with you
cuz you're so fast at speeding
but I should slow down too
when that nerve doesn't hurt anymore
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Couch
02:50
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You only want what's under the couch
would you still want it if it wasn't under the couch
you only want what's under the couch
would you still want it if you had it in your mouth
a ripping year of murder and invention
how did America begin
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Shower
03:34
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well life's too short to call it off
I was standing in the shower thinking what a big mistake
it'd have been if I had ended things a year ago today
but life's so long in the day to day
struggle of the hustle bustle
wishing veggies off your plate
searching for a straighter shot to nowhere nothing in my way
when this week ends I'll polish off
the whisky bottle that you got me on my birthday
before you went away
you said
don't feel bad when it's finished everything will be okay
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Ronald Swanson
02:17
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Ronald Swanson went out in his canoe
Ronald Swanson went out
Ronald Swanson had manly things to do
so Ronald Swanson set out
Ya gotta paddle your own canoe
Ronald Swanson knows that
ya gotta paddle your own canoe
like Ronald Swanson
oh yeah
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5. |
A Moonlight Sonata
01:58
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If you were gone I'm sure every plant on this porch would die
at the hands of the merciless ball of fire in the sky
the moon would come out and say just look at what you've done
but it doesn't seem to bother anyone
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Oh no, now I'm all alone
with my thoughts and emotions
in an empty room
full of empty things
I wish I could push out to the ocean
Oh no, now I'm out of time
and I've got no motivation
What was apathetic is just pathetic
and I need a break from vacation
Cuz I've been sleeping with one eye open
and I've been dreaming with one eye closed
and every night I still hold out hope
I'll go to bed naked wake up in my clothes
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Piggy Market
01:34
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This little piggy went to the market
this little piggy went home
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I was making it rain in the endzone
dropping bombs dropping bombs dropping bombs baby
it started raining on the subway ride home
sometimes I just need a good cry
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Karma
02:31
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Before you turn and walk away
just let me take you down a peg
I wanna get this off my system
with a one one one
and a two two two
you're a lying thief
and a cheater too
and if karma sleeps fucker
I'll catch up with you
Now I'm seeing stars
with a view of the blacktop
and I'm leaking blood
through the cracks in the sidewalk
and I hear your car starting up
and you drive away
and I hear my ears start to buzz
and then fade away
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Time
01:00
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What time has broken
time cannot heal
it's the cracks in my armor
the dents in my steel
what time has lost
time can't retrieve
it's the melting of water
the falling of leaves
what time has taught me
now I won't forget
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11. |
First Time Through
01:11
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I'm starting to realize I'm not gonna do the things I told myself I would
and I'm starting to realize I'm not gonna be the person who I thought I could
I already know how it ends on my first time through
I'm starting to realize I'm not gonna do the things I tell myself I will
and I'm starting to realize that there's an emptiness that I could never fill
I already know how it ends on my first time through
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Nerve Damage
02:04
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When you left I was sad
and I sat in my bed
and I read from a book
in a series you were reading
I know I'll never catch up with you
cuz you're so fast at reading
and I'm so slow
but that nerve doesn't hurt anymore
When we crashed I came to
I was still next to you
in the car you had flipped
into a ditch next to the freeway
I tried but I couldn't
do much for you
there's just so much damn bleeding
and I was hurt bad too
but that nerve doesn't hurt anymore
And this summer I'll come through
stay in town a day or two
you'll drive us out to the bridge
and talk about life as you're speeding
I know I'll never
catch up with you
cuz you're so fast at speeding
but I should slow down too
when that nerve doesn't hurt anymore
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13. |
Poem For The Weekend
00:57
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When I'm driving home from work
I could do anything
I could be anything
firmly planted in my chair
coffee in hand
I understand myself
every nuanced tendency
nothing I do gets past me
but then the weekend flies right by
and I'm back to my nine to five
with nothing to show for a weekend
with nothing to show for two days off
with nothing to show for a weekend
with nothing to show for two days lost
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Tom Brady
02:15
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I've got no tears left for Tom Brady
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15. |
Sinking In The Rain
01:46
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there's a sink outside your house
let that sink in for a minute
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16. |
Sorry For The Confusion
01:27
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I'm not Anry Guiltar
I'm a sucker for an anagram
my name's Ryan Gilmour
and Ditch Effort is my lonely band
and I'm sorry for the confusion about that
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17. |
Chocolate Milk
01:43
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Oh no
it's another song
I don't know what's about
but this part I will palm mute
and this part I will shout
Day old chocolate milk in my fridge
you drank cold
we go to the store you don't buy
a thing they sold
And it's another verse
I wish that I'd rehearsed
but this part I will palm mute
and what could be the worst
thing that's gonna happen to me
if I don't go
you haven't decide
to don't buy a thing they know
I already know how it ends on my first time
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Ditch Effort Vermont
YouTube: Anry Guiltar - www.youtube.com/channel/UCIFs1HD9GoWLAmj7aIJjM2A
Instagram: @ditcheffort
Ditch Effort recommends:
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