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wanna be

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

we all love a millionaire
on the radio, with a great video
and all the orchestration
backing up your screaming guitar
how’d you make it this far?

do you gotta be straight on the line?
do you gotta look great all the time?
do you gotta be straight?

we’ll even pay you, millionaire
tell us of your...

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headlines

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

i met a girl with bottles of wine

though i prefer red, they tasted all right

very soon, the room was spinning

tug of war, the floor was winning

that’s when she said, i can’t help but laugh when i’m caught in a lie

i’m not who you thought, but you can kiss me good night

her mouth was full of...

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Villains

Saturday, February 5th, 2011

Where can you find pleasure, search the world for treasure,
learn science, technology?
Where can you begin to make your dreams all come true
on the land or on the sea?
Where can you learn to fly, play in sports or skindive,
study oceanography?
Sign up for the big band or sit in the grand stand
when your team and others meet.

In...

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even the score

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

i wish that i could give breath
to the women i’ve created
in paragraphs and paragraphs
i’ve written to this date
and set them all upon my desk, choose one to ignore
just to even the score

all the biggest plays i missed
’cause i was sitting over on the sidelines
all the precious faces that
refused...

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is it worth it?

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

is it worth it to wait forever
when you find out there’s really not much that you
can say
would it be worth it to wait forever
and everyone is saying you will come around

is it worth it to search forever
when you find out there really isn’t any other way
would it be worth it to wait
does it make it any...

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la la

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

with everyone around us singing la la we slid out of their view

then you thought you heard me singing la la but I don’t have the strength to

and from the moment that i give out we begin to live out

scenes from all romantic prose while tethered to the roles

or what was meant disguised as sentiment could hang

misunderstood...

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