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Slingshot - It's Okay
02:42
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i wrote this song right after i decided i wasn't going to school.
weirdly enough, i'm back in school.
Its okay
Chords: G Em Am C
Its okay to drop out of high school or college
its okay to not know what you want from life
its okay to find yourself at the bottom of a bottle
its okay, its okay
its okay to be unhappy, my friend
its okay and It will pass
its okay to be unhappy, my friend
its just sometimes life kicks your ass
and its okay to fall asleep on the floor
and its okay if you're late for work tomorrow
as long as you're trying to make it out alive
it's okay, you are doing just fine
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Slingshot - Selfish
01:27
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Chords - G Am C Em
I wish I could be selfless
But I know that I am selfish
And sometimes I think
Its okay to be that way
Cause it’s kill or be killed
and I sure don’t wanna die
and you probably don’t wanna die
and I wish I had more money
and that’s selfishly thinking
but one day I’ll move
and I’ll have rent to pay
and I’d like to believe
we can help to achieve a common goal
we can live happily in harmony together maybe
and maybe one day
I’ll be as selfless as ghandi
As handsome as elvis
As respected as andy
And as funny as Louis
But right now I think
I’m happy just being
Little old selfish me
But I’d like to believe
We can all help to achieve a common goal
We can live happily in harmony together maybe
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3. |
Slingshot - When
01:36
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When will the sun rise
and when will the moon fall
the stars they are gorgeous
but I think i've seen it all
and when will these black cats
move out of my path
and when will I stop
spilling all the salt
i'm trying, i'm trying to keep my head up
while adulthood shakes my shoulders
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Chords - Am C G
I will try to be fun and I will try to be cool
I won't smoke cigarettes or drop out of school
I will try to stay level headed try to be nice
I will try to be interesting for all of my life
for your sake, for mine
I will live I will live I will until the day that I die
And i've heard it said that world won't wait for me
i've heard it said that world won't for me
so I will learn to be my own best friend
yes I will learn to be my own best friend
for your sake, for mine
I will live I will live I will live until the day that I die
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5. |
Custer - 2011
02:43
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in a dorm room in a classroom it's hard, the snow falls too fast for me to see very far
gettin caught up in things and i don't know how
if only my tenth grade self could see me now
and i'm tryna move forward, tripping over white lies: full time jobs, small apartments, pointless essays, black ties
grow up, grow old before my time telling me to waste the best years of my life
not having much stuff is poverty and not having four walls doesn't make you free
tryna say i need more than i do, when i know all i need in the end is me and you
and some cans of food, a little bit of cash
a banjo, a guitar, and a decent stash of toilet paper (cause that's one thing i can't live without)
there's a difference between caution and doubt
and in the anthems of my youth
there's a great amount of truth
life without cynicism, forgetting criticisms
where optimism and simplicity and love are all we need
in the anthems of my youth
there's a great amount of truth
follow what you believe, though they say that you're naive cause
optimism and simplicity and love are all we need
so i'll wander and live rough, people say i'm tender but it turns out i'm tough
gonna eat some things that grew from the dirt, not gonna worry about changing my shirt
or washing my hair, or looking nice
or my gpa, or my doctor's advice
buying a house, or finding a wife
or what the fuck i'm doing with my life
and if that makes me a dirty hippie, if that makes me juvenile
if that makes me idealistic i suggest you try living that way a while
cause in the anthems of my youth
there's a great amount of truth
life without cynicism, forgetting criticisms
where optimism and simplicity and love are all we need
in the anthems of my youth
there's a great amount of truth
follow what you believe, though they say that you're naive cause
optimism and simplicity and love are all we need
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6. |
Custer - Honey
03:44
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candlelight in deep, dark pools
flickering and leading me, leading me, leading me
every time i see your face i'm sick
there's eyelashes on my pillow
wishes missed and passed away passed away passed away
every day i wake up and i'm sick
teeth floating in pools of oil
wisdom left along the highway the highway the highway
every day i pass them by and i'm sick
cling to my eyes, pull off the skin from my fingers
the smell of your hair it lingers in my lungs
help me to stand straight honey, please just forget to love me
let me go, let me be mine, while i'm still young
watch hands pointing out the lies
complacent, ticking along along along
every time i hear that song i'm sick
glassy and spiteful staring at me
presenting strangers in my place in my place in my place
that's not my face and i'm sick
cling to my eyes, pull off the skin from my fingers
the smell of your hair it lingers in my lungs
help me to stand straight honey, please just forget to love me
let me go, let me be mine, while i'm still young
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7. |
Custer - Long Long Year
02:03
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there's mud on my shoes from visiting the dead
where they lie under the snow and languish in my head
there's a need in my veins crying out for something to take
that will make me the man that i am
and i know it's gonna be a long long year
and i know it's gonna be a long long year
there's a knock on my door and i pray that you are there
ready to spill the secrets that live in your long hair
but i know that there are changes that need to come first
and i know the magic potion that will undo this curse
and i know it's gonna be a long long year
and i know it's gonna be a long long year
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8. |
Custer - Prettyboy
02:40
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5'4 on a good day, curled up in bed on a bad one, on a bad one
peach fuzz and barely that along your jawline, which is too round
and your hairline, too low
tiny hands, tiny fingers, tiny feet, too small to stand tall
prettyboy, with a voice too high, too high, too far to fall
so far to fall
none of your shirts fit right, and they can all see
they're laughing at you and your jaw, and your hands, and your voice
you're not fooling anyone, you're not fooling anyone
look in the mirror and don't feel like dying? who are you fooling
cause you go outside and they all call you ma'am
prettyboy, with a voice too high, too high, too far to fall
so far to fall
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