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Allred – Tomb Lyrics 14 years ago
And obvious break up song.

John always seems to preface this one by saying "What do you do when life hands you lemons? Write a really sad song about it."

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Guster – Architects & Engineers Lyrics 14 years ago
I can agree with that and would add that it's a call to make your mark. Life is fleeting your won't be around forever "We are shooting stars" so do something that will leave a lasting impression much like an architect or an engineer designs something that lasts through the ages.

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Guster – Getting Even Lyrics 14 years ago
You can hear him reading during the bridge... it's hard to hear what he's saying exactly. It's most clear around the 3:30 mark.

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Guster – Days Lyrics 14 years ago
It's from The Pasty Tapes Volume 3.

It's a cover of a Kinks song.

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Guster – Well Lyrics 14 years ago
Fixed. Thanks for catching that.

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Allred – Start Over Lyrics 14 years ago
Some corrections to the lyrics.

1st Verse:

It's freezing cold tonight
This little town is locked up tight
And the din of Christmas lights
It seems to set, the mood just right

2nd Verse:

Things change as years go by
And there's other things that keep me up at night
I don't really care what I get this year
Just what I might lose in time

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Guster – Do What You Want Lyrics 15 years ago
The lyrics here are close but not exact. Corrections:

It's "On you mark and draw the X's on the eyes" rather than "On your malcom draw the Xs on the eyes"

Also "No one's going to care or nothing" the or is missing in the above lyrics.

It's
"Under siege, on the attack
Gone forever like the Darling Clementine
Wrap your fingers in a fist
Twist your lips into a kiss
Cross your heart go into the open wide"

Rather than

"Oversee Johnny attack
I'm forever like I'm done at plenty time
Laugh your fingers in your fist
Twist your lips into a kiss
Cross your heart go into the open wild"

It's "I'm by your side" rather than "And there I sigh"

Final chorus is slightly different instead of "No one's going to care or nothing" its "No ones going to care at all."


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Guster – Architects & Engineers Lyrics 15 years ago
Great song probably my favorite on Easy Wonderful.

Couple of corrections to the lyrics.

It's "colors and shapes" in the first verse

The end part is

So the architects
and the engineers
Build the monuments
Make the souvenirs
We are occupants
It's a trap this town
We are burning up
We are fading out
We are shooting stars

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Guster – That's No Way To Get To Heaven Lyrics 15 years ago
Correct lyrics are:

One half of me is still shaking
The other half is still waiting for a lover
Walk down the water slide
Look in my eyes show me a sign

Some people swim in the gravy
I'm sitting here and waiting for a lover
Come down to the other side
Look in my eyes tell me you're mine

After the cut then comes the blood
Falls to the dirt turns into mud
From the soil we grow together
That's no way to get to heaven

And everyone thinks it's crazy
Sitting here and we are waiting for a lover
Step down the water slide
Look in my eyes tell me your mine

After the cut then comes the blood
Falls to the dirt turns into mud
From the soil we grow together
That's no way to get to heaven


It seems to be a pretty straight forward song about waiting to find someone you truly love. The "that's no way to get to heaven" line seems to make no sense with the rest of the song though. At least I can't figure it out.

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Guster – Jesus And Mary Lyrics 15 years ago
I don't have the booklet but I'm pretty sure the correct lyrics are as follows.


Come on dear friends
Come gather round the mountain
Drink from the fountain
Tell your lovers it's time to go
Tell them the tale when Sodom met Gomorrah
The end days are coming
The mothers send away the sons

The drummers drum and the motors hum
And the trumpet players make the chords
The sound wakes devil down below

Jesus and Mary and Juliet and Romeo
In a movie on TV, plays seven days a week
Turn off that radio we don't wanna hear about it anymore


Kill or be killed, the hunters and the hunted
Seems like we're running 2000 years and still under control
So let's go start a war like FDR and Eleanor
These were the ways of the men before
The ammunition and, soldiers and guns

Lovers love and the mourners mourn
And the trumpet players blow the horn
The sound wakes devil down below

Jesus and Mary and Juliet and Romeo
In a movie on TV, plays seven days a week
Turn off that microphone we don't wanna talk about it anymore

The sermon ends with a big Amen
And the preachers take it door to door
The sound shakes devil down below

Jesus and Mary and Juliet and Romeo
Are in a movie on TV, plays seven days a week
Turn off that telephone we don't wanna know about it anymore

So maybe let's go start a war


I love the song by the way. It's a war song. But if you've seen the music video then the interpretation is changed slightly to be about the "feud" between Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolee over Brad Pitt. I rather like that interpretation.

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Guster – Dear Valentine Lyrics 15 years ago
I should have proofread my post before adding. It should say here are the correct lyrics.

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Guster – Dear Valentine Lyrics 15 years ago
The listed lyrics are incorrect. Here is the correct lyrics.

As I fall asleep, to black and white TV
Fly far away, in my recurring dream
Each winter drains electricity
And there are words to say
And there are songs to sing
But I can hardly speak at all

Home, I'm on my way to a holiday in real time
Float hold my own weight, say we'll be OK
Dear Valentine

Now quietly we peek across the street
Perfectly kept, perfectly neat
But it's not complete, no not at all

Home, I'm on my way to a holiday in real time
Float hold my own weight, say we'll be OK
Dear Valentine

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