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Passive Blue

by Jak Locke

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1.
Nothing But Time 03:24
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Lookin out the window for a day or two with the sun above the roof Kickin back and waiting for my pager's hum with a vodka 80 proof Listen to the cars and people passin by as the fan blades go around Feel my pager buzz against my belt and hip, pick my phone up off the ground Nothin but time time time is that a crime Nothin on my mind mind mind and that's just fine Nothin but time time time is that a crime Nothin on my mind mind mind and that's just fine Talkin to my girl until I hear a knock and I tell her "call you back" Open up the door and it's my boy Dennis in his beat up Cadillac Cruisin down the street and never stoppin once on our way to anywhere Wavin hi to people I don't even know, they wave back if they don't care Nothin but time time time is that a crime Nothin on my mind mind mind and that's just fine Nothin but time time time is that a crime Nothin on my mind mind mind and that's just fine Over to the club after the sun goes down, roll a spliff up at the bar Buy a couple beers to wash the liquor down, we shoot up for bout an hour Get back to the house around three A.M., not worried bout no strife I'm not really sure just what tomorrow brings, man if this ain't the life Nothin but time time time is that a crime Nothin on my mind mind mind and that's just fine Nothin but time time time is that a crime Nothin on my mind mind mind and that's just fine Yeah, goin over to Shane's, gonna play some drums, gonna do some drugs, gonna have a good time Cuz I got time still to kill, I better enjoy it
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Bittersweet 02:07
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Looking back at faded times Simpler maybe but still sublime Friends forgotten through passing years From them now memories is all one hears First romances last goodbyes Bidding farewell through misty eyes How we took it as if without care You can always come back but you're not really there How we all wish we could repeat That time recalled so bittersweet Spreading trees and well cut lawns Minute details noticed most when they're gone Relaxing, resting, surrounded by friends Moments that would mean much more when they end Once they're gone no one ever returns Forgotten for a time and then it yearns How we took it as if without care You can always come back but you're not really there How we all wish we could repeat That time recalled so bittersweet
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Party 03:48
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So I was at this party, it was going really lame A bunch of dudes just eating pizza, wondering why we came When suddenly I get a great idea from being bored Ducked in a room that had a phone and quickly shut the door I called my friend and said "Emergency! Call every girl we know, get some whiskey Get James to bring his DJ shit, and take down this address Then you get down here too and bring the rest" About an hour later, there's a knock at the front door Over the next ten minutes, about another hundred more The house was packed with assholes who had brought all of their friends So when it really started's about the time it reached the end There's more booze here than anyone'd believe But it's hard to drink when you can't even breathe And more people kept coming til no one could move at all Some party now, pinned up against the wall I find it difficult to think about it I only meant for ten or twenty more (twenty more) Will anyone believe me now? I doubt it I really oughta go but not before I get liquor Some guy just kicked the door in cuz somebody hit his car Now everybody's fighting like we're in some shitty bar I find my friend and James, we grab some booze from the display There goes another window, whose house was this anyway? Somehow we made it to the car outside Three girls jumped in the back and said "let's ride" The cops showed up as we pulled off, and we all waved goodbye To the party that turned riot when it died I wonder if they ever figure why
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Basically Basic 02:49
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Never counted on strikin gold so fast Never wanted to make up my mind Didn't think it would change the past Didn't think there was anymore to find Thinkin hard only gives me a migraine Makes me lose the peace that I once had No use worryin bout what I can't change Life is hard but it really ain't that bad I never felt at ease before And now that I'm here with you I'm feelin fine and that's just fine Call me crazy or call me eccentric as I continue to do my own thing Social standards, they only make me sick Feel the poison of conformity's sting Never ran with the flow of the current Never felt that it really was my way Soon I realized there's more than one current You can flow but you never have to stay I never felt a need to be anyone other than myself And I think that is all just fine I'm happy with myself I don't wanna feel like that I am your personality gauge to be compared Wanna smash it against the fuckin wall What's important to you, well I don't care Don't take me with you when you do fall Irony in the commonest places You're exactly what you're sayin you're not Better check to see which of your faces you're showin when showing what you've got
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One Day 02:47
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I can remember a time when your days were so bright And your nights were so long Before it all went so wrong Maybe one day I'll see you walking right down the street As I pass you right by And hope you'll remember why One of these days you will realize you're not good for anyone One of these days I will realize you should have been one and done There's a day coming and soon when I'll finally get myself over that wall And make that one final call What am I waiting for? That's what I ask myself now, and I have no reply Some kind of sign from the sky? One of these days you will realize you're not that significant One of these days I will leave and it will be magnificent
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Deck's Stacked 02:26
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I work at the paper where they pay on commission And the way it drips out, making money is a vision "We'll give you ten bucks for each article you do" How many in a week can I submit? "Two" Talkin to people that I'd never wanna meet Killin hours til I'm beat walkin all over the street It's time for my reward, 30 days is done I made seventy-eight dollars at the end of this month Maybe I can find a job workin with the man That way I can watch him take the money out my hand But I don't like to bitch, I got ambition so I think This summer I'll go back to washin dishes in the sink I tried for a job stackin boxes all day I applied in December just to hear the boss say "Try back in the summer", so I did and when I tried was told All positions taken since 1995 Now the only thing worse than an unemployed slob Is a stiff who blew his weekend on a twenty dollar job Feelin like a punchline of a joke that isn't funny Yeah I get it, time was made to trade for someone else's money "Better go to college so that you can be considered" Plenty people with degrees out there pickin up your litter Get a major in whatever, end up workin at a place Where the guy who got experience is yellin in your face Have fun with all that, I'ma find a better way Watch me shine with the dishes I'm about to clean all day Yeah I'm tradin up y'all, and my dreams are comin true While you're wishin I'll be washin makin minimum plus two Plus two, that's seven dollars, fifteen cents Maximum style now, aw yeah I'll be gettin value meals, I'll be gettin I'll be gettin second tier cigarettes I'll be able to get Miller High Life instead of the Beast, ugh Fuck yeah
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I Won't 01:53
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What is this love worth? What is the price I pay? Do you know all the things you do What you get into saying "I love you"? All of my future can't rest in another's hands All that we've been through, the good and bad too Just ain't enough to make me stay with you I know I won't What is this love worth? All the time that I wasted with you Everything that I would give It cannot live if all I do is forgive Things can’t be repaired, it’s far too late for that I just want to let you know when I decide to go You'll have reaped the seeds you sow But I know I won't I know I won't
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Go 04:07
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She used to pass me everyday And I'd look her over in every way And I'd wish and pray she'd notice me Built up the courage and the gall Gave her my number and she called Don't that beat all, she noticed me She's such a pretty sight And if I play my cards right Deep down I know I know that with me she'll go Now we've been talking for a while She glances at me and I smile I'd walk the mile to be with her This girl's so beautiful and sweet The kind of chick you'd like to meet She's the one for me, now that's for sure I am so high above I'm sure that I'm in love Deep down I know I know that she'll never go I bought her rings, I bought her flowers I bought her a brand new sports car I bought her all that she asked me to She took the jewelry, ditched the plants She sold the car and went to France And now she's gone and I feel screwed You could easily say It's better that she went away True but in a sense I'm worse off since she went
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Working Man's Dirge 05:23
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Spend your life for the powers that say they be "I ain't never worked for nothin see" Now that's all of which that we're aware Sucked into the great American nightmare Life ain't nothin but a paycheck in your hand From your sweat to the bank to the government man We start out young and foolish and end up old and poor Utility tax man knocks on your broken door Childhood memories, I hope that you enjoyed them Lookin for a job, well you just pick your own poison Blue collar sap with white collar ambitions He don't have no chance but just to take what they're dishin Class structure shinin as it has for years Kept nice and shiny by the workin man's tears Cut the middle rungs out the corporate ladder Workin man, good luck, cuz to them you don't matter Workin man, good luck, cuz to them you don't matter Workin man, good luck, cuz to them you don't matter Workin man, good luck, cuz to them you don't matter Workin man, good luck, cuz to them you don't matter anyway
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So Close To Done With You 03:27
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There's nothin that you got that I want anymore There's nothing you could say that doesn't make me bored I've heard it all before, now I'm walkin to the door Until you say that I'm to blame, I come back, every time's the same What's it gonna take to cut this tie? Just when we're almost free, all that's left to say's goodbye In orbit like two planets headin right into the sun Won't take the blame, it won't be told I was the only one, the only one, the only one, I'm not the only one Sittin with your mother, she knows that we're wastin time Lookin at some others, dreaming of a time you weren't mine It makes me want to shout cuz my youth is runnin out Already numb to who I've become, too bad I'm just this fuckin dumb What's it gonna take to cut this tie? Just when we're almost free, all that's left to say's goodbye In orbit like two planets headed right into the sun Won't take the blame, won't be told I was the only one, the only one, the only one, the only one What's it gonna take to cut this tie? Just when we're almost free, all that's left to say's goodbye In orbit like two planets headed right into the sun Won't take that blame, it won't be told I was the only one, the only one Take your blame too, take it, take all of it, most of it, some of it, half of it, just take it, god
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The Decline Ahead 01:34
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released April 5, 1999

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Jak Locke New Orleans, Louisiana

Jak Locke is a multi-genre songwriter and performer based in and native to New Orleans, LA.

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