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I Always Wrote The Music First, And The Music Gave Me The Mood And The Lyrics Were Pretty Much Put In To Give You A Map, Where That Mood Came From And Where It's Going. But My First Love Was Really The Music Itself, And I Guess I've Gone Back To That.

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I Always Wrote The Music First, And The Music Gave Me The Mood And The Lyrics Were Pretty Much Put In To Give You A Map, Where That Mood Came From And Where It's Going. But My First Love Was Really The Music Itself, And I Guess I've Gone Back To That.

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I'm Carrying The Weight Of All The Useless Junk And Modern Man Accumulates.

There Will Be Other Words Some Other Day; That Is The Story Of My Life.

Story Of My Life

As An Atheist You Have To Rationalize Things... Then You Have To Try And Make Some Sort Of Sense Out Of Your Problems. And If You Try And Find You Can't, You Have No Choice But To Be Good And Scared -- But That's Okay!

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Don't Wait For Answers, Just Take Your Chances. Don't Ask Me Why.

I'm Kind Of Putting My Toe Back In The Water And Seeing How It Feels. We're Going To Be Doing Stuff We Haven't Done For Years And Years And Years. So I'm Looking Forward To Seeing How This Stuff Flies.

Even Though I'm In Love, Sometimes I Get So Afraid.

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First Impression

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You're Not The Only One Who's Made Mistakes, But They're The Only Things That You Can Truly Call Your Own.

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No Matter What Culture You're From, Everyone Loves Music.

No End To Sorrow, Caused By The Same Endless Fears. Why Can't We Learn From All We've Been Through After Two Thousand Years?

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I Was Thinking Of The Four Seasons, Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons, And When I Was Thinking "uptown Girl!" I Was Trying To Sing Like Frankie Valli. They Had A Song Called "ragdoll," Which Was About A Poor Girl And A Rich Guy. So I Just Flipped It Around And Made It About A Rich Girl And A Poor Guy.

Drank A Lot Of Take Home Pay.

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I Would Say The Songs That Have Different Lyrics. I Always Write The Music First, And There's A Couple Of Songs On This Box Set That Have Different Lyrics From What Ended Up On The Final Recording.

There Will Be Miracles After The Last War Is Won Science And Poetry Rule In The New World To Come Prophets And Angels Gave Us The Power To See What An Amazing Future There Will Be

You Just Sit Home And Masturbate. The Phone Is Going To Ring Soon, But You Just Can't Wait.

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You'll Learn More From Your Accidents Than Anything That You Could Ever Learn At School.

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We Passed The Hash Pipe And Played Our Doors Tapes.

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I Definitely Prefer Being A Lover Than A Fighter.

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I Really Wish I Was Less Of A Thinking Man And More Of A Fool Not Afraid Of Rejection.

I Always Hated My Hair, So Now It's Going Away.

Don't Be Afraid To Try Again Everyone Goes South Every Now And Then.

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Well We're Waiting Here In Allentown For The Pennsylvania We Never Found For The Promises Our Teachers Gave If We Worked Hard If We Behaved So The Graduations Hang On The Wall But They Never Really Helped Us At All No They Never Taught Us What Was Real

Ain't No Rainbows Shining On Me, Shades Of Gray Are The Colors I See.

Do What's Good For You Or You're Not Good For Anybody

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What Will It Take For You To Believe In Me, The Way That I Believe In You?

Life Is A Series Of Hellos And Goodbyes; I'm Afraid It's Time For Goodbye Again

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If I Traveled All My Life And I Never Get To Stop And Settle Down Long As I Have You By My Side There's A Roof Above And Good Walls All Around You're My Castle, You're My Cabin And My Instant Pleasure Dome I Need You In My House 'cause You're My Home.

I'm Sure You Have Some Cosmic Rationale, But Here You Are With Your Faith And Your Peter Pan Advice.

There's A Deep-seated Paranoia That Americans Have About Not Being Americans Or Something.

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