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Nostalgia Poisoning

by Steven Gullett

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1.
Train Wreck 04:05
SHE'S LIGHTING UP THE BAR LIKE A NEON ARCADE AND EVERYBODY STOPS LIKE IT'S AN AMBULANCE WAKE AND ALL THEY REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS WHO'S CALLING THE SHOTS TONIGHT? SHE'S TALKING LIKE A JACK HAMMER, LAUGHING LIKE A FIT SHE'S A USED UP PIN-UP WITH STAPLES IN HER WRIST SHE'S A MAGNET TO THE GIRLS AND BOYS THAT SHE'LL LEAVE TONIGHT OH TRAIN WRECK BABY HOW DID I LET YOU GET SO NEAR OH TRAIN WRECK BABY I'LL BE HIDING OVER HERE X2 IT'S A SUICIDE MISSION BUT I THINK I'M GONNA TRY BUT AS I'M GETTING CLOSER SHE STARTS TO YELL, SHE STARTS TO CRY SO I SIDESTEP THE CHAOS LIKE I WAS HEADING TO THE BAR ALL THE TIME BUT IT'S TOO LATE SHE'S GOT ME IN HER SIGHTS SHE'S KNOWS THAT I'M A SUCKER WHO'LL LISTEN TO HER PLIGHT ALL HER CRAZY STORIES AND HER BOYFRIEND'S ALIBI OH TRAIN WRECK BABY HOW DID I LET YOU GET SO NEAR OH TRAIN WRECK BABY I'LL BE HIDING OVER HERE X2 SHE'S WALKING IN THE BAR LIKE SHE'S FRESH FROM CONFESSION AND EVERYBODY PARTS LIKE IT'S A FUNERAL PROCESSION AND ALL THEY REALLY KNOW IS SHE'S CALLING THE SHOTS TONIGHT
2.
IT'S A CONSTANT STREAM OF LITTLE WHITE LIES SEEMS ALL I WANNA DO IS CRITICIZE WHEN DID IT ALL BECOME SUCH A GAME I DON'T EVER WANNA ACT LIKE THOSE GUYS TALKIN' SO TOUGH & LYING ABOUT SIZE NOW YOU'RE ON THE TIP & TONGUE OF FAME SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY'S UNDER A SPELL THEY SAY THAT BULLSHIT WALKS BUT AS FAR AS I CAN TELL ... FICTION SELLS ALL YOUR COMPLIMENTS ARE MADE OF GLASS BUT I WON'T BREAK 'EM IF YOU THROW 'EM BACK OR MAKE YOU TAKE YOUR MAKE-UP OFF ALL NIGHT I'LL BELIEVE YOUR SCRIPT IF YOU BELIEVE MINE TALK YOUR TALK & I'LL BUY YOUR LINE CAUSE IT'S THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE FOR SALE SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY'S UNDER A SPELL THEY SAY THAT BULLSHIT WALKS BUT AS FAR AS I CAN TELL ... FICTION SELLS SO TELL ME THE TRUTH I WANNA HEAR IT WHY DO SO MANY FEAR IT?
3.
I Am Not 03:47
JUST LIKE YOU I AM SO DISTRAUGHT BY ALL THESE THINGS THAT I AM NOT MAYBE ONE DAY I'LL GET A SHOT AT ALL THESE THINGS THAT I AM NOT HEAVY CLOUDS THEY DON'T DISCRIMINATE WHILE IT RAINS REMINDERS AND CONTAMINATES BETWEEN WHAT YOU WISH FOR AND WHAT YOU'LL TAKE SEEMS A LONG, LONG LINE AND A LONGER WAIT BUT OH... YOU CAN'T LET IT TAKE YOU DOWN X3 (NO OH WHOA...) THOUGH IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER TO HIT THE GROUIND I KNOW IT TAKES A TOUGHER SKIN FOR YOU TO STICK AROUND AND JUST LIKE YOU I AM SO DISTRAUGHT BY ALL THESE THINGS THAT I AM NOT MAYBE ONE DAY I'LL GET A SHOT AT ALL THESE THINGS THAT I AM NOT I AM NOT (REPEAT)
4.
INDIE ROCK GIRL X2 YOUR T-SHIRT'S IRONIC YOUR PURSE IS ICONIC INDIE ROCK GIRL INDIE ROCK GIRL X2 YOUR GLASSES SYMBOLIC DATE AN ALCOHOLIC INDIE ROCK GIRL INDIE ROCK BOY X2 YOUR COME-ONS ARE HOKEY YOU DIG KARAOKE INDIE ROCK BOY INDIE ROCK BOY X2 YOUR HAIR IS UNKEMPT SOMEONE ELSE PAYS YOUR RENT INDIE ROCK BOY WITH A THRIFT STORE POSE IN YOUR OVERPRICED CLOTHES YOU TAKE YOUR CONVERSATION BLAND AND YOU BEER IN A DISCOUNT CAN INDIE ROCK GIRL X2 SKIN LIKE PEARL SO BORED WITH THE WORLD INDIE ROCK GIRL INDIE ROCK GIRL X2 PICTURES ON YOUR SKIN FROM BACK WHEN THEY WERE IN INDIE ROCK GIRL INDIE ROCK BOY X2 SPORADICALLY VEGAN BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A REASON INDIE ROCK BOY INDIE ROCK BOY X2 YOUR PARENTS HAVE MONEY THE GIRLS THINK YOU'RE FUNNY INDIE ROCK BOY OH THERE THEY GO TO THE HIPPEST SHOWS THEY LIKE BANDS FROM CHICAGO THAT CAN'T SING AND BANDS FROM NEW YORK WITH A PHRASE FOR A NAME INDIE ROCK LOVE X2 WATCH 'EM SWAGGER & SWOON TO GUITARS OUT OF TUNE INDIE ROCK LOVE INDIE ROCK LOVE X2 THEY'RE SO TRAGICALLY IN JUST LIKE THURSTON & KIM INDIE ROCK LOVE
5.
RIDDLE BY RIDDLE PIECE BY PIECE WONDERING IF I'LL BE RELEASED FRIENDS THEY LIE WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW THAT'S HOW WE ALL KEEP UP THE SHOW LITTLE BY LITTLE STEP BY STEP IT CREEPS INTO OUR CONSCIOUSNESS AND STILL WE CRY CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHY DO SOME THEY HAVE TO GO? SOME WILL FIGHT WITH YOU ALL DAY THAT YOU MUST SEE THINGS THEIR WAY THEY'RE DROPPING NAMES THEY'RE QUOTING BOOKS FLASHING RIGHTEOUS DIRTY LOOKS RIDDLE BY RIDDLE PIECE BY PIECE WONDERING IF I'LL BE RELEASED BUT WE ALL MUST FIND OUR OWN CAUSE FAITH IS WARM WHEN YOU'RE ALONE
6.
A DANCER'S SHAKE AND GINGER MOAN DISASTER IN A FIVE FOOT FRAME AND A PADLOCK HOME A LAZY DOG WITH SKILLS TO HONE A DANDY WITH A GUTTER VISION AND A STAR SHAPED HOPE...HOPE DUELING TO THE DANGER POINT I LOOK DOWNTOWN AND I END UP NORTH DEAR WHOEVER I CAN'T TAKE YOU HOME BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST AN ACCIDENT AND I LIKE DREAM WRECKED DARLINGS MORE YOUR RESUME' - DRUGS AND ABUSE BOTTLE COLORED HAIR AND SLUT FUELED DUES EXCITEMENT TRAINED IN DREAMY TALK 13 ROUNDS OF CHOKING AND I WATCH YOU WALK AWAY... I WATCH YOU AND YOU NEED ME TO FLIRTING WITH THE DANGER POINT I LOOK DOWNTOWN AND I END UP NORTH DEAR WHOEVER I CAN'T TAKE YOU HOME BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST AN ACCIDENT AND I LIKE DREAM WRECKED DARLINGS MORE THE ONES WITHOUT MUCH CHANCE - A DIME OR LESS A DANCE GIVE THE TRASHY ONES LAST CALL - BUY A DRINK FOR THEM ALL SEE 'EM BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS; WATCH 'EM WRITHING ON THE FLOOR CAUSE DREAM WRECKED DARLINGS ALWAYS WANT... ATTENTION JUNKIES AND THE POWER OF WANT THEY LIVE FOR CENTER STAGE AND KNOW HOW TO TAUNT ATTENTION JUNKIES AND THE POWER OF WANT DREAM WRECKED DARLINGS ALWAYS WANT...MORE
7.
YOU'RE RELIGIOUS DISEASE WAS A MYTH IT WAS SCARLET FEVER YOU HELD TIGHT IN YOUR FIST JUST A BABY IN DEGREES OF PLATINUM BLONDE IN 8-2-6 WITH YOUR SAPPHIRE RING ON AND NOW YOU'VE GOT THE PRIZE I HOPE THAT YOU KEPT YOUR RECEIPT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND JUST HOW BAD THIS WORLD CAN BE? YOUR PICTURES AND CONCEPTIONS THAT NEVER LET YOU BE AND NOW YOU UNDERSTAND THERE AIN'T NOTHING LEFT TO BE THIS MORNING WAS YOUR DRAMA TEST & LAST NIGHT WAS ONLY A COMEDY YOU LOOK FOR FAMILY IN EVERY FACE YOU SEE AND WONDER WHY YOUR DISAPPOINTMENTS ALWAYS COME IN THREES YOU SAID YOUR MOTHER WAS NAMED AFTER ME THROUGH TANQUERAY AND TEARS THAT YOU NEVER LET THEM SEE AND NOW YOU'VE GOT THE PRIZE I HOPE THAT YOU KEPT YOUR RECEIPT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND JUST HOW BAD THIS WORLD CAN BE? YOUR PICTURES AND CONCEPTIONS THAT NEVER LET YOU BE AND NOW YOU UNDERSTAND THERE AIN'T NOTHING LEFT TO BE THIS MORNING WAS YOUR DRAMA TEST & LAST NIGHT WAS ONLY A COMEDY
8.
Leaving Town 03:22
I HOPE THAT YOU DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES AS ME MY FRIENDS I KNOW THERE'S BETTER THINGS THAT WE COULD HAVE IN COMMON I NEVER WANTED TO BE TELLING YOU A PACK OF LIES BUT NOW ALL I'VE GOT LEFT ARE ALIBIS I'M LEAVING TOWN I'VE PASSED MYSELF AROUND I'M HALFWAY TO THE GROUND SO I'M LEAVING TOWN I DON'T WANNA HAVE THE THINGS YOU WANNA HAVE I JUST WANNA HAVE THE ROAD I'M LIKE A BROKE MACHINE THAT NO ONE HERE CAN SEEM TO FIX IT'S SUCH A LOSER'S CHARM THAT SOME WOULD FIND ROMANTIC THEY GIVE YOU CREDIT IF YOU'RE GOING DOWN IN HISTORY BUT NOW I PAY UPFRONT FOR LUXURIES I'M LEAVING TOWN I'VE PASSED MYSELF AROUND I'M TWICE AS LOST AS FOUND SO I'M LEAVING TOWN I DON'T WANNA HAVE THE THINGS YOU WANNA HAVE I JUST WANNA HAVE THE ROAD I HOPE THAT YOU DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES AS ME MY FRIENDS
9.
BACK WHEN I WAS ONLY FIVE THERE WERE SECRETS STILL ALIVE BUT THEY'VE BEEN BURIED NOW FOR SO LONG I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THINGS WENT ON I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT WENT ON I'M NOT THE MAN I USED TO BE AND THAT SEEMS NATURAL TO ME I COULD ONLY STAY THAT WAY FOR SO LONG I DON'T MIND THE CHANGES WHEN THEY COME IN THE WARM OHIO SUN / IN THE CALIFORNIA SUN / IN THE NEW YORK CITY SUN I'LL BE MISSING EVERYONE BUT I DON'T WANT THEM TO KNOW IT WON'T MATTER WHEN YOU'RE OLD THERE'S JUST STORIES TO BE TOLD OFF OUR BACKS, LET IT ROLL HE SAYS HE'LL LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND BUT IT'S STILL PLAYING IN HIS MIND LIKE A MOVIE STUCK ON REWIND ONE DAY HE'S WAKING UP TO FIND THAT THE TIME ZONES DON'T ERASE YOU STILL HAVE TO RUN THE HUMAN RACE WE CAN ONLY CARRY YOU FOR SO LONG THEN AFTER THAT YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN YOU'RE HOLDING YOUTH THAT YOU DON'T HAVE AND IT'S GETTING KIND OF SAD HOW YOU'RE SET TO SELF-DESTRUCT AND THEN YOU BLAME IT ON BAD LUCK ON YOUR SHOULDER THERE'S A CHIP YOU CAN'T REMEMBER WHY THAT IS BUT IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE FOR SO LONG YOU MIGHT MISS IT IF IT'S GONE
10.
IT'S A BATTLE NOT WORTH FIGHTING YOU'RE LIKE THUNDER, I'M LIKE LIGHTNING SEEMS YOU'RE ALWAYS FOLLOWING ME AROUND IT'S A SKIN I TRY TO SHAKE OFF A ONE WAY RIDE I'M GONNA GET OFF BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS FOLLOWING ME AROUND WHEN YOU PULL IT FROM THE GROUND YOU DRAG PIECES OF ME DOWN PLEASE OH PLEASE I WON'T MISS YOU WHEN YOU LEAVE IT'S A FAIRY TALE YOU LIVE IN IF YOU THINK YOU ARE FORGIVEN PLEASE OH PLEASE WON'T YOU LESSEN MY DISEASE DON'T YOU BOTHER ME NO MORE AND IF YOU TALLY UP THE SCORE I STILL WIN IT'S NOSTALGIA POISONING ALL THE KINKS AND BUGS ARE WORKED OUT I DON'T NEED ANOTHER LETDOWN YOU CAN WALK YOUR MEMORY LANE ALONE TIME IS MOVING ONE DIRECTION SO LET GO OF THE PAST YOU'RE STUCK IN YOU CAN WALK YOUR MEMORY LANE ALONE WHEN YOU PULL IT FROM THE GROUND YOU DRAG PIECES OF ME DOWN PLEASE OH PLEASE I WON'T MISS YOU WHEN YOU LEAVE IT'S A FAIRY TALE YOU LIVE IN IF YOU THINK YOU ARE FORGIVEN PLEASE OH PLEASE WON'T YOU LESSEN MY DISEASE DON'T YOU BOTHER ME NO MORE AND WHEN YOU COUNT UP THE SCORE IT'S NOSTALGIA POISONING
11.
Stay 03:17
I NEVER THOUGHT IT'D HAPPEN SO FAST THEN ALL WE HAD WAS SUDDENLY CASHED YOU SAW RIGHT THROUGH MY FEEBLE DEFENSE AND SOMEHOW WOUND UP STILL ON THE FENCE AND WHEN IT ALL FALLS DOWN LIKE TEENAGE ANGER TO THE GROUND I HOPE YOU LET ME STAY THE FEARS AND FROWNS HAVE FINALLY FOUGHT THEIR FINAL ROUND I HOPE YOU LET ME STAY I TOOK MY JOYRIDES AT OUR EXPENSE AND ALL THAT CRASHING LEFT A FEW DENTS I NEVER WANT TO DARKEN YOUR EYES LIKE THAT AGAIN THROUGH ALL OF OUR LIVES AND WHEN IT ALL FALLS DOWN LIKE TEENAGE ANGER TO THE GROUND I HOPE YOU LET ME STAY THE FEARS AND FROWNS HAVE FINALLY FOUGHT THEIR FINAL ROUND I HOPE YOU LET ME STAY
12.
MY WORRIED MIND KEEPS CONSTANT TIME IT DOESN'T SLOW, DOESN'T UNWIND WHILE I'M AWAKE MY THOUGHTS WILL GRIND CAN SOMETHING NUMB MY WORRIED MIND? THE PILLOW'S A ROCK AND THE BED SHEETS THEY ITCH I THROW IN THE TOWEL AND I HIT THE LIGHT SWITCH WATCH TV 'TIL THE BIRDS ARE SINGING MY SKIN VIBRATES, MY EYES ARE RINGING MY BRAIN PACES LEFT AND MY BRAIN PACES RIGHT IT DOESN'T KNOW IT'S THE MIDDLE OF NIGHT I'M NOT HUNGRY OR ANXIOUS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG BUT THE THOUGHTS IN MY HEAD WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE...LEAVE ME ALONE
13.
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY I WANTED TO STAY INSIDE AND DRAW DIDN'T WANT TO SEE NO PEOPLE AT ALL WINTER, SUMMER, SPRING OR FALL BY MYSELF I HAD MY FUN WITH MY IMAGINATION SOME SAID IT WAS JUST A PHASE I'D SNAP OUT OF IT ONE OF THESE DAYS THEY TOLD ME, YOU'LL GET OVER IT OFF TO SCHOOL THEY MADE ME GO WHERE WHEN YOU'RE FAT THEY'LL LET YOU KNOW THEY SEE THE MOLES OUT ON MY FACE POINT & LAUGH OR TRY TO ERASE I'D WONDER WHAT IT'S LIKE TO FIT MAYBE TRY TO BE ONE OF THEM THEY'D SAY, ?THAT'S JUST THE TEENAGE YEARS, YOU'LL GROW OUT OF ALL THOSE FEARS' THEY TOLD ME, YOU'LL GET OVER IT A FEW YEARS LATER MY HEARTS WAS BROKE I PUNCHED THE WALL AND GAVE UP HOPE DRAINED WINE BOTTLES & BREAK THE GLASS AND ON MY ARMS I'D CUT A GASH LOCKED IN MY ROOM WITH THE STEREO ON ONLY PLAYING THE SADDEST SONGS THEY'D SAY, ?THERE'S MORE FISH IN THE SEA, YOU'LL CHEER UP EVENTUALLY' THEY TOLD ME, YOU'LL GET OVER IT FRIENDS AND FAMILY SUDDENLY DIED THE REST OF US ARE LEFT ALIVE I FIND I'M CRYING LESS & LESS FALLING INTO SPIRITUAL DEBT I'VE FALLEN FOR BOOZE, I'VE FALLEN FOR DRUGS I'VE FALLEN FOR SEX WITHOUT THE LOVE I DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT LIFE'S ABOUT FRUSTRATING TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT THEY TOLD ME, YOU'LL GET OVER IT SO I'M WAITING...

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released May 1, 2005

Star Heartless Records #1004.
All songs published by Star Heartless Music / ASCAP.
All songs written by Steven Gullett.

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