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Mercury and Gold

by Troup

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1.
Gonna leave and desert you now Gonna head on alone All venues are closing down There ain’t nobody home Me, I’ll try to find A little life on the road Got a feeling that she got the best of me I don’t know if there’s anything left of me When I dream all day or I lie awake at night She is always, always on fire When I dream all day or I lie awake at night She is always, always on fire Dragging around my memories Just dead weight to me Every time I see her face then A ghost walks right over me The night we drank together We both couldn’t tell a lie She said it was always meant to be And I told her I loved her desperately When I dream all day or I lie awake at night She is always, always by my side When I dream all day or I lie awake at night She is always, always on fire When I dream all day or I lie awake at night She is always, always by my side When I dream all day or I lie awake at night She is always, always on fire
2.
Your white knees Your butterfly belt Your hands on your hips You know you knock me out You buy me whiskey and water Take a look in my eyes I think you oughta know I could be there for you When the rain comes down and you don’t know what to do I can be there for you Your accent Is indecent I feel like you steal and it’s recent It ain’t what you say, it’s what you don’t say When you pull your cigarette, I watch my world go away I can be there for you When the rain comes down and you don’t know what to do I can be there for you To be someone you love instead of someone you screw I can be there for you, someone to hold You can be mercury and you can be gold I can be there for you Any time you wanted me to now now I can be there for you Your best friend thinks she knows me But I don’t regret ‘cause I was lonely I paint a little picture of you in my head I can’t draw your breath, I can’t draw your blood I can be there for you When the rain comes down and you don’t know what to do I can be there for you To be someone you love instead of someone you screw I can be there for you, someone to hold You can be mercury and you can be gold I can be there for you Any time you wanted me to now now I can be there for you I can be there for you When the rain comes down and you don’t know what to do I can be there for you To be someone you love instead of someone you screw I can be there for you as someone to hold You can be mercury and you can be gold I can be there for you Any time you wanted me to now now I will be there for you Any time you wanted me to now now I can be there for you
3.
Breakdown 03:40
I’ve been trying to tell you baby I’m splitting at the seams It seems that every time I turn around I’m caught up in my idiot dreams I follow you whatever you do I’m the last train waiting for you Why do you do the things that you say you don’t do? I see you brought the tears for your eyes Your beauty cannot be televised I’m dancing to your tune ‘cause I’m mesmerized But oh, take a word of my advice It’s a long shot betting on you But that don’t worry me baby, I knew From the moment I saw you do the things you say you don’t do Breakdown Meet me down at the mall Cause you can’t expect us all to get your number and not call Just a young kid in America Everybody’s carried away with ya So come on it’s a beautiful day And won’t ya come and take a fall? Breakdown, breakdown, breakdown Don’t it feel good? You know you gotta set me free, honey Tell me there’s a chance for me Oh ‘cause all I ever wanted to be Was in your heart Just in your heart PRE-CHORUS CHORUS x 2
4.
Sensation 03:59
She touches my leg I feels a sensation I need to get high so I can get down She’s all in my head Her life’s a vacation I got to be laid, I got to be laid right down She drags my heart around She drags my heart around She drags my heart around She’s cold as a stone She got no emotion Whenever we meet, there’s nothing to say Wha’d I say? She’ll hang up the phone in mid-conversation She gives me her body and takes me away Yeah she takes me away CHORUS I feel so lonely I feel so sad Cause she’s my only The best I had CHORUS Drags my heart Oh my heart Dragging it ‘round Drag it ‘round Been feeling so lonely Been feeling so bad Cause she was my only The best that I had I live for tomorrow She lives for today She takes me away
5.
Oh baby Never done this before You’re making me a rag-and-bone man, honey Come a knocking at your door Oh darling What are you waiting for? Selling me a cock and bull story Now I love you just a little more Cause she gets Just what she wants I go on living Trying to catch her eye Cause she gets Just what she wants I go on living Trying to catch her eye Oh baby Don’t tell me that I’m doing wrong Oh honey You tell me that you’re feeling strong Oh baby Tell me that I belong Oh darling Why’d you do this to me? Throw me back in the water honey if you ain’t gon’ make a meal of me Oh baby Say a little prayer for me Running all the way to your house honey You’re gonna be the death of me Cause you get Just what you want I go on living Trying to catch your eye Honey you get Just what you want I go on living Trying to catch your eye Oh baby Don’t tell me that I’m doing wrong Oh honey You tell me that you’re feeling strong Oh baby Tell me that I belong I’m a slave for your love I’m a dog for your lap Take a seat at my table You can drink from my cup You can share my blanket Take the shirt off my back You can pay my taxes Honey I’ll be there

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released October 21, 2016

All songs written by Alex Troup.
Produced by Evan J. Beigel and Alex Troup.
Engineered and mixed by Evan J. Beigel at New Monkey Studio, Van Nuys, CA.
Mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering, Los Angeles, CA.
Photos by James Weir.

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