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Gimme a Break
02:10
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You made it up
Thought it was the first time
Swear to god
I was seeing double that night
A hell I can't describe
We crossed another line
You made it up
Little fib you told yourself
A little slip
Turned to something permanent
A little false
Big or small, I caught you in the lie
The temperature
Is heating up and you just want to cry, cry
But that's the way you play
Give up much too late
Gimme a break
I've been working hard enough
Just a little sympathy
Is all I ever wanted out of ya
I better watch what I say
Before I give myself another problem
Oh, a reason more to run
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Knots
01:26
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I wish that I could off
Self-defeating thoughts
A stomach full of knots
A key without a lock
I’d finish every song
Undo every wrong
Pay off every debt
I owe it to myself
Ooh, it’s already within my nature
I only need to do the labor
Instead I fill the space with habits
If I keep this up, I’ll never have it
I wish that I could see the picture
From the far side of the room
I’m in a tunnel clocking 60
My vision set on zoom
I tend to think in spirals and I can hardly keep my eyes closed
Ooh, it’s already within my nature
I only need to let things go
I don’t wish that I was taller
Already have a loving partner
Making sure that I drink water
I put the time in, kid I’ve been writing
Hitting my head ’til it’s something exciting
Passing my idols, racking up mileage
Never been silent
I just keep my thing quiet
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Hi-Fi
02:11
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Turn on the receiver
Thousand dollar speakers
When ya coming over?
I’ll make you a believer
Oh, to my studio apartment
You know I got it at a bargain
But it’s all I got to offer
Give it but an hour
Let me put your mind at ease
When ya coming over?
Got something to show ya on my hi-fi
My hi-fi
Post up on the sofa
I’ma play you something with a good vibe
On my hi-fi
Oh, can you hear the copper cable?
You know it really makes a difference
Keep it floating off the table
So I don’t wake the neighbors
But it doesn’t really matter, if you’re over
Drunk or sober
We can put one on the platter
When ya coming over?
Got something to show ya on my hi-fi
My hi-fi
Post up on the sofa
I’ma play you something with a good vibe
On my hi-fi, oh
When ya coming over?
Got something to show ya on my hi-fi
My hi-fi
Post up on the sofa
I’ma play you something with a good vibe
On my hi-fi
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The queen of cups is in reverse
I admit that I’ve been hurt
Who hasn’t felt the sting?
A dozen bees inside my mouth
In a constant state of drought
Who wants to be the queen?
Warning
It’s the feeling of being wanted
That I crave so much
But I hardened up my heart
It’s the only one I’ve got
And I’ve been starving, cautious
Starting and stopping
A habit, restarting
My god, why can’t I stop it
The queen of cups can go to hell
I admit that I’m unwell
Who isn’t suffering, oh
It’s easier to bid farewell
Than fix the cracks from someone else
Who can’t control themselves
Warning
It’s the feeling of being wanted
That I crave so much
But I hardened up my heart
It’s the only one I’ve got
And I’ve been starving, cautious
Starting and stopping
A habit, restarting
My god, why can’t I stop it, uh
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Cuttin
01:11
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You’re cuttin up a photo
Somebody who you let go
Better out of sight, than living rent-free
Said the parasitic shit must cease
You never let the door close
You’re still picking at the wound though
Is it out of spite, or necessity?
Secretly, I don’t believe you
You’re see through
Like stained glass
Done up all nice
I can’t take these bald lies
But your bullshit just sounds so tight
Always thinking fast, when I should think twice
Maybe I could have seen you’re not committed as I
Now you’re cutting up our photo right before my eyes
And now I gotta chalk it up as wasted time
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Unprofessionals
02:09
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I can’t take these fools talking loudly for nothing
I could be your friend, but you made your bed
Acting destructive
Well, I hate to cut you off, c-cut you off, but I need to, hey
These unprofessionals
You need me more than I need you, hey
So unprofessional
When ya talk back
Cause ya know ya talk is cheap
So unprofessional, you should
Sit down, shut your damn mouth, uh
These unprofessionals, yeah
Too late, relation’s unproductive
You can play it cool, but I’m seeing through
Why ya still fronting?
So why waste time with dull discussions, hey
Ya unprofessionals can’t even function, hey
So unprofessional
When ya talk back
Cause ya know ya talk is cheap
So unprofessional, you should
Sit down, shut your damn mouth, uh
These unprofessionals
Talk back
Cause ya know ya talk is cheap
So unprofessional, you should
Sit down, shut your damn mouth, uh
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Petty
00:54
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Light up the gown, burn down the house
I couldn’t care, over and out
Pick up the pace, slap at my face
Heavy the armor, it’s all the same
I won’t break down, I almost gave out
But I take the high ground
Because I know you’re petty
Playing us all for the fool
So petty
Now I know that it’s just what you do
I’m sweating
I gotta get out, you do me so foul
It’s such a shame you got to be so petty
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Firefly
02:28
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Nothing good can happen after 2am
They try and tell you but it don’t make sense
Some grow up believing it, uh
They are not my friends
Every time you hit me in the dead of night
It makes me wonder why we’re so alike
When the normal people go to bed
Is we come alive, hey
Firefly
Wanna know what you get up to late at night
All the freaks know it’s the only time
We can be free
I wanna meet you in the dull streetlight
We’re sharing circles underneath our eyes
I wouldn’t trade it for another life
Boring and dead, hey
Under the lamp we’re writing songs about love
Got all the lyrics in my head
We hide away when the sun comes up
We write our poetry in bed
Firefly
Wanna know what you get up to late at night
All the freaks know it’s the only time
We can be free
Firefly
Wanna know what you get up to late at night
You don’t need no lights you got your own shine
Won’t you shine it on me, hey
Firefly
Firefly
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Beg
01:41
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Don’t make me beg, arm and a leg
You know I can’t, can’t walk away
Come to my window, I won’t delay
What you need to happen, my priority
Just to make you smile
I’d give anything to draw one on your face
Don’t make me beg, arm and a leg
All of the effort, none of the treasure
Dry as a desert
Please don’t make me wait
You know I could never walk away
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I Can't Read Minds
02:18
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Can’t predict the time
Depends how long you’re waiting
Waiting for a sign
When’s the last time that you cried?
How the years have aged us
Somehow, I don’t feel wise
Just a little jaded
I wish I could be still
Why is love such a labor
Give up my will
To do us both a favor
I can’t read minds
Sometimes I feel like you can read mine, oh no
But I can’t read minds
So I think about you all of the time
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Hello Blue Morning
01:54
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Hello blue morning, I see you’re up early
You seem more familiar today
I live on this island, my body of silence
I don’t have the means to escape
The sun burns my eyes, so I stay inside
Forget how to smile, and forget about time
But your heaviness dims this unbearable light, won’t you stay
Hello blue morning, you’re only a moment away
The ghost of her brother, who played in dull moonlight
Draped in his feathers of clay
Neglected and hated, his halo was faded
His wings slowly melted away
And so, he discovered the taste of his freedom
Was bitter and violent, and often deceiving
And rainfall is just the metropolis weeping its sorrows
He flees the blue morning, but he’ll be returning tomorrow
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Two Versions
01:16
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I wish, wish there were two
Two versions of me, so I could kick it with you
While the other one could head off to do
All of the things that I don’t want to do, ooh
Even though it seems we have to choose
Living in pleasure, or working like fools
I know there’ll never be another person like you
No matter to me, if I can spend it with you
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Cale Hawkins New York
Hailing from Bemus Point, NY (population: 364), Cale Hawkins has toured, written, and produced internationally since 2012.
Credits include Quincy Jones, Charli XCX, Linda Perry, Bilal, Raveena, and Amber Mark.
He produces, mixes, writes, and performs all of his music. His debut LP "I Broke My Shoulders" came out in 2023 via Switch Hit Records, and was featured on NPR's "All Songs Considered."
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