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Uploaded on Oct 10, 2011

produced by David Kahne

http://jaybrannan.com/appearances.html for upcoming tour dates!!

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greatest hits
music and lyrics by jay brannan

to bitter from sweet
like liquid to concrete
it's tough to digest
life rips through your chest
and just takes a heartbeat

you can't check your pain
aboard the shame train
and maybe i'm out of line
but if you show me yours
i'll sing you mine

[chorus:]
a punch in the gut
some black 'round the eye
there's red from my lips
and i'm asking god why
there's a bump on my head
and a hole in my heart
if there's one thing i've learned, it's
that these are my greatest hits

i don't sing for the rainbow
cuz i taste the rain
they spit "cheer up" and they scoff
i laugh "cheer down or fuck off"
then get roughed up against the grain

you may never be happy
and i still see your worth
someday we'll be less miserable
we'll dye our heads invisible
wrapped up in robes not of this earth
not of this earth
not of this earth
not of this earth

[chorus]

would you read a book if somebody took out all the good pages?
so we did some drugs, gave out some hugs, rattled a few cages
have you made mistakes, let off the brakes? confess uncleanliness
not to feel bad about but to embrace your humanness

[chorus]

© 2011 great depression publishing

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  • swmyers7

    Beautiful arrangement, Jay.  Another winner.

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  • Bill Realman Stella

    Your couplet "I don't sing for the rainbow / 'cause i taste the rain" is breathtakingly beautiful.

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  • darren irwin

    the streets of new york

    are paved with Gum

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  • Lynn Campbell

    This is sooo damn good...I love the one that has the lyrics, too!

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  • AustinJamesification

    I can never get sick of this song.

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  • TheGman5307

    11 out of 10 on the guitar playing! WOW!

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  • miguel a moreno

    hahahaah the your refrigerator i say hi ;P

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  • miguel a moreno

    Is it normal to cry to this song i'm crying and smilling at the same time X"P TY jay YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL :)

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  • JClov3sm3

    amazing... all of the running around kinda made me dizzy after awhile lol

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  • accordingtolive

    My current favourite song.

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  • Joana Ml

    Do you need a bed ..?

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