Pity, take pity on me
'Cause I'm not half the man that I should be
I'm always turnin' to run
From the people I should not be afraid of
And darlin', you should know
That I have fantasies about bein' alone
It's like love is a lesson that I can't learn
So I make the same mistakes at each familiar turn
I know you can't hold out forever
Waitin' on a diamond and a tether
From a boy who won't swim
But who will dip his toe in
Just to keep you here with him
I've got this habit I abhor
When we go out, I'm always watchin' the door
As if there's someone I'm goin' to see
Who could outdo the things that you do to me
I know you can't hold out forever
Waitin' on a diamond and a tether
From a boy who won't fly
But who will take to the skies
If he thinks that you're about to say goodbye
Pity, take pity on me
'Cause I'm not half the man that I should be
And I don't blame you, you've had enough
With all these empty promises and countless bluffs
'Cause I know you can't hold out forever
Waitin' on a diamond and a tether
From a boy who won't jump
When he falls in love
He just stands with his toes on the edge
And he waits for it to disappear again
A Diamond And A Tether
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20th Century Towers 405 405 (Acoustic) A Diamond and a Tether [Version] A Lack of Color A Movie Script Ending All Is Full of Love Amputations Amputations (Demo) Army Corps Of Architects Bad Reputation Bad Reputation (Freedy Johnston cover) Bend to Squares Binary Sea Bixby Canyon Bridge Black Sun Blacking Out the Friction Blacking Out the Friction/Brand New Love Brand New Love (Sebadoh cover) Broken Yolk in Western Sky Brothers On A Hotel Bed Brothers on a Hotel Bed [DVD] Brothers on a Hotel Bed [Rolling Stone Originals S... Brothers On A Hotel Bus Carolina Cath Cath... [Album Version] Cath… Champagne from a Paper Cup Champagne from a Paper Cup (Demo) Choir Vandals Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Codes And Keys Company Calls Company Calls Epilogue Company Calls Epilogue (Alternate Take) Coney Island Cooked Teeth Crooked Teeth Crooked Teeth [DVD] Crooked Teeth [Rolling Stone Originals Session] Death of an Interior Decorator Debate Exposes Doubt Different Names For The Same Thing Different Names for the Same Thing [DVD] Doors Unlocked And Open Dream Scream Dream Scream (Daniel Johnston cover) Earth Angel Earth Angel (The Penguins cover) El Dorado Everything's a Ceiling Everythingu2019s A Ceiling Expo '86 Expo '86 Face That Launched 1000 Shits Fake Frowns Farmer Chords Flustered/Hey Tomcat! Flustered\/Hey Tomcat For What Reason Good Help (Is So Hard To Find) Grapevine Fires Grapevine Fires [*] Gridlock Caravans Here Comes The Rain Again Here Comes The Rain Again (Live) Hindsight Hold No Guns Home Is A Fire Hometown Fantasy I Was a Kaleidoscope I Was Once A Loyal Lover I Will Follow You Into The Dark I Will Follow You into the Dark [DVD] I Will Possess Your Heart I Will Possess Your Heart [Album Version] Information Travels Faster Ingénue Jealousy Rides With Me Lightness Line Of Best Fit Line of Best Fit (Demo) Line Of Best Fit. Little Bribes Little Bribes [Version] Little Fury Bugs Little Wanderer Long Division Love Song Love Song (The Cure Cover) Lowell, MA Marching Bands Of Manhattan Marching Bands of Manhattan [DVD] Meet Me On The Equinox Million Dollar Loan Monday Morning My Mirror Speaks New Candles No Joy in Mudville No Room In Frame No Sunlight Passenger Seat Photobooth Photobooth [Rolling Stone Originals Session] Pictures in an Exhibition Pictures in an Exhibition (Demo) Pity And Fear Portable Television President of What? President of What? (Demo) Prove My Hypotheses Prove My Hypothesis Rockin' Chair Scientist Studies Sick Of Myself Sleep Spent Sleep Tight Some Boys Someday You Will Be Loved Someday You Will Be Loved [DVD] Song for Kelly Huckaby Song for Kelly Huckaby (EP) Soul Meets Body Soul Meets Body [DVD] Soul Meets Body [Rolling Stone Originals Session] Spring Break Broke St Peter's Cathedral St. Peter's Cathedral Stability Stable Song Stable Song [DVD] Start Again Start Again (Teenage Fanclub cover) State Street Residential State Street Residential (Demo) Stay Young, Go Dancing Steadier Footing Styrofoam Plates Summer Skin Summer Skin [DVD] Sweet And Tender Hooligan Sweet and Tender Hooligan (The Smiths cover) Talking Bird Talking Bird (Demo) Talking Bird [Demo Version][Version] Talking Like Turnstiles Technicolor Girls That's Incentive The Blowers Daughter The Employment Pages The Face That Launched 1000 Shits The Face that Launched A Thousand Ships The Face That Launched One Thousand Shits The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive The Ice Is Getting Thinner The New Year The Remainder The Sound of Settling This Charming Man This Temporary Life Tiny Vessels Title and Registration Title Track Tomorrow Transatlanticism TV Trays Two Cars Underneath The Sycamore Underwater Unobstructed Views Wait We Have The Facts And We're Voting Yes We Laugh Indoors We Looked Like Giants What Sarah Said What Sarah Said [DVD] Where Soul Meets Body Why You'd Want to Live Here Why You'd Want To Live Here (The Showbox, Seattle ... You Are A Tourist You Are A Tourist (Single) You Can Do Better Than Me You Can Do Better Than Me (But I Can't Do Better T... You Remind Me Of Home You've Haunted Me All My Life Your Bruise Your Heart Is An Empty Room Your Heart Is an Empty Room [DVD] Your New Twin Size Bed Your New Twin Sized Bed Youu2019ve Haunted Me All My Life
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My Crew - A+
Next Level (Intro)/Enter Hempstead - A+
Enjoy Yourself [Instrumental] - A+
Up Top New York [Album Version] - A+
Up Top New York [Instrumental] - A+
Up Top New York - A+
Number One - A
Nothing [CD-ROM Video][*] - A
Thinking About You - A
Rush Song [TD Album] - A
I Wonder [B Side] - A
Stand Up In It - A
Robin Thicke " Lost Without You" - A
"Just My Imagination" The Temptations - A
Waiting in Vain - A
Thinking of you - A
Swass - A
Fresh - A
Flipsyde - A
Monkey Kong Jr - A
Just The Way You Like It - A
Cupid - A
I Wonder - A
I Want Your Love - A
Rush Song - 'a'
One Day - A
Get Out More - A
California - A
Coming Around - A
She Said - A
Human Condition - A
Boyz 2 Men - A
Sorry But... - A
Gotta Have It - A
Hard Times - A
The Art Of Making Sense - A
I Love Lake Tahoe - A
Move On - A
Good Time - A
Homeless Heart - A
dont worry be happy - A
Getting Me Off - A
Solace - A
Champions of Endings - A
Don’t Be Punks - A
Everybody In - A
Jason’s Addiction - A
Monterey - A
Owner Of A Lonely Heart - A
A+Z - A
No.1 - A
Winter Of 96 - A
AG & Clubstar - You & Me (Tonight) - A
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6 O'clock - A
Why Don't You Cry About It - A
Me & My Microphone - A
If It Ain't Broke, Fit It Anyway - A
What You Gonna Do? - A
Up Top New York - A
A Z - A
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Something\'s Going On - A
Smash on the First Night - A
Why Don’t You Cry About It? - A
White Canvas - A
Slam - A
Singled Out - A
Turn The Lights Down - A
Time And Again - A
There\'s A Reason For It - A
Gusto - A
No Way Out (Intro) - A
Me And My Microphone - A
Dragonfly - A
Do You Know? - A
Full Pelt - A
Lifelines - A
Cross My Heart - A
School\'s Out feat Alice Cooper - A
Oranges On Apple Trees - A
If It Ain’t Broke, Fix It Anyway - A
Less Than Pure - A
In The Blink Of An Eye - A
Cannot Hide - A
Boys To Men - A
A Little Bit - A
8 Fingers - A
6 O\'clock - A
40 - A
Almost Everything Is Great - A
Afternoon High - A
Gotta Have It - A+
Boyz 2 Men - A+
Move On - A+
Me & My Microphone - A+
Hard Times - A+
All I See - A+
150210 passionate - A
150211 bbing [mono mix] - A
150209 dubtest [stereo mix] - A
150225 zandercross - A
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Andrew Harries Crazy Fan - A
150215 desertdaze [original mix] - A
150214 hepatitis [the last stage] - A
No1 - A
2:59 - A
Hi-Fi Serious - A
W.D.Y.C.A.I. - A
Art Of Making Sense - A
Better Off With Him - A
Shut Yer Face - A
The Springs - A
Don't Be Punks - A
Winter of '96 - A
The Distance - A
Fistral - A
Power Of Desire - A
Why Don't You Cry About It? - A
T-Shirt Money - A
2nd Coming - A
All I See - A
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