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Lay a hand
Upon the water Well within, well within Wash away To fair morrow Ride ahead, ride ahead Make your mark Upon the rock For another one Ashes tell tales Fire gives faith Burn it up burn it up Burn it up burn it up She would waste not, not in struggle No other shall there ever be And what she is to love, listen oh my brother Is as the wind to mercury Don't you pray Of a heartless town Or you'll be forced to flee Don't you live In a soulless city Or you'll have to leave You don't need No place of birth Hither to come home Many a night Were you ready for your bed But your bed not ready for you She would give of herself And ask not return or eternity And what she'd offer, listen oh my brother Is as the wind to mercury And she'd hold not, of another man No other shall there ever be And whom she would hold Listen oh my brother Is as the wind to mercury |
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| 2. |
| 5:57 |
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Took a minight train
Headed way back east Left behind some pain In hopes of finding some peace Fortunatly caught one Bound for my old neighborhood Either way, between us, it's good They're building a bridge Links Manhattan with the heartland It's called the califonia ridge The country need to expand Saw them lay the first stone It was made of wood Either way, between us, it's good In an age of greys When wrong won't become right Let's lift the haze And scale the heights Set my shouders straight Took a deep breath This meeting I anticipate Unlike impending death Strode on to the platform And there you stood At worst, between us, it's good In an age of greys When wrong won't become right Let's lift the haze And scale the heights Set my shouders straight Took a deep breath This meeting I anticipate Unlike impending death Strode on to the platform And there you stood At worst, between us, it's good |
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| 3. |
| 4:12 |
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Step aside
Step aside The crew's gonna take a ride Better stand behind the barricade Here comes, here comes, here comes The big parade So make way So make way That's what the captain say Down St. Charles and Esplanade Here comes The big parade "Throw me somethin mister" I wanna dance with your sister Brass bands march in by Throwing notes to the sky There goes There goes Second-liners and flambeaus I'm feelin even better Than the day was made Here comes Here comes Here comes The big parade |
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| 4. |
| 2:40 |
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La Rouge lies awake at night
Doesn't sleep for days Guess he's carryin somethin The pillows can't take away I feel just like him 'Cept for me it's double Baby I got you, and you're *Trouble Trouble I used to not need nothin Now trouble is all I need Well Tessie loves excitement Can make a dull moment a thrill She does whatever she wants Then puts it on my bill But that ain't so expensive Got it covered in my sleep See dawlin' I got you And baby you're * I wouldn't bet against myself In a poker game Or build a house In a hurricane And lose everything I had And spend the rest of my life gone mad In a way it would be a relief It really wouldn't be so bad See dawlin' I got you and baby you're Trouble Trouble I used to not need nothin I used to not need nothin I used to not need nothin Now trouble is all I need |
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| 5. |
| 4:50 |
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Somebody was spreading rumors
'Bout better days a comin Why was I hummin As if I knew One and the same But I just whispered your name Somebody was sayin something 'Bout there being an end to tyranny But when they asked me What would I do... If that day came I only whispered your name Everyone got their own opinion And protects their own dominion No doubt for them it's true But I tell them what I really believe My only worry is protecting you No one should ever be lonely We'd all find somebody to care Ask me if I dare To answer who... Could carry that flame I'd just whisper your name |
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| 6. |
| 1:00 |
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They tried to conquer the world with guns
Like a horde of Huns That had to be removed We used a secret weapon We did it with a groove They tried to conquer the world with administration And make one nation But then they had to move We made us a home Built on a groove They tried to conquer the world with kindness And blind open-mindedness Like they had something to prove They're on their own Amen, we got the groove They tried to conquer the world and call it art So did Bonaparte Now he hangs in the Louvre It's not a museum piece This is the groove |
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| 7:11 | 
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| 8. |
| 5:01 |
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I is just what I was
And am ain't who I be To love the language You got to be born On the banks of the Mississippi Ax' ya "x" what talks in tongues Say: "never mo' neither me" To love the language You got to be born On the banks of the Mississippi Stayin by my mama's In slippers and pajamas Where there's always somethin good to eat Bettin strawberries Honey and cherries And pecan-pies oh so sweet With a dew-rag on my brow Jasmine, wysteria and fleur-de-lis To love the language You got to be born On the banks of the Mississippi If you won't work fo' a livin And live life leisurely Pull up a screen po-ch Flop out in a rockin chair To love the language You got to be born On the banks of the Mississippi |
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| 9. |
| 5:32 |
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Honestly now...
Either you stand for something Or you get knocked down for nothing Sister don't ache too soon I thought it was understood By everyone in this room Who'd ever come up short or won a race Safety's just danger ...out of placeTruly now... People play tricks of the mind Shadows only follow behind Sister stay still I thought it was the nature Of all on malvern's hill Who'd taken a lead off third base Safety's just danger ...out of placeHonestly now... If fate were to follow fortune And clarity trail distortion Sister on alertPay close attention To fingerprints in the dust And fallen feet that leave no trace Safety's just danger ...out of placeSincerely now... I requested information At a roadside station Sister it seems absurd To be hammering pith Like a poet with a loss for words Trying to describe an angel's face Safety's just danger ...out of placeHonestly now... Wholly in demand Coming off second hand Sister don't unravel When there's nowhere to go Except lawless travel And an end to infinity's space Safety's just danger ...out of place |
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| 1:35 |
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Blessed be the one
Who needeth tongue To uncoil her speech Blessed be the one Who commandeth silence Water be still, be still Blessed be the one Who hath time And nay opressing need Blessed be thine Kings and queens Be they born of thee Blessed be the one Blessed be the one Blessed be the one |
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| 11. |
| 6:23 |
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| 12. |
| 1:20 |
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They tried to conquer the world with science
And medieval self-reliance Neither of which behoove All that's of concern Is a groove They tried to conquer the world with blinding flash Instead reduced it to a solitary ash While trying to improve On a ray of light And a grip on the groove |
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| 13. |
| 5:13 |
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Went to a little get-together
With some old friends Not much has changed Since the last time I saw them There's a chicken in uniform Wooden leg and a matchstick arm Saying: "left my wing back on the farm ...Tried the buffet..." Tiny took a turn on steel guitar After he got a fresh feel for the bar Lines drawn of jelly-fish caviar ...Saying: "wanna jamm???" I don't like throwing Parties like that But I love going They said no guests So I thought of you Hey mama, it's on A disconcerted youth with a gun Wants to shoot-up some fun Saying: "I'm failing science and math But I'm head of the class in murder one" Balance sheets unpresarioed ballets And advertised for run-a-ways That only dance on holidays ...When crutches cut in... Willa was disenchanted Tossed her garter and demanded "Nothing can be recanted ...If it was nothing to begin with..." A magician did card tricks For a bunch of well-heeled hicks And held up a red six ...One said: "that's a black seven..." I don't like throwing Parties like that But I love going They said no guests So I thought of you Hey mama, it's on A disconcerted youth with a gun That semi-precious son He needs to learn if you take a life You ain't got none Cracked pelicans rode magnolias Sent advice to rebel soldiers That all ended with: "I told ya's ...So then why do you ask???..." You can tell it's getting late When Cal calls himself Kate And peons hire potentates ...Saying: "when you finish Trim the hedges..." I'm making a hurried get-a-way Down Santa Monica, out of L.A. If you like it so much stay ...There's a theme park in the mix... I don't like throwing Parties like that But I love going They said no guests So I thought of you Hey mama, it's on |
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| 14. |
| 6:26 |
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And the warden said
"He won't need a cell He has the key There's no harsher sentence The man's doin life In the first degree" Some people seek to set blame Some just accept their part And now you know why Booker died of a broken heart And the priest said "I can take confession But not the sin The church is shelter Not the faith Son, that's within" Some people pray for fortune and fame Some just play a part And now you know why Booker died of a broken heart And the doctor said "I can see you're hurt Just by lookin at you Pain we can help But for hurt There's nothin we can do" Some people pick up the pieces Some just leave them apart And now you know why Booker died of a broken heart |
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