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| 1. |
| 3:58 | 
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I'm weary and I'm staying up late And the rain hits my roof so hard You know I'm no longer thirty These days I'm happy to play One or two hands of cards I hate flies in the kitchen buzzing Disturbing the peace I've found Fortune and fame is so fleeting These days I'm happy to say I'm amazed that I'm still around And the weight of the world is off my back When we fell, we got up And crawled out the cracks Excuse me if I take some comfort in that Happy today, happy to play With the weight of the world off of my back Humidity hangs like a curtain Oh, it fogs up my glasses sometimes You know I've still got my eyesight These days I'm happy to see A sunset instead of a line And the weight of the world is off my back When we fell, we got up And crawled out the cracks Excuse me if I take some comfort in that Happy today, happy to play With the weight of the world off of my back There's a long list of names That I don't recall Even though my memory's good The rain washed away The lemons and weeds When the weight of the world weighed more than it should I hate flies in the kitchen buzzing Disturbing the peace I've found Fortune and fame is so fleeting These days I'm happy to say I'm amazed that I'm still around And the weight of the world is off my back When we fell, we got up And crawled out the cracks Excuse me if I take some comfort in that Happy today, happy to play With the weight of the world off of my back Happy today, happy to play With the weight of the world off of my back |
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| 2. |
| 4:39 |
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There's a porch swing in Tupelo In the shade of the south Where the sweet honey drips off that old hush-yo'-mouth It's a slow road on down That old Natchez Trace Through Alabama cotton fields to a state of grace It's a crisp golden Autumn On the Tennessee line Rolling down to Mississippi like you headed back in time Town's closed on Sunday Everybody's in church It's empty as the moon this place here on earth And this place don't change Some places move slow I'm just rocking myself on this porch swing in Tupelo I got nothing to do 'cept hang in the breeze Ghosts of the old south are all around me Yea swing high, yea swing low Here on this porch swing in Tupelo His mama must have loved him That truck drivin' boy With the grease monkey look and the rock 'n roll voice Well I was just thinkin' 'bout him 'Cause I guess he sat here Singing all praise to God through poverty's tears And this place don't change Some places move slow I'm just rocking myself on this porch swing in Tupelo I got nothing to do 'cept hang in the breeze Ghosts of the old south are all around me Yea swing high, yea swing low Here on this porch swing in Tupelo And this place don't change Some places move slow I'm just rocking' myself on this porch swing in Tupelo I got nothing to do 'cept hang in the breeze Ghosts of the old south are all around me Yea swing high, yea swing low Here on this porch swing in Tupelo And this place don't change Some places move slow I'm just rocking' myself on this porch swing in Tupelo I got nothing to do but hang in the breeze The ghosts of the old south all around me Yea swing high, yea swing low On this porch swing in Tupelo Here on this porch swing in Tupelo Here on this porch swing in Tupelo |
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| 3. |
| 4:04 |
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Well they say that it's a fact If you watch the sky at night And if you stare into the darkness You might see celestial light And if your heart is empty And there's no hope inside There's a chance you'll find an answer in the sky Well they say that it's a shame If you have nothing to believe And if you can't hold on to something You might as well die where you sleep You don't need a prayer And there's no price to ask why Sometimes you'll find an answer in the sky And it's all so much bigger than it seems And it all overwhelms us now and then And I'm banking on a chance we believe That good can still control the hearts of men Sometimes you'll find an answer in the sky This life's a long old road We shouldn't have to walk alone But if you find the right companion You won't feel so worn out when you've grown All life is precious And every day's a prize And sometimes you'll find an answer in the sky |
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| 4. |
| 5:02 |
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Your bags out on the bed Your closet's all cleared out You say you're goin' to Jacksonville 'Cause our love's all worn out You're searching in my eyes To try and find a tear But the well of my forgiveness Has dried up with the years You might still look pretty In that lacey little dress But I think you've got your signals crossed If you think that I'm a mess I ain't gonna die, I ain't gonna cry I won't wear my heart out on my sleeve You can take the car, but you won't break my heart Oh and darlin' turn the lights out when you leave I ain't gonna shake, I ain't gonna break I ain't gonna fall down on my knees So if everything's been said I'm heading back to bed Oh and darlin' turn the lights out when you leave It's like a prime time movie You play the part so well You do believe you're Heaven sent And livin' here is hell I hear it's hot in Florida And it's raining here tonight But the sun's gonna shine tomorrow And I'm gonna do alright You might still look pretty In that lacey little dress But I think you've got your signals crossed If you think that I'm a mess I ain't gonna die, I ain't gonna cry I won't wear my heart out on my sleeve You can take the car, but you won't break my heart Oh, and darlin' turn the lights out when you leave I ain't gonna shake, I ain't gonna break I ain't gonna fall down on my knees So if everything's been said I'm heading back to bed Oh and darlin' turn the lights out when you leave You might still look pretty In that lacey little dress But I think you've got your signals crossed If you think that I'm a mess I ain't gonna die, I ain't gonna cry I won't wear my heart out on my sleeve You can take the car, but you won't break my heart And darlin' turn the lights out when you leave I ain't gonna shake, I ain't gonna break I ain't gonna fall down on my knees So if everything's been said I'm heading back to bed Oh and darlin' turn the lights out when you leave So if everything's been said I'm heading back to bed Oh and darlin' turn the lights out when you leave |
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| 5. |
| 4:12 |
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I'm not the same as I used to be All the things you've heard seem hard to believe Haven't always been good, never really been bad Most times I've been happy, yea sometimes I've been sad Sure I've made mistakes, haven't we all I've been loose as a cannon and dumb as a wall Haven't always been sober in counting my ducks And if I look back now I've had my share of luck But the change didn't come over night I've been searching for you all my life All the habits that I couldn't handle I've swept them under the rug In exchange for the sweetest addiction You, my elusive drug I'm going to stay now, I really like it here I may paint your picture, and I might grow a beard There were times I was crazy couldn't handle my life Don't think you'd have liked me not at any old price But the change didn't come over night I've been searching for you all my life All the habits that I couldn't handle I've swept them under the rug In exchange for the sweetest addiction You, my elusive drug And I've taken the pills I got burnt out and chilled by the cold But I've no regrets and that being said You know cheap thrills can get pretty old Yeah, Yeah, oh Yeah But the change didn't come over night I've been searching for you all my life All the habits that I couldn't handle I've swept them under the rug In exchange for the sweetest addiction You, my elusive drug In exchange for the sweetest addiction You, my elusive drug |
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| 6. |
| 4:27 |
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She threw back that shiny hair Like the mane on a Delta queen Gonna spend my last dime on a telephone call 'Cause she's the wildest thing I've ever seen She was just plain mister once Got herself fixed up real good Just a little boy lost in the land of the free A wiggle and a walk away from womanhood Now they call her the cat And that's a stone fact They took a little of this She got a little of that Now Billy got a kitty He got something to scratch So they call her, yeah they call her the cat She just does that double act She got Babs and Joan down pat She got hips like Mick, she's a Rolling Stone Never seen a woman shake like that She was just plain mister once Got herself fixed up real good Just a little boy lost in the land of the free A wiggle and a walk away from womanhood Now they call her the cat And that's a stone fact They took a little of this She got a little of that Now Billy got a kitty He got something to scratch So they call her, yeah they call her the cat She's so fine that the water line Don't separate hot and cold She got stitched up bitchy by an old M.D. Now she's headed out to Hollywood or so I'm told Now they call her the cat And that's a stone fact They took a little of this She got a little of that Now Billy got a kitty He got something to scratch So they call her, yeah they call her the cat And that's a stone fact They took a little of this She got a little of that Now Billy got a kitty He got something to scratch So they call her, yeah they call her the cat |
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| 7. |
| 4:31 |
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Me and you we're not that pretty Me and you could use a lift I'm out here on the corner crying I got ribbons but I got no gift Me and you we're all we've got Me and you could be our curse We've got bleeding hearts and flowers You got strings but you got no purse We're just freaks in love Saints above Shine on our sweet life Happy is the union Of fools and freaks alike And fearless are the idiots Among the hawks and doves We're on the outside looking in A couple of freaks in love There's a wonder in this weakness It's so beautiful sometimes Across the universe we're lightning In the race we're a step behind Me and you we're not for everyone Me and you we're damaged goods We're antique and unacceptable And just misunderstood |
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| 8. |
| 4:52 |
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Breaking down never seems to be that hard Falling short is always in the cards I'm on the road, sun rising at my back Lost it all somewhere between the cracks I always hoped that I'd do better That I'd come out on top for once We all get what we're delivered Then there are the lucky ones And I've got all that I'm allowed It'll do for me, I'm thankful now The walls get higher every day The barriers get in the way But I see hope in every cloud And I'm thankful, thankful I'm thankful, So thankful I'm thankful, I've got all that I'm allowed Leaving town gets to feel just like a job My desire never winds up on top I can say now I didn't want the moon It's out of reach somewhere beyond this room I always hoped that I'd do better That I'd come out on top for once We all get what we're delivered Then there are the lucky ones And I've got all that I'm allowed It'll do for me, I'm thankful now The walls get higher every day The barriers get in the way But I see hope in every cloud And I'm thankful, thankful I'm thankful, so thankful I'm thankful, I've got all that I'm allowed I've always tried to make things clear Then I watched as progress stalled I only hope I'm standing here When heaven finally comes to call |
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| 9. |
| 3:39 |
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We are still all right We took it on the chin But in the thirteenth hour No one ever wins But we're strong enough Like traffic all tied up And when the static clears The radios still buzz And I stop and I breathe 'Cause you wanted me And I wanted you so bad And I stop and I breathe 'Cause I still believe No one really knows what it is that we have Like blood in a vein We chased this one down And in the darkest long night We turned it all around And it was coal-dusted snow That covered the fields But the corn it still grew And the injury healed And I stop and I breathe 'Cause you wanted me And I wanted you so bad And I stop and I breathe 'Cause I still believe No one really knows what it is that we have And I stop and I breathe 'Cause you wanted me And I wanted you so bad And I stop and I breathe 'Cause I still believe No one really knows what it is that we have |
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| 10. |
| 4:15 |
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Did you see the first man on the moon? Have you seen the first light of day? When there wasn't someone stuck inside Something like the moon Something like a star that's lost its way Did you go to Dallas on that day? Have you been to where they broke a dream? Where there really isn't room for doubt Somehow we got lost And the truth is buried somewhere inbetween And everyone, everywhere Take time and dry your eyes 'Cause too many tears, too many tears Have been cried Just look into that beautiful blue That beautiful blue, blue sky And know too many tears, too many tears Have been cried The mystery of why they had to leave I'm only one of thousands saying why Why a balcony in Memphis Tennessee Seems trapped in time Just an angry finger pointing at the sky Would you wait to stand inside his shoes? And is the best all you have to give The barefoot man lived a simple life I guess he knew Something's die so other things might live So everyone, everywhere Take time and dry your eyes 'Cause too many tears, too many tears Have been cried Just look into that beautiful blue That beautiful blue, blue sky And know too many tears, too many tears Have been cried Oh come on everyone, everywhere Take time and dry your eyes 'Cause too many tears, too many tears Have been cried Just look into that beautiful blue That beautiful blue, blue sky And know too many tears, too many tears Have been cried |
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| 11. |
| 3:50 |
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It's getting dark in here Don't want to leave Shadow's falling And I believe Winds picking up Thing's so unclear I'm afraid of my shadow And it's getting dark in here I'm scared of strangers On the street World's so ugly I can't breath Moon's so spooky I'm close to tears I've lost it all And it's getting dark in here And the wait isn't worth what I'm getting Sometimes I feel I'm on fire I've been handed a curse and a blessing My life's been stripped down to the wire And I'm trying to get back and hold on Find someone somewhere who cares But the sun's always setting on my life And it's sure getting dark in here Don't talk about angels Or how I'll be saved I'm no coward But I'm not that brave Rags are blowing Rain's getting near I'm done with running And it's getting dark in here And the wait isn't worth what I'm getting Sometimes I feel I'm on fire I've been handed a curse and a blessing My life's been stripped down to the wire And I'm trying to get back and hold on Find someone somewhere who cares But the sun's always setting on my life And it's sure getting dark in here And the wait isn't worth what I'm getting Sometimes I feel I'm on fire I've been handed a curse and a blessing My life's been stripped down to the wire And I'm trying to get back and hold on Find someone somewhere who cares But the sun's always setting on my life And it's sure getting dark in here Yeah, the sun's always setting on my life And it's sure getting dark in here |
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| 12. |
| 4:35 |
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I can't keep this from you It's hard to breathe in here I just seem to act the fool Every time I feel you near I can't keep this from you No matter what you say Anything is better now Than going through my life this way And I can't keep This love a secret And I don't want To go on longing I just want a chance for me to prove My love and I can't keep this from you And I love every move you make Can't you hear every heart you break? And don't you know when I hear your name? Just the sound of it shoots me down in flames And I can't keep This love a secret And I don't want To go on longing I just want a chance for me to prove My love and I can't keep this from you I can't keep This love a secret And I don't want To go on longing I just want a chance for me to prove My love and I can't keep this from you I just want a chance for me to prove My love and I can't keep this from you Oh no I just can't keep this from you |
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| 13. |
| 2:30 |
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Dear Billy, I must seem a distant memory Which is probably a good thing And it will have been a long, long time And I will have missed you growing And I'll have missed you crying And I'll have missed you laugh Missed your stamping and your shouting I have missed telling you off But please, Billy, know that I was always there I was with you through everything And please, Billy, know that I will always be Proud to have known you Proud that you were mine Proud in everything And you must promise me this, Billy In everthing you do Always be yourself, Billy And you always will be true Love you forever Love you forever Mam |
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| 14. |
| 3:36 |
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Can you hear it in the distance Can you sense it far away Is it old Rudolph the reindeer Is it Santa on his sleigh It's heading up to Easington It's coming down the Tyne Oh it's bloddy Maggie Thatcher And Michael Heseltine So merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher May God's love be with you We all sing together in one breath Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher We all celebrate today 'Cause it's one day closer to your death They've come to raid your stockings And to steal your Christmas pud But don't be too downhearted It's all for your own good The economic infrastructure Must be swept away To make way for call centres And lower rates of pay So merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher May God's love be with you We all sing together in one breath Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher We all celebrate today 'Cause it's one day closer to your death And they've brought their fascist boot boys And they've brought the boys in blue And the whole Trade Union Congress Will be at the party too And they'll all hold hands together All standing in a line 'Cause they're privatising Santa This merry Christmas time So merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher May God's love be with you We all sing together in one breath Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher We all celebrate today 'Cause it's one day closer to your death So merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher May God's love be with you We all sing together in one breath Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher We all celebrate today 'Cause it's one day closer to your death Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Heseltine You're a tosser, you're a tosser And you're just a Tory Swine |
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| 15. |
| 3:30 |
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I can't really explain it, I haven't got the words It's a feeling that you can't control I suppose it's like forgetting, losing who you are And at the same time something makes you whole It's like that there's a music, playing in your ear And I'm listening, and I'm listening, and then I disappear And then I feel a change, like a fire deep inside Something bursting me wide open, impossible to hide And suddenly I'm flying, flying like a bird Like Electricity, electricity Sparks inside of me, and I'm free, I'm free It's a bit like being angry; it's a bit like being scared Confused and all mixed up and mad as hell It's like when you've been crying And you're empty and you're full I don't know what it is, it's hard to tell It's like that there's some music, playing in your ear But the music is impossible, impossible to hear But then I feel it move me Like a burning deep inside Something bursting me wide open impossible to hide And suddenly I'm flying Flying like a bird like Electricity, electricity Sparks inside of me And I'm free, I'm free Electricity sparks inside of me And I'm free, I'm free Oh, I'm free |
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