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Daddy’s in the hallway hanging pictures on the wall Mama’s in the kitchen making casseroles for all My brother came home yesterday From somewhere far away He doesn’t look like I remember He just stares off into space He must have seen some ugly things He cannot seem to say Oh God bless this mess God bless this mess God bless this mess Got a job in town selling insurance on the phone With Robert and Teresa and two con men from back home But everyone I call up doesn’t have the time to chat Everybody is so busy doing this and doing that Something has gone missing and it makes me kind of sad God bless this mess God bless this mess God bless this mess I heard about the day that two skyscrapers came down Firemen and policemen people came from all around The smoke covered the city and the body count did rise The president spoke words of comfort with teardrops in his eyes Then, he led us as a nation into a war all based on lies Oh God bless this mess God bless this mess God bless this mess God bless this mess |
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| 2. |
| 4:03 |
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I walked the heat of seven hills Endless talk of losing wills Great highways in a constant melt Men and women and children all have overbuilt Buying bread and paying for none Creatures of a waning sun Teacher's hands are overrun Clowns and gypsies have all but gone Shine over Babylon Shine over Babylon Freedoms etched on Sacred pillars Hollow stones of mindless filler Can lead to madman oil drillers Won't be long before we all are killers Little boy lost way up the mountains Cities drowning under boiling fountains I dreamed of chilly sunlit days I was trembling in a golden haze Shine over Babylon Shine over Babylon We celebrate the golden cow Praise the bloated bank account If there's a god where is he now The precipice is slipping further out Sanskrit message from the mounts Leave your possessions hope abounds There's nothing here for you to cry about We're all just followers from here on out I take the stage I walk the planks I sing these songs with little thanks I wait for shouts from crazy cranks I stand amidst the brown shirt ranks I found my way to Alexandria Where gurus bubble up on Ganges Scavengers they run up and hand ya All the junk that should have damned ya Shine over Babylon Shine over Babylon If everything in life was free You'd float in your own reverie The things that you can't seem to see Seal the gap between you and me Shine over Babylon Shine over Babylon Shine over Babylon Shine over Babylon |
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| 3. |
| 3:23 |
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One Two One two three She got a shack Floating down the Pontchartrain With the water rolling in gotta swim the levees start to crack Another day Another dollar down the drain You go to town No one's around Cause if you drown there ain't no hope for coming back It ain't no big thing if you lose your faith They kinda like to keep you in your place You never know what might be coming your way Oh everybody Devil take your money Money's got no hold on me Oh oh everybody's making love cause love is free You go to church and pray to God for no more rain Cadillac A paper sack well hey there Jack you want some bourbon for the pain Hey tambourine Ain't no rhythm on the street With the voodoo What do you do when the radio just plays on anyway Those crazy fingers in your jelly jar They'll jack your money while you sleep in you car They got the karma they ain't getting too far Oh everybody Devil take your money My money's got no hold on me Oh oh everybody's making love cause love is free Everybody come together Everybody come together Everybody come together Everybody come together Oh everybody Devil take your money Money got no hold on me Oh oh everybody's making love cause love is free Oh everybody Devil take your money Money got no hold of me oh oh everybody's making love cause love is free Love is free Love is free |
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| 4. |
| 4:22 |
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Walking down the street of dreams Eating from the fruits of life Tripping out on the smallest things Trying to reach the light trying to reach the light Pick the key up off the floor Put the key into the lock Turn the lock open up the door Look at all you've got look at all you've got All the sinners and saints All you creatures of faith Don't need to be afraid If you know what I mean Let me hear you say Peace be upon us Peace be upon us Be upon us all Peace be upon us Peace be upon us Be upon us all If we speak in The world will turn even when we're gone The earth will host many souls to come Who will write the history tales of Wisemen villains and innocent ones All you shepherds and sheep When you wake from your sleep It will be a new day If you know what I mean Let me hear you say Peace be upon us Peace be upon us Be upon us all Peace be upon us Peace be upon us Be upon us all As salaamu alykum Wa alaykum assalaam As salaam alykum Wa alaykum assalaam meek shall in her it the earth Peace be upon us Peace be upon us Be upon us all Peace be upon us Peace be upon us Be upon us all As salaamu alykum Wa alaykum assalaam As salaam alykum Wa alaykum assalaam As salaamu alykum Wa alaykum assalaam Peace be upon us Peace be upon us Be upon us all |
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| 5. |
| 5:07 |
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Way back in the year of 2017 The sun was growing hotter And oil was way beyond its peak When crazy Hector Johnson broke into a refinery And the black gold started flowing Just like Boston tea It was the summer of the riots And London suffered sweltering heat And the gangs of Mini Coopers Took the battle to the streets But when the creed was handed down For no more trucks and no more cars They threw cans of petrol through the windows At Scotland Yard Gasoline Will be free, will be free Gasoline Will be free, will be free When the Mounties stormed the palace Of the Saudi family They held them up for ransom Without disturbing their high tea But their getaway was shaky They stalled in the Riyadh streets 'Cause you can't make it very far when your tank is on empty Final can of gasoline was loaded on a truck And driven through the streets of Agra to the palace aqueduct You see, all the majesty of worship that once adorned these fatal halls Was the target for the angry As they blew up the Taj Mahal Gasoline Will be free, will be free Gasoline will be free, will be free Gary ran a market way down in Tennessee Where all the farmers got together and talked about this great country But when the government turned its back on the farming man, what I hear They dragged the pumps out of the ground With a big vintage John Deere I've got soldiers on my payroll Standing guard on my front drive Snipers on the roof poised at those Who didn't want me alive 'Cause they audited my taxes My family under threat 'Cause I've got a message and a megaphone And I'll scream it to the death Gasoline Will be free, will be free Gasoline Will be free, will be free You got the farms in Argentina Making fuel from sugar cane You got the bastards in Washington Afraid of popping that greed vein 'Cause the money's in the pipeline And the pipeline's running dry And we'll be the last to recognize Where there's shit there's always flies |
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| 4:27 |
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If you feel you wanna fight me There's a chain around your mind When something is holding you tightly What is real is so hard to find Losing babies to genocide Oh where's the meaning in that plight Can't you see that we've really bought into Every word they proclaimed and every lie, oh Refrain1: If we could only get out of our heads, out of our heads And into our hearts If we could only get out of our heads, out of our heads And into our hearts Someone's feeling on your anger Someone's been whispering in your ear You've seen his face before You've been played before These aren't the words you need to hear Through the dawn of darkness blindly You have blood upon your hands All the world will treat you kindly But only the heart can understand, oh understand Refrain2: (x2) If we could only get out of our heads, out of our heads And into our hearts Children of Abraham lay down your fears, swallow your tears and look to your heart Every man is his own prophet Oh every prophet just a man I say all the women stand up, say yes to themselves Teach your children best you can Let every man bow to the best in himself We're not killing any more We're the wisest ones, everybody listen 'Cause you can't fight this feeling any more, oh anymore Refrain2 (x2) |
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| 7. |
| 3:29 |
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Mother, can you hold me together It's so dark and I'm losing my way I took all of these detours to find love But when I did, it just faded away Now what do I do With the sweet love of mine Do I give it away and Hope someday I'll find Someone half as awake As the moon and the stars Mother, teach me to love With a paper-thin heart Mother, your words are so healing You speak of love and of light and of peace But I've made it my course to avoid you Just to hide from these feelings of grief Now what do I do With the sweet love of mine Do I give it away and Hope someday I'll find Someone half as awake As the moon and the stars Mother, teach me to love With a paper-thin heart Now what do I do With the sweet love of mine Do I give it away and Hope someday I'll find Someone half as awake As the moon and the stars Mother, teach me to love With a paper-thin heart Mother, I know you are with me You were there when I took my first breath I can't stop looking back for the answers I just keep coming up with regret There are some things I just can't forget |
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| 8. |
| 3:51 |
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Well I can see heaven See it over the plain If I start running now I think I can make it And never look back again Your face is all around me Your keys are in my hand And everywhere I go I'll try to remember Exactly who I am 'Cause now that you're gone I can breathe Now that you're gone I am free Free to make a mess of everything 'Cause nothing belongs to me now that you're gone I can breathe I can breathe We made a bed of roses I got pricked by thorns And on a long cold night I still think I'm bleeding I wake up untorn Well I'm a missing person I've lost it all but my name And I'm afraid some long lonely road Will lead me back to you again now that you're gone I can breathe now that you're gone I am free Free to make a mess of everything 'Cause nothing belongs to me Now that you're gone Now that you're gone Now that you're gone now that you're gone I can breathe Now that you're gone I am free Free to make a mess of everything 'Cause nobody's watching me Now that you're gone I am free Now that you're gone I can breathe Now that you're gone I am free Now that you're gone I can breathe |
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| 2:39 |
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There’s something I need to show you My head in my hands 'Cause I don’t understand When I don’t even know you, How you've melted my heart in two I wake up in the morning Follow you and then hide Just to watch you walk by Comes on me with no warning I think about you and I get high Do I show you I even exist Do I tell you it’s you that I’ve missed Well if love is a cocktail of all that you do I get drunk with the thought of you I get drunk with the thought of you I can’t stand all this freedom I’ve been here before And it’s such a big bore You’re all I ever needed If only you'd walk through my door Do I show you I even exist Do I tell you it’s you that I’ve missed Well if love is a cocktail of all that you do I get drunk with the thought of you I get drunk with the thought of you I could wait my whole life for this moment to come With a long list of beautiful chances I’ve blown Well, this time I'll toast to your name 'til I'm blue I get drunk with the thought of you I get drunk with the thought of you I get drunk with the thought of you |
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| 4:10 |
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We made love all day In our little hide away But I blew up our love nest By making one little request Diamond ring Diamond ring Don't mean anything Diamond ring Diamond ring Should not mean a thing You could say I do Hide your negative reviews You love me you say But you can't even face the day Diamond ring Diamond ring Don't mean anything Diamond ring Diamond ring Should not change Some say love is blind But I say love is only in the mind Diamonds may be sweet But to me they just bring on cold feet Someday you'll be like me With someone who just wants to be free Diamond ring Diamond ring Don't mean anything Diamond ring Diamond ring Should not mean a thing |
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| 3:47 |
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Little white girl In a shiny black car Hanging out with her friends And doing black tar Daddy pays for the wedding With a fist full of dollars Cost as much As the state of Guatemala Oh why Even try? Well I got a big car And a flat screen TV All my loser friends And my boyfriend's family Bring bags of food And watch reality freakshows Everybody's faking it But nobody thinks so Oh why Even try? Got no grease on my hands Got no serious plans Whole world's waiting for me 'Cause all I gotta do is get it for free Got no reason to bitch Ain't no parties I've missed Got to have it that way 'Cause baby I got…MOTIVATION Skinny young dude In a hundred dollar tee shirt In King James kicks And a brand new manicure Hotties doing pilates With the snotties and the pleasers Sneaking in the back door At Coconut Teasers Why Even try? Well, I dropped out of school When I was seventeen 'Cause I didn't have time To study my magazines 'Cause there's a lot to learn From the privileged few Like how to build a brand Wearing high heeled shoes Oh why Even try? Got no grease on my hands Got no serious plans Whole world's waiting for me 'Cause all I gotta do is get it for free Got no reason to bitch Ain't no parties I've missed Got to have it that way 'Cause baby I got…MOTIVATION I'm gonna own this tiwn I'm gonna own this town I'm gonna own this town Yeah, it's all mine Oh why Even try? Got no grease on my hands Got no serious plans whole world's waiting for me 'Cause all I gotta do is get it for free Got no reason to bitch Ain't no parties I've missed Got to have it that way 'Cause baby I got…MOTIVATION Got no grease on my hands Got no serious plans whole world's waiting for me 'Cause all I gotta do is get it for free |
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| 12. |
| 3:24 |
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I stare into Some great abyss And calculate The things I'd miss If I could only Make some sense of this And Madam Butterfly Resounds Over the mothership Her lights flashing around I float above her and I wonder how To make it go away Make it go away I crawl into my circumstance Lay on the table Begging for another chance But I was a good girl I can't understand how to Make it go away Make it go away Sometimes I wonder Which hurts the worse The thougt of dying Or reliving every hurt Was love the illness And disease the cure Make it go away |
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| 4:01 |
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Everyone is talking about me How my heart is broken But they don't see When you're lonely inside The world looks so carefree When you're lonely inside You just can't see Refrain: Does anybody want you Does anybody need you The question is Does anybody want you Does anybody need you The question is All I really know for certain, babe Is that Love Is All There Is Every now and then There comes a time Someone comes along to change your mind You believe it's unwise To give in to careless dreams You believe it's a prize You'll never win Refrain You believe it's unwise To give in to careless dreams If you don't see that is why You will never know Refrain |
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| 4:08 |
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The world could fall apart But you're my heart, my dear I will sing this song 'til we are gone, my dear How do I keep you from losing your way Hope you'll go out and you'll come back someday But love is letting go And this I'll know Is you were mine For a time I could shape your mind But why waste time, my dear There's so much more to know Than I can show you dear Hope you'll go out and you'll come back someday But love is letting go And this I'll know Is you were mine For a time I have held you close And breathed your name, my dear I was with you then And will remain, my dear How do I keep you from losing your way Hope you will find love like I did someday But love is letting go And this I'll know Is you were mine For a time |
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