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I heard you sing a rebel song,
sung it loud and all alone. We can't afford the things you save, we can't afford the warranty. I see you walking in the glare down the county road we share. Our southern blood, my heresy, damn that ol' confederacy. It took a long time to become the thing I am to you. And you won't tear it apart without a fight, without a heart. I'm sorry for what you have learned, when you feel the tables turn. To run so hard in your race, now you find who set the pace. The landed aristocracy exploiting all your enmity. All your daddies fought in vain, leave you with the mark of Cain. It took a long time to become the thing I am to you. And you won't tear it apart without a fight, without a heart. It took a long time to become you, become you. The center holds, so they say. It never held too well for me. I won't stop short for common ground that vilifies the trodden down. The center held the bonded slave for the sake of industry. The center held the bloody hand of the executioner man. It took a long time to become the thing I am to you. And you won't tear it apart without a fight, without a heart. It took a long time to become you, become you. |
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| 4:12 |
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I sit two stories above the street it's awful quiet here since love fell asleep there's life down below me though the kids are walking home from school some long ago when we were taught that for whatever kind of puzzle you got you just stick the right formula in a solution for every fool i remember the time when i came so close with you sent me skipping my class and running from school and i bought you that ring cause i never was cool what makes me think i could start clean slated the hardest to learn was the least complicated so i just sit up in the house and resist and not be seen until i cease to exist a kind of conscientious objection a kind of dodging the draft the boy and girl are holding hands on the street and i don't want to but i think you just wait it's more than just eye to eye learn the things i could never apply i remember the time when i came so close to you i let everything go it seemed the only truth and i bought you that ring it seemed the thing to do what makes me think i could start
clean slated the hardest to learn was the least complicated what makes me think i could start clean slated the hardest to learn was the least complicated oh i'm just a mirror of a mirror of myself the things that i do the next time i fall i'm gonna have to recall it isn't love it's only something new i sit two stories above the street it's awful quiet here since love fell asleep there's life down below me though the kids are walking home from school i'm remembering the time when i came so close with you skipping my class and running from school and i bought you that ring cause i never was cool what makes me think i could start clean slated the hardest to learn was the least complicated what makes me think i could start clean slated the hardest to learn was the least complicated least complicated |
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| 3. |
| 2:56 |
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From baby to best with no second test,
Little storms destroy you. Here is the fame they promised to give you, Taking the place of my hand now. Did you try to be true? What separates me from you? What separates me from you now? Did you borrow the soul, The soul that you sell now? What does your conscience tell you? Where are the demons Of your desire? Why does my love destroy you? Did you try to be true? What separates me from you? What separates me from you now? I said I tried to be true. What separates me from you. I said I tried, tried to be true. What separates me from you. What separates me from you now? Did you try to be true? What separates me from you? What separates me from you now? So where is the fame, Where is the fortune? Where is the world that denies you? Who is to blame, When my heart finally forfeits To a road that will only misguide you? Did you try to be true? What separates me from you? What separates me from you now? Did we try to be true? What separates me from you? Did we try, try to be true? What separates me from you: Did you try to be true? What separates me from you? What separates me from you now? I bought my love a hunger More precious than a stone. All these fatal flowers, Did I misguide you? (Where is the world that denies you) (Try to be true) Did you try to be true? What separates me from you? What separates me from you now? |
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| 4. |
| 3:47 |
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won’t have you see me as your sad sack
lost my something and i can’t get it back or a kill on your trophy rack i checked my schedule now my train is rolling down a track past the sadness of the salt flats to the prospect of the land fat or just a lazy orange house cat on the sofa where i’ll be put up you’ve been the hole in my sky you’re my shrinking water supply before my well runs dry i’m going round round round the bend fill it up again i’d like to say that it was clear to me love triangle geometry but in the end it’s still a mystery the placement of affection and the disarray i gathered up the courage that it took made that bed i took one last look and you could hear the pages flapping (you could hear them flapping) in the wind blown book of my days (in the wind) my days you’ve been the hole in my sky you’re my shrinking water supply before my well runs dry i’m going round round round the bend fill it up again one tank gone seconds thought are on my mind what’s this trip gonna cost me this time the devil i know is starting to look awfully kind but the new road is an old friend i fill it up again hole in my sky my sky my sky hole in my sky my sky my sky hole in my sky my sky (my sky) you’ve been the hole in my sky (hole in my sky) you’re my shrinking water supply (shrinking water supply) before my well runs dry you’ve been the hole in my sky (i’m going round round round the bend) you’re my shrinking water supply (to fill it up) before my well runs dry (before well runs dry) before my well runs dry (well runs dry) i’m going round round round the bend fill it up again |
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| 5. |
| 4:01 |
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My friends they wash the windows
And they shine in the sun They tell me wake up early in the morning sometime See what a beautiful job we've done I say let's put on some tunes Sing a long and dolittle all day Go down to the riverside take off our shoes And wash these sins away And the river said La la la it said shame on you And the river said La la la it said shame on you I go down to Chicano City park Cause it makes me feel so fine And when the weeds go down you can see up close In the dead of the winter time But when the summer comes everything's in bloom And you wouldn't know it's there And the white folks like to pretend it's not But their music's in the air And you can hear 'em singing La la la they said shame on you You can feel em dancing La la la they said shame on you My friend Tanner she says you know Me and Jesus we're of the same heart The only thing that keeps us distant Is that I keep fuckin' up I said come on down to Chicano City park And wash your blues away The beautiful ladies walk right by You know i never know what to say And they'll be singing Ooo la la la la la la la la shame on you And they'll be dancing Ooo la la la they said shame on you Shame on you Let's go road block trippin in the middle of the night Up in Gainesville town There'll be blue lights flashin down the long dirt road When they ask me to step out They say we've been looking for illegal immigrants Can we check your car? I say you know it's funny I think we were on the same boat back in 1694 And I said Ooo la la la la la la la la shame on you They'll be dancing La la la i said shame on you I said Ooo la la la la la la la la la la shame on you Shame on you la la La la la la la shame on you I said I said La la la shame on you I'll be dancing And they'll be singing La la la i said shame on you Shame on you Road block trippin in the middle of the night Gainesville town Blue lights flashin down the long dirt road |
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| 6. |
| 4:01 |
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I'm trying to tell you something about my life
Maybe give me insight between black and white The best thing you've ever done for me Is to help me take my life less seriously, it's only life after all Well darkness has a hunger that's insatiable And lightness has a call that's hard to hear I wrap my fear around me like a blanket I sailed my ship of safety till I sank it, I'm crawling on your shore. I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain There's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in crooked line The less I seek my source for some definitive The closer I am to fine. I went to see the doctor of philosophy With a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knee He never did marry or see a B-grade movie He graded my performance, he said he could see through me I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind, got my paper And I was free. I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain There's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in crooked line The less I seek my source for some definitive The closer I am to fine. I stopped by the bar at 3 a.m. To seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend I woke up with a headache like my head against a board Twice as cloudy as I'd been the night before I went in seeking clarity. I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain There's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in crooked line The less I seek my source for some definitive The closer I am to fine. I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain There's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in crooked line The less I seek my source for some definitive The closer I am to fine. We go to the bible, we go through the workout We read up on revival and we stand up for the lookout There's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line The less I seek my source for some definitive The closer I am to fine The closer I am to fine The closer I am to fine |
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| 7. |
| 3:11 |
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Well I guess that I was lonely,
that's why I called you on the phone. 'Cause in a moment of forgiveness, I didn't want to be alone. And I guess that I was willin, more than I ever was before. 'Cause in a moment of forgiveness, I come a knockin at your door. Baby I woke up cryin last night just to realize that you were gone. Has it been two long years without you? When are you gonna come home? I guess that I was hoping that you'd finally understand, and in a moment of forgiveness, you'd reach out and take my hand. Now baby I know you're not one for bearing witness. You told me that one wrong move is gonna sell you out. I see that you kept your word And made it harder than it had to be. Wish I could save you the trouble baby, give you a little peace of mind. Baby I woke up cryin last night just to realize that you were gone. Has it been two long years without you? When are you gonna come home? I guess that I was hoping that you'd finally understand, and in a moment of forgiveness, you'd reach out and take my hand. |
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| 5:23 |
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Now the parking lot is empty everyone's gone someplace i pick you up and in the trunk i've packed a cooler and a 2 day suitcase cause there's a place we like to drive way out in the country live miles out of the city limit we're singing and your hand's upon my knee so we're okay we're fine baby i'm here to stop your crying chase all the ghosts from your head i'm stronger than the monster beneath your bed smarter than the tricks played on your heart we'll look at them together then we'll take them apart adding up the total of a love that's true multiply life by the power of two you know the things that i am afraid of i'm not afraid to tell and if we'd ever leave a legacy it's that we loved each other well i've seen the shadows of so many people trying on the treasures of youth a road that fancy and fast ends in a fatal crash and i'm glad we got off to tell you the truth cause we're okay we're fine baby i'm here to stop your crying chase all the ghosts from your head i'm stronger than the monster beneath your
bed smarter than the tricks played on your heart we'll look at them together then we'll take them apart adding up the total of a love that's true multiply life by the power of two all the shiny little trinkets of temptation (make new friends) something new instead of something old (but keep the old) all you gotta do is scratch beneath the surface (and remember what is gold) and it's fools gold fools gold fools gold (what is gold what is gold) and now we're talking about a difficult thing and your eyes are getting wet but i took us for better and i took us for worse and don't you ever forget it is the steel bars between me and a promise suddenly bend with ease and the closer i'm bound in love to you the closer i am to free so we're okay we're fine baby i'm here to stop your crying chase all the ghosts from your head i'm stronger than the monster beneath your bed smarter than the tricks played on your heart we'll look at them together then we'll take 'em apart adding up the total of a love that's true multiply life by the power of two |
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| 9. |
| 3:56 |
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As I drive, from your pearly gates
I realize, that I just can't stay All those mountains, they kept you locked inside And hid the truth, from my slighted eyes I came to you with a half-open heart Dreams upon my back, illusions of a brand new start Nashville, can't I carry the load Is it my fault, I can't reap what i sow Nashville, did you give me half a chance With your southern style, and your hidden dance away You dance away And you dance away All these voices, they whisper through my walls They talk of falling fast, they say I'm losing it all They say I'm running blind to love of my own But I'll be walking proud, I'm saving what i still own I fell on my knees to kiss your land But you are so far down, and i can't even see to stand In Nashville you forgot the human race You see with half a mind what colors hide the face Nashville, I'd like to know your fate I'd like to stay a while But I've seen your lowered states today I've seen 'em today Honey, I swear I've seen 'em today Now I'm leaving I've got all these debts to pay You know we all have our dues, I'll pay 'em some other place Ah, I never ask that you pay me back We all arrive with more, I left with less than I had Your town is made for people passing through A last chance for a cause I thought I knew But Nashville, you tell me what you are gonna do With all your southern style, it'll never pull you through Nashville, I can't place no blame But if you forget my face, I'll never call your name again No never again, no never again I fell on my knees to kiss your land But you are so far down, and i can't even see to stand In Nashville you forgot the human race You see with half a mind what colors hide the face Nashville, I'd like to know your fate I'd like to stay a while But I've seen your lowered states today I've seen 'em today Honey, I swear I've seen 'em today I'm running away, I'm running away I'm running, I'm running I'm running away |
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| 4:37 |
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Galileo's head was on the block
The crime was looking up the truth And as the bombshells of my daily fears explode I try to trace them to my youth And then you had to bring up reincarnation Over a couple of beers the other night And now I'm serving time for mistakes Made by another in another lifetime How long 'til my soul gets it right? Can any human being ever reach that kind of light? I call on the resting soul, of Galileo King of night vision, king of insight And then I think about my fear of motion Which I never could explain Some other fool across the ocean years ago Must have crashed his little airplane How long 'til my soul gets it right? Could any human being ever reach that kind of light? I call on the resting soul, of Galileo King of night vision, king of insight I'm not making a joke, You know me, I take everything so seriously If we wait for the time 'til all souls get it right Then at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation In my lifetime, I'm still not right I offer thanks to those before me That's all I've got to say 'Cause maybe you squandered big bucks in your lifetime Now i have to pay... But then again it feels like some sort of inspiration To let the next life off the hook But she'll say "look what I had to overcome from my last life I think I'll write a book!" How long 'til my soul gets it right? Can any human being ever reach the highest light? Except for (the resting soul) Galileo, God rest his soul (of Galileo) King of night vision, king of insight... How long...? (until my soul gets it right) ('Til we reach the highest light) How long...? ('til my soul gets it right) ('Til we reach the highest light) How long... |
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| 3:50 |
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Clearing webs from the hovel
A blistered hand on the handle of a shovel I've been digging too deep, I always do. I see my fate on the surface I look a lot like Narcissus A dark aabyss of an emptiness Standing on the edge of a drowning blue. I look behind my ears for the green Even my sweat smells clean Glare off the white hurts my eyes. Gotta get out of bed get a hammer and a nail Learn how to use my hands, not just my head I think myself into jail Now I know a refuge never grows From a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose. I had a lot of good intentions Sit around for fifty years and then collect a pension, Started seeing the road to hell and just where it starts But my life is more than a vision The sweetest part is acting after making a decision I started seeing the whole as a sum of its parts My life is part of the global life I'd found myself becoming more immobile When I'd think a little girl in the world can't do anything. A distant nation my community A street person my responsibility If I have a care in the world I have a gift to bring. |
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| 12. |
| 4:34 |
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Pain from pearls-hey little girl-
How much have you grown? Pain from pearls-hey little girl- Flower for the ones you've known. Are you on fire, From the years? What would you give for your Kid fears? Secret staircase, running high, You had a hiding place. Secret staircase, running low, But they all know, now you're inside. Are you on fire, From the years? What would you give for your Kid fears? Skipping stones, we know the price now, Any sin will do. How much further, if you can spin. How much further, if you are smooth. Are you on fire, From the years? What would you give for your Kid fears? Replace the rent with the stars above. Replace the need with love. Replace the anger with the tide. Replace the ones, the ones, the ones, that you love. Replace the rent with the stars above. Replace the need with love. Replace the anger with the tide. Replace the ones, the ones, the ones, that you love. Are you on fire, From the years? What would you give for your Kid fears? Replace the rent with the stars above. Replace the need with love. Replace the anger with the tide. Replace the ones, the ones, the ones, that you love. |
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| 13. |
| 4:11 |
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Honey pick the red corner shoes
The ones that hardly ever get used I knelt in front of my whole collection I'm picking you a special selection On a no news is good news middle of mid-year day I feel no ill with time to kill I wanna play Let's make peace tonight The moon is bare and shining bright Let's make peace tonight in a good time Callin' on my good friends today You know the drive's about an hour away We'll be pitching up a tent by the trees We'll be wading in the river to our knees Oh now love's been planted & we're checking out the yield Two black dogs and a white one running in the field Let's make peace tonight The moon is bare and shining bright Let's make peace tonight in a good time We used to have some money but we spent it So when we want to have it then we rent it But we're cuttin' up the rug and I know you love me love me And the best of everything here is free Oh when things get messy then we tidy up the room We'll be no stranger to the dustpan and the broom Let's make peace tonight The moon is bare & shining bright Let's make peace tonight The moon is bare & shining bright Let's make peace tonight in a good time |
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| 14. |
| 5:06 |
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Midnight train to Georgia
l.a. proved too much for the man (too much for the man) (He couldn't make it) So he's leaving the life he's come to know (he said he's going) He said he's going back to find (going back to find) What's left of his world the world he left behind not so very long ago oh yeah He's leaving (leaving) on that midnight train to georgia (leaving on a midnight train) oh yeah oh ya'll Said he's going back to find (he's going back to find) a simpler place and time (and when he takes that ride) yes he is (guess who's gonna be right by his side) I'll be with him (i know you will) on that midnight train to georgia (leaving on a midnight train to georgia) (whoo whoo) I'd rather live in his world (live in his world) than live without him in mine (world, world) (it's his, his and hers alone) He kept dreaming (dreaming) that one day he'd be a star (a superstar but he didn't get far) But he sure found out the hard way that dreams don't always come true (dreams don't always come true) oh no (uh uh no uh uh) So he sold all his hopes and he even sold his own car And bought a one way ticket back to the life that he once knew oh yes he did he said he would I know he's leaving (leaving) on that midnight train to georgia (leaving on a midnight train) oh yeah oh ya'll said he's going back to find (he's going back to find) a simpler place and time (and when he takes that ride) yes he is (guess who's gonna be right by his side) I've got to be with him (i know you will) on that midnight train to georgia (leaving on the midnight train to georgia) (whoo whoo) I'd rather live in his world (live in his world) than live without him in mine (world, world) (it's his, his and hers alone) he's leaving (he's leaving) on a midnight train to georgia (leaving on a midnight train) oh yeah he said he's going back to find (he's going back to find) a simpler place and time (and when he takes that ride) (guess who's gonna be right by his side) I've got to be with him (I know you will) on that midnight train to georgia (leaving on a midnight train to georgia) (whoo whoo) I'd rather live in his world (live in his world) than live without him in mine (world, world) (is his, his and hers alone) (world is his,his and hers alone) (all aboard) (one world) (her man, his girl) I've got to go (all aboard) I've got to go (one world) I've got to go (her man, his girl) I've got to go (all aboard) I've got to go (one world) I've got to go right now (her man, his girl) (all aboard) (one world) (her man, his girl) (all aboard) (one world) (her man, his girl) |
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