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| 1. |
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I was the kid with the backpack full of revolution
Listing the crimes like genocide, slavery and mass polution With footnotes and documentation So I could argue with confidence at hockey rinks and bars Alone against the relentless machine in mercy I put myself to sleep Yeah I'm ashamed, I put myself to sleep Wanna change the world WAKE UP Wanna make a difference WAKE UP Wanna save the world Wanna change the human natured Wake up and smell the facism What with it take to wake you from contented slumber? Will you notice a jet crashing through your building? Did you notice so many hate us? Do you doubt they have just cause? Do you see lies falling from mouths of politicians like turds filling a litterbox, they scratch but each new movement pushes up an old lie One world, one voice, one currency, One dream, one cause, one emperor, One boss, one king, one dictator Can you sleep through this? Why do you think all empires fall? Happy cheese comes from happy cows They're so udderly happy, just f'en ask them. |
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| 2. |
| 2:48 |
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Outside of Vons
Gabrielle and I crouched behind her dad's Plymouth Duster sharing Ding Dongs with chocolate smeared on both our chins and noses Her Dad wore a frown as he dragged me in to say sorry to the manager who made me walk around in shiny handcuffs He grabbed the microphone announced my story No longer drawing on the wall or pooping in the trash can A three-year-old red-handed thief and anyone could guess Someday I'd get Kicked Out Kicked Out of Kindergarten Kicked Out I started school saw the principal for crimes like blowing bubbles in milk or having mud fights or spitting on blonde braided Karen Edwards "Next time you'll get swats," he growled I'd be good for a week. Until one day, the red... plastic box said "pull" I had to pull it The ringing bells poured kids out every building The office lady cried out "There's a family that's burning While all the fire trucks race here to douse your false alarm." That day I was Kicked Out... Is it my genes? Or some faulty wiring in my head? Maybe mom skipped church one week when she was sixteen and I'm her punishment. All through my schools Every teacher knew my name on the first day of class I learned the paddle hung on the office wall was not symbolic At ten voted president but then impeached for a peace sign I flashed in the 6th grade panoramic student photo I got 3 days to contemplate my outlook My Mom told me repent and read The Miracle of Forgiveness But how could I start fresh and join upright society? I knew I was Kicked Out... |
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| 3. |
| 1:52 |
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She looks like the type of girl who could ride a dirt bike
She looks like the type of girl who'd go wherever I like We could talk about Freud and motorcycle leather No matter what I say she'll laugh and think I'm clever And all I gotta do is get the guts to walk up and see If she's the type of girl who'd talk to me... She looks like the type of girl who could skate a half pipe She looks like the type of girl, who could win a cat fight And I bet she likes dogs and would never hurt a creature She'd snowboard so high that I almost couldn't reach her She'd never tell a lie and she'd leave her friends to be with me That's the way I bet it's gonna be... What if, what if, she ignores me? What if, what if she laughs? What if, what if she talks, like, like, like a valley girl? She looks like the type of girl who can play a guitar She looks like the type of girl who could be a pop star But she'll only sing for me in our room down in the basement Her parents won't insult me and her friends won't push replacements And everyone will know that we are meant to be Her eyes will light up she'll glow when we're together I'll never have to sulk and we'll laugh and play forever I guess I'll never know cuz I doubt that she would be The type of girl who'd wait for me |
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| 4. |
| 2:57 |
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You heard of Rachel Coorie?
The press won't tell her story Caught between a house and bulldozer She found out that Israel Hates gardens and it will kill Americans who help rebuild the Gaza Strip. Let's pretend that everything will be OK It's not our fault let's look the other way And go to films or dance lessons or baseball games at night and trust elected leaders to choose right I hurt for Rachel's father To bury his young daughter And her belief in human goodness He taught her to fight violence Now all that's left is silence And the memory of her dignity Let's pretend... Rachel I hope you find justice or even a Garden where anyone can grow some food in peace No guns, no need to fight. No poor, no black no white, Heaven, you deserve a break from misery |
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| 5. |
| 2:52 |
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You're so cold
Trapped inside Your private hell a slave to need I don't know What it's like To be most likely to succeed Only your boyfriend uses you said, black resin on your hands Your skin started looking yellow, eyes deep hollow circles No need to lie to me ....I was just a friend Still you wouldn't admit it ....till the night I found you Black & Blue up your whole arm Blood and tears both stain the marble floor Nothing but a shadow where my friend once stood God it must feel good For you to throw your life away You were evicted I too you in... to nurse you back to life Repaid by a night in a jail cell, for your stash in my car Otside the bank I knew You wouldn't pay me back Gave you one last present then I sent you packing Black & Blue up your whole arm... Two whole years Not one word I wonder where you are right now Are you incarcerated doing time? Are you popping uppers in a mental ward? Are you dragging a red shopping cart down Sunset Boulevard Puffing a smoke found at the bus stop? Are you strapped down at a hospital while doctors check your bile Waiting for a heart, liver or kidney? Are you passed out in a park bathroom head bleeding on the floor? Are you over it? |
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| 6. |
| 2:51 |
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Russell's new uptight trust-fund princess reigns
Stares down her coke-burned nose and sets new rules Forbids his listening to punk rock music Tried to burn his copy of The People's History His face is blank, bloodless, inexpressive, All passion drained by the unhallowed leech Last Call for Russell's Balls The Demon must be fed Last Call for Russell's Balls They're hanging by a thread Russell says it's true love more like sick games A bitter brawl at midnight in the street Some cars have stopped to watch the loud commotion Laughing at the wicked witch of West Hollywood Strings held tight a dancing marionette doll A painted smile on a wooden face Last Call... A phone call woke up Russ in the middle of the night As she reached down his trousers with sharp scissors and a light Caught the blades before the amputation was complete It seems the rearview mirror's where she would've hung the meat Born-again with pride, Russ hands her the broomstick Says it's time for her to fly away forever... Last Call saved Russell's balls The Demon's face turned red Smoke shot out her ears When he kicked her of bed He saved himself this time From the evil bride-to-be So clearly serpentine Now she's just a memory |
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| 2:27 |
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With you by my side I feel intoxicated.
Your perfume invades my senses. Each breath, like inhaling gas fumes, asphyxiates the inner voice that begs me to leave. Angry acids lay siege upon my stomach, the mere thought of food repulsive to me. When I force myself to eat, even my favorite dishes taste like I'm feasting upon your cigarette ashes. Withe you by my side, I feel my heartbeat racing like I'm fleeing dogs sent to attack. Each breath, shoter than the last one, triggers thoughts of flat lines in emergency rooms. Don't think my life has ever been so threatened. My flesh crawls, wants to leap off this frame. Cover you like a net so I can claim you at last- no more nights wondering what you did with your ex-boyfriend. Our first months together made me feel complete. I thought I'd finally found her- the woman of my dreams. With you by my side, I feel light as ether, my body begins to disappear. A shot wakes me from my slumber- can't survive another day withe you by my side. |
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| 8. |
| 2:09 |
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So the walls are closing in to sufficate you
Like you're trapped and flailing blindly in a garbage bag You're sinking in a tar pit like a saber tooth... You struggle but the blackness sticks to you Like a disease that you can't wash off So you go into the kichen for acarving knife But you've tried to cut it out before It only left you hurting more I still believe in you I hope that you'll pull through Don't let this moment last Let's put it in the past If you believe in me Sit down and try to braethe Let this dark moment go Turn back to the you I know You're convinced your friends are hatching plots against you And your family conspires to watch your misery Everyone keeps saying it's just chemical Can't they see that chemicals are killing you? Just as surely as heart failure Why not another failure now you're on a roll Odd that the thought of dying makes you cry When all you dream about is suicide |
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| 9. |
| 2:48 |
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Yeah I thought that we were
A team that we both would fight for A common goal a common dream Holding out as I sacrifice more So confused when you pound on my door Outstretched hand, harsh demand, ice cold smile as you show me that It's your world I'm just a satellite You're a star I'm just an asteroid When you turn your head I disappear intil you look my way Gone until you call me back, into your world I guess I ignored signs I wanted it to work so bad I Denied that you don't care for me Thank you for helping me to see that Now I can move along no regret It's only tim, it's all mine Thank you for reminding me that... |
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| 10. |
| 2:43 |
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Mother makes a bath and smiles
while she watches her five children drown without a sound Love in sickness and in health her tearful husband pleas in her defend, "She lost her sense" Don't need to look beyond, take a look around From the time we're born 'til we join the ground Heaven and Hell always close by Two worlds made on earth whuile we're still alive Boy and girl in summer grass sun as witness, promise from the heart to never part Family has to move away "Forever" now a cold wind in the past, love couldn't last Don't need to look beyond... Don't need to look beyond, take a look around From the time we're born 'til we join the ground Heaven and Hell always close by No surprises when we die Heaven and Hell always close by Our first kiss and last goodbye |
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| 11. |
| 2:32 |
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Watching old home movies, the seeds so evident
Little did I know back then what my tapping fingers meant A compulsive urge to hum a tune, to touch a piano key In every sound and rhythmscape, I found a piece of me The picture began to become more clear, my purpose more firmly grounded The day I sat at my brother's drums, picked up his sticks and pounded I felt the ceiling open up, heart and mind were lifted This primal force convincing me, my goals in life had shifted Then I learned a few guitar chords just to seal the deal The power of music I could not ignore, the surge inside me real I plucked away at Misfits' tapes 'til I could play along Then came the happiest day I've known- when I wrote my first song A few interruptions since, I'm back where I belong- pen and paper, sticks and strings, the quest for the perfect song |
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| 12. |
| 3:22 |
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I took this job cuz it was my dream
and I work hard for it You congratulated me for not settling for a lesser life And you followed dreams of your own and I love you for it But now success is bittersweet, it swept you up, and took you far away Now we simply take it day by day But days without you go slow And someday in a week or nine Our paths will cross and for a time You'll hold me like you'll never let me go By day it's clear my mission's here Three thousand miles feels like a few At night alone I hold the phone I'd toss it all to be with you My friends laugh when we're out sometimes A girl gets aggressive She'll rub my leg I'll hit the street She can't compete cuz no one can touch you Now I'm spoiled by all the things you do I'm ruined and it shows And someday... In my mind, there will be a time when we can stay together like I know we're meant to It's all right I keep telling myself if I wait then someday we'll be close if I hold on The thought of us together makes me strong I'm stronger than you know |
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