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Soul Vending
02:57
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Eat when we're hungry drink when we're dry
If this whiskey don't kill us we live 'til we die
Eat when we're hungry drink when we're dry
If this whiskey don't kill us we live 'til we die
Walk over water sink like a stone
You live without love then you die all alone
Run for cover cause we're coming for you
Business men if your monkey suit
We got blues like sandpaper
Rocksteady like dirt
And we gonna
Shake you down
Shake you down
And we gonna
Take you down alright
And out in the street
They're vending soul out the speakers and moving to the beat
Here's hoping somebody can find a way outta here
There's people out there
Singing tunes you can here up in the stratosphere
Singing if only I can make it through the night
Keep that candle burning bright
Keep the lantern bright
Keep food upon the table
Shape it well tonight
As well as you are able
Shake you down
Shake you down
Take you down
Take you down
Eat when we're hungry drink when we're dry
If this whiskey don't kill us we live 'til we die
Walk over water sink like a stone
You live without love then you die all alone
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2. |
Who
04:42
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Do you remember
Our time together
I do my best to forget
Your sweet words, they fall out of the sky
Make puddles with my pain
I forgot you
I don't see your smile
I won't remember the truth
I can't recall your expression
When you said we're through
I don't hear you calling out
My name like you used to
Who
I forgot you cause I had to
Built up these walls of stone
Burnt the bridges by which we used to rome
Now I am left to regret
Our love was weak
Oh I believed it was strong
Your photograph and memory fade
So I can move on
I forgot you cause I had to
I don't see your smile
I won't remember the truth
I can't recall your expression
When you said we're through
I don't hear you calling out
My name like you used to
Who
I forgot you cause I had to
Stuck in this misery
Cursed by your memory
Stuck in this misery
So fucking lonely
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3. |
Portrait of a Lady
03:19
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Portrait of a lady convinced she's invisible
She was told a tale retold it 'til she grew old
She practice whispering and standing in place
She ties her shoes together tends to fall flat on her face
Backyard arguments, lonely nights, a distant lover
These are just a few things she come to discover
These days are hazy, the afternoon grey
Smokey evening yellow and subsistence blasé
Now she can fly, soar drunk and insane
No she don't mind, no it keeps down the pain
We meet in private ever quietly commiserate
Eyes implore for more her red dress fall to the floor
We talk awkwardly once in a while
I can swear one time I even seen her smile
Now there she goes
Her books are filled with empty pages, silver screens
And several stages
Don't worry it's all in her brain
Portrait of a lady convinced she's invisible
Told a fairy tale retold it till she grew old
She argues with the clock ignores him for days
He'll come creeping from behind, show you the error in your ways
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4. |
St. John's Alley
03:44
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5. |
Machines (Here I Am)
03:13
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Here I am
Wherever you are
Take a ticket there's the train
Keep me in your heart
No don't worry
I'll always be around
These machines
Keep on breaking down
Let these words
Hold you tight
Stay here with me
At least 'till morning light
No don't worry
We'll always be found
These machines
Keep on breaking down
Here I am
Wherever you are
Please stay here with me
And keep me in your hear
No don't worry
We'll always be around
These machines
Keep on breaking down
They keep on breaking
You keep on breaking...
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6. |
Oregon Blues
02:41
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Cynical mind can't leave you behind
You entertain my misery
Between Scylla and Charybdis I lie
My body floating all across the sea
You know I can't concentrate
With them sirens hollering at me
Donate my time to whiskey and wine
Reside in my house of cards
Joker's laughing at me and I can't blame him
Cause he saw me sleeping in the park
Oregon wind a blowing
In my boat without a sail to embark
Oh prudence I left you
Oh what am I to do
No place to hang my hat
I sit and cry and sing I'm blue
I come down here all the time
Swear I used to know just why
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7. |
Han Shoots First
03:03
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8. |
Good On Paper
02:58
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I'm gonna find my way
This day will lead us back home
Scaffolding in this building
The roots that grow under the tree that you don't see
Confirmation was lost in the mail
Let the rudies outta jail
If you stand far enough away
Then everything looks great
Corner ads of war and hate
In the newspaper today
It only looks good on paper
They tell me it's only human nature
What's the proper nomenclature
Our information cooked with MSG
Inherently corrupt
This mountain will erupt
I'm gonna find my way
This day will lead us back home
Scaffolding in this building
The roots that grow under the tree that you don't see
I'm headed toward the Delta
Tallahatchie County Mississippi
At the gates of our fate laugh and watch the future explode
For all you know you know nothing
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Don't look now they're on your street
There goes the neighborhood another dead beat
Grab my gun and phone police
Shoot first ask questions later that's our policy
It's the color of your skin
The clothes you're wearing
The stench of hope protruding
In the air you breath in
It's your choice of melody
F# to C
Consider me your enemy
And love your TV
Wage a war
Don't come knocking down my door
Your crass reply
I'm not the problem now am I?
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10. |
What's a Matter
03:02
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You say you're feeling under the whether
Though last night it seemed, oh so clever
And now you're wondering why the lights they're so bright
You're feeling so blue
So darling, what's a matter with you?
You say you're the queen of the hour
Like your drink, the night, it just went sour
I know you love having fun but you're sleeping in the gutter
Pick yourself up, go home, and recover
Oh darling, what's a matter with you?
So you say you're feeling under the whether
But last night, oh it seemed, oh so clever
Now your wondering why
The lights are so bright
You're feeling so blue
Darling tell me, what's a matter with you?
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11. |
Smoke Signals
03:16
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It's over and done
We lost the war and they won
Now I'm sending up smoke signals
Hoping Someone will respond
Over and done
We lost the war and they won
Now I'm sending up smoke signals
Hoping Someone will respond
Oh this palace is in shambles
Communications are scrambled
Peasants hardly talk
While the clergy they ramble
Dark days
Poetic Shades of grey
Anomalies defy the reason
Excuses become easier to say
Suburban sprawl
Made this all into a ghetto
Bald headed western way
Ripped out the roots
While digging out our graves
Mayday
All systems overload
Scuttled your own ship
And like a good captain
You're going down with it
Blame it all on the man
He cursed me with adversity
So I'll be tendering my resignation
Is that all you can stand today?
It's over and done
We lost the war and they won
Now I'm sending up smoke signals
Hoping Someone will respond
Over and done
We lost the war and they won
Now I'm sending up smoke signals
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12. |
Hours
04:06
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I can listen to you for hours
Lying in a bed of flowers
I can talk to you for hours
Distance hates connection
And all of my cliches
Display my affection
Listen to you for hours
Sing along in the shower
I can lay with you for hours
Time so short
Days seem long
And they are ours
I can listen to you for hours
Lying in a bed of flowers
I can stay with you for hours
Distance hates connection
And all of my cliches
Could not display my affection
I could listen to you for hours
Sing along in the shower
I can lay with you for hours
I can stay with you for hours
Time so short
Days seem long
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