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Tempest
05:15
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the tempest in your mind
makes you restless with the wine
you've got your mood swings
you've got your broken strings
drowns your heavy drink
and brings a tainted spring
you've got to cry baby
the tempest in your mind
makes you restless with the wine
you've got your deep pockets
and you know how to flaunt it
but your bling bling brings a tainted spring
you've got to cry baby
nothin' special 'bout you child
that the devil can't fix with a smile
because the tempest in his smile
makes you restless all the while
you've got your big dreams
you've got your silly schemes
behind your golden ring that brings a tainted spring
you're gonna cry baby
nothin' special 'bout you child
that the devil can't fix with a smile
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2. |
Last Breath
06:10
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cold and grey I stand in place
I looked again at the water's face
the blisters burn all through the day
the achin' bones of my mistakes
mother she comes with a plate of glass
from the fired shores of oceans past
the sky is silent now without the birds
they left long ago, returned to earth
now I run in place as the clouds roll by
dumping acid rain from a violent sky
this dry skin it cracks and peels
I fear mother's wounds will never heal
I watch the end through these dusty eyes
and reap the grief of all my lies
mother will rise washed of all my sin
knowing now I'll never kill again
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3. |
Tom B
05:50
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old tom b he was an old man
I knew him once upon a time
he had to family he had no home
that suited tom just fine
he said, "son, don't you ask me why,
I'll bet you've never seen me cry"
he'd sit in the park and I'd bum him a smoke
we'd talk politics and drink wine
the sun would go down and old tom he'd smile
throw back that bottle and finish the wine
and say, "son, don't you ask me why,
I'll just smile for now and say goodnight"
but I did see him crying he was on a park bench
sittin' all alone late one night
I asked old tom, "hey what could be wrong?"
but he just looked up and smiled
he said, "son, don't you ask me why,
sometimes you gotta hang your head a while"
I moved away but never forgot old tom
how could I forget a friend of mine?
but the folks around there, they said he was crazy
crazy for drinking all that wine
but he said, "people, don't you ask me why,
I'll bet I'm smiling on the day I die"
when they found old tom he was on that park bench
slumped over that bottle of wine
I hung my head and shed a tear for tom
then I just remembered him and I smiled
I said, "people, don't you ask me why,
I'll just smile for now and say goodbye"
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4. |
Pendulum
04:45
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with the end you will find
a new start, and all these days
they come apart
and as I walk across mountains
through the valley, so I can find
that new end
so I can start that new day
that has not yet come apart
don't you worry, you'll be there
and I'll be there, hand in hand
to fight that fight, all through the night
and their time will also end
and they will find that this new day
is not their kind
and it swings back and forth
this pendulum, through the years
through all sorts
so take my hand and shout
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5. |
Everything Is Fine
04:33
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everything is fine
we're all okay
this is how it works
no need to change
no need to fix unbroken gears
we know what is best
been doing this for years
this man is crazy
that man is sane
listen to me now, I know what I'm saying
this is our path
there's no other way
we must face the music
believe me when I say
everything is fine
we're all okay
this is how it works
no need to change
no need to fix unbroken gears
we know what is best
been doing this for years
everything is fine
we're all okay
everything is fine..
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6. |
God On The Ground
04:59
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keep your hands on the metal
they'll call in all their dogs
men like us don't settle
when they can't see through the fog
this is one for the century
forget the past little man
the world is big and sensory
keep your wits if you can
is your faith in god the only weapon you have?
now break bread with your foes
give a handshake and a smile
pretend to laugh and eat your crow
show your grace, hide your guile
and keep your hand on that metal if you want to survive
you find that knife in your back
I warned you plenty didn't I
the world is cheap when it attacks
now say goodbye to that life
you put your life in the hands of a faith that's unsound
to weather this world you've got to be a god on the ground
so keep your hand on that gun
bow at the end of the show
squint your eyes at the sun
and live to see your shadow grow
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Weekdays
03:01
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I lived up on 8th street
I lived on Roberts downtown
had a room on the north side,
just a shit hole under ground
we stayed up late we drank too much
we slept in 'til noon
workin' the late shift at a greasy spoon
well there's not much left after the paycheck's been spent
but friday's a-comin', we get paid again
you can say I'm wasting my time
you can call me a cad
there's love in my life
I don't need money for that
so when you look up at the sky don't you see the sun still shines?
and don't we see the same birds as they go by?
and if you don't know
don't ask me why
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8. |
Songs Not To Write
06:57
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trapped again by an innocent tongue
no words to find
all it takes is a little black lung
to cough out the fire
my brain is full of cobwebs and spiders
I guess I swallowed a fly
let's give it one more go from the inside
give it one more try
I saw the world catch on fire
but I could not make a sound
the children cried, the adults lied
and led them all underground
their bunker blew, bodies were scattered
all over the lawn
I finally screamed, no one could hear me
they all had headphones on
if you want to see the songs I will never write
go ahead and peel back my scalp
see what you find
if you want to see the songs I will never write
go ahead and pick through these cobwebs
you won't like what you find
I called just to say
I don't mind
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9. |
In The Trees
04:15
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bombs are falling through the screens
raving mobs can't get enough
there's no more forest in the trees
go ahead take us off the bluff
eyes watering, ears bleeding
all these face melt to one
cannot eat this shit they're feeding
take it all away, I'm done
'round the dinner table thoughts can kill
eyes are on the telephone
mouth are mute and filled with pills
the cold war is right here at home
so flush away all your thoughts and doubts
there's no coming back from this
this is where we all are now
and tomorrow will never exist
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10. |
Farewell, Be Strong
06:05
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I've seen the eyes of love say you'll never be alone
I've seen those eyes, they walk away
she shattered my bones
I've been those eyes of love, with my heart wrapped around
but my eyes, they walked away
she crumbled to the ground
now we wander these streets
with misery and blind
we're cast out of the garden of earthly delights
it's 4 o'clock in the morning
the adults have all gone to bed
while we sit up at this bar
sipping on our death
so farewell to you, my baby be strong
time's a-comin' for sayin' so long
well now there's a new beginning as you dash that past
the horrors of long ago forsaken at last
and it's a different kind of world
as you come around the bend
but even that music must come to it's sweet bitter end
so farewell to you, my baby, well be strong
time's a-comin' for sayin' so long
farewell to you, I'll take my bow
time to say goodbye for now
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