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Long Way Down
02:37
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Well, I’ve been waiting all night to put up a fight but the reason never came
I’m too strung out to reach for the telephone
Yeah, I’ve been waiting all night but the boredom’s just a little bit too strong
Just watch the whole world putting me on
And I don’t need your sceptre or your crown
Tell me what you’re doing in this town
And it’s a long way down
Long way down
Well, I’ve been getting real pissed at folks I don’t know and girls I never kissed
While Thunder Road is playing on the stereo
Yeah, I’ve been throwing stuff at the wall hoping something’s gonna have to stick
But a change of mind don’t always do the trick
And I don’t need your questionable advice
You’re just pulling wool over my eyes
And it’s a long way down
Long way down
To the lake county line
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2. |
Gin and Tonic
03:50
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Been living life in the darkness of my shattered head
No place to go, I’ve always been afraid
But I am feeling a change now, it’s gonna be alright
There are no more defense lines, I’m taking flight
I’ve been out on the highways and the lonely roads
Boozin‘ me up and messin’ with them hoes
But there’s no need anymore now, I’m doing fine
There’s this chance of getting better with you somehow
You got to take this chance of being alive
Don’t waste your time my friend on things you don’t like
You might not get what you want, at least you should try
Just hold your head up high, things will be alright
Well, I’ve been aching for years, couldn’t get my head around
I was strung out, bad thoughts were weighing on my mind
But now I’m feeling much stronger and more composed
It is a crying shame the way I was
The way I was
The way that I was
You got to take this chance of being alive
Don’t waste your time my friend on things you don’t like
You might not get what you want, at least you should try
Just hold your head up high, things will be alright
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3. |
Huckleberry Finn
04:14
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Like an old blues guitar
Like a walk in morning dew
Just as sweet is the sparklin’
Of the Mississippi Blue
Colored man on the run
Goes by the name of Jim
Shares his raft with a boy
Called Huckleberry Finn
Of all the knowledge I got from college
What will be left on reaping grim day
And if I learned it the way that he did
Learned things the Huckleberry Finn way
Bare feet, bare mind
And bruises on his knees
That’s how Huck gained his life’s
Most precious expertise
I have learned, I have studied
And told myself right from the start
If it’s kept in a book
Why should I keep it in my heart
Of all the knowledge I got from college
What will be left on reaping grim day
And if I learned it the way that he did
Learned things the Huckleberry Finn way
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4. |
Let Me Go
02:56
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The lifeline's out of reach, freedom of speech
ain't gonna save me, gonna save me
Life isn't all that long, if I'm wrong
feel free to correct me, correct me
All the bad things that I did are coming back
to haunt me, to haunt me
I try to break free from those things but my past
won't let me, won't let me
Let me go
Oh-ho, let me go
Oh why won’t you let me go
Oh-ho, let me go
This sudden rush of fear, realizing why I'm here
It scares me, it scares me
A blank stare is all it takes and I get the shakes
Someone please help me, please help me
All the bad things that I did are coming back
to haunt me, to haunt me
I try to break free from those things but my past
won't let me, won't let me
Let me go
Oh-ho, let me go
Oh why won’t you let me go
Oh-ho, let me go
All the bad things that I did are coming back
to haunt me, to haunt me
I try to break free from those things but my past
won't let me, won't let me
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5. |
Stray Young Fellows
02:52
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To every handshake there's a reliance
To every laughter there is a bond
The time spent with your loved ones
The time alone by the pond
And Sepp is tappin' with his feet
And Tom is strummin' to the beat
We're stray young fellers
Out on the porch
Sittin' on the porch and feelin' the sun on our faces
Ridin' on its lonely chariot mile after mile
Someone I knew has told me you gotta have some places
Where you don't have to do a thing to make it worthwile
And Sepp is tappin' with his feet
And Tom is strummin' to the beat
We're stray young fellers
Out on the porch
Oodelally
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6. |
Pink and Purple
04:24
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Big brown eyes and her girl
Sitting on the balcony cuddling tight
Breathing the cool morning's pink and purple while the
Party is leaving with the night
And yes I have to admit
I'd love each one of you with at least a thousand hearts
But even more do I love you together I love you as the
Whole is more than the sum of its parts
Alright
Watching pink and purple lights
We're all waking up we all take a shower
One by one coming out of the door on the seventh floor
Gathering around an ashtray
You turned that music on out in the air and it just felt like the day before
It was about 6 a.m.
The sun came out of those shadow towers and we came out of the club
See us dangling there through the industrial square
And catch our train and fall asleep and let our cellphones wake us up
Alright
Watching pink and purple lights
And the way I figure the pieces come together
Now just the way they should
And I can just see but a friend in you
Which I never thought I could
And still it struck me like a lightning bolt when you
First crossed my way
And I never told you that I loved you
And I'm glad about it today
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I'm seeing ghosts in modern buildings
Getting cursed text messages
I feel the breath of subway demons
Beneath my headphones like a kiss
You know I've always been a tough one
My mind was solid like a rock
But seeing ghosts in modern buildings
Well that has come as quite a shock
I don't know what it is but I know
That I don't understand…
Maybe my soul has ripped at some point
To leave an unprotected wound
Where subway demons break and enter
Just like they do down in Peru
I don't know what it is but I know
That I don't understand…
I thought ghosts could not leave their castles
Just like a church can't leave it's town
Now if I have to live with demons
At least give me my sword and crown
I don't know what it is but I know
That I don't understand…
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8. |
Girl in White
04:02
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Ooh I must admit I'm dreaming of a day
Waiting for a girl in white
My friends are on the gravel smoking in suits
Outside a roman catholic church
Ooh I must admit I'm dreaming of a day
Waiting for a girl in white
My friends are on the gravel smoking in suits
Outside a roman catholic church
All the kids have come
Playing with their cousins not asking where they're from
I’m friends with my old teachers, friends with Jesus Christ
And all the cops in town and all the good guys
And everybody's watching and everybody's there
Some say I look happy and some just sit and stare
Some say they always knew it and some say what the fuck
And they all wish me good luck
Yes I must admit I'm dreaming of a day
Waiting for a girl in white
My friends are on the gravel yard smoking in suits outside
Outside a roman catholic church
They've brought their kids along
Playing with their cousins not asking where they're from
I’m friends with my old teachers, friends with Jesus Christ
And all the cops in town and all the good guys
And everybody's watching and everybody's there
Some say I look happy and some just sit and stare
Some say they always knew it and some say oh my God
And they all wish me good luck
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9. |
Side of the Road
03:08
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Side of the road
Everything you do
Makes me sad and blue
Unless I’m with you
Take it on the chin
I’m making other plans
Trouble with the band
Rock and Roll’s dead
Side of the road
Oversized guitar
Standing on the roof
Of a roadside bar
Charlie’s walkin’ out
Roland’s walkin’ in
Suzie’s in the back
Take her for a spin
Every time you spoke of love
It’s the thing I’m dreamin’ of
Side of the road
Burn in to the ground
Till everything that’s left
Is a roadside sound
Side of the road
Waitin’ for the night
Tryin’ to hitch a ride
Drive into the night
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10. |
The Anarchist
03:51
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You're a girl from another star
Wearing jewelry of gold and cyan
And your tribe's out there in the far black sky
And you're an anarchist of the old kind
Time's a cheat when you come around
Like an undiscovered fruit of cyan
All the voices start to echo all the lights start cooling down
And you're a menace baby to mankind
Oh girl from another star
Wearing jewelry of gold and cyan
Your tribe's out there in the far black sky
And you're an anarchist, an anarchist
You're voice is like a gun
You know evil and you know sublime
You know systems far from the sun we know
And you're a color in which no sun could shine
Oh girl from another star
Wearing jewelry of gold and cyan
Your tribe's out there in the far black sky
And you're an anarchist, an anarchist
Oh girl from another star
Wearing jewelry of gold and cyan
Your tribe's out there in the far black sky
And you're an anarchist, an anarchist
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