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The Hammer Goes Down
03:16
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The Hammer Goes Down
Only in your eyes are streams of ribbon steel
And only in your guise are demons and angels real
Wiser - wiser – wiser - who’s the wiser?
I will lead you if you show me the way
I could always eat you if you get hungry
Hammer - hammer – hammer - hammer
The hammer goes down
But it don’t make a sound
The hammer goes down
When there’s no one around
The hammer goes down
All the time every day
Stop/Solo
One more little notice and this time things are real
You can dig the pyre but your time is always near
Anger - good old anger – anger - good old anger
The hammer goes down
But it don’t make a sound
The hammer goes down
When there’s no one around
The hammer goes down
All the time every day
Every day – every day – every day
The hammer goes down
But it don’t make a sound
The hammer goes down
When there’s no one around
The hammer goes down
All the time every day
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Gary's Paranoia
04:12
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Gary’s Paranoia
Gary’s paranoid
Gary’s been beat down one time too many
Gary’s all wound up
Gary don’t trust people all that much
I understand where Gary’s coming from
I think I know where Gary’s heading to
Gary’s had too much
His brand new head is tender to the touch
Watch him dance on down the street
Blue, blue breathe and glass cuts on his feet
I understand where Gary’s coming from
I think I know where Gary’s heading to
Out there in the yard
They beat in Gary’s head
And down there by the trains
They left him for dead
They left him for dead
Instrumental
Out there in the yard
They beat in Gary’s head
And down there by the trains
They left him for dead
They left him for dead
They left him for dead
They left him for dead
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Lbs
02:58
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Lbs
All is well I am told
Days are nights and nights grow old
So I believe
I don’t believe
And my heads caved in
But the radio’s on
Gravity
Gravity
If you leave town on a train
I’ll go up in an airplane
And not come down
Stay up with the clouds
You know I feel your weight
And my heels dig in
Gravity
Gravity
Gravity
Gravity
And I feel your weight
And my head’s caved in
Gravity
Gravity
Gravity
Gravity
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Thorns and Such
03:44
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Thorns & Such
Have you ever gone away?
Only to return to the same place
And same time
Oh, that feeling’s all right
If you know that you’re wanted and loved
Oh, my love
Show me which way is up
Set me straight again
You know I try
Have you ever tried to run?
Only to find that you haven’t moved
Oh that feeling’s shit
To know that you can’t get away
Oh, my love
Show me which way is up
Set me straight again
You know I try
Please come home yeah, I confess
I was temporarily messed up in the head
And my clothes are covered with thorns and such
I think, I think, I think, I think too much
Oh, my love
Show me which way is up
Set me straight again
You know I try
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Little Pills
03:47
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Little Pills
The doctor said that if I was feeling ill
I should take these little pills
And my mind would stop changing
Like the weather
“I’m sure”, he said, “that you’ll be feeling fine in the morning”
This year there came an early cold
And the trees they had to bend
Cause the ice that froze on them was too heavy
I’m sure that I’ve seem some colder days
But none like these in the city
Hang the rope
Cause I’m coming home to swing, yeah
I’m coming home to sing, yeah
I’m coming home to rest
I’m sure that I’ll be feeling fine
In the morning
Tonight, when you go to bed alone
Won’t you burn a little light?
Spot heating in the old house
I remember how the air smelled
I’m sure that you’ll be sleeping well
By the morning
Hang the rope
Cause I’m coming home to swing, yeah
I’m coming home to sing, yeah
I’m coming home to rest
I’m sure that I’ll be feeling fine
In the morning
Hang the rope
Cause I’m coming home to swing, yeah
I’m coming home to sing, yeah
I’m coming home to rest
I’m sure that I’ll be feeling fine
In the morning
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Dust
01:47
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Dust
Twenty-five years of dust
Wrote your name in my arm
Twenty-five years of dust
Drew my name in the glass
And all I know don’t add up to much
Twenty-five years of dust
Everybody’s dreaming, but I’m awake
Thinking of your touch
Everybody’s snoozing, but I’m up
Wanting to be held
And all I know don’t add up to much
When I’m without your touch
Ah…
Ah…
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No Decision No Disciple
04:18
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No Decision No Disciple
What once was apparent, but now it’s hard to see
I had you and you had me
I stood on the lawn but couldn’t see the grass
All my love now a pain in your ass
When I try to think of how it was
In my ears it’s just a buzz
All I know is now I’m here
And when you’re ‘round, I’ve no fear
You know – you know – you know – you know
Trade all my hooks to the hit parade
I’d gun down the president; I’ve got no shame
Show me where to stand I’ve got two feet
For all this love I’d take the heat
You look right through me with your x-ray eyes
I’m good at kidding but you see the lies
What once was boom, well now it’s crush
I’d drink the sea to stop the bust
You know – you know – you know – you know
You always know
What I never know
You always know
What I never know
(Stop)
It isn’t easy – I know
I keep on trying – cause, who knows
I could follow or I could run
All my life I flirted with the gun
When you’re here and everyone’s dead
I’ll collect heaven and put it on the bed
You know – you know – you know – you know
(Slow down)
No decision, no disciple
No decision, no disciple…
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8. |
Want You
03:11
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Want You
All you do is talk to me
But you don’t know what you do
You move your head you shift you hands
I’m sliding under ground
I want you
But you don’t know
It’s simple to see it’s easy
We got up and climbed in that tree
You were assured and easy to laugh
I thought I’d slip and fall from that branch
Well things could change
But I’ll feel the same
I’ll want you
But you don’t know
Well I don’t really care that much
Tomorrow comes just like a truck
And it runs you down
And it runs you down
And it runs you down again
Well things could change
I’ll be the same
Well you can change
I’ll feel the same
I’ll still want you
Well don’t you know?
Well you can change
I’ll be the same
Well please don’t change
I feel the same
I want you
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Green Again
04:31
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Green Again
If one of us is willing
Then one of us should know
I’m on my back but fighting
Well one of us should know
I wish you knew – it’s me again
Held my breath till I turned you
It’s me again
I’m you – you’re me again
Repeat verse
I wish you knew – it’s me again
Held my breath till I turned you
I’m green again
I’m you – you’re me again
Stop
All right – everything is fine
(Take a look)
Oh yeah – everything is fine
(Take a look)
All right – everything is fine
(Take a look)
Take a look…
Stop
Repeat verse
I wish you knew
It’s me again
Held my breath till I turned you
I’m green again
You’re blue
I’m me again
I wish you knew…
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In The Year Of Dope
03:22
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In the Year of Dope
When I was younger
My teacher told me
Russian pilots drank the ice-defrost
Just to get drunk
I didn’t understand it then
But I do now
It’s not complicated
They wanted to get high
Nineteen-something-nine
In the year of dope
Well how do I explain myself?
I thought it was dumb
I didn’t understand it then
And I don’t now
It’s complicated
Complicated
Complicated
How do I explain myself?
(Whistle a little Dixie)
Nineteen-something-nine
In the year of dope
Well how do I explain myself?
I thought it was dumb
I didn’t understand it then
And I don’t now
It’s complicated
Complicated
Complicated
Complicated
Complicated
How do I explain myself?
How do I explain myself?
How do I explain myself?
How do I explain myself?
How do I explain myself?
How do I explain myself?
When I was younger…
Capo 5th fret
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