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Gulf of Mexico
03:46
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Gulf of Mexico
I saw a vanishing I see it now
I watched a city disappear along the undertow
Walls come crashing down
I’m in the Gulf of Mexico
Come down, come down
I saw a blue guitar I saw a chain
Cutting up and cutting down to make a steel string dream
The spike don’t always work
I’m in the Gulf of Mexico
Come down, come down
When you’re floating straight out here
Well you’re floating but I’m just a ghost around here
I saw a vanishing I saw a light
I watched the day escape into the dark of night
Still you slowly turn
I’m in the Gulf of Mexico
Hang on, hang on
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Northern Lights
03:46
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Northern Lights
We were lying on our backs in an overgrown parking lot
Waiting for a plane to come and take us where it was hot
Suddenly the greens appeared and whites and blues and orange
And left us lying there in an overgrown parking lot
And all was clear out there
Lights from nowhere near
A northern light appears
And I woke in a boat on shore
Across from a shinny store
The pale white light disappears
A northern light will appear
The summer’s cold up there and clear and cool and high
We watched volcano ash smoke and reach the sky
And on the fourth we burned it down into a midnight sun
And sailed so recklessly I thought we’d not return
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Now You're Dirt
03:52
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Now You’re Dirt
Well you left us, now I’m here
Never said nothing, just disappeared
You played the father I played the son
We never told you, what would you have done?
I put you in the ground
Without a word
You were the father
But now you’re dirt
Nothing ‘bout life, nothing ‘bout love
Just set the hex said, “Go ahead”
I guess it was easier but we could have used a hand
Hope you understand I’m not the same man
I want a child I want a wife
Someone to care for, someone for life
I’ll tell them everything and lend a hand
I want you to know I’m not the same man
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All About Love
02:50
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All About Love
Attention now you gentlemen
Swing your partners low and on you knees
A dirty mind in a dirty world
Bellows of the organ out at sea
And oh there’s a fire
When you talk, and you talk
All about love
Run around October skies
Hot poker from fire took his eyes
And although he’s a selfish one
There’s a lovely girl who does him in
The house that made you sick today
Raised you up from so far away
So drink that pint for health today
And if you please a glass of ice and Beam
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While You Were Sleeping
04:41
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While You Were Sleeping
While you were sleeping I was up thinking
Walked around the house what were you dreaming?
It never did arrive while you were sleeping
The whole world shut down and I watched you breathing
Seems like forever I’m still waiting
I wanted to wake you up but you just looked too good sleeping
Well I, I wish I was passing up time
I wish I could sleep on a dime
A night is a long way to go
Especially when I’m without you
And then the trains will come
And I’m not even there
Please won’t you take me down?
To your land of sleep – easy
Well I can hear the plumbing growling
And the wind sounds like wild dogs howling
And the daylight starts to stream
I’m only hoping for a dream – it’s easy
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Saviours
02:57
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Saviours
All mixed up, can’t find your way home
Standing in the road with your house-coat on
All confused in disarray
And I almost hit you
Coming around the bend
You were wearing a sign, said our saviour is here today
I got home to find the house wrapped around the tree
I got a knife and cut it down
And the house it fell around me
And now I wonder
As everything goes in waves
Where is our saviour today?
Its just one dark shot into the light of day
Don’t let me cross that line again
All you see is good well what can I say
I never had a chance with you
All mixed up can’t find my way home
Sitting in a bar with my hat still on
All confused, in disarray
And as I wonder everything comes in waves
Where is my saviour today?
Well you, you are my saviour today
Yeah you, you are my saviour today
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7. |
This Is The River
03:32
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This Is The River
This is the river; we’re all jumping in
This is the river; we’re all jumping in
As long as I remember
We were all jumping in
What will you do tomorrow?
Well, I’m jumping in
Look at the people standing on shore
Look at the people; they’re small on the shore
Can’t hear what they’re saying
They’re standing on the shore
Looking for something special
Why they still on the shore?
Down in the river there’s nothing to hide
Down in the river there’s nowhere to hide
All of her curves
Are slow and wide
And every day
I’m swimming inside
Yeah, every day
I’m swimming inside
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Underneath The Mountain
02:25
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Underneath the Mountain
There were times when I thought
The engine’d run and never stop
But the way is barely lit
You’re making plans it sucks you in
Well you’re lying underneath the mountain
Yeah you’re lying underneath the mountain
Nothing good can come from this
Forgotten lives and shattered bliss
Kings and queens can walk away
But you will always have to stay
Things get hazy things get fine
I’m just lying here taking my time
A battle fought a battle won
Over spoils under sun
The winners claim the rights and dance
Dig their ditches raise a fence
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Fuck & Fight
03:53
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Fuck & Fight
You watch the TV and drive in cars
Relax on weekends then go to work
Well now’s a fine time it’s good as gold
I’ve seen no better from what I’m told
They kill while singing a lullaby
It’s fight man fight; it’s fuck and fight
Well all right, there’s no one home
Well all right, there’s no one home
We had a dream once, but then it died
Maybe you’ve seen it, seen it alive
Some folks are good guys, some folks are bad
Most folks get both ways by the time they die
When we got here things were said
About the mess you made and how you lived
We’ll have a fine time picking up where you left off
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Mare Imbrium
02:58
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Mare Imbrium
(Sea of Rains)
Walked on to a sea of rains
Where footprints stay forever
Now all that I can do
Is search you forever
Storm oceans under seas
Rolled out on unkempt grass
Lying there on my back
The suns at nine o’clock
And you are right up there
Shining in the dark
I’ve watched your face so many times
You give off so much light
When I’m walking home
Can’t see if I look straight
Shining under you
No time for this earth – No time at all
No time for this earth – No time at all
No time for this earth – No time at all
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Tonite
04:18
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Tonight
Slow ahead and steady now
Frozen world’s turn to steam and flow
It’s all in the night you know
Tonight
Summer lawns oh they beckon you
Loosened clothes falling off of you
Dancing on skin with you
Tonight
It’s a song you sing with a radio band
Just a song you sing with a radio band
Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight
Swaying trees, oh they sing to you
Evening breeze, it’s cooling you
Letting you hair fall through
Tonight
Swimming hole in the woods you know
Take it there where no one knows
Feeling the night time true
Tonight
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Sweet Life
09:25
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Sweet Life
It goes so far
A minute wraps inside itself
Here and there I travel
To far shores
Scrounge for change, but count your luck
Watch it all light up
It’s a sweet life
Oh sure you had your chance
You had your chance and all you got
Was the sweet life
It’s a sweet life
Sweet life
It’s a sweet life
Ah…
Ah…
The tarmac froze
As planes touched down
They want to know
“Do you still get high?”
I’ve been here for years so far
But it’s just a life
It’s a sweet life
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