1. |
I'll Be Faithful
03:56
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Don't move your lover is calling
Or did they just let the sirens ring as the bombs were falling
And all of these boys would just do like you say so
And if you tried to leave the room they would grab your ankles
But oooo
It doesn't matter what you do
I'll be faithful
Was it love or art or was it drugs or something
Don't tell me every hole you could notch in a belt added up to nothing
It was water or wine or whatever you paid for
And you could spit right in my drink and I'd be grateful
You thought that you were Axl or Iggy or Jimi or Janice or Johnny or Sidney but really baby you weren't anything like that
Still you would smile like a little brat as you donned your jacket and they would swoon and you would laugh and they would watch themselves as they watched you looking back.
Just skip the mass you can keep the faith
You can sleep for days on a golden lawn
You can swear to God for just one second how you could see heaven through this smog
And you would tell how you transcended in the back seat of a car as you said a prayer for every derelict that got caught beneath these stars
But hey
If you say so
I'll be faithful
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2. |
All The Way Through
02:56
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I'd like to be a bit like you
I'd like to have your problems too
I'd treat love like an act of charity
And I would watch as your eyes turned blue
As you floated across the room
And moved from moment to moment of clarity
You should know what to do
And maybe you do
You should know what to do
When they skip to your lieu
You should know what to do
When they were looking at you
They weren't really looking at you
They were looking all the way through
I think that I'm a bit like you
Maybe more than you even knew
And if I could I would stick to you
Like glitter sinking into glue
And I would watch as your eyes turned blue
As we sat in our separate rooms
I'd swear I heard a voice or two
If only I could find out whose
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3. |
Hang On
03:29
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I don't understand your green eyes
They sure looked blue to me
You could stay we could watch the sea rise
Find shade in this raging heat
I know that my face is ugly
I've known since I was 17
That their ain't no god above me
Looking out for a boy whose life is so wrong
I don't know
You just do what you can to hang on
You just do what you can to delude yourself and stay strong
You hang on
You find someone to hang onto
And if it ain't tied down you just take what you can and move on
Please don't explain your tattoos
The snake with the inverted cross
'Cause when you laid down beside me
They were neither down nor up
I saw how her lips were shining
Leaving stains upon a silver cup
Dear lord could you please remind me
Why it is you would let me sleep for so long
I don't know
You just do what you can to hang on
You just do what you can to delude yourself and stay strong
You hang on
You find someone to hang onto
And if it ain't tied down you just take what you can and stay gone
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4. |
Higher Ground
03:06
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This old world it ain't my home
Nice place to visit but you wouldn't stay
A few more risings and settings of the sun
And I would cross my legs and be on my way
You can look up to me baby
And I might see you looking down
'cause their ain't no higher ground
Listen baby you ain't my friend
And though we float together down this raging flood
You could rip your dress and add fuel to the fire
But you can't take the smoke out of these dirty lungs
Might be heaven up above us
But even if it could be found
Their ain't no higher ground
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5. |
Shame
04:06
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Wherever you go I'll go with you
Whatever you smoke I'll smoke with you
And whenever you pose I will take your picture
Even though I just wish I was in it
And just had something to remember
We lit our cigarettes with studied thoughtfulness
And dreamed of higher consciousness
When we really wanted the opposite
Who unscrewed the bottle and poured booze onto the flame
Who gives a damn about all the consequence
I just wanted to know your name
It's a shame
That all in love is fair
And it's a shame
This pain we have to bear
And it's shame
When you got no one else to blame
And you say "don't go"
But they're already there
But whatever you pay I'll pay for you
And wherever you lay I'll lay on you
Whatever you sang I will do the octave
Even though you don't care much for harmonies
I just wanted to give you the option
We drink and we womanize
We fuck and we fetishize
We get clean and testify
We relapse and we justify
But there's so many to eulogize
When no one recalls the prayer
And I guess some love it just crystalizes
While some stays in the air
And it's shame
We just can't get along
And it's a shame
When things just turn out wrong
And it's a shame
When you got nothing left to say
So you put it in a song
But you only wanted to explain
That it's a shame
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6. |
One Of These Mornings
03:02
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What does it mean
Tell me what does it mean
To live free anyways
When you're stuck in this body
When you're stuck in this house
Or stuck in your ways
A bird in a cage stuck with it's prey
Making the same mistakes but that's okay
'Cause you could change you hair and change you life
You could change your mouth your nose you eyes your skin
You could change into a 20 year old dead beat
Drop acid in a warehouse somewhere and abandon your kid
But I heard it said though they never told
You see it in their eyes and you know it's true
How we could stand here in the same painted room
But our eyes would be different hues
I meant to tell you
I thought that I told you
That heaven is a boardroom
It's a place on earth between saved and withdrawn
With immaculate reception
And you can tell me again how you preferred sensitive men
But how you could make an exception
And how pagans and virgins and whores
Were down on the floor on all fours
Eyes glazed over in genuflection
But what if you're just too fucked up to ascend
And what if your halo is bent so far that it touches your head
And sharpens the edge
And what if the word on high was passed down
Written on stone and crossed out in pen
But I heard it said but I didn't hear
Sorry kid I just can't forget
You can't wash these sins
When they're caked on so thick
If you did they'rd be nothing left
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7. |
The Night Time
02:56
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Well the morning is for lovers
The afternoon for picnics in the park
The twilight is for poets
but me and you just wait til it gets dark
'cause the nighttime
The nighttime is for fuckups
Yeah the nighttime
The night belongs to us
The sunshine is for children
The clouds for seeing images of women
As they floated by past the window of your building
And everything was just understood
How some folks just got it bad
And some folks just got it good
And some folks just got it no good
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8. |
Big Black Void
03:00
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One of these days and probably soon
I'm gonna press that flame to the silver spoon
One of these days I'm telling you boy
I'm gonna slip right into that big black void
Your rose is red but you're turning blue
Silver cord wrapped around your neck
As you dangle from the moon
Sold my body for all it was worth
Still couldn't buy any peace on earth
You could sleep with 100 girls
But no man alive ever fucked the world
I tried money I tried drugs
There's no pill so translucent
Ain't no powder white enough
I heard it said though they never told
The nose of an angel is lined with gold
And if I make it to holy ground
I'm gonna bag it up sell it by the pound
If you find yourself in hell
Kiss the devil on the lips
And swear that you'd never tell
One of these days and it won't be long
They're gonna glorify me in a tragic song
One of these days I'm telling you boy
I'm gonna slip right into that big black void
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9. |
Fire
04:21
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If you wanna get higher
Just let me know if it's the pink or the blues
If you're tired
I had the speed somewhere in my shoes
I know you were lying
When you said you'd be with me in the end
Guess I know where I'll find ya
And If I see you in hell
I won't mind the fire
If you're wired
Just even out with the booze
And if I'm required
To lie awake so I can look after you
I wouldn't mind it
Just wish we had time
So don't go killing the vibe
Baby everyone's dying
And If I see you in hell I won't mind the fire
Every high you chase
Every glass you break
Every moan you make
Every walk of shame
I can hear you say
As you flailed on the stage
How we're born in a cage
On some rock out in space
With no plan to escape
Always running in place
As we kick and we rage
All the difference it makes
Whether clean or behaved
Or debauched on debased
All the sinners and saints
Holding hands in the grave
Neither lost neither saved
Neither pleasure nor pain
Nothing spent nothing gained
Nothing still nothing changed
No nirvana attained
And no Karma exchanged
Nothing real nothing fake
Nor revealed nor explained
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10. |
99.5
02:55
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What if the truth is required
But your tongue is dry
And you can't get it out now
What if you're floating away
But you get too high and you can't come back down
Up up and away
Looking back at the rest of the flock
Still down down bad
What if you ought to go home
But you bump again and you bump again
And oooo
Most of us just won't make it
Most of us just gotta fake it
But 90 is close
And 99 is almost true
But 99 and a half
It just won't do
What if your man steps out
And you're stuck with the junk
And they're working on the clamp down
Oh I thought I told you before
You never take it so far that you can't take it back now
But if you want a fix
I'm a broken man
It's bad enough we exist on this stolen land
I said you just can't ignore the past
She said "what the hell are you talking about baby
Of course you can"
Oooo ooo and most of us just won't make it
Most of us just gotta take it
Someone right the wrongs or
Someone sing a song to kill my blues
99 and a half it just wont do
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11. |
Grapes Upon The Vine
03:08
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My hair won't fall out though I may go gray
I may forgive but I won't admit
That any hope it was sunken yet
Beauty faded or flowers dead
Maybe the sun was aligned but the moon was wrong
And stars don't lie but they do reflect
They do neglect sometimes to tell the whole truth baby
There ain't no check within your mailbox
So don't go changing with the times
There ain't no Kool-aid in your poison anymore
There ain't no comfort in the bottle
For a grape upon a vine
And even though we weren't too young to know
That lovers loved like us before
We could let it slide and both agree
It was only you and me
And I may give up though I won't concede
It isn't fate that shakes the trees
It's the ancient forces of boredom and lust and greed and baby
There ain't no check within your mailbox
There's too much sand upon the slide
There ain't no mirrors in this fun house anymore
There ain't no comfort in the bottle
For a grape upon the vine
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12. |
Heaven Over Our Heads
04:06
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Count up the angels
And then how many died
And how many heads they had to step all over
Just to get inside
But it's alright
I said it's alright
You counted cards
You cut the deck
But they rigged the game
Still I would hold you tightly to my chest
And I'd show no shame
No shame
And do it all again
And I just wonder sometimes if heaven's over our heads
But I had some fun
And I made some love in exotic places
And though I may have forgot some names
I recall the faces
In my dreams
Out of reach
And I broke some promises
And refused to make amends
I had my heart broke 7 times
And I lost some friends
But it's alright
What's it matter in the end
And I just wonder sometimes if heaven's over our heads
But why must we struggle so
As we try to do what's right
Just a bunch of cockroaches
Just a-runnin' from the light
From the light that shines upon our heads
And I may be stupid and I may be selfish
And I may be wrong
But still it's such a short time you were here
And such a long time you'll be gone
Scattered to the wind
And I just wonder sometimes if heaven's over our heads
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