1. |
Just Like Stealin'
02:58
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This place seems so big just coming in off the road
And what I'd like to say now is, "Please, don't just go..."
I wonder should I just go to sleep in my bed...
Could I awake in a hotel with you, wandering?
Calm down, New York;
Just settle down now, New York.
I wonder, would I enjoy what you're eating;
Or even the goosebumps at the back of my neck?
Do you think that I could start a garden?
...some place we could walk with your hand in my hand.
Calm down, New York;
Just settle down now, New York.
I'll hang up my phone, if that's what you're asking for,
But I'll be just outside of your door.
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2. |
Curse the Factories
03:30
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It's so god damned hot here tonight
And if I cannot sleep I'll only die.
What's worth to you,
Chasing memories
When our job is through?
Two fifths down without trying
And I cannot see straight for all my crying.
What's the weight of a word
Against a gun
And a mans will to leave earth?
Curse the factory that built this car.
I drive too fast, but not fast enough.
And curse the factory that built this gun...
I'm on my way.
No, I cannot stay.
I'm on my way...
Am I too late?
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3. |
Look It Up
02:45
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Empty the ashtray when it is full.
Get out of bed sometime around a two.
Fill up the bowl with some dog food.
Pull down the books, look up the rules.
Just carry water and cut your wood.
Don't think too hard on what you've done.
Set it on fire to burn a path.
Pour out some water to save what's left.
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4. |
For No One
04:30
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I remember screaming out
Against lovers, cash and cops.
I don't remember waking up.
Or is that what we're doing now?
Are you boots still stained with blood now;
From all the backs you've stepped up on?
Well I've been scrubbing at my leather...
...sins for which I've atoned.
Did you fix the chip on your shoulder?
You never really seemed to mind.
Is that still the man that you're selling?
Are you still afraid to cry?
Does your eyeliner take longer now that your hands do shake from age?
Does that contribute to your madness?
...to be kept safe all your days...
Did you fix the chip on your shoulder?
You never really seemed to try.
Is that still the man that you care for?
Do you still think that you'll never die?
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5. |
'Round Here
03:10
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What's going on?
I wish that I knew.
I just keep my head down
And I search for the truth.
But I won't come around here no more.
"Keep the wind at your back,"
That's just what she said.
"Just get out of this town
And don't live life like them.
But don't come around here no more."
You're the sun in the kitchen window.
You're half of the reason I still choose to grow.
A cup of warm coffee just after the road.
The last living person to make me feel known.
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6. |
Morning Fog
00:41
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The road between you and I
Is so long and narrow,
Under blackened skies.
And your door always seems to be shut.
Now this morning fog
Just won't let me out.
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7. |
I Reckon
02:41
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I reckon that just about all of my plans
Are undone by the slight of my hand.
And I reckon that just about all that's been said
Has been true until I take plots of land.
I don't know what I'm to do
And I don't know what to call you.
I reckon that just about all of my flames
Have been set from a place of disdain.
I reckon that just about all of them said,
"What's been burned is but a mistake."
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8. |
What It Was Worth
02:08
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A photo in a frame.
Just something small.
Let's not forget our names,
Nor what we saw.
Just rust upon the metal
That we've always worn,
There's lines upon your face
That weren't there before.
Just call it by its name
For all that it was worth.
Just pieces of a story
Played on a radio.
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10. |
Death Rattle Blues
03:24
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You grew your hair out in your final days.
Stubborn as hell, you never changed your ways.
So drop your chin and let out a sigh.
It only takes just a moment to die.
Your daughter asks, "What is it that you'd want?"
Just some extra time; a penny for your thoughts.
Some guitar picks; a couple books of mine
That will not leave this house, so long as you're alive.
Your chest does fall, but I don't see it rise.
It only takes just a moment to die.
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Dead, Dead Swans Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Folk band from the Midwest
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