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I kissed the kids at noon
then stumbled out the room I caught a cab ran up a tab on 7th and flower best recital I had to ruin missed my son's graduation punched the Nickles boy for taking his seat gets all that anger from me still things could be much worse natural disasters on the evening news still things could be much worse we still got our health my paycheck in the mail I promised to my wife and children I'd never touch another drink as long as I live but even then it sounds so soothing this will blow over in time this will all blow over in time I'm just an honest man provide for me and mine I give a check to tax deductable charity organizations two weks paid vacation won't heal the damage done I need another one still things could be much worse natural disasters on the evening news still things could be much worse we still got our health my paycheck in the mail I promised to my wife and children I'd never touch another drink as long as I live but even then it sounds so soothing to mix a drink and sink into oblivion I promised to my wife and children that accident left everyone a little shook up but at the meetings I felt so empty this will blow over in time this will all blow over in time |
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| 2. |
| 3:39 |
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Careless in our summer
clothes splashing around in the muck and the mile Careless in our summer clothes splashing around in the muck and the mile fell asleep with stains cake deep in the knees what a pain now hang me up to dry you wrung me out too too too many times now hang me up to dry I'm pearly like the whites the whites of your eyes all mixed up in the wash hot water bleeding our colors all mixed up in the wash hot water bleeinding our colors now hang me up to dry you wrung me out too too too many times now hang me up to dry I'm pearly like the white the whites of your eyes now hang me up to dry you wrung me out too too too many times now hang me up to dry I'm pearly like the white the whites of your eyes now hang me up to dry you wrung me out too too too many times now hang me up to dry I'm pearly like the white the whites of your eyes |
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| 3. |
| 3:37 |
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speak about Greenly
now that she's gone take my time when I go to bed and I sleep Lord I'm getting over rolling over I said can you just wait to tell me in the morning slow it down slow it down lay it low save it for the morning I know that you would like like to change me make me softer tune your voice like a baby I'm using caution bet you wanted I wish you could wait to tell me in the morning slow it down slow it down lay it low save it for the morning I shouted questions like a fierce fire you tried to take me by the arm into the light I'm almost over rolling over I wish you could wait to tell me in the morning slow it down slow it down lay it low save it for the morning and i'll tell you one more thing I confess to self deception pull the lock and pry it open they're pretending to be stolen I am my own thief in the night struck up for many years just to get here between the humility and be my own teacher I guess it backfired 'cause my motive was just to take and never kept that way I guess slow it down slow it down lay it low save it for the morning I shouted questions like a fierce fire you tried to take me into your arms and lead me to the light I'm almost over rolling over I wish you could wait to tell me in the morning slow it down slow it down lay it low save it for the moring and I'll tell you one more thing I confess to self deception pull the lock and pry it open they're pretending to be stolen and I am my own thief in the night |
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| 4. |
| 3:41 |
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Conversations that
went on terrible paths don't talk about that No no don't talk about that We're coming back loud and end this conversation Said you let your hair down you got enough to go round oh mine Said you let your hair down but you've been telling me that since the day we meet She's laughing like a choir girl She's laughing like a choir girl She's laughing like a choir girl when she doubles over sounds like Hallelujah She's talking to my mother She's on the phone with my mother She's talking to my mother She's looking up at me like I'm a criminal She bargains like a lawyer sacrifice like a martyr She's just her mother's daughter cutting cloth and washing a pan Man we were still just babies dreaming of the sixties Man we were still just babies dressing up in rags with our wallets full Now our pockets are shallow our quart running low I saw their empty but I'm just a fool A woman in the kitchen told me that true love it waits but of all the rules he lives by that's the one that he hates |
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| 5. |
| 3:25 |
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Look up from the hymnal
look 'round at the faces of families closing their eyes We're taking Communion and passing the offering hat around at the same time I reached for the hat and take all the cash And slide it into my ragged coat sleeve And leave in it's place a note to explain All of the reasons that stealing has led me to leave If there was a worthy cause for to give to May I be so bold as to say The givers not knowing where their money's going Is as sinful as throwing away Stained glasses shine on my red wine And the sweat of my brow drips to my shaking knees A small sacrifice to benefit one man's journey away from America's seas Sweet sweet sigh of relief Sweet sweet O Baltic Sea Sweet sweet sigh of relief Sweet sweet O Baltic Sea Sweet sweet sigh of relief Sweet sweet O Baltic Sea Nobody here knows my name Call it right or wrong I bought my ticket just the same |
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| 6. |
| 3:27 |
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Supper time in the hole
supper time in the hole I shame my family shame my home supper time old st john on death row he's just waiting for a pardon old st john on death row he's just waiting for a pardon old st john on death row he's just waiting for a pardon old st john on death row he's just waiting all the white boys in the stay pressed slacks they're home for the summer from college stayin' out late getting rowdy at the bar and lookin' for trouble uptown they come up my block about 5 or 6 of them smashing their bottles in the gutter yelling all kinds of obscenities upout woman in got alone another supper time in the hole supper time I shame my family shame my home supper time young girl turning the corner with a clerk dress on that girl was my sister just got off the night shift pretty desperate just wanna go home and get some sleep well grabbed her by the waist with the caffeine eyes I picked up a brick from my papa's front yard and threw it at the tallest boys face well blood was streaming Like a well that sprung I couldn't believe what I had just done well the other boy's ran and this one stayed on the ground and he would never move again old st john on death row he's just waiting for a pardon old st john on death row he's just waiting for a pardon all us boys on death row we're just waiting for a pardon all us boys on death row jury on trial I testify I got to keep on runnin til the well runs dry jury on trial I testify I got to keep on runnin til the well runs dry jury on trial I testify I got to keep on runnin til the well runs dry jury on trial I testify I got to keep on runnin til the well runs dry |
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| 7. |
| 3:39 |
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Sulkin'
walkin' 'round the city after dark need protection from street thugs who clip the tires and rip the doors off rugs and cowards and all this life we've glorified robbin' from the blind it's not easy you see don't think I don't know sympathy my victims in my shadow starin' back at me not me I'm knockin tip toe outside a stranger's door casually let myself in fill pockets with trinkets purses china antique armoirs and all this life we've glorified robbin' from the blind it's not easy you see don't think I don't know sympathy my victims in my shadow starin back at me as robbers in my thoughts they tell me what to think they're hiding in my clothes crawling in the kitchen sink |
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| 8. |
| 4:39 |
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There's nothing to do here
some just whine and complain in bed in the hospital coming and going asleep and awake in bed at the hospital tell me the story of how you ended up here I've heard it all in the hospital nothing's sufficing doctors on tour somewhere in India I've got one friend laying across form me I did not choose him he did not choose me we've got no chance of recovery joy and hospital joy and misery joy and misery joy and misery put out the fire boys don't stop don't stop put out the fire on us put out the fire boys don't stop don't stop put out the fire on us bring the buckets by the dozens bring your nieces and your cousins come put out the fire on us we are now fish and chips italian opera we are now fish and chips italian opera I've got one friend laying across from me I did not choose him he did not choose me we've got no chance of recovery joy and hospital joy and misery the joy and misery the joy and misery the joy the joy the joy misery put out the fire boys don't stop don't stop put out the fire on us put out the fire boys don't stop don't stop put out the fire on us bring the buckets by the dozens bring your nieces and your cousins come put out the fire on us |
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| 9. |
| 3:58 |
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Slither to sea, speakin' in tongues
Deft as a surgeon's knife, carvin' through bone Pregnant with doubt, you figured out Tricks of the trade to make whispers shout Mouth full of sweets rotten your teeth Lift up the rug and sweep it underneath You were dreaming When you don't believe Pregnant with doubt, you figured out Tricks of the trade to make whispers shout Mouth full of sweets rotten your teeth Lift up the rug and sweep it underneath You were dreaming When you don't believe Slither to sea, speakin' in tongues Deft as a surgeon's knife, carvin' through bone |
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| 10. |
| 2:36 |
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He pours the wine into his coffee cup
This jazz has dropped it's time to pick it up 2:30 he rolls out of this brass at last Terence love is barking something crass Each night a thousand stairs go up both ways Soul and color peeking through his sleeves M's down at the coast it's too late for buses run Slides into his headphones sleeps to solo monk Success success his smile is saccharine Glamorous he's pouring Pancho's gin Lives his live a painful and lovely day In the history of a great pregnancy Squat public library checking out "The Trial" Strolls to the pier to gather his thoughts Squat public library checking out "The Trial" He's talking to himself about it He don't get upset, get upset He can't sleep He'll have another cigarette and don't get upset He don't get upset, get upset |
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| 11. |
| 4:47 |
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Backseat of your family station wagon, listening Nina Simone
One Hundred years of solitude and only 12 years old God make up your mind God make up your mind Do you wanna play fair Or should I take what's mine Your mom is calling out, ”Look at the Grand Canyon” Camilla couldn't care less Gaze into the hole Your stomach feels the emptiness of death God make up your mind God make up your mind Do you wanna play fair Or should I take what's mine, like everyone else From New York to New Orleans, played alphabet Kansas to Boise, won the battleship Memorized the capitals, crossword puzzles Drew a picture of a cat laying dead in the street Daydream about my real dad back in California Elephant in your brain, reminding you you've got to make a choice Wraps his arms around you slow Cause you tense up like an armadillo God make up your mind God make up your mind Do you wanna play fair Or should I take what's mine, like everyone else Why ain't my teacher on a street sign? He's done so much more than politicians, dead musicians You wanna help someone you gotta be a no one That's what I figured out the cat in the street meant You gotta make up your mind Make up your mind Make up your mind |
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| 12. |
| 11:02 |
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So let's go deadbolt your shed door
Cram your paper money, snug, closer than before Chandeliers are falling in graveyard rows And your eyes are shifting dials like AM radios Snowed over river, melted more last night Still the same, the shattered windshields of spidered ice Yes, yes, mother, I mean to be baptized Seeds that make the higher ground grow and multiply Joy to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night Bourbon and a pistol in the dash, out of sight What did you expect, romantic call of why? Just empty, desert light Few feet float above these Persian throw rugs And tuck themselves in percussionist, succession words Tonight, a single, simple folk play themselves low Just like talking city blues, down in the hole we loathe Joy to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night Bourbon and a pistol in the dash, out of sight What did you expect, romantic call of why? Just empty, desert light I suggest that you respect the deal And keep your nose out of business of priests and holy men The life you have chosen is filled with dirty finger nails And lost and founds and canceled appointments Ten, ten more avenues, time to choose And there's rain that'll fall down on fire There's fifty doors to choose from and there's many more Many more inside, inside, inside Well, the night time's going to come The night time's going to come Joy to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night Bourbon and a pistol in the dash, out of sight What did you expect, romantic call of why? Just empty, desert light Joy to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night Joy to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night Joy to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night Just empty, desert light, it's just empty, desert light It's just empty, desert light |
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