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| 1. |
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Why don't you be good for something
And draw down the shade On a sign that sat up all night shivering On a sign that sat up all night afraid Well now chains on the oasis that Leads a man to drink Drunk on the kind of applause That gets louder the lower you sink Gratitude walks on Sixth Street Pull it from the air And they throw it in the blue And you're spinning under their wheels Trapped in your room You're jumpy, you don't want to see You don't want to see them have their fun Slap her face if she should laugh Push him down if he should try and run Gratitude walks on Sixth Street Take a number for your big woman They sold the rules of dream land in cotton, wool, and cement Well it's never what you want It's just the kind of thing that always happens here Yeah you watch the good old days pass you by Leaving your cupboards bare Gratitude walks on Sixth Street |
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| 2. |
| 3:39 |
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The love cry of the traveling man goes
No one knows who I am But I'm as priceless as a brass ring That's losing the heat from your hand A quiet man sits quietly learning his lesson The slwo smooth wheel of disintegration You don't want them to talk to you No you don't want to take part You say, "Just get me back to the leper colony 'Cause that's where you left my heart." I feel time pass by like a joy no medicine can preserve Somewhere along the line I lost my nerve Maybe I'm almost there Give me the keys to your theme park Bury me under your layer of snow And watch me ride all the rides Around and around I go I don't know if I've reached the bottom yet And I don't know if the ice has finally begun to set I feel time pass like a joy I tried so hard to relearn But somewhere along the line I passed the point of no return Maybe I'm almost there The love cry of the traveling man goes No one knows who I am But I'm as priceless as a brass ring That lost the heat from your hand |
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| 3. |
| 3:00 |
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Back seat over the wing
And I'm the happiest hot potato on the plane Yeah I'm looking I'm looking it's beautiful I think I wanna go and live out there right now Oh stewardess can you fix me some Mercury The city below me shines I guess I'm part of Detroit's shining dream The ones that forget that I was ever here The one that's going to forget that I had ever been Oh stewardess can you fix me I'll follow the rules if you tell me With one of those endless smiles I love all your little bottles of Mercury My throttle's open wide And I'm wasting my life and I'm wasting time And I'd give all of Hitler's broad oceans Ready to swallow Detroit a million times over The city below me shines I guess I'm part of Detroit's shining dream The ones that forget that I was ever here The one that's going to forget that I had ever been Oh stewardess can you fix me I'll follow the rules if you tell me With one of those endless smiles I love all your little bottles of Mercury My throttle's open wide And I'm wasting my life and I'm wasting time And I'd give all of Hitler's broad oceans Ready to swallow Detroit a million times over |
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| 4. |
| 4:27 |
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Lazarus wasn't grateful for his second wind
For another chance watch his chances fade like the dawn and leave I can barely tell you just how pale I get Without you I've been a mess since you've been gone What were the first words that crowd heard him speak I bet he was cursing at the sky I bet he wasn't turning no other cheek And was there still hope and desire left in his heart For the last word in love I've been a mess since you've been gone Your beauty is just a slap in the face That's gonna bring me back to life Back to another sky that's blue It's gonna turn me into another great American zombie So hungry for you I've been a mess since you've been gone |
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| 4:15 |
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My revenge against the world
is to believe everything you say Balance as you are on a pile of empty bottles And even when the world has taken all your defenses away There's no way that you can be true I'll believe you Don't you get sick of party favors That start with a whimper and end with a whisper And even when every single one of your gestures is a lie To me, you always ring true I'll believe you The first time the cops came they were like brand new friends The second time they came they were a little concerned They said, “We know all about you You're like moths to a flame." Yeah we speak too much and none of it's ever true What happens to the rat that stops running the maze The doctors think it's dumb when it's just disappointed I meant it when I said that I would never see you again But no matter how dumb I get there's one thing I'll always do I'll believe you |
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| 6. |
| 3:42 |
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You saw my face fall into a well-worn groove
A child starts playing a role and ends up type-cast in every movie I took cold comfort in your touch and now I'm laughing high and dry Yeah I felt everything I'm gonna feel Cried all the real tears I'm gonna cry I don't care what you dreams you have I don't care about your second sight Now that you've cut yourself off You're not even sure things are clear and bright Well did you let it take hold of your soul Was it like moonrise over your desert shore Tell me is it more evil to lose your heart Or to go on as before What could come around What could make a difference to me now What could come around Nothing could bring me down I get warm to any touch So why does yours get so cold At first you didn't mean very much Now you rule my life Watch your house of cards take a deep breath Watch it breathe word for word Fifty-two secrets the justice would never protect Fifty-two secrets justice never heard What could come around What could make a difference to me now What could come around Nothing could bring me down How thirsty is your soil Indifferent hearts never keep anything long I spend my time looking around For something to bring me down |
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| 7. |
| 2:56 |
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There's so little love left in my heart for anyone
I'm like an ant on your map You can see me going down the drain Will you keep me around I've got nothing to hold on to The sound the air makes as I fall Is like a laugh that was torn From way nothing was before From when things just seemed the same How did I get so far down Will you keep me around If you don't want me, why don't you say Why don't you tell me I've been cut off for so long from anyone My face is like a broken map and I can't go anywhere Will you keep me around |
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| 8. |
| 2:03 |
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Shuffling through people like cards
I can't find anyone to take my losing hand Winning streak left me high and dry A winning streak that slowly drains from the land I'm hanging by a thread Forget me, I pray to the day Tired of being stuck on a pin Forget me, don't see me this way Jumping out of my skin Hanging by a thread Shuffling through people like cards Let them blow around like sand Maybe it'll uncover some beauty in their eyes Maybe it'll give me a place to breathe Maybe give me some room to stand I'm hanging by a thread |
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| 9. |
| 4:00 |
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When you left you took all memory of me with
Leaving me with no hope of every being loved And now like the air I'm blowing and blowing With no hope of ever being seen Did you hear the one about Mr. Ed Well he said, "I'm this way because of the things I've seen But I would rather count on your love instead Daily eating my weight in hay." And I hate to see a good thing just go to waste Honey it's a little weak for my taste Well I've been praying a lot lately It's because I no longer have a TV Just a flourescent hangover to light the way Between the things you say and the things I see I just called you up to see If you wanted to go out and drink a little wine And waste some time on a rollercoaster ride But you say it's too dangerous to lead an empty life And I hate to see all your sweet words just go to waste But honey they're a little weak for my taste Well I'm an expert in all things that nature abhors Your look of disgust when I touched your skin And I try to figure what the world needs me for So I replay the scene again and again And I can see you try and put me in my place Honey that's a little weak for my taste |
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| 10. |
| 3:08 |
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Capp Street is an underwater cave
That's filled with crutches and canes And faces that were washed away Away from innocence and pain They don't care who lost the one They just wanna get the whole thing over and done They keep me up all night They sing songs to the moon Wishing they could close their eyes But they're waiting for Jacques Cousteau The girls outside they're not waiting for the sun They just wanna get the whole thing over and done Seems like bowl history down To a forty-five minute wait A big boredom filled with stars All burning with hate Yeah we had a good time, we had some fun And now we wanna get the whole thing over and done |
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| 11. |
| 3:43 |
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I lay all my songs at Johnny Mathis' feet
I said, "Johnny tell me Can you tell me how to live? All my hopes are unraveling and I just lost my lease On my house without love, doors, or windows Without peace." And with a wave of his jewel-encrusted hand Across the glittering Las Vegas scene he said, "You gotta learn how to disappear in the silk and amphetamine." Johnny looked at my songs and he said, "Well at first guess, never in my life Have I ever seen such a mess. Why do you say everything as if you were a thief? Like what you've stolen has no value Like what you preach is far from belief?" And with a wave of his red white and blue hand Across the glittering Hollywood scene he said, "You gotta learn how to disappear in the silk and amphetamine." Johnny looked at my old collection of punk rock posters Anonymous scenes of disaffection choas and torture And he said, "You were on the right track But you're a lamb jumping for the knife." He said, "A real showman knows how to disappear in the spotlight." |
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| 12. |
| 4:23 |
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When I spend too much time alone, I get afraid
Afraid that you're gonna leave me breathing Afraid of what they'd throw in the way In the way of something simple like leaving "Forgive me if you can," said the sad cashier "For the dollars and cents our love has become. I didn't sell you anything my dear You were a scarecrow looking for a bonfire to sleep on." "Believe me if you can," said the pile of bones "I think that this is all there is left to see. Just waiting for my perscription to come ‘Cause every sec in hell dissolves more of me." And all of heaven's ten thousand whores Are on a partyline to his big toe Singing Ooooo I just can't do it anymore So don't bother asking now you know Don't bother me with little things Pennies, nickels, quarters, and dimes They've all taken me as far as I'm gonna go So don't bother asking now you know Believe me if you can |
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| 1:59 | 
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| 14. |
| 4:06 |
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If you ask the man in the tollbooth
Well I'm sure he'd tell you That on the highways there's a million ways If you want to disappear Should you take a left or a right, Well I'm sure I don't care All I want out of life is to hide somewhere Will you find me? Each Halloween your faces get more frightening The closer I look the more I can see Your limits begin to show The astronaut won first prize, It was was a ton of moon dust All I see in his eyes are years of hate and mistrust Will you find me? "come out come out wherever you are," Said the fisherman to the sea "oh I miss you, I miss you love. where can you be? If I have to wait anymore then I won't believe In the love that I've known Or in the life that I have known." Will you find me? |
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