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Al, he sells records down on old st. charley's street
He's cleaning up fat tuesday's mess he keeps the sidewalks neat And he just lost his father and he just lost his wife And if it wasn't for the music he couldn't get on with his life And he knows what i know It's not all that hard to survive You take the good and the bad and the time in between It lets us know we're alive Well now be be's singing gospel And down on bourbon she sings the blues She plays on all my heart strings curls my toes up in my shoes And she knows what i'm after Chase my dreams with all my might She says you shouldn't be so anxious and deep down i know she's right And she knows what i know It's not all that hard to survive You take the good and the bad and the time in between It lets us know we're alive Well get on board the rocket Step right into the front car You know life's a roller coaster It ain't got no safety bar Raise your voices up with laughter Bring it in with one big sigh Consecrated in the wonder .... we're alive Norman he plays music but only in my dreams Shows me all the beauty that soulful music brings But sometimes he's a spectre and i wake up clenched with fear But lesson good or bad he always keeps me clear And he knows what i know It's not all that hard to survive You take the good and the bad and the time in between It lets us know we're alive |
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| 2. |
| 4:31 |
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Tim he was a good friend
Yea was a brother of mine We were imaginary comic book superheroes Kids wasting time We were prisoners of our youth We were growing up strong 'Til the day he was taken away For something he did wrong Tim came 'round just the other day And boy he had some stories to tell His mama kept him locked up in a rehab Although the doctors said he was well He said yeah I been through the anger And the hatred towards my mom And I put all that behind me Just tell me what was it like to go to your prom He said thank you mom for fixing My clouded broken mind But excuse me if I seem a little rude While I was missing my childhood, my brother and my prime You enjoyed the convenience of my solitude Well growing up these days just ain't easy And the kids they're doing the best that they can So mama you better think twice Before you lock your kid up and throw away the key 'Cause soon your little boy is gonna be a man He said thank you mom for fixing My clouded broken mind But excuse me if I seem a little rude While I was missing my childhood, my brother and my prime You enjoyed the convenience of my solitude Tim left town yesterday He left me with these words He said yeah I know this life's got a lot to give But my childhood is gone And I'm not afraid of dying I'm gonna grab the world by the horns and learn how to live He said thank you mom for fixing My clouded broken mind But excuse me if I seem a little rude While I was missing my childhood, my brother and my prime You enjoyed the convenience of my solitude |
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| 4:22 |
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Looking back on younger days the view stretched on for miles
We charged into our futures with laughter and smiles As we traveled blindly the road became so thick No chance to change direction and we've laughed until we're sick Now I keep company with wicked evil men My generosity's brimming but I'm still inclined to sin My friends think I am crazy and I know that may be so But I'm as happy with a penny as coffers full of gold And so for all of you I say, don't miss the forest for all the trees And don't ever question Honor Among Thieves The undergrowth has parted now the path is easily read It's lined with all the doubters regretting all they've said God bless all the dreamers and those who lead with soul For how can you know virtue 'less you fought out of a hole And so for all of you I say, don't miss the forest for all the trees And don't ever question Honor Among Thieves Trickle of a chuckle as laughter starts to pour Bells begin to jingle the trickles now a roar Pan floutist, cloven dancer The mischief has begun Laugh with me if it's funny, laugh at me if it's fun And I don't know St. Peter but I know he believes There's a place in heaven for Jesters, Dreamers & Thieves |
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| 4. |
| 3:31 |
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After all the corridors are darkened
When the royal crown is off your head To your chambers I will creep not a word we will speak Just love me while the fire light dances 'round the bed Well there is danger in this passion Because the king can never never know And on my blood I've sworn my allegiance So I'll leave you when the sunlight comes and beckons me to go And the silver shine is tarnished from my armor And in battle I am paralyzed with fear And this poison in my soul is the love we'll never know And it finds me playing Lancelot to your Guinevere Well and Guinevere is sly enough to steal a little taste And her laughter it peals into the night Oh but forbidden fruit always stays sticky on your face And without virtue I'm worthless in a fight Stealing little glances at the table I feel that this is theatre in the round But far away chasing s in the meadow Your love like wind, blows right by and sweeps me off the ground Your love sweeps me off the ground Well now it sweeps me off the the ground And the silver shine is tarnished from my armor And in battle I am paralyzed with fear And this poison in my soul is the love we'll never know And it finds me playing Lancelot to your Guinevere |
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| 3:55 |
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Sittin' on the edge
Looking for songs in a bottle Talking with strangers who don't know my pain Blurry eyed and burned out Choking on more than I can swallow Crack in a little voice called out my name She said ~ Whatever happened to you, It's been two years where have you been. And I guess all my fears were true The words were all gone the time's been too long. But its not too late to sat sorry to my friend Staring in her face, I see a past that still haunts me The road where we split up is paved with the things I didn't say We had wonderful times, but terrible timing Now just leave her alone, I'll just be in the way She said whatever happened to you You took the coward's way out again And I guess all my fears were true The words are all gone, the time's been too long But it's not too late to say I'm sorry to a friend I'm sorry to a friend. Sorry to a friend Like a stone in a stream Life smoothes all our edges 'Til we barely make a ripple any more But those times in my life will live with me forever But we're not the same people that we were before And I'm sorry for the smiles we missed and the times that I blew it I've got so much to tell you I don't know where to start Maybe I'll find a way maybe you'll help me do it 'Cause friends like us should not be apart And I'm sorry to a friend Well now I'm sorry |
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| 6. |
| 4:40 |
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Rubber on my tires making contact with the road
Sign on the streetpost tells me which way I should go Riding down America Street funny that it's one way Riding down from uptown to where the buildings are broken down in decay America Street it's right nearby Land of the free and the brave If we can't work and make some change There won't be much of this land left to save It's a classic case of misdirection and slight of hand We watch while our deficit grows What a shame that we can't teach our kids to read Makes you wonder where all the tax money goes ...I don't know Well America Street it's right nearby Land of the free and the brave And if we can't work and make some change There won't be much of this land left to save Won't be much to save Excuse me sir pardon me can you spare some change Because it's cold and I live outside A thoughtful search into my pockets finds enough so he can rocket Right up to the bar and enjoy his lie America Street it's right nearby Land of the free and the brave And if we can't work and make some change There won't be much of this land left to save Won't be much to save... |
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| 7. |
| 4:59 |
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Hey boy pushin' on your girlfriend
Trying to show her all the pain you feel inside Yeah and head all scrambled and the love is gone And you don't know what went wrong But I think I heard you hissing something about blue steel But when you talk about something like gun play Let me tell you it's a losing bet But when the hammer falls all bets are called And five to one you're gonna lose When you talk about something like Russian Roulette Tears run down your sweet love's face I say she's a mirror of your insides And you can't scream loud enough to let it go And you mouthful of pride you just can't swallow Rips your soul like a hurricane tide But when you talk about something like gun play Let me tell you it's a losing bet But when the hammer falls all bets are called And five to one you're gonna lose When you talk about something like Russian Roulette Pack up your ego and your tantrum Put it back with your anger and your pride Beating up on your girlfriend Ain't gonna change anything inside But when you talk about something like gun play Let me tell you it's a losing bet But when the hammer falls all bets are called And five to one you're gonna lose When you talk about something like Russian Roulette |
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| 8. |
| 4:23 |
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Sweet love is keeping a very close score
She's cheated death more than one time The tears roll down her face and on to the floor The psychic's been reading her mind Women with secrets men with their rage The lines run deeper than words on the page Breeze through the window, it turns bitter chill Pretend we don't feel it, lie here real still Whispered in visions of new earth shine We volunteer to do nothing again The world falls around us all we can do is whine Living out the future of original sin Women with secrets men with their rage The lines run deeper than actors on the stage Breeze through the mountains turns bitter chill Pretend we don't feel it, lie here real still Well now follow me to the water Dive right through the film Swim in the madness, fulfill every whim Why worry about tomorrow that you'll never see Why talk about the children that will never be Give us this day our daily bread Forgive us our monstrosities No more stories of the Quick and the Dead The asphalt will burn with our liabilities |
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| 4:00 |
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Well i don't drive a fast car
You know it just ain't my style And i don't give a damn about that You know it ain't worth my while And i've been known to run around Burned some bridges in my time You know those girls tried to tie me down But my heart is still all mine Well elvis had his blue suede shoes and samson had his hair You know i got my music baby And my dreams will take me there You know i don't smoke cigarettes i don't see the point And if you're gonna put smoke in your lungs Might as well smoke a joint Well i don't mind if you hang around Just don't start talking that love talk baby Don't bring me down Well don't call me a scoundrel Baby don't call me a thief Don't look down your nose at me I don't need all your grief Join me and the jesters, singing for today Live life at its fullest Before it slips away Well i don't mind if you hang around Just don't start talking that love talk baby Don't bring me down Why you want to shoot me down I'm just trying to be your friend now baby But you lock the door, hide the key, hide under the bed You're gonna hide from me Come on baby, let me in ... |
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| 4:22 |
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Sitting in the kitchen,
Just staring at the cracks in the wall I've been sitting here since yesterday Just waiting on you to call The cracks remind me of you and I They're all up, down and split apart And all the cracks in the wall lead to one great big hole That used to be my heart Now that I think of it Nothing ever worked out right All we ever seemed to do is just cuss, scream, bitch and fight All we did was fight The tears I cried Fell on a cold and lonely floor No one to wipe them away The tears I cried Will be my own and they'll follow me And that's the way it's gonna stay Now that I think of it Nothing ever worked out right All we ever seemed to do is just cuss, scream, bitch and fight All we did was fight Oh pretty baby, can't you understand I'm not made up of enough to be your man Oh pretty baby, don't know what to say I just want you to ... go away Well I'd love to sit and reflect on this But I haven't got the time Just tell me why you chose to be so cruel, mean, brutal so unkind Now that I think of it Nothing ever worked out right All we ever seemed to do was cuss, scream, bitch and fight All we did is fight The tears I cried fell on a cold and lonely floor No one to wipe them away The tears I cried Will be my own and they'll follow me And that's the way it's gonna stay |
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| 11. |
| 4:32 |
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Thirty Pieces of silver screen
Deep inside our souls How did we betray our imagination Watching our futures unfold Without a whisper for fear of intrusion We have to see how this part ends Time out for commericals Time out to be good friends But our generation's angry We're so scared that we can't see The answer right inside of us If we can find the place in our hearts where we're all free Does it see that time works against us Or does it just march on and on and on Sometimes it drives me crazy Proving Nostradamus wrong, so wrong But we still have secret silos with buttons, codes and keys We can avert this awful disaster If we find the place in our hearts where we're all free And what a tall order Far be it for me to say Maybe I'll try a little harder Starting Here Today Or just throw in the towel Laydown five up the ghost And join all the cynics Luckier than most. Maybe I'll check out with a bullet Would you think less of me Or would it frighten you enough Would it rattle you enough Would it frighten you enough to ... Find the place in our hearts where we're all free |
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| 12. |
| 4:24 |
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It's 3:00 A.M.
I'm awake and my heart is still dreaming It's 3:00 A.M. Outside I hear the souls still screaming It's been so long you know since my head's been this clear Just like a ship lost in the night I just don't know which way I should steer But I'll keep chasing my dreams And only you can make them real I pour my heart out every night But do you know the way that I feel Sometimes this is work And don't you know sometimes this is play Sometimes you are listening to me And sometimes you don't hear a damn word that I say Sometimes there's a girl Sometimes I go home alone And I guess it's no wonder right now That I do very well on my own But I'll keep chasing my dreams And only you can make them real I pour my heart out every night But do you know the way that I feel And I will play just as long as you will listen Now I'm in no big hurry to get back on the road Sometimes in this lifestyle I feel like there's so much that I'm missing Well I'm missing you It's just that I'm ... so far from home It's 3:00 A.M. I'm awake and my heart is still dreaming It's 3:00 A.M. Outside I hear the souls still screaming |
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