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from Down By Law - Windwardtidesandwaywardsails (2004)
living -- if you can call this living
thinking will it ever go away?
dying -- there's all these people dying
i'm conscious of it every single day
[chorus]
who's gonna be the next to go?
walking in a new kind of fear
laughing at all the people here
asking how could this happen here?
taking my choices away
[chorus]
under the gun
well it's been a month, standing in the shadows
under the gun
well it's been a month, hiding from the sun
parking lots all up and down the interstate
and on the news it's a great debate
back to the normal? it will have to wait
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from Down By Law - Fly The Flag (2005)
the man on the street --
he doesn't know my name
but I am sure we're not at all the same
man on the street -- ou know he looks like me
but he'll never know all the things i've seen
see him and there's no enmity --
sometimes there's jealousy
but would you be him? I don't think so
no a hair is out of place -- he sets the pace
and he's a step ahead of me
the man on the street --
he doesn't look at me
and if he did I wonder what he sees
he might be kind; he might be alright
are his concerns so far away from mine?
see him and there's no problem --
thought he always looks so cold
but would you be him? I don't think so
not a stich out of place -- he sets the pace
and he's just a step ahead
he keeps a step ahead of me
he lives as expected
secure and protected
the world won't affect him
and so I reject him now
I feel so different, though I might no look so
you can wear the costume, but do you march in time?
there's so many targets in the world to see
feel the dirt of rebellion beneath your feet!
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from Down By Law - Fly The Flag (2005)
somewhere in a cold jail cell
is a man doing time,
in a living hell
for perjury
but it's o.k. for billy
somewhere is a young girl
her life is forever swirled
she's out of luck
but it's o.k. for billy
and so many pawns will fall
for every king's stone wall
I believe that we should strive
for more
obstruction, deception
and still they blindly support him
they've lowered the standards
that they could've raised
it's such a shame
this is the new breed
and i'm standing on my own
I remember when
there were democrats
who stood tall and
were cool cats
now all I see are
more suits and ties
double standards,
equivocate
but even kings can get checkmate
just be honest and show this
king the door
some say that it's just lies, but
I think it's just trust
and I believe that we should
strive for more
if he were in the g.o.p.,
you know that instantly
they'd be lining up to fire
but now they lowered the standards
that they could've raised
it's such a shame
but this is the new breed
for every little kid today
who wonders why this one's o.k.
well, kid these are double standards
and this is the new breed
and i'm standing on my own
and maybe it's naive
for someone to believe
that there's a better way
to run the show today
but somewhere is a man or woman
political in stripe
whoe doesn't want to fall in line
who'll say what's wrong is right
and it's time to put it right
the king should lose his crown
this time
who has the guts to say
this thing is not o.k.
for the sake of kings to come
but now they lowered the standards
that they could've raised
it's such a shame
this is the new breed
for every little kid today
who wonders why this one's o.k.
well, kid these are double standards
and this is the new breed
this is the new breed
well i'm standing on my own
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from Down By Law - Fly The Flag (2005)
sitting in my room
just wasting time
i've spent my whole life asking
questions
and when the answers come
they hurt or wound
I don't know what it takes to bind it
I don't know what it takes to find it
is there such a thing as piece of mind?
on the telephone
I hear your voice
and I wonder what's behind it
and in your eyes
the blankest beauty
I wonder what there is inside it
I don't know what it takes
to find you
i'll give pieces of my mind
i'm always mixed up every time
pathetic ramblings, this I know
welcome to this bitter show
this poetry is not romantic
and anger is not a tonic
painting on a smile
so you'll never know
just how deeply your words
hurt me
and boys don't cry
this I know
i've been socialized to
hide it
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from Down By Law - Fly The Flag (2005)
you're such a sweet girl
i'm so sorry when ni lose my cool
seems like sometimes I most appreciate that
when i'm far way from you
and I know that's not how
it's supposed to be, o.k.
and it's usually not, but
somehow it is today
you're such a cool girl
and I really think that every day
and just to prove it's true,
i'm dreaming of you
when you're a thousand miles away
and I know that's just how
it's supposed to be, o.k.
but I forget when you're
close to me
i'm sorry sometimes
don't build up walls of
toughness to protect your
self from me
i'm still the boy you love,
and you're the girl for me
those walls are going to fall
those walls are going to fall
i'm sorry sometimes
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from Down By Law - Fly The Flag (2005)
gonna head on out of town
on a greyhound bus tonight
you can say that it's a retreat but i'm not
fighting
broken tatooed heart
like words and promises
and i've seen just too many wrongs for righting
bitterfree -- the road that lies ahead
two blue eyes, focused rage
dear god i'm seeing red
i'm free
free of you
i'm free
free to choose
you can say it's alright
life's just a roll of dice
you can say that it's just a game but i'm not playing
and friends I once believed
seem so distant now to me
and I don't even know which way i'm facing
bitterfree, the road that lies ahead
two blue eyes, focused rage
dear god i'm seeing red
there's been up that we've been through
but i've had too much bitter fruit
i'm free
free of you
i'm free
free to choose
color me a shade of blue
can you see me
pull away from you?
now I haven't got a hope
there's no place left to turn
wondering if that bridge is far behind me
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from Down By Law - Fly The Flag (2005)
the revolution will be compromised
if we don't move now
1,000 mental road signs
go blurring by
telling us that this is the time
this is the time
the revolution will be compromised
if we don't move now
see the kids out on the street
so much wasted energy
if they had a leader
what an army they would be
but that's not reality
there is no reason without reason
complacency to be feared
why do we get out of bed?
light a fire in your head
the revolution has been compromised
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