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Did You Know
05:37
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Out on a Ledge
03:54
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Used and abused like second hand news
Your wasting your time but you're paying your dues
I've given you mine but you've wasted that too
Used and abused just like second hand news
The names have all changed you're still playing games
You move all around but your number's the same
You look everywhere for somebody to blame
The names have all changed but you're still playing games
Your body is aching, you're out on a ledge
A fool for the taking, you're losing your edge
Your heart's beating faster, your palms start to sweat
You know what you're after but it hasn't showed yet
You're heeding the call your back's to the wall
Standing your ground but you're ready to fall
You look at the picture but you don't see it all
You're heeding the call with your back to the wall
Your body is aching, you're out on a ledge
A fool for the taking, you're losing your edge
Your heart's beating faster, your palms start to sweat
You know what you're after but it hasn't showed yet
Used and abused, the names have all changed
You're heeding the call but they're on to your games
Your body is aching, you're out on a ledge
A fool for the taking, you're losing your edge
Your heart's beating faster, your palms start to sweat
You know what you're after but it hasn't showed yet
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Winter Snow
02:08
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4. |
What A Life
03:09
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down on the corner John and the others have flown the coop
the blue light spinning got them wanting right on out of the loop
all the good detectives say you young guns got the attitude
but the good night's winning over that morality babble view
boom bang boom and it's raining headlines
and talking head's telling us we got it almost right
oh, what a life... living on the street tonight
up at Jack Horner's rock got thrown over by e d m
the hip hop's selling hot but rap climbed onto a country limb
most the bad immigrants have lost the will to take the lead
Politicians growl on cue and spout bout opponent's deeds
boom bang boom and it's raining headlines
and talking head's telling us we got it almost right
oh, what a life... living on the street tonight
oh my oh me... the homeless look like they're at home tonight
Beginning to wonder if it's me that's refusing to see the lies
boom bang boom and it's raining headlines
and talking head's telling us we got it almost right
oh, what a life... living on the street tonight
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Two Dollar Bill
03:39
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When the war is over well start, start a new life
After the war is over well get a new start and do it right
We’ll have a home and a car Go for drives in The country and be free
Well make up for lost time forget things that Hurt
After the war well move out west and get a ranch
Well grow a garden with tomatoes cultivate some weed
I'll paint pictures of clouds and trees You'll sing the songs of our day
Well make up for lost time forget things that Hurt
And we'll sleep under the stars in our pickup truck
I’ll get a steady job And we can be as normal as we can
Well have a phone in the kitchen and a hi fi in The living room
I promise you honey ill make it up to you and remember to forget
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I used to go down to the river
used to chase that cinnamon girl
I used to be a southern man
but now I'm all over the world
ain't no ticket to the last show
ain't no ticket to the last show
but don't let it bring you down
cause down on the beach
the rocking's free
it's all a dream.. we're all gonna go
It's Mister Soul
they used to be crime in the city
way back before Clementine's news
I danced on the cowgirl's sand
to the light of a Harvest Moon
chorus
everybody know this is nowhere
but roll another number
and saddle up the palamino
cause we're rocking in the free world
Tonight... is the night
chorus
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Rack 'em Up
03:05
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Old joe he says he's got six CDs of music in His head
As he sits at the bar and goes in for the shots
There's Biliy the bartender pourin up the shots and beers
Moe begins to sing the landslide I'm goin out for a smoke
Cliff is looking crazed as his eyes search the door
And joes talkin how he done his woman wrong again
Garret has a martini glass poised like his momma used to play
Fred tells the same joke over Nd over again
Ron cooper never could keep up with the band
There's the guy who only wrote one song
He sings it every time.
And there's the dyed blond yelling about her dad who's outta work
Her boyfriend plays the blues on a silver tone guitar
They never play the same thing twice
And the words are all a mess but she sings it good
Rack em up ill get my cue and get over you
And in time Ill get mine. You'll get what's due
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The Last Time I Saw You
09:39
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With dirty hands and cardboard shirt
In the country kitchen
By the steam table
Is mister sleeve
Serving Tupperware dessert
For the people outside
Layers and layers of clothes
Too much, it smells like cheddar cheese
I cup my mouth I gag running for the door
Please let me out
My hunger is cured
Please set me free
Shopping cart by the door
Has bags and bags hanging
An old tee vee and tennis shoes
Plastic junk and politically correct
Un diagnosed but always free
Don't tie em down
To a revolving door
In between the cracks
In the shadows of the street
Rolling past the bus stop
In the dead of an endless night
No one sees. They look right through
See past and around but won't perceive the persona trapped
Without a place to go
The monied cars drive by
The wind whips up the dust
In the dead if an endless night
Lighting up a cigarette butt
Someone left behind
Eyes watching who might hit or rip em off
Careful don't you stare too long
Punch without a fist
From what you see. What you smell and what you know
Reaching in a fast food bag
Fries and junk to make a meal
Lifting lids and parking meters
Car door open take a nap inside
Under the doorframe out of the rain
Up the ally to the dumpster by the store
Broken people wander in our streets
Once were on their way to school
Got lost along the way
God looked the other way
Was that you in the mirror I couldn't tell
I couldn't say what changed luck or time of day
The last time I saw you
You were in a parking lot outside a bar in town
I was done and on my way
People said you took your bike apart
Laid all the parts around
Broke the clock and cut the floors
Windows on the ground
Plates smashed and curtains on the couch
You were gone for good we were certain you gone mad again
Years had passed we all moved on
Then I thought I saw you
Under the tracks by the shopping mall
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Random Ideas for a Bass
04:45
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Mark Vee Chicago, Illinois
My dad repaired Black and white televisions and occasionally had amplifiers that had 6L6 power tubes. These turned into my first gigging amp. It was embarassing to have a junky open amp out there with a twelve inch TV speaker in a mahogany cabinet when the rich kids had Fender amps with Gibson guitars... ... more
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