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My Country 'Tis of Thee
03:13
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Dancing kings and jellybeans
And freaks out in the streets
Twirling 'round like candy floss
And beefsteak jerky meats
Grabbing sludge with grubby hands
And glistening with sweat
Screaming high and swinging low
And posting on the internet
Well we want this and we want that
And we want genocide
And if we do not get it all
We won't be satisfied
My country 'tis of thee
Hummingbirds and useless words
And ducks lined in a row
Shoot 'em down quick one, two, three
They're rotten as Rousseau
Well we are fat with a hipster hat
And we are getting fatter
We stare down at our interweb
And eat up all the chatter
Well there is no guts and there is no will
And there is no freakin' glory
We are babes lost in the woods
Like an old-time bedtime story
Tangled knots and rusted pots
And anchors in the mud
Bombs are crashing in our homes
But they are but a dud
Plastic bags on TV news deliver with their hands
They swirl around like a hurricane
And no one understands
Well we are glad as we can be
And we got just what we need
We are Generation Fucked
And we grow just like a weed
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You Don't Own Me
04:28
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Quit trying to hype me
Nothing you can say will sway me
I heard it all and I don’t have the strength
I’m up to here with your line of bull
I’m on to you and your wavelength
You don’t owe me
You don’t owe me nothing at all
I see right through your veneer
You don't owe me
You don't owe me a goddamn thing
No need to feign being sincere
You got this need
A big old need to convince me
But nothing's gonna win me to your side
You tell me you love, love, love me
But I know your Jekyll and your Hyde
You and your sweet, sweet song
You and your sweet, sweet song
Sing sweet to me
Why you gotta do this
Why you gotta trip me up
Doncha know I've always been you fool
You think you're being great-big-hearted
But I just think you're being cruel
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This Is My America
04:15
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I was born here
And I feel like I should belong
So why does everything
Seem so wrong
All the things I know
Well they're just not true
Not true
Boo-hoo
This is my America
The land of the brave
And the home of the free
This is my America
My America
But this is no place
No place for me
I have lived here
In this land of the free
But now those freedoms have disappeared
From Hibberts Gore
To NYC
My country has turned weird
If it's America do or die
I have to ask why, why, why
Everybody's connected
Everybody's talking
But nobody is in touch
And the few who say they care
Well they just don't care
The don't care so much
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One More Day, No Word
04:05
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What have I heard
I have heard the word
And what is the word
The word is
The word is
One more day no word
One more day no word
That’s all that I heard
That's what I heard
What does it say
And what does it mean
It says what it says
And it means what it means
There is the text
And there is the subtext
What’s above the subtext
Is the text
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Sorry for the Trouble
03:21
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I know I complain a lot
I know that it's a problem
I know that I get on your nerves
But I just can't help it
It goes with my temperament
And the way that my temperament swerves
I'm sorry for the trouble
I didn't mean to bug you
I'll get my stuff and get right out of here
I'm sorry for the trouble
Won't you please forgive
It's that you won't is what I fear
So sorry
I know that I bitch a lot
I know that I'm exhausting
But know that I exhaust me too
As hard as it is to live with me
It's harder to be me
Yeah I know boo-frickin'-hoo
I don't expect nothing
And that's just what I got
At least I can say it's kinda zen
I will live like a monk
Eat my bread and drink my wine
Think of me now and then
I know that I'm a drag
That is putting it lightly
Mostly I'm a pain in the ass
I'd like to pack my junk
And slink away quietly
But my tank is nearly out of gas
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Live and Learn
05:20
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Lean into the wind
Let it reel you in
Drink the bloody rain
It can drive you mad
Live and learn
The bedroom and the broom
Sweep away the dream
The face at the edge of the bed
We're all happy here
Dig deep into the strange
Listen with your eyes
A TEAC four track
And a room at the edge of her tongue
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Lonesome Road
04:49
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Lift your head and look at me
I'm standing right in front of you
I bet you're ready to give up
But that's not something I'm gonna let you do
Come with me let's wander down
This lonesome road
It's always best to have yourself a friend
Come with me let's wander down
This lonesome road
And we, we will take it to the end
Don't you fret and don't you worry
You will never be all alone
I know you've taken on the weight of the world
Let me remove that millstone
No need to tell me how bad it is
I get what you are going through
I've been to heaven and I've been to hell
I can see things from your point of view
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Liberty Heights
04:59
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Nobody's gonna tell us what to do
Not no one, not no way
'Cause we're gonna do
What we're gonna do
Nobody's gonna hold us down
Not no one, not no how
'Cause we deserve
What we deserve
We're movin' on up to Liberty Heights
Where everybody's happy and nobody fights
We're movin' on up to Liberty Heights
We know our laws and we know our rights
Nobody's gonna give us any jazz
Not no one, not no way
'Cause we're gonna take
What we're gonna take
And nobody's gonna tell us
That we're wrong
Not no one, not no how
Doing what's best
And what's best is right
Nobody's gonna throw us in the pokey
Not no one, not no way
We don't get ourselves down
Down in that dirt
Nobody's gonna tell us where to stick it
Not no one, not no how
It's all up
It's all up from here
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9. |
Let Me In
04:54
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How to explain why I feel what I feel
It is life’s greatest mystery
I can’t help it that I feel what I feel
What I feel between you and me
What I feel between you and me
Throw caution to the wind
Throw caution to the wind
Throw caution to the wind
And let me in
How to explain what goes on in my heart
It’s not a tale in a book
Why the world is turned upside down
Undone by a single look
Undone by a single look
Let it go, let it go
Let it go, let it go
Won’t you please let it all go
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Fourth of July
03:54
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Lie la-la lie la lie la lie
Look to the sky
Lie la-la lie la lie la lie
It’s the Fourth of July
The rocket’s red glare
Bursting in air
Banners we wave
Home of the brave
Mists of the deep
Towering steep
Dawn’s early light
Perilous fight
Gloom of the grave
Home of the brave
Morning’s first beam
Shines in the stream
Vauntingly swore
Leave us no more
Cause that is just
In God we trust
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I had been trapped here for a million years
When I thought of moving
I got blocked by my fears
The world outside was scary
People acting so cold
Waited so long to change
That in the meantime I got old
Tried to get going but I broke down along the way
Tried to take action
Tried each and every day
This is my declaration of independence
Been meaning to do this for a mighty long time
But all my schemes and plans
Were never worth a single dime
Then I got myself ready
To transform what I'd been
It was not at all easy
But I looked deep down within
Moved to Chicago and then out to LA
Then I moved to Boston
Then I turned gay
Then I got married
Then I got divorced
None of this would've happened
If I hadn't changed course
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I hear what you say
And I get carried away
To me, you're a dream that's come true
Just tell me what you want me to do
And I'll abide
I'll abide
I pledge allegiance to you
I pledge allegiance to you
I pledge allegiance I do
I love the way that you talk
And I love the way you walk your walk
You tell me what I need to hear
And you fill me with your good cheer
Now point the way
Point the way
You speak in my native tongue
You speak like when was young
I'm a child when I'm in your hand
Only you, you understand
I'd kill for you
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Eliot Wilder Boston, Massachusetts
“Keep ravens and they will tear your eyes out.”
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