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'Twas an interesting conversation
One I won't soon forget
You said your life's like a puzzle
But none of the pieces fit
No matter what you do to it
These are the lies we tell ourselves
They are who we are
These are the dreams we dream for ourselves
They take us near and far
You talked for what seemed like days
My ears they started to bleed
Your stories took on strange shapes
About a girl who had no need
A girl who had learned to succeed
Can you imagine me here
Living life by my wits
Can you imagine me here
Not ready to call it quits
In the end I felt confused
Didn't know what to think
You made a convincing case
Written in indelible ink
Never once did I see you blink
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Old Mossback George
05:18
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Ol' mossback George he had plans
Gonna be an architect
But every time he turned around his plans got wrecked
While everyone got their day in the sun
Poor ol' George he got squat
While everyone got their story writ
Poor ol' George he got no plot
Good ol' George, ol’ mossback George
He-haw, he-haw, he-haw
Ol' George he kept the home-fires lit
While his brother got all the glory
Ol' George he did his dutiful best
But his life it was a dreary story
Yeah, all his friends they traveled the world
Lived lives so rich and rife
Ol' George felt cheated and mistreated
He never got no wonderful life
Ol' George got stuck with a nagging wife
And a mess of screaming brats
While all friends they lived uptown
Like them uptown aristocrats
George was angry and George was bitter
Sometimes was downright violent
George he took the Lord's name in vain
But the Lord just sat there silent
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You are over there
And I am over here
No matter which way I move
You're never near
You're never near
I reach out for your hand
Even go for a little kiss
But the harder that I try
The more you resist
The closer I get
The farther you are
I see you across a room
And my heart it skips a beat
I hope to catch your warmth
But I get no heat
But I get no heat
You don't know I'm alive
Or if you do you just don't care
I can tell by your cold gray eyes
And how you twirl your hair
When I see on the street
You look so ill at ease
It's like I have the plague
Or some strange disease
Some strange disease
I know I'm a little dim
And I don't have a clue
But if you just say the word
I'll know what to do
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Tension and Release
04:43
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An arm reaches out to pull you in
You fight back
Against your next of kin
Why must we always go so far astray
Why can't we meet each other halfway
Some men go to war
And some men make peace
It's the push and the tug
Between tension and release
Look at what a stinkin' bloody mess we've made
No one to blame
We wound up in the stockade
If only we hadn't been dumb enough
To get caught
But then again why do we bother
To fight what we've fought
I am on an island
Somewhere out in the south seas
I am on an island
Sitting here under cocoanut trees
What will make you happiest of all
Keep in mind
We're thinking of the long haul
And what in heaven's name
Do you say to your kid
How will you explain
All of the bad things that you did
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Misery
03:34
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Can't say what good you do me
The pain it courses through me
Hey I just want to let you go
Wish that I could damn you
Or maybe Son of Sam you
And get away from your shadow
I call your name
Call it right out loud
I call it out my chickadee
I call your name
Call it right out loud
I call it misery
I feel so broke and weak
I can hardly speak
I'd like to punch in the guts
You flipped on all my switches
I am a mass of glitches
More than a little bit nuts
I remember all the little things we done
Can't you see you are my only one
Your memory it taunts me
Like a ghost it haunts me
And it will haunt me to the end
I am caught in your spell
Living in this living hell
Down, down, down I descend
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Where is that tiny spot
That place I know
Where is that rest stop
That place I go
I need to find it now
Find it real quick
It is my savior
It lights my wick
Take me now, take my hand
Lead me on to the promised land
Knock down the walls
Strike up the band
Lead me on to the promised land
What is that song I hear
That tune I sing
It hits me in the guts
Ring a ding-ding
I want to sing it loud
From up on the roof
I want to stamp and scream
I have the proof
Where is this world I dream
Not so far from here
It's just up around the bend
A tiny place where I can disappear
So say goodbye to me
I won't be back
You won't remember
You stupid amnesiac
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Leaving Here
03:19
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Don’t wanna stay here no more
Not no more, no sir
Just wanna get myself gone
Gone from here, lickety-split
I am leaving, I am leaving, I am leaving here
Here I go, I’m on my way
I’ll see you ‘round some sunny day
Every single face I see is strange
Strange to me, strange indeed
Nobody ever says hello
Let alone look you in the eye
Gotta move along, gotta move along
Gotta move along, gotta move along
Things ‘round here they ain’t so great
Downright bad, they suck
Packing up my walking shoes
Got some snacks, got some gum
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What You Got Coming
05:24
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All your life you’ve told your lies
All your half-truths and alibis
Nothing has ever stood in your way
It was your way or the highway
You never had no empathy
It was always me, me, me
You burned on through sacred ground
Till there was no one around
And when it comes down
And it will come down
It’ll rain down on you like a bitch
And you will scream
And you will shout
They hunted you down like a witch
You’re gonna get what you got coming
All your life you’ve had your schemes
All your various ways and means
You lived without any consequence
You’re tremendous, yeah you’re immense
No one ever got to put you down
Shove your face down in the ground
But one day karma is gonna find you
And we will watch as it unwinds you
All your life you’ve got a pass
Nothing’s ever bit you on the ass
The BS blows through you like a gust
While your empire, your empire turns to dust
But your time is drawing nigh
Your enemies will swat you like a fly
And you and yours will be swept away
In your very own judgment day
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A Life I'll Never Know
03:58
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They are driving in their SUV
They are driving way ahead of me
They are headed down to Disneyland
They speak in a tongue I don't understand
It's a life
A life I will never know
It's a place
A place I will never go
A life I will never know
They play videos and toss their chicken bones
They look at themselves on their smart phones
They got peace sewn signs on their jeans
Don't even know what it means
I wish just this once
I could along for the ride
I wish just this once
I was by your side
They live their lives in the land of the free
They don't see what they do as mediocrity
They are confident in their worth
They are like most people on this earth
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All Will Be Revealed
04:28
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A mystery surrounds me
Like none I've ever known
And I don't know the meaning
As it spins 'round like a cyclone
I have spent whole my life searching
Trying to figure out just why I'm here
But try as I may and try as I might
I don't think I've ever come near
Still you tell me
All will be revealed
Still you tell me
All of my wounds will be healed
The dark side has taken over
No light will get in here
The bad guys they rule the kingdom
And they rule it without fear
Gotta to know just why they do it
Do they get off on their own hate
Would they do it
Would they do it any other way
Or is it down to fate
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Sufferin'
03:54
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We seen a lot of hard times
On that we can all agree
We done a lot of terrible stuff
It's all through our history
Nothing much changes
When it comes to causing pain
So why we do we always do it
Is it that down deep we're insane
We're sufferin', sufferin'
Sufferin' you and me
We suffer together
We're sufferin' can't you see
We stage our stupid battles
For all the good that they do
We kill a million people
And somehow we ain't through
We come home to our families
But nothing's ever the same
And when we ask who's responsible
It's never us who's to blame
We wreck our sad little planet
From sea to polluted sea
We stack up all our cans and boxes
And we leave 'em for posterity
We say that we mean well
But you know about good intent
So let's get together and sing this sad lament
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The History Train
05:29
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Here it comes, blowin' smoke
Straight to your town
Full of piss, full of steam
Gonna run you down
Black as hell, big as shit
Scary as a beast
Never stops, juggernaut
This movable feast
Shake that chain it's the history train
Going down, going down, down
Like a hurricane, the history train
Going down, going down, down
Thunder crack, lightning bolt
Makes a big ol' noise
Mothers weep, soldiers march
Coming in convoys
Rappers shout, rabies scream
All gone in a wink
Pots and pans, arms and legs
The whole kitchen sink
You can close all your curtains
And silence your clocks
But outside your window it circles like a hawk
Here it comes. It is coming to you
Here it comes and there's nothing you can do
Angry words in an angry time
What will we remember, what will we forget
When the story is written just how will it look
Will it be a future of regret
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