1. |
A Summer Night
04:21
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I went out riding on a summer night
And I met a good friend of mine
She was looking around at all the pretty young things
Like I'm also often inclined
Well don't you think there's something important we missed
That it's much too late to find
We'll never know, we'll just grow old
Feeling we wasted our time
The sun was falling on the rooftops
We found our way to a bar
After a few we had put it all down
Told each other just how dumb they all are
I saw us together in my heart but it's true
In bitterness we've gone too far
X's for eyes, tell no more lies
She can't hold up her head anymore
I took her home to where she lives all alone
And brought her inside
I told her then that I guessed she would
Probably survive
But being smart never helped anyone
And she mumbled something then cried
Well maybe so, I had to go
It's much too late for her and I
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2. |
The Disco Six
02:54
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Taken from the masses
Willingly they go
Their personal entrapments
Less important then the show
Keepers feeding on the set
Bring them in to their new cage
(it doesn't matter who will win
only that the tempers rage)
The fans are getting restless
Sitting in their sullen homes
Distracted by a baby
Or the ringing of the phone
Caesar raised his mighty hand
the host bears a smile
then the doors are opened up
And so begins the trial
Black eyed mother slings a shot
And the housewives give a cheer
Her fat husband answers back
To the booing and the jeers
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3. |
Monkey Tribe
02:28
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Talking to a woman I met
Trying not to stare at her books
That's why I'll look you in the eye
An orange cone will suffice
It was out there in the schoolyard
When we ran across the lines
Polishing the perfect skins
Of new green apples
Now she's working in an office
Happily we'll slave away
Watch the movements down the hallway
Quickly turn your phrase away
In an alley we would go to
You'd see mine and I'd see yours
We did not know what was legal
The lawyers have set us straight
I's no secret no more
As we sit together at the bar
You know that you could phone home
And that I might just be a total sweetheart
Somehow I'm still shocked to see that
Everybody looks just great
Now no one's talking 'bout those
Crazy days gone past
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4. |
Zee Fantos
03:26
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Here I am again
Soiled with need
I've got a secret
Just you and me
I know it doesn't matter
Except for stubborn pride
But on our very souls
The debts have run so high
Freedom has no meaning
Without the rock of shame
Eroded by the ocean
Washed out with the waves
Look me in the eyes
And rightly be afraid
For if you see a monster
We're one and the same
I know it is a burden
Desire grown so old
I wish it could console me
That you don't let me go
Because I've wandered far away
I dream you are my home
And even more it hurts me
To see you on your own
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5. |
Beastly
02:45
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Down by the river and railroad cars
Where the air is stale and old
There sits a cage if twisted bars
Whose beast it could not hold
It seems the crowds have all gone home
And returned to their lives
Dreaming aware of reddened lust
For which all meat strives
Don't say a word if you understand
Give a grunt to reply
I've seen it on a roof downtown
Silhouetted against the sky
Tell me now when you look at me
And I would not ask why
Have you seen the hungry stare
Or heard the feral cry
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6. |
Hairless
03:49
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What was that you said my friend
I heard you whisper low
If I was all covered with hair
I would let it show
But it's not right, I'm feeling white
Don't really wanna know
You've got yours and I've got mine
That much I know is true
I see the mammals, I pay the price
Just like at the zoo
I just cant tell which side of the cage
is it me or you
A walking ramp, a lighted stage
A pole on which to spin
Bulging pockets, with small change
That lies within
A little heat, a pounding beat
Some inexpensive sin
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7. |
Separation
04:15
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Did she ever really take me
To the darkness of her heart
Or was she already broken
Long before the start
When she let go
And watched me drift away
Both of us were less for words
We didn't dare to say
Ignorance comes only once
Then dumber every day
First you gamble with your soul
And then you pay and pay
Did she know how high I held her
Untouchable with grace
Did she see the blind devotion
That was written on my face
When she let me go
I was easily erased
Just another obstacle
That she once had faced
Like the blood that's spilled
And with alcohol replaced
Your chances don't improve with time
Until you know it's all a waste
Did she know that where I took her
Was the darkness of my heart
That I was already broken
Long before the start
When I let go
I could see it in her eyes
The place that all abandoned hope
Decays then finally dies
When it's time for the truth
To take off it's disguise
If each one's in their life alone
I'll find it no surprise
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8. |
Downhome Girl
04:06
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9. |
Right Mind
02:36
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10. |
Out
04:01
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Out like the warning lights
In the car of your mind
Cool like an ice cube
That tastes like rotten meat
Floating in a glass of old crow
Hip like leaning on the pinball machine
Talking to someone else
Caught in the headlights
Of someone I hardly know
Gone like a wish
You can't remember why you made
Spent like someone else's money
On a lottery
Drunk like an old friend
Who doesn't know when to stop
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