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Exile
01:54
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Well now I spent my time in exile
put that tim behind the blade
behind the cutting edge of society
and came close to walking away
Had to bide my time for a century
bide my time for a decade
bide time with their perjury
never believed a word they said
And I got my chariots mount ready
I trained and trained and trained
put the ear to grindstone
every sound heard in the strain
that lion was never tamed,
but never laid to rest
it sat stoic
right on the crest
awaiting it's time to unleash
awaiting that time in exile
but now all four are aligned
four by four into a better tomorrow
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Lionhearted
02:48
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There’s a lion I see at night
Oh, right before twilight
I don’t know where it’s going,
And I don't know where it's been
All is know is that cat
gotta get fed
Oh yeah, Oh
Oh yeah, Oh
There's a lion I see at sunrise,
every day a bigger surprise,
I can heave all the weeds,
I can remove all the lies,
I take what I need,
then I cut all the ties,
Oh yeah, Oh
Oh yeah, Oh
There's a lion that sits on my bed,
Lord knows he's never been fed,
He just sits and waits,
and sit and wait,
and you know some days,
you better not hesitate,
you better (run)
LION
you better find your feet, you better
LION
you better get your legs beneath, you better
LION
find those feet below, you better
LION
get those legs beneath,
Oh yeah, oh
Oh yeah, oh
Well there's a lion,
a lion,
oh yeah, oh
oh yeah, oh
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Workin' Man Zombie
05:40
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You be(en) walkin' around all your life,
You been searching for answers to try prove you're right
But that ball & chain you wear
keeps you on the ground
Yeah, that ball and chain you wear keeps you right here
down on the ground and that's right there want ya
You be workin' & slavin' your whole life away
Pushin' & Pushin' & pushin' & nothing
You be workin' & slavin' all the hours
And that ball & chain that you wear
Keeps you right down here among us, babe
There ain't nothing else you can do about it
There's so many links I can't even begin to count 'em
You've been standing out like a stick in the mud,
But some days you feel more like a cot damn lightning rod
You got more coursing through your veins than you'll ever admit
Yeah, you put in the blood & you put in the sweat and they will surely give you the spit
right between the eyes
You be workin' & slavin' your whole life away
Pushin' & Pushin' & pushin' & nothing
You be workin' & slavin' your whole hours
And those chains that you wear
Keeps you right here on the ground, baby
I saw you yesterday, your eyes were completely gazed over
nobody was home
You know, it's like there was no lights on, nobody's home baby
You're a workin' man zombie
That's all you are.
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Junkie
04:34
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Whoo
It can be the last straw,
get drawn,
every time you want high,
even when you give like you give
you ain't ever gonna find a reply
all those little lies you been telling getting you so far from the truth
and when you get coming to where you're going there's no telling what you gonna do
baby I'm a junkie, a junkie, a junkie, uh-oh
baby I'm a junkie, a junkie, a junkie, a burn out
It can be the final card in the hand you just gotta play
It can be the sticky situations that gets you through your day to day,
It can be the feeling that you get when you feel just like the rest,
It can be the feeling that you get when you didn't give it all your best,
all your best.
baby your'e a junkie, a junkie, a junkie, uh-oh
baby you're a junkie, a junkie, a junkie, a burn out
It can be the final sunrise that you know you ain't gonna see,
It can be the only difference that stands between you and me,
It can be that funny little feeling that you feel way down in your bones,
It can be the reason why you're sitting at home, all alone, all alone
baby you're a junkie, a junkie, a junkie, uh-oh
yeah, baby you're a junkie, a junkie, a junkie, a burn out
yeah
baby you're a junkie, a junkie, a junkie a burn out,
burn out
baby you're a junkie, ja-junkie, ja-junkie, ja-junkie, ja-junkie, ja-junkie, burn out
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Change,
who needs it
it just jingle jangles in my pocket,
no not change,
not for me,
so afraid of different scenery,
Don't bring change to my table,
it'll just get lost in the mix
No not change, I'm not able,
so don't call me a hypocrite
And if you bring change my way,
You know what I have got to say,
So don't bring change,
Don't bring change
Change,
there you go
'nother day, 'nother rodeo
I say, change, how you been?
I don't think we every gonna be friends,
Oh change, I wish you happiness,
Oh Change, I know you deserve the best,
(cuz you really do)
But you won't find that here,
So I guess that I am in the clear,
So don't bring change,
Don't bring change.
Change,
saw it in a second
in her face, for just a moment,
oh change, where'd you go,
I guess you're something that I'll never know,
oh change,
oh, change
And if you bring change,
and if you bring change,
and if you bring change,
and if you bring change,
and if you bring change,
you know I gotta turn away,
so don't bring change,
don't bring change,
don't bring change,
well don't bring
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6. |
Wait
04:50
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There's nobody at the head of this train,
there's nobody at the front of this one, this way,
NO WAY OUT
This one, it's going off the tracks tonight,
so you best stay up, or stay out, just keep out of sight
STAY DOWN
Oh yeah, but you could not wait,
And girl there'll be no hesitate,
no hesitate
no
NO HESITATE
She's got her hands off the wheel this time,
No, no hands on the steering wheel,
she's making the choice mine,
HIT THE DITCH
There's no place for you to get out of this one,
Can't find any place where you could just get up and run
Oh yeah, but you could not wait,
And girl, there'll be no hesitate
Oh yeah, girl you know that you could not wait,
And girl, there'll be no hesitate,
no hesitate,
no
JUST SIT AND WAIT
And girl, yeah, you could not wait,
and you know you can not hesitate
OH YEAH, girl you know, that you should not wait,
and girl, there'll be no hesitate,
no hesitate,
no hesitate,
no
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Magic Trick
02:26
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People come, people go
Sometimes without goodbye
Sometimes without hello
She's got one magic trick
Just one and that's it
Oh she disappears
It's like, now you see her, now you don't
You think you're gonna get to know her now, well you won't
She's got one magic trick
Just one and that's it
Oh she disappears
It's like, easy come, easy go
Sometimes without goodbye
Sometimes without hello
She's got one magic trick
Just one and that's it
Oh she disappears
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8. |
You Don't Forget Lost
02:07
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You don't forget lost,
not even for a moment,
it'll keep you itching, oh if you let it,
no need to ask directions,
'cuz they all lost as you,
spin around this earth,
ah, right on cue,
you don't forget lost,
you don't forget lost, nah
You don't forget lost,
it'll drown you right out,
it'll take your whole ship,
it'll leave with doubt
it'll rain from the heavens
or the fire down below
you don't forget lost
you don't forget lost,
you don't forget lost,
you don't forget lost,
you can pay any cost,
you still don't forget lost,
you can get all you want,
you can get all you need,
but you don't forget lost,
you don't forget lost
you don't forget lost I can testify,
If you wanna forget lost, you just go and die
you don't forget lost
you don't forget lost
you do anything you want,
you don't forget lost
you don't forget lost ( YOU DON'T FORGET )
you don't forget lost ( YOU DON'T FORGET )
you don't forget lost ( YOU DON'T FORGET )
you don't forget lost ( YOU DON'T FORGET )
you don't forget lost
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9. |
Irish Tune
00:36
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This is a song we sing when we're drinking,
and if we've been drinking, we'll probably go for drunk,
and if can be drunk, then we probably drank it,
but a true friend will never leave you skunked,
he'll save you that lost one,
he'll buy you that last round,
he'll lend you a yankee dollar,
or a red coat pound,
he'll take to your back if he needs to,
you won't have to ask,
so this song is a thank you,
true friends will raise their glass,
HEY
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10. |
(Drunk) On Tuesdays
02:22
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I'm drunk on tuesday,
I didn't make it half way through the week,
I'm drunk on tuesday,
and some days I can barely speak,
and one day I'll be fine,
but until that day is mine,
I'm drunk on tuesdays,
I'm drunk on Wednesday too,
Oh, I'm drunk on Tuesdays,
I'll drink it all red, black, & blue
and one day I'll be strong,
but until that day comes along, along, along
I'm drunk on tuesdays,
I'm drunk as you could see,
oh I'm drunk on tuesdays,
I'll be mumbling the blues away,
just watch me now
mmmmmmmmmmm
mmmmmmm
Well, by now you know, I'm drunk on Tuesdays,
I'm drunk as you could be,
oh, I'm drunk no Tuesdays,
I'm as blind as a bat can be,
and one day I'll be sure,
but until it's just a blur,
a blur, a blur, a blur,
Oh my lord, you know, I'm drunk on Tuesdays,
yeah
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11. |
Undertow
03:24
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Undertow gonna get ya,
carry you out to sea
Undertow gonna get you girl,
carr you down to your knees,
oh testify that love,
test it sound and true,
oh testify that love, girl
see if it stands by you
Undertow gonna wreck ya,
carry you off of your feet
Undertow gonna wreck you girl,
carry down to me,
oh, testify that love,
test it sound & true,
ah, testify that love, babe,
see if it stands by you
just keep on swimming girl
parallel to the shoreline,
just keep on swimming now girl, now girl,
everything gonna be, alright,
as long as you testify
Testify your love x A LOT
Test it sound and true,
see if it stands by you,
parallel to the shoreline,
everything'll be just fine,
oh testify that love,
test it sound & true,
oh testify that love, babe
see if it stands by you,
now we all testify
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12. |
Bricklayer
04:36
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Well the truth hit me like a load of bricks,
lost my nerve, but got those kicks,
way down in the AM,
looks like I lost a friend,
lock down or misguided me,
lock down or thrown key,
lost down or misguided me,
locked down, thrown key
Well I been a bricklayer for 24 year,
Good Lord, still holding that fear,
not of dying at all,
but not living,
living is the fall,
carry back to where I found my home,
maybe then I can finally lie alone,
watchin' it all fall down,
lookin' right past you now.
Lookin' right past you now x A LOT
I'm looking right passed you,
I'm looking right passed through,
HEY,
Been building walls all this time,
trying to find what's mine,
maybe this brick is yours,
I'll find out when I get more,
Hard labor, hard alcohol,
you wanna ride, well watch it fall
you wanna ride, well watch it fall
you wanna ride, well watch it fall
watching it all fall down
Well I'll be a bricklayer for 24 more,
as long as can find that door,
this hallway seems too big,
not enough soul,
not enough dig,
carry back where I found my feet,
maybe then I can finally defy defeat,
watchin' it all fall down,
watchin' it all fall down
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Darkness
01:04
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I find myself under sets,
at least once a day,
sometimes as the light escapes,
I hope that it would stay,
Cuz the darkness it'll take me,
for most of the night,
and if you got one, you better show us now,
better show us the light
And the darkness will us,
and let it go for a ride,
but if you know where you're going,
you know, you need not hide,
cuz in the hour of dark,
there is nothing we can see,
so if you got one bring it,
a spark will set you free,
oh the light will set you free
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14. |
Not Tonight
03:26
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Comes to me in every shade of grey,
comes to me when I ain't got shit to say,
comes to me whether or not you can see it,
comes to me whether or not you believe it
but not tonight, I know
but not tonight, I know
but not tonight, I know
Comes to me every shade of green,
it comes to me in the in between,
comes to me whether you can find it,
comes to me whether or not you realize it,
comes to me in every shade of yellow,
comes to me whether you're willing to let go
comes to me whether or not you can find it,
comes to me whether or not you align it,
but not tonight, I know x A LOT
not tonight, I know, not tonight x A LOT
Comes to me in stormy weather,
comes to me whether I'm bigger and better,
comes to me whether you can see it,
comes to me whether or not you believe it
comes to me when I'm lying in bed,
it wakes me up, side across my head,
not tonight I know, not tonight
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Cashillac
02:59
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Back on the road again,
too many miles and too many friends, it's time,
it's time you paid it up,
You continue on your course,
with all the power, with all the force,
of a her, of that hurricane
And all those villages that you destroy,
and all the help you will deploy
Now you counting the yellow lines,
dotted forms & need to fortify,
then you know just where it'll stop,
under mile where the body drops,
you'll see, just how the grave can be
Open that trunk, and smile wide,
and inside, is your surprise,
Now back on the ol' 61,
breeze in your hair, the party has begun,
but you, you don't know where to begin,
the miles fly & still you got time,
reading highway signs that you find,
oh babe, there's no limit to you,
and all these problems,
you realize,
you must look in the eyes,
no matter how many lies
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16. |
For Pa / For Ma
04:13
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She said,
who do you love,
I had to pause, I said,
love my ma, love my pa,
She said beyond all that obvious shit,
now tell me son how do you get your kicks,
couldn't respond,
could only look in the eye,
and as we waited for my reply,
thought about all the things that I thought would last,
all the things gathered in the past
well the smell of bourbon
the shock of gin
just not sure if I can let it all in
She said,
where do you go,
and how we can I get there first,
maybe a moment is just absurd,
wait awhile as time will past,
and all of those things that you'd thought you'd outlast,
back before we found all that's broken
in awhile maybe in the open,
well when we will find that break,
I guess that's a chance that she's willing to take,
well the smell of bourbon
the shock of gin,
just not sure if I could let all in (not today)
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