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Goin to the Dark Side
03:05
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Goin to the dark side baby
Do you want to come along
Goin to the dark side baby
Do you want to come along
Second thought better stay home
Gotta do this trip all alone
Goin to the dark side baby
Gonna spiral down to the very bottom
Goin to the dark side baby
Gonna spiral down to the very bottom
Don’t have no uplifting spiritual truths with me
Cause I forgot em
Goin to the dark side baby
Wish that you could come along
Goin to the dark side baby
Wish that you could come along
Gotta do this trip
Gotta do this dark, sad, lonely self-defeating, bridge burning, bad attitude bringing, hurt myself with things that feel good temporarily and sometimes not all trip
All alone
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2. |
The Way It's Gonna Be
02:46
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Don’t know how I lost control
That night on the road back to my soul
Well I guess it’s just the way it had to be
Don’t know why I took that turn
On the road from the bridge that I had burned
Well I guess it’s just the way it had to be
I can still see her eyes caught in the headlights
My foot was just one blink too slow
Don’t know why I just kept drivin
Well I guess it’s just the way it had to be
And I guess it’s just the way it’s gonna be
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When we climb
We are blind
On the edge of it
And I wonder why
I always hear that sound
When we fall
We are all
On the edge of it
And still I hear that sound
And the angels sing some more
And they’re dancin cross the floor
And they’ll drink until they fall
And the angels sing some more
And they’re dancin cross the floor
And they're singing while they fall
And they're dancing while we fall
And we're singing while we fall
And we're dancing while they fall
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4. |
Let It Go
03:25
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Been in love too long
Never knew that I would die before my time
Cause the love was wrong
Never knew that I could cry for so long
The honesty I was looking for
Finally shone through the crack as you closed the door
I wish I died in your arms Instead of your heart
When you've buried the horse that you rode into town
And you've forgotten your reasons for turning around
Let it go
Let it go
Til your personal hell is covered in snow
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I asked John Lennon why he had to laugh
When he saw me with my mind blown out in that photograph
He said there is a reason but you’ll never see it come
Things are so less scary when they’re done
Things are so less scary looking down your nose at them
Or through your ass when walking back from that place you’d never been
But if we keep on drivin’ this ol’ rig until we’re gone
Things will be less scary when we’re done
I went out just last night but things just kept on happenin’
Someone deep inside me kept on sayin’ hey let em in
But if I didn't die I guess it ain’t worth rememberin’
You know someone said the world’s a cage
And there’s nothin’ scarier than God’s finger pokin’ through the bars
Or when he said come by next Sunday I’d like for you to meet my only son
Things'll be less scary when they’re done
When I got there they were out back getting high
Ain’t it funny you can’t hide your lyin’ eyes
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6. |
A Simple Guy
03:06
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You can really learn a lot from killing a man
By the time that you are sober
I did it for my country but they’ll never understand
And now the life that I have known as good as over
I’m just a simple guy
Living a simple lie
The future tried to taunt me I just turned a blind eye
When I bought my first Land Rover
Now the headlights are no longer shining and the wells have all run dry
And the life that I have known's as good as over
I’m just a simple guy
Living a simple lie
You were always my hero
And before the war was finally lost
You bought me toys you fed me and you clothed me
You never told me what it cost
Mama didn’t raise me to be this kind of man
Can just see her eyes when I go back to her again
I will always love you both, and I know you know
And your amber waves of clover
I’ll only leave my footprints and take pictures when I go
And remember life ain’t over ‘til it’s over
I’m just a simple guy
I am a simple guy
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7. |
One More Paper Dollar
04:30
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I was born in Petaluma
Conceived in Rocky Mount
Ever since those days
I’ve been wondering into town
When I woke up in New Jersey
I felt so insecure
I knew that it was hopeless
But I wanted to be sure
So I bought my 50 minutes and he probed all through my mind
Then I had one more paper dollar
And a few thousand left behind
When I met old Mr. Outbank
By the crossroads selling fruit
He said he had the key to my salvation in his boot
I knew the it was risky when he said it won’t take long
I knew that it was hopeless when he said we can’t go wrong
Still I bought up every fruit and I composted every rind
Now I got one more paper dollar
And a few thousand left behind
Maybe I took the wrong train
Maybe I waited too long
But there’s been too many times
I went and changed my mind
Now I got one more paper dollar
And a few thousand left behind
Now I see your hands are moving
behind the ticket booth
I haven’t found the answer
But I think I know the truth
The key to my salvation is a long way down the line
You say the fare is fifty
And I gave you forty-nine
But won’t you hold it one more minute while I see if I can find
Just one more paper dollar
Was it in my wallet or my mind
Can you front me just one more paper dollar
I got a few thousand left behind
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8. |
Stuck In My Mind
02:18
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Stuck In my mind
Stuck In my mind
I’m tryin to re-chart the course I laid while I was blind
Oceans of regret wash over me
I’m grippin the wheel as I stare out to sea
I think I see Jesus while I’m stuck in my mind
Stuck in my mind
You’re stuck In My Mind
The newspaper promised it’d lie to me just one more time
I got too much future way too much past
How long can this thing they call happiness last
I’ll be walkin with Jesus but now I’m stuck in my mind
It’s scary what I might do if I wasn’t stuck in my mind
Stuck in my mind
I’m startin to think it’s a comfortable place to unwind
I just noticed that they gave me a computer
As long as I’m stuck here I might as well boot her
I’m textin with Jesus and we’re both now stuck in my mind
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9. |
Jigaby Argabo
05:02
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I came upon a child of god he was walking
Along the road and I asked him where are you going
And he told me
He told me
The child of god I came upon he was walking
He was walking
Along the road and I asked him where are you going
And he told me
To god I swore I’d fight his war
In again out again down again up you and you
Jigabe Argabo
Gigajabe Ahjio, ah ah
10,000 miles away I sit and I watch him
Wonderin’ if his father he forgot him
And he told me
He told me
The children of god I came upon they were walking
They were walking
Off to war and I asked them why are they going
And they told me
When we were born all love was gone
In again out again down again up you and you
Jigabe Argabo
Gigajaby Ahjio, ah ah
Can you feel the thinking in your head you
Wonder if your children will forget you
When you use the bomb used once in a lifetime
Even if they’ll forgive you
The reason it was used will they forget too?
Jigaby Argabo
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The next time I make love
It’s gonna be on the dance floor
I need a witness
Whole lotta witness
The next time I make love
It’s gonna be on the dance floor
I need a witness
Whole lotta witness
The first time I made love
It turned into whole lotta love
The love turned into a whole lotta stuff
I don’t understand
But the next time I make love
It’s gonna be on the dance floor
I need a witness
Whole lota witness
The next time I make love
With anybody else but me
Everybody’s gonna be dancing and clappin
Everybody gonna be down with what’s happnin
Cause the next time I make love
It’s gonna be on the dance floor
I need a witness
A whole lotta witness
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11. |
I'm Whinin'
02:28
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I’m whining
I’m whining for your love
I know you love me but not enough
That’s why I need more people to love me
Because my life hasn’t happened the way I wanted
And what I wanted wasn’t even what I wanted
Not even what my mama wanted
Not even my mama's mama
Or her mama's mamas' mama
Maybe her mama
I’m even startin to think that I might die like everyone else does
I’m whining
I’m whining for your love
I know you love me but not enough
That’s why I need more people to love me
And see the world in the way than I do
Where capital punishment is a virtue
I mean the punishment of capital... ism
I mean if corporations are people too shouldn't they be subject to the death penalty also?
I’m whining for your love
I know you love me but not enough
That's why I need more people to love me
I need at least one person to love me more than I do
I’m whining
I’m whining
I’m whining that nobody’s whining with me
I;m gonna keep whining til everyone’s whining with me
I’m whining
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12. |
Rush
03:15
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You watch your baby
And then you let her know
You love your baby
And then you let her go
You’re taking over
Walking her down to the river’s edge
And when you walk on water
And hold her going down the falls
You see your daughter’s daughter
Hear your father’s father call
You watch your baby
Tie her brand new shoe
She’s walking, baby
Walking away from you
She’s taking over
But this child will never leave your world
‘Cause when you walk on water
And hold each other down the falls
You see your daughter’s daughter
Hear your father’s father call
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13. |
A Man Loving a Man
04:42
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Why am I so scared
Why am I so blue
Why is it so hard to be close to you
Let me turn away
Let me walk home slow
There’s too much on my mind
So just let me go
But when I get home and turn on the TV
That box expects me to be what it wants me to be
I’m finding it hard to understand
What it means to be a man
I have a place inside
Where no man ever goes
Even my own heart it doesn’t know
It is so well hid
So I can’t get hurt
But now I think that I’m under orange alert
When I was just a boy my very best friend
Touched me like I never wanted it to end
But my friends laughed and they shamed me
Then I grew up to be a man
I wanted every woman I could see
I tried so hard to be what a man is supposed to be
I found it hard to understand
A man loving a man
Why am I so scared
Why am I so blue
Why is it so hard to be close to you
Let me turn away
Let me walk home slow
Right back to that place
No man ever goes
But maybe if I could just set myself free
And be the man that only I want to be
Then maybe I could understand
A man loving a man
Maybe if I could just love myself head to knee
And keep loving myself unconditionally
Then maybe I could understand
A man loving a man
Maybe even I could understand
A man loving a man
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14. |
You Got It In Me
02:52
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You got it in me
You got it in my arms around you let it in me
How many times
We’ve been there together
Been there forever
I can’t imagine anyone but you
How many times
We’ve looked at each other
Seen more than lovers
And seeing that is something totally new
You got it in me
You got it in my arms around you let it in me
let me begin
My words hardly spoken
My heart often broken
It’s easier to let the words be few
lettin’ me in
Let you watch it open
My heart only hopin’
That soon I’ll let my head let it be you
You got it in me
You got it in my arms around you let it in me
Let the wheel of fortune come to rest
Take the wheel of passion step on the gas
Let the wipers wipe away the mess
As we get on to what we do best
You got it in me
You got it in my arms around you let it in me
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15. |
When the Cows Face East
01:59
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When the cows face east
I will make my peace
I will make my peace when the cows face east
When the lawman shows
I will let my pain go
I will let all my pain go when the lawman shows
When the lion comes in my tent
I’ll finally get just what he meant
When the hyena shits my bones
I’ll say thanks for the ride home
When the fire break breaks
I will praise all my mistakes
I will worship my mistakes when the fire break breaks
With the dove’s three four
I will sing forever more
I will sing forever more with the doves three four
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Someday love will be the only way
To answer any question asked
In the meantime we can
Only pray that it will last
Someday love will be the only way
For us to know just what is real
In the meantime I can
Only tell you hoe I feel
Wonder what it’d be like
If this kiss was a final goodbye
And we were flying our last pair of wings
Wonder would you crying
If this song was a last lullaby
And we were flying our last pair of wings
I feel my life is like a tall oak tree
I climb around it as it grows
A bluebird lands on a branch
And she tells me that she knows
She told me that love is the only way
To answer any question asked
You need never fear it
And rest assured that it will last
Wonder what it’d be like
If this kiss was a final goodbye
And we were flying our last pair of wings
Wonder would you crying
If this song was a last lullaby
And we were flying our last pair of wings
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